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Cyanide ends in style with Jassi josh
Our Correspondent

Jasbir Jassi performs at Cyanide 2002 in Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Tuesday; and (right) the mesmerised youngsters. — Tribune photos

Chandigarh, March 26
High-pitched foot-tapping music, jubilant crowd and Punjabi pop singer Jasbir Jassi added colours to the grand finale of Cyanide 2002 on the Panjab University campus here this evening. For over 3,000 youngsters the evening meant enjoyment unlimited.

The students of the PU got a chance to shake their legs before they go in for their annual examinations starting next month. Boys and girls could be seen dancing all over the arena.

Jassi who arrived one-and-a-half-hour late, set the young crowd “ablaze” with his popular numbers ‘tere chaddi jawani’, ‘aahoo aahoo haanji haanji’, ‘chano da jawani wich’, ‘ek tara and sawan di raat teep teep barse’. However, he preserved some of his famous songs, including ‘dil le gayee kudi Gujarat di’ and nishani yaar di’, for the later part of the evening. The pop singer made clever use of medleys comprising Hindi and Punjabi numbers which were an instant hit with the crowd.

The students of the Chemical Engineering Department, PU, had left no stone unturned to make the show a big success. The local police had also made elaborate arrangements.

Results of various competitions held at Cyanide earlier during the day (in order of positions) are: Antakshri — Arushi and Ruchika, Satyendra and Ashutosh, Sandeep Pandita and Sunil Sori; Hindi songs (solo) — Poonam, Meenakshi and Somansh; folk dance — Devider Jugni Bhangra Group; best dancer — Maninder Singh Bains; Western dance — Ankur and group, PEC, DCET; best male dancer — Ankur (PEC); best female dancer — Rajni; fine arts: (modern art) — Rishoo Aggarwal, 2nd position jointly shared by Amarpreet Walia and Meenakshi, Rajat Prakash; paint the heart — Kamal Grover and Ruchi, Manjeet and Ankit Kaur; henna — Surekha, Kamalpreet and Archna, Tarun Diwana; science quiz — Sailaroo, team of PEC; tug-of-war — team of Shakti, Kapil, Maggo and Gaurav Vohra. Parul and Ajay were adjudged ‘Made for Each Other’.

COURTS

DISTRICT COURTS
Beant case: cop identifies accused
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, March 26
A witness in the Beant Singh assassination case identified one of the accused, Lakhwinder Singh, during an identification parade before the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhalla, at a special court in Model Burail jail, today. The witness, Sukhwinder Singh, had also identified Dilawar Singh, alleged human bomb, in the photograph.

Lakhwinder Singh, was sitting behind the barrack along with other eight accused when identified by the Punjab police constable, Mr Sukhwinder Singh. The witness said he was staying in a rented house at Kansal village and was known to Lakhwinder Singh, as he had also been staying there. He said Lakhwinder Singh’s job was to issue petrol and other items to the police personnel deployed there.

The constable said Lakhwinder had introduced him to Dilawar Singh. He worked at the Secretariat and used to perform the duty of a driver if any of the constable drivers went on leave. He said on August 31, 1995, he had got a wireless message that a bomb blast had taken place at Secretariat and he had reached there at about 5.45 p.m.

The statement of another witness, Dr Vijay, who was attached to the former Chief Minister, Beant Singh, was also recorded. He said he along with others had identified the body of Beant Singh.

Adjourned

Hearing of an anticipatory bail plea moved by J.S Cheema, CIA Inspector with the Chandigarh police who was booked by the CBI in a corruption case, was adjourned for April 8 today. The petitioner had filed a plea to issue directions to the investigating or arresting officer concerned to release him on bail forthwith in the event of his arrest in a case registered against him on March 13, 2002.

Bail plea

A local court today adjourned the hearing of a bail plea moved by Amresh Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise, Ludhiana, who was arrested by the CBI for possessing property beyond his known sources of income.

Compensation claim referred to Lok Adalat
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Chandigarh, March 26
The Rs 1 crore compensation claim of Ms Pardhan Kaur, wife of Giani Zail Singh, for the death of her husband has been referred to a Lok Adalat for settlement. The case has been pending in a local court for the past six years.

She has sought a compensation of Rs 1 crore in a case filed in the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) on the ground that her husband had an income of more than Rs 5 lakh per month, including the facility provided by the Government of India. The case will come up for hearing before a Special Lok Adalat to be held on April 6.

She had claimed damages on account of loss of income, comfort, security, and other facilities which were available to her husband.

Giani Zail Singh was seriously injured when the car by which he was travelling was hit by a truck on November 29, 1994, at Mihalpur Handoor village. He sustained multiple injuries in the accident and was admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injuries on December 25, 1994.

A case was filed against the driver of the truck, Tarsem Lal, the owner of the truck Nirmal Singh, the National Insurance Company, the State of Punjab (through its Secretary) and the driver of the car by which he was travelling.

Giani Zail Singh’s nephew Basant Singh who was also travelling with him had also sustained injuries. He had also filed a case and claimed Rs 10 lakh as damages for injuries caused to him.

Earlier, the driver of the truck had denied the allegations levelled against him. The insurance company had also filed a reply before the court and had stated that the driver of the car lost control over the vehicle as it was moving a speed of 100 km per hour. The company had also claimed that the truck driver’s licence was fake and hence the company was not liable to pay any compensation.

Tarsem was convicted and sentenced to two-year rigorous imprisonment besides a fine of Rs 500 on December 2, 2000, in a case registered against him under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC.

15-yr RI for carrying smack
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Chandigarh, March 26
A Punjab police constable, Sarwan Singh, was sentenced to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment by a local court today. He was convicted by the UT Additional and Sessions Judge, Mr R.C. Godara, for carrying 3 kg of smack. The accused was also directed to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh and in case of default he will have to undergo two more years of rigorous imprisonment.

The city police had held a naka near Sectors 35 and 36 small chowk on June 3, 1999 and arrested Sarwan Singh and two others. About 9 kg of smack had been recovered from their possession.

Later, on June 12, 1999, Sarwan Singh had confessed that he had concealed more smack in the speaker fitted behind the rear seat of the Maruti car. Thereafter, a police party had reached the Sector 36 police station where the vehicle was parked and recovered 3 kg of smack. The police had registered a case against the accused under Section 21 of the NDPS Act.

The three accused had already been sentenced to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for the recovery of 9 kg of smack from their possession in October last year.

3-day cultural extravaganza ends
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, March 26
The three-day national integration camp for youth from several states of North India culminated here yesterday with the colourful and lively show being presented by participants. More than 300 youths from all over the Northern region had converged here to participate in the camp.

The camp, which is being organised by the Ghoomer Academy of Arts and Culture, was inaugurated on March 23. It saw the confluence of cultures of five states of North India. Mr. Abhay Chautala was the chief guest on the concluding day of the function here this evening.

The function began with the participants performing a choreography on Vande Mataram followed by ‘Shiv Stuti’, a prayer dance to invoke the blessings of the almighty.

The nuances of different folk dances of Himachal, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were beautifully highlighted on the performing space in a choreography. This confluence of different dances had been specially choreographed by the artistes and members of the academy and the group leaders of participating teams.

Participants enthralled the vast gathering with beautiful redentions of “jhamkra” and “natti” dances of Himachal Pradesh, “panghat”, “ghoomar” and Haryanvi orchestra, Rajasthani ghoomar and “kalbelia”, “jhoomar” and bhangra of Punjab.

However, it was the tehran taali dance of Bikaner that had the audience asking for more. This dance, which is native to a Ram temple in Bikaner, has the dancers putting 13 “manjeeras” tied all over their body and the dancer plays each one of these , while in different mudras of the dance.

Even the Barsana Holi by participants from Uttar Pradesh was appreciated by the audience. These dancers gave a glimpse of the Holi celebrations in Barsana village near Mathura, where Radha was born. With Holi round the corner, the colourful dance was well applauded .

The participants having learnt the folk dances of other states during this camp, had performed the dances of states other than their own in this choreography. The participants, within the age group of 15 to 35 years, had been interacting with each other and learning the folk forms of art and dances of other states . It is learnt that these participants were split into different groups and each group was made to attend a workshop on dances other than those of their state.

This was followed by the teams performing their own folk dances. Meanwhile, Mr R.D. Garg, president of the Ghoomer Academy of Arts and Culture, Panchkula, and Ms Sunneta Dhariwal, general secretary, thanked the participants.

Simerpreet gets first prize for painting
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, March 26
Paintings, sculptures and sketches were displayed during Annual Art Exhibition organised by the department of Fine Arts of DAV Model School, Sector 15. It was inaugurated by the Regional Officer of the CBSE, Mr Yograj Sachdeva.

According to a press release, the first prize for painting went to Simerpreet Sandhu of class XII, while the second and the third prizes went to Akanksha and Taranpreet, also of class XII. Divya, Sneha and Jaspal got consolation prizes.

The first prize for sculpture was bagged by Malika Sodi of class XII, while the second prize went to Purnima, also a student of class XII. The consolation prizes went to Rachna, Neetu and Jaspal. In drawing and water colour painting, the first prize went to Simerpreet Sandhu, while the second and the third prizes were bagged by Amarjeet and Navjot. The consolation prizes went to Isha Bodh, Bondina and Archna.

In the junior category, the first prize went to Pooja Deshmukh of class VII, while the second prize was bagged by Isha Kalia of class VI. The third prize went to Mohit Thakur of class VII.

Magical moments
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 26
The show of photographs put up by Nirlep Singh at Punjab Kala Bhavan gallery is all about the grandeur of nature. Set in the backdrop of the mighty Himalayas on the one hand and the majestic Punjab plains on the other, each print speaks in the language of mysticism.

Right from the inaugural frame titled “The road less taken”, the viewers’ curiosity about the texture of works grows, only to find an answer in the glory of nature, as captured by the lensman. As he himself states: “Nikon Pilgrim, as the show is titled, is a borrowed metaphor. By recreating the created, I am trying to return the same.”

Although the objects in focus are the routine ones — mountains and smiling mustard fields — their treatment is virgin enough to make a delightful impact on the senses. The compositions are fine and strong. At times they are actually laced with all elements that make a picture perfect. Techniques of photography, notwithstanding, Nirlep’s ensemble is straight from the heart. It communicates more at the level of the heart and less at the level of mind.

Given this, it rather qualifies as a good work of art. The show was inaugurated by a Punjabi writer and poet Surjit Pattar and will be on view till March 30.