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Regional summit on bullying in schools
Haridwar all set for Janmashtami celebrations
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Confusing figures of electricity purchase by UPCL
Seven-year-old girl keeps Roza fast
Ishika along with her brother Aaftaab observes Ramzaan fast in Haridwar on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Winners of the RIMC inter-section Hindi debate competition in Dehradun.
Residents protest against divider on Chakrata Road
Demand for Review of Transfer Policy
Captivating performance by Shovana Narayan
Traders' memo to DM
Environment Week ends at Vivekanand School
UKD protests against Ramdev
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Regional summit on bullying in schools "Principals need to check the menace" Ajay Ramola
Mussoorie, August 9 The summit was organised jointly by the Institute of Counsellor Training Research and Consultancy (ICTRC) and St. George's College, Mussoorie, in which the participants extensively discussed the ways to curb bullying in schools. Renowned educational psychologist and Director General of ICTRC VS Ravindran headed the panel of experts. Ashish Vachhani, Deputy Director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie, was the chief guest of the summit. Ravindran in his inaugural address said, “Bullying was a life and death issue that could be ignored at risk to children. It could no longer be trivialised, taken lightly, brushed aside or denied. Thousands of children go to school every day filled with fear. Many pretend illness to avoid being bullied.” “Children who are bullied also spend a lot of time thinking about ways to avoid the trauma and have little energy left for learning. Bullying not only can destroy children’s happiness but also seriously damage their capacity for learning. It is not only the bullied child who suffers the consequences of bullying, but also many children who bully continue their behaviour into adulthood. They run an increased risk of bullying their own children, failing at interpersonal relationships, losing jobs and ending up in jails. Attempts to address the menace of bullying have been feeble at best. It is only when students start committing suicide that schools grudgingly admit that bullying in schools is a problem after all! Schools principals must accept their role as critical players in preventing and managing bullying,” he said. Ashish Vachhani Deputy Director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie, was the chief guest on the occasion. He said bullying was defined as repeated acts of peer aggression intentionally designed to harm a person who was weaker than the bully. Bullying was an exploitive relationship between students rather than one specific event. “Whether the bully uses fists, the Internet, threatening looks or gestures, or carefully worded threats, bullying presents a serious roadblock to students learning by creating a climate of fear. Since bullies often isolate their victims from other peers through group pressure, the isolated students experience rejection beyond the actual bullying. This, in turn, reduces the protective asset of other relationships. Many students have experienced chronic rejection by their classmates and were more likely to withdraw from school activities. They were also prone to scoring lower on standardised tests than their more popular peers. One of the participants, principal of Mussoorie Public School Mukesh Lal, said such a summit was important to identify and find a solution to the problem. He added bullying was inherent in the system and hence it was imperative to find solutions at the school level. The findings reached at the summit would be incorporated by the schools present here in near future.
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Haridwar all set for Janmashtami celebrations
Haridwar, August 9 Kanishk, Mayesha, Dipanshu and Shiven were adjudged best dressed Krishna. Chief guest on the function were Daisy Kumar and Vibha Jain and teaching staff Divya Panjwani, Seema Dayani and Vijender Sodhi coordinated the whole event. Varied cultural programmes were held at Bachpan Play School and Academic Heights Public School in Jagjeetpur. Dressed in colourful dresses, a tableau presentation was made on the life of Lord Krishna at Bachpan Play School on the eve of Krishan Janmashtami. School manager Manmohan Singh said by organising regular festival-based events, children get to know of the importance of every festival. In view of the Uttarkashi flood tragedy, the police administration has decided to make the annual Shri Krishan Janmashtami function that is held at Police Lines, Roshanabad, a low-key affair. Janmashtami celebrated in DPS
Janmashtami was celebrated with religious fervour at DPS Dehradun here
today. A special assembly was organised to mark the celebrations.The programme began with a devotional song in praise of Lord Krishna. The school campus reverberated with the enchanting music. Beautiful enactment on the birth of Lord Krishna and poem recitation by tiny tots touched everyone's heart. Children looked like Radha and Krishna performed an enthralling rasleela. The celebrations came to end with the message for all by Principal Sanjay K Singh to follow a righteous path.
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Confusing figures of electricity purchase by UPCL
Dehradun, August 9 On enquiry, different versions were presented on these figures. Some officials confirmed buying only 100 MW; others said 200 MW of power was purchased, whereas Managing Director AK Johri confirmed buying only 250 MW. The speculations remained rife throughout the day about the Chief Minister making a statement of buying 300 MW. Some local dailies, however, believed on the press release mailed to them and published 800 MW. To this Johri said: " We only bought 250 MW from the open market. The rest of the power was purchased from the Centre or other sources." He, however, could not clarify the other figures of power purchase as given in the official release. Earlier, a senior official had informed that the UPCL would not buy much on day-to-day basis. The purchase would remain limited to only 100 MW. To fill up the further gap between supply and demand, roistering would be imposed for at least two hours every day. But by the evening, the figures escalated drastically. The officials avoided talking on this issue in UPCL premises today.
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Seven-year-old girl keeps Roza fast
Haridwar, August 9 What's more, Ishika also attends school regularly, showing no traits of restlessness. Ishika said that she feels good after observing Roza, and initially found some difficulty, but now after four days of being on Roza fast, she doesn't have face problems. At such a tender age, Ishika urged her parents to allow her to go on fast, seeing her brother Aaftaab aged 16 observing Roza for the past three years. Ishika's parents Shakeel Ahmed and Shanno Parveen said that they initially were caught by surprise on their daughter opting for fast, which this year is of 15 hours. But seeing her insistence, seriousness and dedication, they allowed her, and now feel proud of their little daughter. Some objections are, however, being made from community traditionalists as children below 12 not allowed to observe Ramzaan fast. But Jwalapur-based Maulvi Aaarif opined that if one's dedication, spiritual inclination and adhering of rituals is as per religious ethics, then age should not come in between. "Many adult Muslims don't observe Roza fast; so if little Ishika is observing it, then she is above them. How can we stop her as she is seeking both mazhabi and academic teachings at the same time. Age is no bar,"said Maulvi Aaarif, lauding the determination of Ishika. Tanveer Ali, a resident of Jwalapur, said that Ishika opting for Ramzaan fast with sincerity and devotion is an ideal example where age defies the traditional norms.
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Shivaji section wins RIMC debate
Dehradun, August 9 They gave a good account of themselves and impressed the judges with their skills. After two gruelling rounds of debate, the Shivaji section emerged victorious, followed closely by Pratap, Ranjit and Chandragupt sections. The individual prizes were as follows: In the junior category: Best Speaker: Cdt Aman Vashist; 2nd Best Speaker: Cdt Anushil Kumar; and 3rd Best Speaker: Cdt. Abdul Malik. In the senior category: Best Speaker: Cdt. Saurabh Shukla; 2nd Best Speaker: Cdt. Lalit Kumar and 3rd Best Speaker: Cdt. Rishav Raj. The judges for the evening were Meenu Jain, editor of ‘Dignity Dialogue’, environmentalist Jagdish Babla Shrish Dobhal, an eminent film director and theatre personality. The special guest for the evening was the national award winning author and cartoonist Aabid Surti. The chief guest for the evening was Col Pankaj K. Kumaria, Commandant, RIMC. He praised the cadets on their performance in the debates and urged them to continue doing the same in inter school activities too. Other dignitaries present were Lt-Col Ambarish Tiwari, administration officers, RIMC, CS Vishwakarma, vice-principal, RIMC Wing, Commander SK Thapliyal, Major R. Richardson, Assistant Administration Officer, RIMC, Lt Pinku
Haiekam.
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Residents protest against divider on Chakrata Road
Dehradun, August 9 reached the spot. In the afternoon, Mayor Vinod Chamoli stopped the PWD from building a divider on the spot and demanded a wider cut, if the divider was necessary, for the smooth passage of vehicles through it. Chamoli said the divider would obstruct the
passage, which connected many residential colonies and markets with Chakrata Road and Rajpur
Road. In times of emergency or calamity, he said, it would take a lot of time for an ambulance or fire vehicle to reach these localities via longer routes. Executive Engineer, PWD, CP Pandey, expressed his helplessness in the matter, saying he got directions from higher officials for building the divider. Chamoli said he would hold a meeting with PWD officials to sort out the matter. It was in the morning when the divider was
being built that the people of the area protested over the divider and partially dismantled it
and rmoved the construction material. But after a couple of hours, PWD contractors started building it again. At this the councillors also reached the site
and created a ruckus, which also led to a traffic jam on Chakrata and Clock TowerRoads. Police personnel, who were present on the site, had to regulate the traffic.
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Demand for Review of Transfer Policy Tribune News Service
Haridwar, August 9 Demanding a review of "near and far place transfer posting policy" by the Uttarakhand government, the agitators cited just 5 per cent of the schools falling under the convenient category in Haridwar district as unfair. Dinesh Verma of the joint forum of these three unions, named as the Sanyukta Sangarsh Samiti, said the teachers posted in Haridwar district were being discriminated under this policy which would not be allowed. The agitating teachers also threatened to resort to legal route if the state government failed to meet their demand. A memorandum was also submitted to District Education Officer Dr Pushpa Rani Verma in this regard. Meanwhile, study in a majority of schools was affected due to the strike with barely a few students visible on the school premises. Spokesperson of the Joint Agitating Committee Ravindra Kumar said the strike was successful with a letter being forwarded to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and state Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani in this regard.
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Captivating performance by Shovana Narayan
Dehradun, August 9 Her fluid dance steps captivated the young members of the audience, who asked several questions about her dance. She left the audience satisfied with her prompt answers. She has been conferred with numerous awards, outstanding among which are the Padmashree Award for excellence and outstanding contribution to dance by the President of India in 1992, and yet again the Sangeet Natak Akademi award by the President of India in 1999-2000. Some of the other awards won by her include Delhi government's Parishad Samman, Rajiv Gandhi Puraskar, Indira Priyadarshini Samman and Japan's
Oisca.
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Traders' memo to DM
Dehradun, August 9 Aggarwal said the traders were liable to be penalised along with imprisonment under the provision of the Food Security Act. He said instead of punishing the traders, the industrialists, who supplied the adulterated foodgrains to them, should be punished as the traders would only buy directly from them. He also brought the attention to FDI in retail saying that it would render the local traders unemployed. The farmers would be under compulsion to sell their produce at lesser price to the international retailers. These traders would then sell the product at a higher price to Indian consumers. He said with the enforcement of FDI in retail, the entire trade would be controlled by the foreign retailers.
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Environment Week ends at Vivekanand School
Dehradun, August 9 School students
also visited Bindal, Kargi and Rispana rivers for an on-the-spot assessment of the state of the rivers in Dehradun. The students also submitted a report at the end of the
study trip. A special lecture by Dr DK Juneja on the theme of "Health and Sanitation" elicited good response from the students. On the concluding day, tree plantation was undertaken by the students and teachers.
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UKD protests against Ramdev
Dehradun, August 9 Senior leader Latafat Hussain said Balkrishan had been implicated in a criminal case. Hence, it was improper on the part of Ramdev to keep his photo with celebrated freedom fighters and martyrs of the country on the protest site. He demanded legal action against
Ramdev. — TNS
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