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Locks of Mussoorie's Hackman's Hotel broken, guards beaten up
Plea to relax norms for Uttarakhand
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Basantotsav at Raj Bhavan from March 23
Training programme at FRI
MLAs support inclusion of colonies in MC limits
Shivanand threatens stir if quarrying restarts
Cannabis worth Rs 75 lakh seized from 2
SD College contributes to Disaster Relief Fund
Annual Athletics Meet at Balawala institute
Bhagwan Das-A, Saptrishi team in volleyball final
Devesh best bowler in cricket tourney
Doon footballer selected for AIFF U-19 academy
KYCA defeat Uttarakhand Police
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Locks of Mussoorie's Hackman's Hotel broken, guards beaten up
Mussoorie, February 19 However, the attempt of the unidentified persons was foiled when the local residents came out in support of the local guards, who were beaten up. They raised the alarm and gheraoed the police station, demanding immediate arrest of the persons. The residents alleged that son of a senior Congress leader was involved in the alleged possession attempt, and demanded strict action against him. The SDM, Mussoorie, and the police arrived at the site to defuse the situation and calm the sentiments of the local residents. The police, after gauging the tense situation, summoned a platoon of the PAC to control the situation. Local political representatives, including senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh Mall, municipal ward members Kedar Singh Chauhan, Sushil Kumar, Megh Singh Kandari and social activist Pradeep Bhandari arrived at the police station in support of the local guards, who were manhandled by the unidentified persons, claiming to be the rightful owners of the alleged disputed property in Mussoorie. The residents alleged that the Mussoorie police was hand-in-glove with the miscreants, who were trying to enter the property owned by Atul Khanna, the owner of Bhagwan Das Enterprises Pvt Limited, allegedly on false ground, which had created a law and order problem and spoilt the peaceful environment of the town, instilling fear among the people here. Ward member Kedar Singh Chauhan, who is also a trade union leader, said that they were not interested in the feud for the property between the two, but the manner in which the possession attempt was made where the guards were threatened and beaten up, was really the cause of concern. This act would not be tolerated at any cost. The Mussoorie police, acting on the complaint of Satpal Sillu, the manager of the owners in possession of the hotel, has apprehended around a dozen persons and begun investigations. Atul Khanna, the present claimant of the property, also arrived late in the afternoon. Speaking to the media he said that he had bought the said property from Yusuf, who has claimed to be in the lineage of the nawabs of Lucknow in 2009. He further said that the property was rightfully handed to him after vacating the possession holders in February 2011 through the directions of the Supreme Court. Therefore there was no question of any dispute over the property as he was the rightful owner. On the other hand, when Virendar Kumar, the lawyer of the other party which attempted seeking possession of the hotel today, was contacted, he said that his client Surendar Singh and Mohammad Yusuf were close friends, and out of mutual trust, Rr 1, 08, 00,000/- was taken by Mohammad Yusuf from Surendar Singh for three years on September 10, 2009. When the said loan was not repaid by Mohammad Yusuf to Surendar Singh, another settlement deed was drafted between the duo. In addition to that an agreement-cum-receipt was acknowledged by Mohammad Yusuf, rectifying the taken loan as indicated above, and in the settlement deed, a dilapidated hotel based in Mussoorie, in this case Central Grand Hotel, previously known as Hackman's Hotel, was given to Surendar Singh to run the hotel till the amount was repaid by Mohammad Yusuf. Virendar Kumar, speaking further, said that after the hotel was taken into possession by Surendar Singh, Mohammad Yusuf dilly-dallied with the agreement, and a civil suit was filed thereafter in the civil court of Dehradun on 21-01-2013. But Surendar Sngh was not given an ex-parte injunction there. Following that a petition was filed in the court where the court directed the respondent not to dispossess Surendar Singh from the occupation of the said hotel based in Mussoorie. Virendar Kumar further said that as his clients were still the rightful owners of the hotel, they had come for the possession. He refuted the claims of any manhandling of the guards present at the hotel in Mussoorie while taking the possession. SDM NS Dangi said that the records of the both parties have been summoned and he would be able to comment on who is the rightful owner only after complete investigations.It is worth mentioning that the Hackman's Hotel used to have it's own 'Hackman's Queen' in the summer and autumn festivals in the late 70s.
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Water Scheme Tribune News Service
Dehradun, February 19 At a meeting in New Delhi today, the minister said due to poor infrastructure, a great deal of investment had to be made to reach the rural clusters that were several kilometres from the road heads before drinking water could be provided. He also urged Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Bharat Singh Solanki to organise a meeting of the ministers from the hill states, so that their problems could be heard.
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Basantotsav at Raj Bhavan from March 23
Dehradun, February 19 The festival brings together a large number of people to celebrate the spring season and enjoy the beautiful and multi-faceted event. This year the event will be held on March 23 and 24. The meeting was presided over by Principal Secretary to the Governor Ashok Pai. Governor Aziz Qureshi will inaugurate the festival on March 23 and will distribute awards and prizes to the winners of various events on the evening of March 24. A first-day cover will be brought out on Kilmora, a herb used in various medicines. The Principal Secretary to the Governor said the theme of the festival would be 'Kafal', a mountain berry. He said a meeting of flower growers would also be part of the event. The underprivileged children will be specially invited and events would be organised for them at the festival which would also give the message of making the environment polythene-free. The Basantotsav is organised every year at Raj Bhavan by the Horticulture and Food Processing Department and features painting competitions, music and dance events, flower exhibition and several other activities. The meeting held today discussed the ways and means of making the event more meaningful and beautiful and promoting new techniques of floriculture. A handicraft expo based on flowers and a food court will also be part of the fest.
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Training programme at FRI
Dehradun, February 19 Inaugurating the programme yesterday, Dr PP Bhojvaid, Director, FRI, emphasised on the silviculture of plant species on farm lands, which, he said, would be extremely beneficial to farmers.
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MLAs support inclusion of colonies in MC limits
Haridwar, February 19 Ranipur BHEL legislator Aadesh Chauhan and Haridwar rural MLA Swami Yatishwaranand today led a march of residents of Shivalik Colony, Subash Nagar and Tehri Vistapith colony in support of their demand. The march culminated on the MC premises where a memorandum was handed over to the executive officer of the corporation. Yatishwaranand, while addressing the gathering, said Shivalik Nagar and Tehri Vistapith had developed into mega colonies due to industrial development in the nearby Industrial Integrated Estate, SIDCUL. “These colonies bear the maximum pressure of the people working in the 100-odd factories. Hence, they need better infrastructure, civic facilities and other amenities which can only be provided by bringing them under the ambit of the Municipal Corporation,” said Yatishwaranand. Chauhan criticised the Congress-led government in the state for failing to cater to the aspirations of the people of the city. He said the government was playing vote bank politics while including colonies within the MC limits as the Ranipur seat that he represents has three major colonies. “The people want development for which the inclusion of these colonies, which form a major part of the Ranipur-BHEL Assembly segment, is imperative,” he added. “I also urge local parliamentarian Harish Rawat to take up the issue with the state government so that these colonies are brought under the Municipal Corporation,” said Chauhan. Congress city president OP Chauhan said Harish Rawat had taken up the issue with Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who assured him of looking into the matter sympathetically.
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Shivanand threatens stir if quarrying restarts
Haridwar, February 19 Swami Shivanand also alleged conspiracy by the quarrying mafia to kill Brahamchari Poornanand while he was forcefully hospitalised after 12 days of hunger strike. Cornering Haridwar District Magistrate Sachin Kurwe and local parliamentarian Harish Rawat for favouring the quarrying mafia, Swami Shivanand said they should answer as to how the Ganga's sanctity would be maintained when it was affected by quarrying. "If quarrying is started, then we will resort to agitation. Already the quarrying mafia and people engaged in stone crushing has evacuated material worth billions of rupees through illegal quarrying alone, damaging the local ecology and environment" said Shivanand. Demanding the expansion of the Kumbh mela land area in Haridwar, the saint sought special prohibitive orders for the Kumbh mela land as it's getting shrinked day by day, due to encroachment and quarrying. A letter has also been forwarded to the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Uttarkhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna in this regard by the Matra Sadan.
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Cannabis worth Rs 75 lakh seized from 2
Dehradun, February 19 SSP Kewal Khurana said the accused had brought the consignment to sell it to college students, but before that they were arrested at Dharmawala Chowk in Sahaspur by a local police team. Bishan Singh, resident of Faula village, Shimla, and Jagdish Chauhan, resident of Tiprog village of Shimla, were carrying 8.75 kg and 6.30 kg, respectively.— TNS
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SD College contributes to Disaster Relief Fund
Dehradun, February 19 The Chief Minister said the concern shown by the students of SD College towards the state was appreciable. Several institutions had contributed to the Disaster Relief Fund last year for assistance to those affected by natural disasters in Uttarkashi and other places. The state government has doubled the compensation for disaster-affected people. Principal of the college Dr Lakshmi Kulshreshta and students Preeti, Manisha, Stuti, Saroj, Chahna and Purnima were present on the occasion at the camp office of the Chief Minister here.
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Annual Athletics Meet at Balawala institute
Dehradun, February 19 Brig Sanjay Ahuja, Deputy GOC, 14 Infantry Division, Clement Town, was the chief guest on the occasion. The chief guest was accompanied by Chairman SP Singh and Brig PPS Pahwa (Retd), Additional Director of the institute, took the salute at the march past. Brig Ahuja appreciated the wholehearted participation of students in games/sports and other extra-curricular activities, besides doing well in academics. Besides the athletics events, the evening was made special by enthralling Garhwali and Punjabi folk dances and tug of war between two teams, blue and red where blue team was the winners. He gave away the trophies, medals and certificates to the winners in various categories. Best Athlete Girl: Sheema Bisht, MLT Ist Year of Ajeet House. Best Athlete Boy: Naval Kishore, M. Phram, Ist Year of Zorawar House. Overall Championship Trophy won by Juzhar House and the Best March Past contingent was that of Ajeet House.
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Bhagwan Das-A, Saptrishi team in volleyball final
Haridwar, February 19 In chess, Sandeep Kandwal of Saptrishi Sanskrit College, Arvind Gaud of Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Anish Kumar of Chetan Jyoti School and Rajneesh Joshi and Kuldeep of the host college won their league matches, respectively. In kabaddi, the first semifinal was played between Uttarakhand Vishwavidyalaya-B and Nirmal Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in which Uttarakhand Vishwavidyalaya won. Bhagwan Das-A and Uttarakhand Vishwavidyalaya-A were vying for the final slot. Volleyball semifinal matches saw intense contest as host Bhagwan Das-A cruised into final by defeating Uttarakhand Vishwavidyalaya. Udasin Sanskrit Vidyalaya team lost to the Saptrishi team in the second semifinal contest. Tug-of-war contests drew major attraction as league matches got started today. In this event, a total of eight teams are participating. Student Union chief Rajneesh Joshi, Rakesh Bhatt, Dr BK Singh Dev, Vinod Rayal, Prem Prakash Solanki, Dr Bhola Jha, Dr Shaliesh Kumar Tiwari, Dr Manju Nath, Dheeraj Bhatt, Pankaj Bhatt, Bhuwan Suyal and Tanuj Upreti coordinated the sporting events.
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Devesh best bowler in cricket tourney
Dehradun, February 19 This year the competition was held in three categories- juniors, middles and seniors. The results are as below: Juniors: Best bowler: Cadet Devesh Rathore Best fielder: Cadet Abhay Mishra, best batsman: Cadet Akshat Sharma Most upcoming player: Cadet Ajay Singh Middles: Best bowler: Cadet Om Bawiskar Best batsman: Cadet Dhruv Singh, best fielder: Cadet Luizink Seniors: Best bowler: Cadet Kush Kumar, best fielder: Cadet Shiv Shakti Sharma. —TNS
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Doon footballer selected for AIFF U-19 academy
Dehradun, February 19 A cadet of the Dehradun-based Sports Hostel and a class XII student of the DAV Inter-College, Raja is considered one of the most talented footballers in the Indian junior football in the current scenario. Though the location for the AIFF’s u-19 academy is yet to be finalised, it is likely that it will be Pune, Goa or Noida. It is all set to function from April. Raja was called for the trails based on his impressive performance in the international matches. He is a regular member of the India u-16 national team since 2011. This Dehradun boy has represented India in the AFC Cup (Uzbekistan), SAF Cup in Kathmandu and AFC main round (Tehran). Born on May 25,1996, in Pauri, Raja’s dream of taking a career in football began when he joined the Dehradun-based Maharana Pratap Sports College a couple of years back. After spending initial years in the Sports College, Raja joined the local Sports Hostel two year ago. The selection is likely to help Raja in making his career as a professional footballer and also to bring laurels to hill state through his sporting achievements. Incidentally, Rawat is the third Dehradun boy to get selected in the AIFF’s regional academy. Last year, Anirudh Thapa and Dependra Negi were selected for the AIFF under 16 academy.
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KYCA defeat Uttarakhand Police
Dehradun, February 19 Batting first after winning the toss, the KYCA-Indore team, scored 244 all out in 37.5 overs. Opener Gaurav Lashkari scored 49 runs while Surender Malviya scored 48 runs. Dhanraj Sharma, Anoop Chandola, Ravi Bisht and Narender Garia took two wickets each. In reply, the Uttarakhand Police was all out for 88 runs in 20.3 overs losing the match by 156 runs. Ajay Parihar took five wickets for 18 runs. —TNS
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