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CPI geared up for February 20, 21
strike
Sanskrit colleges' annual
sports, cultural fest begins
SP (City) KL Shah addresses a gathering at Shri Bhagwan Das Sanskrit Mahavidyalya in Haridwar on Monday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
All Left parties support strike by trade unions
Guv for expanding medical facilities in hill areas
Governor Aziz Qureshi presents an award to a student at a function of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust in Dehradun on Monday.
‘Make Mussoorie helmet-free zone’
Dehradun traders call off Tuesday's bandh
Doon cricket stadium will be of international standards: CM
Officials demolish kiosk at Gun Hill in Mussoorie
Miscreant decamps with jewellery
Direction to arms licence, renewal officials
Vidhya Jain Cricket Academy win
A batsman plays a shot in a match during the 61st Dehradun District Cricket League in Dehradun on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
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Adventure tourism to begin on Yamuna without govt's help
Mussoorie, February 18 In order to provide more activities for the tourists in Mussoorie, young entrepreneurs from Dehradun and Mussoorie have taken the onus on themselves and begun river rafting and other water sports activities. After waiting for a government initiative and receiving no assistance from it, Nalin Khanduri and Shalabh Garg, young directors of a leading adventure unit from the country consisting of members belonging to the state, started a project on the Yamuna in order to provide added adventure activities to the tourists who visit Mussoorie but do not have any recreational options. Elaborating further, Nalin Khanduri said in comparison to the Ganga, the Yamuna was much more interesting for rafting and other water sports activities but had not gained popularity; hence the decision was taken to promote such activities near the Yamuna bridge. He further said activities like duck rides, float/boating trip for children, bridge slithering, cliff jumping, body surfing, river swimming in designated areas, rappelling and zipeline were being carried out on the Yamuna bridge, keeping the safety of the sports enthusiast in fore. “In order to check migration, it is important to promote adventure tourism, as such activities help in providing employment at local level and are recreational activities for the tourist visiting the state,” said Nalin. Shalabh Garg said the state government, under the state tourism policy of 2001, had proposed to establish adventure centres across the state for the promotion and development of adventure tourism in the state, but the Yamuna bridge was left out due to unknown reasons and therefore it was decided by few young local entrepreneurs that instead of waiting for the government to take initiative, they should contribute in a positive manner and establish an adventure centre at the Yamuna bridge. He also said if the government provided them with some financial subsidies, they were ready to incorporate activities such as trekking and bird watching in and around Mussoorie. He further said the state had immense potential in the field of adventure tourism and with the little assistance from the government, the moral of the young entrepreneurs will receive a new fill up. Members of the Mussoorie Hotel Association have welcomed the move and said with such activities going on around the town, the tourists would stay for longer period, thus helping generate more revenue for the state. Pankaj Jain, Ajay Bhargav, Ajay Vaish, Rajat Agarwal and others were present on
the occasion.
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CPI geared up for February 20, 21
strike
Haridwar, February 18 The district unit is holding several meetings at the block, tehsil and town levels to ensure mass participation by party workers. District secretary of the CPI Munrika Yadav said the strike had been planned against the anti-people policies, corruption, rising inflation, falling gross domestic product (GDP) and pro-capitalist decisions of the UPA government. Munrika added that various committees had been formed and the party workers would be working in batches to ensure that all government and commercial establishments in Haridwar remain closed. Munirka urged traders, farmers, youths and government employees to voluntarily refrain from work on February 20 and 21. He said the CPI had planned the strike against the anti-people and suppressive policies of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre. Vijay Pal Yadav, an office-bearer of the local CPI unit, said the recent Augusta Westland VVIP helicopter deal worth Rs 3,200 crore had once again exposed the corrupt Central government and the bureaucracy. “Its a matter of national shame that the UPA government is keeping silent on scams relating to the Commonwealth, 2-G spectrum, Tatra trucks, Adarsh Society, and discrepancies in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the National Rural Health Mission, the mid-day meal and several other similar schemes,” said Vijay Pal while addressing a meeting at the city party office.
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Sanskrit colleges' annual
sports, cultural fest begins
Haridwar, February 18 The event was inaugurated by Superintendent of City Police Kiran Lal Shah after lighting the lamp at Saraswati's portrait. In his address Shah cited the culture (Sanskriti), Sanskrit and moral values (sanskar) as the three
identities of India. "Sanskrit is considered mother of all languages, having an impact on almost every language. This is a complete language and it is quite nice on seeing Sanskrit scholars matching other students by participating in sports, cultural and co-curricular activities," said Shah. Bhola Jha, Principal of Shri Bhagwan Das Sanskrit Mahavidyalya, said that earlier the college management used to organise this multiple event fest but this year onwards they have given responsibilities to students to organise the fest. "Students have taken up this responsibility. They are making five-day programme charts, fixtures, calling on guests, making arrangements for players' accommodation and looking into other minute aspects. We are just guiding them as we want to instil a sense of responsibility, team management and expose them to such activities for overall development of their personalities," added Jha. On the first day, league matches of volleyball were played at the college ground while athletics, kabaddi and tug of war will commence from tomorrow onwards. Intellectual and other co-curricular activities will take place from day after tomorrow. Students' union organising committee members Rajneesh Joshi and Pankaj Bhatt said that 15 teams had alresdy reached for the event, while the number will go up as many others are expected to reach by
tomorrow.
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All Left parties support strike by trade unions
Dehradun, February 18 According to the leaders of these parties, including Vijay Rawat of CPI (M), Samar Bhandari of CPI and Raja Bahuguna of CPI (ML), the strike is being organised against the fallout of privatisation, liberalisation and commercialisation in the country, which have endangered the democracy and livelihood of people of this country. They said the rights of labourers to form a union or fight for their rights were snatched away. They were divested of their fundamental rights through non-implementation of labour laws and constantly exploited through contractual system of working. The leaders attacked politicians and corporates, saying that they, in connivance with each other, had plundered the country of it's resources, which was resulting into one mega scam after another. The leaders urged people to participate in the strike to shake up the Centre in this regard. All the employees and officers' unions of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited and Uttarakhand Power Transmission of Uttarakhand Limited have extended their support to the strike.
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Guv for expanding medical facilities in hill areas
Dehradun, February 18 The Governor said education as well as medical profession was being taken over by commercialisation and this was a cause of concern. “Even today, hill areas are deprived of medical facilities. All efforts should
be made to rectify this,” he said. Qureshi we the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru should be followed and youth should work to build a modern India. “Primary education is the foundation of development of any nation. We must pay attention to primary education and primary school teachers,” he added. He gave away the awards for academic and literary excellence to the students. He also paid tributes to Swami
Rama, the founder of the HIHT. Dr Vijay Dhasmana, member of the presidential body of the
HIHT, welcomed the Governor and said Swami Rama had set up the hospital in 1989 for the poor. The Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences was set up in 1994 which is a deemed university now. Prof Vijendra
Chauhan, VC, HIHT, proposed the vote of thanks. MLA PC Aggarwal, former minister SS
Sajwan, students, faculty and other staff of the HIHT were present.
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‘Make Mussoorie helmet-free zone’
Mussoorie, February 18 Youth Congress activists under the aegis of the Youth Congress and the Mussoorie Yuva Sangharsh Samiti met the police station in charge and submitted a memorandum in this regard to abolish the provisions of using helmets for the two wheelers. President and secretary of the samiti Megh Singh and Anuj Gupta, submitting the memorandum, said as the town spread across an area of around 4-5
kilometres, the continuous checking for the helmets carried out by the police was posing
inconvenience. Megh Singh further said the constant checking had also led to harassment by the local beat officers who were indulging in corrupt practices and imposing unnecessary fines in the pretext of the enforcing the helmet rule in the town. CO Mussoorie Harbans Singh and station officer BS Rawat said the mandatory provisions of using helmets were for the security of the commuters and in accordance to the traffic laws. Therefore, the question of declaring the helmet-free zone did not
arise. Anit Kumar, Wasim Khan, Gaurav Gupta, Nitin, Jaipal Rana, Virendar
Negi, Arjun Chandola and others were present on the occasion.
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Dehradun traders call off Tuesday's bandh
Dehradun, February 18 The demands included permission to park two-wheelers in Paltan Bazaar, the revocation of the proposed demolition of 14 shops at the Tehsil crossing, withdrawing the ban on the use of polythene (40 micron), no challan to shopkeepers on the issue and restraint over police march in Paltan Bazaar. Purushottam said till March 15, no challan for using polythene would be issued to traders. He, however, said the administration would launch an anti-polythene awareness drive. On the traders' demand for parking permission in Paltan Bazaar and restraint on police march in the area, Purushottam said he would discuss the matter with the SSP. Umesh Aggarwal said the Supreme Court had banned the use of polythene bags of 20 micron and allowed those above 40 micron, hence the same yardstick should be adopted for the city. He questioned the decision to impose a ban on polythene in Dehradun only and not in the rest of the state.
— TNS
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Doon cricket stadium will be of international standards: CM
Dehradun, February 18 The Chief Minister said that the quality and the time of completion of the construction should be kept in mind. He said sports stadiums at other places in the country should be observed and their good points should be kept in mind while constructing this cricket stadium. The CM said that the proposed stadium, to be built on 25 acres of land, should have the flexibility for expansion from a capacity of 30,000 spectators to the capacity of 40,000 spectators. He said a club house should also be included that would be a constant source of income. A sports complex would be constructed along with the stadium. Those present at the meeting were Sports Minister Dinesh Aggarwal ,Chief secretary Alok Kumar Jain , Principal Secretary Rakesh Sharma, DK Kotia and SS
Sandhu.
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Officials demolish kiosk at Gun Hill in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, February 18 Acting on the complaint received today, the officials reached the spot and demolished the
kiosk completely amid the opposition by the local residents. The residents opposed the demolition exercise and said the authority
concerned was acting against the small vendors but was mum at the illegal encroachment done by the rich and
powerful. They demanded that the laws be followed without any bias. TS
Rawat, JE, Jal Sansthan, said they had received a complaint today and had to act according to the law. The department was
also initiating further action against the perpetrators.
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Miscreant decamps with jewellery
Dehradun, February 18 today. After he was gone, the owner and his father KC Dutta found the packet missing from the shop. They created an uproar but till then the accused had got away.
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Direction to arms licence, renewal officials
Dehradun, February 18 He directed all the arms licence holders to feed the desired information by taking the application forms from the DM office in the next 10 days. Meanwhile, Purushottam also began a helpline for LPG consumers. People can call on toll free number1800-258 and 2581 from 10 to 1 and 3 to 4 in the day to register their complaints on the matter.
— TNS
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Vidhya Jain Cricket Academy win
Dehradun, February 18 Batting first after winning the toss, Uttar Pradesh policemen scored 135 runs all out in 37.3 overs. Sumit Teotia was the top scorer with 36 runs JP Singh also contributed 31 runs to the total. Gurvinder singh took three wickets for 29 runs while Kartik Chaudhary, Kapil Bhatti and Bharatveer took two wickets each. In reply, Vidhya Jain Cricket Academy, Delhi, scored 138 for five wickets in 27 overs to win the match by five wickets. Gurvinder Singh scored 52 unbeaten runs.
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Cricket match drawn
Dehradun, February 18 Batting first after winning the toss, Mehuwala Cricket Club scored
148 runs all out in 24.3 overs. Jonty was the top scorer with 20 unbeaten runs. Mohd Azhar took 4 wickets for 30 runs. In reply, United Scholars was all out for 148
runs in 30 over, leading to a tied match. Both the teams were awarded one point each.
Shubham was the top scorer for the United Scholars with 46 runs to his
credit. Pradeep took 5 wickets for 23 runs.
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