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Seminar for placement of teachers in USA Chandigarh, May 26 Authorised by International Career Network in India, the agency helps educators in seeking temporary and permanent positions in all grade levels in schools. The co-ordinator of the seminar, Mr Madhusudan, said, “The vacancies in public schools have arisen with the cutting down of classroom sizes. Instead of 30 students in a class, the number has been fixed at 15 to maintain discipline and provide individual attention.” He said the purpose of the seminar was to shortlist teachers from India and send this information to the USA. The agency’s office in the USA would further seek placements
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Seminar
at PU Chandigarh, May 26 Prof D.P. Chattopadhyaya, Chairman of the Indian Philosophical Congress, will deliver the key-note address. Prof G.C. Pandey, Chairman of the governing board of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, will deliver a special address. Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, will also be present at the inaugural session in the morning. |
Insurance company told
to pay compensation Chandigarh, May 26 The WNL company had filed a complaint against the Insurance company claiming compensation amounting to Rs 12, 86, 771.51 under insurance policy of fire with it on April 6, 1998. The company stated in the complaint that on October 27, 1998, fire broke out in his factory situated in Kuranwala, village in Patiala District. The fire destroyed the stocks lying in the building and also caused loss to the building. The complaint said the compensation assessed and paid by the insurance company was grossly undervalued and inadequate. The complainant further alleged that it was a clear case of deficiency in services provided by the insurance company. The complainant stated that the insurance company had awarded only Rs 2, 09, 756 for the losses caused to the factory due to the fire. The court said in its order that the compensation awarded by the insurance company to the complainant was grossly inadequate and an attempt had been made by surveyors to assess the loss as minimum possible as without giving adequate reasons for rejecting the claim of the complainant. Therefore, the complainant was entitled to Rs 12, 86, 770 as compensation for the loss suffered by him in the fire under the insurance policy. A sum of Rs 2, 09, 756 was accepted under protest by the complainant. After deducting the amount, the balance amount of Rs 10, 77, 015 was due to be paid by the insurance company. |
R.D. Burman’s magic comes alive Chandigarh, May 26 After an evening of tough competition, Jitendra Kumar, Ramesh Dhiman and Ravi Bakshi emerged as the winners. They were awarded Rs 5,100, Rs 2,100 and Rs 1,100, respectively, all sponsored by the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO). Among the panel of judges were Ms Ranjana, a famous singer with the Jalandhar Doordarshan and Mr Brajesh Ahuja. While the songs — right from ‘Mehbooba’ to ‘Tere bina jiya jaye na...’ — cast their own magical spell, the music filled the left over gaps. The music was managed by Sanjeev Kapoor and Santosh Kataria, with Ravinderji on the flute, Tarsem on the keyboard, Rana and Munish on the guitar, Sukhwinder Kaka on the congo, Ramesh on drums and Titu on percussion. But for the music arrangement, which added zest to the evening, the function would not have been so enrapturing. Among the guest singers were the two judges, along with Meenu Palta, Richa Sharma and Rajeev Menon. Rajeev Menon sang the immortal R.D. number ‘Duniya mein logon ko ...’ with amazing energy and poise. The other songs that filled the evening were ‘Jai jai Shiv Shankar’ by Ms Ranjana and Mr Brajesh, ‘Piya tu ab to aaja’ by Richa Sharma, ‘Tere bina jiya jai na’ by Bani and many more... The programme was conducted by Ms Reeta Sharma, who also directed the show. Towards the end, two special awards were given to the judges by two persons from the audience — Ms Ranjana was honoured by Mr Anand Prakash from Panchkula and Mr Brajesh by Mr M.S. Makol from Mani Majra. Earlier, the chief guest for the evening, Chief Secretary, Haryana, Mr
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Sahara TV to offer
emotional treat Chandigarh, May 26 Along with providing a full-fledged entertainment network, the channel is thus also working to provide each state with its local news coverage. Talking about the line of action the 24-hour Hindi entertainment channel plans to follow in the near future, head of Sahara TV Sumit Roy, who was in town today, said, “The idea is to change the entire packaging strategy so as to make the channel much more competitive.” Interestingly, Sahara TV will soon be made digital. The most important issue of consideration for Mr Roy, in charge of the fresh launching programme for the channel, is to make the channel more attractive by improving the way it is sampled. The television has planned some programmes which will work as channel drivers and will add substance to it. Among the launches, waiting to happen any day, are : a remake of “I love Lucy” which will feature superstar Sridevi in her new avataar on the small screen; another soap featuring Bhagyashree which will tell the tale of two friends who land at different levels in life; a programme falling in the comedy genre, anchored by Paresh Rawal; another kids show anchored by Yash Pathak, the child model who featured with Big B in the Pepsi advertisement; and yet another story which will underline the sentiments of a male protagonist for the first time in the current scenario. Mr Roy said two projects had also been planned with Balaji Productions. Speaking about the strategy, Mr Roy said, “We are here to activate emotions — be it laughter, courage, romance, tragedy, happiness or anything. Emotions need to be played with if mass appeal is to be generated.” Admitting that most channels are catering to human instincts which better be left aside, Mr Roy said, “It is correct that most of the current soaps draw from extramarital affairs and thus tend to redefine social statements, but to some extent what we show is a reflection of society in general. But we, as a channel, are conscious of the damage a story can inflict upon morals. Hence, we keep at bay, unless the story demands otherwise.” Banking upon the success of Ketan Mehta’s “Chacha Chaudhary” starring Raghubir Yadav and Pravin Kumar, Mr Roy said the entire packaging would be based on innovation. “We will cater to all age groups. In its finality, each programme will make an emotional sense,” he added. |
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Theatre workshop ends Chandigarh, May 26 Conducted by city-based director Umesh Kant, the workshop covered all elements of theatre, including breathing exercises, voice modulation, stage setting and improvisation. The two productions presented today were Gadhe ki Baraat, written by Haribhai Srivastava and Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja, written by Bhartendu Harishchandra. The first piece had Vivek in the lead role of Kallu, who reaches the court of Indra and watches beautiful dancers. The story was improvised in a manner as to avoid heavy political satire, which the kids could not have handled. One of the Gods outrages the modesty of a dancer. Indra’s curse converts him into a donkey. Finally the curse is undone when this donkey gets married to a princess. The play was interesting, as it was managed by kids and had beautiful improvisations. Before the marriage scene, two contemporary songs were fitted in — Kala Sha Kala and Aaj Mere Yaar ki Shadi Hai.. The next presentation had Gagan playing the king and Neha playing his wife Gangi. The play was framed as a satire on the system where the king does not have the wisdom to sift the right from the wrong. The message was — any kingdom where there is no wisdom of distinction is doomed. Nowadays Umesh Kant is working on another play titled Tota Bola, adapted by Vasant Dev, written by Chandrashekhar Kambar. The workshop was organised by North Zone Cultural Centre. |
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