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Travelling children’s litfest commences in
Doon
‘Vernacular children’s literature extremely rich’
Minister expresses concern over deteriorating law and order
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UP anti-terrorist squad, police to search suspects
Govt will complete full term: Ex-minister Sajwan
Raj Bhavan to host Sanskrit seminar
Mahapanchayat plans gherao of police HQ
BJP activists seek new ration cards for beneficiaries
Drive against encroachments turns ugly
CBI probe sought
against MLA Shaila Rani Rawat
‘Centre failed to help hoteliers’
Workshop for forest officers
Horticulture Dept cancels lease of orchards
DM issues notification for teacher’s posts
Children’s park sought in Dalanwala
Shimla school dethrones Doon School
Freshers’ party at MAHAR
Garhwali Ramlila at Dharampur
Booked for abetment to commit suicide
Hospital owner, driver arrested for double murder in US Nagar
Girls’ football tourney kicks off
Welham Girls’ School win 57-22
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Travelling children’s litfest commences in
Doon
Dehradun, September 24 Mimi Basu, an academic and editor from Puffin India who worked with the Oxford University Press earlier and Nimmy Chacko, a writer and editor who had a stint with Amar Chitra Katha and is now with Penguin India, conducted sessions for children in the 11-14 years age group at Jaswant Modern School based on “The A-Z alphabetic tour of India” and “The Wildlife Wisdom Quiz”. “The aim of the sessions was to carry forward the affinity of children to Panchatantra and ignite in them a quest for more knowledge about their country and wildlife so that they grow up to become protectors of their environment. I saw an incredible India brought alive in the classroom,” said Mimi Basu. The book on wildlife is aimed for middle school students and has been brought out in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The WWF would launch a national quiz based on the book next month across schools in India. This was a special precursor to the national quiz organised for the festival by Puffin India. Later in the day, a session on creative writing and making the class more interesting was conducted for teachers. The festival reached out to about 200 children and teachers on the first day. Nimmy Chacko said, “I enjoyed the session with the students. They are enthusiastic to learn more about the environment. The festival is doing a fantastic job of igniting reading habits among children. This is the second time I have come for the festival. I feel the festival has travelled well on its mission.” Rachna Gahilote, president of Nivesh and organiser for the festival, said, “It’s been an incredible journey of five years for this festival. It was the dream of Thakur Vishva Narain Singh, the inspiration for this festival, to see children with books and have their own libraries. We have managed, in our little way, to make this come true by taking the festival, books and writers to places where there was no access to the same. It is heartening to hear, year after year, stories of how reading has gone up amongst the children we visited as part of the festival.” Tomorrow, sessions will be conducted for those in the 15-17 years age group. There will be addresses from Shaguna Gahilote, Prempal Sharma, Manas Ranjan Mahapatra and noted Australian author Christopher Cheng.
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‘Vernacular children’s literature extremely rich’
Dehradun, September 24 Chacko, who was in Dehradun today to attend Ghummakkad Narain, a travelling children’s literature festival, asserted that vernacular literature in the country was very rich when it came to writings for children. She pointed out that translations held the key in disseminating this literature for children from one part of the country to another. “Works are already in progress to translate children’s literature in Bengali. Similar efforts are already on for translating literature for children in Malayalam into English and Hindi,” said Chacko. She said through translations of children vernacular literature, which is otherwise restricted to a particular region, children from other parts of the country will also be benefitted. Nimmy, a former Amar Chitra Katha writer, said comics held much attraction for children. “Comics can never go out of fashion as pictures draw children’s attention more than text does,” she said, adding that not only in India but also in the west, comics play an important role in furthering the cause of children’s literature. Appreciating Ghummakkad Narain, the travelling children’s literature festival, for its efforts in espousing the cause of children’s literature, Nimmy said the festival was doing yeoman’s service to the cause of children’s literature, which was otherwise neglected in the country.aShe said the festival deserved plaudits for criss-crossing several parts of the country for the past six years. It has even focused on the North East this time by holding events in Shillong, she said. She hoped that the festival would even venture abroad in days to come. |
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Minister expresses concern over deteriorating law and order
Dehradun, September 24 He raised concern over increasing cases of theft, loot and robbery on the outskirts of Dehradun. He reprimanded the officers for their failure to stop such incidents. Aggarwal said the credibility of the police force was going down after cops were repeatedly failing to work out the cases of robbery and loot. In his directions to police officers, the minister said the city patrol unit must also be deployed for night patrolling and surveillance to increase the deterrence of police among the criminals. Police have got to take some immediate steps to restore the confidence of people in the state police, said Aggarwal. During the meeting, Superintendent of Police (SP) rural, Manikant Mishra, SP city, Ajay Singh, circle officers (COs) and police station heads were present. |
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UP anti-terrorist squad, police to search suspects
Dehradun, September 24 “We are going to continue with the combing operation in all possible hideouts till every corner is searched. We did not get any specific information about the location of the suspects and there is only possibility that they might have entered Uttarakhand as Bijnor district touches with Pauri and Haridwar districts of Uttarakhand,” said Ram Singh Meena, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Law and Order. Reportedly, on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh ATS carried a combing operation at the jungles of Kotdwar in search of the terror suspects after which the Uttarakhand police also joined the Uttar Pradesh sleuths in the operation. Notably, a low-intensity blast occurred at a house in Bijnor on September 12. The initial reports have revealed that four youths were assembling bombs in a room they had rented at Jalan locality when the explosion took place. All the four suspects escaped from the spot and the possibility of them entering into Uttarakhand boundary was not ruled out. Even Director General of Police (DGP) Uttarakhand BS Sidhu has confirmed that the UP Police have shared sketches of two terror suspects with the state police and it was leaving no stone unturned to nab the suspects. |
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Govt will complete full term: Ex-minister Sajwan
Dehradun, September 24 He said various beneficiary projects had been launched for the welfare of people. The former Cabinet minister told mediapersons here today that the Congress-led state government had taken various steps for the welfare of weaker sections of society. He said tainted and rebel workers would not be taken back in the Congress as they would damage the image of the party in the state. He added the government had taken various beneficiary measures for improving social and economic condition of all sections of society. He claimed the Chief Minister had taken various steps for rebuilding damaged infrastructure in disaster-hit areas of the state. Sushil Rathi, president of the Rajeev Gandhi Sena, Vikas Chauhan and Chiranjee Lal were present. |
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Raj Bhavan to host Sanskrit seminar
Dehradun, September 24 The seminar comes in the backdrop of accusations being levelled against the governor for trying to appear Sanskrit and cow friendly to please the BJP government that appears to be hellbent upon his removal. Rubbishing such claims, Dr Qureshi said that the Sanskrit symposium was envisaged a year back when the BJP government was not even in power. “ It is my humble contribution to the language that should have become the language of the masses. Instead it has remained the language of a certain class,” said Qureshi while speaking with media persons today. He also conveyed his disappointment at having failed to elicit a favourable response from the Uttarakhand government for allocation of funds for the
Haridwar-based Uttarakhand Sanskrit University. “It is my desire to see the university expand and gain an international status but despite writing to the government several times, we have failed to get the funds,” added
Qureshi. Similar sentiments were also echoed by the Vice Chancellor of the Uttarakhand Sanskrit University Professor Mahavir
Agarwal, who said that the government had failed to fill in vacancies at the level of professors in at least five departments for it to become eligible for UGC grants under (12 B clause of the UGC Act). Along with discussing the state of the language at the end of the three days deliberation, the organisers will present a work plan for promoting the Sanskrit language to the state and Central governments. |
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Mahapanchayat plans gherao of police HQ
Dehradun,September 24 Over three dozen representatives from Balawala village participated in the mahapanchayat and blamed Uttarakhand DGP and SSP, Dehradun, for not being able to control crime in Dehradun. They also demanded that the government should immediately remove both police officials from their posts for not being able to provide security to the people. The mahapanchayat decided to protest in front of the police headquarters on Monday. — TNS |
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BJP activists seek new ration cards for beneficiaries
Dehradun, September 24 The activists were led by BJP Mandal president Manoj Kumar. They have threatened to intensify their agitation if the department does not take effective steps to address their grievances. They demanded effective steps to make ration cards by holding camps in different colonies in Dehradun. They lamented that the real beneficiaries are not getting benefits of Food Security Act. |
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Drive against encroachments turns ugly
Mussoorie, September 24 Heated arguments and scuffles were witnessed between street vendors and the Municipal Corporation officials during the drive. The officials seized articles and goods of street vendors. Expressing resentment over the move, the vendors raised slogans against the tax superintendent on the Municipal Corporation premises. The street vendors met the Municipal Corporation president Manmohan Singh Mall and apprised him about the issue, but the Municipal Corporation president refused to speak on the matter. |
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CBI probe sought
against MLA Shaila Rani Rawat
Haridwar,
September 24 Chairperson of the Uttarakhand Identified Statehood Agitators Committee Dhirendra Pratap has demanded a CBI inquiry into the issue so that truth in the allegations made against the Kedarnath MLA comes out. Dhriendra
Pratap told The Tribune during a brief halt at the Damkoti state guest
house here today that he had always been in favour of clean, honest,
transparent and ethic-based politics. “As the allegations made against
the party legislator are quite serious, it is better to opt for a
high-level probe so that no one doubts the working the Congress-led
coalition government,” he added. “Our government is committed to
transparent and legal governance. Hence, I will meet Chief Minister
Harish Rawat to recommend a CBI probe so that our legislator comes out
clean in the matter. Allegations levelled against Shaila Rani are
serious and rival political parties are trying to take political mileage
out of the controversy. Hence, it is in the interest of the Congress and
the legislator that a CBI probe is conducted to bring truth out,” said
Dhirendra Pratap, who also served earlier a ranked minister in the
Narayan Dutt Tiwari-led state government. On the Gairsain capital issue, Pratap said the Congress had paved the way for it to be the capital of the hill state as already state Assembly building at Bharidasain is being made, with Congress opening its party office at Gairsain. “The
hill state should have a hill capital as is in Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim
or Nagaland. For decades people of this Himalayan belt fought for a
separate state with state capital in Gairsain, which is at the midst of
both Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand. We are working in the
right direction to make Gairsain the capital of the state,” said
Pratap, who is also Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson. On Ganga
cleaning issue, Pratap, who wanted Lok Sabha ticket from Pauri Garhwal,
said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s reply to apex
court that it will take 18 years for Ganga cleaning is quite contrary to
the claims the BJP leaders made during the election campaign and Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley made during the annual Budget. |
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‘Centre failed to help hoteliers’
Mussoorie, September 24 The president of Uttarakhand Hotel Association Sandeep Sahni alleged that no financial assistance was given to the business community, including hoteliers, after the disaster that brought acute financial crisis on the business community resulting in a suicide. Sahni said the hotelier from Guptkashi, Om Prakash, who committed suicide had clearly mentioned in his suicide note that the main reason of his death was not receiving any financial assistance despite losing his hotel in the disaster. He further said that the banks had postponed loan and interest for one year after disaster but presently were charging compound interest for the same, that was unfortunate. He also informed the media persons that a letter in this regard had been written to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley they had not received any positive response so far. However, local BJP leaders termed it as a political stunt and an attempt to hide the failures of the state government being run by Congress Party of which Sandeep Sahni is also one of the respected members. The BJP leaders were of the view that if Sandeep Sahni was so much concerned about the “indifferent attitude” of the Central Government then it should have been the Congress government that was in power during the disaster as the onus of providing financial relief fell on the government running the state. The BJP leaders dared Sahni to seek a white paper on the amount of financial relief that was sent to the state following the disaster if he was so much concerned about the disaster-affected people of the state. Sahni said the hotel associations would be celebrating World Tourism Day on September 27 by presenting flowers and serving cold drinks to the tourists at the entry gate near Kohlukhet. |
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Workshop for forest officers
Dehradun, September 24 Inaugurating the training, Central Academy for State Forest Service’s Principal Sonzalian said the programme aimed to understand and appreciate the indispensability of people’s participation in any forest management initiative. He said forest officials through this training would be able to familiarise themselves with latest developments in the field of community forestry and joint forest management. Earlier, welcoming the participants, course coordinator Meera Iyer said the programme would highlight on various subjects such as facilitation skills, community mobilisation, gender issues in forestry, micro-credit and income-generation activities and stakeholder analysis. She said the programme also includes a field visit to Kalesar, Haryana, to study successful models of community forestry and income generation activities of women self help groups.—TNS
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Horticulture Dept cancels lease of orchards
Dehradun, September 25 The lease agreement worked out in 2003 during the tenure of former chief minister ND Tiwari’s government had generated much heat, with the opposition BJP alleging scam and had even ordered a probe, when it came to power. The cancellation of lease has come at a time when the department is contemplating managing the orchards through committees directly supervised by experts. “The performance of the private partners was not upto the mark, if we had continued in this manner, the condition of the orchards would have gone more worse. Moreover, over we were not able to send a message to the people about our commitment to encourage the horticulture activities, if our own orchards continued to present a sordid picture,” said Principal Secretary Ranbir Singh, Department of Horticulture. In Bageshwar, Department had handed over its garden to Dabur India Limited, but the company too, Horticulture officials say was unable to do much forcing the department to terminate the lease. “On inspection, it was found that around 900 mother trees were destroyed. A recovery of Rs 35 lakh is pending against the compnay,” said an official. The orchards that will now be handed back to the government include two in Pauri, one in Uttarkashi, one in Tehri (Pratap Nagar), one in Dehradun (Chausal), one in Bamethi (Nainital) and one in Ramgarh (Nainital), one in Champawat three in Pithoragarh, two in Almora, “While getting back the possession from the private partners, the details of number of standing trees, dead trees and other issues would also be looked into,” said an official. Further the government has received proposal for extending the lease of five Orchards that too were handed over to the private partners. One proposal pertains to the orchard at Supi, Nainital leased out to Tata Energy Research Institute. After finding the report unsatisfactory, the Department has asked them to present their proposals with fresh ideas for developing the orchards. |
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DM issues notification for teacher’s posts
Dehradun, September 24 The interview for various posts is scheduled to be organised on September 30 on the collectorate campus from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm. He said only the University Grants Commission qualified would be considered when it comes to various teaching posts in degree colleges. Kumar said the maximum age limit for applying for these posts was 70 years. He stated that the selected candidates could go on to start teaching in various colleges from October 1 after reporting to the college principal. |
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Children’s park sought in Dalanwala
Dehradun, September 24 He said the Dehradun Waste Management System (DWMS) had not made any arrangements for collection of green leaves from locality. Brig Behl said the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) should take effective steps for the construction of children-cum-green park as the MDDA was now shifted to Transport Nagar from Preetam Road, Dalanwala. He said the district administration should take effective steps for collection of garbage in Dalanwala and adjoining localities. Brig Behl said city’s greenery was lost after the state government abolished the Urban Land Ceiling Act. He said members of Dalanwala Welfare Society strongly opposed the construction of multi-storey buildings at different corners of Dehradun. Brig Behl said the state government should draft plans for the construction of children-cum-green park at different localities of Dehradun. |
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Shimla school dethrones Doon School
Shimla, September 24 The ranking was given on the basis of survey conducted by “C-fore”, a well-known Delhi market research and opinion poll agency for Education World, which has been publishing for the past six years. While the Bishop Cotton School (BCS), Shimla, has been named as the top boys boarding institution, Scindia School, Gwalior, and Doon School, Dehradun, were ranked second and third, a spokesman of BCS Praveen Sharma said. The “C-fore” rate and rank over 800 most high-profile schools in the country on 14 parameters and BCS stood first in leadership and management quality, disabled friendliness and sports education. The school, which has produced Army officers, judges, ambassadors and writers, has consistently been ranked among the best boys residential schools in the country, he added. Roy Robinson, Headmaster of the school since 2004, credited it to his dedicated teachers and other staff who work in close cooperation with him and students without whom this great achievement would not have been possible. He said the school was strongly rooted in traditional values, sports, life skills, education (manners and discipline), and expert pastoral care. The school is famous worldwide for British-style boarding. BCS is the first public school in Asia to start the house system. |
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Freshers’ party at MAHAR
Dehradun, September 24 The Managing Director, Madhuban group, SP Kochar, lighted the lamp and welcomed the freshers. He told them about the achievements of MAHAR in the hospitality industry. Naresh Singh was adjudged Mr Fresher while Bhubneshwari Naithani was given the Miss Fresher title. During the party, Sagar Rana Bhatt recited a poem while Bhuneshwari and Manweer together sang a song.
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Romantic thriller releases tomorrow
Dehradun, September 24 Addressing media persons, renowned regional (Haryana) actor Uttar Kumar said that everybody had worked hard to make a good movie. He said that the movie was made under the banner of Raj Lakshmi Movies, Mumbai. The heroine of the movie, Lovely Joshi, said that it is a thriller-cum-romantic movie, and the shooting was done in different cities of Uttarakhand. The director was Sanjeev Vardhawan while Naresh Kataria was the producer. The music was composed by AR Saxena while Deepak Noor is the lyricist. |
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Dehradun, September 24 Addressing mediapersons here today, Chandershekhar Joshi, general secretary of Parvartiaya Ramlila Committee, said that Ramlila would be held during Navratris from 8 pm till 12 pm. He said necessary arrangements were completed by the committee for Ramlila. Joshi said that a big gathering is expected to attend the Ramlila show. — TNS
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Booked for abetment to commit suicide
Dehradun, September 24 According to Circle Officer Swantra Kumar, the case has been registered on the complaint of the businessman Om Prakash’s wife in Guptkashi. Om Prakash alllegedly committed suicide on September 20. She has also accused nine other persons of abetting her husband to commit suicide. Notably, the complainant, Renu Devi, has accused Shaila Rani and nine others of not returning the loan money that they had from her husband, forcing him to end his life. She has also demanded police security for her and her family members. Renu Devi said she found a suicide note from her husband’s room in which he had named a few persons, including some politicians, who took loans from him but refused to repay. She alleged that her husband was under depression due to the development and finally took his life. |
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Hospital owner, driver arrested for double murder in US Nagar
Pithoragarh, September 24 “The owner of Dhasmana Hospital at Khatima, Dr Ashish Dhasmana, and his driver Idris, have confessed to the crime. They had killed the duo as they were allegedly conspiring against the hospital and giving it a bad name along with a hospital doctor HP Singh,” said Rithim Aggarwal, SSP US Nagar. According to the police, they have recovered the instruments used in the murder, which include remains of the drug used to make the duo unconscious before they were killed and knives used to dismember the bodies of the deceased. “The police were informed on September 8 that two bodies having chopped hands and feet were floating in Nanak Sagar,” said the SSP. According to the police, the murder was committed after the hospital owner suspected that the deceased were conspiring in a way that could bring disrepute to the hospital, in connivance with a doctor working in the institution. The US Nagar police identified the deceased as hospital employees Vijay and Nisha, residents of Bareilly, after the relatives of both the deceased identified the bodies on September 16. “After identifying the bodies and tyre marks of a particular brand of car owned by the hospital owner, police suspected the hospital owner,” said the
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Girls’ football tourney kicks off
Dehradun, September 24 The schools participating in the tournament include Unison World School, Summer Valley School, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy, St Jude’s School, Guru Nanak Academy and Moravian Institute and School. The tournament was inaugurated by the Unison World School Principal Veena Singh. Unison World School defeated Summer Valley School 4-0 in the inaugural match. Chutinut (Mook) from Unison World School scored first two goals in the first half of the match while the other two goals were scored by Krishna Rathore and Purvi Malik in the second half. In the other match, St Jude’s School beat Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy 1-0. Rishika Mallik of St Jude’s School scored the winning goal for her team. CTM, Shivalik clubs log wins in football CTM Football Club defeated Dehra Eleven 3-2 in the ongoing super league stage of Nemidas District Football League at Pavilion Ground here on Wednesday. Jigmey from CTM Football Club scored first two goals in the 27th and 46th minutes while Lobson netted a goal in the 54th minute of the match. For Dehra Eleven, Shriyansh Bhatt and Gaurav Rawat scored a goal each in the 13th and 44th minutes, respectively. In the second match of the day, Shiwalik Football Club thrashed JA Boys 2-0. Manish netted the first goal in the 45th minute while Nishant doubled the lead by scoring a goal in the 53rd minute of the match. |
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Welham Girls’ School win 57-22
Dehradun, September 24 In a close encounter, Shigally Hills International Academy defeated Hilton’s School 29-28. Shruti of Shigally Hills International Academy netted 8 baskets while Shivangi of Hilton’s School scored 12 points. Meanwhile, Unison World School defeated Carmen School 41-1. Ishita scored the highest 20 points for Unison World School while Nikita scored the lone point for Carmen School. In another match, The Heritage School got a walkover against Summer Valley School. Welham Girls win 2-player basketball tourney Welham Girls’ School won the Two-Player Basketball Shooting Championship held at the indoor basketball court at Welham Girls’ School here today. The duo of Aanya Aggarwal and Anushka Tiwari from the host school outperformed the 16 teams and won the title. Ritika and Jyotika of Carmen School were runners-up. Notably, the championship was organised for judging the shooting skills of the players. The rules of the game were that each team shall consist of two players who must attempt shots from seven spots marked on the court’s floor. The points scored were added to decide the score of an individual team. Moreover, each team got 60 seconds to shoot baskets. The top two teams qualified for the final round and the winner was given the trophy while the runner-up team members were given individual prizes. |
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Travelling literature festival “Ghummakkad Narain” opened at Jaswant Modern School in Dehradun today.
Dinesh Aggarwal held a meeting with police officers at the Assembly complex to review the law and order situation in Dharampur Assembly constituency here today.
The BJP activists protested at the district supply office today against anomalies in distribution of ration cards under Food Security Act. They demanded from the department effective steps to distribute newly made ration cards to beneficiaries. The activists were led by BJP Mandal president Manoj Kumar. They have threatened to intensify their agitation if the department does not take effective steps to address their grievances.
Besides opposition parties, sections in the Congress are also demanding
a high-level probe into the alleged involvement of Congress legislator
from Kedarnath Shaila Rani Rawat in the suicide of a businessman. The
wife of the deceased businessman has filed a case against the MLA.
The Dehradun Council Schools Association Girls’ Football Tournament (DDCSA) 2014-15 kicked off at Unison World School here today.
Continuing with its dream run in the tournament, host Welhams Girls School thrashed St. Thomas School 57-22 in the ongoing DDSCA Junior Girls Under-15 Basketball Tournament at Welham Girls School here today. Urvi from the host school scored the maximum 16 points in the match while Divya of St. Thomas School scored 8 points.
