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Prayers, celebrations, good wishes all over Doon on Eid
Several Doon areas face severe power cuts
Better cleanliness sought in Parade Ground
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Reports suggests revival of streams in Doon valley
One killed in road accident
CM assures better treatment of farmers
Ayurvedic doctors threaten to begin stir
CM’s health insurance scheme facing hurdles
Thousands of Muslims offer prayers, sacrifice goats on Eid
Cleanliness drive on Ganga ghats, city periphery
For a cause:
Schoolchildren take part in a cleanliness drive on the banks of the Ganga canal in Haridwar on Monday.
Tribune photo: RAMESHWAR GAUR
Prepare digital maps, CM to DMs
‘Mehar trying to take credit of BJP schemes’
Industries should adhere to 70 pc reservation for youths: Tiwari
‘India passing through undeclared emergency’
Valley of flowers in Chamoli reopened for tourists
Heaven on earth:
A picturesque view of the Valley of Flowers in Chamoli district. A file photo
Over 200 foreigners attend international yoga festival
Shantikunj spiritual ideologue Dr Pranav Pandya at the concluding session of the International Yoga Festival at Dev Sanskriti University in Haridwar on Monday. Tribune photo: RAMESHWAR GAUR
U’khand has much to learn from the Swiss in tourism
Tourism information centre in a shambles
Dharchula traders protest irregular power supply
Eid-ul-Azha celebrated with zeal and fervour in Mussoorie
Police badminton meet to begin from Oct 8
Woodstock School clinch football tournament
Hockey meet from tomorrow
Emphatic win for Bala Hisar Academy in cricket
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Prayers, celebrations, good wishes all over Doon on Eid
Dehradun, October 6
The prayers then culminated in people hugging each other and wishing “Eid Mubarak”. They also exhibited a streak of compassion by donating bits to the poor who stood to gain from the benevolence of devotees and celebrate the festival with the collected sum. The kids too came all dressed up for the occasion with embroidered apparels. Members of the Muslim community sacrificed goats and distributed meat among members of their families, kin and the poor. It is believed that a sacrificed goat is the reflection of one’s own spirit of sacrifice for the Almighty and it is essential for achieving communion with Allah. People also thronged markets to buy new clothes, gifts and sweets. Members of the Hindu, Sikh and other communities greeted their Muslim brethren on the occasion. Meanwhile, elaborate security arrangements were made by the district administration to avoid any untoward incident. The city police diverted traffic to avoid jams in the city. CM meets Guv, extends greetings on Eid
Chief Minister Harish Rawat called on Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi at Raj Bhavan and extended greetings on Eid-ul-Azha. He met Governor’s mother Bilkis Fatima and wished her on the occasion. Prior to this, the Chief Minister visited Eidgah at Chakrata
Road and celebrated Eid with members of the Muslim community. The Chief Minister said Eid was a festival of
sacrifice and the state had always celebrated all festivals. It gives a message of secularism. Rawat said everybody should contribute for development of the nation. He said the Congress-led state government was committed to improving social and economical status of weaker sections of society. Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi also visited the Governor house and extended greeting on
Eid.
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Several Doon areas face severe power cuts
Dehradun, October 6 As per the information available, maintenance work was carried out on 220 kv Nara-Roorkee transmission lines for nearly two hours. The difference between demand and availability of electricity has once again widened. UPCL implemented two hours of compulsory power cut in rural areas of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts, while small towns like Roorkee, Haldwani, Kashipur, Pauri, Srinagar etc. faced the brunt of power cut for nearly one hour. The power generation
in hydropower projects is affected due to silt in Himalayan rivers and its tributaries after
rains lashed higher areas of the state. The electricity generation in the state-run hydro power projects was recorded at 11.87 million units per day, while demand of electricity was 30.43 million units of electricity against availability of electricity which was 30.22 million units of electricity in the state. It is worth mentioning that power generation in 198 MW Kalagarh and 42 MW Khatima hydropower project was zero. Speaking to The Tribune, Madhusudan, an official spokesman of UPCL, said that the department is continuously procuring electricity in order to bridge the gap between demand and availability of electricity in the state. He said that power generation in hydropower projects is badly affected due to silt in Himalayan rivers, and its tributaries in the state. Madhusudan told that stern instructions were given to technical staff to rectify technical snags in order to avoid inconvenience to domestic and commercial consumers in the state. He told that corporation will receive 2.5 million units of electricity on Tuesday.
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Better cleanliness sought in Parade Ground
Dehradun, October 6 In a statement issued today, KG Behl, who is also the president of All India Consumer Council, Uttarakhand, said that a large number of rallies are held at Parade Ground and it is observed that people cook food in the ground in the absence of proper food and drinking water arrangements, which lead to littering with plastic plates and glasses. He also said that since there is no provision of wash rooms in the ground, the whole area smells when people urinate in the open. He has demanded that authorities must
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Reports suggests revival of streams in Doon valley
Dehradun, October 6 According to the statement released by the MAD, “In response to an RTI query filed by Abhijay Negi, founder chairperson of the MAD, the NIH, Roorkee, has released its long-due report of the assessment carried out by the institution on the behaviour of streams of the Doon valley in March. In its six-page report, the NIH has made favourable findings on the revival of streams of the Dehradun valley and has asked for about Rs 1 crore for further study to start the process of their rejuvenation in the face of continuing construction activities throughout the riverbed and banks of these streams.” Moreover, the NIH report provides a big cheer to those campaigning for reviving city’s streams as it specifically calls the Rispina River a perennial stream with a width of 100 m upper catchment area. The NIH report has also recorded the observations of the local villagers about the Bindal stream where they have relied upon the testimony of villagers and have recorded that till 1980, the springs around the source of the Bindal river were used for domestic demands, including drinking water. “We will now share a copy of this report with the Secretary, Irrigation, Uttarakhand Government, Dr Ajai Pradyot, with whom the group has already shared two dossiers (containing old memoirs authored by Britishers, relevant pictorial representations as well as pro-environment judicial precedents for perusal) on reviving Doon’s streams,” said Abhijay Negi, founder chairperson of MAD. It is to be noted that the NIH study was carried out as per directions of then Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources,
Harish Rawat, wrote to the NIH, Director, in January and requested him to submit a report on the possibility of reviving Doon’s streams in a two-month time.
Statement from National Institute of Hydrology
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Dehradun, October 6 Reportedly, on Sunday night, Sunil and his friend Devi Singh were coming towards Dehradun on their bike. While crossing Nanda ki Chowki, a moving dumper filled with sand got imbalanced and overturned. According to the Premnagar police, the dumper overturned when they were trying to overtake. Local people gathered around the overturned dumper and rescued Sunil and Devi Singh from beneath the dumper. They were rushed to a local hospital where Sunil was declared brought dead while Devi Singh was admitted in a serious condition. The overturning of dumper caused traffic jam on the Chakrata Road which was cleared after the dumper was moved out from the main road. |
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CM assures better treatment of farmers
Dehradun, October 6 While addressing a gathering at a function to celebrate 79th birth anniversary of Mahendra Singh Tikait here today, the Chief Minister announced to withdraw cases registered against workers of Farmers’ Union during farmers’ protest in the state. He said strict instructions were given to department concerned to work to regularise lease holders from section one to section four. Rawat said the state government had
taken a decision to construct MS Tikait’s memorial in Haridwar. He said eligible farmers would be given pension. Rawat said 90 per cent of outstanding amount of farmers was cleared and instructions were given to clear the remaining amount at the earliest. He said sugar mill owners were told to release the pending amount soon. Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee President Kishore Upadhayay, Kisan Union national president Naresh Tikait, Rakesh Tikait, Rajesh Chauhan, Sukhdev
Singh, Yudhveer Singh, Ompal Rathi, Sushil Rathi and Shurveer Singh Sajwan were present on the occasion. |
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Ayurvedic doctors threaten to begin stir
Dehradun, October 6 While chairing a meeting of ayurvedic doctors here today, Dr Sanjay Chauhan said ayurvedic doctors were providing best medical and healthcare facilities to villagers who were living in remote areas of the state. He said the state government should hike their salary and sanction perks and benefits like MBBS doctors. Dr Chauhan said members had decided to start agitation if the state government does not take effective steps to fulfill their demands within 15 days. Dr Manoj Juyal, Dr Ankit, Dr Piyush, D Nalini, Dr Onkar Pal, Dr Harendra Singh and others were present on the occasion. |
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CM’s health insurance scheme facing hurdles
Dehradun, October 6 A cashless health insurance scheme for the BPL card holders is already on in the state, but the new Chief Minister’s health insurance scheme sets to embrace the above the poverty line population also for which the non- availability of data has proved a setback for the official launch of the scheme. The health department’s efforts to approach the Directorate of Census for Data have yielded a negative response. “It was the most appropriate source to seek the data on APL population in Uttarakhand, but we have been denied access for the simple reason that the directorate does not have the mandate to share the data for the schemes. Now, we have approached other agencies that were engaged in the socio economic census and are awaiting a response,” said Dr GS Joshi, Director, General Heath and Family Welfare. As the department is already running the Rashtarya Swathya Bima Yojana (RSBY) for the BPL card holders, it does not face problems in accessing the data on BPL population but collection of APL data continues to pose problems. The scheme was announced by Chief Minister Harish Rawat shortly after taking the office and is aimed at providing relief to families part of the middle-level income groups, who continue to face financial challenges while addressing serious health issues due to limited financial resources. “Both the RSBY and Chief Minister’s health insurance scheme are expected to run parallel through the same agencies, but with increased manpower. The scheme will provide cashless access to health procedures,” added Joshi. While the number of empanelled hospitals, diseases and the amount for which insurance cover would be provided are still being worked, the government is keen to first address the issue of authentic data so that the APL population is properly represented and may now launch the scheme by early next year.
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Thousands of Muslims offer prayers, sacrifice goats on Eid
Haridwar, October 6 Muslims performed morning the Namaaz and then embraced each other, wishing peace and prosperity. Later, the sacrificing ritual of goats was performed. Elaborate arrangements were put in place by the district administration at all the mosques situated in Jwalapur, BHEL, Bahadrabad and in Roorkee. District Magistrate D Senthyl Pendiyan along with newly appointed Senior Superintendent of Police Sweety Aggarwal remained present at Jwalapur festivities. Besides monitoring the arrangements and security aspect, both Pendiyan and Sweety also wished the namaazis on Bakr Eid. Later, both of them paid obeisance at world famous shrine of Piran Kaliyar, where they offered holy chaadar at the dargah. Haridwar parliamentarian Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank also wished the Muslim fraternity on the pious occasion of Eid. |
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Cleanliness drive on Ganga ghats, city periphery
Haridwar, October 6 Ujjwal Pundit of Brahaman Maha Sabha said as per vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we need to also be a part and contribute to this cleanliness drive. Local traders and residents also took part in the drive. Activist Satish Birmani said cleaning locality was imperative to pave way for clean India drive. Cleanliness drive was carried out at Kathaira bazaar, Peeth bazaar, Jhanda Chowk, Gurudwara Road, Mohalla Maithiyan, Chauhanan and Jwalapur. Students hailing from several schools, colleges and educational institutes took part in the cleanliness drive at Ganga ghats as the Ganga canal was closed for annual maintenance. |
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Prepare digital maps, CM to DMs
Dehradun, October 6 He said it would help to act swiftly during natural disaster if it strikes in the near future. Rawat said all the vital information related to weather, roads and yatra would be available on mobile phones for those undertaking the Kedarnath pilgrimage. He gave stern instructions to all district magistrates to take precautionary measures during disaster. While informing about precautions measures taken by the district administration, Dr Raghav Langar, district magistrate, Rudraprayag said the GIS and digital map application of the district was prepared. He said the application would assist in providing vital information related to weather, roads, pedestrian routes, alternate routes, rivers, government offices, government rehabilitation centres, and important telephone numbers to pilgrims, public representatives, bureaucrats etc. Dr Langar said “Sri Kedar Rescue Demo Android” application had been prepared which could be accessed by pilgrims through mobile phones. This application will help in finding vital information regarding several landmarks, tourist routes, and nearby places. He said the application would prove beneficial if disaster strikes in the near future. — TNS |
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‘Mehar trying to take credit of BJP schemes’
Pithoragarh, October 6 He said despite the Congress government in the state, the MLA could not do anything to develop his Assembly constituency in the last two years. “Even he is encashing the schemes sanctioned during the BJP regime,” said Chufal. Addressing the mediapersons at his residence here, the BJP leader said it were his efforts which bore the fruit in the shape of several developmental schemes like roads and schools in his and the Pithoragarh Assembly area. “I had staged Dharna and demonstrations from the district headquarter to the state Assembly to get sanctioned these developmental schemes which are now being cited by the Congress MLA as his achievement,” said the BJP MLA. The BJP leader said the schemes being claimed by the Congress MLA were sanctioned before Mahar started his protests against his own government. “The Congress MLA is befooling the people as he could not get released the required money for the projects he is claiming assured by the Chief Minister for the last two years,” said BJP MLA from Didihat. Chufal said the Congress government in the state had no money for developmental schemes and it was allegedly involved in corruption in the projects sanctioned by the Central government in disaster-hit areas. “The contractors who have completed projects, their payments have been delayed indicates that even the disaster relief and rehabilitation schemes are under cloud of corruption in the state,” said Chufal. The BJP MLA said the state government should immediately release the money for sanctioned and completed schemes. |
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Industries should adhere to 70 pc reservation for youths: Tiwari
Haridwar, October 6 Tiwari was at the Jawaharlal Nehru Youth Centre, Ranipur, founded by him in 2000. He enquired about the hostel working and dispute over the management between two factions of the centre. SIDCUL was founded in Haridwar and Kashipur when ND Tiwari was the Chief Minister of the state. It was then made compulsory for industries to reserve 70 per cent jobs for local youths, but it was being violated by industrial firms which are being provided various sops and concession to set up their manufacturing units in Uttarakhand. Tiwari said he would hold talks with District Magistrate D Senthyl Pendiyan to ensure strict implementation of the clause. On the working of the current Chief Minister Harish Rawat, Tiwari said the government was in good hands as Rawat was a grassroot worker who knows how to extract work from officials and the party cadre. |
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‘India passing through undeclared emergency’
Pithoragarh, October 6 He asserted this emergency was going to be silent and worst compared to that imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1970’s as communal forces led by the RSS were going to dominate the scene. “It is for the first time that a RSS chief has chosen Doordarshan as a medium to address the nation on the Raising Day of the party,” said Deepankar Bhattacharya while addressing party workers at the state headquarters in Bindukatta village near Haldwani town yesterday. The CPI (ML) general secretary said the land of Bindukatta village in Terai region had been a witness of struggle taken up by the party against oppression of landlords and land mafias of the region in the past 40 years. “Capitalism has renewed its attacks on the common man in the region and it requires fresh resistance against these oppressive forces which could be taken up only under the CPI (ML),” he said. Rajendra Pratholi, state secretary of the party, said the BJP had cheated the common man in the name of checking price rise and removing corruption. The party remembered its leaders Man Singh Pal and Bimla Rauthan for their struggle against the oppression of common man in the region. “We cannot undermine their contribution in making the party by their struggles in the past 40 years,” said Rajendra. — OC |
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Valley of flowers in Chamoli reopened for tourists
Dehradun, October 6 After the reconstruction of damaged routes and infrastructure, tourists can easily now enjoy in valley of flowers till it would be declared closed in mid-October. State forest department had reopened valley of flowers for six days, and now decided to keep it open for the next 20 days after seeing good response from tourists. Department officials said most of the flowers in the valley bloom between July and mid-October. It is worth mentioning that valley of flowers was closed as a bridge on the river Alaknanda collapsed after last year’s natural disaster. Officials said tourists can easily visit valley of flowers as damaged bridge and pedestrian routes were reconstructed. |
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Over 200 foreigners attend international yoga festival
Haridwar, October 6 These foreign delegates were involved in varied sessions of yoga, nature therapy, yagna therapy, panchkarma, spirituality discourse and also yoga asanas on the banks of the holy Ganga. Pro-Vice Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti University Dr Chinmay Pandya in his address said that the objective of the yoga festival is to make participants dwell on yoga, culture and spirituality as well as introspection. He added that Indian culture is on the path of influencing other world cultures as it is one of the richest, diverse and ancient cultures. Shalini Singh, media representative, advocated spirituality-based journalism in today’s time as it has become a major field in today’s context, like news and sports, as media has immense potential to shape society. Director of the International Yoga Week Swami Vishuddhanand termed the event as amalgamation of yoga, art and spirituality and these three traits are instrumental in enriching culture. Akhil Bharatiya Gayatri World Family spiritual ideologue Pranav Pandya urged world community to get attached with Indian culture as elements of spirituality, cleanliness of soul and art of yoga and ayurveda, which help mankind immensely, are found here only. “Other cultures enrich in materialistic things but Indian culture provides one to look into oneself by ways of meditation and various rituals.Yoga makes one physically and mentally healthier and if youths of India, who are half of its population, practice yoga in their daily life, then the country will be on the threshold of becoming world power once again,” said Dr Pandya. Emphasis was also laid on cleaning the sacred Ganga by Dr Pandya.Patrick McCullum,Dr Rivera,Kashton Ormen,Swami Amrita Suryanand from Portugal, Professor Valdish Pirags, Swami Gayatri, former Ambassador CM Bhandari, Vice Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti University Sharad Paridhi, Registrar Sandeep Kumar ,among others, were present on the occasion. A book penned by Shantikunj founder late Pt Shri Ram Sharma Acharya, which has been translated in Russian language, was also unveiled at the concluding session of the International Yoga, Culture and Spirituality Festival. |
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U’khand has much to learn from the Swiss in tourism
Dehradun, October 6 Mountainous Switzerland owes much in similarity to Uttarakhand when it comes to terrain and weather conditions. Switzerland today stands as best example to understand how the hill state can promote tourism while keeping in consent the environment concerns of ther fragile mountains. A Doonite and Bharat Scout and Guides district commissioner Rajeev Sharma extensively travelled to Switzerland trying to understand the state’s hill tourism potential vis-à-vis Uttarakhand. He tried to explore Switzerland’s strength that makes the country perfect example for learning the art of environment friendly tourism. Sharing the experiences of his visit with The Tribune, Rajeev Sharma asserted that Switzerland has intelligently en-cashed upon its tourism potential to the fullest. Interestingly, when railway tracks are still to climb hills in Uttarakhand, Switzerland opened its Wengernalp railway track way back way 1893, which was Europe’s highest altitude railway and continues to be one of the world’s wonders of railway technology. Showcasing its snow covered peaks, Switzerland already has a sledge park which has all sorts of snow fun for the tourists. Ice palace, a palace built of ice is majestic and most sought after by the tourists. Paradoxically, Uttarakhand, which has been bestowed with places like Auli, have failed to create a niche for itself as far as tourism in snow is concerned. Meadows at Switzerland like Uttarakhand are as fascinating as are the alpine flowers found there. Botanical alpine garden in Switzerland has over 600 species of Swiss alpin flora, such as edelweiss and genetian. Uttarakhand that has been bestowed with meadows Dyara Bugyal and Raithal have so far failed to even showcase its meadows to people in other parts of the country. “Certainly, there is no doubt that Switzerland can show us a way but we need to take its nature driven tourism potential with much seriousness. We need to adopt their ways and work to fit those in our conditions,” says Rajeev Sharma. “When we talk of coming up with trolleys and ropeways as best means of communication for hills, Switzerland has already done it successfully,’’ Rajeev Sharma points out. The way Switzerland has used the technology, very few countries can do in the world. Trolleys have been used extensively and most safely. These trolleys save visitors time apart from checking pollution. ‘’On the other hand, it is strange that we here in Uttarakhand have failed to effectively put in place a network of trolleys, which could have been of immense benefit for a hill state. While country like Switzerland has ensured that tourism in no way puts adverse impact on environment, Uttarakhand has totally failed on this count. It has only mismanaged tourism and even at times played with nature, resulting in Kedarnath-types of disaster,’’ he added. Rajeev Sharma, who spent a week in Switzerland, travelled the length and breadth of that country. He said while politicians in Uttarakhand will time and again talk of making Uttarakhand another Switzerland, they certainly lack sincerity and honesty of mind. Uttarakhand has been bestowed with the best of nature by God and is no less than Switzerland but a change needs to brought in by people managing it. Sharma now plans to submit a document of his suggestions for promoting tourism in Uttarakhand on the basis of his observations and experiences in Switzerland.
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Tourism information centre in a shambles
Mussoorie, October 6 The centre was inaugurated in 2005 with much fanfare. The GMVN canteen and the tourist information centre were inaugurated by the then Chief Minister ND Tewari with an objective that the centre would provide information to tourists about routes towards Yamnotri. The GMVN canteen and the information centre was constructed using the tax payer’s money in tune of several lakhs by the Tourism Department, but has not been occupied since its inauguration. Sansaar Singh Rana, president, Kempty Traders Association, said the Tourism Department had also failed to depute any officer or assign staff to run the canteen. He said the condition of the canteen and the information centre with broken windows panes and locked gates tells a dismal tale and nonchalant approach of the department concerned. The residents of the Kempty area are of the view that due to the absence of the tourist information centre, tourists return without having a look at other interesting tourist spots at Kempty, resulting in loss of revenue not only for the locals but also to the government. MLA Mahavir Rangad, Dhanaulti, said he had informed the senior officials of the department concerned who promised to look into the matter on a priority basis. Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhanai during his recent visit to Mussoorie had also promised to resolve the issue and assign officials and employees at the canteen, but nothing has been done so far. Social activist Jabar Singh said lackadaisical attitude shown by the officials towards burning issues was unfortunate. |
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Dharchula traders protest irregular power supply
Pithoragarh, October 6 “Despite the Chief Minister’s Assembly area, electricity supply always eludes the town at least thrice in a week, which gets bad effect on the business,” said Bhupendra Singh Thapa, president of the traders association, Dharchula town. According to Thapa, sometimes it is due to the negligence by employees of the department and sometimes shortage of power. “ Being border region, we need not only regular electricity supply but also other essentials like communication and road connectivity as we have to depend on a neighbouring town of Nepal,” said Thapa. The traders also burnt an effigy of UPCL GM for insufficient power supply to the town, which forced the residents to depend on Nepal town for the routine works. |
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Baba Hatyogi complains of threat calls
Haridwar, October 6 As per Chandi Ghat police post in charge Mahavir Rawat, on the basis of the complaint the police have started investigation and traced the phone number. Rawat said the mobile number was registered in the name of Brij Pal Singh Yadav, a resident of Lucknow. The police are in touch with the Lucknow police to arrest the accused. Notably, this is second such instance of a saint being threatened in the pilgrim city. Last week Matra Sadan Ashram founder Swami Shivanand alleged threat to his life from quarrying mafia. Police protection to the saint at his ashram was then increased. Meanwhile, the saint community has expressed their resentment over the threatening calls being made to prominent saints in Haridwar. Maha Mandaleshwar Swami Hari Chetanand Maharaj of Hari Har Ashram, Hari-Pur-Kalan, has expressed resentment over such incidents. He said if saints are not secure then one can just imagine the situation of a common man. Hari Chetanand Maharaj said the saint community was taking these incidents seriously and demanded action against the culprits. |
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Eid-ul-Azha celebrated with zeal and fervour in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, October 6 The Municipal Council president Manmohan Singh Mall, former MLA, Mussoorie, Jot Singh Gunsola, and MLA, Mussoorie, Ganesh Joshi, extended greetings to the community and the town on the occasion.
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Police badminton meet to begin from Oct 8
Dehradun, October 6 Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi will inaugurate the tournament. While addressing a press conference, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Sanjay Gunjyal, said: “Uttarakhand police has been given the honour of organising the All-India Police Badminton Championship this year. As many as 155 police officers from 20 states are going to take part. The matches will be played at Dehradun police line indoor badminton hall and at Multipurpose Sports Facility Hall at Parade Ground.” Notably, officers from the new state of Telangana will also participate in the tournament. Apart from police officers from 20 states, officers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Rapid Action Force (RPF), National Security Guard (NSG), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) and Border Security Force (BSF) will also take part in the championship. DIG Sanjay Gunjyal said: “Seven Additional Director General of Police (ADG), 12 Inspector General of Police (IG), 17 Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), 27 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)/Superintendent of Police (SP) rank officers and 86 other officers have confirmed their participation.” Uttarakhand DGP BS Sidhu is the chairman of the organising committee. DIG Sanjay Gunjyal and SSP Dehradun Ajay Rautela have been made the secretary and joint secretary, respectively. |
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Woodstock School clinch football tournament
Dehradun,October 6 On the other hand, Diya Singh struck twice and Raya Kaaplan scored one goal for Woodstock School. In the tiebreaker, Woodstock defeated Hopetown 2-1 with Diya and Clarie scoring one goal each for Woodstock. For Hopetown, Simalay scored the only goal. In the end, Diya Singh of Woodstock was given the award for the best goal scorer while Jasmaher Chug of Hopetown School was adjudged
best goalkeeper. The principal of Welham Boys School, Guneet Bindra, distributed the awards to the members of winning and runnerup teams.
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Hockey meet from tomorrow
Dehradun, October 6 Around 40 boys and
girls teams from the 13 districts of the state are participating first time in the tournament. Notably, matches would be played in sub-junior, junior and senior category and the preparations
were in full swing at Maharana Pratap Sports College. The girls teams will stay at Rajiv Gandhi Navodya Vidhyalaya whereas the boys teams at Geeta Bhawan along with couple of government schools. |
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Emphatic win for Bala Hisar Academy in cricket
Dehradun, October 6 In the second innings, Hilton School managed to score 25 runs whereas Bala Hisar chased down the target and won the match. In the second match of the day, DPS, Bhaniyawala, defeated Brooklyn School by five wickets in the ongoing 7th Rohitash Singh Memorial Inter-School Boys Super-8 Cricket Tournament at The Heritage School here today. Batting first, Brooklyn School scored 26 runs in the first innings while DPS made 39 runs. In the second innings, Brooklyn School scored 32 runs for the loss of five wickets whereas DPS easily achieved the target for the loss of three wickets and won the match by
five wickets. Continuing its dominant form in the tournament, hosts Heritage School defeated Constancia School by six wickets. Batting first, Constancia School scored 33 runs for the loss of two wickets in its first innings while Heritage School scored 42 runs for the loss of one wicket. In the second innings, Constancia School scored 28 runs for the loss of seven wickets and in reply, Heritage School easily achieved the target by losing one wicket in the process. The last match was played between Doon Blossom School and
The Asian School with the latter winning it by 17 runs. After being put into bat first, The Asian School scored 42 runs for the loss of two wickets in its 1st innings whereas Doon Blossom School made 30 runs for the loss of four wickets. In the second innings, The Asian School scored 23 runs for the loss of seven wickets and in reply, Doon Blossom was bowled out for 23 runs and lost the match
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A cleanliness drive by various organisations was carried out on Ganga
ghats, city periphery and sub-urban Jwalapur today.
Led by Brahmins under the Brahaman Maha Sabha, activists cleaned Ganga ghats urging local public to participate in this cleanliness drive.
The valley of flowers situated in Chamoli district is now reopened for tourists. The most popular tourist destination was closed for nearly 16 months after the natural disaster struck Uttarakhand in June 2013.
After the reconstruction of damaged routes and infrastructure, tourists can easily now enjoy in valley of flowers till it would be declared closed in mid-October.
The 4th edition of International Festival on Yoga,Culture and Spirituality, concluded here today at Dev Sanskriti University in
Haridwar. The mega yoga global event witnessed 200-odd foreign yoga enthusiasts from 20 countries for six days.
The Muslim community in Musssorie celebrated the festival of Eid-ul-Azha with religious zeal and fervour today. The members from the community gathered at various mosques around the town and offered their Eid prayers this morning. The children also dressed in colourful attire and offered prayers along with their parents and extended greetings by hugging each other on the occasion.
