3-day Chess tourney for Central govt staff
Dehradun: A three-day Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) chess tournament was inaugurated here on Monday by Deputy Commissioner, Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, Dehradun, RP Singh.
In the initial matches of the tournament, Nirpal Singh, RS Rawat, Khushal Singh and Shailendra Bhardwaj won their respective matches. All the central government offices located in the city have sent their entries in the tournament. In his inaugural address RP Singh welcomed all the participants and wished them good luck. The central government employees would test their brains on the chess board during the event which will culminate on March 26.
Villagers welcome Khanduri on poll campaign
Dehradun: BJP candidate from Garhwal parliamentary constituency, Maj Gen (Retd) BC Khanduri along with his supporters campaigned in the constituency on Monday. All those villagers who are living in the mountainous parts of the State welcomed him on his arrival at several villages. Khanduri campaigned at Devprayag, Bagwan, Maleth, Dangchaura, Dugadda, Chowki, Jakhi, Gawan, Dagar, Takoli, Jakhand, Kandalikhal and reached Pauri. While campaigning, he lamented that the Congress-led state government is yet to take concrete measures for redressing the grievances of all those villagers, who faced the brunt of natural calamities and said that BJP will surely introduce effective steps for pushing the state further on the path of development, once the BJP is voted to power. He also assured that villagers that every possible step would be taken by him for redressing their grievances, if he is voted to power.