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A memorable day for teachers
Teachers must bring misguided youth on right track, says Dhasmana
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Students take pledge to lead path of truth
Girls come out in large numbers to cast votes
Low turnout in DAV students’ union poll; counting today
Choked drains, nullahs being broadened in Haridwar
Doon Valley School knocks out RIMC
A match in progress during the RIMC Soccer Cup in Dehradun on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Campaigning for MPG College elections ends
Police bans processions by winning candidates
Gold medallist Tajendra Singh to get Rs 2 lakh
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A memorable day for teachers
Dehradun, September 5 The compeers for the day, Siddharth, Gauri and Aditi, led the proceedings with infectious gusto and kept things interesting by bestowing befitting titles on various teachers. A medley of popular Hindi songs dedicated to specific teachers was presented by the students, which was greatly appreciated and very well received by the teachers and students alike. The band set the stage on fire with melodious numbers like ''Somebody That I Used To Know'' and ''One Last Breath.''. Next up was the English play which left everyone in splits, provoking laughter among all present. The Bollywood dance was highly entertaining and brought the audience to its feet. The most awaited event, the presentation, was rightly the best part of the function, hilarious and at the same time providing an insight into the minds of the teachers .Principal Bro. George commended the teachers for their hard work and dedication, calling teaching the noblest profession of all. Then the alumni took charge of the programme and conducted exciting games for the teachers to take part in. A tagline quiz was conducted which saw teachers scratching their heads trying to remember the answers. Another interesting game saw the teachers searching for an ensemble of things like religious books, a mobie having Honey Singh's songs etc. in their purses The programme concluded with a lunch organised by the alumni as well as the students. The ultimate joy was further enhanced when Bro. George announced that S.J.A.had been awarded the best day school in Uttarakhand for the third consecutive year by Education World, a human development magazine. Students, teachers reverse roles at Ecole Globale
Teacher's Day was celebrated at Ecole Globale International Girls School here today. The theme of the programme was ‘Halloween’. The programme began with a special assembly, wherein students and teachers reversed roles. The assembly generally conducted by students was now conducted by teachers. It wasn’t very difficult for students to become teachers but it was side-splitting, indeed, to see teachers as students. The first performance was an introduction of teachers to 'Hallo-eachers' (halloween+teachers). This was followed by a dance performance by junior school girls. A quiz was also organised with only students'-based questions. Deepa Chhetri and Navita Malhotra were declared best dressed teachers. The highlight of the show was the last performance by versatile girls of grade XII. The show ended with teachers yelling “three cheers for our students”.
Rotary Club honours seven teachers
The Rotary Club, Dehradun, honoured seven teachers during the Teacher's Day celebrations at The Doon International School here today. Those who were honoured are Sindhuja Garg of Him Jyoti School, Suman Sharma of Doon Global School, Prof Veerma Ram of the Sardar Bhagwan Singh Postgraduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Research, Ram Bhadur Ale of Hilton School, Geeta Aswal of Presidency School, Raj Srivastava of Indian Cambridge School and Ravi Dutt Chuniyal of Doon International School. Speaking on the occasion, John Mason, an educationist and former headmaster of The Doon School, categorised teachers into major groups, one that feed so much data into a child that they begin to sink and the other who influences the heart and mind of a child and encourage them to fly. Proposing a vote of thanks, Raj Bakshi said Rotary Club was continuously working as per its motto of " Service above self" and shall keep undertaking projects for the betterment of society. Gaurav Deep Singh, president of the Rotary Club, was also present.
Students felicitate teachers
Teachers' Day was celebrated with enthusiasm at the Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science, here, today. Students honoured teachers and took an oath of making them role models. The teachers, while giving guidance to the students, explained the path of success in life. The students of pharmacy, IT, life sciences and management departments honoured the teachers. The Director of SGRRITS, Prof S.P. Thapliyal, said besides education, the students must also aim for goals which lead them to success. He said an ideal teacher is the one who is always flexible to learn. The students presented a colourful cultural programme. They also presented the teachers with momentos. Dr Preeti Kothiyal, Dr Nardev Singh, Dr Manish and Dr Alka were among those present on the occasion. Teachers honoured in Pithoragarh schools, colleges
23 given felicitation certificates
PITHORAGARH: Various schools and other organisations celebrated Teachers’ Day today by honouring teachers and rewarding brilliant students. Pithoragarh District Magistrate Neeraj Khairwal honoured 14 brilliant students by awarding them the Kishan Chand Trust scholarships at SDS Intermediate College. “The college also awarded 23 teachers with felicitation certificates for their contribution in the sphere of teaching in the college,” said Dr Ashok Pant, Principal of SDS Intermediate College. Similar programmes were organised in intermediate colleges, situated in interior places of the district and senior teachers were honoured. “At GIC Dobans, situated 21 km from the district headquarters on the Indo-Nepal border, the programme was organised by the Parents Teachers Association. Senior teachers, local poets and writers participated in the function,” said Dinesh Chandra Bhatt, a teacher in the college. Bhatt said the day was also observed as anti-tobacco initiative by the school Principal who made students take an oath to not take tobacco. The local taxi association also organised a teachers’ day programme and honoured senior teachers of the district at a function orgnised in the Town Hall. The association patron said in a press release that 10 retired principals and teachers were honoured by the association for their life-long contribution in the sphere of education. “For the last some years, we have been honouring teachers and this programme was just another in that series,” said Jugal Kishor Pandey, patron of the association. Information of teachers’ day celebration was also received from private and government educational institutions across the district.
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Teachers must bring misguided youth on right track, says Dhasmana
Dehradun, September 5 Dhasmana said the youth of today had become misguided and it was the responsibility of teachers to bring them back on the right track. He said the youth must fight against social evils like dowry, female foeticide and drug addiction. He awarded prizes to the winners of a quiz competition based on general knowledge. He also felicitated badminton coach Deepak Rawat, whose two students clinched medals in the recent National Badminton Championship. Earlier, president of Nav Bharat Sangh Hari Bhandari said the organisation had been working towards guiding youth of the region towards shaping up their careers. He said Teacher's Day assumed much significance in the lives of students as teachers played a key role towards making of a personality of an individual. Bhandari said a country that had good teachers was bound to progress by leaps and bounds. Nav Bharat Sangh’s vice president Ajay Dabral, who coordinated the programme, disclosed they had been organising functions on Teacher's Day for the last many years. He said Nav Bharat Sangh had been assisting the youth towards grooming towards preparation of various competitive examinations.
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Students take pledge to lead path of truth
Haridwar, September 5 At Parmarth Gurukul,Swargashram ,Pauri Garhwal, young Gurukulites observed the day as ''pledge day,'' taking a pledge to follow the five principles of ''panchsheel'' philosophy. At Shri Devi Sampad Adhyatm Sanskrit Mahavidyalya the day was also observed as Sanskrit Day, with Sanskrit scholars vowing to imbibe the traits of the language and Vedic scriptures written in the ''mother of all languages'' with sincerity. At the Vidyarthi Auditorium of Parmarth Gurukul, students sought blessings from teachers by touching their feet. Then they took the pledge to lead the path of non-violence, truth and compassion. Students also spoke their thoughts about teacher-student relationship and the need to revive the ancient Indian Gurukul system of education. Orators stressed on the need of restoring the profession's lost glory which has turned education into a professional sector merely. Academician Ankit Sharma said that today teaching had become money -making profession, while it should have been a ''man-making''profession. He said that with the vast experience of the teachers and the knowledge they possess, they can make students turn from petals to blooming trees. Parmarth Niketan office-bearer Ram Mahesh Mishra said that soon a Sanskrit-based workshop will be organised at the Shri Devi Sampad Adhyatm Sanskrit Maha Vidyalaya to propagate the Sanskrit language. At Dev Sanskriti University and Shantikunj, Bharat Ratna awardee Dr Radhakrishnan was paid floral tributes on his birth anniversary.At the statute of Radhakrishnan floral tributes were paid by Shantikunj chief Pranav Pandya , teaching staff and students of Dev Sanskriti University. Pandya said that teachers should be like Lord Krishna,while students should be like Arjuna and Eklavya. Shantikunj head Pandya also announced on the occasion that they will be rebuilding many schools in the disaster-affected areas of Chamoli and Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand.
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Girls come out in large numbers to cast votes
Dehradun, September 4 They seemed quite passionate towards college elections and exercising their voting right, contrary to the general perception about the youngsters' less keenness in the students' union elections. “I am very excited being a fresher and I would be voting for the first time in college elections. I will vote for the group, which has a better vision for the college and for the students,” Nidhi, 1st year B.Com student, told The Tribune. Another reason for the fervour among the girls could be that for the first time a girl student is fighting for the post of president this year. Swati Negi, an Independent candidate, is giving student organisations like ABVP and NSUI run for their money. “The college students union elections are always symbolised with muscle power but it must not be forgotten that almost half of the strength in the college is of girls and without their support no candidate can think of winning,” said Parul, last year's B.Sc student. It has been observed that in previous elections that generally, girls avoided coming to college on the polling day due to the fear of brawls or untoward incidents. But this year, girls came out with full enthusiasm and voted in the elections.
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Low turnout in DAV students’ union poll; counting today
Dehradun, September 5 “Though the voting percentage has decreased this year, the number of votes has increased due to a record number of 24,000 admissions this academic session. Around 7,000 students took admission last year,” Prof Gopal Chetri told The Tribune. Amid a heavy police presence in and around the college campus, hundreds of students started queuing up at the polling booths at 9 am to cast their votes in favour of their favorite student leaders. The voting ended at 2 pm. The shops in the Karanpur area remained closed till the evening in the wake of the election. “The polling went off peacefully. No untoward incident was reported during the voting as the police had made elaborate security arrangements,” SP, City, Jagdish Chandra told The Tribune. However, the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations were violated openly as printed posters of candidates were distributed and pasted on walls indiscriminately. The post of president is likely to see a three-cornered contest between Siddharth Rana of the ABVP, Bhupendra Negi of the NSUI and Swati Negi, an Independent candidate. The ABVP has held the post of president for the last six years. Meanwhile, the fight for the post of general secretary is also multi-cornered this time. Proxy groups like the Pattu Group, the Aryan Group and the Satyam Group, all supported by one or the other major students’ union, are also confident of winning the election. In all, 28 candidates are in the fray for different posts of the students’ union for the academic year 2013-14. The counting of votes will take place tomorrow. It will start at 9 am and the results are expected to be declared in the afternoon. The police has made tight security arrangements. It is to be noted that incidents of brawl between different students’ groups had taken place on the day of counting in the past. “We have checked the layout plan for the counting and the force deployment will be done accordingly. The present security arrangement will continue till the counting ends,” said the SP.
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Choked drains, nullahs being broadened in Haridwar
Haridwar September 5 Corporation chairman Manoj Garg has directed the broadening of drains and nullahs to give relief to the residents from regular choking and blocking of sewers by rainwater. The drive has been initiated in first phase in the suburban Jwalapur area markets. At Kathaira bazaar, Chowk market and Gurudwara road, the civic body has started broadening the drains. Slabs are being removed to pave the way for expansion work and local residents and traders are being urged to cooperate in this drive. As at many places, due to encroachments, drains cannot be cleaned because of the concrete structure built by traders. Garg has asked the traders to remove these slabs. Garg said these slabs were being replaced by iron wired slabs, which are easy to remove when drains get choked, thereby facilitating in the cleaning of the choked drains on a regular basis. Initially, some traders resented this move, but when Mayor Manoj Garg and Ranipur-BHEL legislator Aadesh Chauhan personally convinced them, the traders agreed. Ward number 23 councillor Imran Mansuri is also coordinating with the civic authorities and local people, to make sure all such drains get cleaned and expanded. Mansuri said this would ultimately benefit the residents as for past few years, every time it rains, these drains used to get choked, submerging the nearby markets and colonies. Former councillor Jitendra Chauhan said this was a result of the elevation of the civic body from a municipal committee to Municipal Corporation as now there were more funds to carry out such drives and local people should cooperate with the civic body in this regard. Some traders have opposed to the usage of JCB machines for removing the concrete slabs as they say that these machines have an impact on adjacent structures and, instead, manual digging should be done.
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Doon Valley School knocks out RIMC
Dehradun, September 5 In an avidly fought match, Doon Valley showed great grit and determination to win the match by 3-1. Chandra Bahadur Thapa scored two goals for Doon Valley, with Cadet O Nelson quickly retaliating with a goal from the penalty spot. In the second half, Doon Valley dominated, with Harish scoring a goal in the 54th minute and sealing the match for Doon Valley. In the other quarterfinal, Assam Valley School defeated Doon International 3-0 in a one sided encounter. Alenso, Nathan and Varun scored a goal each for Assam Valley. Asian School, Dehradun, defeated Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, by 1-0 in the other quarterfinal match. The last quarterfinal was played between Carmen School and Kasiga School. Kasiga School won in a tie-breaker by 3-0.
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Campaigning for MPG College elections ends
Mussoorie, September 5 Posters and banners carrying the names and the photos of the candidates were seen hanging on trees and walls of the college and the town. Students’ took out rallies with posters on their motorcycles and scooters today. The two warring factions of the NSUI took out scooter and motorcycle rallies in support of their candidates in the town. The ABVP going a step further took help of a Jeep to garner votes in the college elections. Due to the two factions of the NSUI contesting against each other, the ABVP workers were assured that they were sitting in comfortable position as of today. However, the future of contestants would be sealed in the ballot box and the winners will be announced late evening today.
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Police bans processions by winning candidates
Dehradun, September 5 It said if anyone found doing the same, strict action would be taken. MS Farswan, Circle Officer, Dalanwala, said: "We will not allow any group to go beyond Karanpur chowk after the announcement of the results, as winning processions generally create law and order problems." — TNS
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Gold medallist Tajendra Singh to get Rs 2 lakh
Dehradun, September 5 He represented India in the bodybuilding category and won the gold medal, making the state proud.
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