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Damaged link roads stand testimony to PWD's apathy
Police for ban on protests during morning hours
LS elections: Cong, BJP likely to face problem of dissidence
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No decision on issue
of Lokayukta Bill
Conference discusses intricacies of ‘yoga nidra’
Major clash averted near Har-ki-Pauri
98 Forest Department employees honoured
CM, his family visit ancestral house at Pauri
Jauljibi fair awaits Nepalese clients
Devotees throng gurdwaras across state on Gurpurb
Thousands take holy dip in Ganga on Kartik Poornima
Land of schools with history and culture
11 make it to Child Science Congress
CM releases souvenir
Forest staff end chain fast
Chufal threatens indefinite dharna at Bahuguna’s residence
Dalit writer Om Prakash dead
Ashish is mountain cycling champion
Army School, SGGR win football matches
SGRR, SDBIT win 20-20 matches
14 arrested for ruckus
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Damaged link roads stand testimony to PWD's apathy
Mussoorie, November 17 Local resident Atol Singh Gusain, former Kshetra Panchayat member Rajendar
Rawat, Thatyur block Youth Congress chief Dinesh Rawat alleged most of the link roads in the area were damaged in the disaster. They were posing threat to the lives of commuters. However, the PWD had not taken any initiative to repair them despite several reminders. They alleged the PWD had invited tenders for the widening and repair of the Parogi-Kandi road in November. However, even those tenders had been cancelled without giving any clarification for the same. The Aglar-Thatyud road which also suffered immense damage had not been repaired so far.
Atol Singh said a road near Sadab village was in such a poor condition that accidents were common there. Residents of the area said if the link roads were not repaired and widened at the earliest, they would be forced to take to the streets against the
PWD. Meanwhile, assistant engineer with the PWD DK Bisht said an estimate of Rs 18 crore under the disaster work plan had been sent to the authorities for the approval. The work would begin as soon as they received the funds. |
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Police for ban on protests during morning hours
Dehradun, November 17 “We have urged the District Magistrate not to give permission to agitators to hold protest marches on main roads in morning hours, as it lead to traffic chaos and inconvenience the public”, said SSP Kewal Khuranna. He said the protesters should be allowed to hold rallies, dharnas or demonstrations only between 3 pm and 5 pm and that too at designated places and not on the main city roads. Protests and dharnas have become a routine affair in Dehradun. The problem has become endemic in the past one month with various unions, organisations and political parties holding dharnas and protests in support of their demands. He said whenever any dharna or agitation was organised, security arrangements were planned in advance and adequate police force was deployed to manage them. However, in case of unplanned protests, the police faced a tough time in managing traffic. “Around 80 per cent of our resources get exhausted on such occasions. Adequate police force has to be present at the site to prevent untoward incidents," said the SSP. “During dharna and protest duties, policemen have to remain alert as protesters try to deceive cops to reach the Secretariat or the Chief Minister's house”, said a constable. |
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LS elections: Cong, BJP likely to face problem of dissidence
Dehradun, November 17 In the last Lok Sabha elections held in 2009, Congress had swept the polls by winning all the five Lok Sabha seats in the state. Later, following the elevation of Vijay Bahuguna , who was a member of the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha seat as Chief Minister after the 2012 Assembly polls, the BJP wrested the seat by defeating Saket Bahuguna, the son of the Chief Minister in the Tehri Garhwal byelections held in October 2012. Mala Raj Luxmi Shah, daughter-in-law of Manvendra Shah, erstwhile ruler of Tehri state, who represented the Tehri Lok Sabha for record eight times, trounced Saket Bahaguna. It is likely that she would again be defending her seat. This time Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna is leaving no stone unturned to help his son in the elections. The entire Uttarakashi district which is part of Tehri Garhwal constituency has been declared as backward while a spice park which was earlier planned to be set up in Doiwala area of Dehradun district was shifted to Sahaspur area, which is part of Tehri parliamentary seat. An agricultural college is also announced to be set up at Kalsi. In the neighbouring Pauri Garhwal seat, Satpal Maharaj would have a strong BJP candidate in BC Khanduri, who had earlier also represented the seat. The death and destruction in the natural disaster in June this year has led to a lot of resentment against the ruling party in Rudraprayag and Chamoli districts and the Congress has been trying hard to hang on to its vote bank by announcing construction of new Assembly building at Gairsain in Chamoli district. There is also talk of TPS Rawat, a protégé of Satpal Maharaj, who left Congress to join BJP and then floated his own party, returning back to fight Lok Sabha polls from Pauri Garhwal seat. In Almora reserved seat, held by Pardeep Tamta of Congress, BJP would find it difficult to choose between many contenders who are vying to get the party nominations. Chanar Ram, a retired bureaucrat, and Ajay Tamta, a BJP legislator and former Uttarakhand Minister, are strong contenders from BJP. From Nainital Lok Sabha seat, held by KC Singh Baba of Congress, the BJP finds itself in a fix. Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, a former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha member, has been interested in fighting the elections while Bacchi Singh Rawat, a former Union Minister who got defeated in 2009 has also staked his claim on the ticket. Balraj Passi, a former MP, is also in the race. The recent pronouncement by Kanwar Pranav Singh Champion, Congress legislator from Khanpur Assembly segment in Haridwar to field his wife Devyani Singh from Haridwar Lok Sabha seat, has led to a lot of consternation in the state Congress. The Haridwar Lok Sabha seat is represented by Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat, who won the seat in 2009 polls for Congress after 25 years. Harish Rawat, one of the tallest Congress leaders of the state, has also been working hard in the constituency to retain it in the coming polls. There are many contenders for the Haridwar seat in the BJP. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who is a legislator from Doiwala Assembly segment of Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency, is a strong contender followed by Madan Kaushik, BJP legislator from Haridwar city and former Uttarakhand minister. The BSP, which has a strong presence in Haridwar Lok Sabha seat, has also changed its candidate. Antriksh Saini, who was earlier announced as the party nominee, has been replaced by Mohammad Islam. |
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No decision on issue
of Lokayukta Bill
Dehradun, November 17 The next meeting of the CLP and supporting legislators would now be held on December 15. The Congress-led government headed by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has been under pressure from its own party legislators as well as legislators belonging to the People Democratic Front
(PDF) to implement the Bill. The President of India had given his consent to the Bill in September this year. However, the Chief Minister is wan favour of having the Lokayukta Bill introduced by the Central government that is at present under consideration of a parliamentary committee. The conglomerate of supporting parties, namely the
BSP, the UKD and Independent legislators under the banner of the PDF had asked for the implementation of the Bill. Uttarakhand Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani, who is the convener of the PDF, has said that the Bill should be implemented and if there was any need for any amendment that could be brought
in. Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal was also in favour of its implementation. The Chief Minister had called the CLP meeting to discuss the issue but only 19 legislators turned up. Most of the Congress legislators from the Kumoan region, who owe allegiance to Union Water Resources Minister Harish
Rawat, did not attend the meeting. Naithani was also absent as he was reportedly in his Assembly segment. The next meeting on the issue would now be held on December 15. |
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Conference discusses intricacies of ‘yoga nidra’
Dehradun, November 17 The other speakers in the session were Dr John Clarke, a Harvard-trained cardiologist from Boston and Dr Karuna
Datta, an Army doctor currently pursuing a Ph D programme on Yoga Nidra at
AIIMS, Delhi. Dr Keshaviah talked about the origin of Yoga Nidra in the Tantras and the Mandukya Upanishad and spoke of the internal research done by ancient sages on the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states and on
Turiya, the fourth state, beyond samadhi. He explained the concept of Yoga Nidra or conscious sleep and described its Himalayan technique. Dr Clarke talked about the brain wave spectra seen in the various states and spoke of the documented benefits of Yoga Nidra based on scientific studies. Dr Karuna Datta described her research on subjects suffering from insomnia and presented two case studies attesting the benefits of Yoga
Nidra, practiced according to the technique of the Bihar School of Yoga. As several conference attendees were interested in the actual practise of Yoga
Nidra, a practicum was held in the afternoon with the assistance of Dr Kathy
McKeehan, also from HIHT. Earlier, the conference was inaugurated by Director of
AIIMS, Rishikesh, Dr Prof Raj Kumar and Vice-Chancellor of Himalayan University Dr Vijay
Dhasmana, who was the guest of honour. All the participants shared their research work on sleep disorder Hypersomnia and the diagnostic approach related to it. During discussions, importance was laid as to how inadequate sleep pattern could impact the metabolic system adversely. |
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Major clash averted near Har-ki-Pauri
Haridwar, November 17 Heavy deployment of police force, barricading and holding meeting with Sikh representatives ensured that peace prevailed at the Gyan Godri
Gurdwara, which Sikhs claim used to exist till 1970s when the dilapidated structure was taken over by Bharat Scouts and Guides. Some Sikhs tried to barge through the barricades but heavy deployment of the police and intervention by administrative police officials calmed nerves. As per SP City Surjeet Singh
Pawar, the administration had already made it clear that no religious programme related with Sikhs will be allowed near Har-ki-Pauri owing to today being Kartik Poornima. Sikh organisation representatives had earlier announced holding Gurpurb celebrations at the
gurdwara, where currently the camp office of Bharat Scouts and Guides exists. Earlier, a few days back media offices were sent invitations about Gurpurb celebrations at the said site. But due to the stern attitude of the police and heavy barricading, no one was allowed to perform rituals at the controversial site. |
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98 Forest Department employees honoured
Dehradun, November 17 At a function held at State Forest Headquarters in Dehradun, RBS Rawat asserted that the Forest Department was committed to work for betterment of forest and wildlife in the state. He in particular appreciated the frontline staff of the state department towards working in safeguarding forest wealth and wildlife. A total of 98 Forest Department officials were awarded on the occasion for their services linked to forest security, forest management and acts to check tree felling and wildlife poaching.
Uttarakhand looks for lost quail
Dehradun, November 17 Popularly identified as Pahari bater, this Himalayan Quail falls into the critically endangered category of the red data list of IUCNNS (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Species) since 1994 and has not been sighted with certainty since 1876. Many bird watchers do not rule out the bird being near extinct. However, there have been some credible claims on its sightings in the recent times. One such putative sighting of this bird was near Suwakholi in the Mussoorie hills in September 1984 and another at Nainital in 2003. Uttarakhand forest authorities at the Wildlife Week in October this year announced the ambitious Mission Himalayan Quail campaign. A total of 40 teams comprising forest officials equipped with maps, binoculars, cameras and other accessories have spread across Pithoragarh, Bageshwar and Almora districts of Kumaon in search of this elusive bird. The foresters are interacting with villagers and herdsmen and getting first-hand feedbacks. Bageshwar Divisional Forest Officer Dharam Singh, who is part of the Mission Himalayan Quail campaign, confirmed that some herdsmen in Dharmaghar have informed the forest team that they have often come across such type of bird. “When shown Himalayan Quail photographs, herdsmen were very confident of seeing the bird,” Dharam Singh said, adding that this had raised their hope. “I am quite confident that if we continue with our search for long, we might spot the Himalayan Quail,” he asserted. Dharmaghar that shares borders with Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts has rich grasslands that are supposed to be the habitat of this bird. As part of Mission Himalayan Quail, Uttarakhand forest authorities for the first time have announced cash incentive for anyone spotting the bird. “A cash award of Rs 1 lakh for anyone who sights the bird and is able to substantiate the claim with photographic evidence has also been announced,” disclosed Dharam Singh. As Mission Quail enters the all-important winter month of December, which is the breeding season of the birds, there are also plans to seek services of avian fauna experts like Dhananjaya Mohan and Sukumar. The forest authorities are further contemplating taking services of imminent wildlife NGOs to make searches more scientific. Ambitious campaign *
Uttarakhand forest authorities have announced the ambitious Mission Himalayan Quail campaign *
As many as 40 teams comprising forest officials equipped with maps and have spread in search of the elusive bird *
The foresters are interacting with villagers and herdsmen * Efforts are under way to get first-hand feedback *
The bird falls into critically endangered category |
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CM, his family visit ancestral house at Pauri
Dehradun, November 17 He also offered prayers at the Gaura Devi and Rajrajeshwari temples at Devalgarh. On the occasion, the Chief Minister directed officials of the Archaeological Department to carry out the repair and beautification of the Gaura Devi temple. He took information regarding the conservation and renovation work being done on the temple. Earlier, the Chief Minister paid floral tributes at the statue of his father the late HN Bahuguna located at Bughani. He surveyed the progress of the ongoing construction work of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Memorial at his ancestral house. He asked the officials concerned to build a museum, a library and a school on the campus. During his visit, he listened to the grievances of the villagers and assured them of early solution. He also enquired about the development works being done in the area from the District Magistrate. The Chief Minister directed the DM to send proposals regarding the construction of the Khirsu-Bughani drinking water project and the levelling of the Khirsu Inter-College ground and the building of a mini stadium to the government. Meanwhile, he expressed grief at the deaths of people in a road accident at Pauri yesterday and asked the District Magistrate to ensure complete treatment of the injured. His son Saket Bhauguna, MLA Ganesh Godiyal, district president of the Congress Govind Singh Rawat and chairman of the Pauri Municipality Yashpal Benam were also present on the occasion. |
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Jauljibi fair awaits Nepalese clients
Pithoragarh, November 17 “Our goods, which we had imported through the Indo-Tibet trade this year to sell in the fair, are still lying at Gunji Mart as the route down here is not fully opened. Only a small quantity of goods, mainly Tibetan jackets and shoes, has reached the fair till date,” said Himanshu Hyanki, a tribal trader who has opened a shop at the fair. Another tribal trader Gyan singh said he had paid freight of Rs 15 per horse per km from his village Chal to transport his consignment of traditional herbs to the fair. “This has made my goods costly and clients are not coming to my shop to purchase them,” he said. For shopkeepers, who have opened shops in the weeklong fair, clients from Nepal are not visible as the wooden bridge on the Kali river has been closed for the next 72 hours from Saturday. “Due to the closure of the bridge neither goods from Nepal like ghee, and honey could reach the fair nor Nepalese clients, who are the real purchasers of the Indian goods, could come to our shops,” said Gyan. Experts on the Indo-Tibet trade and border economy remember those days when the fair used to be the main market for Tibetan gold and local gold extracted by locals from the sand of the Kali. “Though the gold extracted at Dwalisera village, near Jauljibi, used to be only 75 per cent pure, it was high in demand and used to sell for Rs 22 per 10 grams till 1952,” said Dr Lalit Pant, an expert on tribal economy. Pant said even traveller and Buddhist scholar Rahul Sankrstayan had during his visit to the area in 1958recognised this fair as the main tribal fair. “The month-long fair was known in the history for Tibetan woollen outfits, borax, wild animal skins, tail of yak, Tibetan herbs and Bhotiya and Sauka crafts and goods, besides wooden, iron and copper wares as well as Nepalese ghee, and honey. It is dying gradually as neither clients are taking interests in it nor the administration has made sufficient arrangements for the traders and the clients this year,” he added.
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Devotees throng gurdwaras across state on Gurpurb
Dehradun, November 17 In capital Dehradun, long queue of devotees could be seen at Race Course gurdwara, which was tastefully decorated on the occasion. Bhai Satinderveer Singh, Satwant Singh and Avatar Singh recited Shabads. Head granti Buta Singh spoke on the life and teachings of Guru Nanak. Students of The Heritage School, Guru Nanak Academy, Shivalik International School and Doon International also recited Shabad-kirtan. Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Dinesh Agarwal, State Minorities Commission’s Chairman Narendrajeet Singh Bindra, Congress vice president Suryakant Dhasmana visited Race Course gurdwara and conveyed their greetings to the Sikh community. Sri Guru Singh Sabha president Rajendra Singh Rajan, general secretary Gulzar Singh, Jagminder Singh Chabbra and Deedar Singh were prominent among those present on the occasion. Further in Dehradun, Ambiwala gurdwara in Nehru Gram also witnessed a large number of devotees. Nanaksar Gurdwara on Raipur road, Nehru Colony gurdwara, Rest Camp and Premnagar gurdwaras were also decked up for the occasion. Apart from Shabads and discourses throwing light on life and teachings of Guru Nanak, mass feasting was also organised at the gurdwaras. In adjoining Rishikesh, Sikh devotees gathered at the railway road-situated Nanak Niwas in big numbers during the early morning hours. The devotees reciting the Gurbani crossed the length and breadth of Rishikesh town as part of Guru Nanak's birthday celebrations. Reports of celebrations have also received from Udham Singh Nagar district and other parts of Uttarakhand. |
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Thousands take holy dip in Ganga on Kartik Poornima
Dehradun/Haridwar November 17 Particularly, at the sanctum sanctorum of the Braham
Kund, Har-ki-Pauri, a huge rush of pilgrims was witnessed throughout .0the day. As per Superintendent of City Police Surjeet Singh Pawar, by the evening more than four lakh pilgrims had arrived in Haridwar from Uttarakhand and neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh,Himachal Pradesh,Delhi,Haryana and Punjab in large numbers. Till the filing of the report late this evening, vehicles of pilgrims were seen coming towards
Har-ki-Pauri, indicating towards increase in the number of devotees. Elaborate security arrangements were put in place to ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of the Kartik Poornima festive proceedings. Senior Superintendent of Haridwar Police Rajeev Swarup had bifurcated the mela area into 8 zones and 32 sectors. Two platoons of Provincial Armed Constabulary, 2 bomb disposal squads,Jal Police personnel, cavalry squad, 25 local intelligence sleuths and 32 policemen in plain uniforms were deployed in the core mela zone. Eight Deputy Superintendents of Police, 17 Station House Officers, 96 Sub-Inspectors, 62 head constables, 432 constables, one traffic inspector, 4 sub traffic inspectors, 14 traffic head constables, 46 traffic constables 46 aided with 2 fire tankers were deployed for the Kartik Poornima mela proceedings. From 80-odd CCTVs live footages were monitored throughout the day at the City Control Room tower. As per local teerth
purohits, Kartik Poornima is associated with Prabodhini Ekadasi, which marks the end of Chaturmas,a four-month period when Lord Vishnu is believed to be sleeping. Devothani Ekadasi or Prabodhani Ekadasi signifies the awakening of Lord
Vishnu. Kartik Poornima is one of the most important festivals during this tenure and lakhs throng Ganga ghats to take a holy dip on the pious occasion.Tulsi
Vivah, a special ritual , is also performed during this period till the end of
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Land of schools with history and culture
Uttarakhand, particularly its old towns of Dehradun, Mussoorie and Nainital, is known the world over for school education. These schools, some of them more than a century old, can boast of illustrious alumni. The Doon School, Welham Boys and Girls schools, Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), earlier known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, are among the oldest residential schools in Dehradun. Wynberg Allen, Woodstock School, St. Georges’ College, Waverly Convent, Oak Grove School of Mussoorie and Sherwood College, St Mary's Convent and St. Joseph's College in Nainital attract students from all over world.
Dehradun, also known as the school capital of the country, was again in focus last month. The visit of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, along with his son Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Gandhi and son-in law Robert Vadra, to the 78th founder’s day celebrations of The Doon School attracted much media attention. The entire Gandhi family came to participate in the founders’ day celebrations as Priyanka Gandhi’s son Rehaan is a student of the school like his maternal uncle Rahul and grandfather Rajiv Gandhi. While Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra were present in the school for all three days of the celebrations taking interest in various activities of the students, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi attended the celebrations on the last day. Charles impressed with architecture
The school again had the privilege of hosting Camilla Parker, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, during their visit to Dehradun. Camilla Parker took keen interest in the social outreach programme run by the boys of the school. On the other hand, Prince Charles during a visit to the Indian Military Academy (IMA) interacted with the cadets of Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC). He inquired about the day-to-day activities of the young cadets and joked with them. The last fortnight was celebration time as most of the schools celebrated their founder’s day, annual sports day and organised alumni meets in Dehradun and Mussoorie. It was nostalgic for the old students of Oak Grove School students, who met old classmates and shared cherished memories of schooldays. The oldest alumnus being Lt Gen Eric Kerr (retd), a student of the 1946 batch. Prince Charles was highly impressed with the Greco-Roman architecture style building of the Forest Research Institute constructed in 1929. While talking to the spouse of a senior FRI official on the institute lawns, Prince Charles said the FRI building was even more beautiful than his Buckingham Palace. While interacting with other dignitaries, Prince Charles was visibly attracted towards Congress MLA from Srinagar, Garhwal, Sundarlal Mandarwal, who was dressed in the traditional kurta pyjama and was wearing a Gandhi cap. When Mandarwal introduced himself as a legislator of the Congress, Prince Charles instantly reacted describing the Congress as the oldest party of India. He also did not fail to mention about Mahatma Gandhi. Prince Charles was amused while cutting a 50-pound cake especially prepared to celebrate the 84th anniversary of the FRI building. The cake was a replica of the historic FRI building. While Prince Charles cut the beautifully-designed cake, Director, FRI, Bhojvaid looked on. The Prince put a piece of the cake in a plate, which was put aside. Neither the Prince looked interested to taste it nor did the FRI Director asked him to do so for obvious security reasons. Interestingly, Prince Charles just had one cup of tea and did not have any eatables even though he spent a few hours at the FRI. Scramble among IFS officers, scientists
There was a mad scramble among IFS officers and scientists and their spouses to get themselves clicked with Prince Charles. Many of them even requested press photographers for a favour. The lone official photographer of the FRI was the busiest man on the earth. While he was seen jumping all round, there was a rush of visitors to his room after Prince Charles had left the FRI as many of the FRI officials wanted to confirm that they were indeed clicked with the dignitary and in a right pose. At the Indian Military Academy, Prince Charles took notice of the emblem of feathers on the blazers of Rashtriya Indian Military College cadets. He enquired about the feathers and was informed that they were of peacock. Prince Charles recalled that the blazers had ostrich feathers when in 1922 the then Prince of Wales, Prince Edward VIII, inaugurated Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, now know of Rashtriya Indian Military College. A down to earth Prince Charles at Navdanya, a biodiversity centre on the outskirts of Dehradun, ploughed a field with bullocks for a while. (Contributed by SMA
Kazmi, Jotirmay Thapliyal and Ajay Ramola) |
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11 make it to Child Science Congress
Haridwar, November 17 The final selection round held today at Bal Mandir Senior Secondary School, BHEL. Eleven students were selected out of the total 180 participating students from across the district. The students who made it to the state-level, includes Kritika Malhotra, Risabh Verma, Ishant Sharma, Prachi Kumari, Kajal, Gurmeet Kaur, Vinay Rawat from the senior section. While in the junior section selection, Sumit, Asmita Saini, Mansi Rana and Akankasha Giri were selected. Dr PK Sharma, education officer, BHEL education management board, said the children showcased their talent through various projects and models. He said it was not easy to select the top 11 among the lot. Subash Chandra Sharma, district coordinator of Science Congress, said the students hailing from rural and poor background had also presented innovative and interesting science projects, which were appreciated by the judges. |
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CM releases souvenir
Dehradun, November 17 The CM said the women of Uttarakhand had played an important role in the formation of the state and their sacrifices alone had made the dream of the state come true. He said the government had been giving special importance to women’s education and health and efforts were on to make them self-reliant. The CM said an eco-task force each was being formed in Rudraprayag and Bageshwar, in which 50 per cent reservation would be given to women. — TNS
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Forest staff end chain fast
Dehradun, November 17 General manager, UFDC, Bhuwan Chand today offered fruit juice to the agitating employees. He assured them of considering their genuine demands. A section of the UFDC employees, who have been working in the quarrying section of the corporation for more than three years, are demanding immediate transfers. VS Rawat, one of the protesters, said since the UFDC management had accepted their transfer demand, they ended their fast today.
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Chufal threatens indefinite dharna at Bahuguna’s residence
Pithoragarh, November 17 The former BJP chief said that there were several roads and drinking water projects sanctioned by the BJP government that had been stalled by the present government. “These projects include several roads under state sector, and
PMGSY, besides several drinking water projects and community buildings, which had been sanctioned by the BJP government for Didihat constituency during 2009- 2012 period. These have been stalled by the present government,” said
Chufal. Chufal said after the Congress government came into power, the files on the sanctioned projects during BJP rule were not moving ahead as the required finances were not being released. “Against the sanctioned Rs 23 crore for Didihat lift scheme, the present government released a mere Rs 1.88 crore and no releases were made for the works of several community buildings, including banquet hall and parking points for the Didihat town. Over 75 per cent of the work had already been completed,” he
added. Chufal said for the last one year he had been fighting to get money for these schemes in his constituency but all his efforts had been in vain. The government did not attend to his demands. “After giving a notice to the government a year ago on the matter, I had organised a chakka jam at
Satsiling, near Pithoragarh district headquarters last year I also raised the matter under Rule 58 in the Assembly, besides holding a dharna at the DM’s office. If the government does not hear me hereafter, I have no option but to sit before the CM’s residence. The step will be followed by a sit-in in the Assembly hall if the funds are not released for the projects in my constituency,” he said. |
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Dalit writer Om Prakash dead
Dehradun, November 17 He breathed his last at Max hospital, where he was under treatment. Balmiki’s body was consigned to the flames at the Adhoiwala crematorium, Dehradun. Born in Muzaffarnagar (UP) in June 1950, Om Prakash Balmiki was a prolific writer.
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Ashish is mountain cycling champion
Dehradun, November 17 Ashish carried home the winner's cheque of Rs 1 lakh whereas the runner up got Rs 60,000 and second runnerup received Rs 30,000. In the amateur category, Ibhan Bai from Chattisgarh, won the 15-km race after clocking 26:4250 minutes timing. GC Akshay of IMP followed him and came second. Pratik Singh from Kolkata stood third. All amateur category winners were given cycles for their winning efforts. In the race for teens, Sandeep from Gurunanak School (28.40.190 minutes), Anurag Rawal from Doon International School (28:52.440) and Vibhav Gupta from Seven Hooks School (29:01.140) took the first three positions. |
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Army School, SGGR win football matches
Dehradun, November 17 Lovesh opened the goal tally in the 3rd minute of the match and Amrit Gurung chipped in with another goal in the 55th minute. In antoher tie-breaker, SGRR, Bindal, beat North Point School 2-1. For SGRR, Shubham Thapa and Sachin Chhetri scored the goals in the tiebreaker while Lok Raj was the lone scorer for North Point. In the third tie-breaker Gautam International beat KV Birpur 5-4. Sunderwala club defeats Dehra Eleven 2-1 Sunderwala Football Club beat Dehra Eleven 2-1 during the ongoing Drona College 70th Nemidas Memorial District Football League here on Sunday.
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Police athletics meet begins
Dehradun, November 17 Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar inaugurated the event in the presence of police officials. Around 17 teams of police, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and India Reserve Battalion (IRB) from across the state were participating in the meet. Nearly 346 sportsmen were taking part in the athletics meet. Champawat was the only district, which was not represented in the competition. A number of track and field events were held on the first day. In the 1,500-metre men’s race, Harish Koranga of 1st IRB bagged the first position. Lal Singh of 31st PAC and Prem Singh of 1st IRB grabbed the second and third positions, respectively. In the women’s 1,500-metre race, Sooraj Joshi of 31st PAC won the first position. Beena Goswami of 31st PAC and Poonam Chauhan of IRB bagged the second and third positions, respectively. Poonam Bhatt from Haridwar won the women’s long jump event. Suneet Negi of 31st PAC and Usha of 40th PAC remained on the second and third positions, respectively. Rekha Sahi of 31st PAC won the women’s discus throw event. Jyoti of Dehradun secured the second position and Pooja Bist of 31st PAC won the third position. In the shot put men’s category, Naresh Nath of Nainital won the event. Santosh Rawat of 40th PAC stood second. In the 800-metre men’s race, Mahesh Puri of Dehradun stood first followed by Arvind Chauhan of 31st PAC who remained on the second position. |
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SGRR, SDBIT win 20-20 matches
Dehradun, November 17 Ajay Singh from SGRR, took three wickets. In reply, SGRR had a bad start with both openers getting out cheaply. But, in the middle order, Shekhar Singh scored 41 runs and took his team to victory with 5 wickets in hand. St. Thomas College victorious St Thomas College defeated the Raja Ram Mohan Rai Academy (RRMR) team by 35 runs in a match during the Senior Council Twenty-20 Cricket Tournament here on Sunday. Batting first, St Thomas College scored 120 runs in 20 overs. Karthik scored 75 runs for his team. For the RRMR team, Satyam took 3 wickets.
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Dehradun, November 17 Around 20 to 25 students created rumpus in front of the Inamullah Building and physically assaulted shopkeepers and passersby. After getting information, SP City and CO City reached the spot and controlled the situation. A case has ben registered. — TNS |
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Link roads in the Jaunpur region of Tehri
Garhwal, which were damaged in the mid-June disaster, are yet to be repaired by the
PWD.
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, along with members of his family, today visited his ancestral house at Bughani in Pauri
Garhwal.
The Jauljibi fair, which was known for gold imported from Tibet and gold extracted from river sand at several places in the Kali river, is dying as in the past five days neither goods for sale have reached the fair venue nor clients from Nepal are coming. The situation has arisen as the makeshift wooden bridge on the Kali has been closed keeping the elections in Nepal in mind.
Devotees today thronged various gurdwaras across Uttarakhand to celebrate 545th Prakash Utsav of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, with traditional gaiety and religious
fervour.
From the wee hours of the morning itself, thousands of devotees from across the country took a holy Ganga dip at the various Ganga ghats across the twin pilgrim cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh today on pious occasion of Kartik Poornima (full moon).
Uttarakhand, particularly its old towns of Dehradun, Mussoorie and Nainital, is known the world over for school education. These schools, some of them more than a century old, can boast of illustrious alumni. The Doon School, Welham Boys and Girls schools, Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), earlier known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, are among the oldest residential schools in Dehradun.
Ashish Kumar of the Army emerged the winner of the maiden LIC-sponsored mountain track cycling competition in the professional men's category that ended at the Gorkha Military Inter-College premises here this afternoon. 
