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Singer Lata Mangeshkar will inaugurate the dance school Dikshamanjari started by Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona. The school will promote various Indian classical dance forms, especially the Odissi in which Dona herself is an ardent of. The inaugural function will be on November 28 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata. West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, famous Odissi expert Kelucharan Mahapatra, singers Babul Supriyo, Alka Yagnik, Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy and several others are expected to participate in the function. AISF organises Parliament March The All India Students' Federation (AISF) will organise 'March to Parliament' in New Delhi on November 29 to protest against the 'communalisation and commercialisation' of education by the NDA Government. The march will try to evoke public attention towards the hindutwa agenda of NDA Government. AISF-AIYF leaders said that RSS men had been appointed in all apex educational bodies to change history books in the name of inculcating moral values. Ramakrishna Panda, Soni B Thengamam and several others will lead the programme. Guidance to Open varsity students through Mana TV Students at the study centres of Dr B R Ambedkar Open University at district headquarters could interact with experts on Mana TV over a live tele-conference for guidance in subjects. To facilitate this, toll free telephones have been set up at the university. The facility at present is available only to 11 district headquarters. The interactive counselling would be available for professional programmes. To avail the facility following telephone numbers can be used No:1-600-334038 and 1-600-334039 Students stage demos, burn VC's effigy The students of Andhra University staged demonstrations on the university premises last week urging Vice-Chancellor Y C Simhadri to scrap his anti-student policies. They demanded cut in the fees to various courses, prompt issue of transfer certificates, grant permission for studying two post-graduate courses, ensure serving of good quality food in the hostels and lifting of restrictions on attendance. They burnt his effigy in front of the vice-chancellor near registrar's office. The girl students picketed the hostels. The students' union leaders said they would continue their agitation till all their demands were conceded. Meanwhile, the principals of various colleges under Andhra University convened a meeting under the chairmanship of the vice-chancellor and appealed to the students to call off the agitation and attend the classes in the larger interest of the university and their own welfare. They had assured the students that 'all genuine problems' would be solved. Students raid evening daily's office In Rajahmundry Over 2,000 students and staff of the Sri Kandukuri Rajya Lakshmi College for Women staged a demonstration in front of the office of Telugu daily Sandhya, alleging that one of its reports amounted to 'character assassination' of their institution. The protesters broke the glass panes of windows and forced the editor to walk to their college and apologise for the report. They burned the copies of the newspaper and compelled the editor to disclose the source of the news item. The students blocked roads and forced the editor to give a categorical assurance that the evening daily would carry a clarifying report. The editor threatened to sit on a hunger strike on campus and police were eventually called. Sub-inspector Murali Krishna rushed to the college to provide security to the editor. The college students union president Parvathi alleged that the newspaper report tended to scandalise the whole institution. Principal of the college said that the report was totally baseless. |
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