EDUCATION

‘Expressions-2002’ results
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 18
The annual prize distribution function and cultural programme, “Expressions-2002”, proved to be an extravagant affair at DAV Model School, Sector 15, with students putting their best foot forward in each item staged on the occasion.

The Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, Mr R.S. Gujral, gave away prizes to the students who participated in various items which included dances, songs, painting among others.

Students of various institutions participated in poster making, collage making, mask making, slogan writing, floor decoration rangoli, flower arrangement (fresh) and flower arrangement (dry) competitions.

The results are: Poster making : Parneet Kaur of Government College of Education, Patiala, 1, - Ratinder Kaur of Government College of Education, Patiala, 2 and Irvinjit Kaur of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, 3.

Collage making : Dipti Chabra of DAV College of Education, Abohar, 1, Sandeep Kaur of DAV School, Sector 15, 2 and Anjuli Kumari of DAV School, Sector 15, 3.

Mask making : Aarti Sharma of DAV School, Sector 15, 1, Kiran of Government College of Education, Sector 20, 2 and Kokila of DAV School, Sector 15, 3.

Best out of waste : Meena Bali of DAV School, Sector 15, and Pooja Gupta of DAV College, Abohar, 1, Shelly Sharma of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, 2 and Rashmi Sehgal of DAV School, Sector 15, 3.

Flower arrangement (fresh) : Nidhi Kochar of Government College of Education, Patiala, 1, Payal Khanna of DAV School, Sector 15, 2 and Manpreet of Government College of Education, Sector 20, 3.

Flower arrangement (dry) : Rosy Kapoor of DAV School, Sector 15, 1, Goonj of Government College of Education, Sector 20, 2 and Jasleen of DAV College of Education, Abohar, 3.

Slogan writing: Spinderjit Kaur of Dev Samaj College of Education, Ferozpore, 1, Neelima of Government College of Education, Patiala, 2 and Nisha Sharma of DAV College of Education, Abohar, 3.

Floor decoration (rangoli): Shiwani Arora of DAV School, Sector 15, 1, Sapna Makkar of Government College of Education, Patiala and Richa Verma of DAV College of Education Abohar, 2 and Bindu of Government College of Education, Sector 20, 3.

Students interact with parents
Tribune News service

Panchkula, January 19
It was a PTA meeting with a difference. In order to ensure the confidence-building in tiny tots, the school, Shishu Niketan Public School, ensured that all children from Nursery to Class I participated in an interaction session with parents.

The children , while telling the parents of the things around them, had actually dressed up as the things they were depicting. The were dressed up as sun, moon, stars, different flowers , traffic lights, fruits and vegetables. Students of class Nursery had also dressed up as different parts of the computer and were informing the parents about the functions of these parts.

A beautiful display of models of various modes of transportation was also prepared by the students of Class I. They gave a verbal presentations on their models. Students themselves made vegetable sandwi ches, which were later served to the parents.

Each child was also describing the properties of the object he had dressed up as.” The idea is to show that the children are not just learning their course curriculum, but are also aware of the world around them,” said Ms Amita Khurana, Principal of the school.

COURTS

Rs 1 cr disbursed as accident claims
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 19
The special Lok adalat held at the local district courts awarded more than Rs 1 crore as compensation to litigants in motor accident claims and labour court cases, while Rs 76,800 was recovered as fine.

In all, 869 cases were taken up by 18 benches of the lok adalat and 286 cases were settled. A sum of Rs 84,05,000 was awarded as compensation in 34 motor accident claims cases. In addition, a sum of Rs 17,50,532 was given as compensation in 23 cases by the special labour court.

Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi, of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and executive chairman of the UT State Legal Services Authority, visited all courts and took keen interest to solve the cases. A special lok adalat was organised under the supervision of the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhalla, in collaboration with the State Legal Services Authority.

The lok adalat also took up traffic challan cases and cases under the Shops Act, and disposed of 921 summary cases and recovered a sum of Rs 76,800 as fine.

The member secretary, UT State Legal Services Authority, Mr B.C. Gupta, informed the next lok adalat is now proposed to be held on April 6. Mr Gupta also informed that a seminar was also being held on February 4, in Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26 at about 3 p.m.

Rape case accused to appear in court
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 19
A local politician, Sweety Bajaj, and five others allegedly involved in a rape case were directed to appear before a local court on January 25. The six — Sweety Bajaj, Sangeeta Gupta, Amardeep Dhaia and Avtar Singh Tari, Shweta Gupta, Kuldeep Gupta — were allegedly involved in the rape case of a minor girl.

The police had filed an untraced report in the case. Later, all six accused were granted bail by the court. The police had registered a case of rape on the statement of the victim before magistrate. The accused have also been booked under Section 376 of the IPC.