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June 1, 2018

Shahid Kapoor and Shradhha Kapoor are back in Dehradun to complete the shoot of “Batti Gul, Meter Chaalu.” A day long sequence of the film were shot on location at the Bread factory situated in Patelnagar. Hundreds of fans poured on to the streets to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars.

From being a mere backdrop, the hill-state is fast becoming a part of the script for big Bollywood banners with film-units making a beeline to its exotic, picturesque locations. Prior shifting base to Dehradun, the film unit shot extensively in and around Tehri in the month of March.

If sources are to be believed, then Shahid Kapoor plays the role of the owner of a bread-factory in the day long sequence shoot which shows factory workers carrying boxes of bread in and out of the store. ‘Batti Gul, Meter Chaalu’ was also shot on location at the Vasant Vihar Electricity Office but Shahid and Shraddha Kapoor weren’t part of the sequence.

Today, the film unit moved to Devprayag for the remaining shoot of the film. ‘Batti Gul, Meter Chaalu,’ is being Directed by Shree Narayan Singh and is due to be released by the end of this year.

Dehradun bids farewell to its hero

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June 1, 2018

Dehradun, Uttarakhand’s first Kirti Chakra awardee Retired Lt. Colonel Inder Singh Rawat left for his heavenly abode yesterday at the ripe age of 104. A resident of Dehradun, Race Course since his retirement in 1970, Lt. Col Rawat was a name to reckon with.

Lt. Col Rawat was born on 30th January 1915, in Bageli in Pauri District, to a humble family. Despite limited provisions, the young lad went to a primary school 4 kms away from his village. In the year 1934 he passed his Metric and joined Garhwal Rifles as a cadet in Landsdowne. After completing his rigorous recruit training, Inder Singh Rawat went on to complete his further education at the Army Education School, Belgaon. In 1944 he passed out as a young officer of the Indian Army from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun .

Inder Singh Rawat fought the 1947-48 Indo-Pak war, and post-war joined the Assam Rifles on deputation. In 1957, Rawat was decorated with the Kirti Chakra by the country’s first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad for squashing the Naga Uprising in Nagaland.

In the year 1962, he was given the command of the first battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and then the 2nd Battalion of the ITBP was raised in Gwaldham under his watchful eyes and able command.

After giving 37 years to the service of the Nation, Lt. Col Rawat retired in 1970 making Dehradun his home. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of Dehradun to pay homage to this valiant hero as the news of Lt. Col Rawat passing away spread.

Today Indra Singh Rawat leaves behind his two sons, both Brigadiers in the Indian Army, Rajendra Rawat and Commander Harendar Singh Rawat along with his three daughters Amba, Rajeshwari and Vijaylakshmi.

The 11th Garhwal Rifles Battalion bid farewell with the last salute to one of their own sons with state honours.

BJP retains Tharali in Uttarakhand

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May 31, 2018

Bhartiya Janta Party has managed to retain the Uttarakhand Tharali bypoll seat. In what was being seen as a direct fight between BJP’s Munni Devi and Congress candidate Jeetram, the former finished a nail biting end led to an easy win with a margin of over 1900 against her closest contender Congress’s Prof Jeetram.

The Tharali seat was seen as hot-seat for the two leading political parties, with the BJP wooing its voters by highlighting the achievements of the Trivendra Singh Rawat run government and the Congress close at it heals counter-attacking their claims.

The Tharali seat was left vacant after the passing away of BJP’s Tharali MLA Maganlal. Munni Devi, wife of late Maganlal was chosen as a BJP candidate for the seat and 2017 candidate for Congress Professor Jeetram was a repeat candidate this time around too.

Both political parties had marathon rallies by Senior leaders for this much-coveted seat, including the Chief Minister and his Cabinet as well as former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and senior Congress leaders gathering support for Jeetram. A total of 53,048 voters voted on 28th May to decide the fate of the contestants.

With counting over, and BJP retaining the seat, this win will definitely give that much awaited shot in the arm to the Trivendra Singh Rawat led government and also to the Centre which can take some consolation after a dismissal performance in by-poll results from other States.

Uttarakhand’s first Private Nature Reserve goes up in flames

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May 30, 2018

“Dear friends of JNR. It is with great sadness that we have to inform you about a major forest fire that has affected almost 80% of the Reserve. The team fought valiantly to control it but it was just too severe to manage.”

Jaberkhet Private Nature Reserve Facebook Page latest post, the Crown on the Queen of Hills, Mussoorie had grabbed attention from home and abroad. Students from Indian Universities and abroad used to get a first hand experience of a well-kept park. A ragging inferno has within hours reduced Uttarakhand’s one and only private nature reserve, known as the Jabarkhet Nature Reserve to ashes.

Spread over 110 acres Jabarkhet Nature Reserve, is the first of its kind in the hill-state. The park boasted of over half a dozen 3 kms well-marked hiking trails, guided nature walks. Bird watching along trails; water holes; pocket field nature guides of the flora and fauna were just a of its attractions. It welcomed the adventurous, becoming an instant hit with those who came to this treasure trove of nature, the only one left in the otherwise concrete forest that Mussoorie has now become.

“We will assess the damage and work hard towards the recovery of the forest and wildlife that we love… And pray for rain!! The post signed off. Instantly, hands of friendship have been offered from local communities and well-wishers.

Almost 15 weeks down the road and almost 4202.036 hectares of Uttarakhand’s green cover has been turned into ashes. The real enemy of Uttarakhand’s flora and fauna for now is not poachers or shikaris looking for an easy kill, but it’s the all-engulfing flames. Only the Rain God has the power to quench this thirst. Man’s efforts seem puny when the hungry tongues of fire lick up every single twig along their path. And in this instance, the Jaberkhet Nature Reserve.

Priyanka Meher Mashup 2018: A musical extravaganza

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May 30, 2018

What happens when a group of talented singers, from different backgrounds come together onto a common platform? They create magic!

Priyanka Meher’s twenty four day old, 3 minute 26 second ‘Mashup 2018′ has already crossed nine lakh hits on Facebook and Youtube Channel with everyone hooked to the foot-tapping song. An interesting symphony of three young men and the lady with a soulful voice Priyanka, got together with a Mashup that has successfully caught the fancy of everyone age group, gender and community in Uttarakhand and beyond.

Priyanka and her team of young talented singers, Mayank Rawat, Mahender Singh Khattri and beat boxer Ankit Chamoli are no new-kids-on-the-block, each one has independently carved a niche for themselves when it comes to music and their coming together for Mashup2018 has become a recipe for instant hit with their fans.

Taking about the choice of songs, Priyanka tells Newspost, “Actually the songs that I have chosen are all hits in their respective languages, be it Kumaoni, Nepali or Garhwali.. they are also my personal favourites that I enjoy singing as well. I had a feeling that this Mashup would be well-received and we all are very happy with the end result.”

Not only the song but the 3 minute video too, shot within two hours on a Samsung 8 Phone has become viral overnight.

“The song brilliantly interconnects three regional languages of the hill-state such as Garhwali, Nepali, Kumaoni and English in this foot-tapping mashup. The video too has a natural feel to it as it was shot within two hours on a Samsung 8 phone in the outskirts of Khalanga forests, in Tapovan area of Dehradun,” adds Akshay Purohit, the artist manager.

At the moment, Priyanka and team is busy working on their own original song in Garhwali as well as doing their bit to take Garhwali music to Bollywood, and the way they are working on it, don’t be surprised if you get to hear a bollywood Garhwali block-buster song ruling the airways soon.

CS reviews preparations for International Yoga Day event

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May 30, 2018

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal kumar Singh reviewed the preparations for holding the national function of the ‘International Yoga Day’, here today. He said that for creating awareness about yoga, “ Run for Yoga” will be organized in the month of June.

Chairing the meeting held at Secretariat he formed various organizing committees for the event. An apex committee under Chief Secretary, law and order committee under ADG Law and Order, Coordination Committee headed by Secretary, Ayush, Yoga committee under Vice-Chancellor of Ayurveda University, Organising Site committee under District Magistrate, Dehradun, Transport committee under Secretary, Transport,Media committee under Information, Secretary, Cleanliness committee under City Commissioner were formed. Besides all the concerned departments will nominate a nodal officer each. The online registration and passes will be looked after by ITDA. He instructed that trainees should be trained by able Yoga gurus. A control room has been establish to monitor the day to day progress of the preparations.

It has to be mentioned that in the presence of Prime Minister Modi a collective demonstration of Yoga will be done in Dehradun. The campus of Forest Research Institute (FRI) has been proposed to hold the event. The government has chosen to hold national function of International yoga Day ( June 21) at Dehradun. A total of 60,000 participants will hold collective yoga show on June 21. Before the final show to be held between 7 am to 7.45 am, rehearsal will be done on June 18 and a full rehearsal will be on June 19.

Members of Uttarakhand police, Army, para-military forces, NCC, NSS, Scouts and Guides, Yoga institutes, school, colleges, women and senior citizens organisations, youth clubs and Nehri Yuva Kendra, ASHA, ANM workers and other people will participate in the show. Yoga institutes will give training to the participants. Apart from national event in Uttarakhand, similar collective yoga display events will be organized in all the state capitals, districts, blocks and gram pachayats in the country.

Delhi High court asks Delhi Government, UGC to file reply on NGO PIL

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May 28, 2018

The Delhi High court has issued notice to Delhi government, Guru Govind Singh Indra Prashta University (GGSIPU) and University Grant Commission (UGC) on a public interest Litigations challenging the powers of GGIPU to grant affiliations to colleges outside Delhi. All the parties have to file their replies by the next hearing date which is 1st October, 2018.

Public Interest Litigation Writ Petition (C) 5588 of 2018 was listed before the Division Bench of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, presided over by the Hon’ble Acting Chief Justice and the Court after hearing the counsels appearing for the parties was of the view that the matters requires deeper consideration and has been pleased to issue Notice to the GNCTD, GGSIPU and UGC for 1st October, 2018, directing them to file their replies in the meantime.

The PIL filed by NISHTAA NGO associated with social causes seeks declaration of Section 4(1) of the Indraprastha Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1998 as void to the extent that the same permits Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to exercise its powers beyond the territorial jurisdiction of National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD). The PIL states that the same is is in violation of the constitutional mandate of Article 239-AA(3) and repugnant to Article 245(1) of the Constitution of India and/ or challenging the vires of Section 4 (1) of Act of 1998, to the extent that permits I.P. University to exercise its powers beyond the territorial jurisdiction of NCTD.

GGSIP University has been granting affiliations to private institutes/colleges that are outside the territorial jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi on the strength of Section 4(1) of Act of 1998. Affiliations have been granted to various institutes, like SGIT School of Management, Amity Law School, JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus etc., which are situated outside the territorial limits of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

The PIL points that

Legislative Assembly of Delhi, while enacting S.4(1) of the Act of 1998 enlarged the scope of the Act and ventured into the territorial jurisdiction of other states, namely, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and hence travelled far beyond its legislative competence, which it derives from Article 239-AA(3)(a) of the Constitution of India.
Article 239-AA(3)(a) is unambiguous in the scope and powers it confers upon the Legislative Assembly of Delhi, that is, to make laws for the whole or any part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Therefore, by virtue of Article 239-AA(3)(a), the Legislative Assembly of Delhi has the power and mandate to make laws for the territory of Delhi only and Article 239-AA(3)(c) of the Constitution of India provides that if the law made by the Legislative Assembly of NCTD is repugnant to any provision of a law made by Parliament or of an earlier law, then the law made by the Legislative Assembly to the extent of repugnancy be void.
To support their claim the PIL refers to Supreme Court in Prof. Yash Pal & Anr. v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors., 2005 (5) SCC 420, held the provision, which enabled a University to have off-campus Centres outside the territorial jurisdiction of the said State, to be ultra vires as it was violative of Article 245(1) of the Constitution.

Education has always been a profitable business in the country. For the last decade numerous private universities have flourished in the country and lakhs of students have enrolled in them with the hope of a better future. Thus, the onus lies on the government to keep a strict vigil on Colleges and Universities to follow set rules and regulation.

SheCab brings comfort and safety on wheels to Doon

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May 28, 2018

Dehradun. If by chance you were to see a car being driven by a lady dressed in pink with a female client onboard on the streets of Dehradun, Rishikesh, Haridwar or Mussoorie, then perhaps, you are witnessing history in the making.

Under the abled hands of Saheli Trust, a duly registered non profit organization who has been working with the aim of empowering women and providing a safe childhood to children in the State Capital has come up with a brilliant “SheCab” idea and as the name suggests, it is for the women, by women and of women.

For now, three qualified lady drivers Ajrun Nisha, Madhu and Mamta trained by the NGO, are ready to take on the roads and traffic presently covering Dehradun, Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar, taking women clients comfortably to their destination in their cabs giving them a sense of security.

Secretary of Saheli Trust, Shruti Kaushik says ‘‘as the name suggests SheCab service is for women, by women and of women. SheCab has been started with the motive of empowering women where they can easily earn 8000/- rupees per month which will go upto 10,000/-” She adds, “for the past five years we have been working in the field of women empowerment and this too is a step in that direction, though this is still on a trail basis but in the coming days we are sure we will have a proper launch of the SheCab team,” Shruti tells us.

One of the Trust’s first female driver 28 year old Mamta has been busy ferrying clients to Mussoorie, Jollygrant and Dehradun in her two day trial period. Taking a quick break from work, she tells us, “I want to lead by example, I want women to change the way they think about themselves. I want them to feel empowered and for my clients, to feel safe and secure when I drive them around.’

Next time, if you are a woman and you plan to go places and want to be driven around by these daring ladies in pink, then dont think twice, just call ‘SheCab‘ on the number given below or just log on to their website for details and price-list.

Phone: 7300700401& 2736652

Website: www.shecab.co.in

Chips, Gutkha, Tetra packs, top plastic waste in Mussoorie: Gati Audit

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May 27, 2018