Haldwani
Hindi Day: Hindi language journalists across the region have stressed the need of strengthening language newspapers. The journalists, who met on the occasion of Hindi Day at Haldwani on Saturday, said there was a need to protect the language that was facing a crisis due to various forms of communication. “We will have to continue to play the role of a democratic guide to the poor people of the country as the means of modern journalism are available to only some sections of population of the country due to large scale illiteracy and poverty,” said Madhaw Paliwal, a senior journalist in
Nainital.
Bageshwar Panchayat elections:
The district administration has started preparations for the panchayat elections that will be held in three stages in Bageshwar district. “The elections will be held in Bageshwar on June 18, 21, and 24. The votes will be counted on June 27. The process of filing nomination papers will begin on June 2 and end on June 5,” said BS Manral, District Election Officer,
Bageshwar.
Ramnagar Extraction of sand:
Forest officers in the Terai forest division have stopped extracting sand and boulders from the Kosi river after the allocated target for the season was met. “We have closed all four gates of Banjari first, Kharanja, Kathia and Kalu Siddth and are keeping a vigil on illegal miners as the quota for the season has expired,” said Rahul, District Forest
Officer.
Champawat Article 370:
Ajay Tamta, MP, Almora, has said Article 370, which gives a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, be abolished as there should be one Constitution for the entire country. Tamta, who was addressing a felicitation meeting organised in his honour in Champawat on Saturday, said the appointment of 38 parliamentary secretaries by Chief Minister Harish Rawat showed incompetence of his government.
Nainital
Unplanned development: Governor Aziz Qureshi has expressed concern over unplanned development in Nainital town. He said due to large scale encroachment in the city, danger to the ecology of the town has increased. “Greenery is more significant for the tourist town of Nainital,” he said.
(Complied by BD
Kasniyal)
