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Fate of Sunday markets hangs in
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Yoga vital for women, says Vice Chancellor
Police prevents ANMs from gheraoing Chief Minister's residence
SpicMacay’s pottery, bamboo workshop at Dehradun World School
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'62 batch Army officers reunite at IMA
Treat magic as a holy art, says Samrat Shankar
Magician Samrat Shankar shows a magic trick in Haridwar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
5 shopping complexes reply to MDDA notices on parking
Dehradun girls beat Mussoorie in b'ball final
The Dehradun women’s basketball team that won the 3rd Uttarakhand State Basketball Championship
in Dehradun on Thursday. Tribune photo by Vinod Pundir
IIT football tourney from Dec 18
Theft of cash, jewellery reported
Gorkha morcha party to take out peaceful march
Small-time traders meet Mayor
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Fate of Sunday markets hangs in
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Dehradun, December 13 At the maximum, he said only 167 recognised traders would be allowed to operate. The SSP made it clear that if required, he would move the High Court in order to enforce a ban on holding markets on either side of city roads. The Mayor, too, easily gave in to the pressure built up by lobbyists to allow their groups to hold stalls in the Sunday market without giving the slightest consideration to serious traffic jams and multiple other problems. SSP Kewal Khurana, who is paying special attention to streamlining traffic in the city and has not allowed these Sunday markets to be held at the Parade Ground for the past three weeks, said: “If issues related to law & order and traffic management are the responsibilities of the police, then other departments should not create such conditions that it becomes difficult for us to carry out our duties." He said: " Who will take responsibility if a serious accident happened due to movement of vehicles among the swelling crowd, or a parked vehicle gets stolen, or a gold chain or purse gets snatched?" He said: “ On Sunday people who are settled outside come to the city. The working class and families get time to shop on this holiday. Because of the movement of the floating population, the city roads remain heavily crowded on Sundays as well. So occupying the roadsides for holding makeshift markets and creating traffic jams is impractical. If the Police Department did not get support from other departments on this issue, then I will move the High Court to enforce a ban on holding Sunday markets.” While extending sympathy to stall owners, he said they could be given open space far from the main roads to hold markets so that traffic and law and order problems did not crop up. The Mayor gave nod to 60 others, besides 167 stall owners, to use the space near Parade Ground to hold their stalls for the Sunday market.
—TNS
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Yoga vital for women, says Vice Chancellor
Haridwar, December 13 Women face in day-to-day's life the intense workload physically and mentally. Swatantra Kumar said by adhering to yoga, women would get energy, stamina and immunity to bear the workload. Kumar pointed that Swami Dayanand propagated girl education knowing well that society could only be shaped in a better way if girls were educated. "If a girl gets educated, it's not only her but coming generations that get educated and benefit from the knowledge. So, girls should be given priority for education" said Swatantra Kumar, while quoting Swami Dayanand.
Academician Professor RD Sharma on the occasion stated that the Gurukul had been operating long-term as well as short-term training courses, as part of which the yoga camp
was held. A total of 25 girl students took part in the yoga camp who were quite excited. Talking to TNS, Principal Kanya Gurukul College Dr Geeta Joshi expressed happiness that girl students were resorting to yoga, meditation and other value-based ethic programmes in the Gurukul. Ekta Bisht,yoga trainer was quite happy with the dedication and enthusiasm shown by girl students of Kanya
Gurukul. Yoga camp for girl students concludes Academician Professor RD Sharma on the occasion stated that the Gurukul had been operating long-term as well as short-term training courses, as part of which the yoga camp was held. A total of 25 girl students took part in the yoga camp who were quite excited. Talking to TNS, Principal Kanya Gurukul College Dr Geeta Joshi expressed happiness that girl students were resorting to yoga, meditation and other value-based ethic programmes in the Gurukul. Ekta Bisht,yoga trainer was quite happy with the dedication and enthusiasm shown by girl students of Kanya Gurukul. "These girls are disciplined, took every lesson on asanas with seriousness and had learned yoga in just two weeks which most of the other girls of their age learn in double time," added Bisht. Dr Pankaj Kaushik, Professor Veena Shastri , Laxman Sharma, Kajal Chaudhari coordinated in successful conclusion of the yoga camp.
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Police prevents ANMs from gheraoing Chief Minister's residence
Dehadun, Decmber 13 In support of their two-point charter of demands, the ANMs under the aegis of Uttarakhand Matar-Shishu Evam Parivar Kaliyan Mahila Karamchari Association the members had planned to gherao the CM's residence. But a strong barricade put up at a few yards away from the Chief Minister’s residence prevented them from reaching the house. Later the members submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister stating their demands, which include raising of honorarium and creation of new posts for ANMs.
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SpicMacay’s pottery, bamboo workshop at Dehradun World School
Dehradun, December 13
The students of Dehradun World School, Nathuwala, had a hands-on experience in the pottery workshop conducted by Bhupinder Singh and the bamboo craft by Manoj Varma here today. With the support and guidance of Hamendra Singh Dawaan, director, Dehradun World School, students got a wonderful opportunity to participate and learn the art of using bamboo and clay to produce fine craft pieces. The students showed immense interest in trying their hands in both pottery and bamboo craft and their curiosity in not missing any step or technique was an indication of how much they liked the very oldest art form of the country. The students were thrilled to learn the skill required in making of bamboo flowers, pencil stands, patterned mats, spectacles and bamboo baskets. The pottery work done on the potter's wheel attracted the students very much and with lots of enthusiasm the students learnt the art of making beautiful mud pots, diyas, agarbatti (incense sticks) stands, long slender vases and much more. The students decorated the display on the conclusion of the workshop and as the proud owners of their own creation children could feel a sense of satisfaction and fulfilment at the end of the day. SpicMacay's mission of promulgating the valuable heritage of the country has enabled the students to learn more and more about the richest art and culture that India has.
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'62 batch Army officers reunite at IMA
Dehradun, December 13 Besides the emotional homecoming for all, a number of other events like course photographs, address by the Commandant, visit to the museum and the IMA campus, jubilee dinner and wreath laying ceremony at the IMA War Memorial, where all officers paid homage to the martyrs who fell in the line of duty and brought honour and glory to the nation and to the Indian Military Academy, were organised. To mark the occasion, the Golden Jubilee course presented a memento to the Indian Military Academy. The highlights of the events remained the emotional and heart-rending get-together and interaction among all officers wherein they re-lived the time spent together during their training at the IMA almost five decades ago. Nostalgia brought tears of affection in most eyes when they recalled the wonderful times spent together in hey days of their life.
—TNS
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Treat magic as a holy art, says Samrat Shankar
Haridwar, December 13 Popularly known as Jadugar Samrat Shankar, the veteran magician, who has to his credit a whopping 28,000 plus magic performances, appealed to magicians here today to take this art as a holy one. "Of late many incidents of magic art being used for wicked acts have come to light, which is degrading the noble magic profession. Already due to multiple entertainment-media tools, magicians thriving on sheer performances are facing the heat. If such misuse of this art carries on, then people's faith in us (dedicated magic practitioners) may also wither away," said Shankar, while talking to TNS. On the art of magic, Shankar termed it as a mix of skill and illusion, where hard work, dedication, concentration and timing played an important part. Samrat Shankar has also been quite active when it comes to charitable causes. He donates a major portion of his earnings in charity. Till date he has donated Rs 1.65 crore for charitable purpose and has also been pivotal in setting up a Magicians Welfare Fund in India. Born in Shri Karanpur, Rajasthan, Shankar as a child got enchanted with magic at the tender age of 12, seeing magician Dev Kumar of Bengal. Attributing his success to his yoga guru Swami Dev Maharaj, Shankar reveals that yoga is also extremely beneficial for magicians as, apart from controlling other senses, the magician has to first control his thoughts, movement and thinking, too. Due to spiritual, natural and religious aspects of Uttarakhand, Shankar wants to set up a magician-training academy in the state for which he is seeking assistance from the Uttarakhand government for providing land space. With multi-entertainment media options available, was there a danger of the younger generation getting weaned away from magic?Pat came the reply from the master magician: "We feel the heat but we also innovate in our items as per the demands of the audience. For metropolitan, urban, semi-urban, rural and foreign audiences, we have many a different presentation. Besides, we now present the 2-hour odd magic show in a kaleidoscopic-theatrical manner that leaves he audience spellbound when it comes out of the auditorium," said Shankar. To aficionados as well as new learners of this ancient art which emanated in India, Samrat Shankar says: " It is an ancient Indian practice which needs to be declared as national art. Work hard, practice as much as you can, try to read the psychology and eye movement of the audience. It takes not only time but a lot of time to get expertise in this art."
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5 shopping complexes reply to MDDA notices on parking
Dehradun, December 13 Those five shopping complexes which arranged for parking spaces are Krishna Plaza on Chakrata Road, Bank of Baroda, Woodland and another shopping complex owned by Kochar & Sons on Rajpur Road. A total of 37 shopping complexes had been enlisted by a committee of four members for not providing parking facility in the city. The members of the committee include Deputy Mukhya Nagar Adhikari, City Magistrate, Executive Engineer, PWD, and Circle Officer, Traffic. Among 37, the team has already taken action against 13 such shopping complexes. In the second phase, 10 shopping complexes have been earmarked, whereas the rest 14 will be taken up in the third phase.
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Dehradun girls beat Mussoorie in b'ball final
Dehradun, December 13 In the final match (women's section), Dehradun team beat Mussoorie 51-29. Palak scored highest 14 points for Dehradun. In men's section, ONGC beat Haridwar team 129-84 in the final. For ONGC, Amrit Pal scored highest 42 points. Chief guest Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjay Gunjyal awarded prizes.
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IIT football tourney from Dec 18
Dehradun, December 13 He said four groups had been created for the conduct of the matches. “While Delhi, Mumbai and Ropar teams have been kept in group I, Roorkee, Kharagpur, Patna and Rajasthan teams are in group II. The teams in group III are Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur and Mandi. The Gandhinagar, Madras, Bhubaneswar and Guwahati teams are in group IV. Every team that tops in each group will qualify for the semifinals. The final match will take place on December 23,” he added. Technical adviser of the Uttarakhand State Football Referee Association VS Rawat will be the chief referee of the tournament.
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Theft of cash, jewellery reported
Dehradun, December 13 In another incident, Shyam Bahadur, resident of Garhi Cantt, committed suicide by lying under a speeding train. In his suicide note, he has held his wife, resident of Mothorwala, and in-laws responsible for his death. Bahadur, LLB graduate, was unemployed. Because of his strained relations, his wife left him and filed papers for divorce. His mother too had disowned him and his wife long ago. Owing to this, he was living under severe strain. Meanwhile, SSP Kewal Khurana today shifted Circle Officer (CO,) Mussoorie as CO, office, today. CO Harbhajan Singh was found sitting at home in the day and not attending official calls, which was why he was transferred. Station Officer, Dalanwala, was attached to police lines for failing to control speed vehicles and maintaining law and order.
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Gorkha morcha party to take out peaceful march
Dehradun, December 13 While addressing a press conference, president of the organisation JB Karki said: “Those who are opposing the decision of Naintal High Court which said that those who had been residing in the state before 2000 will be permanent citizens of the state are dividing the state. These people are also going to take out a rally
to Raj Bhawan on December 17. In response to their agitation, our party will also hold a peaceful rally and submit a memorandum to the Governor on December 28.” The other members present on the occasion included PS Karki, RB Samant, Madhu Thapa, Kamlesh Chand, Shubham Kumar and Atul Tiwari.
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Small-time traders meet Mayor
Dehradun, December 13 The traders demanded that they should be provided space near the Parade Ground. Mayor Chamoli made it clear to them that stall owners could not sit anywhere they liked near the ground during the Sunday market. He said they must sit only on the approved location, otherwise the police would remove them and issue challans. The system, however, does not seem to be full proof and could lead to an altercation among these traders over the occupation of space. Earlier also, resentment was witnessed among traders over the space. Another contentious issue is the fight among two groups - local and outsiders. Jitender Kumar, a trader, said: “We are 65 shoe sellers who sit on the ground and sell our products. Despite the fact that all of us are local, those who come from outside the city occupy the space and get receipts from the DMC. They have also formed their own factions.” The DMC issues receipts to the traders in the morning and charges Rs 100 for the day. Congress leader Lal Chand Sharma said all stall owners should he given space to sell their products around the Parade Ground on Sundays.
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Several cases of fake magicians and wicked persons resorting to the art of magic to fool people have come to light, says internationally-famed magician
Shankar. Popularly known as Jadugar Samrat Shankar, the veteran magician, who has to his credit a whopping 28,000 plus magic performances, appealed to magicians here today to take this art as a holy one.
The 3rd Uttarakhand State Basketball Championship being played at Welham Boys' School concluded today.
In the final match (women's section), Dehradun team beat Mussoorie 51-29. Palak scored highest 14 points for
Dehradun. In men's section, ONGC beat Haridwar team 129-84 in the final. For
ONGC, Amrit Pal scored highest 42 points.
