Wednesday, December 29, 1999
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PU yet to
decide on environment exam CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — Thousands of undergraduates from over 100 colleges hang in uncertainty over whether Panjab University will conduct the annual examination in the paper of environment studies or not. The Vice-Chancellor had constituted a committee to look into the matter of setting the question paper and availability of study material. This was a clear indication in favour of an annual examination. The Senate meeting recently did not come up with a clear answer. A principal highlighted the hardships in conducting the paper at such a late stage. The Dean College Development, Dr Deepak Manmohan, supported the idea to do away the idea of a written examination for the current year. This was supported by several members. Keeping in mind the shortage of time between the announcement and conduct of examination, the committee recently decided that the paper would be conducted for little over an hour. The questions would be objective types. The committee had decided that the paper would be required to be cleared only once during the three years of the undergraduate courses. The papers would be set only for the first year. Students failing to qualify in the first year will have a chance to appear along with students of the subsequent session. A principal at the Senate meeting recommended that the subject could be carried on with a mandatory number of lectures to be conducted by colleges at their own levels. This was done even in the case of the previous session. The examination in the paper was conducted only once. However, the result was cancelled. A senior student pointed out that the examination schedule and subject should have been announced much earlier and not when the session was its fag end. Science colleges would be comfortable in conducting the lectures in case made mandatory. The private candidates and those from correspondence department would have to have separate class arrangements. The issue came up for heated discussion in the recently concluded senate meeting. However, no formal decision was announced. The Vice-Chancellor mentioned the special committee recommendations. However, students await a formal decision in this regard. It was pointed out that at this stage, the syllabus had not been provided to colleges which would mean an extra burden on students. While colleges with science subjects could manage the classes, those with only arts would be stuck with the issue of finding teachers for lectures. A student leader of the
Panjab University Students Union said that the issue
affected nearly a lakh student and would be taken up with
authorities in case no decision was taken shortly. |
Booths,
SCOs fetch crores CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — The craze to own commercial property in the city was evident today as the Chandigarh Administration netted Rs 27.43 crore by auctioning 102 commercial sites, including booths, shop-cum-offices and semi-industrial sites here today. This was 34.64 per cent, or Rs 6.76 crore, over and above the fixed reserve price of these plots calculated at Rs 20.67 crore. The average price works out to be Rs 39,540 per square yard. Land auctioned under various plot sizes from booths to SCOs was taken into account while calculating this average per square yard rate. The Estate Office wing of the Chandigarh Administration, that is the auctioning authority, held back 41 sites it had proposed to auction due to lack of "good" bids. Some of these sites were 3 bay or 2 bay shops. Among the other sites to be held back were under the category of "quiet offices" in Sectors 33 and 32. Among the sites in demand were the booths. The auction will also mean that the Estate Office earns a fixed sum by way of lease money for a certain number of years. This is 2.5 per cent of the auctioned value. Thus, a person who bids for an SCO for Rs 80 lakh will pay Rs 2 lakh annually as lease money. Yesterday the office had netted Rs 20.50 crore by auctioning 74 residential sites in the city. This was 14.30 per cent, or Rs 2.56 crore, over and above the fixed reserve price for these plots. One of the highest bids was in the category of SCOs. An SCO in Sector 20 was auctioned at Rs 80 lakh. Three months ago, the
Municipal Corporation had held its auction when 23 out of
the 25 SCOs had to be withdrawn due to lack of
"good" bids. |
Councillor
quits on corruption issue SAS NAGAR, Dec 28 — In a sudden development fuelled by groupism in the local municipal council, a councillor today resigned in protest against alleged corruption in the council. The councillor, Mr Gyan Chand Aggarwal, in his resignation sent to the Secretary, Local Government, Punjab, said the corrupt officials in the council were being shielded by the government. Mr Aggarwal alleged that the commission for the private contractors to get their bills of development works undertaken had been increased from 12 to 16 per cent. The amount of the commission was divided by officials of the council, he said, while talking to mediapersons here. The increase in the amount of commission had resulted in poor quality of development work in the town. Owing allegiance to an independent group, Mr Aggarwal had got conducted a raid by the Punjab Vigilance Department on the local office of the council in March, 1997, leading to the arrest of its two employees — a junior engineer and a draughtsman. He alleged that even after three years no action had been taken against the employees. Incidentally, he had been honoured with a cash reward of Rs 25,000 by the government for exposing corruption in government offices. He alleged that in these cases no action had been taken against the President and the then Executive Officer of the council. The President of the
council, Mr H.S. Billa, when contacted, said the
resignation of Mr Aggarwal was politically motivated to
gain sympathy. He claimed that the allegations of
corruption in the council were baseless. |
Hospitals
gear up for New Year's Eve CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — City hospitals have chalked out plans to meet any eventuality on this new year eve, particularly those arising from the Y2K problem. The three main hospitals — PGI, GMCH and General Hospital, Sector 16, have taken steps to provide electricity through generator sets to vital installations. Dr Joginder Singh, Director-General Health Services (UT), has specified in his orders that all life-saving facilities in operation theatres, labour rooms and emergency are to be backed by generators, in case of any sudden blackout. The staff has also been instructed to close or plug down main switches of all major machines and electronic machines, which are likely to be damaged. While one X-ray machine would be kept functional, the other machine and ultrasound machine could be switched off, he said. Dr Singh further said wards had been provided with additional emergency lights and candles with boxes. A nodal officer had been appointed to supervise emergency, ambulance and telephone facilities that night. According to Dr D. Behera, Acting Medical Superintendent of PGI, arrangements have been made to ensure that generator sets are fully functional in certain vital areas, such as operation theatres in emergency and ICU, where ventilators are used for critically ill patients. He further said while most of the equipment being used in PGI was Y2K compliant, the other which was not found so, had been upgraded. Emergency lights will be kept ready in wards as a precautionary measure. The Government Medical
College and Hospital, Sector 32, has also geared up and
generator sets have been equipped with adequate quantity
of diesel to meet any exigency on new year eve. Dr D.P.
Mehta, Medical Superintendent, said costly equipment
would be turned off for some time at midnight to avoid
any damage if electricity went off. As electricity will
come with a surge when it is put on again, there is a
possibiliy of electronic gadgets getting damaged. If
nothing happens, the same will be switched on. Doctors on
emergency duty will be put on round-the-clock duty to
ensure normal functioning. |
The
glamourous lent colour to city in '99 CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — City Beautiful has been having its due share of the bold and the beautiful. And with the opening of many new eating joints, jiving joints, cultural centres and 24-hour coffee shops, the city saw many a shining star of film, television and music industry being entertained here. The other fields of arts like theatre and literature also had their glorious representatives visiting the city, but what brought in huge crowds were obviously the glamourous ones. And the city seemed to have it all in the year 1999 — from the likes of singers like Jagjit Singh, Shubha Mudgal, Gurdas Mann, Hans Raj Hans to actors like Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Babbar, Kanwaljeet, Mukesh Khanna, Ranjit, Deepti Naval, Deepti Bhatnagar and Suman Ranganathan, to super models like Madhu Sapre, Bipasha Basu, Rakshanda Khan and Shweta Menon to poets and writers like Surendera Sharma, Keki Daruwalla and Bhisham Sahni. "Coming to Chandigarh is always like homecoming. The first thing that one gets to see on entering the city is the spot news site of The Tribune, with which I have always been associated as a reader," popular character actor Raza Murad, seen both on television and the big screen, had said when he was here to celebrate a ''Star Holi'' in February. The other stars with him had included the sultry Suman Ranganathan, who was seen in the RK banner film Aa Ab Laut Chale, and the pretty little Divya Dutta, the star of the internationally acclaimed Train to Pakistan and Sonu Walia, actors Sharad Kapur and Puru Raj Kumar and singer Sudesh Bhonsle. They sung and danced for a huge city crowd. For the audiences of the city who are always geared for fashion and beauty shows, super-models of the country certainly did not disappoint. Whether it was former Miss India Gul Panag, a Punjab di kudi, who has also studied here for a couple of years, or the lissome Madhu Sapre or the model-turned-actress Deepti Bhatnagar, all sashyed down the ramp for a delighted city crowd. Chandigarh-born Shweta Menon, the dusky model-actress whose claim to fame was the controversial Kamasutra ad and also the Humko tumse payar hai song with Ajay Devgun and Amir Khan in the film Ishq, made many a heart flutter with her many visits here this year. Another street stopper to visit Chandigarh more than once has been Madhu Sapre, who took part in the ''Concern for Kargil Heroes'' campaign in July, besides many a fashion show to raise funds for the Kargil cause. This former Miss Universe runner-up had said: "Beauty is a business, and if as a model I can motivate people to donate some money for the martyrs of Kargil and their families, that would be my contribution as a citizen of my country." Another celebrity who lent his voice for this cause was singer Mika, known more as Daler Mehndi's youngest brother, and now infamous after the controversy surrounding his much-hyped and later cancelled show in August. Another artiste who did many a round of the city this year was actor-turned director Mangal Dhillon. It was in connection with his documentary film Khalsa that Dhillon held a plethora of press conferences. About 20 km from the city, Manikpur Sharif has become one of the favourite shooting grounds for many films and television serials. From Lekh Raj Tandon's Kahan Se Khan Tak, being aired currently on Zee Television to Raj Babbar's Shaheed Udham Singh, many actors along with their fans could be seen around this area. But there have been some actors who wanted to be seen not only as artistes or performers here but "differently". When actress Deepti Naval arrived here in September, she came in the avtaar of a photographer and a poetess since she held not only an exhibition of photographs but also organised an evening of poetry for book lovers. The actor who came with a different purpose was dancer-actress of yesteryear Madhumati, also remembered as the ''other Helen''. She would be opening an academy of acting and dancing soon in the city to promote young talent. Biswajeet, another actor of yester-year, was also seen performing here in July to raise funds for the Kargil heroes. The leading singers also had their stints with the Chandigarhians. In February, Hansraj Hans had performed at the Kalagram fair and even managed to make the then Governor of Punjab and Administrator, Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber, dance to his tune. Hans was again seen in the city in June in connection with a workshop with children. The ever-popular with the audience here, Jagjit Singh, in his well-known soul-stirring voice, regaled the audiences in April. And the glamour was added with the presence of Alisha Chinai in May who was here to promote her latest album Dil Ki Rani and visited various music centres. Singer Gurdas Mann obviously has always been a major crowd-puller whenever he has performed here, but in July this year, this singer-actor seemed to surpass himself in a solemn-streak evening held in the remembrance of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in Operation Vijay. The rare combination of sophistication and glamour was provided by the presence of the ''eclectic'' singer Shubha Mudgal in August who delivered a lecture on ''Crossing boundaries from Gharana to fusion'' and who maintained, "I am not a torch-bearer for the fusion between the East and the West or between the classical and modern." The year-end saw Anamika and Jassi perform together at the Chandigarh carnival '99. The other not-so-well-known singers included Shibani of the Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat fame; Aria, a four-member troupe; Sooraj, whose debut album Musafir found its way to the top of the charts of the music channels on air for some time. And once-upon-a-time top-notch actors like Shatrughan Sinha and Ranjeet could not help raving about the beautiful city girls whirring around the city on their two-wheelers. For those in the city inclined towards some ''serious'' stuff, an opportunity had been provided to interact with the likes of Bhisham Sahni, an eminent Hindi writer of Tamas fame who delivered a lecture in November on ''India —the cultural landscape'' and Keki N. Daruwalla, an eminent English poet and winner of the Sahitya Akademi award, 1984, for his Keeper of the Dead and then the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, 1987, for his Landscapes. And for the frivolous
few, the chatter, the prattle flowed on easily with the
presence of VJs like Nikhil Chinapa of MTV and later
Yudhistar from Channel V. |
A
lacklustre year for MCC CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — The election of the BJP-SAD alliance candidates to the posts of the Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor and the lacklustre performance of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh on the civic amenities' front were the highlights of 1999. It was the year in which the civic body, which had been surviving on grants-in-aid from the Chandigarh Administration and the auction of commercial property, woke up from slumber and realised the need for the imposition of taxes, apparently following a letter from the Administration. The Finance and Contract Committee at last recommended a steep hike in water tariff and the levy of sewerage tax in the city. A decision to bring cable TV operators under the tax net was also okayed by the civic body. To generate resources, the fund-starved corporation initiated the process of privatisation of civic amenities, including streetlights, road maps, roundabouts and parking lots, and installation of over 500 advertisement panels in the city. However, the resolution for imposition of property tax remained on paper. On the political front, the year proved to be good for the BJP, which suffered a vertical split in December last year. At the fag end of this year, the party won the mayorial polls, following rapproachment between the two factions. However, its junior partner — SAD — was not so lucky, with the party suffering a vertical split and the two councillors fighting it out for the post of Deputy Mayor. The performance of the corporation was poor, except for the recarpeting of roads. The civic body recarpeted 215 km of city roads, some of which had not been relaid for the past many years, at a cost over Rs 5.5 crore. However, it could not repeat its performance in other fields. The opening of complaint centres and the publication of the citizens' charter was delayed. Despite privatisation of sanitation work in a large number of colonies and villages, the garbage disposal system continued to be poor, exposing residents to serious health hazards. The now-on and now-off anti-encroachment drive continued throughout the year. Though about Rs 22 lakh was recovered as removal charges and 12,844 challans were issued, encroachments on public land continued. The fire wing was modernised, with the addition of more engines, the digital wireless system and two more fire stations, but work on the fire station in Timber Market, Sector 26, could not begin. The year saw virtual rejection of the revised scheme of fourth phase of water works at Kajauli by the Central Government. The civic body then decided to start work on the original scheme, intended to bring only 20 million gallons of water per year. Augmentation of the
storm water drainage system in parts of the city,
including Mani Majra, notwithstanding, the work on laying
of perhaps the longest sewerage line, from Press Chowk,
Sector 18, to N-choe in sectors 51 and 52, was delayed,
making the area flood-prone in heavy rains. |
Eye bank
dedicated to Kargil heroes CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — Army field hospitals in Dras, Kargil and Partapur have been further modernised to provide requisite medical cover for intensive high-altitude mountain operations as an aftermath of the Kargil operations. Stating this while talking to TNS here today, Lt-Gen S.C. Verma, Director-General, Medical Services (Army), said though the modernisation process had been initiated before the Kargil war, the operations had helped give focus to the process. Ultra-modern equipment, including EEG and ECG machines, sonograph, upgraded X-ray machines and other upgraded facilities are being added. He was here to dedicate the newly commissioned Eye Bank and Keratoplasty Centre at Western Command Hospital to Kargil heroes. Pointing out that
medical cover in field areas was multi-tier and
fool-proof with availability of regimental medical
officers, mobile hospitals and field surgical ambulances,
Lt-Gen Verma said the success rate in treating Kargil
casualties was over 90 per cent. |
Nuclear
physicists debate on quark CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — The changing scenario of knowledge in electro-magnetic signals and developments in the 'actual detection' of quark were the highlights of the symposium on nuclear physics being organised by the Department of Atomic Energy at Panjab University here today. Except for a couple of papers on general science scenario, the deliberations were largely technical. Prof A. A. Usmani, Aligarh Muslim University, presented the theoretical as well as the experimental scenario of the frontiers in colour transparency with availability of continuous electron beam accelerator in the presence of 3-quark ejectiles state. Dr D.K.Chakrabarty, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, said that energy dependence of nuclear level density (NLD) was an old subject of modern interest. The knowledge on the NLD was extracted from the high energy proton evaporation spectra in low energy heavy ion reactions. Prof S. Bhattacharya, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, referred to his 'study of the deformed odd-odd nuclei', providing useful and interesting information on the interplay between collective rotation and single particle motion of two unpaired non-identical nucleaons. Other important special lectures on the agenda for the day included those by Dr Bikash Sinha and Dr A. Ansari. The key areas of Dr Raja Ramanna's paper yesterday were today available for a close look. A former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, he underlined the main areas of achievements in physics in the 20th century. The main areas of success include the atomic structure, spectroscopy, the basis of chemistry and development of quantum mechanics.The understanding of space and time and their inter-relation with mass and energy figures as another prominent area. General relativity in the context of cosmos, discovery of nuclear structure, discovery of neutron and nuclear fission figure among the prominent works. Dr Ramanna pointed out certain areas where 'spectacular' but incomplete achievement was achieved, including energy level of nuclei. The area of shell structure and super -heavy nuclei and heavy ion accelerators are important among these developments. Prof I. M. Govil, member of the organising committee and Chairperson of the PU Physics Department, while speaking to The Tribune underlined various areas of the subject under deliberation at the symposium. 'Quark', a much talked-about subject these days had theoretical presence but was yet to be 'seen', he added. Prof V. S. Ramamurthy,
Secretary in the Department of Science and Technology,
earlier addressed the gathering on the 'Future of science
and technology in the new millennium'. He referred mainly
to science and technology reaching the common man.
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Book on
Majithia released CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, released a book — Sir Sunder Singh Majithia and his relevance in Sikh politics — written by Gurnam Singh Rekhi, a historian, at a ceremony at Tagore Theatre here today. The book is a biography of Sir Majithia, who founded the Punjab and Sind Bank in 1908, formed the Khalsa National Party in 1936 and became the Revenue Minister of Punjab the following year. Sir Majithia also founded Khalsa College at Amritsar in 1892. Calling Sir Sunder Singh Majithia an institution, the Chief Minister, while speaking on the occasion, said Sir Majithia left his mark in Punjab, with significant contributions in education, employment, agriculture and other sectors. Commenting on most young Sikhs not followimg the tenets of Sikh culture and maryada, he said sons of ministers of Punjab were not preserving the Sikh identity. Mr Badal appealed to Vice-Chancellors of various universities in the state to undertake research projects on the lives of great men of the region. He emphasised that the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee should undertake activities to highlight the significant contributions of Sir Majithia. Mr Badal said it was difficult to attain any position in the Khalsa Panth as everyone seemed to be busy pulling each other's leg. Emphasising the need to propagate Sikh philosophy, he asked members of the Sikh community to contribute towards the Khalsa Heritage Complex, being built at Anandpur Sahib, which would be ready in another one and a half years. The author of the book, Gurnam Rekhi, also spoke on the occasion. While maintaining that when asked to write this book he had expressed his doubts about writing on a man who had worked for the British Government, he added that it was after reading Sir Majithia's life-sketch that he wanted to undo the injustice done to him by students and scholars of history. The writer called upon the Chief Minister to commemorate the memory of Sir Sunder Singh Majithia by taking out a stamp in his honour, opening newer educational institutes and renaming a street in Amritsar after him. Justice R.S. Narula
(retd), while presenting the keynote address, lauded the
contributions made by Sir Majithia. Others who spoke on
the occasion were Mr Kirpal Singh and Mr Satyajit Singh
Majithia. Those present on the occasion included Mr
Sukhbir Singh Badal and members of the Majithia family. |
An
Italian professor of Hindi CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — The Chandigarh Sahit Chintan today organised a Ru-Ba-Ru session with Marriola Offredi, Associate Professor of Hindi at Venice University, Italy, at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, this evening. She has studied the works of Prem Chand's Godan, Shiv Prasad Mishr's Behti Ganga and also the works of Such Hindi poets as Kunwar Narayan, Dhumil and Vinod Kumar Shukl and has come to the town to learn a similar language — Punjabi. "Punjabi is a very lyrical language and has the same framework as Hindi. I also got interested in Tamil. But I believe that a language can be sustained only when it is spoken with people around continuously." Speaking in chaste Hindi, at the session today, Marriola said that even today most of the villages of states like Uttar Pradesh could be identified like those existing in Godan, "But Punjab has certainly made a lot of progress.What is fascinating about India is that here one can find everything — from a developed town to a village." Having shown interest in Hindi from the age of five, Marriola said that she has been fascinated by the language and so "stuck" with it. She had also tried her hand hat Chinese when she was only four years old. The session had only a
handful of audience. |
Dharna by
HUDA staff PANCHKULA, Dec 28 — The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the employees of six unions of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) organised a dharna outside the HUDA office in Sector 6 here today. Also, four employees, Tejpal Thakur, Jarnail singh, Rajinder Singh and Ishwar Singh, launched relay fast. The office-bearers said that they would be forced to intensify the agitation if the authorities failed to accept and implement their demands. ''We are ready to launch an indefinite fast, pen-down strike, organise gate rallies and disrupt office work if our demands are not met. We will take whatever steps are necessary to make ourselves heard by the officials who have till date not responded to any requests and pleas,'' Mr R.K. Nagar, Chairman of the JAC, said. He added that a rally would be organised at the residence of Mr Dheer Pal, a state minister, at Rohtak and at his village also. The members of the JAC would go fast in front of his house if the strategy fails to have an impact. He alleged that Mr Dheer Pal had not given them any appointment to discuss their issues which had forced them to launch an agitation. The protesters are demanding change of designation and promotion which are due. The JAC is also demanding regularisation of daily-waged, ad hoc and part-time workers and pension on the government pattern to all employees which is till date being given to class IV employees only. Also, the committee and employees are resentful of the fact that new service rules have been framed for the employees without consulting them. The organisations are pressing for the allotment of flats to employees at Panchkula, Faridabad and Gurgaon which were allotted to them in 1990. Further, they allege that the prices of the flats have been increased three-times while the site of allotment has also been changed in some cases. The organisations
participating in the dharna include the HUDA Mechanical
Workers Union, the HUDA Public Health Employees Union,
the HUDA Safai Karamchari Union, the HUDA Electrical
Karamchari Union, the HUDA Karamchari Sangathan and the
HUDA Karamchari Mahasangh. |
Fire
incident in textile mill KHARAR, Dec 28 — A major loss was averted in Kharar Textile Mills, a unit of the Government of India, when a fire broke out on the mill premises today. Mr N.K. Shrivastva,
Labour Welfare Officer of the mill, said that the waste
suddenly caught fire because of a spark. He said that a
fire engine from SAS Nagar and employees of the mill put
off the fire. No major loss was reported. |
Fodder-laden
train sent to Jalore KHARAR, Dec 28 — Mr Buta Singh, MP and former union minister, flagged off a special train with 40 wagons loaded with various types of fodder for the cattle in the Jalore and Sarohi areas of Rajasthan at Kurali railway station today. The fodder has been collected from Kharar, SAS Nagar and Kurali areas for the drought-hit livestock and would reach Jalore in about 19 hours. The fodder would be distributed by the Collector of Jalore free of cost. Mr Buta Singh said that the fodder was collected by Mr Balbir Singh Sidhu, Organising Secretary of PPCC, and his supporters on his appeal. He thanked Railway Minister who had waived the frieght on this special train. Mr Buta Singh demanded
that the Centre should immediately send a team to those
areas of Rajasthan to assess the situation and release
assitance immediately. He said the Narmada canal should
be completed and water should be made available for
irrigation and drinking. He urged the Central Government
to prepare more schemes for irrigation in this area. |
SNIPPETS Car thief held near Pinjore PINJORE, Dec 28 — The police arrested a car thief, Paramjit Singh, alias Kala, a resident of Chandigarh, along with a car stolen from near the Yadavindra Garden here today, within a few hours of the incident. He was driving away with the car on the Pinjore-Nalagarh road when he was nabbed. Mr Parmal Kumar, a resident of Kalka, informed the police that his car, an NE-118 (CH-01-L-4324), was stolen from near the Pinjore garden around 4.15 p.m. The police set up nakas at various points and managed to retrieve the car. Millennium function by ISKCON CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — The local unit of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will organise a three-day programme as part of the millennium celebrations from December 31, 1999, at the Hare Krishna Dham, Sector 36, according to Bhakti Vinod Dasa Prabhu, President, local unit of the ISKCON. The attractions of the programme on December 31 will include aarti, kirtan, Krishna lila by children, bhajan sandhya, midnight mass kirtan and special millennium sweets (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.). The next day programme will be aarti, kirtan, Sri Radhya kund appearance by children, pravachan on the Srimad Bhagwad Gita and distribution of prasadam (6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.); and aarti, kirtan and a play by children (12 noon to 2.30 p.m.). Exposing youth to Sanskrit,
culture CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — Students of DAV public schools of the city and Panchkula are being exposed to the Sanskrit language and precious Indian cultural heritage in a special camp being organised by the local MCM DAV College here. The experiment of the college for students got under way on December 26 and will conclude tomorrow. The entire camp activity is being conducted by Dikshanand, a specialist the in art of simplifying the complicated Indian culture for comprehension of young students. As many as 25 girls are participating in the camp. Dr Attar Singh to be honoured CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — Dr Attar Singh, a renowned acupressure specialist of Chandigarh, will be honoured at a civil reception in Allahabad on January 2 for his meritorious services in the field of acupressure nature cure system. A recipient of many gold medals and awards, Dr Attar Singh has made acupressure a popular system of alternative medicine throughout the country in the past 20 years through his books and articles on the subject. Dr Attar Singh has
successfully treated thousands of patients suffering from
various diseases from almost all states in the country.
His patients include a number of non-resident Indians and
foreigners. |
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