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uttarakhand
civic polls
Over 80 candidates file papers for civic poll in Kumaon region
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Uttarakhand Regional Alliance releases first list of candidates
UKD's first list of candidates out
Cong reposes faith in MS Mall
Rash driving claims school boy's life, leaves two hurt
Section 144 to be imposed
Smuggler arrested with 5 kg of cannabis
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uttarakhand
civic polls
Dehradun, April 10 Deveshwari Shah for post of the Municipal Council president, Joshimath, Shashi Devi for Nagar Panchayat president, Nandprayag, Mukesh Negi for Nagar Panchayat president, Gauchar, Ishwari Dutt Maikhuri for Nagar Panchayat president Karanprayag, Puran Singh Negi for Nagar Panchayat president, Gairsain, and Mandhodhari Devi has been given Congress ticket for the post of Nagar Panchayat president, Pokhri. In Rudraprayag district, Kunwar Lal has been given the ticket for the post of president for Nagar Panchayat, Augustmuni, and Devendra Singh Jhikwan for the Rudraprayag municipality Chairman. In Pithoragarh district, Dashrathi Khair for Nagar Panchayat president, Dharchula, Pushpa Deopa for Nagar Panchayat, Didihaat, and Mukesh Rawal has been given the party ticket for the post of Nagar Panchayat president, Gangolihaat. In Almora, Prakash Chandra Joshi for Almora municipality and Kanchan Shah for Nagar Panchayat president, Dwarahaat. In Udham Singh Nagar district, Richa Rani for the Gadarpur municipality, Sukhant for the Nagar Panchayat Shaktigarh and Surraiya Mehndi for the Khatima municipality got ticket. In Pauri district, Virendra Singh Negi for the Srinagar municipality, Kamala Devi for the Kotdwar municipality, Mamta Bhandari for Nagar Panchayat president, Swarashram, and Deepak Mohan Badola for the Duggada municipality. In Bageshwar district, Hansa Devi for the post of Nagar Panchayat president, Kapkot, and Geeta Rawat for the post of chairperson of the Bageshwar municipality. In Tehri district, Vijay Gunsola for the post of chairman of the Tehri municipality. Vinod Sajwan for the Nagar Panchayat, Chamba, Shambhu Paswan for the post of Nagar Panchayat president Muni Ke Reti and Dugra Rana for the Narendranagar municipality. In Uttarakashi district, Atul Rawat for Nagar Panchayat president, Badkot, and Shoorveer Singh Rangad for Nagar Panchayat, Chinyalisoon. In Nainital, Amit Kumar for the Nanital municipality Chairman, Khasti Bisht for the Bhawali municipality, DK Dalkoti for the Nagar Panchayat, Bhimtal, and Mohammed Akram for the post of the Ramangar Municipality chairman. In Haridwar, Baleshwar Singh for the post of the Nagar Panchayat president, Luxor, and Jamir Hasan Ansari has been given ticket for the post of Nagar Panchayat, Mangalore. In Dehradun district, Manomohan Mall will be the party candidate for the post of the Mussoorie municipality chairman, Vinay Sarawat for the post of the Rishikesh municipality and Jyoti Rani has been given Congress ticket for the post of Nagar Panchayat, president, Doiwala. As of BJP, the party too released its second list of candidates. Jogendra Rautela will be the BJP candidate for the post of Mayor in the Haldwani Municipal Corporation. Similarly, Sonu Kohli will be the mayoral candidate for the Rudrapur Municipal Corporation and Shiksha Chowdhary has been given the BJP ticket for the post of Mayor in the Kashipur Municipal Corporation. Theparty had yesterday released its first list of candidates and announced the names of 43 party candidates. RS Rawat has been announced party candidate for the Pithoragarh Municipal Council President seat, Hargovind Rawal for Gangolihat, Kabinder Shahi Didihaat, Urmilla Kutiyal Dharchula and Nirmala Dafauti for Bageshwar. From Kapkot, Champa Devi has been given ticket for
the post of Municipal Council Chairman. From Dawarahaat, ticket has been given to Pammi Shah, Shanti Verma (Lohaghat), Lajwanti Gadakot (Tanakpur), Prakash Tiwari (Champawat) , Pushkar Kathura (Kaladungi), Hemant Narula (Lalkaun), Shajjan Lal Shah (Bheemtal), Neema Bisht (Bhawali), GC Gupta (Kelakheda), Himanshu Sarkar (Dineshpur), Rishipal (Mahuvawada), Deepakj Vishwas (Shaktigad), Iqbal Singh Bhullar (Sitarganj), Anju (Gadarpur), Santosh Kashyap (Bajpur), Balram Singh Tomar (Jaspur), Ram Singh Valmiki (Laksar), Kaleem Ansari (Mangalore), Komal Kannaujia (Doiwala), OP Uniyal (Mussoorie), Harful Mahawar (Vikasnagar), AC Shah (Purola), Pratap Rawat (Badkot), KS Chauhan (Tehri), Kalpana Kaithat (Kirtinagar), RP Dabral (Chamba), Neeta Dhyani (Devprayag), Shivmurti Kandwal (Muni-ki-Reti), Sunita Gusain (Narendernagar), Bhawna Chauhan (Dugadda), BS Bhatt (Ukhimath), Damyanti Raturi (Karanprayag), Prakash Saily (Gauchar), Kiran Rautela (Nandprayag), Rohini Rawat (Joshimath) and Vatsalya
Sati (Pokhri).
No papers filed for Mayor's post from main parties
On the third day of nominations also, no candidate of main party filed his papers for the post of Mayor of the Municipal Corporation. District Magistrate/District Election Officer BVRC Purushottam said three persons obtained nomination forms for the position of Mayor of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation. Their names are Rajni Rawat (BSP candidate), Rajiv Kothari and Anil Sharma. However, eight candidates did file their nominations for the position of councillors. Rakesh Barthwal filed for ward number six Dobhalwala, Ranjit Singh Walia for ward 11 Karanpur, Virender Singh Bisht for ward 16 Race Course, Rashida for ward 40 Reeta Mandi, Altaf Ahmad for ward 49 Dronpuri, Babita Anant for ward 50 Kanwali, Dharmender Goyal for ward 57 Gobind Garh and Chanda Mamgai from ward 59 Ballupur. Today 128 nomination forms were obtained for ward number 1 to 60. Purushottam said none filed nomination papers for the post of chairman of the Nagar Palika, Mussoorie. Three have obtained nomination forms, while two have filed for the position of councillors. They are Rajender Rawat for ward 7 and Surender Dangwal for ward 8. One candidate Jaydutt Sharma filed nomination for the position of president of Nagar Palika Parishad, Rishikesh, while 7 obtained forms. Eight candidates filed for wards while 21 forms were obtained.
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Eunuch Rajni's entry upsets Cong, BJP
Dehradun, April 10 Rajni Rawat, who fought the last Mayoral election held in 2008 as an independent, had stood second cornering 44,000 city votes. She was defeated by BJP candidate Vinod Chamoli while Congress candidate Surat Singh Negi was third. However, this time Rajni Rawat has got the ticket of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which has worried the Congress and the BJP. Although, the parties have yet to decide about their mayoral candidates, the entry of Rajni Rawat has upset their poll
calculations. Rajni Rawat had fought the last elections without any party support and it was believed that as a BSP candidate, she could do even better. Congress poll managers are worried since the Scheduled Castes and backward vote bank of the party living in the slum areas of the city could sway towards the BSP. Already the BSP has its pockets of influence among these communities. Similarly, the BJP, which also claims to get a sizeable votes of the Scheduled Caste, the Scheduled Tribe and backward communities, will be at a loss. Leaders of both BJP and Congress maintain that in case of a close fight, Rajni Rawat will be the most crucial factor in the coming civic elections in the state. Her entry has also affected equations in some wards of the Municipal Corporation as her candidature has also boosted the morale of the BSP candidates fighting the wards. Rajni Rawat, after her entry into political arena in 2008, also decided to fight the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Tehri Garhwal but was persuaded by Vijay Bahuguna, the then Congress candidate to quit in his favour. Now, she also has grudge as she claimed that she had quit on the promise that she would be given a Congress ticket in the next Assembly elections by Vijay Bahuguna which was not fulfilled. She also fought the Assembly elections from the Raipur Assembly segment in the 2012 Assembly elections and polled only 3,000 votes. However, some political leaders of the Congress and the BJP brush aside her entry as a non-serious candidate and maintain that the main fight will be between the Congress and the BJP. But, like in the previous Mayoral elections, when she got a massive support of the voters, this time also she could emerge as a
game changer.
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Over 80 candidates file papers for civic poll in Kumaon region
Pithoragarh April 10 According to sources, more than 80 candidates filed their nomination papers for various urban bodies in the region till today. Most of them are from regional parties and Independent candidates, who have filed their nomination papers for ward members for these bodies. ''Our candidates will begin filing their nomination papers from April 11 on the auspicious occasion of Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the new year of Hindu community,'' said Kedar Joshi, a senior BJP leader in the region. Declared BJP candidates from Almora and Pithoragarh, Prakash Joshi and Rajendra Singh Rawat have also announced to file nominations on Thursday. ''Twentyone nomination papers were filed for ward members and for one
chairman in all four urban bodies in the district today,'' said a press communiqué released by the district information officer. According to information received from various towns in the region, Ramnagar had a maximum of 13 nominations files today, while two nominations all urban bodies were filed in Champawat town. ''No candidates from BJP or Congress parties filed their nominations from any town till date,'' said a source from Haldwani. The voters in the region seem to have come openly in expressing their dissatisfaction over the tenure of the last urban bodies in their respective towns, and have now opined to choose the candidates who will make provide them avail at least minimum
urban facilities. ''Nagar panchayat could not develop even one park during its five-year tenure in Nainital town. Even the benefits of Jawaharlal Nehru urban modernisation scheme run by the Centre to modernise the urban bodies could not be provided by the Nainital urban body,'' said Kishen Lal Shah, a senior citizen in Talli Tal area of Nainital town. Haldwani residents also expressed their willingness to choose active candidates from their wards and as nagar nigam chief. ''Broken roads, litter all over and rotten parks are the main problems of the town. The new nigam chief will have to tackle Haldwani problems,'' said Mahesh Pandey, resident of ward No 12 in the town. The same story is being narrated by Almora residents who this time want such an urban body chief who could regain confidence of tourists in this ancient town by providing proper sanitation and health facilities in the town. ''Almora can be described as the most dirty town in the whole of the Kumaon region. Proper sanitation and construction of sewer lines are the main problems Almora is facing today,'' said Kamini Kaushal, a senior advocate in the
town.
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Uttarakhand Regional Alliance releases first list of candidates
Dehradun, April 10 Radha Tiwari for Mata Mandir Road, ward 37, Anup Joshi for ward 15,
Ghantaghar, Sweta Kashyap for ward 2, Sahastradhara, Alpana Sadli for ward 13, Rest Camp, Anil Bisht for ward 32, Defence Colony, Mohd
Nawab Akhtar for ward 1, Rajpur, Monu Kumar for ward 21, Anil Rahi for ward 7, Vijay Colony, Rahman for ward 23,
Dhjamawala, Jagdish for ward 57, Govindgarh, and Vishal Singh for Turner Road. While holding a meeting on this issue, party convener Pal said the party would announce the second list, including the name of candidates for the position of Mayor by tomorrow. The others who attended the meeting are Harjinder Singh, Yodhraj
Tyagi, Deepak Gairola, Sardar Khan, Vahid Khan, Sunil Dhyani, Johri Lal Suman and
Manoj Mamgai.
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UKD's first list of candidates out
Dehradun, April 10 purpose, were approved by the committee led by senior leader Virender Mohan Uttarakhandi. The candidates are Virender Singh Bisht for ward number 16, Atul Rana for ward number 15, Imran Ahmad for ward 23, Rachna Devi Negi for ward number 31, Santosh Gupta for ward number 56, Savita Kashyap for ward number 2. The candidates were also directed to fill their nomination forms. In this regard, Rachna Negi filled her form first. Party president Trivender Singh Panwar said the names of candidates for the position of other seats, including the Mayor, would be declared
by Thursday. The members of the committee are Vinod Nautiyal, Shanti Bhatt, Narayan Singh Rawat, Latafat Hussain, Furkan Ahamd, Sulochana Bahuguna, Manmohan Lakhera, Surender Butola and Khalik Ahmad.
— TNS
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Cong reposes faith in MS Mall
More candidates are expected to file their nominations after the release of the final list of the candidates from major parties on Thursday. On the other hand, Congress also declared the name of its presidential candidate late in the evening, reposing faith in former MC president Manmohan Singh Mall. Mall, speaking to The Tribune, said that the main issue in the elections will be 'non-performance' of the BJP presidential candidate and the spate of corruption charges in Mussoorie .Sounding confident he assured the victory of Congress Party in these
civic polls. Manmohan Singh Mall had lost the MC elections to BJP candidate OP Uniyal in the last elections by a margin of over 1,500 votes.
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Rash driving claims school boy's life, leaves two hurt
Dehradun, April 10 The number of such accidents is constantly rising in the city. SSP Kewal Khurana, who has launched a campaign against triple riding, said: “Parents are solely responsible for such accidents, who buy motorcycles for their children who are under-age to get driving licence. When the police impound their motorcycles, some parents appreciated the move while most of them oppose saying their children required motorcycles for going to tuitions etc." He said when the police chase boys driving vehicles rashly or without helmets, they drove faster, risking their as well as others lives. The SSP said the police would soon install CCTV cameras at 22 locations in the city and a fund of Rs 55 lakh had already been sanctioned for the same. With this, they would be able to identify all such violators and issue challans to
them, he added. District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam said, “I have asked school principles not to allow students to come on bikes in schools." He, however, said many school principles told him that students show driving licence issued by the Regional Transport Office when they asked them not to bring motorcycles to schools. On the other hand, Regional Transport Officer Sudhanshu Kumar Garg said the department issued learner's licence to those in the age group of
16-18 years.
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20 senior citizens undergo training
Dehradun, April 10 The senior citizens showed great enthusiasm as 150 of them participated in the function. While speaking on this occasion, District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam expressed concern over rising sentiments such as loneliness and sadness among senior citizens. He suggested that the voluntary organisations should run more such programmes for the people of this age group so that they could utilise their loneliness in a useful manner. He also suggested to them to keep one complaint box in the Swabhiman Kendra and send the complaints regarding the department related to district administration, police or others to their offices. This would solve the problems of senior citizens. Chief Executive Officer, Cantonment Board, Arvind Dwivedi, said the board would always be ready to serve the
senior citizens.
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Class IV employees hold dharna
Dehradun, April 10
The class four employees staged a dharna. The class four employees in the state have been demanding an instant implementation of the government notification regarding giving them pay grade benefit in the state from January 1, 2006. Uttarakhand Class Four Employees Federation president Govind Singh Negi led the protest rally. Surendra Singh Bhandari, KK Shukla, Ramchandra Bhatt, Prem Singh Kandari, Guman Singh Panwar and Kripal Singh were other prominent class four employees federation leaders who addressed the rally.
— TNS
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Section 144 to be imposed
Dehradun, April 10 He said no community, group or organisation would hold meeting without taking written approval from the DM. Similarly, they would also not hold procession or spread rumours or information which might ignite riots. The use of loudspeakers will be banned from 6 am till 10 pm. Religious places would not be used for political purposes.
— TNS
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Smuggler arrested with 5 kg of cannabis
Dehradun April 10
Negi said the accused after interrogation told them that he got the drugs from Nepal via Banbasa route. The accused was earlier platoon commandor in Home Guard unit, Badayun. Later, he left his job to pursue in drugs. He used to supply drugs to his clients in Dehradun. More information is being gathered about his network by STF.
— TNS
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Mussoorie, April 10
Meanwhile, BJP declared its list of 10 ward members in the late in evening today. The party is expected to file nominations on Thursday, making it hectic for the returning
officer here.