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uttarakhand
civic polls
Jolt for BJP as Kamal Johra joins Congress
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Tight security in place for civic bodies’ poll today
With 117 centres highly sensitive, civic poll in Haridwar test for admn
Supporters go door to door in Haridwar
This diabetes expert values doc-patient relationship
Shivangi, Harsh among painting contest winners
Guv, CM mourn deaths of baraatis
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uttarakhand
civic polls
Dehradun, April 27 In all, 727 polling booths and 1,688 polling stations have been set up in 13 districts of the states, in which around 15,34,634 voters will caste their vote from 8 am in the morning. “We have designated 272 polling booths as sensitive and around 580 polling stations as sensitive in the state. While around 327 polling booths have been designated as hypersensitive and around 622 as polling stations as hypersensitive,” said HC Joshi, State Election Commissioner. The maximum number of sensitive and hyper-sensitive booths and polling stations are in Dehradun, followed by Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar. While the district of Chamapawat does not have any hypersensitive booths. It has three polling booths and four polling stations designated as sensitive. On the other hand, Udham Singh Nagar has the highest number of wards at 145, followed by 114 in Dehradun and 90 in Haridwar. For the first time, electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in the local bodies elections in the Dehradun district only. Besides, the newly created five Municipal Corporations Roorkee, Haridwar, Rudarpur, Haldwani and Kashipur will be going to the polls for the first time. The civic body elections are being seen as crucial for the both BJP and Congress that would like to test their popularity, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In most of the six Municipal Corporations, for the mayoral seat the fight is between the two main parties the BJP and the Congress, with the BSP vying for a triangular contest in Dehradun. “In Dehradun, the fight will be between the Congress and the BJP, with the BSP trying to eat into the votes of the Congress. In the other remaining seats for the mayoral posts too, the contest is expected to be between the Congress and the BJP,” said Teerath Singh Rawat, BJP, Uttarakhand chief. |
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Jolt for BJP as Kamal Johra joins Congress
Haridwar, April 27 In presence of Haridwar parliamentarian Harish Rawat, Johra took oath as a Congress worker. Congress mayoral candidate Swami Rishiwaranand was also present at the occasion. Kamal Johra termed the BJP as party being run by a single person (Madan Kaushik) with all party posts being given to those who are close to the legislator only. This sudden turnaround of events has somewhat given a jolt to the BJP mayoral candidate Manoj Garg's prospect of winning as Johra holds a good influence in Jwalapur traders and the Punjabi community too. Kamal Johra is a bęte noire of local legislator Madan Kaushik and the two had openly abused each other 10 days back, when Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Ajay Bhatt was holding a meeting of party leaders in view of civic elections. Johra had even alleged that Kaushik was resorting to foul language and also targeting the Punjabi community. The party ticket went to Manoj Garg from the Vaishya community, who is close aide of Kaushik. Vikas Tiwari, divisional chief of the BJP, rejected the claims that with Kamal Johra, a major segment of the party cadre had also joined the Congress. Tiwari said Johra even in the BJP was involved in anti-party activities and now by leaving the party just a day before polling, he has shown that he was almost working for the Congress. The Rashtriya Krantikari Manch supported candidate Murali Manohar said the Congress and BJP had failed to give cities' civic body a development-oriented vision due to petty political and personal interests. |
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Tight security in place for civic bodies’ poll today
Pithoragarh, April 27 The DIG said two constables and a home guard jawan had been deputed at every normal polling booth while two armed policemen along with one home guard jawan had been provided at 24 sensitive polling booths in all four districts. “We have provided a sub-inspector, a head constable and four armed policemen at all 12 highly sensitive polling booths in all four districts,” said the DIG while briefing mediapersons about security arrangements for the polls. He said sector police teams and zonal police teams along with mobile units would help in providing security at all polling booths. “We have set up barriers so that mischievous elements could not run away after committing some wrong during the polls,” he added. Martolia said smooth communication between police teams and other departments concerned would be ensured on the polling day. He added the border with Nepal, which falls in Pithoragarh and Champawat districts, had not been closed for the polling day as had been the practice. “These are minor elections and routine policing on the border is sufficient to handle security concerns for the day. However, with the help of the SSB we have intensified patrolling and security checking on the border with Nepal,” he said. |
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With 117 centres highly sensitive, civic poll in Haridwar test for admn
Haridwar, April 27 District Magistrate, Haridwar, Sachin Kurwe told The Tribune that traffic would be normal on the polling day though barricades would be put up on roads near the polling centres. Supporters of the candidates would not be allowed to put up election material within 100 metres of the polling booths or lure or force voters to support a specific candidate. He said those voters who did not have the voter identity cards could present 19 other identity proofs, including ration card, passport, driving licence and passbook. Though the designated polling officer would have the final word on the issue, the name of the person should be in the voters’ list. In Haridwar, two electronic voting machines would be used at eight booths while one EVM would be used in other centres. Two EVMs each would be used in all wards in Roorkee as the number of candidates had exceeded the maximum number of 13. However, paper ballots would be used in the elections to the Nagar Palika, Mangalore, the Nagar Panchayats, Laundara, Lakshar and Jhabreda. For the counting of voters 14 tables had been made available in Haridwar, 12 in Roorkee, seven in Mangalore, six each in Laundara and Lakshar. Meanwhile, the police and the PAC staged a flag march in the sensitive Jwalapur area. Activists of the Bharatiya Manav Vikas Manch held a drive to make people aware about the importance of their votes in tomorrow’s elections. They visited 12-odd wards and urged the voters to refrain from accepting money, liquor, goods and other things being offered by some candidates to muster votes. They said as their vote was priceless it should be cast with due diligence. They urged the voters to select a candidate, who they thought is honest, dedicated and capable of addressing their issues. |
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Supporters go door to door in Haridwar
Haridwar, April 27 Party candidates cannot campaign as the election code of conduct is in place and election officials are keeping tabs on them. However, their supporters made it sure that either they go alone or in small groups. They assured voters of solving all their grievances. At all party offices, workers were seen having an unending discussion on the winning prospects of their candidates. Party observers are making calculations on the expected polling turnout, division of votes, cutting votes by dissidents contesting as Independents and the party base.
However, many party leaders are of the view that turnout could not be gauged easily. One thing that was common in discussions by all parties was their claim of victory of their candidates. |
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This diabetes expert values doc-patient relationship
But then Dr Bhatt has always done things a little differently. While working at the Diabetes Clinic of Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital (charitable), he attends to only 30 patients a day. “This way I am able to keep track of all patients who come to me for treatment. I think during the normal course of the day one can attend to 30 patients only. Further, I always tell my patients that they can help me by professing a positive attitude and a keen desire to get cured,” he says. Dr Bhatt adds diabetes is no longer the disease of the old and even children are falling prey to it. “Throughout the world the incidence of diabetes is on the rise and is found among children also. Earlier patients in their 40s and 50s were diagnosed with diabetes, but I am treating a 12-year-old child for Type-II diabetes. Controlling your child’s diabetes is more challenging than controlling an adult’s diabetes because a child under 12 years cannot be expected to control his blood sugar level and follow a dietary regime that only adults can follow,” he emphasises. However, Dr Bhatt says the stem cell therapy holds hope for children who may be suffering from Type-I (affecting auto immune system) diabetes. “Despite progress in understanding the underlying disease mechanisms, there is still a paucity of effective therapies. The complicated disease caused by the destruction of insulin-producing islet cells of the pancreas can be treated through the stem cell therapy in which the stem cells taken from the bone marrow are allowed to multiply in culture and then injected into the patients. These mother cells then aid in the normal functioning of the insulin cells,” he explains. In fact, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital has tied up with Reliance Laboratory to provide the stem cell therapy to the patients. “We are able to get insulin injections through the laboratory. This arrangement is first of its kind in the city and is proving relief to the patients who were forced to go the big cities for the therapy,” says Dr Bhatt. While diabetes is on the rise in the country, the Central government has been slow to respond to the challenge. “We still do not possess any data on the number of diabetics in the country, this is when doctors are regularly treating diabetes patients at the OPDs at the government facilities,” he says. Face of the week
This way I am able to keep track of all patients who come to me for treatment. I think during the normal course of the day, one can attend to 30 patients only. Further, I always tell my patients that they can help me by professing a positive attitude and a keen desire to get cured. |
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Shivangi, Harsh among painting contest winners
Dehradun,
April 27 “In today’s competitive world it is necessary for
the students to have an artistic approach and skill. This characteristic will
help them in shaping different identity among others,” Awasthi said. The
students exhibited great enthusiasm and thousands of entries were received for
the competition. A total of 10 students each from Class VI-IX and X-XII
categories were selected as regional level winners. In the Class VI-IX
category, Shivangi Chaudhary from Grace Academy, Bindu Dohre from Hill
Foundation School and Kartiki Mallik from Kendriya Vidyalaya, were among the
winners list. In the Class X-XII category, Harsh Panchal and Ankisha Tripathi
from Gautam International School were among the top 10 regional level winners. |
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Guv, CM mourn deaths of baraatis
Dehradun, April 27 The bus was carrying a marriage party. The accident occurred when the bus was returning from Mollakot village in Champavat district to Palamgaon in Almora. The bus fell into a deep gorge. — TNS |
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Dehradun, April 27