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Three in fray for students’ union president’s post
Special teams to check employees' attendance
in Secretariat
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International Literacy
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Three in fray for students’ union president’s post
Dehradun, September 8 National Students' Union of India’s candidate Mohit Rawat today filed his nominations for the post of president. ABVP’s dissident candidate Manav Bhandari also filed his nominations for the post of president. With nominations coming to a close today, three candidates are now in the fray for the post of president. Mahesh Jagudi of the ABVP had yesterday filed his
nominations. For the post of general secretary, Satish Mohan Pant from Aryan Group, a student group of the college, filed his nominations today. Six candidates, Brijmohan Negi, Akash Thakur, Devendra Singh Rawal, Himani Negi, Aman Singh Chauhan and Devendra Singh, filed their nominations for the post vice president. For the post of treasurer, Ashish Chamoli, Arushi, Saurabh Kori and Neha Bisht filed their nominations. Four nominations were filed for the post of joint secretary. Suman, Shobhit Singh, Dhirendra Singh and Chetan filed their nominations for the post of joint secretary. For union representative, Deepak Bisht, Virendra Singh, Rahul Kumar and Ankit Pandey filed their nominations. For the post of undergraduate boys' representative for science, Pankaj Singh Pokhriyal and Sachin Pilot filed their nominations. For undergraduate boys' representative for arts, Mayank Updhayaya filed his nominations. For undergraduate boys' representative for commerce Rajnish Uniyal, Devendra Goyal, Ashish Mishra, Ajay Uniyal and Abhijeet Uniyal filed their nominations. According to Deputy Election Officer Vineet Vishnoi, while today was the last day to file nominations, the scrutiny of nominations will take place tomorrow, followed by withdrawal and final publication of the lists of candidates.
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Special teams to check employees' attendance
in Secretariat
Dehradun, September 8 Additional Secretary BS Manral and Joint Secretary GP Auli would conduct verification of the attendance in four storeys of the new Secretariat building and newly-constructed tin shed of sub-section building. Additional Secretariat PS Dangwal, Joint Secretariat JP Joshi and Joint Secretary Lalit Mohan Arya would carryout verification at North-Western Block, POTA Bhawan, ATM building and new section. Additional Secretary Kishan Nath, Joint Secretary Ramesh Chandra Sharma, Under Secretary Prem Singh Bisht had been allocated FRDC building, State Bank building and POTA building. The Principal Secretary said the senior-most inspecting officer would mark the attendance of absent workers with red ink. The attendance register of sections where section officers would be found absent would be kept with BS Manral after the inspection. All those offices found locked would be considered absent if they fail to report at Additional Secretary Manral’s office in the stipulated time. He said disturbing the works of those officials and workers who prefer to keep them away from the agitation was also considered an act of indiscipline. Such workers could register their complaints both orally or in written to police officials on duty at control room or kotwali. The Principal Secretary has made it clear that salary of those found absent would be deducted and appropriate action would be taken against them.
—TNS
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Shivanand flays Cong leaders supporting quarrying
Haridwar, September 8 A section of the saint leaders of the Congress have termed quarrying necessary, which has infuriated pro-Ganga activists, including Matra Sadan followers. Swami Shivanand described the statements of Congress leaders supporting quarrying on the Ganga riverbed and on the Kumbh mela land as an example of a nexus between a quarrying mafia and political class. He alleged that the same Congress leaders who had extended full support to the Matra Sadan agitation after the death of Swami Nigmanand were now involved with a quarrying mafia. Swami Shivanand said once his demand for a fair investigation into the death of Swami Nigmanand was fulfilled, eye-opener revelations related to bureaucrats, politicians and those involved in quarrying would come to light.
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Face of the week
Dehradun, September 8 “Traditional puppetry is going through difficult times with the number of its audience constantly diminishing,” said Pudumjee. He said more and more puppetry workshops would help introduce the coming generation with this traditional art form that had been a source of entertainment for people in this part of the world since ages. Pudumjee, while elaborating on puppetry, said puppets could be made from objects of daily use. To him, movement is the language of puppets. The puppeteer reminded that historically puppetry found its references in some Sanskrit and Pali texts, which were 1,500 years old. But exact period of its origin was still a subject of study, he said. Puppetry is still a source of entertainment in eight states in the country. Rajasthan, Bangalore, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and other southern states are known for the traditional form of puppetry. However, the art had been replaced by modern puppetry, particularly in the urban areas, he stated. On efforts to promote puppetry, Pudumjee said organisations like Sangeet Natak Academy had been providing grants. He, however, asserted that traditional folk art of puppetry could only be preserved by making young minds more inclined towards it. “Workshop on puppetry should be held frequently across the country. I, through my Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust, have been doing every possible effort to ensure that puppetry survives this period of trial,” he said. Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust has been a leader in working towards social issues. It has taken up up the task of sensitising people about HIV/AIDS. It has also been holding annual puppet festival in New Delhi every year.
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St George’s College overall debate champion
Mussoorie, September 8 In the individual category, Raghav Mutneja from Wynberg Allen School stood first while Aakansha Juyal from Summer Valley and Nandish Jamwani from St. George’s School were declared joint runners up. Aashish Baweja from St. George’s was adjudged third in the debate competition. The event was organised by the State Bank of India in which schools from Dehradun and Mussoorie, namely Delhi Public School, St. Joseph’s Academy, Colonel Brown School from Dehradun and Wynberg Allen, St. Clares, St. George’s School, deliberated on the negative and positive effects of the social media in the present age. Raghav from Wynberg Allen School highlighted the disadvantages of the social networking sites and said they had become a tool for cyber bullying and rumour mongering as was evident in the recent case where people belonging to the northeast were forced to flee places in the southern states. He said the sites such as Facebook had led to a disconnect among the family members as the users instead of doing something enjoyable like reading, dancing etc., were indulging in sending notes in the shortest possible ways along with photos. He added sadly that there was a decrease in oral communication due to the increase in the use of the social networking sites. Raghav cited a recent research and said the frequent use of the social networking sites had rendered the youth more vulnerable to anti-social personality disorder and paranoia. On the other hand, Jurish Nath from the same school elaborated in detail the positive effects of the social media and how it was helping in making the people more social. He deliberated upon the social emergence of the networking sites as one of the most important tools for socialising that had been able to establish a healthy form of communication without draining bank accounts. Jurish also highlighted the fact that the networking sites played an important role in the Arab Spring movement, which led to a revolution in Egypt and other Middle East countries. Other advantages of the networking sites included fast and efficient communication, facilitation of identity, exploration and provision of social cognitive skills such as perspective talking, which involved voicing your own opinion, added Jurish. DGM, State Bank of India, Diwakar Bhatt was the chief guest on the occasion. He gave away the citation and the trophy to the winners. The judges for the event were eminent travel writers Ganesh Sali and Hugh and Colleen Gantzer. AGM, SBI, Pankaj Sharma, Branch Manager, SBI, Mussoorie, Satish Kumar and Sumit Goel were present.
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Arjun, Yug lead Doon School to victory
Dehradun, September 8 Two matches were played in pool B. The first match was between Cambrian Hall and Carman School (Dalanwala). Cambrian Hall defeated Carman School by 2-0. Utkarsh
and Anand scored one goal each. The second match in pool B was played between Moravian International School and Summer Valley School. Moravian International emerged the clear winners by scoring three goals against one goal by Summer Valley School. Stanzin, Tenzin and Aaron scored one goal each for Moravian International while Debojit scored one goal for Summer Valley. The match in pool C was played between St Thomas College and Doon Public School which ended in a draw of 1-1.
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Students’ union office-bearers sworn in
Dehradun, September 8 The office-bearers who took oath are: president-Mehak; general secretary-Astha Singh; vice-president-Anjali Semwal; treasurer-Priyanka Chauhan; and joint secretary-Ruchi Rungta and Ayushi Thalwal. Executive members Ruchi Khanduri, Preeti Kharola, Prabha Chauhan, Sarika Chauhan and Radhika Gupta also took the oath. Ashwani Kamboj, president of the MKP Management Committee, along with college teachers and a large number of students were also present at the swearing-in ceremony. The college students also presented songs on the occasion.
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International Literacy
Day
Dehradun, September 8 Speaking on the occasion of International Literacy Day at State Resource Centre (SRC), Kaushal said, “The Sakshar Bharat programme, which is under way in the six districts of the state, has been specifically designed to target marginalised groups and people living in rural areas.” In comparison to the national average, the literacy level in Uttarakhand, among both female and male, is much higher but to achieve 100 per cent literacy, it was important to bridge the male-female literacy gap. Suggesting ways to make the Sakshar Bharat programme more effective, educationist Kamla Pant said there should be a link between the RTE and the programme. Dr Priya Zadu, Joint Director, SRC, said innovative methods had to be devised to make female literate groups sustain their interest in learning. As part of the awareness building drive, a music CD, exhorting people to read and write, was
also released.
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Doon Valley, Adhoiwala victorious in football tourney
Dehradun, September 8 Doon Valley beat Balaji Club 1-0 in the first match. Gurusagar was the sole scorer for Doon Valley. In another match, Adhoiwala beat Akranta Club 1-0. Roshan scored the goal for Adhoiwala in the 45th minute of the match.
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