EDUCATION

Impressive display by kids
A Correspondent

Chandigarh, June 12
A three-week-long summer workshop organised by the Indian Council For Child Welfare, concluded here today at Bal Bhavan, sector 23 . As many as 30 children, who had participated in this workshop, gave a scintillating display of their abilities. They bid goodbye by performing in a cultural function which included dance performances and songs.

Earlier, the function was inaugurated by Mr G.K. Marwah (IAS), Secretary, Social Welfare, UT. The function proved to be a good platform for the children to prove themselves as achievers of fine personality in front of their parents and other guests present. Appreciating this workshop Mr Marwah said that whole-hearted participation by the students reveal that the hard work put in by the institution might prove to be beneficial in the longer run. The activities in the above workshop also included visual art and craft, personality development, drawing, judo, karate.

The function was followed by an exhibition, inaugurated by Mr Jaspal Bhatti, the chief guest of the function. This exhibition had a fine collection of more than 100 creations of Saurab Saini, a 16-year-old boy with a hearing disorder. This boy came to Prayas Rehabilitation Centre, when he was two years old. And today, with the efforts of his parents and society, he is in a position to be called an artist. As a memento, a pencil sketch of Jaspal Bhatti, made by the boy himself, was presented to the chief guest.

Also, a water cooler for the children of the council, was donated today by Mr. Manjit Singh Jawaddi, a social worker of Ludhiana during this function.

Red Cross units mooted in colleges
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 12
Red Cross units will be set up in colleges in association with NSS cadets in Punjab to carry out Red Cross activities across the state. This was stated by Dr C.L. Narang, Director NSS, Panjab University, while addressing a meeting of the secretaries of the district Red Cross branches of Punjab held here today.

A regional training centre for first aid would also come up in the city, informed Capt Rajdeep Singh Jaiya, secretary of the Punjab State Red Cross.

The programmes and problems of the district branches were discussed in details. Captain Jaiya assured all support for the furtherance of Red Cross activities in the state.

Among those who spoke on the occasion were Dr J.G. Jolly on blood transfusion and Col Manmohan Singh, Deputy Director, Sainik Welfare, on training programme of the youth.

Panjab varsity students stage dharna
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 12
Girls of Sarojini Hostel Panjab University, staged a dharna today protest against the “strict measures” of the hostel warden. The dharna was backed by the Students Organisation of Panjab University. Mr Harveer Singh, president of SOPU, said, “a girl who received a call in the hostel was asked to disclose the caller’s identity which was not fair. Boys are not allowed to sit freely.

Another gate was being erected besides a wall separating the hostel from the adjacent one which was not fair.

Such autocratic moves were against the academic environment expected on universities. The warden, Ms Veena Sachdeva, however, said she was working according to rules which was not acceptable to a section of students.

New construction was on the order of the university and not the hostel warden.

Gradation policy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 12
In addition to the existing sports gradation policy, performance in the game of boxing, yoga and rifle shooting will also be considered for admission to BCA, BCom, MSc (IT) and MCom (I) being conducted in a centralised manner.

Gradation certificates will be issued by the Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration, Sector 42. Students should submit their certificates before June 19 to the Sports Department, Chandigarh.

Students take part in workshop
Our Correspondent

Children present a colourful cultural programme on the concluding day of a three-week long summer workshop at MJS Ramgarhia Public School in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

Chandigarh, June 12
About 100 children from various schools participated in a three-week-long summer workshop conducted at MJS Ramgarhia Public School.

Children presented a cultural programme on the concluding day today.

An exhibition of items made during the workshop was also put up on the concluding day.

A large number of activities were conducted during the workshop which included pot making, fabric painting, karate, folk dance, drawing, colouring, etc.

COURTS

DTC seeks release of Lahore bus
Kiran Deep

Chandigarh, June 12
Reacting to the attachment order of the Lahore bus (in which Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had visited Lahore in 1999), passed by a local court recently, the DTC authorities today moved a plea seeking release orders of the bus.

The court had ordered the attachment of the bus to recover compensation due to Shanti Devi, complainant in the accident claim case, who had alleged that her husband had died due to negligent driving by a DTC bus driver.

The DTC authorities in the application claimed that due to some mistake the bus was attached to recover the compensation amount which the DTC had to pay to Shant Devi. The authorities stated that the said amount had been deposited to Nazir of the court on May 4 this year.

Sources informed that the Union Ministry of Transport, took note of the matter after the news of bus attachment of appeared in newspapers. Sources also informed that the question regarding the non-payment of compensation in time was also considered. The ministry sought explanation from the Chairman and Managing Director of DTC in New Delhi over this issue.

When contacted DTC counsel in Chandigarh Mr N.S Minhas said today that the DTC had moved an application as it had already deposited the compensation amount. He also informed that the bus was not attached yet and was plying between Delhi and Chandigarh.

The local court had earlier passed the order of attachment of the DTC bus (DL-1-PA-3711), acting on the complaint of Shanti Devi and her two sons. The claimant, Shanti Devi, had filed a case against DTC, bus driver Mr Dina Nath, and the Insurance company. She had stated in the accident claim case that on April 24, 1999 her husband Gulshan Kumar, was coming home in Sector 37-C from Sector 23-D on his scooter. She alleged that when her husband reached near Sector 36- 37 dividing road, he was hit by a DTC bus (DL-1PA-2828.) The UT Additional Sessions Judge had directed the DTC and others to pay a compensation of 3, 75, 000 to Shanti Devi and her two minor son with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from the date of institution of the case till its realisation. The claimants, Shant Devi and others, had filed the attachment order when they failed to get the compensation awarded by the court.

Legal notice to Jaspal Bhatti
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, June 12
Reacting on the play staged by Jaspal Bhatti “Butt Jaag Paye” in front of K.C Cinema here on June 10, the Lawyers for Social Reform (LSR) has sent a legal notice to him.

The human rights organisation (LSR) had alleged that by organising the play Mr Bhatti had made an attempt to denigrate the character of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh.