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Call to hang Delhi gangrape accused
Mussoorie hotel owners oppose revised minimum wages plan
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Govt staff lay siege to Congress Bhawan, burn party’s effigy
Major power crisis in Dehradun
Chulha gas leads to death of sanitary worker in Mussoorie
V’ball body chief rejects harassment charges
IIT (Delhi) outplay Ropar team
Christmas celebrated at Raj Bhawan
Xmas celebrations at Aryan School
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Call to hang Delhi gangrape accused
Haridwar, December 18 At a meeting called under the aegis of the Mahila Utpiran Nivaran and the Nirbal Jan Kalyan Samiti here today, women activists said rapists should not go scot-free after committing such a heinous crime. Vimla Pandey, co-founder of the Mahila Utpiran Nivaran Samiti, said of late, many such shocking incidents had come to light in metropolitan cities. "In rural areas too, such heinous crimes take place. Here rapists either roam free or go scot-free in just a few years. However, where would the victims go and get justice from?" asked Pandey. Condemning the incident, Dr Veena Shastri, head of the Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Satikund, Kankhal, said rigorous punishment was a must for rapists, else they would have no fear of law. Prerna Kainthola, a former girls' union student leader, said the government should explore the possibility of permitting the imposition of alternative sentences like surgical or chemical castration in such cases. Prerna cited such a law existing in many developed countries like the USA, the UK and Germany. Meanwhile, the youth wing of the BJP took out a protest march today and burnt the effigy of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit for not even giving a statement after 24 hours of the crime. Naresh Sharma, youth wing chief, said despite being a woman, Sheila Dixit had no emotions. "Sheila Dixit
had recently advised girls against wearing western clothes and not to go out after 6pm. However, she does have a word for the Delhi Police or the criminals who do such degrading acts," said Sharma.
Shock waves
rock Doon
DEHRADUN: The gangrape of a woman who had undergone training in paramedical science from Dehradun has shocked the citizens of Dehradun, with the social activists calling for severest punishment for the perpetrators of the crime. The Chairman of State Women's Commission, Sushila Baluni, said that there should be zero tolerance for crime against women. "Lax laws and absence of speedy punishment has emboldened the rapists, who continue to commit the heinous crime. I think the offenders should be hanged," said Sushila Baluni. Condemning the incident, Geeta Gairola, Project Director, Mahila Samakhya, said that many times the rape victim was harassed by the law-abiding agencies and despite the clamour for more and more women police posts, the government had failed to act. "There is lack of sensitivity on the part of policemen, which prevents women from lodging complaints. The entire procedure is quite cumbersome," said Gairola. Shocked by the incident, several college and office-going women said that they dread taking up odd jobs and errands at night. "The streets are not safe, the buses are not safe and the police is not helpful. The conditions are just not conducive for women venturing out alone," said Shrada
Diwan, a student.
CM announces
Rs
5 lakh relief for victim
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has announced a relief of Rs 5 lakh for the girl who was gang-raped in a moving bus in
New Delhi. The girl, who studied physiotherapy in Dehradun, would get the money for the treatment, according to state government officials. Bahuguna said the girl would also be offered a government job in the state.
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Mussoorie hotel owners oppose revised minimum wages plan
Mussoorie, December 18 General secretary of the Mussoorie Hotels' Association Ajay Bhargav, speaking on the issue, said that the revision of the basic pay in which the trade unions had demanded hike in pay up to Rs 12,000-15,000 per month was unjustified, and if implemented could lead to additional burden on the hoteliers and trigger unemployment. He further said that the members of the association met Labour Minster Durgapal in the month of September and told him that the demand by the trade unions was unjustified and their side should also be heard. The association members raised objection about the formation of the committee and questioned it's genuineness to decide on the revision of pay, and demanded that they should also be included in the committee and advisory board formed to revise these wages. The state government then proposed minimum wages of Rs 5500 per month. Following the announcement, the hotel association filed it's objections once again. Ajay Bhargav further said that the association had contested the matter and was of the view that since the government revised the Dearness Allowance every 6 months, inflation was neutralised and there was no need of revision. The association demanded that the food that was given to the staff at the rate of Rs 200 per month be raised by at least 12-15 % of the pay and should be in proportion to the increments in future as in Himachal Pradesh. The association demanded that the base limit of up to 10 employees be raised from 10 to 50, and the formula of DA calculation be the same as 2005 and not as per present proposed
formula. Ajay Bhargav said that the abnormal rise in the basic pay shall lead to unemployment and shall be a big deterrent in the growth of industry. “The members of the Mussoorie Hotels' Association were closely monitoring the situation along with other concerned associations and would contest their case in the High Court, too” added Bhargav. On the other hand, the workers' association in Mussoorie is livid at delay in implementing the minimum wages as proposed by the trade unions. RP Badoni, president of the Left-supported trade union in Mussoorie, said that the government was delaying the rise in minimum wages of the workers at the behest of the rich and powerful lobby of Hotel and Restaurants Association, and any move to dilute their demands would be opposed vehemently by the workers.
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Govt staff lay siege to Congress Bhawan, burn party’s effigy
Dehradun, December 18 The employees from different departments today collected under the banner of the Uttarakhand Adhikari Karamchari Shikshak Sangharsh Morcha at the Parade Ground and heard their leaders reiterating their commitment to continue with the boycott of work till the end of the winter session of the Lok Sabha. “We are not disheartened with the voting in favour of the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the Bill has to pass through the Lok Sabha to finally become an Act and we are hopeful the MPs will vote against the party line,” said Suman Singh Valdiya, chief coordinator of the morcha. He said in the past from time to time the Supreme Court had and the High Court in its ruling had termed the quota in promotions as unconstitutional but the Central Government had gone ahead and passed a Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Later from the Parade Ground, they marched to the office of the Congress and laid siege to the office. They raised slogans against the Congress. The situation turned ugly after the employees started raising slogans and tried to force open the gates of the office. However, after the police intervened the situation was brought under control. The members later burnt the effigy of the Congress. Meanwhile, there was thin attendance at all government offices. However, in the government hospitals, the medical staff reported for work except for the clerical staff. Due to the absence of clerical staff, the medical certificates could not be made.
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Major power crisis in Dehradun
Dehradun, December 18 It is getting further difficult to guess about the resumption of power as the repair work gets impeded due to darkness at night. Residents of 80 per cent of the area could not get water supply in the evening due to power shutdown and had to scurry for water tanks. Most of the town plunged into darkness. It was due to repair of earth wire at the State Load Dispatch Centre, Rishikesh, that two transmission lines, 132 KV Bindal and 132 Majra, which supplied power supply to Dehradun city, had to be shut down. The third remaining transmission line,132 KV Khodri-Dakrani line, is, however, providing power supply to VIP locations in the city. Sources at SLDC, Rishikesh, said the repair of earth wire had become imminent as it was developing faults and could create a huge problem any time. Owing to the mounting power load in winter due to excess use of heating gadgets, the transmission lines become prone to snapping, if not maintained before hand. This exercise of repair and maintenance work should have been taken long ago before the onset of winters. The officials tried to shrug off their responsibility, saying that the task was postponed due to intervening period of the winter session of
Vidhan Sabha.
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Chulha gas leads to death of sanitary worker in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, December 18 According to the police, the deceased, identified as Sonu Kumar, aged 27, from Saharanpur worked as a sanitary worker and employee of Zila Panchayat, Kempty, had not been reporting for duty for the past three days. His colleagues in order to enquire about his whereabouts reached his house and found that it was shut from inside. They frantically knocked at the door but receiving no response, they forced open the door and found to their shock Sonu Kumar lying dead in front of the firewood chulha in his room. They immediately called the police who recovered the body and sent it for the post-mortem. According to the police, the deceased presumably died by poisonous gas emitted from the chulha during his sleep as the doors and windows from all side was closed. The family members have taken the body of the deceased in their possession for conducting
last rites. However, the death has exposed the government and the administration. They have failed to provide smokeless chulhas to the members from economically weaker section despite tall claims. The residents around the area also said the poor villagers were forced to use the firewood for their chulhas and were ignorant of the adverse affects of its
use.
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5 held for loot; Rs 3 lakh recovered
Haridwar, December 18 According to Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Arun Mohan Joshi, the accused looted Babu Hassan, resident of Nasirpur Kalan, police station Pathri, who had just completed the formalities of a land deed. While he was going towards his home, three persons on a black motorcycle and two others on a red one, cornered Hassan and beat him up.They took away the cash bag, containing Rs 3 lakh near Bahadrabad, Sarai railway crossing. An intense search operation was being carried out since then, with the police arresting the accused from bus station here. The accused hiding for the past two days were trying to leave Haridwar for a safer place in western Uttar Pradesh. Accused Kuleep Tomar, Udit Kumar, Satyam, Sumit and Deepak Aggarwal hail from Baghpat district with many cases of their involvement in other criminal incidents also coming into light. In view of the successful time-bound operation by the Haridwar police, thte Uttarakhand police chief has announced Rs 20,000 cash award to the 15-member police team led by SHO
RK Chamoli. While DIG Dehradun Range Sanjay Gunjiyal has granted Rs 10,000 followed by the SSP Haridwar Rs 2,500 cash award to the cops team.
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Little Master Club, Little World Club win
Dehradun, December 18 The first match was played between Little Master Club and Railgaon. The Little Master won the match by 6 wickets. Batting first, Railgaon scored 130 runs losing 9 wickets in process in the allotted overs. Sidharth contributed 51 runs to the Railgaon’s team score. As of Little Master Club bowlers, Chitan and Deepak took 3 and 2 wickets each, respectively. Batting next, Little Master Club easily got to the target score losing 4 wickets, thereby ensuring 6 wickets win for its. In the second match, Little World Club beat Mumbai team by 5 wickets. Batting first, Mumbai scored 73 runs losing all its wickets in the allotted overs. Akash scored highest
26 runs. Batting next, Little World Club easily got to the target score losing just 5 wickets thereby ensuring 5 wicket win for itself. As of Mumbai bowlers, Lalit and Jagdish took 2 wickets.
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V’ball body chief rejects harassment charges
Dehradun, December 18 Addressing a press conference in Dehradun, Uttarakhand Volleyball Association vice-president Arun Kumar Sood said the association was committed to the betterment of volleyball in the state. He said two state players, Mandeep Singh and Ranjeet Singh, were already
in the national volleyball team. He said it was due to the efforts of Uttarakhand Volleyball Association that a general body meeting of the Volleyball Federation of India took place
in Dehradun some months back. Arun Kumar Sood also took opportunity to disclose that there were forces, who wanted to give the Uttarakhand Volleyball Association a bad name. Referring to allegations of harassment made by some women players against the Uttarakhand Volleyball Association, Arun Kumar Sood said the association despite its limited resources was providing the best facilities to the players for participating in the tournaments. He categorically rejected charges of harassment levelled by some women
volleyball players asserting that the charges being made were motivated and being levelled at the behest of some expelled office-bearers of the Volleyball Association. He also pointed out that the association had always been strict on discipline and would not tolerate any act of indiscipline on part of players. Uttarakhand Volleyball Association vice-presidents Bharat Veer Singh, Karnail Singh and Lalit Kumar Gaur were also present at the news conference.
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Kabbadi, kho kho, volleyball competitions
Dehradun, December 18 In volleyball, Kalsi emerged winners beating Sahaspur 3-0 in the final. In kabbadi, Sahaspur beat Kalsi 21-13 in the final. Further in kho kho, Kalsi beat Sahaspur 7-3, thus emerging winner. Chief guest, Commandant, Home Guards, Dehradun, CS Bouthiyal, handed over the prizes to the winners. Teams from Vikasnagar, Kalsi, Chakrata, Sahaspur and Doiwala participated in the competitions.
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IIT (Delhi) outplay Ropar team
Dehradun, December 18 In the 2nd match, the IIT, Madras, beat the IIT, Gandhi Nagar 3-0. Jyoti Prakash, Sriteja Malla and Gaurav scored the goals for the Madras team. In 3rd match, the host IIT, Roorkee, beat the IIT, Jodhpur 1-0. Parth Dhar scored the goal in the 38th minute. The 4th, 5th and 6th matches ended in a draw. The match between the IIT, Indore, and the IIT, Kanpur, ended in a draw with the score card reading 1-1 at the end of stipulated time. For the IIT, Indore, Srikant scored the goal while for the IIT, Kanpur, Darshil scored the goal. Similarly, the match between the IIT, Hyderabad, and the IIT, Mandi, ended in a draw 1-1. For the Hyderabad team, Ashwin Kartik scored the goal whereas Akash Patel scored the goal for the Mandi team. The 6th match between the IIT, Bhubneshwar, and IIT the Guwahati, went goalless and thus ended in a draw. Chief referee Virendra Singh Rawat conducted
the matches.
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Christmas celebrated at Raj Bhawan
Dehradun, December 18 The Governor greeted them and described Jesus Christ as the epitome of love, compassion and goodness. He said each act of Christ had brought peace and joy to the world. The students of Sharp Memorial School and Moravian Institute sang carols. Representatives from churches, hospitals and schools of
Dehradun, Mussoorie and Roorkee were present at the celebrations. —
TNS
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Xmas celebrations at Aryan School
Dehradun, December 18 An inter-house carol singing competition was also organised, in which Atharva House secured the first position and Yajur House second.
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