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Nurses continue strike
Angry agitators hold protest outside Secretariat
Sneh Shivirs to tackle problem of malnutrition among children
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Nishank gives Delhi CM 15 days to prove charges
Political parties blame each other
for sufferings of common man
Centre allocates Rs 400 cr for embankments
Former DSP's son ends life
Sports minister opens national integration camp
Valmiki community seeks separate reservation
BJP councillors gherao MNA
DGP seeks CBI help in Haridwar gang-rape case
Members of Versa distribute blankets among the poor
BJP’s voter awareness drive
Rs 64 crore sanctioned for Assembly building
Burglars strike at temple, decamp with cash and jewellery
CM expresses happiness over extension of industrial incentive
Cops apprise children about traffic rules
Free coaching project for poor
students launched in school
Mussoorie MC faces financial crunch
Depts asked to give details of vacant posts by Jan 25
Residents beware: Tigress on the prowl
Students protest against RUSA
sports
Inter-Zonal universities cricket tourney from Jan 17
Basketball Championship from Jan 21
2 District Magistrates transferred
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Nurses continue strike
Dehradun, January 15 Today in the morning, the office bearers of Uttarakhand Nurses Service Association, Dr LK Gusain, Director of Doon Group of Hospitals, and other officials held intensive talks at the residence of Surinder Singh Negi. But, with only verbal assurances being handed over to the nurses, the impasse could not
be broken. The Health Minister is only giving us false hope and promises, they have been doing this for the past several years, said Laxmi Punetha, media in charge of the Uttarakhand Nurses Service Association. On the issue of implementation of no work, no pay, while the government has threatened to implement it from tomorrow, the nurses say it would not be effective as they are already discharging their duties under one shift. "The nursing staff deployed at all the government hospitals do not fulfil the norms. There is acute shortage of nurses. Our present strength is suitable for discharging only one shift duty which we are already doing," said Anjana Bhowmick, president of Uttarakhand Nurses Service Association. Meanwhile, after holding a protest by wearing black bands, class IV employees of Medical and Health Services Uttarakhand will boycott their duties from tomorrow. "Barring the post-mortem and emergency duties, we will boycott all other duties," said Manvar Singh Negi, president of Class 4 State Employees Association. |
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Angry agitators hold protest outside Secretariat
Dehradun, January 15 Angry agitators resorted to large-scale slogannering against the state government and threatened to further intensify their agitation in the days to come. They have been demanding restoration of reservation for state agitators in government jobs; Rs 5,000 per month as pension; and Rajya Senani Nirman Morcha status for themselves. Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Manch state president Veera Bhandari, Hukum Panwar, Gopal Singh, Kanchan Chandola and Pramila Rawat, were prominent among the protesters.
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Sneh Shivirs to tackle problem of malnutrition among children
Dehradun, January 15 Each Sneh Shivir will be established for a period of 12 days at the selected anganwari centres where the malnourished children would be given nutritious food and their entire growth would be tracked. Later, for a span of 18 days care would shift to home during which the anganwari workers will visit the families at home and monitor the children so that there is no relapse. “Backed by anganwaris workers, the Sneh Shivirs will monitor the growth of severely malnourished children, provide them with nutrition so that they regain weight. De-worming and complete heath check-up would be carried at the camps. Along with the children, the mother and other family members would be imparted lessons about nutrition and healthy cooking and even their health would be monitored,” said Radha Raturi, Principal Secretary, Department of Woman and Child Development. Armed with a survey conducted by Department of Woman and Child Development in 2012, around 13,020 children were found severely malnourished in 13 districts of the state. “The highest percentage of malnourished children at 49 per cent was in Haridwar, followed by 17 per cent in Udham Singh Nagar and 12 per cent in Dehradun. In the first phase, we will be covering high burdened districts, the target of which has been set by the Central Government. Our aim is to go to the root-cause of malnutrition and tackle it. So, essentially the surveys would act as guides for us,”said Raturi. A growth chart based on the indicators set by the World Health Organisation and the Auxillary Nurses and Midwives (ANMs) and medical officers too would be roped in for carrying out examination of the severely malnourished children. In case some of the targeted children show no signs of improvement, then they would be sent in the care of experts from the Department of Medical and Health. |
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Nishank gives Delhi CM 15 days to prove charges
Dehradun, January 15 "There is not one iota of truth in the allegations levelled against me. No case is pending against me in the High Court or the Supreme Court. Kejriwal became the b-team of the Congress and sullied my image. Nishank said he had served several notices on Kejriwal in the past to prove the charges, but there was no response from him. "Now I would like to ask Kejriwal why he should not be called a corrupt person and a foreign agent hell bent upon destabilising the country. He should share information about the funds received for his Parivartan NGO and the manner in which the funds are being used with the common man," said Nishank. He claimed even social activist Anna Hazare had demanded that Kejriwal should share information about the nature of funds being received by his NGO. "Not only this, Kejriwal and his team extracted mileage in the name of social activist Anna Hazare and then dumped him when it came to forming a party," alleged Nishank. He questioned the manner in which Kejriwal joined hands with the Congress to form the government in New Delhi. "Kejriwal has done a disservice to the cause of the common man by making false promises and channelling their anger against the Congress. However, when it came to forming the government, he forgot all about corruption and conveniently joined hands with the Congress," alleged Nishank. By taking on the Delhi Chief Minister, the state BJP unit has given an indication that it perceives the fledgling AAP as a challenge and would further sharpen its attacks as the Lok Sabha elections are approaching. |
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Political parties blame each other
for sufferings of common man
Pithoragarh, January 15 ''The Congress has no vision for the hill people in 2014 as it has failed to deliver the goods in the state after coming to power. The people of the state are going to teach it a lesson in the coming panchayat and Lok Sabha elections,'' said Ajay Bhatt, Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, while addressing BJP workers at the conference held at Bageswar on the occasion of Uttarayani. The BJP camp was also addressed by Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Kosiyari, who blamed the Congress government for making fake announcements in the state. The Congress camp was addressed by local leaders as no state-level leader could reach the venue. The Congress leaders have expressed the hope that their party will again come to power as it has policy and long- term vision of the future of the country. ''Even in the state, the party will capture all the seats of panchayat and Lok Sabha as the party is having vision for youths, women and common man of the state,'' said Gita Rawal, a Congress leader and chairperson of Nagar Palika Parishad,Bageshar. The UKD (Airi) camp was addressed by former Dwarahat MLA Pushpesh Tripathi and other local leaders, who in their speeches blamed the state government for the
sufferings of people of state in the fields of water, electricity, health and education and said that due to non-commencement of right developmental
policies, the migration from the state had increased in the last decade. ''The hill state can only progress when its people come forward to teach a lesson to mainstream parties who are to be blamed for all ills of the people of the state,'' said Pushpesh Tripathi, former MLA and senior UKD leader. Besides Congress, BJP and UKD, the workers of Aam Adami Party and Bahujan Samaj Party also held political conferences at the confluence of Saryu and Gomti at Bagehswar on the occasion or Uttarayani and said in their address to workers that people are fed up of the rule of Congress and BJP in the nation. “People are coming to our camp in big numbers as they hope only Aam Adami Party can get rid them from the mounting corruption that is prevalent everywhere in public life,” said Umesh Takuli, a leader of the party. |
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Centre allocates Rs 400 cr for embankments
Pithoragarh, January 15 The proposal was sent to the Union Government by the Irrigation Department after the last year mid-June
natural disaster. “The embankments will be constructed along the rivers, including Gori, Kali, Ramganga and Dhauli rivers in Pithoragarh district; Saryu and Gomati in Bageswar; Sharda in Champawat; Koshi in Almora district and Goula Ghor Dabka
and Nainital districts,” said DC Singh, Chief Engineer of the Irrigation Department in Kumaon region. The construction
work will begin from February this year. “We have included the rivers passing through Haldwani, Ramnagar, Bajpur and Tanakpur
on priority because of their sensitivity during the monsoon season,” said DC Singh. “We will complete the entire construction in 18 months from the
date we begin work in February,” he added. According to the departmental sources, the projects have
been cleared by the state technical advisory board, while some projects have been cleared by the Ganga flood control commission in
Patna.
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Former DSP's son ends life
Dehradun, January 15 Anuj Singh, a resident of Meerut, was staying at his in-laws house in Dehradun for last couple of days with
his family. According to the family members, they heard gun shot late at night when everyone was sleeping. They rushed towards the room where Anuj was sleeping and were found him lying on the floor in an unconscious state. He was taken to the Doon Hospital immediately where he was declared
brought dead. According to the police, the pistol from which Anuj shot himself belonged
to him. Meanwhile, the family members told the police that Anuj had a medicine factory in Meerut, which was raided by the government authorities’ sometime back due to which he was undergoing depression and came to Dehradun to live at his in-laws house. The Police have started the investigation in the case and questioned the family members here today. |
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Sports minister opens national integration camp
Dehradun, January 15 While addressing the participants, Dinesh Agarwal said:''Such events give opportunity to interact with people of other parts of the country and learn from each other's art, culture and language, and young children should be encouraged to participate in these camps.'' He also said the government was organising various events in the state to restore the confidence of people in Uttarakhand, which got slightly shaken after the Kedarnath natural disaster. While talking about the scenic beauty of Uttarakhand, Agarwal appealed to the participants who have come from other states to experience spiritual beauty of the state. It is to be noted that young members from eight states are participating in the integration camp.
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Valmiki community seeks separate reservation
Dehradun, January 15 Addressing a press conference in Dehradun today, Bhagwat Prasad Makwana, National President of the Rashtriya Valmiki Krantikari Morcha, said the Valmiki community had been the most deprived lot in the
country. He said even after sixty six years of Independence, the community was still to be empowered. “We do not get any benefit of reservation policy as most of the reserved seats go to a particular caste among the Scheduled Castes and thus a separate quota in the reservation is needed for the community,” he added. He said after the implementation of the sixth pay commission, there had been a large scale reduction in the class four employee posts, which had put an adverse impact on the job opportunities for the
community. He said the governments lack spirit to implement the recommendations made by the Safai Karmchari Ayog for the betterment of
sanitary workers. |
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BJP councillors gherao MNA
Dehradun, January15 The protesters alleged that the Dehradun municipal authorities were having a complacent attitude towards illegal constructions in the city and were not taking any punitive action. They also expressed resentment over alleged manhandling of the BJP women councillors by some hoodlums when they opposed an illegal construction in one of the localities of Dehradun. Ajay Singhal, Amita Singh, Anju Bisht, Beena Uniyal, Satish Kashyap and Kamli Bhatt were prominent BJP councillors among the protesters.
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DGP seeks CBI help in Haridwar gang-rape case
Dehradun, January 15 According to sources in the police department, the CBI has agreed to extend its help in the investigation and might seek information from the Haridwar police about the case. A minor Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped and tortured before being murdered in Pherupur village in Haridwar district. The district has been witnessing numerous protest marches and condolence meetings since the gruesome incident took place. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has also directed the police to take swift action in the case. The DGP has given seven days to the Haridwar SSP to find clues to the case, but the police are yet to make any headway. |
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Members of Versa distribute blankets among the poor
Dehradun, January 15 Rajpreet Kaur, secretary of Versa, said
that her organisation had been involved in helping the poor and needy in the remote areas of the state. She claimed that her organisation had been constantly engaged in helping the forest dwellers who are very poor in
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BJP’s voter awareness drive
Mussoorie, January 15 Former Chief Minister and senior party leader Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, former Cabinet minister Prakash Pant and Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi appealed to the people to cast their vote in the elections. Speaking on the occasion, MLA Joshi said the drive aimed at creating awareness among first-time voters to participate in the democratic process. He said senior leaders visited nearly 50 houses in the colony and found out that the names of 15 eligible persons were not on the voters' list. BJP Mahanagar president Neelam Sehgal was also present on the occasion.
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Rs 64 crore sanctioned for Assembly building
Dehradun, January 15 Out of Rs 64.52 crore, instalment of Rs 25 crore would be released for the National Building Construction Corporation. The amount would be utilised for expansion of infrastructure at Gairsain. Besides, the Uttarakhand government has nominated the State Estate Department as the nodal agency for the construction of the Assembly building.
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Burglars strike at temple, decamp with cash and jewellery
Mussoorie, January 15 The thieves also searched the Nag temple at Khatta Pani and decamped with cash after taking advantage of the dark. The Kempty police have registered a case against unidentified assailants, while Mussoorie police have also begun investigation. Pratap Singh, a resident of Tuneta village said his parents were sleeping on the ground floor of the house when thieves broke open the almirah on the first floor and fled with the cash and jewellery yesterday night. He was in
Mussoorie at the time of the incident. Pratap Singh lodged a complaint at the Kempty police station in Tehri, after which two police constables visited the incident site and started investigation. Meanwhile, Rajendar Singh Katayar, a caretaker of the Nag temple has lodged a complaint against unidentified persons in the Mussoorie police station. Katyar also informed the police that the thieves had decamped with cash from his house in the month of November too. When contacted the Mussoorie police station in charge, Vipin Chandra Pant, said they had begun the investigation and increased night patrolling in the wake of such incidents in Mussoorie. The police have launched a search operation to nab the culprits. |
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CM expresses happiness over extension of industrial incentive
Dehradun, January 15 In a statement issued today, Vijay Bahuguna expressed gratitude to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, for ensuring extension of
the special package of industrial incentive for the state. Bahuguna said the extension of the package will give impetus to small and medium industrial units in the state. He said there will be an increase in employment opportunities for the youths. He said his government’s commitment was to ensure speedy industrialisation in Uttarakhand and will also work to ensure industrial incentive for big industries that come to Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand Congress spokesperson Shilpi Arora also welcomed the restoration of the special industrial package and congratulated the Chief Minister in getting the package
for the state. She said the package would be beneficial for the medium and small entrepreneurs and
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Cops apprise children about traffic rules
Dehradun, January 15 Notably, police personnel reached numerous schools today and interacted with students with a message of following traffic rules while driving or walking on roads. Cops told the curious children about the existing traffic rules and how these can help in making the city roads safer. — TNS
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Free coaching project for poor
students launched in school
Mussoorie, January 15 A team of 62 dedicated teachers from Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School would be imparting the necessary educational guidance to the students belonging to the poor strata from more than a dozen government-semi government schools through five centres, specially created for the project where the students can avail the opportunity of gaining valuable knowledge from the teachers assigned for the task in the town. Around 741 students registered under the project were also distributed free stationary by the GNFC School management on the occasion. The chief guest on the occasion, former MLA, Mussoorie, Jot Singh Gunsola, commended the efforts of GNFC School for providing such service to the students who are unable to pay extra for their education. He also said that it is heartening to see that a large number of girl students have opted for the project in comparison to the male counterparts and hoped that the male students will also avail the opportunity in the years to come. The administrator of the school, Sunil Bakshi, who is the brainchild behind the project, said that he was inspired by the chairman of the school Sardar Jaspal Singh to run such project under a social responsibility scheme being run by the school. Bakshi further said that as the educational system in the government schools is on the verge of collapse with absence of teachers due to unforeseen reasons affecting the students adversely, it was decided that the teachers of the school will stay back this winter vacation and impart educational services on voluntary basis to the students from the poor strata of the town. He also informed the media that the teachers through various centres will be imparting knowledge to the students from science, arts and commerce streams so that they can also compete with other public schools effectively. ND Sahwney, the Principal of the school, speaking on the occasion commended the effort of the teachers for agreeing to participate in such a project. She further said that the school was already running a community radio station, a school for the class IV staff of the school, free medical services through its resident doctors and had also adopted a village and pledged support to them in every possible manner. She further said that the endeavour of the school was to create a platform to inspire and support children so that they can realise their dreams through Jagriti project. The five centers have been established at Sanatan Dharam Inter College, Rama Devi Inter College, Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Government Primary School at Doodhli village and Mussoorie Girls' Inter College from where the students will be given necessary guidance for a month. Anuj Tayal, Principal of the semi-government school Rama Devi Inter College, said that due to absence of the teachers in the government and semi-government schools the students were at the receiving end and such a project will help in boosting their morale and enhancing knowledge prior to their board exams here. MC president Manmohan Singh Mall, local unit Congress president Satish Dhaundiyal and Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board Sandeep Sahni, MC ward members Jasvir Kaur, Ramesh Bhandari, Principal of Vincent Hill School AK Tewari and others were also present on the occasion.
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Mussoorie MC faces financial crunch
Mussoorie, January 15 Nearly 150 contractual employees are the worst hit as they have not been given salaries this month. According to sources, contractors running various projects, including ropeway, owned by the MC have refused to pay the remaining amount to the council, which has lead to financial crisis. The contractual employees are
given salaries from the MC fund. The Municipal Council Employees' Union president Mahavir Rana said although permanent employees had received their salaries in time, nearly 150 contractual employees, who were supposed to be paid salaries till 7th
of each month according to labour laws, were yet to receive the same due to the alleged financial mismanagement by the
council officials. He asked the MC to release their salaries at the earliest, else they would be forced to launch a protest. Executive officer, MC, Prahlad Singh Rawat said the contractors running various projects owned by them had failed to deposit the remaining amount in the accounts of the council citing no income following the natural disaster in the state last year. They were instead demanding
discounts and compensation for the loss of their business. He said the MC was making efforts to increase its income through other sources and would release the salaries of the
contractual employees within this week. Meanwhile, Rawat has written a letter to the government urging it to provide them with additional funds so that they could offer some compensation to the contractors for the loss of their business. |
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Depts asked to give details of vacant posts by
Dehradun, January 15 All the departments have been required to give information regarding the vacant posts by January 25, 2014, to the personnel of the department. The instructions were given by Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, at a meeting held at the Secretariat here today. Similar information would be given on the vacant posts and category wise reservations. Information would be provided on outsourcing by various departments. A separate special recruitment drive will be held to fill the backlog of the vacancies for the SC, ST and OBC categories. Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma; BP Pandey; Principal Secretary PWD SS Sandhu; Principal Secretary Agriculture Ranveer Singh; Secretary Tourism Umakant Panwar; Secretaries Manisha Panwar, Ajay Pradyot, CMS Bisht, MC Joshi, MK Joshi; Additional Secretaries Radhika Jha, Dilip Jawalkar, Usha Shukla, Vinay Shankar Pandey, Nidhimani Tripathi and other officials were
also present.— TNS |
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Residents beware: Tigress on the prowl
Dehradun, January 15 A man-eater tigress has created a fear in Moradabad and Bijnore districts of
Uttar Pradesh. The tigress has mauled as many as six people after it was declared man-eater by the UP wildlife authorities. Since then, the UP wildlife authorities are trying to zero in onto the prowling man-eater tigress but have failed to spot her. As Moradabad and Bijnore districts are in close proximity to Terai region of Uttarakhand, the tigress entering Uttarakhand cannot be ruled out, particularly after a woman was mauled by a tiger in Kalagarh yesterday. According to Uttarakhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forests RBS Rawat, the forest authorities are monitoring the situation.
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Dehradun, January 15 The members of student union organisations, including SFI, ABVP, NSUI, Aryan group and Pattu group, staged a protest and said that any attempt to implement RUSA by the college management will be opposed. ''The management wants to privatise the college through the implementation of RUSA and even the college principal is working hand in glove with the management,''
said Abhishek Bhandari, district chief SFI. — TNS |
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sports
Dehradun, January 15 A hard worker from a young age, the all-rounder, who at present plays for the Punjab women cricket team, started honing her skills when she was 9-year-old and got herself registered at Dehradun’s Little Master Cricket Club. According to her coach, Narendra Shah, Sneha had the spark, which made her different from other girl’s. He added: “She was undoubtedly the most disciplined and dedicated student in our academy.” The journey, which started from Little Master Cricket Academy, took Sneha to Haryana due to lack of opportunities in Uttarakhand, when she was 16-years-old, and after playing for Haryana for a year, Sneha moved to Amritsar to play for the Punjab women cricket team. After scoring a few hundred runs and taking scores of wickets in the inter-state matches for the under-19 Punjab team, Sneha got a call for the Punjab senior team and then the north-zone women team. For Sneha, the ultimate goal was to wear the Indian team jersey. A hard worker from the beginning,
she had to face lots of difficulties for reaching her goal. The captain of the Indian women cricket team Mithali Raj is her
idol and she wants to follow her path. She attributes her success to her parents and coaches who have helped her throughout the journey. According to her coach, Narendra Shah, “While playing for the Indian
Blue team, Sneha took 6 wickets, which attracted the attention of the selectors and finally got her the coveted call to play for the national team.” |
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Inter-Zonal universities cricket tourney from
Dehradun, January 15 The participating universities are Osmania University and Devi Ahilya University
from Central Zone, University of Tripura and University of Calcutta from East Zone, MDU Rohtak and GNDU Amritsar from North Zone, SRM University and Jain University from South Zone
and Mumbai and Pune University from West Zone. Central Zone will play first time in
the tournament. “The matches would be played at Maharana Pratap Sports College, Doon Cricket Acadmey, Indian Cricket, India Cricket Academy,
Abhimanyu Cricket Academy and Kasiga School,” said, Dr RK Singh, president of Uttarakhand
Technical University sports council. Jaya Bista, a member of Indian U-19 cricket team, along with
two Ranji players--- Manish Rai and Kevin Almeda, both from Mumbai team, are participating in the tournament from their respective teams.
Participants for tournament
The participating universities are Osmania University and Devi Ahilya University from Central Zone,
University of Tripura and University of Calcutta from East Zone, MDU Rohtak and GNDU Amritsar from North Zone, SRM University and Jain University
from South Zone and Mumbai and Pune University from West Zone. Central Zone will play first time
in the tournament |
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Basketball Championship from Jan 21
Dehradun, January 15 Teams from all districts in both categories will
participate in the tournament and players from across the state will start reaching Dehradun from January 20. It is to be noted that Dehradun Distrcit Basketball Association recently organised trials for both men and women's team at Welham Boys' School and Welham Girls' School, respectively, for selecting final teams, which will represent the district in the tournament.
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Seeking redressal of their long standing concerns, Uttarakhand State agitators staged a demonstration outside the
Secretariat.
Keeping the deteriorating educational standards in Hindi medium govern-ment and semi-government schools in mind, Jagriti project was inaugurated at Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School with an objective to provide free counselling and coaching to
the poor students from around the region in Mussoorie today.
