Inter school math competition at Summer Fields
organised 34th Aryabhatta Inter school Mathematics competition, which was graced by chief guest Manisha Saxena, divisional commissioner, Delhi, and school chairman Dr Jai Dev Gupta. Principal Dr Neeru Suman welcomed the guests and apprised the audience of the legacy of the competition that aims to promote analytical thinking. Modern Delhi Public School, Faridabad was adjudged winners for Class V category, while DPS, Faridabad, bagged the runners up trophy. Winners for Class VIII category were DPS, Faridabad, and runners up were Modern Delhi Public School, Faridabad. The Class XI ‘Aryabhatta Hall of Fame’ winners were Modern Delhi Public School and runners up were Modern Vidya Niketan School, Aravali Hills. Saxena congratulated the winners. She said Mathematic s teaches us to break a problem into small parts, analyse it and make it doable.
hosted a delegation from Whitchurch Primary School, Wales, UK, as part of an international exchange programme. School chairperson Madhu Gupta and principal Archana Narain welcomed the delegation followed by activities for teachers of both schools to acquaint themselves with each other’s cultures and teaching methodologies. The guests visited historical monuments in Delhi and Agra and witnessed cultural programmes as part of their farewell. The event ended with presentation of mementos.
felicitated meritorious students in academics, sports and co-curricular activities. TR Gupta, vice chairperson of DAV Colleg Managing Committee was the chief guest and Promod Kumar, senior customs officer was the guest of honour. Athlete Arvind Kanojiya was also present. Principal Anju Puri presented a report appraising audience about the school’s future endeavours. Gupta praised the principal for the school’s achievements.
conferred annual awards for academic achievement. Saroj Bala Sain RDE East, North East and South East, P. Lata Tara, DDE (East) and Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi, DDE Zone-02(East), Chairpersons and Principals of vari- ous schools and managing committee members were present. Principal, Sonia Luthra welcomed the guests and presented the annual report followed by the Ballet-Bharat-Ek Shanti Doot on the theme ‘Global Peace’. The Chief Guest urged the gathering to inculcate values to the students. Chairman, K.L. Luthra urged the achievers to aim for perfection in their goals. Senior coordinator Shivani Mittal proposed vote of thanks.
While the BJP is up against a decade-long anti-incumbency, the municipal election will be first full-fledged municipal election test for the Aam Aadmi Party after its impressive debut in the by-elections last year, in which it won five of the 12 municipal seats that went to polls.
The parties deny they are hoping to benefit from the inaugurations and the announcements.
The BJP’s Subhash Arya, leader of the house, South Corporation, says, “The election code of conduct is likely to be implemented from March 15, and then projects will be stuck in a limbo. To avoid delay, we are inaugurating them now. The pending works will be completed in a month’s time.”
Delhi government officials maintain that the projects have been in the pipeline for long but were delayed due to lack of approval from former lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung.
The National Investigation Agency would on March 8 ask a Jammu court to close the case against the two, the officer said. The boys, who are Class 10 students, are lodged in Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal jail.
The villagers thrashed the boys and handed them over to the army, which questioned them.
Afraid that they would be beaten up again, the runaways claimed they were asked by the Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad to help the four Uri attackers cross into India. The four were killed during the attack.
“They were very scared. For initial seven days in the NIA custody, the boys kept saying they were the guides who brought the Uri attackers,” said the official.
The country’s top anti-terror agency took over the investigation two days after the attack.
“They told us about earlier instances when they had brought attackers. We video-recorded their statements also,” the official said.
It was on the basis of these confessions that the NIA issued a statement about the boys being tasked by Jaish to help the Uri attackers cross the LoC, the de facto border between the two countries.
“But somehow things were not adding up. There was something missing,” said the official.
The doubts were proved true when after a week in NIA custody, Awan and Khursheed said they were not with Jaish.
They were residents of Pitha Jandgran and Khiyana Khurd villages in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and had strayed into India. The villages are an hour’s walk from the LoC.
The data collected from their mobile phone suggested they crossed the LoC two days after the Uri attack, the official said.
The agency, however, will not mention in its closure report the reason for the two fleeing their homes.
“It was not our mandate. We had to see whether the boys were involved in the Uri attack and our probe says they were not,” said the official.
They will get a reprieve only if the court accepts the findings of the agency. If that happens, they can hope to be home soon.
The investigation in the Uri attack, however, will continue.
The agency is yet to find evidence of Jaish’s involvement. A comparison of the food items and arms recovered from the Uri attackers with that of recoveries made in the Valley point to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, NIA sources said.
Pakistan-based Lashkar carried out the 2008 Mumbai attack that left 166 people dead.