Ranchi, June 26 -- A State level music and dance competition was organised for residential high school students on June 25.The venue for the contest was Aryabhatta Auditorium, Ranchi University 11 a.m. onwards. The competition was conducted by the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Caste, Minority and Backward Class Welfare Department, Jharkhand.

"This is the first time that Jharkhand's welfare department has organised a State level music and dance contest. Herein, the students who have been selected at the divisional level are going to compete in a final round", informed one of the organisers, A K Pandey.

The event was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Welfare Minister Louis Marandi, who said, "The schools being operated by the welfare department...