Sanitation workers spot dead body while cleaning canal
Dehradun: The sanitation workers cleaning a canal in Kidduwala area of Raipur were shocked when they spotted a body on Wednesday morning. The alarmed workers informed Raipur police station about it. The person was later identified as Shankar who used to live at Raipur chock and used to clean the area used for rituals. The locals identified him and informed the police that he was a habitual drinker. The police did a panchnama and sent the body for post mortem examination.
Vidhan Sabha Speaker addresses gathering at Ved Sammelan
Dehradun: The Dronsthali Arash Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalay, Kishanpur organised the annual Ved Sammelan with the Vidhan Sabha Speaker Prem Chand Agrawal as the chief guest. Addressing the gathering on the occasion the Vidhan Sabha speaker appreciated the role played by the host institution in propagation of the nation’s culture and heritage. He opined that it is the need of the present times that culture and the Vedas be propagated, which is also being achieved through the Gurukul. He announced Rs 200 for each of the college’s students from the Vidhan Sabha discretionary fund. The founder of the college Ved Prakash, principal Annapurna Acharya and others were also present on the occasion.
CPI(M) CONDEMNS CONSPIRACY TO ASSAUlT sITaRAM yECHURY
Dehradun: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Uttarakhand has strongly condemned what it termed a conspiracy to assault the party’s general secretary and member of parliament Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday. The CPI (M) has decided to stage a protest in the provisional state capital Dehradun and submit a memorandum addressed to the president of India on the issue.