Karnataka team wins volleyball meet
Dehradun: The Karnataka team won the all India BSNl volleyball competition which was being played at the ONGC ground at Kualagarh. The final of the event was played between Karnakata and Tamil Nadu in which Karnataka won the match with a score line of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-13. The GM of BSNl Uttarakhand region S P Shukla presented the trophy to the winners. T D Ravi Kumar was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Shukla presented ‘Sanchar Krida award’ to sports assistant BSNl, Dehradun, Nitin Walia. The GM (adm) P D Chirania, GM (Finance) Surya Kant, GM (CM) Rajiv Johari and other senior BSNl officials were present during ceremony.
STF arrests two drug peddlers
Dehradun: Special Task Force, Uttarakhand, arrested two drug peddlers from Patelnagar area and recovered two kg hashish from them on Friday. However, another of the gang managed to flee. The seized narcotics are valued Rsone lakh against the international market price. The accused have been identified as Bablu and Jeevan Singh Chauhan, residents of Dehradun. They were alleged to have brought the narcotics from HP. The accused were booked under sections 8/20/60 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Rashid Ahmed alias Taufik, resident of Mehuwala, Patelnagar managed to escape.
free eye camp held
by SMI hospital
Dehradun: A Free Eye Treatment camp was organiaed by Shri Mahant Indiresh (SMI) Hospital at Arya Samaj Mandir, Subash Nagar under the aegis of a social organisation Bharat Vikas Parishad on Friday. The camp was inaugurated by Director Medical health Dr. l.K. Gusain and head of department of eye SMI hospital Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Mittal. Villagers of Subash Nagar, Majra, Bharuwala, Ogalbhatta, Mehuwala, Sewla Kala, Sewla Khurd, Chandrabani, availed the benefit of the camp. Medicines were also distributed free of cost. A count of 160 people were attended by the doctors in the camp.
Communal Harmony week observed
Dehradun: A cultural programme was organised in the Ordnance factory campus here to mark the ‘Communal Harmony week’. The programme was inaugurated by the GM of the ordnance factory C S VIshwakarma and GM of OlF A K Tiwari. Speaking on the occasion the deputy labour welfare commissioner K S Guru said that the aim of this week is to send the message of harmony and national integration to each and every person of society.
In his address as chief guest Vishwakarma highlighted the importance of such events in building the harmony among different communities. In the cultural programme the artists enthralled the audience with perfect display of Garhwali, Punjabi, Marathi and Nepali songs and dances.