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Details of Assets and
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DM detects temple trust violations at shrine
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Guv wants no compromise on VC’s appointment
Addl CS: Suggestions of locals to be included in master plan
Food processing units to come up
Forest minister conducts surprise inspection
‘Efforts can stop water wastage’
‘People’s participation necessary for conservation’
RBF technique effective in flood-hit areas
Govt re-examining demand of secretariat staff
Fisheries Dept promoting trout farming
Shelving of Pancheshwar Dam project sought
SGRR Medical College second in quiz
Art exhibition on Oct 13
Ultrasound centre inaugurated
Vyans valley villagers want border road completed
Sportswoman dies in Kotdwar
Heritage School, St Judes storm into cricket finals
Deemed forest areas to be identified
legal awareness programme
MLA blames govt for financial fraud
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Details of Assets and
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Dehradun, October 9 Out of the 11 ministers, only two have submitted details of their assets and liabilities for 2013-2014 and none of these ministers hail from the Congress. For that matter, the financial declaration of the Chief Minister too is awaited, though his office claimed he had submitted it during the Dharchula bypoll. According to the Chief Minister’s office, the ministers who have submitted the details of their assets are Minister for School Education Mantri Prasad Naithani and Minister for Urban Development Preetam Singh Panwar, both belonging to Progress Democratic Front (PDF), that has extended support to the Congress in Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Harish Rawat had not only asked his bureaucrats but also his ministers to submit details of assets and liabilities, but none of them have paid heed. The diktat had followed soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assumed office in June. Modi had asked his Council of Ministers to submit financial declaration for the previous year by August 31. The date was later extended to September 10. While the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister have submitted their details, the ministers in Uttarakhand have been shying away from the public disclosure. “A reminder by Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar has already been sent to the ministers for filing of their asset details. Once we receive the details, these would be put on the government website,” said a senior official. At the height of the countrywide Lokayukta movement in 2011, former Chief Minister BC Khanduri and his Council of Ministers had submitted the summary of assets and liabilities. This was followed by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and his Cabinet colleagues. But now, under Chief Minister Harish
Rawat, all the Congress Ministers have failed to submit the details of assets
and liabilities. Earlier, the efforts to bring in transparency through appointment of the Lokayukta had received a setback after Harish Rawat managed to bring in an ordinance to do away with the urgency to appoint him within a stipulated time
frame.
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DM detects temple trust violations at shrine
Haridwar, October 9 During inspection, DM Pendiyan found temple trust not adhering to the norms specified by Nainital High Court. As per a High Court directive, Haridwar DM and SSP were to be included as representatives in the temple trust committee, but that has not been done by the trustees till date. The DM, on finding cleanliness on the temple precincts not up to the mark, directed regular cleaning of the premises and made it clear that every day, a minimum of 50 poor people should be provided food free of cost by the temple trust. DM Pendiyan directed CO City Chandra Mohan to envisage a plan which caters to controlling of devotees’ crowd and their management during festive baths, as thousands come to the revered temple to pay obeisance on a daily basis and during festive occasions, it increases multifold. Directives regarding putting up of a complaint register and free shoe stalls were given to the trustees. The DM said that as per HC directives, the temple trust should transparent and there should be accountability regarding financial matters. He referred to calling in of four jewellers on October 20, who will evaluate the real cost of the gold and silver ornaments and utensils that are offered to the deity by the devotees. Accompanying the DM were ADM administration Jeevan Singh Nangiyal, city magistrate KK Mishra, CO city Chandra Mohan Singh, treasurer Baru Singh, trustees Tarun Ganguly and chief priest of the Mansa Devi Temple.
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Guv wants no compromise on VC’s appointment
Dehradun, October 9 The Governor’s statement comes after some speakers at the recently conducted GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology’s Kisan Mela programme blamed the Governor for delay in appointment of VC of Pantnagar University. “It has been brought to my notice that recently, during a programme of the Krishi Mela at the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, some persons, in their speeches, said I was responsible for the VC of the university not being appointed, which is wrong. It is true that due to certain unavoidable reasons, I have not given approval and acceptance to the panel of names proposed by the search committee. It is unfortunate that some of the persons whose names had been proposed by the search committee were trying to corner the post of VC through unethical means. This is highly objectionable and against the dignity of the post, which I will never allow,” said the Governor. The Governor said he had advised that there should be one Judge of High Court, Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research or his nominee and a nationally or internationally renowned scientist as member of the search committee and they should recommend a panel of three names. The Governor also pointed out that he had, in the past, appointed two former retired chief secretaries of the state as VCs of this prestigious university. “Nobody could raise any doubts against their efficiency and integrity. After that, a VC of another university of Uttarakhand was given additional charge as VC of GB Pant University. He also had a good image. Without understanding the reality of the situation, publicly criticising the Chancellor for the delay in appointment of the VC is inappropriate from every point of view,” he argued. “Till the time I am the Chancellor of this university, in my capacity as the state’s Governor, I will not allow any damage to be done to the dignity of the post of VC,” he observed.
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Rawat gives call for increasing power generation in state
Dehradun, October 9 While addressing staff of the Power Department at the 26th annual conclave of Uttarakhand Urja Kamghar Sangathan here today, Rawat said every possible step would be taken by the state government to sanction staff for the department in the near future. He assured the gathering that the state government would address grievances of employees. The Chief Minister also congratulated the staff of the Power Department for abstaining themselves from striking work for fulfillment of their pending demands. He said Uttarakhand had huge potential to meet its own power demand and also of the neighbouring states. He instructed officials to conduct surprise raids in rural and industrial areas of the state to check pilferage of electricity. State Health Minister SS Negi, MLA HS Bisht, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited managing director GP Patel, Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited managing director SS Yadav, AP Amoli, KS Rautela, Rakesh Sharma, Deepak Beniwal, NK Sharma, Sushill Sharma, Vinay Bisht and many more were present on the occasion. — TNS
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Addl CS: Suggestions of locals to be included in master plan
Dehradun, October 9 Sharma had visited Kedarpuri along with Secretary, Disaster Management, Bhaskarnand Joshi, yesterday and held talks with the residents of Kedarpuri whose houses were destroyed in the 2013 floods. “We will incorporate the suggestions made by the locals and ask the Wadia Institute and others if these could be incorporated in the master plan for Kedarpuri,” said Sharma while speaking with reporters. He said that while holding talks with 330 title holders of Kedarpuri, some of them had expressed their desire to stay put in the houses that have not been damaged. “We have decided to form a team lead by the district magistrate and experts to prepare a list of such houses within 10 days and give a report to the government,” said Sharma. He said that he was optimistic about sorting out the issue of resettlement and pulling down of houses with the locals, teerath purohits and others amicably. “All of them have unanimously agreed to leave the Dev Darshan and other areas free and in case the government starts settling the people in new areas, the land would be of the same measurement as previously owned by the owners,” said Sharma. Further, at the meeting of the Asian Development Bank that would take up the reconstructon activity in the area, it was decided to allow the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam and Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam to set up rest houses on the 300 km trekking routes. |
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No question of PDF removal, says Sanjay Kapoor
Dehradun, October 9 Addressing mediapersons in Dehradun today, Kapoor said the PDF had come to the rescue of the Congress when the party was in need of its support to form the government in the state and thus, now, there was no question of its removal from the government and its MLAs would continue to be part of the state government. He rejected the notion that the Congress was getting weakened in areas represented by PDF MLAs. Kapoor’s statement assumes significance taking into account the fact that there has been a section in Uttarakhand Congress that has been seeking removal of PDF ministers from the Harish Rawat government. Kapoor said he himself had made visits to Tehri and Uttarkashi districts recently and met party workers. He said it was his endeavour to ensure that the party organisation was strengthened in the region. He said the grassroot worker must not feel neglected. He said the Uttarakhand Congress in charge Ambika Soni would visit Uttarakhand shortly and would review the organisation matters. Responding to queries, Kapoor took a dig at the Central Government, saying it had befooled the people of the country in the name of “Achchhey Din”. He said people had now realised this, which was the main reason why the BJP lost the Assembly byelections in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and even Gujarat. He said that every day, people were getting martyred in Jammu region due to shelling from Pakistan side, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi was yet to comment on it. He held that inflation had risen phenomenally ever since the BJP government came to power at the Centre. Kapoor said the Congress would win both Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections convincingly.
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Food processing units to come up
Dehradun, October 9 While chairing the 8th general body meeting of Uttarakhand State Cooperative Association, Singh said that 20 per cent
bonus of profit would be given to cooperatives in the state. He said construction work for cooperative buildings has already been started in the state, and is likely to be complete by 2016. Singh said effective steps would be taken to construct new warehouses, and to repair old warehouses in order to facilitate the state’s farmers. He said every possible step would be taken to ease problems being faced by the farmers. MLA Rajendra Bhandari, Sanjeev Arya, president, State Cooperative Bank, Subhash Behar, Rajnikant Surera, Rajendra Negi, Chandramohan Barathwal and many others were present.
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Forest minister conducts surprise inspection
Dehradun, October 9 He also held that all electricity fittings, sanitary items, tiles and other items being used in the building should be of a good quality. He directed for timely completion of all construction works. The minister also directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to set up a committee that would monitor the quality of construction being done. Later, the minister went to Parade Ground where he inspected the construction works linked to the Sports Department. He asked the Dehradun District Sports Officer Satish Kumar to keep a check on the quality of construction.
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‘Efforts can stop water wastage’
Dehradun, October 9 Addressing a seminar organised by the Uttarakhand Science Education and Research Centre, the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology and the National Council for Science and Technology Communication held, here today, Rastogi stressed on the need of constructing sewage treatment plant in the state. Dr Bhawtosh Sharma, UD Goswami, Dr OP Nautiyal, VC Uniyal were also present on the occasion. — TNS
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Nobel for Nakamura brings joy for Doon family
Dehradun, October 9 After his schooling from Cambrian Hall, Pranob Misra went to IIT Kanpur for his undergraduate studies and then to Germany for his PhD. It was in Germany when he got a chance to work on the upcoming field of blue LEDs. Though a blue LED was demonstrated way back in 1999, there were certain problems that needed to be solved when Pranob started his doctoral thesis in 2002. During his work in Germany, he collaborated with Prof Nakamura, who has since moved from Nichia Co in Japan to University of California in Santa Barbara. Together they studied how to improve the efficiency of blue LEDs. This particular collaboration proved to be fruitful and they published three papers together. After his PhD Pranob moved to the US and worked on solving another problem of solar cell efficiency. He joined Solar Junction as a scientist. In 2010 he helped the company break the world record in efficiency when a solar cell was demonstrated to be more than 43 per cent efficient in energy conversion. Subsequently the company broke its own record and demonstrated a 44 per cent efficient solar cell. Pranob is now working in the Silicon Valley and makes laser diodes for various applications. His parents Nagendradutt Misra and Sushila Misra expressed their happiness over Prof Nakamura getting Nobel Prize. They were also proud of their son’s association with the nobel laureate.
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Miss Uttarakhand pageant takes off
Dehradun, October 9 The participants are competing for Miss Personality, Miss Photogenic, Beautiful Eyes, Miss Catwalk, Miss Talented, Miss Ten and Miss Dancing Queen titles. Dalip K Sindhi said the Miss Uttarakhand pageant started in 2004 and was an annual feature. The directors of the pageant are Dalip Sindhi and Rajeev Mittal while Sara Anand is ramp choreographer.
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‘People’s participation necessary for conservation’
Dehradun, October 9 She said this while addressing a gathering after inaugurating a three-day interactive course for officials of the Veterinary Department, Horticulture Department, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Soil and Water Conservation Institutes from Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh. Ardey said forests fulfilled the needs of the people like fuel wood, food, fodder and timber requirements. “But the environmental degradation happens when humans start exploiting a freely available natural resource beyond a limit from where natural recovery is not possible. Since humans and all other living organisms are dependent on each other, loss of one element causes instability in the whole chain and results in further stress on natural resources,” she added. She said, “I hope this course will certainly be beneficial for trainees and will act as an effective tool to make the people aware about natural resources. The participants can play an important role in conservation of natural resources.” Earlier, Sandeep Kujur, head of the extension division, Forest Research Institute, welcomed all participants. He also expressed his views on climate changes, importance of natural resources and their conservation through people’s participation. Scientist Rambir Singh offered a vote of thanks. All department heads of Forest Research Institute, resource persons, scientists and officers of the extension division were present on the occasion. As many as 39 participants are attending the two day courses.
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RBF technique effective in flood-hit areas
Dehradun, October 9 A research article published in Current Science reveals that river bank filtration is a cost- effective technology for providing safe drinking water even in flooded areas. “The RBF technique is most ideally suited to replace other costly methods of water treatment and can work even in flood conditions,” says the study. A joint research team, including Bhavtosh Sharma, DP Uniyal, Rajendra Dobhal, PC Kimothi and T Grischek who have been working in river bank filtration in Uttarakhand for long assert that the state has been using RBF technique to overcome its current drinking water crisis. Though in its initial phase, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan has identified nearly 100 proposed sites to establish RBF wells in the state in order to resolve the drinking water crisis in the concerned regions. River bank filtration, a water treatment method, is a natural approach to extract water from rivers through wells installed in neighbouring alluvial aquifers. In this RBF technique, subsurface water of a water body moves into the well by seepage. These bank filtration wells made adjacent to a river or lake pump the stored groundwater abstracted from the surface through aquifers, where chemical and biological contaminants such as turbidity, microbes, dissolved chemicals and natural organics are removed. The whole process follows a series of physical, chemical and biological processes which give drinking water as an end result. According to DP Uniyal, the RBF is a cost- effective technology for providing safe drinking water and can even be used in flood-affected areas when normal water supply gets disrupted. BF technology has become popular in Europe, the US and some Asian countries. European countries have adopted the BF method as a common practice for more than 130 years. Moreover, BF has been successfully carried out in some countries such as Austria, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and United States.
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Govt re-examining demand of secretariat staff
Dehradun, October 9 At a meeting held today with the members of the committee comprising ministers, the department of finance has decided to scale down the number of sections from 16 to 12. The demand was raised during the agitation launched by the secretariat employees. During the meeting the committee was told that in case the government goes ahead with the demand it will have to bear the burden of Rs 70 crore annually. Further in case the number of sections is reduced to 12, the new posts of assistant review officers and review officers would also be reduced. “We have been disappointed with the suggestions as the committee has been mislead on the issue of incurring additional financial burden,” said Pradeep Papney, general secretary of Uttarakhand secretariat federation. Meanwhile, a power struggle has erupted with a section of the office-bearers appointing advisers and members of the executive committee without calling a meeting.
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Councillors protest dissemination of funds
Dehradun, October 9 A memorandum was submitted to Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Dr Harak Singh Rawat demanding immediate action to fulfil their demand. The councillors gathered at the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun office and demanded allotment of development funds as per the 13th finance commission recommendations. They said funds should be spent for carrying development activities only. The agitators demanded to take effective steps for the construction of drainage in every ward of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun, elaborate arrangements for picking up garbage, construction of sewage lines and installing streetlights etc. Nandini Sharma, Nikhil Kumar, Bhupendra Kaithat, Sharda Gupta, Rajkumar Kakkar, Savita Oberoi, Daya Joshi, Saroj Panwar and others were present.
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Fisheries Dept promoting trout farming
Dehradun/Pithoragarh, October 9 “We have selected Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh, Champawat and Bageshwar districts under the National Agricultural Development Scheme sponsored and financed by the Union
government,” said SR Chanyal, joint director in the Fishery Department. Chanyal said to provide trout seeds to farmers, two hatcheries had been developed in the Bairangana and Talwari areas of Chamoli district. These hatcheries would provide trout seeds to the farmers who wanted to take up fishery as occupation. “Trout meal will also be made at these places,” he added. He said the farmers, who wanted to develop tanks for fishery on their land, would be given Rs 1.50 lakh for the purpose. Of this amount, 50 per cent will be given as
subsidy after the farmer develops tanks. The department will provide trout seeds and fodder to the farmers under the scheme,” said Chanyal.
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Shelving of Pancheshwar Dam project sought
Dehradun, October 9 The convener of the Uttarakhand Jan Morcha, Jagat Martolia, in a memorandum to the Prime Minster said the construction of massive projects like Pancheshwar Dam in Nepal was like inviting catastrophe and should be stopped without any delay. Instead of relying on big dams the Prime Minister should focus on formulating a policy of promoting projects at gram panchayat level so that they could provide electricity, create employment opportunities and much needed revenue in villages, he added. Martolia said the power project based on watermills had fared well in Nepal especially in Darchula and Betdi districts after Independence. There was no reason why they would not succeed now, he added. “The economy and the livelihood of the people is not affected due to small projects whereas as big dams are known to displace large population and destroy the basic social fabric of the region,” he said adding that constructing small power projects run on watermills was more productive than the big dams in the state. Martolia demanded that the Prime Minster should intervene and stop this project as it was detrimental for the environment and also for the economy.
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SGRR Medical College second in quiz
Dehradun, October 9 The Shri Guru Ram Rai Medical College team stood runnerup defeating Himalayan Institute and Haldwani Medical College. The two-member team of SGRR Medical College consisted of Madhav Bahadur and Chandan Gautam. Dr Shruti Kumar and Dr Mrityunjay Kumar had put in lot of efforts to prepare these students for the competition. Shri Mahant Devendra Dassji Maharaj has extended his heartiest wishes to the victorious team. The SGRR Medical College team had secured the 8th position in the divisional round of the quiz last year.
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Art exhibition on Oct 13
Dehradun, October 9 Rashmi Manchanda will exhibit over a 100 of her works comprising paintings and drawings in different mediums such as acrylic, oil, pen and ink, charcoal, crayons, and water colour to exhibit themes close to her heart. Rashmi is an alumnae of Dehradun based Convent of Jesus & Mary (Class of 1975) and MKP College (Class of 1979).
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Ultrasound centre inaugurated
Dehradun, October 9 Gurmeet Singh Duggal said ultrasound would be done at very nominal cost. He said ultrasound facilities would be given free of cost to people below poverty line. Narendra Singh, Dalip Singh, Anil Jaggi, Rajendra Singh Rajan, and others were present on the occasion.
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Vyans valley villagers want border road completed
Pithoragarh, October 9 They have expressed apprehension that as the road was yet to be completed, the Central Government was forced to open a second route for the Kailash Mansarowar pilgrimage from Nathu La Pass in Sikkim, reducing the number of pilgrims on the traditional route in the district. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is constructing the 76-km road on the China border from Mangti to Lipulekh Pass in Dharchula subdivision, which also falls on the traditional way to the Kailash Mansarowar pilgrimage. According to sources, the BRO had constructed only 6 km of the road from Garvadhar to Lakhanpur in the last 6 years as high density rocks had slowed the progress of the work. “We have, however, constructed 20 km of the road between Gunji and Kalpani in high Himalayan region,” said Tapas Mohanti, a BRO officer working on the project. Mohanti said the work on the road had been slowed down as people from higher reaches were migrating to lower valleys these days. “As soon as traffic on the trek route halts, we will start the construction of the road speedily and will complete it by target year 2017,” he added. “Had the BRO completed the road, which it started constructing in 2008, by target year 2012, the government would not have opened the second route to Kailash Mansarowar from Sikkim,” said Tej Singh Gunjiyal, a resident of Gunji village in the Vyans valley. The Vyans valley residents, who cater to Kailash Mansarowar pilgrims during the pilgrimage at various camps in the valley, had returned to their abandoned villages after the pilgrimage began in 1981. They started doing various works like running restaurants, hotels, rearing mules, working as porters, growing vegetables and making woollen garments to be sold to the pilgrims. “Had more pilgrims travelled through the traditional route generating more avenues of livelihood, all abandoned villages in the valley would have been rehabilitated,” said Tej Singh. The residents allege that they face more difficulties moving on traditional treks to and from their high Himalayan villages during migration time as the construction of the road is still incomplete since 2008.
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Panic after leopard sighted in Thal area
Pithoragarh, October 9 Wildlife lovers and experts have questioned the mode of killing of leopards by the Forest Department hired hunters, who have killed two leopards in the past 15 days. “If a proper procedure was followed, the leopards killed in Pithoragarh district should have been tranquilised,” said Gurinder Chadda, an RTI activist in Haldwani. He added even the procedure of declaring the animals as man eater by the department was flawed. “According to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the leopards could only be declared as man eater if they were not caged, shifted or improved of the habits of man eating by providing them natural meal,” said Chadda. The Malajhula village has been worst hit by leopard attacks in the past two years as five persons have been killed in the village. “If the leopard is sighted again, it means the man eater leopard has not been killed yet,” said Jodh Singh Bora, a local leader who has been running a campaign to get the region free from leopard menace.
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Sportswoman dies in Kotdwar
Dehradun, October 9 Reportedly, Monika Chaudhary (19) was living with her family at a rented accommodation in Umraav Nagar Colony. Sub-inspector Manoj Kumar Sirola said on Tuesday, Monika was brought to a hospital by her family members where doctors declared her brought dead. Her father Trilok Singh told the police that Monika had her evening meal, which she prepared for herself. Later, she complained of uneasiness and started vomiting. Trilok said she got unconscious and fell, following which the family members immediately rushed her to the hospital. It was assumed that she had consumed some poisonous substance along with the dish. According to police station in-charge Pramod Shah, “The police are investigating the matter and even questioned the family members, including her mother and recorded their statements.” The police said the case did not look like a suicide and all possible angles were being investigated to ascertain the main cause of her death. Notably, Monika was a well-known state-level football player and participated in girl football tournaments at national level. She also took up boxing and represented the state team thrice and won silver medal twice and a bronze in boxing too.
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Heritage School, St Judes storm into cricket finals
Dehradun, October 9 St Judes School defeated The Asian School in the first semifinal. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, St Judes School scored 36 runs for the loss of three wickets in the first innings. In reply, The Asian School scored 31 runs for the loss of three wickets. In the second innings, St Judes School made 30 runs for the loss of four wickets and set the target of 35 runs for the opposition team. The Asian School team failed to chase down the target and managed to score only 24 runs and lost the match. In the second semifinal match, The Heritage School defeated Delhi Public School (DPS), Bhaniyawala, by six wickets. After losing the toss and being put into bat first, DPS made 35 runs for the loss of three wickets in the first innings. In reply, The Heritage School made 36 runs for the loss of one wicket. The DPS team managed to score 26 runs for the loss of three wickets and set a final target of 25 runs for The Heritage School. In the end, The Heritage School achieved the target for the loss of two wickets and won the match by six wickets. The final match will be played tomorrow.
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Balaji Boys beat Garhwal Sporting 2-0
Dehradun, October 9 Exciting matches mark hockey tourney Day 2 Thrilling matches were played out in different categories on the second day of the ongoing state-level students hockey championship at Maharana Pratap Sports College in Raipur here on Thursday. In the under-19 boys category, Chamoli district team defeated Almora team in a tiebreaker 4-3. In the second match in the same category, the Sports College team thrashed Nainital 10-0, with Shekh Ali scoring three goals and Vivek Kumar, Siddharth and Praveen Kumar scoring two goals each for Sports College. In the third match in the under-19 boys category, Tehri suffered a massive 5-0 defeat at the hands of Dehradun. Ashish, Arvind, Dinesh, Sohail and Vijendra scored one goal each for Dehradun. In the under-14 boys matches, Dehradun defeated Champawat 4-3 in extra time. Champawat registered a victory in its second match of the day against Nainital, 3-0. In the under-17 boys category, Dehradun defeated Pauri 5-0, with Rahul scoring two goals and Sumit, Kailesh and Ravi netting one goal each. In the under-29 girls category, Champawat defeated Almora 1-0 and Dehradun defeated Nainital 10-0 in another match. For Dehradun, Pooja Aswal scored four goals and Pooja Bhatt netted three goals. Pauri also won its match against Almora 2-0, with Himani and Anjali finding the net once each.
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Power play at police badminton tourney
Dehradun, October 9 N. Madhunimal of Manipur beat Kirli Padu of Arunachal Pradesh 31-11 while Durgesh Chaudhary of the NSG defeated Ashok Sajwan of the SSB 31-26. Mizoram’s Lalrant Kima beat Hinglaj Dan of Rajasthan 31-20, Rajesh Kumar of IB thrashed Rajasthan’s Rajendra 31-9. However, it was a bad outing for Uttarakhand as DIG Sanjay Gunjyal lost to Dr Benjamin of CRPF 31-15. Bhibhu Malik of the BSF defeated Irak Bagra of Arunchal Pradesh 21-10 and VV Satheesan of CRPF beat Vikas Kumar of Rajasthan 31-21. In the 45 plus category, DN Lal of NSG defeated DR Teniwar of Himachal Pradesh 31-24 while C. Lalruaia of Mizoram beat NS Bisht of the SSB 31-8. RK Bumbla of the SSB registered an easy win against Karnataka’s Nagan Gowda by 31-19 score. Manmohan Sharma of Punjab defeated Ravi Gupta of Himachal Pradesh 31-11.
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Deemed forest areas to be identified
Dehradun, October 9 The draft prepared by the Department of Forests would be sent to the Union Ministry of Environment and with the final nod from the state government, the deemed forest would be notified. “The state government has taken the lead in identifying the forest area. Once the deemed forest area is cleared, it would help us know how land is available for development purpose,” said Manoj Chandran, Additional Secretary, Forest and Environment. The “deemed forest” status does not fall in the category of notified or recorded forest in the state revenue records but has characteristics of forest and has also been included by the apex court in the definition of “forest” for consideration of Forest Conservation Act. This means prior approval of the Central Government is mandatory for any construction work to happen in the area. The department of forest will use step by step criteria and standard to identify whether a land not recorded as a ‘forest’ in any record whatsoever is or has assumed the shape of a forest or not such as. Are the tree species native or exotic? If the trees are of native species, are they naturally grown or known to be of a planted origin? See if the trees have been specifically managed or protected for the purpose of lopping for fodder or are left unmanageable to nature. All lands not recorded as forests in any record but passes the above criteria would be identified as deemed forests and the provision of Conservation Act would be applicable. In Uttarakhand 71.04 per cent land is recorded as forest, around 11 per cent to 13 per cent land is agriculture land. The proper identification of land would help in preventing litigation and allow the government to initiate development works.
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legal awareness programme
Dehradun, October 9 The training was conducted by Pragati, an organisation of, by and for women with support of the National Commission for Women. The aim of the programme was to spread legal awareness among village women. Addressing the valedictory session of the programme, Pushpa Barthwal, member, district panchayat, Dehradun, asked elected women representatives to shoulder their responsibilities and not to depend on others. Citing an example from Dehradun, she said there were many women ward members, who performed their duties themselves. “These women are much more confident and capable of doing their work by themselves,” she added. Secretary of the District Legal Service Authority, Justice Kuldeep Sharma, discussed the facility
of free legal aid available for women and how to become a para-legal volunteer. The two day event was interaction based. After every session participants could put in their queries. The sessions included training on “Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, Property Rights of Women and others”. The training was given by Damini Mamgain, Narendra Tripath and advocates Mamta Thapa and Dolly Joshi. Razia Beg, also an advocate, conducted a session on the Right To Information 2005, in which she gave information on the importance of the Act and how it could be used to fight injustice. The training included screening of short films on the evil of foeticide. The Domestic Violence Act was depicted through plays “Shivani ka safar” based on female foeticide and “Say no to dowry”. Artistes Shivani, Kashish, Jyoti, Shivam and Vikram from Indore, Amay
and Ishita from Ahmedabad and Sheetal from Dehradun enacted these plays. The training programme concluded with a combined question answer session in which participants shared their experiences and asked questions on the implementation of laws in day to day life. Dr Priya Zadu, director, State Resource Centre, Uttarakhand, announced the closure of the
programme.
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Chinese take fancy for yoga, ayurveda
Haridwar, October 9 Currently learning traits of art of yoga at 100- year-old Gurukul Kangri University, 12 Chinese youths are all in awe of yoga, holy Ganges, ayurveda, Indian culture and the cordial reception they are getting from the hosts. In fact half of these Chinese are already practising yoga at Kamal Yoga Centre in Beijing, but due to lack of expertise, they wanted to come to India to learn this healthy art in its varied forms. After searching various websites, portals providing yoga training, they zeroed in for the century-old Gurukul Kangri University in Haridwar,which is also regarded as the hub of yoga and ayurveda. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi propagated yoga and ayurveda as two vital aspects of Indian civilisation and culture. This group of Chinese decided to visit India again.
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Motorcycle rally flagged off from Mussoorie
Mussoorie, October 9 Sandeep Sahni, member of the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board, flagged of the motorcycle rally from Hotel Brentwood amid much fanfare. The rally will pass through Dehradun and Reach New Tehri at the venue of the Tehri Lake adventure festival today itself. Tourists were awestruck to see motorcycles roaring on the road. Sandeep Sahni said the objective of conducting the motorcycle rally was to pass on the message among tourists that
the roads of hill state were safe. He also hailed the decision of the government of organising the Tehri lake adventure festival and said it would help in promoting water sports.
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MLA blames govt for financial fraud
Mussoorie, October 9 Joshi has demanded a white paper on the amount received and distributed as relief by the state government. He said the state government had bungled in distributing disaster relief to the affected persons.
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