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Dilapidated link road a nightmare for Landour Bazaar residents
All set for Australian film festival beginning
in Dehradun tomorrow
UPES students to visit European Business School
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Two held with leopard’s skin in Champawat
Environment awareness drive by HP students in Mussoorie
Students from Himachal Pradesh on an educational tour on Mall Road in Mussoorie on Saturday.
Zayed Khan, Amarinder Singh cynosure of all eyes at Welham
Special morning session at DAV School
560 HIV patients in Champawat, Pithoragarh
Face of the week
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Dilapidated link road a nightmare for Landour Bazaar residents
Mussoorie, December 1
However, the Public Works Department (PWD) has not repaired it till now. As a result, the road is full of potholes. The residents say the road belongs to the PWD, which has neglected it for the past couple of years. They allege that due to the poor condition of the road the commuters travel on it very carefully as there is always the fear of accident. The road is strewn with mud and debris at several places, making it difficult for pedestrians to walk. The PWD had constructed the link road in 2011 with funds from the MLA Local Area Development Fund and patchwork was also done on it after the sewage project was completed. The situation aggravated with a landslide that damaged the road during the monsoon this year. This road, which is the only route available for the residents of Anaj Mandi, Sapling Estate and the Government Civil Hospital, is causing inconvenience to them. According to RTI worker Deepak Saxena, the PWD is responsible for the present condition of the road as it has remained a mute spectator despite several complaints. The residents have demanded immediate repair of the road. They have threatened that if no action is taken immediately, they will to take to the streets against the PWD. Assistant Engineer, PWD, D. Nautiyal says the budget for the repair of the road has been approved but delay is being caused due to fall in temperature. It becomes difficult to use coal tar on the road in the winter. But the Municipal Council is responsible for mud and debris on the road, he adds.
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All set for Australian film festival beginning
in Dehradun tomorrow
Dehradun, December 1 He said through the festival, Doonites would be exposed to information about the Australian film culture. The festival programme included a retrospective of Baz Luhrman films and the first-ever documentary ‘Yes Madam Sir’ on anti- corruption activist and first female IPS officer of the country Kiran Bedi. Sharma said Bedi would also be present. All films would be screened at Silver City Multiplex here. Anupam Sharma, who got his school education from Dehradun before moving to Australia, said it was like homecoming for him and he hoped for a big response from Dehradun. He expressed gratitude to the Uttarakhand Government for extending moral support to the festival. He said the week-long festival was getting much of publicity through the Web. It was using online registration and social media platform like Facebook and Twitter to increase awareness and interest in the festival. Australian filmmaker John Winter said picturesque Uttarakhand kept an immense potential for film-making. He did not rule the possibility of filmmakers from abroad exploring the hill state’s scenic potential. Suyash Agarwal of Silver City Multiplex was also present.
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UPES students to visit European Business School
Sarthak hails from Gurgaon while Rachit is from Dehradun. Both were in the 4th semester when they got this opportunity to study for one semester at European Business School at Oestrichwinkel, Germany. To ensure that these two students were not deviating from the prescribed UPES syllabus of the 5th semester, a detailed comparison of the subjects being taught in both institutes in the 5th semester of BBA was conducted by the faculty. Arun Dhan, Director (Public Relations), UBES, said three students from European Business School would be visiting UPES as resident students under the student exchange programme and would be pursuing one complete semester at the UPES at no charges.
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Two held with leopard’s skin in Champawat
Dehradun, December 1 Their accomplice,
Manoj Thapa, who is suspected to be the man behind a wildlife smuggling racket in the area, escaped taking advantage of the darkness, he said. The accused were going to sell the skin in Nepal, where they get a good price for it, he said. — PTI
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Environment awareness drive by HP students in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, December 1 The students collected polythene carry bags lying on the roadside at Kempty and Mussoorie an under environmental awareness programme and raised slogans to keep the environment clean on the occasion. The students interacted with local residents at Picture Palace and sang several songs and danced, displaying the culture of Himachal Pradesh, much to the appreciation of the gathered crowd on the occasion. A student from the school, Ritika Rana, said that the educational tour to Mussoorie was a learning experience for them and the interaction with the local community had provided a new insight into the life of people here. She also said that the culture of the two Himalayan states were similar and such interaction would help in strengthening bonds between the two states and help in understanding each other better. "The traditional attire, eating habits and the folk culture were similar to Himachal, making them feel at home during their stay here," added Ritika. The head teacher of the school accompanying the students from Himachal said that the tour had been educational for the students in every sense and more such interaction exercises should be undertaken so that people of the two Himalayan states understood problems and prospects present in both states much better. He also demanded that the governments of the two states should provide ample funds for such educational tours so that the poor students from government schools could gain the much-needed knowledge about the areas outside their states. The students would be returning to Himachal after the completion of the tour tomorrow.
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Zayed Khan, Amarinder Singh cynosure of all eyes at Welham
Dehradun, December 1 Reminiscing about his school days, Zayed said the idyllic school life helped him stay grounded despite the glamorous life his family led in Mumbai. "I would also want my children to experience the same things that I did at school and not get swayed by the glamorous life of their father," he said. Full of bonhomie and cheer, Khan obliged students with autographs and showed interest in the models put up by them. In the evening former Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh was the guest of honour and presided over the platinum jubilee of the founder's day. Earlier, Usha Kandhari, wife of SK Kandhari, who took over as Principal of the school in 1983, inaugurated the different exhibitions put up by the students. Welham was founded in 1937 as a preparatory school for boarding schools in England and India by Ms Oliphant, an English lady, with a capital of £1000. There were no funds or staff, and no school buildings. In 1956 Oliphant donated all her assets to the Welham Boys' School which is presently administered by a board of trustees.
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Special morning session at DAV School
Dehradun, December 1
A poster-making competition was also organised for the students. The science department, under the guidance of Manoj Kapil, along with teachers Navdeep Kaur, Neelam Khanna, Adesh Dhiman and students of class X gave a detailed outline about the cause, prevention and steps to be taken to remove the myths associated with the deadly disease. Purohit hoped that the programme would go a long way in making the younger generations aware about AIDS. Meanwhile, HOPE organisation today took out a rally in Dehradun with an aim to sensitise the society about HIV. Deputy manager Laurence Singh flagged off the rally at Gandhi Park. The rally after criss-crossing the city culminated at Parade Ground. The participants raised awareness slogans to completely wipe out HIV/AIDS from Uttarakhand. Laurence Singh said the Hope organisation for past ten years have been working to sensitising the society towards HIV/AIDS. He said they were also running a counselling centre for the HIV/AIDS affected in Dehradun. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Society (USACS) project Director Piyush Singh said the main aim was to raise awareness in rural areas on HIV/AIDS and other health related information in order to encourage a progressive mentality towards AIDS in the society.
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560 HIV patients in Champawat, Pithoragarh Pithoragarh, December 1 Dr Shukla said, right from 2004, a total of 56 HIV cases had been found in the district. “The women patients, who got infected from the
male members, remain hesitant on attending the voluntary counselling centres established by
the department in Tanakpur and Lohaghat areas of the district," said Dr Shukla. In Pithoragarh, as many as 504 patients had been identified as HIV positive since 2004. “Out of which, about 38 are being served
anti-retroviral treatment in the district, while as many as 466 patients have been referred to the Haldwani ART centre,” said Dr KC Bhatt, district nodal officer of the AIDS control
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Shining example of polite politics
Neena Sharma Tribune News Service
Dehradun, December 1 “I do not understand, why once inside the House the MLAs behave like cranky children and come only to create nuisance. It is a matter of grave concern that in the last 12 years, there have been more disruptions than serious discussions devoted to debating on the problems afflicting the state. Uttarakhand has a poor record in conduct of legislature business. To my mind, there are some disruptive MLAs among us who do not see any virtue in debates but feel immensely satisfied if they cause disruptions and are always on the lookout for an opportunity to create a pandemonium,” said Pant. Synonymous with polite politics, during his stint as the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Pant, in the previous BJP government, had successfully put an arrangement under the rules of conduct of business where the MLAs were prevented from misusing the provision for bringing adjournment motions wherein only five notices were admissible by the Speaker.“In 2011, we followed this practice and it helped us run question hours effectively for the first time. Though the Opposition and the treasury benches can never agree but a consensus has emerged among the legislators that there has been a decline in the number of days devoted to conducting legislature business, and the time devoted by legislators towards legislation has gradually been declining,” emphasised Pant. Also adjudged the best member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, Pant’s solution for reversing the migration problem from villages of Uttarakhand certainly lies in decentralised planning and which his erstwhile BJP government had also launched through the Atal Adarsh Gram Yojana. “We had begun working on creating 670 nyay panchayats as centres of excellence by saturating them with self-sustainable activities. You see, we have before us 1065 villages that have been abandoned due to various reasons and the government’s focus should be to make these villages habitable and arrest further migration,” quipped Pant.
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Around 100 students from Government Higher Secondary School, Mandi, Himachal
Pradesh, carried out an environment awareness campaign at Kempty Falls in Mussoorie under a project taken during an educational tour today.
The students collected polythene carry bags lying on the roadside at Kempty and Mussoorie an under environmental awareness programme and raised slogans to keep the environment clean on the occasion.
Dehradun, December 1
DAV Centenary Public School at Jagjeetpur in Haridwar conducted a special morning session on the occasion of World AIDS Day today.
Principal PC Purohit gave a brief insight into the problems faced by the
youngsters due to the lack of knowledge and ignorance about the disease. He said since AIDS could not be cured, it needed to be
prevented.
Dehradun, December 1
