Nari Niketan inmate to meet son
Dehradun: One more Nepali woman, aged 60 years, who has been living in Dehradun-based Nari Niketan would meet her son on Thursday. She had been missing from her home for the last 17 years. She was found in Kotdwar and admitted to the government run shelter home and later she was transferred to Dehradun based Nari Niketan shelter home in 2007, said Uttarakhand additional secretary (social welfare) Manoj Chandran on Wednesday. Her son had departed from Nepal for Dehradun and had reached Gorakhpur on Wednesday and would reach Dehradun on Thursday, he added.
AE brought to MDDA office premises
Dehradun: Vigilance investigating team is reported to have brought Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) assistant engineer TP Nautiyal to the MDDA office premises and collected relevant documents from the MDDA office. The Court on Tuesday had sent Nautiyal on two days’ police remand. Nautiyal who had been absconding since being named in a bribery case recently was arrested by a vigilance team from Nayagaon in Jhajhra area of Dehradun on Tuesday morning. The vigilance officials refused to elaborate on the investigation in the case at this stage.
Docs save premature baby’s life
Dehradun: The doctors of Pediatrics Department of Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital here have claimed to save life of a baby who was born prematurely. The Hospital’s Medical Superintendent and Pediatrician, Dr. Girish Gupta said that one Gulista, a resident of Dehradun was admitted when she was in advanced stage of pregnancy. She also suffered from high fever and seizures. Gulista was operated upon in which she delivered a baby prematurely. “The baby was having problem in breathing and was treated under the supervision specialist doctors. After the treatment, the new-born and the mother are fully healthy. They have been discharged from the hospital,’’ he said.
CM condoles IRB commandant’s death
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat expressed his condolences over the untimely death of IRB commandant (IPS) Ashok Kumar Bhatt on Wednesday. He died on Wednesday morning due to heart attack in a private hospital in Haldwani. Rawat expressed his heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family members and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul. Conveying heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family, the Rawat offered prayer for eternal peace of the departed soul. It is an irreparable loss to the police department and the state.