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Haridwar’s Shubham tops Class XII
Shubham Gupta with his mother. Tribune photographs
Mayapur school on top again
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Raghunath first in Dehradun district
This summer, Rajaji could well be the place to be
Turn to yoga for healthy mind and body
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Haridwar’s Shubham tops Class XII
Dehradun, June 3 Shubham Gupta of Haridwar topped the Class XII examination with 87.80 pc, Vikas Joshi of Champawat stood second with 87 pc whereas Deepak Chandra Paliwal was placed third with 85.40 marks. In Class X, Abhinav Kala of Kotdwara topped the state with 93.4pc, Pankaj Mishra was second with 92.6 pc and Kanchan Kumar Kandpal third with 91.8pc. In Class XII, the pass percentage of girls was 79.58 and boys 67.02. Similarly in Class X, the pass percentage of girls was 66. 42 and boys 59.26. Among the girls, Aradhana Joshi topped the state with 84. 80 pc marks in Class XII whereas Karishma topped Class X with 91pc marks. In all, 17,5967 students had appeared for the Class X examination, including 97,994 boys and 77,973 girls. A total of 88,825 students appeared for the Class XII examination -- 46,698 boys and 42,127 girls.
Pushpa Manas, director, School Education, who declared the results at Ramanagar asked the unsuccessful students not to give up hope. “The unsuccessful students must find their shortcomings and work harder the next time,” Manas
held. Roorkee: Life’s adversities did not stop Shubham Gupta from bagging the top position in the state board intermediate examinations. Scoring 87.8 per cent marks, Shubham stood first (science stream) in the state. Elated over his success, Shubham gave all credit to his mother Madhu Gupta and his teachers at BSM Inter College in
Roorkee. “Everyone studies but what matters is concentration and focus. I always study with full concentration,” said Shubham revealing the secret of his
success. Shubham lost his father, Adarsh Kumar Gupta, in 2006. For Madhu Gupta, the proud mother, it was not easy to provide for her children’s education while doing a private job with a meagre salary of Rs 1,500 per month after the death of her husband. Congratulating his pupil, principal of BSM College Vasudev Pant wished him all success. “Shubham has proved that there is no need of extra facilities for studious children. I am proud of him,” said the principal. Shubham wants to be an engineer.
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Mayapur school on top again
Haridwar, June 3 Bhagyashree Mudgal of Class X has secured the 12th position with an aggregate of 88.8 pc. Her classmate Rajat Sharma is ranked 15 with 88 pc and Babita Zhinghran with 87pc is ranked 22. All three attribute their success to their parents and staff members of the school who guided and motivated themall through. Last year, Arpit Verma had topped the Class XII state merit list. Akhilendra Pratap Singh had stood 18 in 2003 Ankit Verma had bagged the 20th rank in 2004 while Vimla had stood third in 2004.
Bhagyashree said she revised each subject thoroughly while Rajat Sharma, an avid fan of cricketer Kevin
Pietersen, was more cool in his approach. He took time off to watch Test cricket. Zhingran’s target was to score 90 plus but fell ill during the exams, which brought down her percentage. She wants to be a doctor. School principal Vijay Pal Singh Patwal said: “We lay equal emphasis on education and character building. Parents are taken into confidence while preparing the students for the exams. This enhances student-teacher bonding.” In Class XII, Aditi of Anand Mayi School has topped Haridwar district. She is ranked 22 in the state list.
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Raghunath first in Dehradun district
Dehradun, June 3 Raghunath, however, expected to do better. In his Class X examination, he was placed 21 position in the state lis with 83.6 pc marks. “For my Class XII board, all I did was to go for time management, which proved very productive and enhanced my ranking at the state level,” he said. He said mathematics was the only subject in which he took coaching. He studied six hours everyday. Raghunath Singh aspires to be an IAS officer with an engineering degree. “I want to devote myself to the development of backward areas and IAS is the right choice for that mission,” he said. The district’s second topper is Ashish Upadhyay with 79.8 pc marks. He is placed 25 in the state list. Ashish’s first priority is to get through the engineering examination and thereafter plans to go in for the civil services. He attributes his success to his parents and teachers.
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This summer, Rajaji could well be the place to be
Haridwar, June 3 With the park slated to close on June 15, more than 15,000 tourists have visited the park this season. Spread over three districts of Uttarakhand, Pauri Garhwal, Dehradun and Haridwar, it’s spread over 820.42 sq km and is a paradise for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. The park, situated along the foothills of the Shivaliks, represents the Shivalik eco-system. It is an amalgamation of three sanctuaries located in the Shivalik region - Rajaji, Motichur and Chila. The three together were made a protected area and named Rajaji National Park in the 1983. The park is named after freedom fighter and first Governor General of free India Chakravarthi Rajgopalachari. Rajgopalachari was popularly known as "Rajaji". The park is a magnificient ecosystem nestled between the Shivalik ranges and the Indo-Gangetic plains, representing vegetation of several zones and several forest types like the sal forests, riverine forests and the scrubland. It has as many as 23 species of mammals and 315 of birds. Little wonder then that it attracts a large number of wildlife conservationalists and nature lovers. Park director SS Rasailly says: “We have done all-from constructing watch towers, repairing roads, digging water holes near roads so as to attract animals to cleaning the park area”. He says the Gujjar rehabilitation programme has resulted in more free movement of animals in the park and indirectly boosted the tourist inflow. At Rajaji, the main attraction remains the Asian elephant (elephas maximus). The tiger, leopard and deer are a spectator’s delight and so are the jackal, sloth bear, wild boar, sambar, cheetal and peacock to name a few.The park also has 40-odd species of reptiles, including the python. More than 300 species of birds are found in the park and close encounters with these birds enthuse the ornithologists and the common man alike. Rajaji’s vegetation includes the deciduous forests and one can see extensive vegetation of the sal trees. Ranger Chilla forest M S Negi says the tourist interest in the park and is a favourite destination of animal lovers. The number of domestic tourists visiting the park till June 3 stands at 15,000 and is bound to increase in the coming days before the closure of the park on June 15. Also, more than 2000 foreign nationals have visited the park already this session, though the number is comparatively less than last year’s. The terrorist attack in Mumbai last November has affected the foreign tourists flow into India. Though people can visit the park in their own vehicle, yet the best way is to hire the park bus services or the Gypsy safari as the guides and drivers are well-acquainted with every nook and corner of the park. Say Anna Vladisova, a Russian nano-technology student, and Natalie Anniston, a US-based management graduate: “ We are impressed. We also visited Jim Corbett and Kazirangaha but this park provides a better view of wildlife.” So if you haven’t yet decided on where to spend your summer vacations, then Rajaji National park is the place to be, but watch out as June 15, the closing date, is not far away.
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Turn to yoga for healthy mind and body
Dehradun, June 3 He learned yog sadhna at Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya, Shanti Kunj, Haridwar. He then moved on to higher forms of yoga as propagated by Patanjali, practicing it under the tutelage of Guru Goplaji of Haridwar. It was while honing his yogic skills again and again that he realised that yoga was incomplete without focusing on the inner self, “The process of self-realisation and self-recognition brings peace only when the mind is under control. With the commercialisation of yoga there is too much stress on the externalities, through series of yogic postures it can be achieved but the real purpose of yoga is to harmonise both the mind and body that can be brought about through set of breathing techniques,” he added Pranayam techniques help in increasing the lung capacity. Through the breathing techniques the lung capacity of the body can be increased to 70 per cent then the healing process starts. “I have now got rid of my kidney problem. Technique like Kapal Bathi helps in cleaning the lungs enhancing the disease fighting capacity of the body. I regularly practice Surya Vedi and Chander Vedi Mudra that has helped me maintaining balance in the body charkas,” said Maindola. Antarang yoga is a perfect scientific technique that helps achieve balance in the various charkas of the body, allowing the endless flow of energy.
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Dehradun, June 3
the first position in Class XII in the state last year, this time too Saraswati Shishu Mandir School,
Mayapur, has three of its students in Class X in the top 25 students list.
Dehradun, June 3
The Rajaji National Park, founded in 1983, known for its pristine scenic beauty and rich bio-diversity is attracting a large number of tourists.
With the park slated to close on June 15, more than 15,000 tourists have visited the park this season. Spread over three districts of
Uttarakhand, Pauri Garhwal, Dehradun and Haridwar, it’s spread over 820.42 sq km and is a paradise for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts.
