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Three-cordon security to oversee counting
Cong won all five seats in 2009
Candidates seek divine blessings ahead of D-Day
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CM appoints 7 Cong MLAs as parliamentary secys
Parties less excited; no advance booking of crackers, drummers
Our life will remain the same, feel daily wagers
Climate changes take a toll on Monal birds
Dream come true for assistant chief of Integrated Defence Services
13-year-old Rehman becomes world’s youngest animator
SBSPGI organises placement drive
2 students of IMS killed in accident near Mussoorie
Govt to set up Gairsain vikas parishad
Kisan mela in Pasauli village of Doon
CS reviews national food security scheme
Yuva morcha submits memo to transport office
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Three-cordon security to oversee counting
Dehradun, May 15 The ballot boxes have been kept in 70 strong rooms at the assigned places in 70 Assembly segments. These have been equipped with CCTV cameras and are being guarded by the security personnel and agents of political parties. ''There will be three-cordon security present during the counting tomorrow comprising Armoured Police Force that will man the inner tier while the remaining second and third tiers would be manned by the state police, said Radha Raturi, Chief Electoral Officer. The 14 centres have been set up at all the district headquarters, including Haridwar, where counting would take place at two centres. In Dehradun counting for the Mussorrie Assembly segment, Dehradun Cantt Assembly segment, Rajpur Road Assembly segment, Raipur Assembly segment, Sahaspur Assembly segment, Vikasnagar Assembly segment, Chakrata Assembly segment that fall under Tehri Assembly constituency would be held at Maharana Sports College in Dehradun. The counting of remaining Assembly segments falling under Tehri parliamentary constituency would be held Govt Kirti Inter College, Uttarkashi, and ITI building in New Tehri. In Dehradun counting at three Assembly segments falling under Haridwar parliamentary constituencies too would be held at the Maharana Sports College, while the counting of the remaining Assembly constituencies would be held at Haridwar. A total of 904 counting rounds would be held at 842 counting tables for 10094 polling stations at the 14 counting centres. ''The counting of the postal ballots would be taken up at 8 am and would continue till half an hour. After which the counting of EVMs too would begin. In case the counting of the postal ballots is not complete, the last two rounds of the EVM counting would be stopped,''said
Soujanya, Joint Chief Electoral Officer. For the first time 36 tables have been set up for the counting of postal ballots for which the counting would begin first. The arrangement has been slightly changed. ''Earlier we had single table for postal ballots in each parliamentary constituency.'' A complete videography would be carried throughout the entire counting process. PITHORAGARH: Training and the final mock sessions were completed at various centres across the Almora and Nainital Lok Sabha seats today for the counting of votes tomorrow. The district election officers had set up tables for the counting of votes and selected employees for the counting duty at all centres in both constituencies. “We have set up 14 tables each in the Almora, Salt and Jageshwar Assembly segments, followed by 10 each in Dwarahat and Ranihket and nine in the Someshwar Assembly seat,” said Vinod Kumar Suman, district election officer, Almora. He said a maximum of 14 rounds would be taken to count the votes in all six Assembly segments in Almora for which polling agents from various parties had also been enlisted. “We have made available form-18 and passes at the office of district election officer or the office of assistant election officer for the counting agents of various political parties," said HC Semwal, district election officer, Pithoragarh. According to information received from Champawat district, 76 employees have been put on the counting duty and they will work as micro observers, counting supervisors and assistants at all centres in the two Assembly segments of the district. " HARIDWAR; Special security measures are in place to ensure the smooth conduct of the counting of votes for the Haridwar parliamentary constituency at Roshanabad Collectorate and Vikas Bhavan, 15 km from Haridwar, tomorrow. District Election Officer D Senthyl Pendiyan and SSP Sadanand Date today inspected the counting centre and also took stock of security arrangements. Employees on duty tomorrow were given the essential training at the BHEL auditorium today. |
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Cong won all five seats in 2009
In 2009 on the Pauri Garhwal Lok Sabha seat, Congress candidate Satpal Maharaj defeated Lt Gen TPS Rawat of the BJP by 17,397 votes. Maharaj polled 44.41 per cent votes while his nearest rival TPS Rawat polled 41.15 per cent votes. From the Almora Lok Sabha seat, Congress candidate Pradeep Tamta defeated BJP's Ajay Tamta by a margin of around 7,000 votes. Pradeep polled 41.77 per cent votes while Ajay got 40.33 per cent votes. From the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat, Congress candidate and now Chief Minister Harish Rawat defeated Swami Yatindranand Giri of the BJP by a margin of over 1 lakh votes. Harish Rawat polled 42.16 per cent votes whereas Swami Yatindranand got 25.99 per cent votes. The Tehri Garhwal seat saw a contest between Congress candidate Vijay Bahuguna and BJP's Jaspal Rana. Vijay Bahuguna defeated Jaspal Rana by a margin of 50,000 votes. Vijay Bahuguna polled 45.04 per cent votes whereas Jaspal Rana polled 35.98 per cent votes. However, later in the Tehri Lok Sabha seat byelection in 2012, which was necessitated after Vijay Bahuguna resigned from this seat after getting elected chief minister of the state, BJPs Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah defeated Saket Bahuguna by a margin of 22,000 votes. From the Nainital seat, KC Singh Baba of the Congress defeated Bachi Singh Rawat of BJP by a margin of 88,412 votes. Baba polled 42.64 per cent votes while Bachi Singh Rawat got 30.91 per cent
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Candidates seek divine blessings ahead of D-Day
Haridwar, May 15 BJP women's cell leaders, led by Sanjana Sharma, performed a special yajna at the Laleshwar temple, Kankhal, to pray for the victory of their Haridwar candidate Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Saint and Congress leader Braham Swarup Brahamchari said saints always guide politicians to the right path. Notably, even before the announcement of their candidature and filing of nomination papers, candidates had paid obeisance at various temples and spiritual gurus to seek divine intervention. Congress candidate Renuka Rawat had even established her election office at Chetan Jyoti Ashram while BJP's Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had set up his office at Ved Ashram. They would be in touch with saints all the time. |
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CM appoints 7 Cong MLAs as parliamentary secys
Dehradun, May 15 Chief Minister Harish Rawat administered the oath of office and secrecy to seven Congress legislators, Umesh Sharma, Raj Kumar, Shaila Rani Rawat, Jeet Ram, Madan Bisht, Sarita Arya and Vikram Singh Negi. Former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, Uttarakhand Congress president and Revenue Minister Yashpal Arya, Assembly
Deputy Speaker Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri and Tourism Minister Amrita Rawat were present during the ceremony. Speaking after the ceremony, Harish Rawat said that by appointing these legislators as parliamentary secretaries his government would utilise the services of these
MLAs in a constructive manner in running his government. He said departments would be allocated to these parliamentary secretaries soon. Interestingly, most of these Congress legislators belong to Vijay Bahuguna camp. Earlier, the state Congress government had appointed five parliamentary secretaries during the tenure of former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna. Those five parliamentary secretaries belong to the Harish Rawat camp. According to Congress sources, the appointment of these seven Congress legislators as parliamentary secretaries was necessitated by the threat being posed to the stability of the state Congress government. it was rumoured that after the coming of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed by Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, there was a real threat to the state government. Senior BJP leaders as well as Satpal Maharaj
who recently defected to BJP had predicted the fall of state government which is dependent on the support of seven legislators of Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) comprising three BSP ,three Independents and one Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) legislators. Moreover, some of the Congress legislators owe their allegiance to Satpal Maharaj, including his wife Amrita Rawat, who is a minister in the
Harish Rawat Ministry. There were rumours that BJP leadership was in touch with some Congress legislators to persuade them to quit their Assembly seats. Harish Rawat in a deft move has tried to placate seven of these legislators who belong to Vijay Bahuguna camp and were feeling left out after Harish Rawat took over the reins of the state on February 1, 2014. BJP: Rawat has appointed secys to safeguard his govt
DEHRADUN: Scared that the Lok Sabha poll results to be announced tomorrow would go against the Congress, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has deliberately nominated seven MLAs as parliamentary secretaries to safeguard his government, BJP chief Teerath Singh Rawat said on Thursday. ''The chief minister knows that the election results would not be in his favour and some of the MLAs unhappy with him might try to topple the government. So a day before the counting, the chief minister has distributed these posts as inducements. Instead of focusing on development and improving the roads in the state, the latest appointments have unduly burdened the exchequer,''
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MPs from state may be inducted into Modi govt, says Bacchi Singh
Dehradun, May 15 As expectations are high with the exit polls predicting victory for the BJP and Narendra Modi in the counting tomorrow, Bacchi Singh Rawat said, “Keeping with the traditions of the previous NDA government when most of the MPs from Uttarakhand found a place in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Cabinet, I think this time around also all five senior leaders would be accommodated,” he said while speaking with mediapersons here today. He said Uttarakhand was expected to get a good representation in the Modi government for which confabulations were already underway in New Delhi. Asked if the BJP would be tempted to topple the Congress-led government in the state, Bacchi Singh said it would fall due to its own contradictions. “As the Congress in Uttarakhand is facing an imminent defeat in the elections, I visualise a situation where Chief Minister Harish Rawat will tender his resignation on moral grounds, paving the way for the dissolution of the Assembly and fresh elections. Such a situation will be conducive for the BJP rather than it toppling the government,” he added. However, he said he did not harbour any grudge against the party leadership. “Though the Modi wave has helped even small time leaders to hope for a win in the Lok Sabha elections, I have no grudge against my party for denying me the ticket,” he added. |
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Parties less excited; no advance booking of crackers, drummers
Dehradun, May 15 This fact became more evident when a visit to the Band Bazaar and the wholesale cracker market revealed that no pre-bookings have been made, unlike the Assembly elections during which bulk orders were placed. Balbir Singh, a drummer, told The Tribune nobody from any political parties had approached them for bookings for May 16. “A lot of drummers in the market were expecting bookings from the BJP as everyone is contemplating their massive victory in the state. Orders might come by Thursday,” he added. Jeet Ram, another drummer said: “The political parties are more excited during the local bodies elections and Assembly elections, the bookings for which are done in advance. It might be possible that the parties are confused about the results and do not want to take any chance. However, we are confident that following the results, we will be called to the party offices.” Chamal Lal Chadda, a cracker wholesaler, said over the years the sale of crackers following the elections results had come down drastically. “Earlier, we used to sell a lot of crackers during the Assembly elections, local elections and general elections. The trend of celebrating by bursting crackers seems to have faded away over the years. Though we have not got any bookings for the crackers, there will definitely be a demand for few, once the results are announced,” he added. Confident of their victory in all the five constituencies by a huge margin, the state unit had already started the preparations for celebrating their victory. BJP state spokesperson Prakash Suman Dhyani, said: “We are expecting a land slide victory in all five constituencies with a margin of at least 45-55 per cent. The party workers have already started preparing for the celebrations. We are planning a huge function at the state headquarters. Celebrations will also be held at the district headquarters.” “More than the victory in the state, the BJP will come to power in the Centre and this also calls for celebration. Our internal surveys and the exit polls have clearly indicated the sweep in our favour,” added Dhyani. |
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Our life will remain the same, feel daily wagers
Pithoragarh, May 15 “We have been running our lives with daily wages and living on the land owned by the urban body. No government in the past has done anything to make our future secure,” said Rajkumar Sagar, a daily wage earner at Subash Colony in Rudrapur town in Udham Singh Nagar district. Sagar said those who had encroached upon thousands of acres of government land never face bulldozers, but the people living on streets are daily victims of anti-encroachment drives. “The officials completed their data of reported encroachments by removing the poor from their houses,” said Sagar. The daily wage labourers and self employed persons in Udham Singh Nagar district do not see any change in their lives as they do not expect that security of livelihood will be given to rickshaw-pullers, daily wage earners, gas welders and fruit sellers or paan sellers. “We have given vote to Modi, expecting security of our livelihood and increase in daily wages,'' said Ganga Ram, a resident of Rampura in Rudrapur. The voters in Almora parliamentary constituency sense a change this time. “The previous governments had harmed the country on the basis of caste, religion and regionalism and the people have voted Modi to end this atmosphere and take the nation towards development,” said Pitamber Joshi, a retired government employee in Champawat town. The young voters, who have voted for the first time this election, said that though they expect a change in the regime this time, they do not expect a breakthrough in opportunities for employment in the country. “I have voted for security of girls and women and for more employment opportunities in the country, but now I think the process will take time,” said Kavita Tiwari, a student of Champawat Degree College. “People have voted for a change in the government in the country. The new government will have to work hard to come true to people’s expectations,” said Dr B.C. Joshi, a retired principal in Pithoragarh town. |
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Students Revolution Forum formed to work for social causes
Haridwar, May 15 Apart from this, these students will also be generating awareness about social issues, like cleaning of the holy Ganga. Like-minded student representatives, hailing from different colleges, have formed Students Revolution Forum with the sole aim of working for students and social causes. Students Revolution Forum representative Meenakshi Rathi of Kanya Gurukul, Haridwar,said that of late they were dwelling on having a joint front political forum to cater to the issues related with the students. Meenakshi said that being representatives of different student unions like Student Federation of India, NSUI, ABVP or AISA will not result in any clash. Citing the need of having such a student union forum, Swati Chaudhari, founder-member of
the forum, raised the issues related with education sector. “Commercialisation of education, steep rise in school/college fees, exploitation of students, providing of bus passes for students and more powers to student union representatives in colleges will be raised effectively by the forum,''stated Swati. Keeping in mind the sanctity and purity of the holy Ganga, this Student Revolution Forum will also be generating awareness about cleaning the holy Ganga. Awareness campaigns on cleaning Ganga ghats and disseminating message about the impact of the holy Ganga river will be launched by these youths. Udasin Sanskrit Maha Vidhyalya student union president Amit Kumar,Chinmay Degree College general secretary Pulkit Gaud,Uttarakhand Sanskrti Vishwavidhyalya former student representative BC Joshi and Gurukul Kangri University sub secretary Dhirendra Kumar, Bhagwan Das Adarsh Sanskrit Maha Vidhyalaya vice president Ankit were among several college union representatives from the district present during the meeting. Applause from various sections of society is pouring in for the initiative and vision of these students. Former principal of Shravan Nath Math Jawahar Lal Nehru College PS Chauhan said that this bodes well for the country, as such students are the real future guardians. |
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Climate changes take a toll on Monal birds
Pithoragarh, May 15 Environmentalist Damodar Rathod says the Monals, which could be seen flying in groups till the last decade, are rarely sighted now as their number in their Kalamuni and other Himalayan habitats has dwindled. “Though due to the changing climatic conditions their number has decreased, the government has not paid attention to the threat to the survival of these birds,” he adds. Rathod is a recipient of the Indira Gandhi Brikshmitra Award from the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment in 2004. The Monals, which were commonly sighted in the Munsiyari region a decade ago, are now rarely seen even during their breeding season in March. They have become invisible as they have changed their habitats due to changes in weather. “Now, snowfall is not even happening in 13,000 feet high areas that used to house these birds,” says Rathod. The Wildlife Protection Board had conducted a survey of these birds in the Munisiyari area in 2008 and had found less than 1,000 Monals. Tourists, businessmen and hoteliers in Munsiyari town of Pithoragarh district also acknowledge the fact that the Monals are now rarely seen in the Munsiyari region. “We used to take tourists to various sites for Monal viewing till a decade ago. Now, even if a tourist requests we cannot take him to view these flying Monals,” says Puran Pandey, a hotelier. A professional hang gliding pilot, Shankar Singh, laments that on the one side the government and the businessmen in Munisiyari are planning to attract tourists by organising hang gliding competitions, on the other it has paid no attention to natural attractions like Monal pheasants. “When we used to glide in Munsiyari till some years ago, we used to confront Monals flying at a fixed height. But when I took a flight in Munsiyari recently, I did not witness any Monal,” says Shankar Singh. |
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Dream come true for assistant chief of Integrated Defence Services
Dehradun, May 15 Speaking to The Tribune, Maj Gen Rajeev Sharma said that this was the greatest honour in his life. “Being the chief guest at a function that you once attended as a student is a dream. I am fortunate
that mine has been fulfilled,” he said. “This is my first visit to the school after I passed out in 1978. A lot of things have changed. I would be visiting the classrooms and playfields of the school to relive my school days. In fact one of my classmates is a senior teacher in the school,” added the Major General. The function started with a performance of junior school choir who sang “Over the rainbow.” The other programmes included Hindi songs (Jahan thi khushbu, melon hum aayein), English play (Ram Bharose Hospital), fusion dance and Hindi play (Gaddha). The award winners included Naivedya Bahuguna (class 3rd), Simran Hora and Asmi Chawla (class 4th), Vishwas Chawla and Pragya Dhobal (class 5th), Saumya Shree (class 6th), Akshita (class 7th), Anshika Srivastava (class 8th), Saksham Gupta (class 9th), Harsh Bansal (class 10th), Pratisha Bhatt and Ritika Dhobal (class 11th), Toshi Varshney and Mansy Kapoor (class 12th). The students were also awarded for participating in various national and state level meets. The awardees included Vaishali Gairola,
Sonali Raghav, Vallabhi Sawan, Sankalp, Mukherjee, Kanak Rawat , Shefali Gautam and Priyanshu
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13-year-old Rehman becomes world’s youngest animator
Nicknamed as ‘wiz-kid’ by his teachers at the Dehradun based St Thomas College, Rehman, dreams of becoming the world’s best animator. “I will continue in the field of animation after I complete my studies. I have appeared for my board examinations this year and waiting for the results,” he said. The world of animation fascinated Rehman
when he was just three years old. “My elder brother used to work on computers and I used to sit next to him and watch. Seeing my interest, my brother started teaching me the basics of animation. Later, when my father saw my interest he approached an animation institute and requested them to admit me. This is how my journey into the field of animation began,” said Rehman. Apart from undertaking various international animation projects carrying social message such as impact of deforestation, global warming and fires, Rehman created some animation for the recently held general elections. “I have made some animations for creating awareness regarding the importance of voting. The Chief Electoral Officer liked them and selected my work to be part of their voter awareness campaign. This kind of work carrying social message gives me a lot of satisfaction,” added Rehman, who can work on 24 softwares. |
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Impressive cultural day at St. Joseph's Academy
Dehradun, May 15 The organisers ensured that the budding singers, dancers and music composers were encouraged through solo performances. The vibrant and innovative costumes of the participants stumped the audience while the sheer talent of the children took everyone by surprise. Principal Brother Dennis, vice principle Brother Xavier J. Thonipara and Junior School coordinator S. Hasan appreciated
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120 girl students from 26 schools given scholarships
Dehradun, May 15 Principal of the Dolphin Institute, Dr Shailja Pant, said 35 girl students from the class I to V were being given Rs 200 per month while 35 students of class VI to VIII were given Rs 350 per month. Fifteen girls of class IX and X are given Rs 500 per month whereas students of class XI and XII are given help of Rs 750 per month under the scholarship scheme.
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SBSPGI organises placement drive
Dehradun, May 15 A total of 35 students (M.Sc. Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences.) from different universities/ colleges viz., SBSPGI, Shri Guru Ram
Rai Institute of Technology and Science (SGRRITS), Sri Guru Ram Rai PG Degree College, Sidhartha College
and Himalayan Institute of Pharmacy & Research (HIPR) appeared for the post of teaching faculty in biology at Allen Coaching Institute, Kota. The campus process started with a brief induction by Public Relation Officer Surendra Rawat followed by a written test and
personal interview rounds. The students were keen to grab the opportunity presented. The panel was felicitated with a memento by Brigadier (Retd) PPS Pahwa, Additional Director, SBSPGI, and Professor Versha Parcha as a token of gratitude. After the interview 12 students were shortlisted out of which 11 students were from SBSPGI and 1 from SGRRITS. From the final round 4 students of SBSPGI were confirmed their selection. |
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Gold jewellery with glimpses of Lord Krishna on display
Dehradun, May 15 Designer Asha Modi commissioned various artists to create paintings that were later integrated with precious stones set as temples on the neckline. Many precious stones such as rubies and emeralds are carved into gorgeous God figures adorned with a shringaar of pearls and other elements such as kundan and filigree. The collection includes a range of necklaces, long earrings, bracelets, bajubandhs, tikas, rings and pins priced up to Rs 100,000. |
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2 students of IMS killed in accident near Mussoorie
Dehradun, May 15 The deceased were identified as 21-year-old Santosh Mahara, a resident of Jageshwar, and Heera Singh, who hailed from village Gagholi Pilkha in Almora. Santosh was studying BCA while Heera was in the MBA course in IMS. Both were living in a rented accommodation at Kandoli village in Dehradun. On Wednesday night, both were going on their bike towards Rajpur when their bike skidded off the road due to the high speed and had hit a tree. The passersby spotted both of them who were lying on the roadside in an unconscious state and informed the police and called ambulance. Both were taken to Doon Hospital but the doctors declared them brought dead. The bodies were sent for postmortem. Police jeep falls into gorge, constable dies
A police constable was killed after one police jeep plunged into a 100- metre ditch on the Mussoorie road here on Thursday. The accident occurred near Jahripani and rescue operations were initiated immediately after local people informed the police about the mishap. Constable Jithendra Rawat was the driver of radio officer in the police department and he left for Mussoorie around 9:30 am alone in the jeep. He reportedly lost control of the jeep while negotiating a sharp turn and the jeep slipped off the road straight into a ditch. Jitendra was rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in a serious condition where he was declared brought dead. |
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Chain snatchers arrested
Haridwar, May 15 She said when she reached Ambedkar square one of the youth snatched her ear rings forcibly, while the other was waiting on a bike a few distance away. She said both fled away immediately after snatching her ear rings. A complaint was registered under the Indian Penal Code, 392, at Jwalapur police station by Beena. Superintendent of city police Dr Surjeet Singh Pawar said strict checking was carried out in the Jwalapur and adjacent colonies after the complaint was registered. He said information about the dress code, black splendor motorbike and physical features of the culprits were flashed via city control room to all the police stations and check posts. “Constable Dinesh Chauhan spotted a similar colour bike and two youths as per the information near Salempur Tiraha, Ranipur. He called in additional personnel from the police station at the spot. They chased the culprits and arrested them,” added Pawar. The police team recovered the stolen gold ear rings. The duo later confessed of their involvement in similar acts in Roorkee and Haridwar. Younis is a graduation student at BSM College, Roorkee, while Sarfaraz is illiterate and does part time jobs in small scale industries. SSP Haridwar Dr Sadanand Date has announced a cash prize of Rs 2,500 for the police team, comprising sub-inspectors Dhananjay Kumar, Dil Mohan Bisht, constables Hari Raj and Raj Beer. |
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Two football matches end in draw
Dehradun, May 15 Gaurav of the LOKO Football Club scored the first goal of the match in the 35th minute while Tushar scored the equaliser for the Thakurpur Football Club in the 42nd minute of the match. The second match between the Chanderbani Football Club and the Shiwalik Club also ended in a 2-2 draw. For Chanderbani, Siddharth and Santosh scored the goals in the 5th and 45th minute, respectively, while Sushil scored two goals for Shiwalik in the 30th and 60th minute. |
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Sports academy launched at Doon Global
Dehradun, May 15 It aims at promoting sports like cricket, volleyball, archery, shooting and basketball. Ankit Agarwal said the academy would provide training and a competitive platform to the talented players of the Doon valley. Subhash Sharma complemented Javed Butt and the management of the school for creating an excellent infrastructure for the promotion of sports. The academy in association with the Uttarakhand Youth T-20 Cricket Association has appointed national level coaches to train the sports aspirants. |
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Govt to set up Gairsain vikas parishad
Dehradun, May 15 Secretary, Housing, DS Garbyal said besides the construction of the Vidhan Sabha building, the Gairsain Vikas Parishad would also work for the implementation of other infrastructural projects. It would also sanction various development schemes for the region.He added the government would appoint the chairman and the co-chairman of the parishad, which would have 10 members and a senior PCS officer as member secretary.
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Kisan mela in Pasauli village of Doon
Dehradun, May 15 Chief guest Director of the Institute PK Mishra appreciated farmers' involvement in such kisan mela programmes. He emphasised that the benefit of research must reach farmers and asked the scientists at the institute to hold similar programmes in other parts of Uttarakhand as well. Earlier, senior scientist BL Dhyani spoke on importance of kisan mela and thanked Union Department of Land Resources for its financial support. He said the mela is giving special emphasis on improve agricultural practice and new livelihood options. CS Mehra, Pritam Singh and a large number of farmers attended the mela. |
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CS reviews national food security scheme
Dehradun, May 15 He directed the district magistrates to ensure cent per cent distribution of ration cards by May 25. The Chief Secretary said he would seek feedback from the district magistrates at the next meeting in this regard. He directed the officials concerned to inspect godowns to ensure that buffer stocks of foodgrains were in place for the next two months. Food and Civil Supplies Secretary Uma Kant Panwar, Additional Secretary Ravinath Raman and other senior officers were present on the occasion. |
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Yuva morcha submits memo to transport office
Dehradun, May 15 Morcha members, led by their state president Abhishek Godiyal, sought the attention of the regional transport office towards the plying of three-wheelers in the capital city. They demanded that meters be installed in three-wheelers and the fare be fixed according to per km.
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Dehradun, May 15