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THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS
50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

CM exhorts cops to check entry of criminals in state
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank honours Constable Harimohan by putting a promotional badge for showing exemplary courage at a function in Dehradun on Thursday.Dehradun, November 12
Amid a terror alert by the central intelligence agencies, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank called for making a solid working plan by the police to check the ingress of anti-social elements.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank honours Constable Harimohan by putting a promotional badge for showing exemplary courage at a function in Dehradun on Thursday.— Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir

Tri-nation fair losing charm
Jauljibi expected to be little more than exhibition of govt stalls
Pitthoragarh, November 12
The annual tri-nation fair, which started in 1916 on the banks of Kali and Gori rivers at Jauljibi town on the India-Nepal border in Pitthoragarh district, will be held this year from November 14 to 21.

Govt lets down state Everest climbers
A mountaineer being honoured at a function in Dehradun on ThursdayDehradun, November 12
History repeats itself. Twentyfive years ago, Bachendri Pal from the region, then a part of undivided Uttar Pradesh, became the first Indian women to scale the Everest. This traditional fair was started by the Pal kings of the Askot regime in 1916 to facilitate the exchange of Tibetan and Bhotia woollen goods with the cereals produced by the lower valley people of Kumaon.
A mountaineer being honoured at a function in Dehradun on Thursday. Tribune photo: Anil P Rawat


EARLIER EDITIONS


Campus Notes
IIT-Roorkee
Khosla National Award for IIT alumnus
Roorkee, November 12
For sportspersons on the IIT campus, there will be a challenge of keeping a balance between studies and sports in the coming days.

Himani College student recalls trip to Russia
Dehradun, November 12
A student of BSc (part III) of Mahadevi Kanya Mahavidyalya Postgraduate College has just returned from after an invigorating trip to Russia. Gaining tremendously from the first exposure to Russia, Himani was quite impressed by the warm hospitality and reception accorded to her.                                                                                  
                                                                                                 
Himani

UIT clinches inter-college quiz
Dehradun, November 12
ICFAI University, Dehradun, organised an inter-college quiz at the ICFAI National College at Mohabbewala campus.

Experts discuss pre-primary education
Dehradun, November 12
Do not teach the child. Observe her while she is doing certain tasks. Do not interfere in the way she creates her own learning paradigm. Try to understand that she is creative in all aspects of her learning style.

99 get academic excellence award
Dehradun, November 12
A spectacular function was organised at St Jude’s School here today, where the school celebrated its third academic and sports excellence awards.

KV students get lessons on consumer awareness
Roorkee, November 12
Students of Kendriya Vidyalya-2 got lessons on consumer awareness at the school premises here yesterday.

Local artistes make impact at mahotsava
Haridwar, November 12
Though renowned and national-level artistes are a major attraction at any mahotsava, yet it’s imperative to include local and upcoming artistes so that they can get a platform to showcase their skills and hone their skills in front of thousands of spectators.

Aman best horse polo player of IMA
Dehradun, November 12
For his all-round performance, GC Aman Singh was adjudged the most valuable player of Horse Polo Tournament conducted at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here today.

A batsman hits a shot in the Council Schools Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on Thursday. SJA, TAS to lock horns in final
Dehradun, November 12
St Joseph Academy (SJA) and The Asian School (TAS) registered a final berth after winning their respective semifinals here today during the Council School Cricket tournament underway at St Joseph Academy on Rajpur Road. In the first semifinal, SJA got the better of Guru Nanak Academy (GNA) by 45 runs. SJA won the toss and chose to bat first. A fine batting performance by its batsmen helped the team score a big total of 198 for eight in the allotted 25 overs.
A batsman hits a shot in the Council Schools Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on Thursday. 
Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir 

Sighali Hills, Jaswant school win
Dehradun, November 12
In a well-contested league match, Sighali Hills managed to get past St Mary School 14-13 here today during the District Youth Basketball Championship for Girls being organised by District Basketball Association at Welham Girls School.

Annual Day
Top honours for SGGR Racecourse
Dehradun, November 12
SGRR Racecourse celebrated its silver jubilee and annual day here in the school campus. Chief guest Mahant Devender inaugurated the event and congratulated the students and the members.

Aryan cagers drub Seven Oaks 33-6
Dehradun, November 12
Aryan School drubbed Seven Oaks 33-6 in a league-cum-knockout match on the second day of Council School Senior Boys Basketball Tournament held at Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy here today.

Cambrian Hall holds athletic meet
Dehradun, November 12
Cambrian Hall celebrated its 48th annual athletic meet and PT display here today on their school premises.

Surya-Abhijeet bag doubles crown
Dehradun, November 12
Cadet Surya Prakash and cadet Abhijeet Barua beat the duo of cadet Guninder Sidhu and cadet Pranayjit Singh in the final of the lawn tennis tournament held at the Rashtriya Indian Military Academy (RIMC) here from November 6 to 11.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank with award-winning teachers at the awards function in Dehradun on Thursday. 28 teachers get Shailesh Matiyani Award
Dehradun, November 12
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank gave away 28 state teachers, 13 from primary and middle classes each, one from DIET and another teacher from Sanskrit School, newly instituted Shailesh Matiyani Award, named after renowned litterateur of the state, today.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank with award-winning teachers at the awards function in Dehradun on Thursday. Tribune photo: Anil P Rawat

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CM exhorts cops to check entry of criminals in state
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
Amid a terror alert by the central intelligence agencies, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank called for making a solid working plan by the police to check the ingress of anti-social elements into Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts from the neighbouring states. He said in order to make Uttarakhand a model state, law and order would be properly maintained.

The Chief Minister was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day conference of senior police officials of the state here today. He said providing security to the common man should be the primary motive of the police force. Being a new state, the police force must be facing some infrastructural problems but he reiterated that his government was fully committed to welfare and wellbeing of the police force so that the morale of the force remained high.

Referring to the holding of the Maha Kumbh starting from January next year, the Chief Minister said a peaceful conduct of the mega event would be the biggest challenge for the state government and its police force and everyone must put in efforts in right earnest.

Nishank said Uttarakhand state was a peaceful state but lamented that in the past years, criminal elements from neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh had infiltrated into the state to perpetrate criminal activities. He said the image of Uttarakhand should not be of a soft state where any criminal could find refuge and exhorted the police force to launch a campaign to hunt such elements.

He emphasised the strengthening of the intelligence network and called upon the senior officials to show leadership qualities in giving direction and motivation to the entire police force.

The Chief Minister also released a police souvenir and promoted constable Harimohan as head constable who showed exemplary courage in nabbing dacoits in Nehru Colony of Dehradun, a fortnight ago.

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Indu Kumar Pandey assured the police force that all necessary requirements of the force would be met. State DGP Subhash Joshi, giving details of the crime scenerio, said 95 per cent of the crime was being committed in the state by outside criminals. He further said a total of 77 top criminals had been identified and 42 out of them had been arrested in the state. He listed a peaceful conduct of the Maha Kumbh, cyber crime and check on narcotic trade in the hills as the priority areas of the state police force.

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Tri-nation fair losing charm
Jauljibi expected to be little more than exhibition of govt stalls
BD Kasniyal

Pitthoragarh, November 12
The annual tri-nation fair, which started in 1916 on the banks of Kali and Gori rivers at Jauljibi town on the India-Nepal border in Pitthoragarh district, will be held this year from November 14 to 21.

This traditional fair was started by the Pal kings of the Askot regime in 1916 to facilitate the exchange of Tibetan and Bhotia woollen goods with the cereals produced by the lower valley people of Kumaon.

This year, the eight-day fair will be inaugurated by Bisan Singh Chufal, President of the Uttarakhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Navneet Pandey, Mela Officer and Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Dharchula.

The fair has now become more of government fair listing the achievements of the government than focusing on traditional trade.

“The traditional fairs arranged on the Indo-Tibet border since centuries allowed the people to fulfil their needs of essential goods in the hills,” said Lalit Pant who has researched on the tradition and history of the trade.

“Earlier, the Jauljibi fair was totally dependent on the goods made by the wool obtained by tribal Bhotia traders from Tibet. As the wool trade between Indian and Tibetan traders has waned over the years, the fair is gradually becoming a mere exhibition of government stalls,” said Padam Singh Raipa, a trader who earlier used to sell woollen goods in Jauljibi.

The India-China War of 1962 dealt a big blow to the traditional economic links and snapped the ties between India and Tibet.

Jauljibi is among the three traditional trade fairs organised in Uttarakhand; the others being at Gauchar in Chamoli and Bageshwar.

These fairs, which have now taken the shape of cultural and developmental fairs, were mainly to facilitate Bhotia traders, who used to exchange Tibetan wool and salt with the people of the lower hills after the conclusion of their trade with the Tibetans.

Britishers had started more than 100 traditional fairs in border districts from where villagers used to collect goods of their use through barter trade.

“During the fifties and earlier, goods from three nations - India, Nepal and Tibet (China) - used to come to these fairs. The Jumli horse from Nepal, wool and borax from Tibet and consumer goods from India were traded in these fairs but everything has changed now,” said Lalit Pant.

The nature of the Jauljibi fair has also undergone a sea change. During the 40s and 50s, Kumaoni clients used to wait for the Bhotiya traders from the higher Himalayas who used to bring Tibetan wool skins of various pet and wild animals, musk, borax and the tail of the Tibetan yak besides Tibetan blankets.

The Nepali traders used to bring honey, ‘ghee’, jaggery and horses. The local Banrawats used to bring wooden agricultural items,” said Ram Singh Khatri from Pitthoragarh and an old timer of the Jauljibi fair.

Khatri also remembers the cultural face of Jauljibi fair where local folk songs like Hathjora, Nauli, Chanchari were sung. “The Pal kings of Askot used to erect a makeshift wooden bridge over the Gori river as the present motor road linking the town of Jauljibi and Dharchula was not in existence.

“Not only the Jauljibi, but all traditional fairs on the border are gradually changing their nature. These fairs now do not reflect the rich Indo-Tibetan culture. Instead, they are propagating the achievements of the district administration and the state government,” said HS Khair, block pramukh of Dharchula block.

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Govt lets down state Everest climbers
Seema Sharma
Tribune News Service

Bank felicitates mountaineers

Dehradun: Uttaranchal Rural Bank felicitated Everest climbers, led by Col IS Thapa, Principal of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), in an expedition, at its head office today. The team became the first one to hold the record of arriving at the peak with a maximum number of 10 members at the top.Welcoming the climbers, Chairman of the bank and renowned photographer Shirish Kapoor said: “This is a mater of pride for us that a world-renowned mountaineering institute is situated in our state”. Colonel Thapa urged the bank authorities to encourage their children to enrol in the NIM and participate in adventures activities.

Dehradun, November 12
History repeats itself. Twentyfive years ago, Bachendri Pal from the region, then a part of undivided Uttar Pradesh, became the first Indian women to scale the Everest. The government honoured her with a house and enrolled her as an instructor in the National Adventure Foundation, a career best suited to her ability and passion. In the silver jubilee year of that victory, another young woman, first from Uttarakhand, Kavita Burathoki, of Pitthroagarh, who touched the peak with 17 other mountaineers, including 10 from the state, this year on May 21, as part of an expedition of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and funded by the Central and state governments, expected the same. But, she met with disappointment when the Chief Minister did not make any such announcement while felicitating these mountaineers at a function on Thursday.

Kavita, who paid 75,000 as expedition fee by taking a loan, had to be satisfied with a felicitation of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate. She, like four other unemployed mountaineers, expected jobs and other remuneration like allotment of house. They felt let down by the government. She says: “Despite an acute financial condition, we brought laurel to the state, which should also have reciprocated in the same way.”

The team is angry as a girl from Maharashtra, Krishna Patil, has been given a big posh flat and a remuneration of Rs 35 lakh whereas two others from Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have been given Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively by their respective state governments. The expedition team also complained that three of the important members of the team, one police official from Kolkata, one doctor and Magan Bissa from Bikaner, who had accompanied Bachendri Pal in her first expedition, were not honoured by the government though they represented the state in the expedition as part of the core team.

Avdhesh Bhatt, another unemployed member of the team, shows a list given by the government where he has been marked to be given the bravery award by the Governor for saving lives of two foreigners in an avalanche during the expedition, but he is still waiting for the date to be announced. He says: “More than an honour, I am in need of a job. I had given a memorandum to the sports minister who has assured us of a positive response from the government, but nothing happened. Today, when we talked to the Chief Minister about it, he referred it to the Secretary to look into it. How long can we go on begging?”

The expedition cost total Rs 2.5 crore, out of which half the amount was given by the state government. An amount of Rs 1 lakh was given to nine members and Rs 50,000 to two supporting staff.

Avdesh, who also took a loan of 75,000, got merely 50,000 as felicitation amount for being supporting staff. He also is one among those who could not touch the peak, for which he said he would keep sulking lifelong.

“As it happens, a part of our team, had climbed up the peak while we as a supporting team waited at the base camp. Since it was already the closing time, so our part of the team could not take turn to climbing, and we had to get down. It was all because of the state government, which despite having our proposal for three years submitted the funds on last moments, and due to which all of us did not get time to touch the peak nor the required time of one month of acclimatisation.” Ther was another record of sorts made by the team, when it became the first team where a maximum number of 10 members reached the summit at the same time.

Inspector Loveraj Dhramshaktu, a recipient of Tenjing Norge Award from former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, who have climbed Everest five times, including the current success, is a disgruntled soul. He says: “I have been applying for the post of OSD, a job in sync with my taste of mountaineering, for many years, but the plea has been turned down each time.”

Signalling toward the inertia of state government toward adventure sports, he also mentioned as to how he has to arrange an amount of Rs 6 lakh along with pulling sponsorship from Casper and the Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF) to fund a skiing expedition of his equally gifted wife, Reena, who is representing the country and the state in first-ever Commonwealth Women Antarctica Ski Expedition going on in Chile these days.

The team also lamented ruthlessness of the sate government in taking away the kits provided to them for expedition. They remembered the generousness of former Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh, who gave these kits free of cost along with an amount of Rs 1.5 lakh in 1993. The members, who talked about dignitaries who touched Nanda Devi Peak (7,000 metre) and awarded Arjuna Award, have grand expectations from government for treating them for having reached a height of 8,848 metres.

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Campus Notes
IIT-Roorkee
Khosla National Award for IIT alumnus
Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service

Roorkee, November 12
For sportspersons on the IIT campus, there will be a challenge of keeping a balance between studies and sports in the coming days. They have to take their examinations starting from November 23 and immediately after that they have to undergo rigorous training for the inter-IIT sports competition kicking off on December 11.

A contingent of 125 sports persons will be participating in the eight-day sports meet to be held at the IIT, Kanpur. The sports authorities of the institute said their students would participate in as many as 12 disciplines, including athletics, badminton, basketball, football, cricket, badminton, volley ball, hockey, tennis, table tennis and weight lifting. There will also be demo events of chess and squash. The teams were selected last month while the last coaching camp will take place from December 4, added the sports authorities. The girls’ relay team of the institute has already brought laurels by winning silver medal in the inter-IIT aquatic meet in October. The contingent will leave for Kanpur on December 9.

Awards for IIT dons

An alumnus of the IIT-Roorkee, Prof Tarun Kant, now a professor at the IIT, Mumbai, will receive prestigious Khosla National Award at the ninth IIT convocation taking place on November 14. The other two national awards, namely VNMM Award and AS Arya Disaster Prevention Award, will be conferred on Prof Sirshendu De (Chemical Engineering Department, IIT, Kharagpur) and Prof Sankar Kumar Nath (Geology and Geophysics Department, IIT, Kharagpur), respectively.

The awards comprise cash, mementos and citations. Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan would be the chief guest of the event where around 1,200 students will be conferred degrees.

Samadhan-09

The fourth edition of Samadhan-09 witnessed an overwhelming response this year. The theme of the event, which attracted more than 100 entries from colleges across the country, was “Youth Empowerment”.

The teams, including Shilp Sangam, Art Think, Spornado, Disha, Avakyam, Books Yatra and Grooming Gears, presented path-breaking solutions to various problems under the broad field of youth empowerment.

Samadhan also comprised “Start-Up Showcase” where many IIT-Roorkee’s entrepreneurial ventures were displayed. A total of eight teams made it to the final round.

Avakyam of the MDI, Gurgaon, won the top honours while Spornado, Department of Management Studies, IIT-Roorkee, and Disha, Department of Management Studies, Goa University, finished first and second runners-up, respectively.

The panel of judges comprised Manoj Sharma, a consultant in the social service field, MK Bhagwani, Rahul Arora, Director, Acara Institute. The chief guest of the event was Dr HO Gupta, Dean, Academic Research, IIT-Roorkee.

The event, which offered the participants a large number of opportunities, including corporate exposure, was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC), IIT-R, under the aegis of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP).

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College student recalls trip to Russia
Neena Sharma
Tribune, News Service

Dehradun, November 12
A student of BSc (part III) of Mahadevi Kanya Mahavidyalya Postgraduate College has just returned from after an invigorating trip to Russia.

Gaining tremendously from the first exposure to Russia, Himani was quite impressed by the warm hospitality and reception accorded to her.

She was part of a team of 10 NCC cadets who were selected from all over the country as part of a student exchange programme. “We visited Moscow and neighbouring towns and wherever we went, people greeted us with bread and salt,” said Himani.

Adding that there is a great deal of curiosity regarding Indian people, their customs and traditions, she said, “We were repeatedly asked about our festivals and Hindi filmstars as most of the Russians seem to be keen followers of Hindi films”.

For the past four years, students of the college have been regularly figuring in the student exchange programme. The selection is made only after the Republic Day parade, during which the performance of cadets is assessed.

“We encourage girls to regularly participate in these programmes, as these help in broadening their horizon,” said Dr Indu Singh, Principal of the college.

A keen sportsperson, Himani is keen to take up teaching as a profession. “Right now I am in the second year of NCC training. I know it can be advantageous, if I pursue a career in the armed forces, but I am not interested,” said Himani.

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UIT clinches inter-college quiz
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
ICFAI University, Dehradun, organised an inter-college quiz at the ICFAI National College at Mohabbewala campus.

The quiz had many rounds which included general knowledge, sports, English vocabulary, business, entertainment, personalities, information technology, environment and history.

Brig ML Sabharwal (retd), Principal, ICFAI National College, welcomed the chief guest Govind Singh Bisht, Education Minister, Uttarakhand, and Rakesh Oberai, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industries, who was the guest of honour.

The participants representing various colleges and institutes were given a rousing welcome.

Brig Sabherwal said, “Through such competitions, students get a platform to augment their knowledge in an atmosphere of camaraderie and bonhomie”.

He added that those participating in a quiz need to be sharp and their responses should be on their finger tips.

Govind Singh Bisht said that participation in an event was more important than winning. He added that events like quiz go a long way in enhancing the knowledge of students and also help them increase their professional acumen.

Rakesh Oberai, Chairman, CII, congratulated the winning team. Quiz masters Indrani Lahiri and Capt VN Saxena (retd) created a vibrant atmosphere.

The participating colleges included UPES, UIM, MKP (PG) College, Baba Farid Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal Institute of Technology (UIT), GRD Girls Degree College, Drona’s College of Management & IT, Beehive College of Advance Studies, IMS and ICFAI National College representing the ICFAI University, Dehradun.

The winners and runners-up were UIT and ICFAI University, Dehradun, respectively. Uttranchal Institute of Management (UIM) was awarded the consolation prize.

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Experts discuss pre-primary education
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
Do not teach the child. Observe her while she is doing certain tasks. Do not interfere in the way she creates her own learning paradigm. Try to understand that she is creative in all aspects of her learning style. Love her so much and realise her potential. Each mother must therefore know the early child-care education through the Montessori education system before they celebrate their motherhood.

This was the opinion of a trainer from International Montessori Society, US, at a seminar organised at ICFAI University, Dehradun, to commemorate the birth anniversary of great freedom fighter, educationist and first Education Minister of India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, also celebrated as National Education Day, here yesterday.

Speaking to scholars of various disciplines of the university, experts shed light on different issues and challenges of our pre-primary education and the remedies to overcome these challenges through the Montessori education system. From the moment a child enters the classroom, each step in his education is seen as a progressive building block, ultimately forming the whole person, in the emergence from childhood to adult. All focus is on the needs of the child, they added.

Suman Bhatia, eminent philanthropist, trainer and expert in the Montessori education system, and Dr Pawan Saini, eminent clinical psychologist and master trainer in the system, were the resource persons for the seminar the topic of which was “Innovation in Learning with Montessori Education: Opportunities and challenges”.

The seminar was organised by The ICFAI College of Education, a constituent of ICFAI University, Dehradun. The dignitaries present at the seminar were Dr DK Giri, Dean, ICE, Prof B Kumar, Director, ILS, and Col SK Jairath, Chief Administrative Officer.

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99 get academic excellence award
Yamini Sunwar
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
A spectacular function was organised at St Jude’s School here today, where the school celebrated its third academic and sports excellence awards.

The prizes were awarded to honour the meritorious students who have been selected from council schools in Dehradun for their achievements in the field of academics and sports.

A total of 99 students were awarded for achieving highest aggregate marks in ICSE and ISC Board Examination. Forty students were awarded for representing the state in various games for 2007-08.

Students from St Jude’s School, St Thomas’ College, Welham Girls, Doon Presidency, Carman School and Ann Mary School participated to make the programme more enthralling.

Principal Secretary (Health) Keshav Desiraju graced the ceremony as the chief guest. Other guests were president of the Dehradoon Council School’s Association RV Gardner and Principal of St Thomas College.

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KV students get lessons on consumer awareness
Tribune News Service

Roorkee, November 12
Students of Kendriya Vidyalya-2 got lessons on consumer awareness at the school premises here yesterday.

In his one-hour-long lecture, local advocate and expert in consumer affairs Srigopal Narsan made youngsters aware about cheating done by shopkeepers while selling their goods.

Apart from differentiating between warranty and guarantee, Narsan told the students about their rights as consumers.

The students were also told how to register their complaint in the consumer form.

“On every purchase, we should ask for a receipt from the shopkeeper,” said the advocate.

The curious students too asked the advocate questions on the subject.

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Local artistes make impact at mahotsava
Sandeep Rawat
Tribune News Service
School and college students give dance performances at the Haridwar Mahotsava
School and college students give dance performances at the Haridwar Mahotsava. Tribune photos: Rameshwar Gaud

Haridwar, November 12
Though renowned and national-level artistes are a major attraction at any mahotsava, yet it’s imperative to include local and upcoming artistes so that they can get a platform to showcase their skills and hone their skills in front of thousands of spectators.

And this opportunity was utilised to the fullest by local artistes and students in the ongoing Haridwar Mahotsava. Their performance was such that it did not look that the audience was missing renowned artistes.

Local artistes presented folk and traditional dances and songs of various states. But the regional Garhwali and Kumaoni dances and songs were applauded the most as was the Punjabi folk dance. The audience clapped for most part of the programme with youth present in majority. School and college students were given a fair share in the night.

The main attraction of the night were the solo and group dances wherein the participants with their performance reverberated the whole venue. Performances with perfect dance steps in sync with the songs made the event a spectacular and smash hit with the audience, and several times organisers and security personnel had to intervene and stop people from reaching the stage while dancing.

Among the locals, the Uttarakhand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Kaushik Arts Group, Delhi Public School, Doon Cambridge, Hariharanand Public School and Himalaya Ayurvedic Medical College participated.

The show was inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor of Uttarakhand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Sudha Pandey, while Uttarakhand Public Commission president SK Das was the chief guest.

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Aman best horse polo player of IMA
Tribune News Service
A polo match being played at Indian Military Academy in Dehradun on Thursday
A polo match being played at Indian Military Academy in Dehradun on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir 

Dehradun, November 12
For his all-round performance, GC Aman Singh was adjudged the most valuable player of Horse Polo Tournament conducted at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here today.

The event had been organised by the IMA from November 5 to 9. The gentleman cadets were appreciated and felicitated by the officiating commandant, IMA, Brig LK Rampal. He gave away the Desraj Urs Trophy to the winners.

Others who gave a good performance in the tournament were GC Pratik Phule and GC Anurag Singh Bisht.

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SJA, TAS to lock horns in final
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
St Joseph Academy (SJA) and The Asian School (TAS) registered a final berth after winning their respective semifinals here today during the Council School Cricket tournament underway at St Joseph Academy on Rajpur Road.

In the first semifinal, SJA got the better of Guru Nanak Academy (GNA) by 45 runs. SJA won the toss and chose to bat first. A fine batting performance by its batsmen helped the team score a big total of 198 for eight in the allotted 25 overs.

All batsmen contributed with bat showing a good teamwork. Parvanshu was the batsman of the day. He struck 20-ball 53 to give a solid boost to his side. His half century was studded with two sixes and nine boundaries.

Sahil (36), Jovin (28) and Akshay (25) were the other principal scorers for the team. For GNA, Ayush and Abhishek pocketed two wickets while Aditya got one.

Batting second, GNA was bowled out at 153 for nine in 25 overs. Raghav (36) and Abhishek (35) were the main scorers for the team. None other batsmen could score a respectable number. Adish and Abhik of SJA bowled with tight line and length. They claimed three wickets each and didn’t let the rivals score. Sahil also pocketed two wickets.

The second semifinal was totally one-sided affair with TAS trouncing Carman School Dalanwala (CSD) by seven wickets.

CSD batting first was packed off on a meagre total of 81 runs. Anubhav (15) and Ankit (11) could stand on the pitch for sometime while rest of the batsmen struggled even to score a double figure number.

For TAS, Vishwash got three wickets while Akshat and Mohit took two wickets each.

Replying, TAS achieved the low target of 82 set by its rival in just 13.3 overs. Ayush played an unbeaten knock of 35 runs to take his team home easily. Umang, Shushank and Vikas took one wicket each for the losing side.

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Sighali Hills, Jaswant school win
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
In a well-contested league match, Sighali Hills managed to get past St Mary School 14-13 here today during the District Youth Basketball Championship for Girls being organised by District Basketball Association at Welham Girls School.

Both sides gave a tough fight throughout the match. While St Mary took a 3-2 lead in the first quarter, the winning team struck back in the next quarter with a score reading 2-1 in their favour.

Sighali Hills kept up the good work in the third quarter also as it finished the quarter 6-2. With the score reading 10-6 in Sighali’s favour after the third quarter, its rival pulled up its socks and gave them a neck-to-neck competition in the last quarter.

St Mary won the fourth quarter 4-7, but to their dismay, they lost the match by one point. For the winning side, Norum Dal top scored with six points.

Meanwhile, Jaswant Model School managed to prevail over Aryan School 15-13 in overtime in the second league match of the day.

The scores in the four quarters were 2-1, 0-4, 3-5, 7-2. As both sides scored 12 each in regulation time, the match was decided in overtime.

The teams were given three minutes extra time in which Jaswant Model School beat Aryan School 3-1.

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Annual Day
Top honours for SGGR Racecourse
Yamini Sunwar
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
SGRR Racecourse celebrated its silver jubilee and annual day here in the school campus. Chief guest Mahant Devender inaugurated the event and congratulated the students and the members.

Students presented mirthful performances with enthusiasm. The whole event was a melange of dance and singing competitions. SGRR Racecourse won the first prize, SGRR, Patel Nagar stood second while SGRR located near Talab bagged the third prize.

Other eminent guests present at the event were RS Nautiyal, Col Govind Bharti, Vishnu Nautiyal, Bilocham Rawat, R Arora and principals of all SGRR branches.

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Aryan cagers drub Seven Oaks 33-6
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
Aryan School drubbed Seven Oaks 33-6 in a league-cum-knockout match on the second day of Council School Senior Boys Basketball Tournament held at Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy here today.

The winning side dominated throughout the match. It blanked Seven Oaks 10-0 in the first quarter. Aryan School increased its score as the match progressed.

The second quarter score was 18-2. It won the third and fourth quarter also with the score showing 22-6 and 33-6 respectively. Yash top-scored with 10 points for the winning team.

Hilton School got the better of The Asian School 39-28 in another match of the day. Hilton won its quarters 9-8, 20-15, 29-24, 39-28. Arpit Bachchan scored 18 baskets for the winning team. Dipanshu of the losing side also gave a fight scoring 14 points.

In the last match of the day, hosts Raja Ram Mohan Roy (RRMR) beat Summer Valley 20-12. The hosts won the quarters 5-2, 11-8, 15-10, 20-12. Anuraj was the top scorer for the winning team with 6 baskets.

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Cambrian Hall holds athletic meet
Tribune News Service
Students perform a drill at the annual athletic meet of Cambrian Hall School in Dehradun on Thursday
Students perform a drill at the annual athletic meet of Cambrian Hall School in Dehradun on Thursday.— Tribune photo : Anil P Rawat

Dehradun, November 12
Cambrian Hall celebrated its 48th annual athletic meet and PT display here today on their school premises.

The function commenced with the inauguration by chief guest Brig YT Jain. The whole ceremony was a captivating procession of chocolate race, obstacle race, skipping race, relay, mixed relay, P T display, march past, etc. but gymnastics was the main attraction of the event.

The individual championship awards for A division went to Sushant Thapa and Avneesh Sharma, for B division; Navidhya Chettri, for C division; Vikrant Chaudhary, for D division; Vasu Kanojia, for E division; Praney Pratap and Abhinav Mangle, for U division; Shaily Panwar, for V division; Diksha Gauri, for W division; Melina Thapa, for X division; Shailly Yadav, for Y division; Nidhi Malik. Deepali Shah trophy went to Diksha Gauri and Zanmy Jay was declared best gymnast.

The Doutre House stood the cock shield, Jodha House was second, Mainwaring House was third and Edwards House was fourth.

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Surya-Abhijeet bag doubles crown
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
Cadet Surya Prakash and cadet Abhijeet Barua beat the duo of cadet Guninder Sidhu and cadet Pranayjit Singh in the final of the lawn tennis tournament held at the Rashtriya Indian Military Academy (RIMC) here from November 6 to 11.

A total of 128 participants from all classes took part in the competition that only had matches in the doubles category.

Cadet Kush Kumar and cadet Purshottam Kumar bagged the Most Promising Player award.

The chief guest for the evening Col H Dharmarajan, SM, Commandant, RIMC, said that he was pleased to see the performance of the cadets.

Baseball trials on Sunday

Trials to select the Uttarakhand Baseball team for the forthcoming 11th Little League National Baseball competition, which will be held in Gaziabad (UP) from November 20 to 22, will be conducted on November 15 at 3 pm on Parade Ground.

Players under the age group of 13 can take part in the trials. The interested players should bring their date of birth certificate during the trials. Coach Ravinder Pal Singh Mehta and Pritam Singh can be contacted for further information.

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28 teachers get Shailesh Matiyani Award
Seema Sharma
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, November 12
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank gave away 28 state teachers, 13 from primary and middle classes each, one from DIET and another teacher from Sanskrit School, newly instituted Shailesh Matiyani Award, named after renowned litterateur of the state, today.

HN Joshi

HN Joshi

Parvati Khetwal

Sureshanand Gaur

Geeta Verma

Bansi Dhar Andola

Shakuntala Estwal

Eulogising Matiyani, he said: “The award has been aptly named after Matiyani, who till last stage of his life, when he got afflicted with many serious ailments, continued to serve the state with his pen”. Nishank said the teachers would play a pivotal role in achieving vision 2020 as education is the backbone of every society.

Overwhelmed with the gesture of the government, Matiyani’s wife, Neela Matiyani, said: “There can not be a better tribute to my late husband than recognising the contribution of teachers in his name because my husband always gave utmost importance to education”.

Teachers, too, thanked the government for the appreciation. Parvati Khetwal, primary school teacher at Karuli, said: “This recognition has come my way after remaining in teaching profession for 30 years. I always aimed at providing them physical, mental and cerebral growth so that they became successful citizens of the county”. She asked the state government to provide more teachers at the primary level, as one teacher was not sufficient to teach all primary classes in such schools.

It is not only education, but also extra-curricular activities, which are necessary to hone the inherent skills in schoolchildren. Believes so HN Joshi, English teacher from Lohaghat. “I have been actively involved in the NSS project, literacy campaigns and yoga classes. I believe that a better future can be shaped up for students by giving them maximum exposure through extra-curricular studies, provided their regular studies are not hampered”. Joshi also wrote a poetry book “Chintan Pravah”.

Shakuntala Estwal, who braved tough times in her life of staying far from her family in one-room tenement in the school building, situated in the far-flung area of Jogi Madi for more than two decades, said: “I treated my profession from service point of view”.

Sureshanand Gaur, Sanskrit teacher in Sanskrit Jyotish Mahavidyalaya, Chamoli, felt his responsibility to promote the language in the Devbhoomi of sages had increased manifold with this award. “This award has infused a new energy in me to make Sanskrit more popular by holding more events such as essay writing, declamation contests and publishing of more books.”

The only teacher from DIET (District Institute of Education Training) who got the honour, Bansi Dhar Andola, likes teaching students more than training teachers at DIET, as teaching remains his first and foremost love. He said: “I have taught biology for 11 years before joining DIET and mastered the art of “remedial teaching” making weak students improve tremendously through various methods”.

Geeta Verma, teacher from Champavati, too, evolved a unique way of making science equipment from cheap raw or discarded material for the poor children. “I made many such things such as skeleton from a branch of a tree, map on a piece of rag, tree on cardboard, etc. They evoke interest among students for science subjects, and also enhance their creative skills”.

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