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EDUCATION

DAV college wins one-act play competition
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — The DAV College, Sector 10, team won the highly competitive one-act play event on the second day of the Panjab University Youth Festival Zone B, hosted by the Government Post Graduate College, Sector 46. It was day of testing talents among the students of the six participating colleges in debate, quiz, creative writing, poetry recitation, plays and histrionics.

Mr P.S. Sangha, Principal, SGGS College, Sector 26 presided over the day’s festivities, while Mr Udeep Singh, DGM, Marketing, Pepsi Cola and Mr R.C. Jeevan, Principal, DAV College, Sector 10 were the guests of honour.

The day started with a well-argued debate competition. Ankit Goel of GGDSD College, Sector 32, was declared first while Ashwinder Singh of SGGS College stood second and Sajjan Singh of GCM-11got the third prize.

In the poetical symposium, Gurmanjot Kaur of SGGS College took away the first prize while Gurmukh Singh of Government College, Sector 46 stood second and Vriti Behl of the College of Nursing stood third.

In the quiz, the team of Anand Moudgil, Ravjot Singh and Vivek Kaushal of GCM-11 won the first prize while the team from DAV-10 stood second and GC-46 team stood third.

In the various creative writing events, in the essay-writing competition, Akanksha Bhalla of GGDSD College, stood first, Maninder Kaur Brar from SGGS College, stood second and Sukhdeep Bhogal from GC-46 stood third. In the poetry-writing competition, Amanpreet Singh of GGDSD College stood first, Ajit Pal Singh of GC-46, stood second and Yogesh Taneja of DAV College, Sector 10 stood third. In the story-writing competition, Tapender Singh Rana from GCM-11 stood first, Navneet from SGGS College stood second and Paramjit Singh from DAV College, Sector 10 stood third.

In the evening session, the one-act play called Rakshas ka Shishya won the first prize performed by the team of Siddharth Chauhan, Gyandev, Madhur Ahuja, Nipun Cheema, Gaurav Chopra, Varun Minhas, Rajiv Sharma, Abhimanyu Duggal and Taneja from DAV College. The team from SGGS College, won the second prize and GGDSD College bagged the third prize. Individual prizes in acting went to Rajan Vishal of GGDSD College, who stood first, while Anita of College of Nursing got the second prize and Rohit Sharma of GCM-11 won the third prize.

For histrionics, Arvinder Singh of GGDSD College won the first prize while Ranbir Singh of SGGS College won the second prize. The chief guest of the evening session was Mr T.S. Bhattacharya, GM, State Bank of India (Commercial Banking), who addressed students and asked them to remain apolitical so as to make them put more efforts in such collective, creative efforts. Earlier Mr D.P. Singh, Principal Government College-46, welcomed the guests.

Convention of non-teaching staff
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — Panjab University is hosting a convention of non-teaching employees from November 11 to 13 on the university campus.

This was announced by Mr Dharam Pal Sharma, President of the Non-Teaching Employees Federation, Punjab and Chandigarh, at a press conference here today.

Approximately 4000 delegates from 17 states are expected to participate in the deliberations on ‘Challenges to the autonomy of educational institutes: A critical thought on privatisation, liberalism and state interference.’

The university has received confirmation about participation by delegates of various educational institutes from Sri Nagar, Jammu, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Bangalore, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad.

The local Member of Parliament, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, is expected in the inaugural ceremony of the function which will be inaugurated by Justice Kuldip Singh.

Mr Sharma said various universities, school boards and colleges are scheduled to meet on separate platforms during the deliberations before a final session of critical analysis for preparing a future plan of action.

He said the proposed areas of discussion included the demand for a uniform pay policy. The rates differed among universities and even among colleges at local level. Other areas of discussion include demand for representation of the non-teaching staff on the senate and a uniform promotion policy.

COURTS

3 granted bail in ‘call girl’ case
From Our Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — Priya Devi, Bindu and Meenu, who were arrested by the local police on November 6, under Sections 4, 58 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, were granted bail today by the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash.

The trio were granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 15,000 each, with one surety of the same amount. The fourth accused, Inder Pal Singh, in the case was not granted bail by the magistrate.

The magistrate observed that the offence alleged to have been committed by the accused Inder Pal Singh was very serious in nature. As per the allegations of the prosecution he had been collecting commission from the co-accused and was instrumental in getting the immoral act done by the co-accused.

No ground to extended the concession of bail was made out to the accused Inder Pal, therefore he could not be granted bail.

Yesterday, the four accused were sent to judicial remand till November 21 by the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash.

JVG director granted bail

The UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) today granted bail to the Chairman-cum-Director of JVG finance, V.K. Sharma, in a chequebounce case.

The complainant, Vidya Vati, had alleged that she had deposited an amount of Rs 10,000 in the finance company for a period of 34 months on November 16,1998 under a double deposit scheme.

The complainant had alleged that the cheque issued by the company was dishonoured by the bank.

The accused was granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 25,000 with surety of the same amount.

Judicial remand in assault case

A resident of Mani Majra, Rinku, was sent to 14 days of judicial remand today by the UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class) in an assault case.

The complainant, Sanjay, had alleged that he sustained injuries after being assaulted by Rinku. The police had registered a case under Sections 324, 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

Bail denied in murder case

The UT Additional District and Session Judge, Mr R.C. Godara, yesterday dismissed a bail application moved by Pal Singh in a murder case.

The defence counsel argued that Pal Singh had been falsely implicated in the case and the accused named had not been mentioned in the FIR, therefore he should be granted bail.

The magistrate observed that the bail application filed by the accused was without an new ground and the first bail application filed by the accused had already been rejected by the Court. The magistrate also observed that there were serious allegations against the accused, therefore he could not be granted bail.

It was alleged that Pal Singh and two others had allegedly murdered Mohinder Singh on the intervening night of July 18 and July 19. The complainant, Gurbinder Singh, Sarpanch of Khuda Ali Sher village, filed complaint after receiving information from Baij Nath that a dead body was lying at a distance of around 150 yards from the road. The accused Pal Singh was arrested on July 20 and the deceased’s blood-stained clothes were recovered later.

Police remand in theft case

Parsotam Singh, a resident of Uttar Pardesh, was sent to two-day police remand yesterday by the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, in a theft case.

The complainant, Nain Singh, resident of Sector 23, had alleged that the accused had stolen his cycle from Sector 17.

Notice to CBI in Jain case
By Our Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — On a petition moved by N.K. Jain, former Home Secretary of UT, Chandigarh, against the orders of Special Judge, Chandigarh, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the CBI for November 13.

The petitioner who was arrested on May 9 in connection with corruption cases pending against him before the Special Judge, Chandigarh, averred in the petition that he was supplied copies of the documents relied upon by the CBI against him and the case was adjourned for scrutiny of documents. Later, he found that most of the relevant documents were missing and had prayed for supply of complete set of documents.

However, his plea for supply of complete set of documents was rejected by the Special Judge, Chandigarh. He sought the quashing of the order of the Special Judge and a direction to the CBI for supply of complete set of documents to him, so that he can effectively defend himself.

CULTURE

Blending old printmaking formats with new
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — Art should never be allowed to remain shrouded under the cover of technique for the simple reason that it is something in direct relation to the heart. So it is best when left free and unshackled. This popular belief has also been endorsed by British printmaker Paul Coldwell in his two works now on display at the gallery of the Government College of Art, Sector 10, as also in the 19 other works which were created by students of the college under his guidance.

The works are the ones which were brought to life during the three-day print-making workshop which was conducted by Paul during his recent visit to the city. This workshop was held in collaboration with the British Council, New Delhi, and its prime motive was to spread the message of flexibility in art. So while Paul guided the students through their creations, he emphasised one point all the time — technique is not important, idea is.

This very message is breathing in every plate which is mounted for the art lovers in the gallery of the College of Art. What is visible in works along with freedom of ideas is a beautiful coexistence of the old printing techniques with new ones. It is here that the whole magic has been created.

Paul Coldwell, during his visit, taught the students how to blend etching, dry point, aqua tint and engraving techniques with photo etching technique to reinforce novelty in the work.

Two works by Paul himself are on display. And both these compositions beautifully capture Paul's visit to India. In the first plate, which Paul started and completed in the city, concentration is on depicting a book symbolic of his artistic mission in India, and on the book he places the aeroplane in which he has flown to India. In the second plate (prints of which were sent by Paul from England), he has shown the winding up session, including his thumb impression, the small keys in his hotel room, the plane which took him back, parts of his abode back home — in a nutshell, all his reflections. Both works employ photo etching technique.

Other works by students are more or less based on specific themes, the most dominant portrayal being that of landscapes.

So in each plate ideas have been adopted as a means to quench the creative thirst. Flexibility, something which Paul intended to impart to students, is clearly visible in all works which will be on view till November 15.