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Jeweller nabbed for buying stolen items
Delhi’s
shame
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Sachin's ton against Baroda cheers up Mussoorie residents
Mussoorie gears up for Maroj fest
Man duped of Rs 19.5 lakh
BTC teachers threaten govt
Agri Dept cricket team win
Small traders, vendors stage protest
Statehood agitators meet DM
Shiksha Mitras' protest continues
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Jeweller nabbed for buying stolen items
Dehradun, January 6 Irfan was involved in buying jewellery in three theft cases which took place at complainant Naresh Singh’s house on Sahastradhara Road on December 12, Vipin Kumar’s house at Ekta Vihar on November 30 and Anil Bisht’s house at Vishnu Puram on December 19. The police has recovered the stolen jewellery worth Rs 1.5 lakh from the convict. Two other accused, Mobin and Nasir, both from Saharanpur, had already been arrested who were wanted in the three theft cases. SP City Dalip Kunwar Singh said, “Irfan is a sharp-minded man who enjoyed a close rapport with the thieves and would buy jewellery at cheaper prices of Rs 20,000 per 10 gram of gold. This way, he has already bought jewellery worth several lakhs in the past.” He said it was on the information provided by the previously arrested thieves, Mobin and Nasir, that Irfan was arrested. The SP said the police was hopeful of cracking many theft cases in the city with the information provided by Irfan. He said the police would also interrogate Nasir, who was incarcerated at district jail of Saharanpur. In this regard, the police has already submitted warrant (B) in jail in order to get permission for interrogation. Two more cases of theft and carrying illegal arms have been registered against him in Saharanpur in past. Mobin is facing four more cases, including two of theft, one of carrying illegal arms and another of thrashing.
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Delhi’s
shame
Dehradun, January 6 They went to the office of the Dehradun District Magistrate to submit a memorandum demanding strict punishment for rape accused in the country. Raising slogans in support of their demands, Young India activists demanded fast-track courts for speedy trials of cases related to crime against women. They alleged that crime against women is on a rise in the entire country and the Centre as well as state governments should take cognisance of the issue.
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Waste Warriors clean SSP office premises
Dehradun, January 6 Board members of the NGO, Sujata Paul gave special thanks to SSP Kewal Khurana for providing constables from the Police Lines and contributing to the clean-up activity as part of community service. The important aspect of the clean-up drive was cleaning of those areas which had turned into garbage dumps on the premises. This way some 48 bags of garbage were collected from the ground. Shockingly, there was not a single dustbin in the area which was why the garbage lay strewn around. The NGO members expressed hope that dust bins would be provided at different spots on the ground. Elated over the drive, Circle Officer, City, Mamta Vohra said, “The initiative of cleanliness taken by the NGO at the SSP office will be carried forward on a regular basis, for which duties of policemen will be arranged. Not only this, the ground will also be beautified by developing and maintaining a green lawn with sitting benches and separate demarcation for parking of vehicles.” Those who participated in the cleanliness drive from the NGO were founder Jodie Underhill, volunteers and students of Delhi University, Bunny and Tenzin, activists Vijender and Karma along with educationist Daniel Phuntsog and Board member Rajat Saxena and Sujata Paul Maliah. Maliah said, “Waste Warriors will continue to create pressure on the authorities for serious and sincere implementation of the existing laws in order to prevent defacement of public property and to maintain cleanliness in the city. We will also continue its efforts in generating awareness for a clean
Doon.”
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Sachin's ton against Baroda cheers up Mussoorie residents
Mussoorie, January 6 The 11 days of stay with his family in Mussoorie has brought a sea change in the performance of Sachin Tendulkar which has lead to his 100-run knock against Baroda. Many in Mussoorie believe that the vacation at Mussoorie has always helped the master blaster in his performance at the national and international level. Sachin Tendulkar following his stay in Mussoorie in 2008 also scored century in a Test and a one-day cricket match against New Zealand in March. Parvinder Rawat, the local cricketer, said a few days off from cricket made a huge difference in the performance of the cricketers and Sachin was no exception. The success against Baroda and the dismal performance of the team at the national level has also triggered a demand of return of the Master Blaster Sachin. After announcing his retirement from one-day cricket he had selected Mussoorie as an important getaway which helped him regaining his focus on the game that has resulted in a ton against Baroda.
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Mussoorie gears up for Maroj fest
Mussoorie, January 6 The members discussed preparations for the festival at a meeting held here today. It was decided that all the community members will join in the festivities wearing traditional attire. The members decided to sacrifice a goat on January 9. Over Rs 50,000 were collected for celebrating the festival. Executive committee member Mahipal Singh Bisht appealed to the community members to participate actively and contribute generously to make the festival a success. The festival is held in the month of Magh or January. Legend has it that the celebrations began after an ogre called Maroj, whose fear stalked the region, was killed. Another reason for observing the festival is that farmers after tireless work in the fields rest in the winters and indulge in festivities by sacrificing a goat on the occasion. An intoxicant prepared using a herb is distributed among the villagers along with mutton and savoured by the community amid the beating of drums. The community members make it a point to visit their villages on the occasion. They prepare a traditional drink and make merry around a bonfire on the occasion. Traditional food like ‘aska’ and ‘suanla’ is also distributed during the festival. The festival ends with traditional dance sequence called Pandava Nritya.
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Permanent Residents
Dehradun January 6 The police obstructed their peaceful march near the CM residence and permitted only a small delegation to submit their memorandum to the Chief Minister on this
issue.
President of the organization Jabby Karki said the High Court and later state minister Indira Hridyesh also advocated of considering those who were settled in the state before November 9, 2000, as the permanent citizens of the state. He said the government should soon pass an order in this regard and issue permanent and caste certificates to the beneficiaries. He said there were some people who were fanning regional sentiments and exploiting this issue, which must be stopped.
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Man duped of Rs 19.5 lakh
Dehradun, January 6 They both developed closeness whereby Neha demanded Rs 19.5 lakh from him for medical treatment of her sick aunt and promises to return the sum
shortly.
He said she did not return the money and also maintained a distance from him afterwards. Arvind, who works as medical practitioner, has also mentioned the names of Gajender and SK Alexander, resident of Bangalore in whose account Nisha asked to deposit the money, in the complaint.
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BTC teachers threaten govt
Dehradun, January 6 He said they had even met the Uttarakhand Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani on several occasions but their sole demand of appointment was still to be fulfilled. Rai Singh Negi threatened to intensify their agitation in the days to come. Sangeeta Tomar, Yashwant Singh, Rakesh Badoni, Asha Petwal and Hemwati Nandan Batt were among those, who participated in today's dharna.
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District-Level Football League
Haridwar, January 6 Uttarakhand Royals drew the match against opponents RSFC. Shivam and Tushar Kumar of the Uttarakhand Royals scored a goal each. From the RSFC, Shivam Rawat and Gobind scored equalisers. In another match of the day, Shantikunj players displayed quality football with emphasis on mid-field play, which increased their chances to shoot at the goal post several times. Shantikunj cruised through the next round by an emphatic 3-0 win over Player Eleven. In the first half, Shantikunj players showed their prowess in dribbling and set pieces. Two of their goals
came through set pieces with Players Eleven defence exposed. For today’s matches, referees and match officials were VGS Thapa, Ramesh Sharma, Aman Kamal, Rahul Bhandari, Dinesh, Santosh and Rajeev Chaudhary.
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Agri Dept cricket team win
Dehradun, January 6 The Urja Bhawan team won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 144 runs all out in 25 overs. Kesar was the top scorer with 46 runs.
Asish Thapliyal, Chanmdrakant Shah and Mohan Panwar took two wickets each for the Agriculture Department team. In reply, the Agriculture Department team scored 148 runs for three wickets to win the match by seven wickets. Opener Vipin remained unbeaten on 64 runs while Mohan also contributed unbeaten 35 runs.
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CT Young win football title
Dehradun, January 6 For CT Young, Rahul Negi scored the first goal in the 3rd minute of the match. He was followed by Rakesh who scored the second goal for CT Young in the 13th minute of the match. Two goals down, Balaji players made a valiant fight scoring two goals consecutively to level the score at 2 each. First goal for Balaji was scored by Anil in the 50th minute while Deepak scored the second goal in the 57th minute. But CT Young's Amit gave a decisive lead scoring the third goal for his team in the 65th minute of the match thus taking the final score to 3-2 in CT Young's favour Congress leader Saket Bahuguna handed over the trophy to the winners. An amount Rs 21,000 was given to the winning CT Young team while runners-up Balaji were given with Rs 15,000. Albert from Gorkha Boys got the best player award whereas Doon United team got Fair Play trophy.
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Small traders, vendors stage protest
Dehradun, January 6 President of the association Sanjay Chopra alleged that the benefits of the National Vendors’ Policy had not reached the vendors and small traders of the state due to unhelpful attitude of the state Urban Development Minister Preetam Singh Panwar. He charged that as
per the policy rules and regulations, the vendors doing business on government lands were to
be allotted designated places within the state municipal limits. However, small vendors are being harassed on regular basis by the municipal employees and police administration. Chopra further charged that while the UPA had framed a National Vendors’ Policy, the state government and particularly the state Urban Development Minister had remained unaware of the same. He said a large number of small vendors and their family members were on the verge of starvation
due to harassment being meted out to them by the authorities. He further demanded that licenses under the policy be immediately issued to the vendors by the municipal authorities.
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Statehood agitators meet DM
Dehradun, January 6 The protesters alleged that their demand for free medical facilities, free travel in roadways buses and other pension-linked demands were yet to be fulfiled.
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Shiksha Mitras' protest continues
Dehradun, January 6 Jail Singh Rawat, one of the dharnaites, said that despite a total of 1,797 vacancies of Shiksha Mitras in the department, it is not absorbing Shiksha Acharyas on these vacant posts. Khem Singh, Rati Ram, Parwinder Singh, Daulat Singh, Lakshmi and Shamshad were prominent who participated in today’s
dharna.
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