STATEHOOD ACTIVISTS’ MEET IN ROORKEE IN FEB
Dehradun: A conference each of Uttarakhand Statehood activists would be organised in Garhwal and Kumaon region in the first week of February. Announcing this on Friday, the Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Samman Parishad vice chairman Dhirendra Pratap disclosed that the first conference will be held in Roorkee on February 1 for the Garhwal region while the second would be held at Nainital on February 6 for the Kumaon region. He disclosed he had already invited the Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyaya to address these conferences and that the Chief Minister Harish Rawat would also be formally invited soon. JP Pandey would lead the Roorkee conference while activist Kl Arya would manage the Nainital covention.
SRI lAKSH CHANDI MAHAYAGYA FROM MARCH 31
Dehradun: Thousands of devotees from all parts of country would participate in the nine-day Sri laksh Chandi Mahayagya at Sahaspur from March 31. The organisers of the Mahayagya claimed that Jagadguru Shanakaracharya and Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat would participate in the event which is being organised for world Peace, spiritual and cultural welfare of mankind. Addressing a press conference the Chief convener of the religious event Acharya Nityanand Semwal said that 3100 Brahmins and 229 Acharyas from different parts of the country would participate in the nine day event. The Mahaygaya will begin with Kalsh Yatra, Ganesh Puja, Brahmin Varna and other religious procession. These events would be followed by bhajans and aartis in the evening. A book containing religious discourses of Acharya Nityanand Semwal was also released on the occasion.
TWO KIllED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
Dehradun: In a major road accident reported from Dehradun district, Panditwari resident and a local gas agency manager Prem Singh Shah died when the scooty he was on was hit by a dumber loaded with minerals at Premnagar area on Thursday. He died on the spot. The Dehradun police have arrested the dumber driver Sonu, resident of Sahaspur and the dumber was seized by the police, it is learnt.
JASPAl RANA TO TRAIN STATE POlICE PERSONNElS
Dehradun: The celebrated shooter Jaspal Rana met the State Director General of Police BS Sidhu on Friday and expressed his willingness to provide training at his academy to those police personnel who participate national and international level shooting competitions.
DGP Sidhu said that some policemen who had participated in national level competition secured medals in the past and all possible steps would be taken to facilitate the policemen with shooting equipments. The police department would spend around Rs8 lakh to purchase equipments related to shooting.