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Violence at Darivit High School handiwork of outsiders: Partha
West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee Monday said the violence in North Dinajpur district in which two students were killed was not the handiwork of school children but "done by outsiders in an organised manner." Chatterjee talking to reporters here after a meeting with District Inspector(DI) of schools said the government will get everything related to Thursday's violence at the Darivit High School at Islampur probed. "We want normalcy to be restored. But the way the furniture and equipment inside the Darivisit High school building got smashed on that day, this can't be the handiwork of school children," he said in reply to a question. "This must have been done by outsiders in an organised manner," Chatterjee said. Reiterating the death of two students was tragic, the minister said, "We will get everything related to the incident probed and take strict action accordingly. None will be spared." About the meeting with DIs, Chatterjee said, every District ...
TMC MP files PIL against BJP's bandh call
Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament (MP) Idris Ali has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court against a bandh call given by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in West Bengal on September 26. He filed the plea on behalf of All India Minority Forum.The BJP has called the 12-hour bandh to protest against the death of a student who allegedly died following a clash with police in North Dinajpur's Islampur.Tapas Barman, the student of Daribhit High School, was severely injured during the clash last week. He later succumbed to his injuries in the North Bengal Medical College.The students were protesting against the recruitment of Urdu teachers in Daribhit High School, Islampur.
Leh school to raze 3 Idiots-inspired 'Rancho Wall', bans entry of tourists
The Druk Padma Karpo School here, which shot to fame after it featured in the Aamir Khan-starrer '3 Idiots', has decided to raze the 'Rancho Wall' and ban entry of tourists as the authorities felt it was becoming a distraction for students. The wall was shot in a scene when one of the characters, Chatur, tries to urinate on it and gets electrocuted by an ingenious invention of school children. The school later painted it as the 'Rancho Wall' which became a picture spot for tourists. "The movie gave a lot of publicity to the school and it became a must visit for the tourists visiting Ladakh. However, we realised that the purpose of having a school in the area was getting defeated. Not only students were getting distracted by the tourists flocking the school but also every day the campus was being reduced to a litter ground," school principal Stanzin Kunzang told PTI. "Inspired by the vision of His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual leader of Ladakh, the school aims to ...
J-K govt forms panels for implementation of POSHAN Abhiyaan
The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday set up panels at state, district and block levels for the implementation of national nutrition mission 'POSHAN Abhiyaan' in the state. The General Administrative Department (GAD) has ordered constitution of state convergence plan committee, district convergence plan committee and block convergence plan committee for implementation of the PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan. The state-level panel will have 12 members and will be headed by the commissioner-secretary, Health and Medical Education. The district-level committee will be headed by the district development commissioner and will have 12 members. The block-level committee will have three members and will be headed by the sub-divisional magistrate.
PIL moved in HC seeking withdrawal of Wednesday's BJP bandh
The All India Minority Forum moved Monday a PIL before the Calcutta High Court seeking direction to the BJP to withdraw its West Bengal bandh call on Wednesday to protest the killing of two students in North Dinajpur district. Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali, a practising lawyer, prayed before a division bench presided by Chief Justice J Bhattacharya for an injunction restraining the BJP from giving effect to the bandh call. The saffron party has called a 12-hour Bengal bandh to protest the death of two students at a high school in North Dinajpur district's Islampur area in a clash with police during a demonstration for appointment of teachers. Moving the PIL, Ali urged for an urgent hearing of the matter since the bandh is to be held on Wednesday and submitted that citizens cannot be prevented from attending to their vocation forcibly. The division bench, also comprising Justice Arijit Banerjee, said that the matter would be listed for hearing on Tuesday. Submitting for petitioner ...
Educational institutions in 9 HP districts to remain closed on Monday
Schools in at least nine of 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh will remain closed on Monday after rains and snowfall lashed many parts of the state, officials said Sunday. All government and private schools in Shimla, Sirmaur, Kangra, Kullu, Chamba, Mandi, Kinnaur, Solan and Hamirpur districts have been directed to remain closed as a precautionary measure, they said. While only government and private schools will remain closed in Shimla and Sirmaur districts, the deputy commissioners of the seven districts of Kangra, Kullu, Chamba, Mandi, Kinnaur, Solan and Hamirpur have ordered closure of all government and private educational institutions, including schools, colleges, ITIs and anganwari kendras on Monday. Issuing orders of closure of all educational institutions in Himachal's largest district Kangra, DC Sandeep Kumar warned the general public and tourists to stay away from rivers and nullahs to avoid any untoward incident. In case of any emergency, administration may be contacted at ..
UNESCO chief says schools must fight extremism
The head of the UN education agency says schools are ground zero in the fight against anti-Semitism and extremist violence and she will push world leaders meeting in New York this week to invest more in teaching tolerance. "No one is born a violent extremist," Azoulay said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the U.N. General Assembly, which opens Monday. "Education is the best rampart against discrimination and racism." Azoulay's own organisation the first U.N. body to admit Palestine as a member has long been riven by sectarian anger, divisions she has worked to mend since taking the helm last year of the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. At the UN, she will co-host a meeting on fighting anti-Semitism and other discrimination through teaching about different religions and cultures. "It will exhort the member states to mobilise to promote education as a lever of prevention of racism and discrimination, and by extension, ...
BJP team visits West Bengal town after killing of two youths
Situation remained tense at Islampur in Bengal's North Dinajpur district even on Sunday, three days after the alleged killing of two youths during a clash between agitating students and the police over the recruitment of new teachers at a local school.
7 IAS officers shifted in Haryana
Seven IAS officers have been transferred in Haryana on Sunday with immediate effect. Navraj Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Cooperation and Vigilance departments has been posted ACS, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare department, said an official spokesperson. Jyoti Arora, ACS, Higher Education and Technical Education departments has been posted as ACS, Cooperation. Anurag Agarwal, Director General and Secretary, Higher Education department has been posted as Principal Secretary (PS), Higher Education and he will also look after the charge of PS, Technical Education department, spokesman said. IAS officer Pankaj Agarwal has been posted as Director General, Supplies and Disposals and has also been given additional charge of Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Transport department. A Sreenivas has been posted as Director and Special Secretary, Higher Education and he will also look after the charge of Director and Special Secretary, Technical Education. Rippudaman Singh ...
Delhi government schools to have alumni meetings
The Delhi government will organise alumni meetings in all its schools to reconnect and collaborate with its former students, Education Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.
BJP's WB bandh call on Sep 26 over Islampur clash will be thwarted: TMC
The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said the bandh called by the BJP in West Bengal on September 26 will be thwarted and accused the saffron party of trying to create political unrest in the state over the death of two students during a clash in North Dinajpur district. Residents of Daribhit village in Islampur held a protest before local MLA Kanhaiyalal Agarwal and Goalpokhar legislator Gulam Rabbani, demanding a CBI probe into the firing that claimed the lives of the two students, when they visited the victims' homes on Sunday. BJP leaders Mukul Roy, Locket Chhatterjee and Pratap Banerjee also met the victims' family. Furious villagers did not allow the police to enter the village on Sunday. The BJP and locals have alleged that the two, who were former students of Daribhit High School, were killed in police firing, but the superintendent of police of North Dinajpur, Sumit Kumar, had said the police did not open fire. The SP had, however, admitted that the students had received bullet ..
Students shifting from private to government schools: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said students are shifting from private to government schools for the first time in history after his party came to power and transformed the system.
Islampur clash: Local BJP leader threatens action against cops
A district BJP leader on Sunday courted controversy after he asked people to take action against security forces in North Dinajpur, where two students died in a clash with police over teachers' recruitment in a high school. Addressing villagers, North Dinajpur BJP president Shankar Chakraborty suggested putting up barricades to prevent entry of police personnel in the area. "If there is any police action, retaliate. No compromise with them. Do not cooperate with them," he said at a public rally here. Chakraborty also threatened to pitch for the transfer of Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar from the district, if he "remained inactive" and failed to take action against the culprits of the incident, which took place on Thursday. Locals have alleged that the two, who were former students of the school, were killed in police firing but Kumar had said the police did not open fire. The SP had, however, admitted that the students had received bullet injuries and said the ...
Schools to remain closed in HP districts on Monday due to heavy rains
Heavy rains have driven the Himachal Pradesh government to order closure of all schools in Kullu and Kinnaur districts on Monday, officials said. All government and private schools will remain closed in tribal district of Kinnaur on Monday as per the directions issued by Deputy Commissioner Gopal Chand, an official said Sunday. Similarly, all private and government schools as well colleges and ITIs will remain closed Monday in Kullu district, Deputy Commissioner Yunus said. Yunus said students would not be required to come to their education institutions but teaching and non-teaching staff would remain present in their respective institutions.
UP BJP MLA misbehaves with education officer, video goes viral
BJP MLA Surendra Singh and some of his party's leaders allegedly tried to misbehave with a district inspector of school (DIOS) at an official meeting here. The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place Saturday in presence of the district magistrate. In the video, the MLA is purportedly seen getting agitated with DIOS Narendra Dev Pandey and moving towards him, and the education officer being allegedly pushed by a BJP leader. The district magistrate, however, managed to control the situation. District Magistrate Bhawar Singh Khargaut said the DIOS during the meeting said that he was not afraid of anyone due to which the MLA and others got agitated. The MLA however, later, regretted for the incident.
Children from Northeast and Delhi connect through letters
Children from remote villages of the Northeast and the national capital are engaged in understanding each other's culture and diversity in a unique way - by exchanging letters. The initiative is aimed at addressing multicultural diversity and, end racial and ethnic discrimination among children through the almost forgotten art of letter writing. Discrimination against people of Northeast in Delhi is not new and through this exchange of letters among children we are attempting to create a human connect among children who are at a geographical distance from each other, Vibha Lakhera, managing trustee of NGO Reachout Foundation, which has launched the initiative, told PTI. A pilot project on Say No To Discrimination' was initiated in Alok Bharti Public School of Delhi to create awareness and sensitise students and teachers regarding multicultural diversity, its acceptance, how it manifests in the schools in the form of favouritism, silent treatment, bullying, teasing, exclusion and ...
When will students be shifted from 99-year-old dilapidated school building: HC asks AAP govt
The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government by when it can shift students from one of its schools, the building of which is 99 years old and in a dilapidated state, saying it was concerned with the safety of the children. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao asked the Delhi government to file a status report indicating by when the students would be accommodated in other schools and the time frame for repairing or reconstructing the building. The court, however, made it clear that the structure in question should not be used for anything else in its present condition as it could cave in any time according to an affidavit submitted by the Delhi government. The directions from the bench came on a PIL by NGO Social Jurist which has alleged that Rajputana Rifles Heroes Memorial Senior Secondary School in Delhi Cantonment, taken over by the Delhi government in 1975 and getting 100 per cent aid from it, was in a horrible condition. The Directorate of Education ...
Colourful bands, tattoos in TN schools keep caste cauldron
Colourful bands and tattoos may be fancy wearables and art forms for many, but for students in several government schools in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, these symbolise their caste identities and deep-rooted prejudices. Cuddalore in north Tamil Nadu is dominated by Most Backward Class Vanniyars, while Scheduled Castes, the second largest in number, account for nearly 30 per cent of the population, with the two communities being at odds with each other for long. The tug of war between the two has been spilling over to schools in deep pockets of the district, where compound walls are painted with graffiti of outfits espousing their respective causes, with students seeking to assert their caste identities. A red and blue wristband denotes the suppressed caste or leanings towards a regional Dalit-based political outfit, while a yellow-green one points to Vanniyars or support to a political party known to be backing the community, said a police officer. Tattooing of a
'Harassed' on way to school, girl commits suicide: Police
A 15-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan at her residence in outer Delhi's Sultanpuri area, with the police saying Saturday that she killed herself as she was being constantly "harassed" by a man on way to her school and tuition classes. The girl died on September 19, they said, adding that a case was registered Saturday on the basis of a complaint filed by her parents. In his complaint, the girl's father has alleged that his daughter was being "mentally harassed" by a local man who was apparently married. Her father has also alleged that the accused used to frequently "harass" her on way to school and tuition classes, police said. The accused even threatened to beat the girl's younger brother if she did not go with him. Fed up with the constant harassment, she allegedly committed suicide, her father has alleged. The girl was a class X student of a government school, the police said. Police are also probing if the accused had proposed marriage
Islampur clash: Dead students' families, RSS demand CBI inquiry
The RSS and families of the two students, who died in a clash with police in North Dinajpur district over teachers recruitment in a high school, Saturday demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. Locals have alleged that the two, who were former students of the school, were killed in police firing but the superintendent of police of North Dinajpur, Sumit Kumar had said the police did not open fire. The SP had, however, admitted that the students had received bullet injuries and had said the police were investigating who had opened fire. The RSS demanded that the state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee apologise for trying to malign the outfit's image. The parents of Rajesh Sarkar and Tapas Burman, the two students who died in the Thursday's clash, made the demand when CPI-M leaders Sujan Chakraborty and Ashok Bhattacharya met them at their homes at Daribhita village in Islampur area. The parents said the cremation of the two bodies would be done only after a CBI probe is ...