Guv’s Golf Cup tournament from March 14
Dehradun: The III Sara Governor’s Golf Cup tournament would be organised at FRIMA Golf course in Dehradun on March 14 and 15. The MD of Sara group of industries VK Dhawan told newsmen here on Thursday that this year the organisers were expecting participation of more than 180 individuals. He informed that Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat would inaugurate the tournament on the opening day. Dhawan said that the Governor of Uttarakhand KK Paul would be chief guest in the prize distribution ceremony on the culminating day. He said that Governor had accepted for informal tee off and meet players on March 14 and added that the tournament would help in making the game of golf popular in the State.
Women need to check blood for anaemia
Dehradun: Women should take balanced diet and should regularly check their blood for anaemia. Prominent physician Dr Vinit Kala made this observation while giving keynote address during a workshop on rising prevalence of Anemia in the women at Mahadevi Institute of Technology (MIT) on Thursday. He said that in India women were most affected by anaemia. Dr Kala said that women in our country were not serious about their health due to which they ignored taking a rich and nutritious diet. He said that anaemia was caused by the deficiency of Iron due to which many ailments in the body of the patient occur. Dr Kala listed weakness, dizziness, constant headache and bronzing of skin as some of the symptoms of the disease. The physician answered the queries of the students about the disease on the occasion.The workshop was attended by the director of MIT Dr SR Sharma, students and faculty members.
UPES team bags prizes in Moot court competition
Dehradun: The UPES team comprising of Shruti Sahni, Yogender Singh and Vidush Pandey, all from the 2nd in ‘College of legal Studies’ bagged two of the top four prizes in a national Moot Court competition organised by Narain Rao Chavan law College”, Nanded, Maharashtra. More than 25 teams from 9 States from across the country participated in this competition, which included ‘Symbiosis law School’ & ‘Indian law School’ from Pune’, ‘Nirma University’ from Ahmedabad, ‘NUSRl’ from Ranchi and ‘Kerala law College’. ‘The moot problem of this competition encompassed ‘Family law’, ‘Constitution law’, ‘limitation Act’, and ‘CPC’. The various round of this competition along with the finals was adjudged by sitting judges of the Nanded District courts and senior advocates of Nanded. NUSRl from Ranchi were declared winners and the team from UPES as Runners up in the finals. UPES team also bagged the prize of ‘Best Memorial’ while the best Mooter prize was claimed by ‘Sanchilesh Kumari’ of NUSRl, Ranchi.
25-year-old commits suicide on rail track
Dehradun: A 25-year -old person committed suicide by jumping before Kathgodam Express at 6.00 am at Bypass Railway crossing in Nehru Colony area. Police recovered the body and sent it for post mortem on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Subham Sahani, a resident of Defence Colony. Police officer said police were investigating the case from several angles.