Guv gets D.litt degree of Aligarh Muslim varsity
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Governor Dr.Aziz Qureshi was conferred with an honorary D.litt degree by Aligarh Muslim University on March 29 at the 61st convocation of the university.Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari conferred the degree on Dr.Qureshi .The governor said on the occasion that it was a great honour and an extraordinary achievement for him. lt.Gen (Retd) Zamiruddin Shah , the VC of AMU, said that Dr.Qureshi had a multifaceted personality, being a scholar of Urdu, English and Hindi literature as well as a lawyer , an efficient political leader and a social activist. He said that Dr.Qureshi had made great efforts to help the people who had suffered in the natural calamity in Uttarakhand in 2013.
Meet held to stop black-marketing of cylinders
DEHRADUN: Taking cognisance of media reports and customers’ complaints about black-marketing of lPG cylinders by the agencies and increasing backlog of cylinders in all the agencies, Dehradun district magistrate Dr BVRC Purushottam convened a meeting with gas agency owners, Indian Oil Corporation officials and district food and civil officers, directing them to ensure that customers are supplied their cylinder through home delivery within fixed time. Several protests by customers at various gas agencies have been reported in the last few days.