Ex-servicemen hold a protest at the Gandhi Park in Dehradun on Sunday. A Tribune photographEx-servicemen stage dharna
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, April 18
Members of the Uttarakhand Porav Sainik Evam Ardh Sainik Sangthan held a sit-in at the Gandhi Park here today. The members were protesting against the irregularities committed at the Uttarakhand Poorav Sainik Kalyan Nigam (a government of Uttarakhand undertaking).
Later they submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister seeking action against the Managing Director of the undertaking.
President of the organisation Ganga Singh Rawat said they had even raised the issue with Union State Minister for Labour and Employment Harish Rawat.
He alleged that the organisation was working against the interest of the ex-servicemen.
Ex-servicemen stage dharna
Governor Margaret Alva presents a draft to Vineeta Bisht, wife of commando Gajender Singh Bisht who died in the Mumbai terrorist attack in Dehradun on Sunday. A Tribune photographMartyr’s widow gets Rs 1,80,500
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, April 18
Margaret Alva, Governor, today handed over a draft of Rs 1,80,500 to Vineeta Bisht, widow of NSG commando Gajender Singh Bisht who lost his life in the terrorist attack of Mumbai 26/11.
A Maharashtra-based newspaper, as a gesture of compensation and support, gave the honorarium to the widow of the deceased. Alva also consoled the family of the martyr and remembered the sacrifice made by the Bisht family. Senior journalist SP Tiwari, Manjul Tiwari, VK Sharma and DK Joshi were also present to pay homage
Martyr’s widow gets Rs 1,80,500
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