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15 elected to PU’s
Academic Council Chandigarh, January 21 The counting of votes for the election of these members to the council for the term from February 1, 2002, to January 31, 2004, was completed at the university. The elections for these fifteen seats were held on January 18. A total of 17 college lecturers were in the fray. One candidate was eliminated following her election to the Academic Council through the Senate. Those elected include Mr
A. S. Chahal, Mr Baljinder Singh and Mr Karamjit Singh from SGGS College, Sector 26, Mr Parvinder Singh from GCG-42, and Mr Sukhdev Singh and Mr Bhupinder Singh from Government College, Sector 11. Others are Mr Harpal Singh Bhatti and Mr Kamal Sharma from
A. S. College, Khanna, Mr K.K. Goel from Government College, Ludhiana, Mr Sunil Khosla from Arya College Ludhiana, Mr Inderjit Singh from GNG College, Ferozepore, Mr Rajbinder Singh from Dashmesh College, Muktsar, Mr Sham Singh from Khalsa College, Gardhiwala and Mr Tarsem Singh from DAV College, Abohar. Mr Sukhdev Singh, one of the elected candidates, during the counting today alleged that majority of the votes cast were invalid since the counterfoils carrying the serial number of the voters were still attached to the votes. The Registrar, who was the returning officer, decided to overrule the objection. |
6-day
workshop
on teaching Chandigarh, January 21 Organised by Kim and Marga of the Global Educator Club, the concept of the workshop is to groom students to meet challenges of tomorrow and widen the scope of education. The programme includes demonstrations, group interaction, group presentations, internalisation during the first four days, while the practical aspects of classroom teaching will be discussed at St Kabir Public School and Government High School, Sector 38, on January 22 and 23, respectively. The Principal, Dr Satinder Dhillon, said teachers training institutions should be involved not only in promoting conventional teaching but alternate means of creative teaching that would prepare prospective teachers for the future. |
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Lively show by school kids Panchkula, January 21 The function began with the students presenting a cultural show. Nursery school students enthralled the audience with a welcome song. A group of students also presented a scintillating Rajasthani folk dance, to be followed by a prayer dance . students also
participated in a catwalk. Various skits were also staged on the occasion. Applauding the efforts put in by the students, Mr Yograj Sachdev, Regional Officer of CBSE, asked the students to
participate in co-curricular activities for the overall development of their personality. He later presented awards to 65 students for excellence in academics and 50 other students in various co-curricular activities. |
Grant bail rarely for NDPS offences: high court Chandigarh, January 21 The judgement is significant as about 70 bail applications on an average from the states of Punjab and Haryana are taken up for hearing every week. According to sources in the High Court, the maximum number of cases are received from Patiala, Sangrur and Bathinda belt in Punjab and from Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Sirsa in Haryana. Delivering the verdict on a petition filed by an Abohar resident seeking the grant of bail in a case registered under the NDPS Act on February 8, 2000, Mr Justice Nirmal Singh of the High Court ruled: “A perusal of Section 37 of the Act shows that the court must adopt a negative attitude towards bail. A court can grant bail to an accused if it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is not guilty of an offence under the Act and, secondly, if he is not going to commit any offence while he is on bail”. Laying down the rules, the Judge, in his detailed order, added: “Before granting bail, the prosecution has to be given an opportunity of opposing the bail application. These conditions must be fulfilled before bail can be granted to an accused”. The Judge also dismissed the bail application filed by truck driver Balkar Singh and directed the setting aside of orders passed by Ferozepur’s District and Sessions Judge allowing bail to two other accused in the case — Paramjit Singh and Sukhdev Singh. The three were booked by the Punjab Police after 20 bags of poppy husk of 30 kg each were allegedly recovered from the vehicle. The Judge observed: “The bags of poppy husk were under bags containing chips. There is no ground at this stage to believe that the accused has been falsely implicated. There is also no material on record to show that if the petitioner is released on bail he will not commit the same offence again. Hence the bail plea of Balkar Singh is declined. “Bail orders dated August 16, 2000 of Sukhdev Singh and Paramjit Singh also stand set aside. A copy of the orders should be sent to Ferozepur’s Sessions Judge with directions that they should be taken into custody”, the Judge concluded. An amendment recently made in the NDPS Act provides for sentence of less than 10 years. Under clause B of the amended Act, there is a discretion to award a lesser sentence; rather there is no minimum sentence provided. Section 41 of the amended Act makes the amendment applicable to all cases pending investigation or before courts, but a provision added to this Section says nothing in the Act shall apply to cases pending an appeal. |
Lawyers press demand for lift facility Chandigarh, January 21 The treasurer of the association, Mr Vinod Kumar Verma, said it had informed the UT Administrator about the problem faced by advocates and litigants due to the absence of lift facility. Mr Verma added that the Administrator has assured them that he would discuss the matter with other administrative officials. The president of the District Bar Association, Mr H. S. Hundal, when contacted informed that the association had also received a letter from the MP Mr P. K. Bansal, on September 12, 2001. Mr Bansal had recommended Rs 10 lakh for the installation of lift in the new building of the court complex. Mr Hundal added that there was an urgent need for taking appropriate steps to provide a lift to general public. Currently there are around 1,600 advocates and hundreds of litigants who visit to attend their cases. They complained that they had to climb 84 steps of stairs to attend their cases at new court building. The Lawyers for social Reforms had also sent a letter to the Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court, and UT District and Sessions Judge for providing the facility at the District Courts.  |
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27 lawyers issued notices Chandigarh, January 21 According to the rule-36 of the BCI, an advocate shall not solicit work or advertise either directly or indirectly, whether by circular, advertisement, touts, personal relation, furnishing or inspiring newspaper comments or producing his photograph to be published in connection with cases in which he has been engaged or concerned. The rule-36 of BCI also states that advocates name signboard or nameplate or stationery should not indicate that he is or has been president or member of a bar council or any association or that he has been associated with any person or organisation or with any particular cause or matter or that he specialises in any particular type of work or that has been a judge or an advocate-general. |
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Bar body condemns govt move on tribunals Chandigarh, January 21 Referring to news items published in various news papers regarding this Bill for abolishing the tribunals, the secretary of the CCBA, Mr
R. K Basandhi, said that the move was not suitable. He added that the tribunals were performing an uphill task of clearing the arrears. |
Shilpi literally breathes
Bharatnatyam Chandigarh, January 21 Shilpi is in town to perform in a special dance programme organised by Pracheen Kala Kendra here tomorrow. Coming from Delhi after performing in Triveni Chamber Theatre, Shilpi is all set to dazzle the city audience with her talent for the first time. “Life has been a tireless sequences of dance ever since I stepped into Children’s Little Theatre in Kolkata at the age of three,” says Shilpi, accompanied by her dance troupe that includes her sister Shikhi Baruri and Tanmoy Sengupta, all up and eager to explore the city before the performance tomorrow. During the first three years of her training life, she learnt Kathak in the institute but later she shifted her focus solely into Bharatnatyam. “My peers found out that with the kind of body structure, agility and expressive face I possess, I would be a more suitable material for Bharatnatyam and they proved themselves right ,” she says. Ever since she has been trained under the tutelage of Guru Thankamani Kutty and Kalamandalam Venkit and later under the renowned Bharatnatyam exponent Padmashree Chitra Visweswaran in Madras Gurukul, her versatile talent has enabled her to blend the best of both Thajavur and vazhuvur styles in her dance forms. Shilpi, who choreographs her own dance pieces, has done some experimentation with translating the compositions into Hindi and English. “the vocals always being in south Indian languages or Sanskrit, it is difficult for most of the audience to understand the items,” she says. “However I have never deviated from the purity of the traditional dance form. Except for one occasion perhaps when she felt adventurous enough to experiment with the East-West fusion mantra which is in vouge everywhere, she composed a fusion piece called “Redhun” based on Zakir Hussain’s music. Shilpi is not only a classical performer but also a trainer which is actively into conducting workshops for the young aspirants that included Nehru Children’s Museum’s series of workshop and also a series for the Department for Education, Luton, in UK. Besides running her own Bharatnatyam institute “Chidambaram” in Kolkata, she has also been honoured Judge and examiner for Nehru Children’s Museum and Tagore Foundation. Shilpi, who has performed extensively all over India and abroad, says Indian audiences are not very expressive when it come to appreciating someone’s performance but abroad it is altogether different, she says? “Outside people really know how to appreciate good work which is really a morale booster for the artistes,” she adds. Some of Shilpi’s most important performances include Dover Lane Dance Festival, Ustad Ayet Khan Music Conference, Srirampur Classical conference, Salt Lake Music Festival, All India Music Festival at the British Council in Dhaka and at Chattagram Club in Bangladesh. |
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A woman of substance with inner strength Chandigarh, January 21 “Though to be a professional artist had always my dream from the very childhood, I could not pursue it because my parents would not hear of it who at that time were missing the idea of my becoming a doctor,” says Deepa. The latter half of her life was equally adverse. “When from my hometown Agra I came to Chandigarh after marriage, I got so involved with my family that the artist in me had literally died,” she recalls. It has only been for the last three years she comes out in the market as a freelance artist , doing interiors for clients and also holding her solo oil exhibitions. Deepa has also enrolled for MA in classical music and history of fine Arts in Panjab University. “After 18 unfruitful years as a housewife, I needed to bring some discipline in my life and formal education is the only way for me to do it,” she says. Deepa has also started her PhD work through which she wants to explore the common factors between painting and classical music. Little wonder as you take a round around her house and her studio in Sector 18, Deepa’s love for music and rhythm, that she has managed to translate on the canvas stares at you from every corner of her house. The sculptures, the glass and the oil paintings carry directness and simplicity of music, the tones of her colour expressing the ascent and descent of a musical note. Deepa has been doing interiors for clients in Delhi, Punjab and Chandigarh. “Holding exhibitions certainly give credibility to an artist, but when it comes to job satisfaction, taking art at a practical level is much more gratifying,” says Deepa. “The entire
process of doing up a house involves so much of challenge like keeping in tune with the ambience, the colour scheme and above all the taste of the owners,” she explains. Deepa’s solo exhibitions of oil paintings in Delhi and Chandigarh, have already earned her an award by BD Kanya Mahavidyalaya , Agra and a silver medal by Avantika, New Delhi. Her paintings have also found homes in various places like Botany Department, Punjabi University, American Cancer Research Society, USA and Chandigarh Lalit Kala
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Breathing
east in the west Chandigarh, January 21 “Five per cent of the total population of Great Britain constitutes the ethnic minority from countries like India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, which are struggling hard to adhere to their roots through their traditional culture,” says Iftekhar. “With only television channels to guide the younger generation, their connection is fast dying out,” he continues. There was initially a school attached to the academy to teach classical music, dance and folk culture of Asian countries, but after incurring heavy losses, it had to be closed down. “Now the academy is mainly working through organising events, that includes concerts of persons like Ravi Shankar and Aparna Sen”, he says. “Having to close down the school reflects how the youngsters are losing interest in their culture. Young achievers in the field of art and culture can be role models for this estranged generation,” he says. Iftekhar is accompanying Shilpi Baruri, a bharatnatyam dancer from Kolkata, who will perform at Pracheen Kala Kendra here tomorrow. A ghazal singer, Iftekhar has two ghazal albums “Missing You” and “Teri Yaad Mein” to his credit. Born and brought up in Bangladesh, Iftekhar has done graduation from Karachi University and honours from Middlesex University, United Kingdom. |
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