BVN juniors mesmerise audience
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 27
It could not have been a more mesmerizing show than what was put up by the tiny-tots of the Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, during their Appreciation Day on February 21 on their school premises.

The day belonged entirely to the tiny tots of nursery and KG, who took all the guests by surprise with their outstanding performance. The performance also reflected the effort and the hard work which the teachers of BVN had put in with almost 600 kids for the stupendous show.

One good thing that the school did was to have separated the shows put up by the children of KG and nursery, which kept the crowd within manageable limits and left the tiny-tots less tired than they would have been otherwise. Besides the parents got an opportunity to witness the show put up by their wards.

The programme started with an invocation to God — ‘Aaja Mere Prabhu Mere Dil Mein’. But what took the breadth away was the rendering of the famous `Do Re Me Fa So La Ti To’ by the students of KG. The performance had the audience looking at the kids with awe and greeting them with a thunderous applause.

In between, the KG students put up other fabulous items, which included rhythmic dancing, aerobics and a skit `Snow White and the Seven Drawfs’. The chief guest for the function was the Regional Director, South, Directorate of Education, Mr D.S. Pandit. While lauding the students he also appreciated the effort put in by the school authorities in reducing the burden of bags on the students. From the forthcoming session, the school authorities have decided to provide all the students with lockers on the premises, which will help in reducing their daily load.

The members of the Managing Committee of the school, who were present at the two functions, also hailed the students for their effort.

Students urged to plant a sapling on their birthday 
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, February 27
The Minister of State for Health, Haryana, Dr M L Ranga, has asked the students to plant at least one sapling on their birthday. This social service has become the need of the hour for keeping the atmosphere free from pollution, he added.

Dr Ranga was addressing the annual prized distribution function of the Hindu Girls College on Thursday.

He stressed that the education was a must for an all-round development of the students and would help them discharge their responsibilities in a better way.

He congratulated the students on donating 234 units of blood in a donation camp on January 26 on the college campus.

Presiding over the function, the former chairman of the Rashtriya Mahila Ayog, Dr Mohini Giri, Administered the oath against dowry practice to the students and exhorted them to become fully educated so that they could successfully eradicate social evils.

The college principal, Dr Shamim Sharma, presented the progress report of the college and gave an account of the specific achievements of the college students.

On the occasion, as many as 269 students were given prizes and out of them, 10 students were honoured with a roll of honour for their first positions in different fields.

DUTA demonstrates against V-C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 27
The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) held a demonstration to protest against the working style of Prof Deepak Nayyar, the Vice-Chancellor of the university.

The teachers alleged that they did it for the untransparent attitude of the V-C. The DUTA executive waived black flags against the V-C at the venue of flower show in the university.

According to the DUTA president, Aditya Narayan Mishra, “To protest against the authoritarian and arbitrary functioning, we would hold a silent black flag protest with strips on mouths outside the venue of the University’s convocation tomorrow.”

He said that they would take up the matter in the DUTA general body meeting to be held on March 03. The matter that would be discussed in that meeting is to authorise the DUTA to boycott of examination or indefinite closure of the university.

Mr Mishra said that they would also organise a demonstration on March 17 at Jantar Mantar. Besides, the teachers have also decided to relay hunger strike at V-C office from March 10 to 12 and to torchlight procession in the late evening on March 12 on the campus. “We would decide this matter in the coming DUTA general body meeting,” he said.

Aryabhatt exam results

New Delhi: Summerfield School conducted the Aryabhatt examination on January 24, in which around 80 schools of Delhi participated. Of these, Shashank Chaudhary of Delhi Public School, studying in class VIII, secured first position by securing 91 per cent marks. Besides, Sachit Khera and Radhika Malik secured 6th and 9th positions respectively.

In another competition, Prachi Pande of class VI-D standard obtained 1st rank in All India level National Level Science Talent Examination (NSTSE) 2004. She was awarded with the gold medal and a computer by the Unified Council, which conducted this examination on January 25. TNS