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Advani launches Sparsh Ganga campaign
Clouds of uncertainty over 193 colleges
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To widen reach, open varsity selects 147 study centres
National theatre, folk dance festival fails to attract audience
Wait for BEd counselling continues
Guru Ram Rai School reopens at Kempty
Asian Paints Ltd recruits Gurukul students
Day one of UTU exam goes off peacefully
Haridwar to be developed into cultural city: Nishank
Secretariat thump OLF 5-0
BCCI Affiliation to State
A number of cricket tourneys ahead on calendar
Young players get tips from famous names of Doon
Basketball assn to hold u-14 c’ship from May 21
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Advani launches Sparsh Ganga campaign
Dehradun, May 17 Advani added that the credit for the successful completion of the Maha Kumbh and the start of the Char Dham yatra goes to the state government headed by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. “Two wonderful things happened during the Maha Kumbh. The first was the start of the World Hindu Kosh and the second was the start of the Sparsh Ganga campaign,” he said. Advani said that the Maha Kumbh was the biggest religious congregation on Earth and it has taken the world by surprise. “More than 70 lakh people visited the Kumbh last time, but this time, the number of pilgrims calculated by the space application centre of the state were 1.64 crore who took a bath on April 14,” he said. Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that his government has resolved to clean the Ganga and sent a proposal in this regard to the Union government. He said that each and every individual should be sincere and not throw filth or plastic in rivers and hills. “Youth and non-governmental organisations have a bigger role to play in this campaign,” he said. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen BC Khanduri (retd) in his address said that it was a good initiative which should be taken up not only at the national level, but at the international level. Former Madhya Pradesh CM Uma Bharti said that it was the commitment of every Hindu to clean the Ganga. Former Pauri Garhwal MP Lt Gen TPS Rawat (retd) and Uttarakhand state BJP chief Bishan Singh Chufal were among other senior party leaders present on the occasion.
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Clouds of uncertainty over 193 colleges
Dehradun, May 17 The new academic session is about to begin shortly in these colleges, but the government has so far not created a new state university that will give affiliation to these colleges. To tide over the vexed issue of affiliation, it was announced in October last year that the government would shortly issue an ordinance paving the way for setting up a new state university to which these 193 colleges would be affiliated, automatically replacing HNB Garhwal University that had become a Central university. But so far, this university is nowhere in sight. Sources said the government was facing a problem regarding availability of land and its location. Though the provision of token money has already been made in the state budget, nobody is ready to commit a date when the new university will come into being. “We have already prepared a draft for the new university, but the remaining issues have to be sorted out at the highest level,” said Radhika Jha, Additional Secretary, Higher Education. As of now, the colleges continue to be affiliated to the Central University that is unable to focus on its main agenda of promoting the university into a centre of excellence. “We are being forced to make
dual arrangements and that, in all probability, should not be our business. We are being forced to conduct exams
and declare results of private colleges. We have managed one academic year and as the picture is not clear, it looks like that we will have to wily nilly continue with it,” said Dr US Rawat, HNB Garhwal University. The ordinance will enable new colleges to apply for affiliation and the old colleges that want to get disaffiliation from the Central university could also apply to the new university for affiliation. As declared earlier by the government, the university is to be established in the Garhwal region. The issue may acquire political overtones once the government zeroes down on one of the six districts. No wonder, it is treading cautiously for now. Among the host of alternatives being deliberated upon for the new university, one of these is converting the Swami Tirath campus at Badshahi Thaul (Tehri) of the HNB Garhwal University into a state university, but the state government has already transferred the Badshai Thaul campus at new Tehri to the Central university and cannot possibly get it back. “According to the modalities of
the agreement, the state government has handed over the property to the Central university and we need these for developing our own residential campuses and therefore, we cannot part with these. “We are building islands of excellence without compromising on quality. We have no objection to colleges waiting to get affiliated with us, but they need to maintain certain standards. “However, the state may gain
tremendously in terms of building academic resources and even emerge a frontline state in the field of environment and resource management,” stressed Prof SK Singh, VC of HNB Garhwal University. As for the Central university, it is keen to continue with the ongoing courses and then proceed with more contemporary and modern studies in biotechnology and microbiology and even advanced and specialisation courses in the fields of engineering and medicine.
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To widen reach, open varsity selects 147 study centres
Nainital, May 17 The university is aiming to cover the remotest part of the state to take education to the door steps of people, particularly those residing in the remote and rural areas of the state, which primarily has a mountain topography. According to Vice-Chancellor Dr Vinay Kumar Pathak, the university has accomplished the Herculean task of identifying the colleges and various organisations for being allotted the study centres as well as being designated as programme centres. The whole exercise was carried out by a service expedition over a period of 17 days. The expedition was carried out by a university team of two consultants and two staff members. After this survey, advertisements were released in newspapers so that the organisations could apply for getting the study centres. The university authorities claimed that there was an overwhelming response to the advertisements for applying for the setting up of study centres. Around 300 applications were received from various organisations involved in running private colleges as well as government-run colleges. For practical purposes, the state was divided into 10 regions and senior professors were appointed as regional directors. According to a university spokesperson, they played a crucial role in decision making with the four teams which were evaluating the centres. Finally, 147 centres were chosen as programme as well as study and special study centres. There are around 114
programme centres that are already running one or two programmes. He said the 16 organisations that had been given permission to set up the study centres were around 16 were those that were running three or more programmes. Eight organisations had been allotted special study centres. They were located in remote and rough terrains. The spokesperson added that for the expansion of education in these areas the Vice-Chancellor had agreed that the university would bear 50 per cent of the cost involved in setting up the study centres in these areas. A total of 106 centres have been identified for running courses in humanities and management like masters in business administration (MBA), bachelors in business administration (BBA). Commerce courses would be run from 55 centres. A total of 25 study centres would also help in running a course in hotel management and seven centres would run courses of astrology, while 24 centres had been identified for ayurveda and life sciences. All these centres would
be recognised study centres of the university.
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National theatre, folk dance festival fails to attract audience
Dehradun, May 17 Considering the wide variety of performances that the extravaganza had to offer in the morning session, poor arrangement that resulted in interruption of the programme, left the performers stranded midway. Dance and theatre teams from Assam, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh putting up a spectacular performance. There were both solo performances and group dances, in which schoolchildren from Assam, Rajasthan and Orissa stole the show. The audience was enthralled by performances presented by the members of the Arpan Art Society from Bikaner (Rajasthan), a duet presented by Mansi Pawar and Dev Raj Giri and dance performed by Mansi Pawar and Anupriya Choudhury, which were excellently choreographed by
Mahender Singh. Still in High School, Mansi is already a professional dancer and has even given performances in France. Today she did not miss a single step while she danced enthusiastically with pots balanced on her head. All professional dancers manage to earn between Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 for two hours of a performance. However, an exceptional performance by Aruna Lok Nritya group members from Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) narrating stories of Lord Vishnu and his many avatars interspersed with Krishna Lila, too, was appreciated. Somya Somalita Das, a member of Oriya Theatre Movement, performed solo Sambalpuri dance depicting the tribal culture of Orissa. The audience also got
a peek at varied diversity of Assam, from where two cultural troupes gave
bihu presentation. In the evening, two plays Yehudi Ki by Abhiwaykti and Maha Brahmin by Mayank Theatre group were performed.
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Wait for BEd counselling continues
Dehradun, May 17 The UTU started its first batch of BEd in 2009-10. More than 7,000 applicants have appeared in the entrance test for the 300 seats. The university also faced several problems in releasing the results of the test online. The online version of the results are displaying only the marks obtained, leaving the candidates in the state of quandary whether they have shortlisted or not. According to the administration of the university, the schedule of the counselling has not been finalised yet, but is anticipated to be discussed in the next meeting on May 18. Along with the announcement of the final date, a list of the shortlisted candidates will also be released. He has also informed that the delay in the results occurred due to the technical fault in the software of the university’s website. However, presently, the university is engaged in the preparations of the UPMT entrance examination and doesn’t plan to conduct the counselling session before May 26.
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Guru Ram Rai School reopens at Kempty
Mussoorie, May 17 More than 130 students have already enrolled in the school which is up to Class IX. CBSE-nominated Principal Keshav Lakhera said the school was shut down in March, but as the modalities were started once again with the
blessings of Mahant Devendar Das, the school could see the light of the day. He also said Guru Ram Rai had more than 112 schools in five states and 25
in Uttarakhand. The residents thanked Mall for his efforts to start the school again. The parents said the school had made education easy for their children otherwise they had to go to
Mussoorie for studies, which was a cumbersome exercise. Mall commended the efforts of the residents of Kempty in getting the school functional once again. He also thanked Mahant Devendar Das
for agreeing to re-start the school. He said Guru Ram Rai was a pioneer in
providing quality education to residents of rural areas in the state. Sweets were also distributed on the occasion.
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Asian Paints Ltd recruits Gurukul students
Haridwar, May 17 Asian Paints Limited conducted a campus interview for MSc chemistry students and selected four students for internship and then for final recruitment process. Selected students that made to the final stage
are Mahendra, Kartikeya, Mushir Alam and Mohammed Faizad. Senior Manager Plant (Personnel) Amit Kumar and Anand of Asian Paints Limited took the written examination as well as mock interview of the students. University placement cell in charge Mayank Aggarwal guided the students for the recruitment process and
Dr SP Singh, Nitin Kamboj, Dr Rajul Bharadwaj, Dr Sudhanshu Sharma, Vikas Saxena and Kuldeep Kumar Vice-Chancellor Prof Swatantra Kumar, Chancellor Prof Ved Prakash Shastri, Registrar Prof AK Chopra, Prof RD Kaushik and Dr SP Singh extended their wishes to the selected students. University officials expressed happiness over the students’ placements for job as well as internship and hoped that the education they received in Gurukul would help them in their career.
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Day one of UTU exam goes off peacefully
Haridwar, May 17 The management of the SDIMT has expressed happiness over the UTU selecting the institute for being allocated as an examination centre. Speaking to The Tribune, SDIMT Director Dr Aditya Gautam said all arrangements were being made to ensure the peaceful conduction of the examination. He said earlier the institute had fulfilled all requisite conditions and examination-related processes. While management examinees termed the facilities provided by the institute as satisfactory and as per the status of the UTU. University invigilator Dr AK Chauhan also expressed satisfaction over the examination facilities. Satya Jit Kumar Bhagat, Jaya Lakshmi, Varsha Rani and Anurag Gupta of SDIMT coordinated the examination processes.
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Haridwar to be developed into cultural city: Nishank
Haridwar, May 17 Dr Nishank was in the pilgrim city to launch a Sanskrit newspaper, Dainandini. While speaking at the function, he exhorted on more usage of Hindi and Sanskrit languages. He said the state government was serious about making Sanskrit the second language in the state. Dr Nishank also lauded the efforts of the state government for the successful completion of the Maha Kumbh, world’s largest fair. Nishank also said the famous religious Mata Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra would also be hosted on the lines of the Maha Kumbh and held on a grand scale.
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Secretariat thump OLF 5-0
Dehradun, May 17 Sunil Raj of the winning team became a pain for the OLF. He single-handedly changed the face of the game. Sunil struck four consecutive goals in the 30th, 34th, 38th and 45th minute of the game. Kuldeep Rawat also scored in the 65th minute of the game to increase the margin of the win. The OLF players had no answer to such good performance of its rival. Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand Sports Power Group (USPG) will play another league match of the tournament against
Education Department here tomorrow on the Pavilion Ground.
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BCCI Affiliation to State
Dehradun, May 17 Sharan said BCCI Vice-President Arun Jaitely during a meeting in Mumbai had asked members of the three associations, including his, to form one committee. Then only it could give affiliation to
the state. But the two associations stuck on with their demand of appointing their own presidents to the yet-to-be-found affiliated association. The UCA wanted Baliyan as president and the CAU put forth the name of Hira Singh Bisht for the same. “We just want that whosoever the BCCI makes the president, the state should get the affiliation,” he added. “These two associations wanted only the presidentship, not the affiliation,” Sharan voiced. Meanwhile, both associations have denied having any issue due to the post of the president. PC Verma, general secretary of the CAU, told The Tribune that they didn’t know any other association. They just knew that the BCCI had two meetings with the CAU and the UCA to give affiliation. He refuted that the issue of getting the BCCI affiliation got withheld due to any presidentship issue between the two associations. While Chanderkant Arya, secretary of the UCA, claimed that their association would get affiliated to the BCCI in
September this year. “We are the oldest cricket association in the state and the BCCI had asked us to promote junior kids and work in ground development, and we are sure this
September we will get the affiliation,” he said. He also maintained that four associations were called by the BCCI and the two of them were discarded. “Only the CAU and our association were recognised by the apex body,” he added.
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A number of cricket tourneys ahead on calendar
Dehradun, May 17 Addressing a press conference, Ram Sharan, president of the Uttarakhand Cricket Association, said this competition would be played in two groups and two phases. Eight teams in both categories will be participating in the tournamnet. In the first phase, u-19 cricket competition will be played from May 20 to 23 on Rangers College cricket ground and Survey Ground. The final will be played May 24 on Rangers Ground. In the second phase, u-16 cricket tournament will be held from May 27 to 30 on Rangers College cricket ground and Survey Ground. The final of this competition will be held on May 31 on Rangers Ground. During the two phases of the tournament two matches will be played in both the groups. Jaipur, (Rajasthan), Sonipat (Hariyana), Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Delhi (two teams), Haldwani, Dehradun and other teams from Uttar Pradesh are expected to participate in this tournament. Meanwhile, Summer Cricket Festival is also being organised from May 18 to 31. There is no entry fee in this cricket tournament and the match ball will also be given by the organisers. Eight teams are participating in this tournament. A local u-16 and u-19 cricket competition has begun in the Survey of India. A Friendship Trophy will also be organised in this summer festival in which Northern Railway, Lucknow and local teams of Dehradun will be playing.
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Head Constable brings laurels to state
Dehradun, May 17 He finished the 800m race in one minute and 48 second. Prior to this, the player had won the third place in the 800m race in the Senior Athletics Championship at Ranchi in May. DGP Subhash Joshi has congratulated the player and announced to honour him.
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Chandigarh, Doon Combined Club score victories
Dehradun, May 17 Batting first, the Chandigarh team scored 92 runs in 14.1 overs. Rohit Khanna (21) and Subodh (18) topscored for the side. Navi took three wickets. Manoj, Vishal and Papu took two wickets each. In reply, Little Youngstar’s Vishal (20) was the only batsman who contributed for the team. The team couldn’t perform well with the bat and were all out in 15.4 overs for 66 runs. Gurdaas took highest four wickets. In the second match of the day, the Doon Combined Club in a tough encounter beat Doon IIC by eight runs. The Combined Club scored 144 runs batting first. Whereas IIC got all out in 136 runs in 16.6 overs.
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Young players get tips from famous names of Doon
Dehradun, May 17 The kids showed full enthusiasm towards the game throughout the camp. The kids are working under the watchful eyes of the known names in football, including CB Thapa and Mahendra Thapa. Today, the ASP (Traffic) met the budding players and gave useful tips to them. She asked the students not to take junk food and live a healthy lifestyle. She also told the students to go to school on cycle and obey traffic rules. The camps are being held at Chanderbani village, Shyampur-Thakurpur, Bhandari Bagh SGGR College, Chaandmari, Pavilion Ground, Gaziwala, Gujrada Tibetan Colony, Rajpur and Survey of India to promote the game and to prepare some good footballers from the state. These are 21-day camps where boys and girls in the age group of 8 to 20 years are participating with full enthusiasm.
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Basketball assn to hold u-14 c’ship from May 21
Dehradun, May 17 Ten teams in both boys and girls sections are
expected to participate in this championship. The championship will be played with a league-cum-knockout system. During the championship, the Uttarakhand Basketball Association will conduct FIBA New Rule Clinic,
Coaches Clinic/Workshop and Uttarakhand State Referees examination. The opening ceremony will be held on May 21 at 4 pm onwards followed by the matches. The final will take place on May 23 followed by prize distribution
ceremony, according to Vinod Vacchani, secretary of the association.
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