EDUCATION

Homoeo students’ fate hangs in balance
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
The future of more than 200 students of the Sector 26 Homoeopathic Medical College hangs in the balance as they wait for a nod for affiliation from the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. The college is, at present, affiliated to the Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab.

According to the Secretary, Homoeopathy Medical College Association, Mr C.L. Dhamija, the college administration had applied to the BFU for affiliation with a no-objection certificate from Panjab University. “We have also applied to Panjab University for affiliation,” he said.

In the meantime, three homoeopathy colleges of Punjab — Lord Mahavira Homoeopathy College, Ludhiana, Guru Nanak Homoeopathy College, Ludhiana, and the Homoeopathy College, Abohar — were granted affiliation by the BFU last month. The college in Chandigarh, however, continues to be under the Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab, causing unrest among the students.

Affiliation to a university, they say, would not only regularise admissions but also stop misuse of power by the council. The council, they allege, grants admissions aritrarily.

When contacted, the Registrar of the council, Mr Sunil Gautam refused to comment on the matter.

Meanwhile, the Homoeo Students Forum has also urged the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), asking for his intervention in speeding up the matter of affiliation of the college as has been done in the cases of homoeopathic colleges of Punjab.

Students say that even Section 7 (4) of the BFU Health Sciences Act, 1998 , says that colleges and other educational and research institutions of health sciences situated in the Union Territory of Chandigarh may also be granted affiliation and admitted to the privileges of the university by the board of management for special reasons to be recorded in writing.

The college administration too is keen that it gets affiliation to a university, it is learnt.

Kids celebrate Red Colour Day
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 11
Children of the K.B.D.A.V. Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, here celebrated Red Colour Day today. The day was celebrated to inculcate team spirit among the students.

All children of the junior segment of the school were dressed in red-coloured. They had brought red-coloured eatables. The children were also carrying red flowers wrapped in red paper.

The kids were also told about the benefits of eating green and brown sprouts and vegetables.

PU hostel residents lodge complaint
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 11
Residents of Boys Hostel No 4 of Panjab University met the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) here today to lodge a complaint against the local police for their alleged ‘‘rude’’ behaviour with some of the hostel residents yesterday.

In a memorandum given to the DSW, the students complained that a Sub-Inspector of the police slapped a resident of the hostel. The police was called in the hostel yesterday by the hostel Warden after a reported clash between some of the residents the preceding night. Mr Nirmal Singh, DSW, when contacted, confirmed that some of the residents had met him with a memorandum signed by about 30 residents. 

Essay contest
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
The Government College for Men, Sector 11, in collaboration with the UT Administration organised a UT-level essay writing competition on national integration and communal harmony here today.

As many as 54 students from 11 colleges participated in the competition. These students were asked to write on the role of the all-India Services in ensuring national integration and communal harmony.

The best three essays will be given prizes on Republic Day. The first prize will fetch the winner a certificate and Rs 5,000, while the second prize will be Rs 3,000 and the third of Rs 2,000.

300 participate in road show
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
300 students of DAV College Sector 10, participated in a road show here yesterday to promote the two-day IT and management festival being hosted by the college on September 18 and 19.

Students procession on bikes and cars started from the college and moved towards the Government College for Girls and the Government College for Men via Government Home Science College. The show ended at GGDSD College, Sector 32, after visiting MCM DAV College, Sector 36.

The students were accompanied by the police on scooters.

The students also entered Panjab University but did not make it to the Students’ Centre as they were informed that a student political group was likely to cash in on the road show.
 

70 take part in recipe contest
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
The second day of the best recipe contest ended in the Food Craft Institute, Sector 42, here today.

More than 70 students of the institute participated in the contest, which was organised by the institute in collaboration with Nestle. The students were asked to cook dishes using maggi noodles, a product of the company.

Mr Vijay Sharma, DGM, CITCO, Mr Dharambir, Chef, Hotel Shivalikview, and Mr Pradeep Assawa, Executive Chef, Essex Farms, were the judges.

Arvind Singh, a student of the cookery department of the institute, got the first prize for preparing continental tangi maggi, Raman of the bakery department and Ramanpreet of the front office won the second and third prize, respectively, for their preparations of maggi pizza.

One-act play competition
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 11
A one-act play competition was held at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41. Students from classes IV to VII participated in the play. There were six plays enacted by the students in English, Hindi and Punjabi.

English play Mothers Day Out and Punjabi play Papai Di Dadar got the first and second prizes. The third position was bagged by Hindi play Jhansi Ki Rani. Parish and Manpreet Kaur were adjudged the best actor and best actress, respectively.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Hand over rape case probe to CBI: HC
Tribune News Service

Counsel had added that the petitioner had initially approached the High Court after the police registered a case of kidnapping, instead of rape, due to the involvement of influential persons.

BDPO, SDM summoned

Directing Tarn Taran’s Block Development and Panchayat Officer Rakesh Singh and Batala Sub-Divisional Magistrate to be present in the court, Mr Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta and Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta of the High Court today asked them to explain why proceedings should not be initiated against them for making wrong averment in the written statement.

Ruling on a petition filed by 10 Batala residents seeking directions to the state of Punjab and other respondents against dispossessing them from their allotted houses, the Judges observed: “In the written statement, the averment in a paragraph that certain petitioners had not submitted any application for the allotment of residential accommodation is not borne out from the record. The Deputy Advocate-General very fairly submits that the petitioner had applied for allotment. We direct the BDPO and the SDM to be present in the court....”.

Bail plea rejected

The bail application moved by Dr Naginder Singh, accused of illegally running a dental college in Nangal Kalan, was today rejected by Mr Justice K.C. Gupta of the High Court.

Dr Naginder Singh was booked by the Mansa police for cheating and other offences under Sections 420, 465 and 467 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of a retired IAS officer. The accused, according to the prosecution, had embezzled several crores in the process.

Delivering the verdict on his application, Mr Justice Gupta observed: “I do not think that the petitioner deserves the concession of bail because he has played with the lives of hundreds of students and also swindled crores of rupees. The ends of justice demand that such people, who play with the careers of innocent students, should not be released on bail”.

The Judge concluded: “If he is suffering from some disease then he would be taken to the hospital or even sent to the PGI under police protection. Consequently, the bail application is dismissed”.

‘File affidavit on plant emission’
Legal Correspondent

Acting on a public interest litigation claiming that the level of pollution emitted by the Bathinda thermal plant was above the prescribed limit, a Division Bench of the High Court on Tuesday directed the Chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board and the Chief Engineer on the plant to submit within a week an affidavit on the steps to contain the same.

The PIL, taken up by the Bench, comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice M.M. Kumar, was filed by Bathinda-based Public Grievance Association. The case will now come up for hearing on September 24.

DISTRICT COURTS
Dowry case against Barnala adjourned
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 11
The dowry case filed against Mr Surjit Singh Barnala and his other family members by her daughter-in-law Parveshbir Kaur was today adjourned by the UT Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Ashok Kumar, till October 4.

The statement of three witnesses had already been recorded in the court. The Parveshbir Kaur had alleged that his husband Jasjit Singh, father-in-law Surjit Singh and mother-in-law Surjit Kaur harassed her for dowry.

The complainant had filed case under Sections 406,420,498A of the Indian Penal Code .

A local court yesterday adjourned the defamation case against the President of Shiromani Akali Dal, Local Unit, Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, till December 5. The court had adjourned the case for complaint evidence

The Mayor of the Muncipal Corporation, Ms Harjinder Kaur, had filed case before the court on November 19, 1999, under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code. The complainant had alleged that Mr Riar, openly defamed her by saying that she had illicit relations with senior Akali leaders and former minister in the Congress.

BEANT CASE: The UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S Bhalla, today adjourned the Beant Singh trial case for September 12. The statement of the witness, Mr Radhey Sham, was recorded in the makeshift courtroom in Burail Jail. Radhey Sham today identified one of the accused, Balwant Singh, during an identification parade. 

Appeal against forum order
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 11
The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has allowed the appeal filed by Kansal Rural Cooperative House Building Limited against the order passed by the UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II.

The forum had directed the appellant to hand over possession of a plot allotted to the complainant, Mr Kanwaljit Singh, after developing it.

The complainant had filed a complaint before the forum that he had approached the appellant society for becoming its member and to have a plot allotted to him.

The complainant had deposited Rs 35, 110 with the society.The complainant had also deposited Rs 10,000 through a bank draft in favour of the society as the first installment towards development charges. The appellant society had allotted a plot to the complainant.

The complainant alleged that he was not delivered physical possession of the plot by the society.

The commission observed that the forum had committed an error in fixing the price of the allotted plot as per contention of the complainant at Rs 35,000 and in finding deficiency in service on the part of the society.

The commission also observed that as the complainant himself was deficient in not depositing the due amount, he was not entitled to the relief of possession of the plot allotted.

CULTURE

Photo exhibition from today
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
A five-day all-India exhibition on photography will open here at Punjab Kala Bhavan on September 12.

The exhibition is being organised by a group of photo enthusiasts, known as ‘’friends of photography’’ (FOP), and will be inaugurated by the Principal Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister, Mr S.Y. Quraishi.

Over 2,550 entries from 354 entrants have been judged by photographers of international repute, including Mr Benu Sen, secretary general, Federation of Indian Photographers, and Mr S.R. Patel, president, India International Photographic Council, among others.

This was stated here today by the vice-president of FOP, Mr V.S. Kundu. The Best Entrant Award has been won by a nature photographer, Mr H. Satish. The Best Local Entrant Award has been won by Vikas Kaushal of Panchkula.

Mr Kundu said slide shows would be organised daily in the evening at the venue during the exhibition.

Tabla magic, ghazal miracle
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
After a power-packed ‘jugalbandi’ on tabla by two young maestros, the evening in Pracheen Kala Kendra here took a lighter turn with soothing ghazals by Arshad Khan Choudhry.

This much-awaited event marked the 56th monthly ‘baithak’ of the kendra and it was a great success because masters were holding the fort today. The evening began with the ‘jugalbandi’ on tabla by Amit Sachdeva and Amjad Khan, disciples of Ustad Shafaat Amhed Khan of the Delhi gharana and Pandit Manmohan Dixit of the Ajrada gharana. A son and disciple of Esraj player Ustad Alauddin Khan, Amjad Khan Choudhry learnt the nuances of playing tabla from Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan and, later, from Ustad Manju Khan. He has been accompanying Ghulam Ali Khan, Mehndi Hassan, Reshma, Hariharan, Raj Kumar Rizvi and many other great artistes.

Following the ‘jugalbandi’, the show was taken over by ‘ghazal’ singer Arshad Khan Choudhry. Arshad was initiated into music by Ustad Allaudin Khan. The signs of a wonderful performer were reflected in the rich voice of Arshad and he left the audience wanting more.