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Sunday, July 24, 2011

News from Uttarakhand

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Office-bearers felicitated
:The newly appointed office-bearers of different cells of the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Gorkha Party, Dehradun, were felicitated here on Sunday. The party has also constituted separate cells for women in the districts of Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal and youth cells in Dehradun and Rudrapur. Capt JB Karki (retd), national president of the party made an appeal to the state government to conduct a survey for the identification of the entire population of the Gorkha community residing in Uttarakhand ever since the state came into being.

More services introduced: The Dehradun centre of the VLCC on Rajpur Road on Sunday introduced botox and fillers technologies. Rajpur MLA Ganesh Joshi inaugurated the services. Pooja Sachdeva, manager of the centre, informed that the centre had also started free consultation for skin and haircare.

Baby found dead: The body of a newborn baby was found floating in a river in the Premnagar area on Sunday. The police said there were no injury marks on the body and the child had died of drowning. The body has been kept at a mortuary.

Tributes paid: Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank paid tributes to the late Amar Shaheed Sridev Suman on his death anniversary. He said Sridev Suman was instrumental in the constitution of the Tehri Rajya Prajamandal on January 23, 1939. He said the youth of the state must follow high ideals set-up by him.

Kumaon News

Admn urged to check illegal mining:The representatives of the Washermen Society, Rudrapur, have urged the administration to check illegal mining in the traditional ponds. The representatives have alleged that owing to illegal mining the traditional ponds used by the washermen to wash clothes have been polluted. “For generations we have been washing clothes in these ponds, which have now become the hot spots for illegal miners, causing inconvenience to our community,” said Kanhaiya Lal, a leader of the Washermen Society.

Three held with leopard skins:A team of the Forest Department arrested three youngsters under the Wild Life Protection Act at Bageshwar on Saturday and recovered three leopard skins from them. “After receiving the information that certain persons are bargaining to sell leopard skins, our team reached the spot and arrested them with the skins. They have been identified as Ramesh Pandey, Chanchal Koranga and Kripal Singh, all local residents,” said Ram Singh Bisht, an officer of the Bageshwar range. He said the culprits had confessed to killing the animals in the Jhuni forests.

6 of family get life imprisonment:The Almora District and Sessions judge on Saturday sentenced six members of a family to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 500 on each of them under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a murder case. “The culprits had murdered their own relative Naveen Kumar by attacking him with sticks and batons after a brawl in 2007,” said Narendra Singh Parihar, District Government counsel. He said six witnesses were presented before the court by the prosecution in the case.

2 held for rape of minor:The Pithoragarh police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with the rape of a minor girl, after villagers blocked the Tanakpur-Pithoragarh highway for two hours demanding the arrest of the culprits. “The culprits were arrested when they were planning to surrender in a court,” said Rajiv Mohan, Pithoragarh SP.

Demand to set up mandi:Farmers having allegiance to the Bharatiya Kishan Union (BKU) have demanded a fruit and vegetable market at Lohaghat town of Champawat district so that the farmers could get good prices of their produce. “Our delegation met the District Magistrate and demanded besides opening of a fruit mandi in the town transfer of the local roads constructed by the Mandi Samiti during the previous Congress regime to the Public Works Department (PWD) and the introduction of a crop insurance scheme at the village level,” said Naveen Singh Karayat, district president of the BKU, Champawat.

Homage paid to martyrs:On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on July 23, the residents of Tanakpur organised a programme to pay homage to these great leaders of the Indian freedom movement. “The programme was organised by Subash Lok Sewa Samiti at Kakraligate, near Tanakpur, and it was attended by hundreds of local residents and students from various schools. They garlanded the statues of the great patriots and pledged to follow their principles of love and sacrifice for the country,” said Dr Dinesh Chandra Shastri, organiser of the programme.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

News in Uttarakhand

Reshuffle of Circle Officers’ duties: A minor reshuffle of duties of the Circle Officers was done in Dehradun. According to the SSP office, DSP Manikant Mishra has been given the charge of the Nehru Colony police station and Special Operation Group besides the Patelnagar Police station, which he already has. Navneet Singh Bhullar has been given the charge of the Clement Town police station besides the Basant Vihar police station. Sarita Dobhal will have the Doiwala and Shaspur police stations. Brinderjit Singh will have the Kotwali, Cantt and GRP police stations along with the Police Lines. Premendra Singh Dobhal will retain Dalanwala, Raipur police stations and the summon cell. The other DSPs will have the same duties.

Jumbo in kitchen: An elephant of the Rajaji National Park entered a house in a village of the Majari Grant area. The locals were scared to see the elephant in the residential area. The animal reportedly ate flour and rice from the kitchen of a house. He first damaged the kitchen and then ate the stuff available there. Youth Congress general secretary Bhankar Singh said elephants entered the residential areas and created trouble frequently.

Foreigner cheated: A foreign woman was allegedly sold fake gold by a jewellery shop at Rishikesh. Saneva, a native of Japan, has lodged a complaint against the owner of the showroom at Laksham Zhula. She had bought the jewellery on June 19.

Ramnagar-Haridwar Express from July 1: A new train from Ramnagar to Haridwar, which was announced by former Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee during her rail budget speech this year, is all set to start from July 1. The train, Ramnagar-Hardwar Express, will be leaving Ramnagar at 8.35 am and reach Haridwar at 2.30 pm. It will leave Haridwar at 6.40 pm and reach Ramnagar at 11.40 pm.

Shortage of docs at health centre: Residents of the Kaladhungi area of Nainital are irked over the failure of the administration to depute doctors at the Community Health Centre, which is reeling under an acute shortage of doctors. According to reports, there has been no child specialist at the centre for almost a year now. Locals said though a child specialist was deputed at the centre a year ago, he did not come. The residents have threatened to launch an agitation if their concern was not addressed at the earliest.

Man’s body found in vehicle: The recovery of a body from a vehicle in Lama Chaur, Haldwani, on Wednesday evening led to a commotion in the area. The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Lal Singh Negi of Badripura locality. According to sources, his neck was tied with a string to the roof of the vehicle. Sulphas tablets were also recovered from the vehicle. The police has sent the body for a post-mortem examination.

Tanker carrying LPG overturns: A major accident was averted when a tanker carrying 18 quintals of LPG overturned at a bottling plant at Mota Haldu near Haldwani on Wednesday evening. The driver of the tanker is learnt to have sustained injuries. However, there was no leakage of gas. The authorities at the plant reached the spot and took the driver, Suresh Yadav, to a hospital. Police personnel have been deployed at the spot and arrangements are being made to get an emergency recycling vehicle to empty the gas tanker before it is removed from the spot.

Engine derails near Ramnagar station: An engine of a goods train derailed near the Ramnagar station on Wednesday. The incident took place during shunting. It is learnt that action has been ordered against the engine driver.

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