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Guests from Hungary fall in love with Punjabi folk music
Woman tears challan; made to apologise
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Govt adding to chaos in PPSC: MLA Jagbir Brar
Phagwara heritage fest from tomorrow
Young World
Shops demolished
Bath honours war widows, war veterans
Violation of Disabilities Act at DC complex: NGO
Nehru Hockey Tournament
3 booked for woman’s suicide
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Guests from Hungary fall in love with Punjabi folk music
Phagwara, February 24 Kristina Nemeth Amira, the Director and Choreographer of World famous Amira Art Company from Budapest said this while talking to The Tribune here this afternoon. Hungarian artistes and students Krisztina, Emoke Szabo, Eniko Szabo, Agnes Simon along with Spanish husband of Krisztina, Jordi Plans (Barcelona) toured Punjab to explore the Sikh heritage on the invitation of Dr Davinder Singh Chhina, the director of International Folk Ensemble - Punjab Cultural Promotion Council (PCPC). The delegation participated in 4th Amritsar International Folk Festival at Khalsa College of Education, Amritsar, on February 21, Hamdard International Folk Festival at Kapurthala on February 19 and Punjab International Folk Festival (PIFF 2011) at G.G.S. Khalsa College for Women, Kamalpura (Ludhiana) on February 22. Krisztina, the Director of Hungarian group, has already performed in North America, Egypt and many European nations. Her troupe mesmerised the audiences with world class Gypsy dances, dance rhythms of oriental dancing with synchronised movements on scintillating music numbers, during their concerts in Punjab. Principal Jaswinder Singh Dhillon (Amritsar), patron of PCPC, offered ‘Artiste in Residency’ invitation to Hungarian artistes to organise international workshop on ‘Gypsy dances & Punjab Dances’ in future so as to promote inter-cultural relations under the banner of the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council. “We are very much excited to visit Punjab and study Sikhism. I am pursuing study on world religions in Buddhist University, Budapest. I appreciate the Sikh religion, colourful turbans and hospitality of Punjabis,” said Emo Szabo, a university student from Hungary. Delegation member Agnes, doing degree in cultural anthropology in Hungary, said, “We have experienced that men in Punjab, particularly and in India generally do respect the women folklore and we very much appreciate the family traditions of this country. The amalgamation of cultures through Punjab international festivals would certainly spread the message of love, peace and harmony, globally.” Jordi Plans from Barcelona was all praise for Sikh martial arts ‘Gatka’ during the festivals organised by PCPC in Punjab recently. “Punjabis have big hearts and great potential as well as great folk traditions which need to be highlighted more and more in international media,” said Jordi. Dr Chhina announced that next edition of Punjab international festivals would take place in November this year in which more international folk groups and student groups would participate. The PCPC would also represent the Punjab folk rhythms in many world folk festivals, so as to contribute for the United Nation’s Culture of Peace Project.
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Woman tears challan; made to apologise
Jalandhar, February 24 The incident took place this morning when Ratan Bharti Bhagat, Chief Manager of the Bank of Baroda, driving a Wagon R car (DC 2 AF 8262), jumped the red light at Football Chowk here. His wife and daughter were with him in the car. Sub-Inspector Sakndhya Devi stopped the car and started filing a challan for jumping the red light and not wearing seat belts. However, before the challan could have been handed over to them, the woman and her daughter stepped out of the car and started arguing with the traffic police. And in a fit of rage, the woman tore the challan on the spot. The ACP (Traffic), Diljinder Singh Dhillon, said the issue was resolved only when the woman submitted a written apology to the traffic police for tearing the page and misbehaving with the police. “The woman later regretted for arguing with us and apologised in writing,” he added. Later, the police issued a fresh challan and referred the case to the District Transport Officer.
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City remembers Sudarshan Fakir
Jalandhar, February 24 Popular Punjabi singers Sabar Koti and Vinod Sehgal performed on the occasion. Performance by singer Raj Jannat, whose album is slated to be released, also enthralled the audience. Lyricist Fakir, whose pen gifted us the famous ghazal ‘Vo kaghaz ki kashti vo barish ka pani’, and who also gave some famous numbers for Bollywood films --- Khudaai, Yalgaar and Dooriyan --- had almost all the bigwigs of Bollywood singing for him. Sabar Koti, known for his anecdotes, sang
City remembers Fakir ‘Ankhan jadon meetiyan, aape mangian tu sade kolon’, ‘Asi yaar badalde dekhe’, and ‘Vasta ee mera’. Though he did not sing any of Fakir’s melodies, the choice of songs reflected a desire to stick to the poetic essence of the occasion. Vinod Sehgal, who had begun his career with Fakir’s lyrics for a song in the film Khudaai, began with an invocation to God and then sang the ghazal, ‘Ik dua ne bacha liya humen’. Then he sang ghazals - ‘Admi admi ko kya dega, kagaz ki kashti...’ by Fakir, Ghalib’s ‘har ek baat pe...’ and also the ‘chor aye’ number from Maachis penned by Gulzar, which was originally sung by Sehgal himself. |
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Govt adding to chaos in PPSC: MLA Jagbir Brar
Jalandhar, Februray 24 It is a blatant attempt by the SAD to “pack the commission with their loyalists to oblige their favorites” for various recruitments to be undertaken by the board, alleged Jalandhar Cantonment MLA Jagbir Brar and a close confidant of former Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal. The new appointments were being pushed in haste even though Punjab was facing a severe financial crunch. The emphasis should have been to reduce the burden on the state wherever possible, he pointed out. Moreover, it had been seen that the appointments made by the commission had been far and few during the tenure of the incumbent body. The members had been largely sitting idle while drawing huge salaries and allowances from the exchequer, he added. In fact, there was no rationale of having full-time PPSC members when eminent personalities could be recruited on a temporary basis as and when new appointments were to be made, he said. — TNS |
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Phagwara heritage fest from tomorrow
Phagwara, February 24 SDM said the festival was being organised to promote classical music and the renowned classical personalities like Pt Renu Mazmudar, Pt Rajan Kulkarni, Kalapani Komkali, Jai Dev, Mohan Malsiani and Sughandha Mishra will perform at the two-day event.
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Young World
Jalandhar, February 24
Seminar on RTE
A national seminar on “Right To Education (RTE): challenges & opportunities” was organised by DIPS College of Education, Dhilwan, Kapurthala on February 21 in collaboration with Council for Teacher Education (CTE). Dr Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer of India, in her keynote address, said it was a collective challenge and responsibility of parents and teachers to provide quality education to their children. She stressed upon the need of developing expressional abilities in the students and guide the teachers to become bold, sincere and hardworking. As many as 60 delegates, 200 student teachers, 50 school principals and teachers participated in the seminar. While 20 delegates presented their papers. While the plenary session was chaired by Dr K.M. Bhandarkar (the senator from Nagpur University & chief editor the CTE national journal from Gondia, Maharastra). He said there should be some psychological compulsions on village development societies like sarpanch & other members to ensure the enrolment & attendance of their village children in the school. He said it was the first time in Indian history that equal opportunity to get education is being availed to the children of poor & down trodden communities.
Paper presentation
The faculty members of the local CT institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Jalandhar presented their research paper in the international conference organised by School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (SHTM), Faculty of management studies, University of Jammu, Jammu. The theme of paper presentation was “Sustainable Destination Excellence: Innovations in Alternate Tourism” (SDEIAT-2011). Assistant Professors, Vineet Kumar Gupta and Rohit Sharma and HoD Hotel Management, Karnail Singh presented their joint research paper titled “A case study on dark tourism with special reference to Jallianwala Bagh massacre”. The study highlighted some of the key prospects and issues related with dark tourism sites across the world with special reference to Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar. It was concluded that a visit to Jallianwala Bagh instills nationalism and has a huge potential to be developed as a dark tourism site. The analysis of research further highlighted that Jallianwala Bagh has a lot of educational significance as well. While delegates from different countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nigeria, and United states also attended the conference and presented their research papers. Chairman of CT Group, Charanjit Singh Channi appreciated the attempt of the faculty in digging out the glorious history of the Jallianwala Bagh and presenting them in a comprehensive manner through paper presentation. Photo exhibition
The department of Punjabi of Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara organised a photo exhibition in association with the Punjab Darshan Sabha. The exhibition was based on Punjabi culture and heritage and flaunted the Punjabi Lok Kala, historical places, buildings and landscapes. On this occasion, the works of Baljit Singh, President of Punjab Darshan Sabha was also put on show in the exhibition. Training camp
The NCC cadets of the local Kanya Maha Vidyalaya attended the Annual Training Camp held at 19 Dogra Regiment, Jalandhar Cantt from February 7 to 16. During the camp the cadets participated in various competitions and won positions. CPL Sandhya won the first prize in solo song and second prize in solo dance. KMV’s group song was also declared first. S/VO Deepika Sharma won second prize in turnout, firing, essay writing and won a medal for participation in Table drill. She also won second prize in the Best cadet category during the camp. In the line layout competition KMV’s cadets won 2nd prize. Principal Dr. Mrs. Atima Sharma congratulated the students on their brilliant performance. Workshops
A UK delegation comprising three members --- Fay Rawcliffe, Anna Porter and Jonathan Sleep --- held two workshops at Police DAV Public School and Cambridge International School, Jalandhar, on February 22 under UK-India Education Research Initiative. At Police DAV Public School, the workshop was attended by approximately 40 teachers of both Police DAV and Cambridge School. The workshop was on Letters and Sounds as they are taught at Garren School, UK. The delegates informed about phonics, phonemes and graphemes and how they are taught in a graded pattern from age 4 to 5 in the UK, their reception and enunciation. In the interactive session, the foreign visitors expressed their joy at the receptive and learning aptitude of the teachers. MGN Public School, Kapurthala, organised a workshop for teachers on February 21. The Principals of reputed schools of Roseland, UK, Julie Elvy and Jonathan Sleep were the resource persons. The workshop focused on the topics “Teaching of Phonics” and “Access to Curriculum - Different Teaching Methods” Twenty teachers from MGN, Adarsh Nagar, Jalandhar and Kapurthala attended the workshop. A healthy discussion and fruitful interaction was held during the session. Sports day
Mayor World School, Urban Estate, organised sports day in the primary section of school. The day-long event was presided over by the school Principal Neeraj Bhargava. The parents of the children were invited to witness the various sports events. In 100-metre race, Jai Sood, Navjot and Rajat got the medals among boys. Preneet, Arman and Charanjit were the medal winners among girls. In 200-metre race, Gautam, Dhruv and Rajat stood first, second and third among boys. Preneet, Arman and Charanjit again won the medals among girls. |
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Shops demolished
Jalandhar, February 24 The officials also demolished a few shops on Brandith road on a similar account. The team then moved onto Gujral Nagar where 14 jhuggi dwellers had encroached upon the 8-feet wide road. However, the officials just warned the families to vacate the land themselves or face the consequences. The team was led by Municipal Town Planner Hemant Batra and Assistant Town Planners Dharam Pal and Param Pal. — TNS
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Bath honours war widows, war veterans
Jalandhar, February 24 A first of its kind training institute, it would train the students for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla. Capt Bath was here on his maiden visit to the District Sainik Welfare Office. Talking to The Tribune, Bath said around 800-plus students appeared for the screening and the written exam held recently, out of which only 100 were selected. “The selected students would undergo a two-year special training at the institute, which is headed by Maj-Gen B.S. Garewal,” he said. The minister said the institute would be run by the Ministry of Employment Generation and Training and was started with an aim to churn out more commissioned officers from the state. He also addressed the grievances of ex-servicemen. Talking about providing tubewell connections to ex-servicemen, the minister assured that the issue had been brought to his notice and a decision in this regard would be taken at the earliest during the Cabinet meeting. Ex-servicemen highlighted that earlier every seventh person availing himself of a tubewell connection was an ex-servicemen. However, this number reached to 14 and then to 22 in the past some years causing problems to the ex-servicemen in the state. The ex-servicemen also spoke about the need to pass fresh instructions to exempt ex-servicemen from paying toll tax at state highways. “Despite proving our identity, at times we are asked to pay the toll tax. There should be clear instructions to the toll plazas that ex-servicemen are to be exempted. Earlier, we were exempted from paying the toll tax on the national highways, but now they, too, have started charging money from us,” they added. Bath also assured the ex-servicemen of early settlement of the ex-servicemen loans raised from the Punjab Financial Corporation under the SUMFAX Scheme launched in 1987. “I would personally take up the matter in the next Cabinet meeting,” he assured. On the occasion, war widows and war veterans were honoured with shawls, blankets and sewing machines. A special cash award of Rs 10 lakh was given to Sq-Ldr Harkirat Singh, Shaurya Chakra awardee, who is presently serving in the eastern sector. His father, a retired Army officer, received the award on his son’s behalf. Among others present on the occasion were Director, Sainik Board, Brig (retd) I.S. Gakhal, Deputy Director, District Sainik Welfare Board, Lt-Col Manmohan Singh, and Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti.
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Violation of Disabilities Act at DC complex: NGO
Jalandhar, February 24 He said acting on the orders of the higher officials, iron chains have been put at all the entrances at the complex, due to which problems are encountered by the aged people and the disabled. Sharma said on one hand the state government makes declarations about special facilities for the differently abled while at the other officials violate the rules made for them. Sharma has sent a written complaint to Chief Commissioner (disability), New Delhi, in this regard. |
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Nehru Hockey Tournament
Jalandhar, February 24 “It is for the first time that the Nehru Hockey Tournament is being held in Jalandhar. Last time we conducted it at Gwalior. At Nehru hockey society, we want to take the game to the grass-roots level and popularise it across the country,” said international hockey umpire Kukoo Walia. Kukoo Walia is here in Jalandhar for the ongoing Nehru Hockey Tournament along with a Croatian hockey’s technical director, Milenko Udovicic, at the local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium. “From this time onwards, we have decided to award a motorbike to the best player of the tournament,” he added. “As soon as the Nehru Hockey Tournament is over, the society will conduct a one-month-long training camp in association with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in New Delhi. “We are in the process of finalising the sponsor, a leading MNC, for the camp, which would be held soon,” he said. Further talking about providing exposure to the players of the Nehru Hockey, he said the society would take 25 boys to a hockey tour to Europe. “The hockey tour would take place around June this year, during which focus would be laid on providing better exposure to the hockey champs,” he said. While Milenko, the Croatian hockey technical director, also shared his plans to take two hockey players and a coach from India (school or university) for a two-year stay in Croatia. “During their stay the players would play in the European Hockey Championship and get to learn the European style of hockey,” he maintained. However on being asked about why Indian players, Milenko said, “Indian players have the best hockey talent and physical endurance in the game. The Croatia hockey would provide all the basic facilities to the players.” Meanwhile, a four-member selectors’ committee, comprising Col Balbir Singh, Kukoo Walia, Dr Gurdeep Singh and Amarjit Singh, have selected 14 best players from the ongoing Nehru Hockey Tournament, who will be given cash prizes. Col Balbir, one of the selectors from the Hockey India (HI), maintained that he had already forwarded a list of the selected players from the recently concluded inter-university tournament held in Mumbai to the Hockey India. “While another list of the selected players from this tournament might also be sent to the Hockey India,” he said, adding that if hockey had to grow such tournaments were the platforms to tap the potential players for the national level. “The Hockey India should give best coaches and players to the Nehru tournament so that it can help in shaping up the career of scores of deserving hockey players from the grass-roots level,” he said. The 14 selected best players, who will be given cash prizes, are: Ajay Kumar - DAV College, Jalandhar, Appachu - Al-Ameen College, Bangalore, Harpreet Singh - Sri Guru Hari Singh College, Sirsa, Rafeeq SM - Al-Ameen College, Bangalore, Jasjit Singh - Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, Vikas Chaudhary - Jawahar Lal Nehru PG College, Bhopal, Ravinder Singh - DAV College, Jalandhar, Sandeep Singh, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, Malik Singh - Guru Hari Singh College, Sirsa, Jagroop Singh - Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, Sarbjit Singh - Desh Bhagat College, Dhuri, Sandeep Singh - CRA, Sonepat, Sameer Khan - JLN, Bhopal, and Gurjeet Singh - Khalsa College.
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3 booked for woman’s suicide
Phillaur, February 24 Beant’s mother Paramjit Kaur of Aasi Ali village told the police that her daughter got married to Surinder Pal Singh on three months ago. She alleged that Beant’s in-laws tortured her for dowry. Their last demand was Rs 6 lakh. She said her daughter was in deep stress due to increasing demands of her in-laws. The police has booked her husband Surinder Pal Singh, mother-in-law Sukhwinder Kaur and sister-in-law Rajbir Kaur. The accused are absconding.
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Enamoured of the folkloric traditions of Punjab, the Hungarian delegation, visiting the state, has decided to incorporate Punjabi dance form bhangra and folk music into their international Gypsy dance performances globally so as to create a new kind of folk fusion.
Kristina Nemeth Amira, the Director and Choreographer of World famous Amira Art Company from Budapest said this while talking to The Tribune here this afternoon.
