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Election to the post of president
MDDA seals 2 complexes for not providing parking spaces
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Gang of 4 thieves busted, eight cases solved
3 PAC jawans hurt as gun goes off accidentally
‘Corbett's Legacy’ — a tribute to Jim Corbett, FW Champion
DM, SSP review civic amenities of Mussoorie
Three children from Doon selected for TV reality show
RIMC cadet wins prize in creative writing contest
Weather workshop for students of Eco Club
Director, Census, felicitated
Carrom tournament results
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Election to the post of president Advocate threatens to move court Tribune News Service
Dehradun, January 22 Tomar, who also participated, had claimed of getting maximum votes 9 in comparison to 8 votes received by Amarpal in the election. He said he would move High Court against the decision. Tomar said among the three candidates, including him, Amarpal and Surender Mittal, who stood for the election, he got 8 votes, Amarpal 6 votes and Mittal 3 votes in the first round. After elimination of Mittal from the contest for getting least number of votes, his votes got divided among other candidates, whereby Tomar got one extra vote and Amarpal got two votes. In this way, he said, his tally increased to 9, Amarpal’s votes also increased to 8. Despite the fact that he was leading, he said Chauhan and election officer Vijay Singh along with Amarpal deliberately declared his two votes invalid without giving any reason. Without paying heed to his objections in the matter, he alleged the election officer declared Amarpal winner. He said Chauhan and his supporters tried to tear the ballot papers. Razia Begh said Chauhan and the election officer offended the rulings given under election rules of BCU, according to which the votes which were declared invalid had been listed valid in the rule book. She said Chauhan initially wanted to appoint Advocate General as president of BCU and had suggested the participants to elect him by giving their votes by raising hands. Begh and Tomar refused from doing so and insisted on following the election procedure. They went to the High Court on December 15 on the matter, which decreed that election dates must be announced within two days. After that nomination dates were announced for January 10 and election for January 19. Chauhan in his defence said he had no role to play in the entire election procedure and it was the election officer who discharged his duties in the matter. He objected to the manner in which Begh and Tomar addressed the press, saying it was against the rule and he would file a case against them for this. He said they could have placed their objections in the House or before the secretary and at the most file petition in the High Court for this.
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MDDA seals 2 complexes for not providing parking spaces
Dehradun, January 22 In Abhishek Tower, 14 shops were found built in the basement area, which is meant for parking space. Despite the notice, these shops were not dismantled. Similar was the situation in Baburam complex, where shops were built in the parking lot. In the city, where MDDA had stirred a drive against those shopping complexes which had either not provided parking spaces or misused the spaces for some other purposes, these two shopping complexes had preferred not to do the needful and faced the ire of the authority. Many of the 125 shopkeepers who run their outlets in the Abhishek Tower complex were seen arguing with the team for sealing the entire premises. Similarly, some 25 shops on first floor and hostel on the second and third floors of Baburam complex were sealed where after mild opposition, the team sealed the premises. Two other premises, a building and ICICI bank, were not sealed after the proprietors arranged for parking space in the basement.
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U'khand samaj sangathan to contest civic poll
Dehradun, January 22 Announcing this at a press conference here today, sangathan president Kunwar Japinder Singh said besides contesting the election for the post of Mayor, the sangathan would also pit candidates in all 70 wards of Dehradun city. Japinder Singh said anyone interested in contesting the Dehradun Municipal Corporation elections on sangathan's ticket could put up his candidature at their office in Dehradun before February 17. He said the sangathan was committed to ensure equal rights to the inhabitants of the plain and hill areas of the state. He accused the state government of intentionally delaying the notification on the issuance of domicile certificates. Kartar Singh, Rajeev Sachchar, Naim Ahmed and CL Bhartiya were present at the press conference.
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Gang of 4 thieves busted, eight cases solved
Dehradun January 22 Those arrested have been identified as Yaseen (32) and Gulfam (36), both residents of Hapur in Ghaziabad district, Aman (28), a resident of Betia in Bihar, and Farman (28), a resident of Dasna village in Ghaziabad. There another accomplice, Bittu, however, managed to escape. SSP Kewal Khurana had constituted a team of police personnel of Patel Nagar, Vasant Vihar, Cantt stations and the Special Operation Group to solve the pending cases of burglary and theft in the city. DGP Satyavrat Bansal has announced a reward of Rs 15,000 to the police team while the SSP has announced Rs 2,500. The police recovered gold and silver jewellery in a large quantity, two blankets, shoes, an LCD TV, a camera, a suitcase, Swiss watches, an ATM card, passbooks and a DVD player worth Rs 10 lakh. It also recovered a Honda City and Maruti Swift cars, besides two pistols of 315 bore, one pistol of 12 bore and two cartridges from their possession. The SSP said the accused used to drive around the city in their cars, which they had purchased by selling stolen goods. They would search for locked houses and later commit thefts there. The accused did not stay in the city at night and leave the town after committing the crime. They would sneak either into Uttar Pradesh or Delhi. There are three cases registered against them in Patel Nagar police station. They had committed crimes on December 11 and 13 last year and on January 8 this year in Patel Nagar. They committed a burglary on November 11 last year in the Cantt police station jurisdiction. In Vasant Vihar, they were wanted in theft cases of November 11, December 28 and 29 last year. There is another case of theft committed in Nehru Colony on January 10 registered against them. The arrests are a big achievement for the city police as the accused are hardened criminals and have several cases registered against them in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Aman works as a vegetable seller in Azadpur Mandi in Delhi. He had earlier been arrested for theft in Delhi. He has admitted to committing three thefts on Dhan Teras in the city. Yaseen works as a scrap dealer in Delhi. He owns a Swift car and used to do a recce of locked houses. He too has admitted to committing thefts on Divali in the city. Gulfam repairs gas stoves and kitchen items. He used to locate locked houses while roaming in the localities on the pretext of repairing household items.
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3 PAC jawans hurt as gun goes off accidentally
Haridwar, January 22 The trio was taken to the District Hospital, where their condition is stated to be stable. They stained injuries on their legs. The victims, Gobind Ram, Nazis Ali and Manoj Kumar, have been deployed at the ongoing Kaliyar Urs in Piran Kaliyar, Roorkee. Personnel of the 46th PAC Battalion who are on Urs duty have been temporarily stationed at Gurukul Kangri University and four to five personnel are sharing a room. Kankhal circle officer Bishan Lal Arya, who reached the university, said the trio was recuperating well.— TNS
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‘Corbett's Legacy’ — a tribute to Jim Corbett, FW Champion
Dehradun, January 22 Bedi brothers have produced the film for the Uttarakhand Forest Department with the help of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority fund to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the Corbett National Park. The film, along with an exhibition displayed at Dhikala, narrates the early history of the Corbett National Park and aims to increase interest about the Corbett National Park's rich heritage. The film will go a long way in generating awareness among thousands of tourists visiting the Corbett National Park about these remarkable men, Jim Corbett, hunter, naturalist, photographer and writer and FW Champion, forester, writer and photographer, and their globally famous books that continue to inspire young people towards conservation. Jim Corbett and FW Champion were friends who thought of tiger conservation way back in 1930s almost 40 years before the launch of Project Tiger by the Union Government. Jim Corbett was passionate about tigers and deeply concerned about their fate and rapid loss of their habitat. Champion was an Indian Forest Service officer who served for 25 years in the Forest Department till India gained Independence in 1947. He was posted as the Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Kalagarh Forest Division after the formation of Corbett National Park. Champion's pool situated near Sarpduli Forest Rest House is named after him. The then Governor of United Province Sir Malcolm Hailey's fore-sightedness and efforts by Jim Corbett and FW Champion resulted in the formation of the Hailey National Park on August 8, 1936. At the time of its formation, it was India's first national park. Together, they dreamt of making it as one of the foremost national parks of the world. The national park was renamed as Corbett National Park in 1957 as homage to Jim Corbett after his death in Kenya. This beautifully crafted film by the Bedis follows Jim Corbett's life illustrating some significant events using archival footage and stills. It also touches upon the role of FW Champion in pioneering wildlife photography. The film attempts to document and preserve rare archival footage shot by Jim Corbett and FW Champion in Nainital, Kaladhungi, Lansdowne and the Corbett National Park. This footage was obtained from the British Museum of Natural History and the British Film Institute during the research carried out under the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wildlife Institute of India's "Collaborative Project on Development of Interpretive Facilities in Corbett National Park". With nine hours of disorganised silent material, it was a challenge for the Bedis to sort out the footage, identify and edit it and enrich it by adding natural sounds and music along with a commentary to convey a story. Tom Alter's deep knowledge of Jim Corbett's writings and philosophy and 50 years of long association with the Corbett Park as a tourist comes alive in the narration and presentation of the film. In the first half of the film, the Corbett's famous hunt of man-eating tigers have been reconstructed to give viewers some idea of the ugly and dangerous situation Jim had to face to eliminate man-eaters bringing to an end the misery and fear faced by the village folk. The film beautifully reconstructs the Corbett's shooting of big tiger, The Bachelor of Powalgarh, which measured 10ft- 7inches and was not a man-eater. Jim turned to his cine camera to record magnificent cats on film. With his passion, Jim Corbett could record seven tigers on cattle carcass in the Baur river, including a white tigress. One of the climaxes of the film is the big shikar by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, during 1936 to 1942 that was filmed by Jim Corbett himself. The second half of the film deals with the rich wildlife and sheer beauty of the Corbett National Park - a paradise of nature situated in Uttarakhand in the foothills of the Himalayas. Bedi brothers love Corbett and have been visiting it ever since they were children. With their cinematic skills, they have beautifully captured the diverse habitats, fauna and flora of the Corbett. They have been extremely lucky to film tiger mating and three week-old cubs following their mother, shot for the first time in Corbett and film Ramganga landscape from hot air balloon.
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DM, SSP review civic amenities of Mussoorie
Mussoorie, January 22 BVR Purushottam, while purusing through the agenda, was astounded at the fact that same problems such as parking, encroachments, drinking water supply etc cited today also figured when he was the vice chairman of the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) a few years back. The public dignitaries such as MC president OP Uniyal, former MC president Manmohan Singh Mall, former MLA Mussoorie Jot Singh Gunsola and members from the Hotels' Association Sandeep Sahni, RN Mathur and Ajay Bhargav, attending the meeting, rued the fact that despite several senior-level meeting held to address the problems faced by the town that nothing had been done as yet. They also raised the issue of the taxi union not returning the parking constructed by Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) at Library Bazaar, which has led to lack of parking space for the tourist vehicles in the town. It was also suggested that only 15 taxis should be allowed to stay at the stands on both sides of Mall Road to avoid congestion, and the rest of the taxis should either be shifted to Kingcraig or near civil hospital during the tourist season to ease traffic congestion. The District Magistrate also directed the officials to clear the civil hospital area from the construction debris dumped on the road so that adequate arrangements can be made for the parking of tourist vehicles during tourist season. The DM, Dehradun, also looked concerned at the drinking water supply situation in the town, which was only about 50 per cent in comparison to the present demand. The Jal Sangthan Assistant Engineer, GP Gairola, apprised the senior officials in the meeting that a proposal of making a lake near Kandi Ghat was still pending at the administration level, and once completed it could assist in augmenting the water supply to the town to a certain extent. The DM also enquired about the sewerage project being carried out under the JNNURM scheme in the town and was unhappy at the it's speed here. He was also bemused to know that no arrangements had been made for the water required to run for such projects by the executing agency Pey Jal Nigam. No official from Pey jal Nigam was present to give a reply; the matter was left for another meeting in days to come. The DM directed the MC officials to ensure the order of complete plastic ban in the town and carry out an awareness drive without any further delay. He directed the officials from Sulabh International to construct lavatories handed over to them by MDDA and MC before March, so that they can be used by the tourists during the season. On the law and order situation, SSP Kewal Khurana informed the gathering that a drive to control drunk driving, triple riding and driving without helmet would be carried out within a few days strictly in Mussoorie. He also said that around 13 CCTV cameras will be placed at the bottleneck areas and linked to the control room in Dehradun directly for better traffic management. He also informed in the meeting that around 15 constables along with two Cheetah vehicles had been provided for night patrolling. It was also decided in the meeting that in order to resolve the border disputes, DM, Tehri, will also be invited in the next meeting. It was decided in the meeting that the issue of encroachments would also be taken up in the review meeting to be held after
15 days.
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Three children from Doon selected for TV reality show
Dehradun, January 22 Besides these children, two children, Harinder Singh Katri and Vivek Tomar, both visually handicapped from the city, impressed the judges, actors Sonali Bendre, Vivek Oberoi and director Anurag Basu. However, they could not make it to the final list selected for the show. Vinay Arora, coordinator, Perception, said it was for the first time that auditions for a national level reality show took place in Dehradun on December 28. He said out of 450 children who participated, 24 children were selected. These children further competed with other children, who came from Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Lucknow at Noida. Only seven children from Dehradun could qualify, out of which three lucky children were further shortlisted in the age group of 7-12, who made it to the final list. The show will test the creativity, acting abilities and impromptu answers of the questions among children. The show will soon be aired on television.
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RIMC cadet wins prize in creative writing contest
Dehradun, January 22 The contest was organised by Zenith Star under the patronage of author Ruskin Bond. It was an online competition with students from across the country taking part in it. He won the second prize in the book review category, where he critically reviewed the book ‘The Difficulty of Being Good On the subtle art of Dharma’ by Gurcharan Das, a famous columnist and author.
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Weather workshop for students of Eco Club
Dehradun, Janaury 22 Mona Bali, coordinator of the Eco Club, said the workshop was orgainsed to equip and train students in weather monitoring by which they could better understand the relationship between weather and environment. The students were also made aware of the role of the weather in environment conservation. On the occasion a weather station designed by the National Council of Science and Technology Communication was demonstrated by Ajay Joshi. In his presentation, Joshi explained the importance of weather monitoring along with a demonstration of rain gauge, maximum-minimum thermometer, barometer, hydrometer and compass to the students. He also taught them the calculations of these instruments. Joshi told the students that through rain gauge one could measure the quantity of rainwater in litres received on the school campus in one year. He said these instruments raised our consciousness about weather. Joshi said sustainability of the eco system was totally dependent on weather. Different factors of weather like temperature, rain, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and wind direction were responsible for making rich the diversity of the ecosystem. Dr Kusum Rani Naithani said it was a very good exercise for the students of the club. The weather monitoring kit was capable of making a difference in understanding weather and its role in ecology conservation. About 150 students, members of the club along with many teachers participated at the workshop.
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Director, Census, felicitated
Dehradun, January 22 The President presented to her a citation letter and a census silver medal. The honour is conferred upon the Directors census of states for their outstanding contribution. — TNS
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Carrom tournament results
Mussoorie, January 22 In the first fixture of doubles category, the duo of Manuj Agarwal and Chandragupt defeated Upendar Panwar and Parwind Rawat by a margin of 29-3. In the second match, the duo of Sandeep and Manjeet defeated Manmohan and Manish by a margin of 28-0 and entered the second round of the tournament. In the single matches held earlier, Amit Gupta defeated Man Bahadur 29-28. Sandeep Rawat defeated Arvind 29-14, Vinish defeated Manuj 29-28, Ajay Rao defeated Tejpal Kharola 28-05, Dharmendra defeated Amit Gandhi 29-19, Chandragupt defeated Upendra Pawar 29-10. The tournament is being held under the aegis of the Mussoorie Sports and Cultural Committee. The finals will be held tomorrow.
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Former president of Bar Council of Uttarakhand (BCU) Razia Begh and advocate Yogender Singh Tomar have accused outgoing president of BCU Prithviraj Singh Chauhan of irregularities in the election.
Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) officials led by secretary Banshidhar Tiwari today sealed Abhishek Tower and Baburam complex in Jakhan.
Three children from Dehradun, Shreyansh Negi, Harsh Mishra and Avani, have been selected for the Mumbai round for the reality show, 'India's Best
Dramebaaz." These children have been trained by Perception, an academy which hones the acting talent among children.
The Eco Club of Phool Chand Narishilp Mahila Inter College and Society for Pollution and Environmental Scientists (SPECS) jointly organised a workshop on weather monitoring today.
