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Bahuguna, Tehri royal families cross swords once again
Address poll disruption complaints within 30 minutes, says ECI
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District Magistrate instructs officials to ensure peaceful poll
Control room to ensure
smooth conduct of polling
With campaigning banned, candidates
focus on door-to-door contact
Candidates go door-to-door on eve of Lok Sabha election
Parties go all out to seek votes from Mussoorie residents
BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi censures Saket Bahuguna
Congress predicts record victory
Students spread awareness on voting rights
Garhwali folk singer supports AAP’s Nautiyal
Hotels, cinema halls offer discounts
Ex-servicemen urged to cast votes today
Appeal to pensioners
Mountaineer twins attend voting awareness rally
Bhadraj Mela celebrated in Thatyur block
Devotees offer special prayers to Ganga
Check leopard menace, says Satpal Maharaj
UPP for probe against Almora cops
40-yr-old man found dead
Medical camp for special children ends
sports
Welham Boys School in basketball semis
Pratap Section lifts RIMC hockey trophy
Tennis tourney from May 10
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Optimistic BJP is banking on good turnout of voters
Dehradun, May 6 After the campaigning din came to a grinding halt yesterday, the Uttarakhand BJP shifted focus on booth management, spreading its party workers and office bearers in all the five parliamentary constituencies. While there is a straight fight between the BJP and Congress on all the five seats, the BJP is relying on the so-called Modi wave to improve its fortunes in the urban centres of the five parliamentary constituencies. The BJP strategists say that a good voter turnout in the urban centres would automatically go in favour of the BJP. ''We are eyeing at the first time voters in the age group of 18-19 years who make a sizeable population. Our prime ministerial
candidate Narindra Modi has managed to catch their attention all across the country,'' said Teerath Singh, Uttarakhand BJP chief. The party has nominated three former chief ministers comprising BC Khanduri from Pauri, BS Koshiyari from Nainital and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank from Hardiwar against Congress candidates. ''The former chief ministers have been in a similar situation before and are expected to give the desired results. There is a double anti-incumbency working against the Congress and this will certainly benefit the BJP candidates,'' said Teerath Singh Rawat, president of Uttarakhand BJP. Though the party strategists have their eyes firmly fixed on all the five seats, the focus is more on the Haridwar, Almora and Nainital parliamentary seats. ''The Chief Minister, Harish Rawat, has put much at stake on these seats, and from the Haridwar seat his wife is in the race. The situation is slightly tough here, but we will get the sense of the situation once the voting begins. Our party workers will be able to sense the situation even before the results are out,'' said a senior BJP leader. Throughout the election campaigning the BJP appeared better organised and was ably helped by the party bigwigs who managed to hold rallies in all the five constituencies. |
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Bahuguna, Tehri royal families cross swords once again
Dehradun, May 6 Mala Raj Laxmi Shah, sitting BJP MP from Tehri Garhwal, will be defending her seat against Saket Bahuguna of the Congress, who is the son of former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and grandson of former UP Chief Minister HN Bahuguna. The Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha seat was represented by Maharaja Manvendra Shah, the last ruler of Tehri, for a record eight time after Independence. It was after his death in 2007 that Vijay Bahuguna won the seat defeating Maharaja Manvendra Shah's son Manujendra Shah in a byelection. In the 1999 and 2004 Lok Sabha polls, Maharaja Manvendra Shah had defeated Vijay Bahuguna from Tehri. In 1998, Vijay Bahuguna had lost his first Lok Sabha elections from Pauri Garhwal. But in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Vijay Bahuguna again won the seat defeating BJP candidate and ace shooter Jaspal Rana. After a slender victory of the Congress in the 2012 Assembly polls, Vijay Bahuguna was given the reins of the state by the Congress high command and he had to quit his Lok Sabha seat to enter the state legislature. In the byelection held in October 2012, Mala Raj Laxmi Shah, daughter-in-law of Manvendra Shah, defeated Saket Bahuguna. It is not only Bahugunas who are fighting an important electoral battle, one of the maternal cousins of Vijay Bahuguna, BC Khanduri, is also fighting the polls from Pauri Garhwal. Khanduri represented the Pauri Garhwal Lok Sabha seat four times as a BJP candidate and also remained a Union minister in the NDA (NDA) government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Khanduri is pitted against state minister Harak Singh Rawat.
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Address poll disruption complaints within 30 minutes, says ECI
Dehradun, May 6 “In case there is untoward incident reported at any polling booth, the information will be passed on to the district-level control room and the local authorities will have to address the matter within 30 minutes as part of quick response. For maintaining law and order situation, even the residing officer would able to give instructions to the security forces under the IRP Act,1951,''said Raturi at a press conference. Further, each district will have a control room that will have a toll free number 1950 that will work 24x7. The control rooms would also be set up at the block and tehsil level and would be monitored by the state control room. The Election Commission will monitor the local television channels for which a separate control room has been set up. “If any untoward incident is reported, immediate information would be passed from the district control room to the concerned sector officers,” said
Raturi. The presiding officers and micro observers would also be allowed to carry mobile phones on silent mode, “ These are being allowed so that the presiding officers and the micro observers could took take pictures of the police force at polling booths that have been designated as sensitive booths. Some of these do not have the facility for video digital recording,” emphasised
Raturi. At the same time, while disallowing the use of ration card as an identification document for casting of votes, the Election Commission of India has, however, granted permission for the use of several other documents, including Pan card, driving licence and passports for casting votes. “There is a list of around 11 documents that could be used by persons who want to cast votes but do not possess an EPIC card,” she said. Beside, for casting of votes, the voters would be allowed to use their private vehicles within the 100 metre radius of the polling
centres, but the political parties would not be allowed to use transport to ferry voters to the polling
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District Magistrate instructs officials to ensure peaceful poll
Dehradun, May 6 A total of 1,326 polling parties along with the election material for Chakrata and the 10
parliamentary constituencies were dispatched from the Parade Ground. The teams reached their respective polling stations by 6:00 pm today. A meeting was also held at the District Collectorate Office. District Election Officer-cum-District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam instructed the officials and candidates to ensure a peaceful poll. He also asked the candidates to ensure that their representatives must reach the polling booths by 6:00 am, so that a mock poll could be conducted prior to the polling. Micro-observers have been placed at all the polling booths that
have been categorised as sensitive and extra sensitive. “Arrangements have also been made for an additional EVM machine at every polling booth. In case of any technical fault, the EVM machine
will be replaced immediately. The zonal officers and the AROs must ensure that the polling starts in time. A report on the percentage of votes being cast is to be
given after every two hours in the control room,” he added. Alok Kumar
Pandey, Navneet Bhullar, Sonika and Pratap Singh Shah were also present in the meeting. |
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Control room to ensure
smooth conduct of polling
Dehradun, May 6 In a statement issued today, Purushottam disclosed a toll free number 1950 has already become operational at the control room. He said further the content of TV channels is also being monitored. He said micro observers have also been deployed at block level. He apprised that presiding officer and micro observers will be allowed to carry their mobiles inside polling booths, though they will be keeping it in silent mode. |
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With campaigning banned, candidates
focus on door-to-door contact
Haridwar, May 6 BJP candidate Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank held party workers' closed-door meeting at his election office, while he met voters of major colonies in the city periphery and Roorkee. Nishank sought a detailed report from those in charge of Assembly segments, legislators and party district presidents of Haridwar and Roorkee regions about the election scenario and those polling centres where BJP is weak. Major thrust of door-to-door campaigning was done by BJP leaders at these weak polling centres. Vikas Tiwari,divisional president, Haridwar,said that party candidates wanted extra focus to be given to those areas where BJP had not fared better in the last Assembly and parliamentary elections. Renuka Rawat, Congress candidate, along with senior party leaders Braham Swarup Brahamchari, Santosh Chauhan,Kiran Singh,Ambrish Kumar and Satpal Brahamchari among others campaigned door to door seeking votes. A meeting was also held of poll booth centre agents of Congress at Devpura-based city election office,where necessary guidelines were given to these agents. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kanchan Bhattacharya also met party workers at her Lal Tarao bridge camp office along side Ganga ghat. Analysis of polling booths,centres,agents' profile and other aspects were shown by laptop presentation by digital data cell of the candidate. Anita Saini of Samajwadi Party ,Haji Islam of Bahujan Samaj Party, Independent candidates Razia Begum,ex-Brigadier Gobind Prasad Barthwal,
Jai Singh,UKD candidate Dev Dutt Sharma also held talks with the party workers, gauging the voters' mood and expected voting turnout. |
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Candidates go door-to-door on eve of Lok Sabha election
Dehradun, May 6 Anoop Nautiyal, Aam Aadmi Party candidate from
Tehri, urged people to cast their votes in his favour if they wanted to see development in the
state. Nautiyal alleged the Congress and the BJP lacked vision for development. He alleged the Congress-led state government had failed to redress the grievances of the disaster-hit victims. He said the condition of roads in the higher reaches was pathetic even after 10 months of the natural disaster in
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Parties go all out to seek votes from Mussoorie residents
Mussoorie, May 6 Both Congress and BJP workers are ensuring through door-to-door campaign to bring the voters to polling booths on May 7, the day scheduled for polling. The Congress workers have divided themselves in one or two groups and are making rounds in various colonies to garner support for their candidate in Mussoorie Assembly segment. BJP is also not far behind with MLA, Mussoorie, Ganesh Joshi, paying a visit to the BJP election office in Mussoorie to oversee the last-minute booth-level preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP workers from Gadi cantt in Mussoorie Assembly segment led by their area vice president Devendar Pal campaigned for the BJP candidate Mala Raj Lakshmi in Nimboowala ward, Srinath colony, Pragati Vihar, Kali Mandir and appealed to strengthen the hands of Narendar Modi and BJP. Devendar Pal stressed on strengthening the booth-level management and informed the media that the booth-level committees were in place
for the polling scheduled for May 7. He also said that the booth-level parties will arrive at the polling booth around 6 am, irrespective of rain or hail, and remain there till the end of the polls around 6 pm. Devendar Pal also alleged that the partisan attitude of the state government towards Cantonment Board, Dehradun, would mean that the voters will cast their votes in favour of BJP. There are around 13,41,393 voters in the Tehri parliamentary constituency, out of which 7,04,071 are male voters while the population of female voters is around 6,37,268. Around 16 candidates are in the fray, out of which 15 are male and one is female. With the weather taking an ugly turn in Mussoorie with thunder showers this evening, most of the candidates are keeping their fingers crossed as the inclement weather could affect the polling percentage, tilting it in anyone’s favour. When contacted the assistant returning officer, Ramjee Saran, also looked concerned but said that all the arrangements have been made to conduct free and fare poll in Mussoorie. However, he said that no alternate arrangements were in place, yet in case of heavy rains in the town, the Election Commission would do whatever it takes to make polling convenient for the voters on May 7. The key issues have become irrelevant in these elections with the candidates from major political parties relying mostly on the charisma of individual politicians such as the Chief Minister Harish Rawat from Congress and Narendra Modi from BJP. |
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BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi censures Saket Bahuguna
Mussoorie, May 6 He also claimed that BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Tehri, Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah, would once again win with an increased margin as compared to the by-elections that were held around two years ago where she defeated
Congress candidate Saket Bahuguna. Joshi also alleged that all the development work approved by the former Chief Minster Vijay Bahuguna was stalled
by his son, who is a candidate from Tehri for Congress in Mussoorie assembly segment. Elaborating further he accused Saket Bhauguna of directing the officials not to start the approved works in Mussoorie Assembly segment, as
it would benefit Bharatiya Janata Party in the polls. Joshi also showed a collection of letters marking approval from former Chief Minster Vijay Bahuguna and said
the people would give a befitting reply to this attitude of the Congress candidate in tomorrow’s
Lok Sabha elections. He also said people had a lot of expectations from the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government and if elected in the Centre, Bharatiya Janata Party government would
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Congress predicts record victory
Dehradun, May 6 He said the party activists were assigned responsibilities at the booth-level to ensure smooth conduct of polls. Pratap also ruled-out any Modi wave in the country. He said the Congress-led state government had introduced various schemes for the upliftment of the villagers, who were living in the higher regions of the state. He said he received good response from the voters, while he was campaigning in all the five parliamentary constituencies. He said the resumption of the Char Dham Yatra in a stipulated time was possible because of the measures taken by the state government. He said various developmental schemes and projects will be introduced for the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society, if the party was voted to power. |
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Students spread awareness on voting rights
Mussoorie, May 6 The students marched from their school to Masonic Lodge carrying placards and raising slogans emphasising on the importance of exercising their franchise in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. Principal Rashmi Kulshresta speaking on the occasion said the objective of the rally was to sensitise voters to their rights and duties to select the right candidate. The voters too filled a form pledging to vote in the Lok Sabha
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Garhwali folk singer supports AAP’s Nautiyal
Dehradun, May 6 Negi alleged the BJP and the Congress had misused natural resources during their respective tenures
in the state.
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Hotels, cinema halls offer discounts
Dehradun, May 6 In a press note issued here today, District Election Officer-cum-District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam said to motivate people to cast their votes tomorrow, the multiplex owners had agreed to dole out free coupons to all those who would exercise their right to franchise. “The owners and management of Glitz Multiplex, Silvercity Multiplex, Big Cinemas and PVR Cinemas will give Rs 100 coupons (popcorn and drinks) to moviegoers on May 8 who shows their fingers bearing indelible
ink,” he added. Meanwhile, the Dehradun chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has decided to offer 50 per cent discount on all medical services to all those who cast their votes tomorrow. Dr Geeta Khanna, secretary, IMA, said only those who would show their inked fingers would be eligible for the discount valid for
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Ex-servicemen urged to cast votes today
Dehradun, May 6 In a press note issued here, league’s president Brig KG Behl
(retd) said the ex-servicemen must vote though their demands had not been met. "?It is our fundamental right as well as duty to cast our votes to keep the democracy alive. If we don'?t vote, wrong people will get elected and we will have to wait for another five years to elect a new set of persons. Hence, everyone must vote to elect candidates of their choice with a hope that the new government will accept our all demands," he added. “If we do not wish to cast out votes even then we should go ahead and press the NOTA button. However, since NOTA has no legal implications nor it affects the results, it will amount to wasting votes. It will be useful only when such voters could affect the results of other candidates,” said Brig
Behl.
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Appeal to pensioners
Dehradun, May 6 He said that candidates having a clean image should be voted to power in order to keep a tab on rampant corruption in the country. He requested members to ensure their voting rights, irrespective of caste, religion or any political parties. The office bearers of the
sangathan, which include BD Chamoli, KD Sharma and Janardhan Chowdhury urged members to cast their votes in the parliamentary elections.
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Mountaineer twins attend voting awareness rally
Dehradun, May 6 The renowned mountaineers, Tashi and Nungshi, along with activists from Sveep participated in an awareness rally, urged electors to cast their votes. Speaking on the occasion, state nodal officer of Sveep, Kaushalya Bandhu, said that electors should exercise their voting rights if they wanted to see development after elections. She said that voters should cast their votes without considering caste, religion, or political parties. According to her, a series of awareness programmes were held to create awareness among electors.The students from different government schools were also sensitised on the importance of voting during school assemblies. Among those who were present were Gaytri Tamta, Chandra Mamgain, Gaurav Balooni, Puja Manju, Kavita and Gauri. |
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Bhadraj Mela celebrated in Thatyur block
Mussoorie, May 6 Devotees gathered at the Bhadraj temple in Dhana village and sought blessings from the lord. The Bhadraj fair is held in May every year but due to the Lok Sabha elections there was some confusion whether it would be held or not. However, the temple committee decided to hold the festival a day before to the elections in deference to the religious sentiments of the people. Residents of Langdasu, Bhavan, Marod, Kafulta, Chan Gaon and other villages visited the fair in large numbers and bought goods on the occasion. They also danced to the beats of traditional instruments. — TNS |
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Devotees offer special prayers to Ganga
Haridwar, May 6 Special lighting arrangements were made for the world famous Ganga Aarti at the sanctum sanctorum of Brahma Kund at Har-ki-Pauri today. According to teerth purohits and pundits, there is a mention of Ganga Saptami in numerous Hindu scriptures, including Padma Purana and Narada
Purana. The Ganga descended on the earth on the seventh day of the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of the moon) in the Baisakh month. Devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga river, particularly at Brahma
Kund, Har-ki-Pauri, and adjacent ghats of Malviya, Birla, Nai Sota, VIP, Kushaghat,Ram
ghat, Alaknanda, Gobind ghat,Prem Nagar, Avdhoot Mandal Ashram, with Irrigation Department colony ghat offering rituals to the Ganga river , considered as mother in Hindu
religion. Teerth purohits held special rituals , puja, aarti of the Ganga on this auspicious day, when Goddess Ganga unfurled from the matted locks of Lord Shiva from Gangotri Himalayas after “tapasya” by sage
Bhagirath. The Ganga Sabha, which maintains the proceedings of Har-ki-Pauri, held a special puja at Brahma Kund and offered milk to the mother
Ganga, seeking her blessings. The Akhil Bharatiya Yuva Teerth Purohit Maha Sabha also held a special function to the mark the birth of the holy Ganga with special Ganga pujan at Ram
ghat. A special 'kalash yatra' and 'palanquin' decorated with flowers of the Ganga was taken out in Haridwar by teerth purohits and Ganga
devotees. Ganga devotees on the pious occasion dwelt on the steps to make sure devotees were made aware about the significance related with maintenance of sanctity and purity of the holy river, which has been providing salvation and blessings since ages. |
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Check leopard menace, says Satpal Maharaj
Dehradun, May 6 Satpal Maharaj said victim Vikas, son of Vinod Dhasmana was mauled
by a leopard in Khandwana village in Reethakhal block of Pauri district today. He sought prompt action by the authorities. Maharaj asked the state Forest Department to declare the leopard as man eater and start proceedings before it further preys on other people in the region. He also sought details of the incident from Pauri Garhwal district magistrate.
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UPP for probe against Almora cops
Dehradun, May 6 In a letter written to the Governor, the party has blamed Almora police of wrongly implicating Diwan Singh, who is the founding member of the party. The letter says Diwan was campaigning for the party’s candidate from Almora Lok Sabha seat and was picked by the police from his house in Patiya village. The party has also raised questions over the arrest of Jeevan Chandra Arya, who according to the Parivartan party leaders, was arrested from Ranikhet while he was taking care of his sister who had undergone an operation, but the police claimed that he was arrested from Almora, which is false, claimed Parivartan party in their letter. The party also demanded removal of SP Almora and other police officials till the independent high-level inquiry was not completed. According to the party leaders, the arrested persons have been booked under serious charges of treason without any evidence against them. Reportedly, pro-Maoist posters of CPI (Maoist) were pasted in Almora city, Someshwar, Takula, Basoli, Kapadkhan, Panuanaula, and many other places in the district during last week. The posters had an appeal written in red letters for boycotting the elections. On Sunday morning, the Almora police arrested four ‘Maoist sympathisers’ namely: Govind Ram, Jagdish Ram and Diwan Singh from Patiya Village while Jeevan Chandra Arya was arrested from Maalgaon in Almora. Police also claimed to have recovered posters, pamphlets, red ink, adhesive, revolutionary appeals to the people, pro-Maoist reading material from their house. The DGP announced a cash reward of Rs 10,000 for the police team that arrested the alleged Maoist sympathisers. — TNS |
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40-yr-old man found dead
Dehradun, May 6 According to the Dhara Chowki Police, the neighbours of the deceased, Shyam Kumar, informed them that a foul smell was coming from the neighbouring house and after breaking into the house, Shyam was found dead on his bed. He was a drug addict. Meanwhile, the police have filled a panchnama and are waiting for the postmortem report that will clear the cause of the death. Shayam Kumar used to live alone in the house and according to his neighbours, his wife left him due to his drug
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Medical camp for special children ends
Dehradun, May 6 Anuradha Dalmia, Director, NIVH, was present on both days while Dr Geetika Mathur, Medical Officer, NIVH, coordinated the camp. Dr Ashwani Kamboj and Pratibha Kamboj, Chairman and Vice-President of of Uttaranchal Charitable Hospital, respectively
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sports
Dehradun, May 6 The match between Government Girls' Inter-College and St. Agnes ended in a draw despite repeated attempts from both sides to score goals. Even the match between MKP and Church of North India Girls ended in a draw. IDPL, Rishikesh, defeated Welham Girls School ‘White’ 3-0 with Seema, Suman and Monika scoring one goal each in the match for IDPL. Moravian Institute defeat MKP College 3-0 Moravian Institute defeated MKP College 3-0 in a match during the 4th Invitational Hockey Tournament here on Monday. In the second match, IDPL, Rishikesh, trounced Church of North India Girls’ Inter-College 4-0. Sumen, Ankita. Surbhi and Monika scored the goals for the IDPL, Rishikesh. In the third match, the Welham Girls School ‘blue’ team defeated Unison World School 6-0 with Shruti scoring two goals for her team in the 17th and 34th minutes of
the match. In the last match of the day, Government Girls' Inter-College trounced
Scholars Home 2-0 with Rakhi and Nikita scoring one goal each. Wynberg Allen, Welham Boys School victorious Wynberg Allen School and Welham Boys School Dehradun won their opening fixture in the David Inglis Memorial Hockey Tournament that began at Wynberg School grounds in Mussoorie, here on Monday. Wynberg Allen defeated Doon School by a margin of 2-1. While Welham boys defeated RIMC Dehradun by 2-0 in the two matches. Doon School took an early lead with Ishan scoring a goal in the first half. Wynberg equalised with a goal with Garvit scoring a goal for the team. The winning goal for Wynberg Allen was scored by Sherriff Singh. The tournament was held in the memory of Mr David Inglis, a former teacher, who was known for his dedicated services as a coach in the school. |
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Welham Boys School in basketball semis
Dehradun, May 6 In the boys’ section, the host Welham Boys School easily entered into the semifinals defeating Pestle Weed College 30-4 with Bhiduri of Welhams scoring maximum 17 points in the match. RIMC also registered a win over Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School (GNFC) by 17-14 score. Kumar scored 11 points for RIMC while Hritik scored 8 points for GNFC. Hilton School stormed into the semifinals after defeating St. Mary's School 24-11 with Deepak from Hilton remaining the top scorer after scoring 12 points. In the last quarterfinal match, Doon International School defeated DAV Public School 20-17 with Anuj scoring 6 points for the winning the team. While in the girls' category matches, Welham Girls' School defeated St. Mary's School by massive margin of 42-6 with Shriya Singh of Welham scoring 8 points in the match. Shigally Hills International Academy (SIA) won its quarterfinal match against St. Thomas College by 14-4 score with Phurba scoring maximum 4 points for the winning team. In another quarterfinal match played today, St. Joseph’s Academy defeated Doon International School 25-2 score. Pratisha scored maximum 9 points for St. Joseph's Academy. In the last match in the girls' category, Doon Girls School defeated The Aryan School 26-14 and Rabia and Dhritika scored 8 points each for Doon Girls' School. |
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Pratap Section lifts RIMC hockey trophy
Dehradun, May 6 Pratap Section proved its dominance in all categories and convincingly won the trophy defeating Ranjit Section. Pratap Section won the title effortlessly with 84 points, followed by Shivaji Section 66, Ranjit Section 37 and Chandragupta Section with 29 points. Cadet Shrang Vats won the best player award in the rabbit category while Cadet Ambreesh Shukla was adjudged the best junior player of the tournament. Cadet Ekansh Uniyal won the best player award in the middle category while Cadet Pranjal Thakur bagged the best player award in the senior? category. Brig Shammi Sabbharwal, Deputy GOC, UB Sub Area, was the chief guest of the evening. |
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Tennis tourney from May 10
Dehradun, May 6 Matches will be played in three categories, girls under-and above 14 years (Singles), boys under-12, under-14 and under-18 (Singles) and boys under-14 years and 18 years (Doubles). Meanwhile, the registration for entries has been started with Uttaranchal Tennis Association. — TNS
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The Election Commission of India has given standing instructions to the local authorities to address the complaints pertaining to disruption in the peaceful conduct of elections within 30 minutes of the complaints having been
lodged.
The Dehradun district administration has made elaborate transport and security arrangements for
the polling parties as the state goes to vote on May 7.
Dehradun District Election Officer BVRC Purushottam today disclosed that as per Election Commission of India’s directive, a control room has been set up in the district to ensure smooth conduct of polling tomorrow.
With the election campaign prohibited and polling for the 7th phase to be held tomorrow ,candidates ,leaders and activists of all political parties along with Independent candidates campaigned door to door today.
A day ahead of polling, candidates of various parties today carried out a door-to-door campaign in their respective
constituencies in a last ditch effort to reach out to voters. Anoop Nautiyal, Aam Aadmi Party candidate from
Tehri, urged people to cast their votes in his favour if they wanted to see development in the
state.
Students from Sanatan Dharm Girls Inter College, took out a rally to propagate awareness on voting rights here today.
People offered prayers to the Ganga and performed rituals on the pious occasion of Ganga Saptami today. The Ganga is said to have descended on the earth on this day.
A two-day free dental and ENT check-up camp for the visually challenged students concluded at Modern School on the the campus of the National Institute of Visually Handicapped
(NIVH) here today.
Unison World School defeated Scholars’ Home 1-0 in the ongoing 4th Inter School Girls Invitational Hockey Tournament played at Welham Girls School here today. Tanushree scored the only goal in the match for Unison World School.
Quarterfinal matches were played in both girls' and boys' categories in the ongoing District Sub-Junior Under-14 Basketball Championship played at Welham Boys School here today.
Pratap Section won the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) Inter Section Hockey Trophy for the third consecutive time here today. It is for the 36th time that it had won the trophy since its inception in 1924.
