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Students force closure of colleges, oppose merit-based admissions
Protest against closure of college
MPG College students demand evening classes
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29th eye donation awareness fortnight kicks off
GMVN retired employees protest
CM for effective waste management
Double moon tomorrow a hoax, say scientists
Farmers seek amendment in Land Consolidation Act in hill areas
Accountant held for taking bribe
BJP to take on govt for ‘’failing’’ in rehab work
Government
flayed for ‘poor handling’ of relief work
Thieves decamp with
cash, jewellery
Uttarakhand gets another chance to develop e-governance
Power generation plummets following rain in higher reaches
Man held for killing wife
Rajasthani Sufi music concert begins today
Residents forced to drink contaminated water
Driver, conductor held with leopard skin
Plants board launches awareness drive
Sub-inspectors reshuffled in Haridwar
Nanda Devi yatra reaches Chempudia
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Students force closure of colleges, oppose merit-based admissions
Dehradun, August 25 On Monday morning, students in large numbers gathered at DAV PG College and then travelled across the city to close down colleges such as DBS PG College, Blue Mountain College, Siddharth Law College, Uttaranchal College of Science and Technology and many other colleges. The protesters claimed that the college decision to introduce merit-based admissions from the next academic session will deprive lakhs of students from pursuing their higher studies. They also criticised the chief minister’s suggestion of holding evening classes in the colleges to accommodate more students, saying that the move would only benefit few hundred students, still leaving thousands in limbo. Leader of students’ struggle committee Anshul Chawla said: “The government must ensure that every student in the state is able to pursue his higher education and immediate steps must be taken in that direction or students will intensity their stir.” During the protest, Siddharth Rana, Anshul Chawla, Rakesh Negi, Devendra Bist, Paras Goyal, Jogendra, Jaggi Jaswal, Vipin Joshi, Jitendra Kumar, Rahul Negi and many others were present. |
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Protest against closure of college
Dehradun, August 25 The protesters gathered in large numbers and raised slogans against the institute, blaming the college administration of duping them and destroying their future by shutting down the college without any intimation. Meanwhile, there was nobody at the college to speak on the issue. “The sudden decision of the college management to shut down the college has left all of us in a limbo as we do not know what to do now. We have been trying to contact our college chairman but he is he avoiding us,” a student said. The protesting students are now demanding lateral entry to other colleges, refund of fee and a written apology from the college management for betraying the trust of the students. The students alleged that the college was not giving them no objection certificate (NOC), which is needed for lateral entry into a college. |
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MPG College students demand evening classes
Dehradun/Mussoorie, August 25 The National Students Union of India (NSUI) members met MC president Manmohan Singh Mall, the college management committee and presented a memorandum demanding evening classes here. Student leaders said a few students had been enrolled since the introduction of the merit list criteria in the college, thus jeopardising the future of the students aspiring for higher education. Shanti (name changed), a newly enrolled student, said the college was already grappling with the problem of adequate teaching staff and if the evening classes were started the regular students would be the sufferers. MC president Manmohan Singh Mall assured the NSUI students that he would consult with the college administration and try to resolve their problem. Ritesh Rawat, Mohan Melwan, Sachin Thapli, Saurabh and Raghuvir Singh were also present. |
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29th eye donation awareness fortnight kicks off
Dehradun, August 25 “The focus is to spread awareness about eye donation and increase the number of donors. The target of increasing eye donations in the state can only be achieved with the help of NGOs and eye banks,” said Dr Meenu Rawat, in charge of National Programme for Control of Blindness. In Dehradun, the fortnight was marked by people filling pledge forms for eye donations. “The eye donation campaign’s focus is on children because they are young and can be motivated to make donations. There is a gap between the demand
of eyes and availability of donors in the district,” said Dr BC Ramola, eye specialist. Despite focus on awareness campaigns the eyeball collection continues to be low in the state. Free health camp at Dolphin institute
Dolphin Postgraduate Institute organised a free health camp for the people of nearby villages in the campus here today. In the health camp, which was organised with the support of the Sai Vihar Civil Development Committee, over 100 patients took advantage of the free health camp. The administrative officer of Dolphin institute, Sudhir Bharti, said that maximum patients got treated themselves for muscle pain, back pain, blood pressure and malnutrition. — TNS Health camp for
senior citizens
A free health camp is being organised by Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital for senior citizens. The camp will begin on August 25 and will continue till August 30. Senior citizens will avail benefits of free registration through the camp. A discount of 50 per cent will be provided to patients. This was informed by Dr Vinay Rai, Medical Superintendent of the hospital. He said specialists of medicine, surgery, eye, ENT, psychiatry, TB & chest and skin and sex diseases departments will provide free consultation. Dr Rai said from time to time, the hospital organises such free camps in order to serve the needy and serve the noble cause of humanity. — TNS |
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Woman kills man-eating leopard
Dehradun, August 25 Kamla Devi has become a role model for several other villagers, especially women, after she defended and prevailed over the leopard who attacked her in an agricultural field in Jakholi area when she was bringing water from the nearby pond to irrigate her agricultural land. She used her sickle for self-defense and managed to kill the leopard with the sharp weapon. Reportedly, the struggle lasted an hour, leaving Kamla Devi with several fractures in her body and deep bruises. Even after sustaining serious injuries, she kept her cool and managed to reach her village by walking before she found some help. She was later rushed to hospital in Srinagar in the Tehri district where she is being treated at present. According to the doctors who are treating Kamla Devi, her condition is stable and her bruises have been stitched, which were more than 100, and deep injuries in her head and legs are also being treated. Notably, widowed a few years ago, Kamla manages both household work and farming by herself as her only son is working in
Delhi. Notwithstanding the pain she was undergoing, Kamla Devi remembers every minute of the deadly encounter. According to Subdivisional Officer of Rudraprayag forest division Ajay Kumar Sharma, “the carcass of the leopard has been brought by the forest department team to Agastyamuni. We will be conducting the
postmortem on Monday and investigating the cause of its death.” A man-eater leopard was shot dead by forest officials here on Saturday. In a latest incident, Subodhni Devi (23) of Aali village in Ganshali area of Tehri Garhwal district
had gone to forest to collect fodder where she was attacked by a prowling leopard, resulting in her death. Earlier, a few days back, a four-year-old girl from Silos village and an elder man
of Kot village were killed by the same leopard. Later, the forest department hired a shooter who shot dead
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Major relief to slum dwellers
Dehradun, August 25 “We would be writing to the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Harak Singh Rawat instructing him not to take any step towards removing the slum dwellers. There are clear instructions on this from the state government and everybody has to follow the same,” said the DM. Elaborating further the DM said that a flood relief project has been designed by the state government to safeguard the slum dwellers against floods. The work on the project would start from September. The DM was speaking to a delegation of Uttarakhand Malin Basti Vikas Parishad, led by Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress vice president Suryakant Dhasmana here today. A large number of residents from Brahmawala Khala, Azadnagar, Balmiki Basti, Govindgarh, Satto Wali Ghat, Gandhigram, Shastrinagar Khala and Paschim Patelnagar slums gathered outside the office of the DM and raised slogans. The residents were protesting against the MNA’s order to remove them from their slums. Addressing the protesters, Dhasmana said that despite the state government’s order of regularising the slums, the MNA is trying to remove the residents of Brahamawala Khala which has been their home for the past 15 years. Those who were part of the demonstration included Dinesh Kaushal, Dharampal, Laxmi Balmiki, Shakeel, Suresh Kumar, Kishore Uniyal, Mobin, Prabha Naithani, Maya Bisht and Bablu Kumar along with several others. |
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GMVN retired employees protest
Dehradun, August 25 They gathered in
front of the GMVN campus and shouted anti-nigam slogans. The employees have been demanding from the nigam to take effective steps to reduce pay anomaly cases. They said a memorandum, highlighting their demands, was given to the officials many times. But, their year-long demands were still pending. The agitators have threatened to intensify their agitation if the nigam does not take effective steps to fulfill their demands. What they say
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Mayors seek powers ‘for smooth functioning of civic bodies’
Dehradun, August 25 Speaking to The Tribune, Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria, Mayor, Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, said that in the absence of any financial powers, they are unable to bring out any new project for the development of the city. “We are just able to maintain the existing structure. Even though people expect us to provide better facilities, we are just helpless. Until and unless we are given the powers, it is impossible to live up to the expectations of the general public who have voted us to power. A state-level body of mayors should be formed out of which one representative should be present in the State Planning Commission,” he added. Stressing on the involvement of the third party, Samiksha Gupta, Mayor, Gwalior Municipal Corporation, said that they sought help from Asian Development Bank for resolving the water supply crisis in their city. “The funding from the bank has helped resolve the crisis and almost 95 per cent of the city has access to clean drinking water. The local bodies are unable to sustain on their own and want to bring changes,’’she added. Indore Municipal Corporation Mayor K.M. Moghe said that the biggest problem being faced by all the corporations is the absence of a proper organisation structure. “There is a severe manpower crunch in the local bodies as a result of which it is very difficult to manage the city. The state government had given a structure to our department and now we have fresh vacancies for every department. There is also a need to give financial powers to the local bodies so that new development projects could be implemented,” he added. Vinod Chamoli new chief of council of mayors
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CM for effective waste management
Dehradun, August 25 Addressing a gathering at the 46th edition of the All- India Council of Mayors (AICM), Rawat said the municipal corporations were the backbone of the cities. “Tackling of garbage effectively is the biggest challenge for any corporation. Efforts should be made towards drawing up a full-proof solid waste management plan that does not fail in adverse conditions. The state government will help in the project. Apart from managing the waste, the MCs should also combat the waterlogging in their cities. The waterlogging not only destroys the surface, but also pollutes the ground water to a great extent,” he added. Assuring various municipal corporations of the state that the government would extend financial help for development projects, Rawat said to bridge the gap between the state government and the municipal corporations, a committee headed by the Urban Development Minister would be formed soon. “The Civic bodies should keep an eye of the land belonging to them. The land mafia is eyeing vacant plots in the cities. The land should be properly secured and a boundary wall should be constructed around them,” he said. “We urge the 13th Finance Commission to make a provision for the municipal corporations,” he said. Speaking about the organisational structure of themunicipal corporations in the state, Urban Development Minister Pritam Singh Panwar said the policy was ready and the same would be implemented soon for an effective working of the local bodies. “Out of the 18 points raised by the representative of local bodies, 13 have been incorporated in the new structure. Meanwhile, other five remaining points are being discussed,” said Panwar. Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli said in the absence of financial and administrative powers the local bodies were like toothless tiger. “The state government should understand that the local bodies are capable of running the city smoothly. The process of urbanisation has led a growth in the population of cities. With a handful of resources it is becoming very difficult to manage cities,” he added. |
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Double moon tomorrow a hoax, say scientists
Mussoorie, August 25 Several students interested in astronomy have started enquiring about the posts on the social networking sites, stating that the planet Mars will appear as large as a full moon on August 27, thus fuelling the revival of the hoax message that first appeared in 2003. In some cases, messages on social networking sites were accompanied by a picture of two moons. The scientists have termed these pictures as mere imagination and advised not to believe on any such message being circulated widely through social media. When contacted scientists from Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad, said such emails and photographs perpetuating a hoax rear its crazy head every year. “Eleven years running! That’s a long time for a hoax to run in our world of information,” said scientists. The scientists are of a view that Mars can never appear as large as a full moon as seen from the Earth. The moon will not be full on August 27, 2014 (you might spot it briefly as a thin crescent in the west after sunset, though). In addition, Mars will not be at its brightest or closest in August 2014. The scientists said the diameter of Mars is about 1/140th of the diameter of the full moon. Mars, one-step outward from the earth’s orbit, is slightly smaller than the earth, but slightly larger than the earth’s moon. They said the rumour started on August 27, 2003, when the earth and Mars came closer than they had been in nearly 60,000 years but Mars was not as big and bright as the moon. Hoax messages
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Farmers seek amendment in Land Consolidation Act in hill areas
Dehradun, August 25 He said that state government should take effective steps to disseminate abandoned and barren lands to those villagers, who are living in the higher areas of the state. Sharma stressed that the state government should take effective steps to amend Land Consolidation Act and Chakbandi in the mountainous areas of the state. Sharma expressed concern that it is a matter of concern that land mafias have snatched lands of villagers in the higher areas of the state. He demanded from Congress-led state government to strictly authorise panchayat members to look after barren or abandoned lands. Purushottam Sharma said that the state government should take appropriate steps to give property rights to those poor farmers, who are living in the higher areas of the state. |
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Accountant held for taking bribe
Dehradun, August 25 Ramesh Shanker, a retired sanitation worker from the board, in his complaint to the CBI, said board accountant Mainpal Singh had been demanding Rs 20,000 from him for getting his pension funds released. After verifying his complaint, officials of the CBI laid a trap and caught him while taking the bribe from Sachin Shanker, son of Ramesh. Later, the CBI questioned Mainpal inside his office and arrested him under the anti-corruption law. |
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BJP to take on govt for ‘’failing’’ in rehab work
Pithoragarh, August 25 This was decided in the three-day executive meet of the BJP which began here yesterday. The party’s general secretary Prakash Pant said the BJP would take on the state government for its alleged failure to carry rehabilitation work effectively. “Factionalism and infighting in the BJP unit is another issue to be discussed during the executive meet,” said the general secretary. According to sources, besides the general secretary, other officials of the state BJP were present at the meeting. As many as 344 members, including Member Parliaments and organisers of various party cells, will be a part of the state executive meet. Prakash Pant said a political agenda was being prepared by the state office-bearers and will be presented before the state executives. |
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Government
flayed for ‘poor handling’ of relief work
Dehradun, August 25 The speakers at the meeting alleged that a number of roads affected by last year’s disaster were still to be repaired. They said the state government had hurriedly resumed the Char Dham Yatra and done little preparations for the same. They also appealed to all Left parties in the state to come together against mis-governance going on in Uttarakhand. The meeting said the party would organise a campaign to strengthen party in the state. CPI (ML) state secretary Rajendra Pratholi, central committee member Raja Bahuguna, Purshottam Sharma and Kailash Pandey were among those who attended the meeting. Taking on govt n The Left leaders said the state government had hurriedly resumed the Char Dham Yatra and done little preparations for the same. They also appealed to all Left parties in the state to come together against mis-governance going on in Uttarakhand. |
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Thieves decamp with
cash, jewellery
Dehradun, August 25 The incident
came into light when the neighbours found the lock of the main door
broken. They immediately informed Mohammad Inaam and the police. —
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Uttarakhand gets another chance to develop e-governance
Dehradun, August 25 The new BJP government at the Centre has asked the Uttarakhand Government to submit proposals under the new e-governance initiative of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) called the, “good governance and best practices”. The progress of the state in area of IT initiatives has been tardy and the Department of Food and Civil Supplies was unable to computerise data on ration cards forcing the government to suspend the National Food Security Scheme. Even setting up of a State Data Centre and bringing of 25 services under the e-district programme was incomplete. These projects were a part of the national initiative with no dearth of funds. “The Central Government had set August 11 as the deadline for accepting the proposals, but we had not received a single proposal so far. For this reason, we would soon be organising a meeting of different departments to be presided over by the Chief Secretary,” said Manisha Panwar, Principal Secretary, IT Department. Further, the DEITY is in the process of finalising a funding scheme to promote e-governance in the country and newer applications so that these could be replicated throughout the country as successful e-governance practices. “Though a number of e-governance applications have been developed and are delivering government services to citizens in their localities, these applications are not replicated across the state and union territories. The new initiative is aiming to replicate the best practices of e-governance in the country,” said a senior official. Significantly resistance against adopting e-initiatives has come from departments and politicians. The digitisation of the PDS system would help the government to weed out bogus card holders, but there was fierce resistance to change and the NFSA scheme had to be suspended,” said the official. |
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Rains continue to play havoc in higher reaches
Dehradun, August 25 The State Meteorological Department has predicted mainly clear or cloudy
sky in Uttarakhand. However, light rain or thundershowers may occur at isolated places, especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of the state. In a move to ensure disruption-free flow of vehicular, district administration, PWD and BRO personnel are working round the clock for removing debris from the road. Officials said that blocked routes would be reopened for vehicular traffic soon but incessant rains are continuously hampering department efforts. The data compiled by State Emergency Operations Centre of Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC), highlighted vehicular flow of traffic as normal on Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway (NH-108), while small four wheelers were permitted up to Jankichatti due to landslides on Rishikesh-Yamunotri National Highway (NH-94). The rains have triggered mudslides and landslides at different stretches on Rishikesh-Kedarnath National Highway (NH-109), and small four wheelers are permitted till Sonprayag. The small four-wheelers are permitted till Badrinath on Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway (NH-58). |
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Power generation plummets following rain in higher reaches
Dehradun, August 25 According to UPCL officials, power generation in hydro power plants was hit due to silt in the Himalayan rivers and its tributaries after the rain lashed the higher reaches in the state. The power generation in the state-run hydro power projects stood at 16.08 million units per day against the demand of 36.70 million units. The power generation in the 198 MW Kalagarh, and 90 MW Maneri Bhalli-I projects remained nil. The electricity generation in Koteshwar and Tehri hydro power projects stood at 22.97 million units and 60.52 million units, respectively. According to UPCL officials, the state received 19.62 MW electricity from Kalah-II Thermal Power Plant while the Sasan thermal power plant supplied 46.13 MW electricity. Madhusudan, an official spokesman of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited, said they had been purchasing electricity to bridge the gap between demand and supply. He said the power generation in hydro power plants was hit due to excessive flow of silt in the Himalayan rivers and their tributaries. Madhusudan said three to four hours of power
cuts were imposed in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state. Among the worst affected cities were Rudrapur, Roorkee, Kashipur and Haldwani. Different areas of the capital such as Salawala, Sapera Basti, Dharampur, Old Dalanwala, Rajpur Road and Patel
Nagar faced power outages of smaller duration due to the testing of distribution lines. |
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Workshop on agriculture input survey in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, August 25 Additional Secretary agriculture, Vijay
Dhaundiyal, said scientists would be finalising data collected under agricultural census to be implemented in three distinct phases in the country. In phase-I, a list of holdings with their area and social characteristics and gender of holders was prepared. In phase-II, detailed data on agricultural characteristics of holdings was collected from selected
villages. Dhaundiyal said due to rapid urbanisation, farmers around the world were being alienated from agriculture and the need was to find ways where agriculture co-exists with urbanisation in healthy combination without neglecting other sectors. He said agricultural policies should be formulated in such a way that they remain inclined towards the sector and do not move away in the search of employment. The vital information assimilated through these workshops will be used for planning production, imports and distribution of
fertilisers. The inputs, covered in the survey, include chemical
fertilisers, HYV seeds, pesticides, farmyard manures/compost, bio-fertilisers, agricultural implements, machinery, livestock, and agricultural credit. Besides, data on input use, including use of certified/notified seeds, high yielding variety seeds, pest control measurements adopted by cultivators, educational qualification, age and size of households of operational holders said the scientists attending the workshop here. Scientists Beena
Menon, P Mukherjee, GSaha, Director (eco and stats), Addl Director Agricultural Census Gaurang
Mishra, Dr Ajay Kumar Sharma joint director agricultural census, Bala Kumari statistical inspector and others were present on the occasion. |
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Man held for killing wife
Pithoragarh, August 25 “We have arrested Kharak Singh Mehta (47), working as a cook with Police Lines mess in connection with the murder of his wife, ” said HC Sati, Circle Officer, Pithoragarh police. The arrest was made after women from the deceased’s village demonstrated in front of the police station and demanded arrest of her husband. “We also demand to arrest the woman who became cause of the murder,” said Sarswati Devi, a woman from Darimkhola village from where the slain woman hailed. The women said the police negligence be also investigated as despite being informed to the police about her husband’s illegal relationship, it did nothing.
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Wynberg Allen School clinch Keogh football trophy
Dehradun, August 25 Earlier, two semifinal matches were played in the day with Wynberg Allen trouncing Nirmala Inter-College, Mussoorie, 2-0 in the first semifinal match. In the second semifinal encounter, St. Joseph’s Academy defeated Summer Valley School in a penalty shootout. Notably, the winning team was awarded a cash award of Rs 5000 and the runnerup team was awarded Rs 3000 cash award. During the closing ceremony, Dr. Biala was the chief guest. Indian Public School triumph over Seven Oaks in football
The 16th Colonel Shashi Memorial Inter-School Soccer Tournament kicked off at Gorkha Military Inter-College here today with 17 schools participating in the prestigious football tournament. In the opening
match, Indian Public School defeated Seven Oaks School 2-0 with Deepak scoring both the goals for his team at the 11th and 36th minutes of the match. In the second match of the day, Doon Valley Public School managed to defeat Moravian Institute School 3-2. For Doon Valley Public School, Rupesh scored the first goal at the 2nd minute while Harish and Akash scored one goal each in the match at the 23rd and 25th minutes, respectively. On the other hand, for Moravian Institute, Akash and Renpeishang scored a goal each at the 27th and the 41st minutes,
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Akash Gupta wins junior TT title
Dehradun, August 25 The prizes were distributed by the chief guest Colonel (retired) Dr. Jasvinder Singh, principal, Summer Valley School. He was accompanied by the director of the school, Ashok Wasu. On this occasion, S.K. Saraswat, District Sports officer, Dehradun, Dinesh Aswal, Basketball coach, and Prince Vipon, national T.T. coach, were also present. |
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Rajasthani Sufi music concert begins today
Dehradun, August 25 Bade Gajee Khan Manganiar, a legend singer, had been awarded the National Sangeet Natak Academy award by the President of India, the Marwar Ratna Samman and many more. He has performed with his group in the USA, England, Germany, Brazil, Japan, China, Norway, Spain, Canada, France and in Middle-East. His fame rose with his famous Rajasthani song ‘Nimbuda’. With 250 folk compositions in his repertoire, he is the doyen of Manganiyar singers of Rajasthan. The Manganiars are group of hereditary professional musicians, whose music had been supported by wealthy landlords and aristocrats for generations. The group will perform in Dehradun at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. The event will begin at 6.30 pm on August 26. They will also hold a programme at Carman School, Premnagar, on August 27 11 am and DIT at 2 pm. They will also perform at Doon Business School, Selaqui, on August 28 at 12 pm and Ecole Globale School. |
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Residents forced to drink contaminated water
Mussoorie, August 25 Villagers were forced to drink water from nearby streams which were
contaminated due to mud and debris following the recent rain, said Govind Rana. Another resident Kripal Singh said villagers, including children, were falling ill to ailments in form of viral fever, diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases, but the administration had failed to arrange adequate medical facilities for the affected persons. Budhi Singh, another villager, said in absence of any medical service, they had to tread 50 to 60 km on foot to the nearest Primary Health Centre at Maal Devta and Raipur after crossing the Danghidhaar Forest Area endangering their lives in the process. The affected villagers have sought a medical team so that the elderly and patients can get
medical treatment. When contacted Dhanaulti Nayab Tehsildar Manjit Singh Gill said a letter in this regard has been written to senior officials and a medical team will be visiting the
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Driver, conductor held with leopard skin
Pithoragarh, August 25 According to police, the cost of the skin and bones is estimated to be over Rs 25 lakh in the international market. “We have arrested the duo under various sections of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972,’” said the police inspector. The police said it was fourth such incident in the past 10 years when the skin of a leopard was seized by the police. “The last three incidents took place in 2005, 2006 and 2009 at Sukhidhank and Jhalakuri in champawat and Pithoragarh,” said the inspector. |
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Plants board launches awareness drive
Dehradun, August 25 He urged students to come forward for plantation drive. He said the department had been planting various medicinal and herbal plants on barren lands of government schools and colleges. MLA Raj Kumar said awareness drive had been organising in various government schools and colleges in order to create awareness among students about importance of planting saplings. He said the state Horticulture Department had been providing free medicinal and herbal plants to government agencies. Principal Secretary (Horticulture) Dr Ranveer Singh said the department had been working to develop herbal garden in the state. CS Gwal, director, Education Directorate, RC Sharma, Devendra Pal and Dr Pankaj Shukla were also present on the occasion. |
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Sub-inspectors reshuffled in Haridwar
Haridwar, August 25 SI Rakesh Bhatt from the Bhikampur police post has been shifted to the CCTNS police station while SI Umesh Singh has been transferred to the Bhikampur police station. SI Mahesh Lakheda has been made the Jwalapur Bazaar police post in-charge. SI Sukhpal Singh was transferred to the gas plant police post while Ranipur police in-charge SI Surendra Singh Bisht has been transferred to the Jwalapur police station. SI Pradeep Mishra was shifted to the Ranipur Kotwali police station while SI Gajendra Singh Rawat and Shiv Prasad has been transferred to the Jwalapur and Kotwali Lakshar poilce stations. SSP Sadanand Date also announced Rs 5,000 bounty on four wanted criminals.Vedpal Rana, a resident of Badedi Badgaon village, Saharanpur, Sachin, alias Monu, Halalpur, Chaprauli,Bagpath,UP, Ajit Makhiyali, Nai Mandi, Muzzafarnagar, and Sushil Guzzar, Deoband, Saharanpur, are wanted in a number of criminal cases. Meanwhile, the SSP inspected the venue where the selection of constables is being carried out. The recruitment drive is being held at Roshanabad Police Lines. A total of 12,000 applicants had applied for the recruitment drive. Till now, of the 1,477 candidates who had undergone physical tests, 1,003 have cleared the test. Taking cognisance of the people acting as middlemen and agents, SSP Date directed circle officer Chandra Mohan Negi to deploy police personnel in civil uniform near the venue to nab them. |
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Series of seminars to celebrate golden jubilee of Hindu parishad
Dehradun, August 25 While addressing mediapersons here today, he said the members had been asked to sensitise residents about benefits of joining the VHP. He said the members would visit one lakh villages in the country in the coming days. “The members will launch an afforestation drive in order to prevent forest,” he added. He said a series of Hindu conclaves would be held between November and February. Speaking on the occasion, Mahendra Singh Negi, minister, VHP, said the VHP was constituted in 1964 on the occasion of Janmasthami. Ashok Bidlash, Ram Avtaar Bharadwaj, Subhash Joshi, Chandragupt Vikram, Reeta Goyal, Shiv Narayan Sethi, Dinesh Lekhwar, Sanjay Pal and Shiv Prasad Purohit were also present. |
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Nanda Devi yatra reaches Chempudia
Dehradun, August 25 Earlier, the yatra had reached Kulsari village where the yatris from Kumaon region joined the main yatra to proceed further. Special prayers were held to please the goddess. — TNS |
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Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli was elected as the chairman of the All-India Council of Mayors during an election held in the general body meeting today. He replaced outgoing chairman Anil
Sholay.