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Oak Grove School completes 125 years of existence
Thrilling drama at Oak Grove School
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Waverly, Oak Grove School students shine in class X board exams
An MBA course for aspiring principals
One charred in rubber factory fire
Hridayesh: Pointless controversy over House building, permanent capital
Ex-Oppn leader puts forth civic problems before MNA
Three arrested for theft; jewellery recovered
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Oak Grove School completes 125 years of existence
Mussoorie, May 30 The social media sites and several other portals created by the ex-students who still feel as the part large family are already abuzz with greetings and messages on completion of 125 years of Oak Grove School as a premiere education centre owned by Northern Railways. Former students are also contributing in their own ways as they do not want to be left out of 125 years long legacy of the school. One of the former students, Subhash Gupta, who joined Oak Grove School in class 4 in 1994 and completed class 12 in 2003 and presently owns an apparel unit in Delhi, has found a novel way of contributing towards the 125th year celebrations of the school by creating a unique memorabilia in the form of special mugs,T-shirts,Pen Drives etc with the logo of the school engrained on it. When contacted Subhash Gupta speaking to The Tribune said that he found that the former students were longing to own their own symbol of their alma mater that is easily available worldwide so that they can cherish it for life. Finding the 125th year celebrations of the school as opportune moment, he decided to create a range of articles with Oak Grove School logo inscribed on it for which he received motivation from other seniors from the school that lead to creating an online OG memorabilia section. The members of the ex-students' association called The Oakgrovian Association of India (TOGA) have also decided to contribute by donating two laptops to best student from boys' and girls' section each on the occasion. According to the association secretary Brijesh Bhutani and treasurer Balkrishan Tanvar, the Delhi chapter of the association will also be donating a trophy and cash prize in memory of deceased ex-student Anil Bhatnagar on the occasion. Another ex-student Nikhil Kumar is contributing to the school by collecting the rare and old pictures of the students dating back to British era. Nikhil Kumar opines that after completing class 12, and being struck by nostalgia, he had joined the OG forum on msn, which was OG's first online forum. There were many discussions and several people had shared their photos. Most of them were of the 60s-70s period though. After msn died down, he formed the present OG Mussoorie group and got in touch with many ex-Oak Grovians from abroad (Australia, NZ, UK, Canada) who shared their pictures with him often. He also planned to come out with a coffee-table book in association with a few seniors and collected many rare pictures in the process, but then he heard that the school itself had to put the idea on the back-burner. Ex-Oakgrovian Sanjeev Meston, residing in Australia, elated at 125 years' celebrations of the school, says: “ I owe a lot to my alma mater. I, hence, thought to contribute in my own way. So I developed a Web portal for Oak Grove Alumni to remain in touch with happenings at school, and also provide them with an opportunity to form alumni networks in various locations of the world. This portal will soon have many features incorporated in it.” He further said that his other desire was to set up a complete online learning management system for the school students and staff and give back to the school in this
way.
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Thrilling drama at Oak Grove School
Mussoorie, May 30 The programme began with a thrilling drama
'Charandas Chor' by Sambhav Munch Parivaar of Dehradun. It was based on a Rajasthani folk story of a thief
Charandas, who ultimately lost his life for what he stood for. The drama was directed by Abhishek
Mandola. A patriotic drama 'Naman' was also presented by artistes of Sambhav Munch
Parivaar. The theme of the drama based on terrorism and wars. Following that, a musical concert by the participants of West Central Railway, Jabalpur mesmerised the audience with their devotional song and a solo tabla recital.
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Waverly, Oak Grove School students shine in class X board exams
Mussoorie, May 30 For Oak Grove School Aditya Kumar Singh, Alok
Priyadarshi, Ankit Sonkusare, Ankush Kamboj, Ayush Gupta, Mridul Kumar
Mandal, Reevtvik Raj, Abhilasha Kumari, Ankita Das, Dipali Sinha, Harshita
Priyadarshini, Nikita Chakraborty, Pragya Shuchi, Sneha Kumari, Somya Bushan and Sumana Das scored complete 10 CGPA points equivalent to 95 per cent. For Waverly School Aishna
Negi, Nishtha Dabral, Nitu Garg, Priyam Goel, Swastika Goel, Divyanshi
Goel, Palak Kakar, Afshan Anam Saeed and Shagun Swarup secured 10 CGPA points. Ajay Singh Kandari secured 9.4 CGPA points for Central School for Tibetans. Shivani Sargwan scored 9.2 and Ankit Kumar scored 9 CGPA points from the same
school. Sandeep Singh(9.6), Sumit Sharma (8.8), Kailash Rawat(8.6), Karan Aagrwal (8.4) and Shubham Nautiyal with 8.4 CGPA points excelled in Kendriya
Vidyalaya. For Tibetan Homes Chemi Donzom scored 86.4 per cent,Tenzin 80.1 per cent and Tenzin Phnusuk 74.1 per cent.
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Nostalgic homecoming for elderly Canadian woman
Mussoorie, May 30 She reached here along with a group of ex-students, whom she met in Delhi . Talking to The Tribune, she said her father worked in the Eastern Railways at Jamalpur Railway Coach Factory during the British era. She was born in 1933 and joined the school in 1941 at the age of 14. With India gaining Independence, her family decided to leave India, although with a heavy heart, as they considered it their home to England. From there they shifted to Canada and have been living there since. Speaking on her visit to the school today she said she was extremely glad that she could
make this trip at this age and that, too, on the eve of the school completing it's glorious 125 years. ''I am not sure if I will ever get a chance to visit the school again in future. So I thought to make it on the 125th year,'' said Le Fort. She also said that not many of her classmates have survived the vagaries of time but she was in contact with a few friends residing in Germany and Australia. Filled with nostalgia, Le Fort said that sitting once again in the Valley of Oak Grove and remembering the old days when a special bus used to come to pick them up during vacations and all the fun they had in the school would be a moment to cherish for years to come. ''I feel at home in India and have received immense love from all she has met till now, which clearly shows that you do not need money to be happy,'' said
Le Fort.
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An MBA course for aspiring principals
Dehradun, May 30 It has, thus, become important for aspiring and budding principals to prepare professionally to step into the role of the principal as school leader. Even established principals need to update and sharpen their
leadership skills. In the wake of this need to prepare principals as school leaders, Uttarakhand Technical University at Dehradun has announced the launch of an MBA in Education Management and Leadership through one of its affiliated institutions. For individuals and teachers aspiring to become principals, it could be an important professional development opportunity for career progression. The university also offers a Condensed Certificate Programme for working principals, who may want a shorter programme. It comprises a single semester, of around three
months' duration.
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One charred in rubber factory fire
Dehradun, May 30
Before fire-fighting team could reach the spot, the fire turned into an inferno. At that time, nearly 100 workers were inside the factory and they tried to rush outside. Firefighters had tough time as the rubber inside the factory aggravated the fire. It was only by the evening, that the fire was controlled. A total of 12 fire extinguishing vehicles were pressed into service. The charred body of Lalu (27) son of Ram Lal, hailing from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, was recovered from the factory. SP, Dehradun (Rural), Mamta Vohra said the fire had gutted the entire factory. Baring one, all the workers were rescued.
— TNS
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Hridayesh: Pointless controversy over House building, permanent capital
Dehradun, May 30 ''The issue of constructing the proposed Vidhan Sabha building in Raipur should be delinked with the permanent capital issue. The Planning Commission had allocated funds for building the Vidhan Sabha building which have to be utilised, otherwise the funds would lapse. For this purpose a new building has been proposed in Raipur (Dehradun). The present Vidhan Sabha building is too small and not according to the norms. The issue of selecting a capital for Uttarakhand should not be mixed with this. The issue has to be sorted by all the parties through consensus,'' she said. As of now Dehradun continues to be the interim capital of the state, but after the Bahuguna government decided to build a new Vidhan Sabha building and a Secretariat building in Raipur, the issue got mired in a controversy. While speaking with mediapersons today, the minister also said that the problem facing the payment of honorarium to the representatives of panchayats had been resolved, ''We had received some complaints about Nainital and Pauri districts pertaining to the disbursal of honorarium. The problem was not at the end of the Department of Finance,'' she said. The minister, who also met the Principal Secretary, Industries, Rakesh Sharma, also said that raids to curb illegal mining activity would continue as illegal mining was causing a huge lose to the exchequer. ''We do not have separate force to tackle this menace, but with our limited manpower extra vigil is being maintained at night and it is yielding results,'' she said. On the issue of a new president for the Uttarakhand Congress Party, the minister said that in the Congress Party, the suitable candidate is decided by building a consensus in the party and there is no tradition of holding elections.
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Rain brings respite from heat
Dehradun, May 30 After a long wait, it was today at around 4 pm that there was a heavy downpour .The rain brought much relief to both residents and the parched land. Rain also washed away all dust that had gathered in the atmosphere and made the weather pleasant. However, the relief was short lived as Met officials were expecting dry weather conditions in the coming days. According to Dehradun Meteorological Department’s Executive Officer Anand Sharma, there is no possibility of major rain in the near future. “There can be little rain in some parts of the state but the weather will remain dry all over the state, including Dehradun, in the coming days”, Sharma observed. Meanwhile, rain came as a boon for litchi growers in Dehradun. The fruit was getting cracked and experiencing speedy decay due to intense heat but with today’s rain, the litchi fruit is expected to get better.
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Dena Bank, Air India victorious
Dehradun, May 30 Batting first, the Bangladesh team scored 211 runs all out in 38.4 overs. Naeem Islam scored 69 runs while Nadie Chaudhary scored 38 runs. Garuav Sharma took five wickets for 37 runs and Chandra Paul took five wickets for 50 runs. Chasing the target, the Dena Bank team scored 214 runs for seven wickets in 39.3 overs to win the match by three wickets. Opener Awjit Singh scored a brilliant century. He scored 104 runs in 106 balls. Chandra Paul scored 40 runs. Noor Alam took three wickets for 33 runs while Sohrawardi took 2 wickets for 69 runs. In the rain-marred second match, Air India defeated the ONGC by 29 runs. Helped by a century by opener Hiten Dalal who scored 106 runs, Air India piled up 303 for six wickets in 40 overs. Sachin Rana made 58 runs and Kuldip contributed 57 runs. Lokender Kumar took four wickets for 64 runs. Due to rain, the target for the ONGC was reduced to 176 but the ONGC team could made only 147 runs for four wickets to lose the match by 29 runs. Tanmay Srivastava scored 40 runs and RS Gupta made 42 runs. Shivam Sharma took two wickets for 30 runs.
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Ex-Oppn leader puts forth civic problems before MNA
Dehradun May 30 People faced difficulty in commuting on these streets at night time. He demanded new streetlights. Besides this, he also drew MNA's attention toward the garbage heaps lying almost in each ward, saying that the garbage was also flowing into the drains and could lead to contagious diseases in these localities. He demanded regular clearance of garbage from the wards. Ashok Kumar presented the sorry state of affairs before Verma, saying that the corporation was facing acute shortage of staff. Many officers were going absent. Up Mukhya Nagar Adhikari did not come to office for days together for personal reasons. Additional Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Sadia Rashid Khan, who has additional charge as Chief Executive Officer of Uttarakhand Wakf Board, was also not able to pay her full attention to the works of DMC. However, he assured him that he would do his level best to redress the problems put forth
by him.
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Three arrested for theft; jewellery recovered
Dehradun, May 30 The accused have been identified as Ashvini Thapal, resident of Dhoran Khas, Rajpur, Virender Thapa of village Sinola, and Amarkant, resident of Friends Colony, Raipur. Ashvini and Amarkant had earlier been involved in murder of Vinay Kshetri in Dalanwala in year 2005. They were released on bail. While addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police, City, Jagdish Chand, said the accused used to do a recce of locked houses and commit thefts in them at night time. Among the accused, Ashvini Thapa was working as security guard in Palm City. He took up the job there three days ago. His brother-in-law Virender Thapa was a driver for a school bus. The accused had been involved in thefts earlier as well and had been booked under Arms Act as well. The police team headed by Station Officer Shankar Singh Bisht cracked this
case.
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Workshop on AIDS awareness
Dehradun, May 30 The society is using puppetry, dancers and street play actors in the campaign and
the traditional folk media for launching campaigns on AIDS awareness. "We are giving training to artistes on writing simple scripts so that they captivate the audience in the shortest possible time," said Uma Prakash, Joint Director, IEC. The artistes and cultural troupes were specifically instructed to make their presentation lively and ensure issues of AIDS awareness were dealt without hurting the cultural sentiments.
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