Delhi school bars 4 students from exam over parents’ refusal to pay hiked fee
New Delhi, March 8: Four class 12 students of a private school in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar have allegedly been barred from taking the exam on Monday over non-payment of fees, according to parents. The parents said they had refused to pay the hiked fee and were subsequently issued a notice by the school stating that the names of the students had been struck off under provisions of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973. There was no immediate response available from the school on the matter. In the notice dated March 7, the school informed the parents that the students’ names would be removed from the rolls with effect from March 9 if the outstanding dues were not cleared. The school cited Rule 35 of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973, which allows institutions to strike off the name of a student in case of non-payment of fees. (PTI)
Two class 7 girls flee home to avoid exam, rescued
Bhubaneswar, March 8: Two Class-7 girls who fled from their homes here to avoid annual examinations were rescued from the house of a relative of one of them in Odisha’s Angul district, the police said on Sunday. The two girls left their homes under Maitri Vihar police station area for school at about 10 am on Thursday, but did not return home, the police said. They were rescued on Saturday. The girls’ parents lodged a missing diary with the police after they failed to find their wards despite a thorough search. The police had announced a Rs 25,000 reward for information leading to the rescue of the two friends. “Using human intelligence and technical support, we rescued the two from Kishore Nagar of Angul district on Saturday,” said Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh. During the inquiry, it was revealed that the annual examination of the girls was scheduled to start from March 9. As both of them were weak in studies, they left home to avoid the examination, he said. (PTI)
Lezim dance by 9,111 women creates new world record
Thane, March 8: A ‘lezim’ dance performance by 9,111 women in Dombivli in Thane district on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Sunday created a new Guinness World Record, an official said. The traditional folk dance, characterised by vigorous movements and rhythmic beats, gets its name from the lezim, a handheld instrument made of wood with metallic jingles which produce a distinct sound. “The previous record for the largest lezim dance was held by Sangli Shikshan Sanstha, where 7,338 participants performed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium on January 26, 2014. Today, Dombivli has shattered that record with 9,111 participants,” Swapnil Dangarikar, official adjudicator for Guinness World Records, said here. The five-and-half minute performance at the Shri Sant Savalaram Sports Complex was organised by the Dombivlikar Ek Sanskriti Parivar’, an initiative of Maharashtra BJP president and local MLA Ravindra Chavan, and Kalyan Taluka Physical Education Committee. (PTI)
