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These kids prefer workshop
to fun and frolic Chandigarh, June 24 The workshop proved significant for these youngsters who are all set to do something meaningful in life. The students who are studying in Class X of various city-based schools would rather spend the summer vacation preparing for tests rather than participating in fun and frolic. “This is the right time to prepare for competitive exams and preparing for the NTSE has given us a feel of what to expect for the various entrance tests we are likely to take in the near future,” said Sumedha Sharma, a student of Carmel Convent, Sector 9, who is participating in the workshop. The workshop has not only been imparting lessons on general knowledge, science and mental ability, but it has brought together students of different schools following different boards like CBSE and ICSE. “The workshop has given us an opportunity to mingle with fellow students from different board and thus helping us to exchange ideas,” said Mahek Inder Singh, a student of St. Kabir High School, Sector 26. For Aakriti Gupta of Carmel Convent and Supriya Sharma of Sacred Heart School, the workshop is a godsend. “We are preparing for the NTSE for quite sometime, but the syllabus is so vast that it is not possible to prepare for it without proper guidance. But here in the workshop we have evolved a pattern that will help us preparing for other competitive examinations other than the NTSE,” they said. “After attending 24 days of the workshop, my speed of solving difficult problems has considerably gone up which has given me confidence to take the NTSE in coming October,” said Kanav Arora of St John’s School, Sector 26 . And for Sumant Arora of St John’s, the workshop has made learning lively. “Better than learning through books at home as the workshop has given us the chance to mingle with our counterparts and has helped us to judge ourselves in comparison to the other competitors,” he said. The Council for Promotion of Young Talent is a non-profitable organisation to promote excellence in pursuit of middle and high school education in the field of science, arts, commerce and computers. The organisation has been founded and is being funded by J. S. Memorial Education Trust, Chandigarh, run by an educational society called Vidya Parishad. |
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Non-teaching, teaching staff stir today Chandigarh, June 24 Members of the Federation of Managements and Principals of Non-Government Aided Colleges, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union and the Non-Teaching Employees Union of these colleges will stage a dharna. “We have got nothing in the Punjab Budget contrary to expectations. Instead of fulfilling our demands, they have hinted at a possible increase in fee which is certainly no solution to meeting our demand for funds,” said Principal P.S. Sangha, secretary of the Principals’ Federation of these colleges. The Punjab Government recently announced a modified version of the pension scheme in which colleges would have to have a corpus fund to be financed by the managements and teachers while the government’s contribution remained limited to the grant already being received by the college. |
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PU exams results Chandigarh, June 24 The copies of the result gazette are available at the university main enquiry counter on all working days during office hours for personal consultation by the candidate only. For BA general first year examination the result can also be accessed at the Panjab University website http://www.results.pu.ac.in Telephonic enquiries from any quarter for finding of the results will not be attended to. |
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Sandhu is PURSA head Chandigarh, June 24 While Mr Jagdish Mehta has been elected as the senior vice-president, Ms Amrit Pal Kaur has been elected as the vice-president of the association. Mr Dharam Pal has been elected at the general secretary while Mr Rohan Dhiman will be the joint secretary of the association. The general body of the association was held today at the university followed by a press conference. |
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College staff
boycott meeting Chandigarh, June 24 |
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SOPU submits
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LLB admission Chandigarh, June 24 |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, June 24 The police had registered a case against the accused on March 8 following the clash that took place between the supporters of two main organisations — SOPU and PUSU. The police had registered a case against them under Sections 147, 148, 159, 324 and 307 of the IPC.
Remanded
An accused arrested by the UT police in a case of kidnapping and was today remanded in judicial custody by a local court. As per the prosecution the accused, Sunil Kumar, a resident of Sector-55 had kidnapped a minor girl when she had gone to market for purchasing vegetables. The police had also recovered the girl. The police had registered a case under Sections 363, 366 against him in Sector 39. Admn seeks time The UT Administration has sought time to file a reply in a case filed against it by President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), N.S Minhas, for restraining the UT administration, IG and Traffic Line from issuing challan to the city residents till the administration provide HSRP number plates to the owners of vehicle and also to withdraw the notification regarding the change of colour of the number plates. The Magistrate had adjourned the case for June 27. Mr Minhas had filed the case for temporary injunction directing the UT Administration, Inspector General of Police and in charge, Traffic Line (defendants) under order 39b Rule 1 and 2 read with Section 151 Civil Procedure Code for temporary injunction restraining the defendants from issuing the challan. |
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HC order
on land possession Chandigarh, June 24 Pronouncing the orders, the Bench, comprising Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice Jasbir Singh, ruled: “In case the possession has been delivered to the respondent, it shall not effect any construction on the plot in question”. In their detailed order, the judges observed: “Mr Puneet Gupta accepts notice on behalf of UT Administration and the Estate Officer. Notice (be issued) to respondent number 3 (Kids Arcade International Society) for July 4”. In their petition, the Sai Niketan Social Welfare Society had earlier sought the quashing of allotment in favour of the respondent. Counsel for the petitioner had added that the respondent was not eligible for the allotment as per the policy of the Chandigarh Administration. Arguing on their behalf, counsel had further added that the welfare society’s claim was rejected even though they were running a primary school since 1978. |
East meets South at Kala Gram Chandigarh, June 24 Prof Leelamma and her nine-member troupe under the banner of “Swathichitra” performed this all-girl classical dance from Kerala which is somewhat like bharatnaytam. However, it differs in body movement as this particular dance form is also called “body of music”. It also owes its difference in ‘lasya’, with softer, feminine body movements and facial expressions. “The other dances owe their origin to Lord Shiva’s ‘Tandava nritya’ while mohiniyattam is essentially a feminine dance that goes back to dances of Lord Shiva’s wife Parvati,” said Prof Kalamandalam who is considered to be an authority after she had added about 70 new steps to this dance form. Starting the evening with a number invoking Lord Krishna based on a Sanskrit verse “Agre pasyame” which was a group item, Prof Leelamma performed a solo on a Hindi number “Aaj Aaye”, describing Radha’s happiness at Krishna’s return to her which was based on a ‘bhajan’ written by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal of Kerala. Apart from nine of her disciples, Prof Leelamma was accompanied by Ram Mohan Killikurissimangalam on mridangam, Jayram Thiruvillwamala on vocal, Rama Prasad Trissur on violin and Trissur Krishnakumar on edakka. In contrast to the delicate dance form from Kerala, the “chhow” dance presented by Uttarsahi Chhow Nrutya Pratisthan at the same venue took the audience to the climax with its aggressive body movements closely related with martial arts. |
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Pammi sings for spirit Chandigarh And after having learnt 10 ragas, Pammi was well aware of how pure the Indian classical stream of music was and how important was it for a musician to consciously guard its purity with all his might. No wonder for years this man has not compromised on the kind of music he would profess. So although recognition in the field evaded him for long, it is now only beginning to come... Last year, Pammi received the offer of composing eight ghazals, written by the poet laureate of Germany Rajvinder Singh, who is known for his inimitable style of narrating human emotions. Classified under the title of Parvaz Sargam, these ghazals embody the finest elements of Punjabi literature, which has always fascinated Pammi Hanspal for its depth and meaning. After a labour of one year, Pammi is now ready with Parvaz Sargam, a unique musical offering which will hit the stands the moment Rajvinder Singh can spare some time to formally launch the same in India. Ask Pammi how he struck upon this golden opportunity of rendering into music the words written by one of the finest men of Punjabi literature and he replies, “I have a strange fascination for literary stuff. There are very few people who are writing such meaningful lyrics. I had done some ghazals earlier for Mr Gian Singh Sandhu, a retired IAS officer, who is a very fine Punjabi poet. With him, I released three works titled Panga ishq da, Barkha bahaar and Tohfa 2000. Till then I had no idea I would be fortunate enough to compose the lyrics by Mr Rajvinder Singh.” The opportunity came to Pammi through Mr Harphool Singh, a friend of Rajvinder Singh. Pammi informed: “Harphoolji recommended my name to Rajvinder Singh, who trusted me with all his lyrics. Recently when Rajvinder Singh was in India to release his book on poetry “Parvaz Sargam”, he managed to organise my programme in Mumbai. That programme was attended by the German Councillor.” Apart from this work, Pammi also has some other projects to his credit. There is one music album in waiting with the T Series; there are earlier works wherein Pammi Hanspal has sung along with Hans Raj Hans, Sardool Sikander, Durga Rangeela and Ratnika Tewari. He also won the Allahabad Natyasangh award and the Orissa best jury award for his beautiful background rendering in Phulwant Singh’s musical production, Dharti di kahani, geetan di zubani. With a fair amount of experience in the world of music, Pammi now wants to do an exclusive cassette on ghazals by Urdu poets. “I have sung a lot of Shiv Batalvi’s work. Now I am yearning to compose the ghazals of Shakeel Badayuni, Jigar Moradabadi, Faqir and other poets. It is a very challenging task and I am not financially very secure to handle the marketing of my projects. Nevertheless, I will soon make this musical offering.” Strange it may sound, but Pammi has been literally jobless for the past three years, ever since Punjab Fertilisers Limited closed down. Music, however, has been his only anchor through his days of struggle. It has given him the reason to strive and seek without yielding. For him, music is a companion, something which was created to confirm human loneliness. |
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All set to step into the glamour world Chandigarh, June 24 “We used to look blank before a camera prior to joining the course. Now we know how to promote emotions through body movements and facial expressions” said Jagmeet Brar, Rinku and Ripindeep Sandhu as they received their certificates. “This course has helped us believing in ourselves besides giving us the knowledge of personal grooming to technical aspects,” they added. Even local boys who have had the advantage of joining modelling workshops before feel the course is a complete one and helpful for beginners. “Though modelling workshops are being conducted in the city from time to time, they are usually casual one-day affairs which are of no much help,” said Rahul. “This type of comprehensive courses are helpful for aspiring models specially in places like Chandigarh where true professional modelling is yet to emerge,” he added. But the best part of the training is that the training module does not only teach students to be models but helps those who want to join the staff behind the camera. “The course includes lessons on screen play, shooting scripts, marketing of one’s talent, so it is not necessary that one after this course has to opt for modelling only, but can get into the allied profession as well,” said Shaheel. Arclights Academy of Modelling and Applied Arts has been floated by model and actor Lally Virk and his model wife Jasmine Virk to groom the local talents in the field of modelling. The one month course conducted by the couple includes self groomings personality development, development of communication skill, networking know how and Choreography. The academy has been also undertaking professional modelling shoot outs for various business houses of the region. |
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Impressive performance
marks workshop finale Panchkula, June 24 The culmination of the workshop at Yavanika Open Air Theatre today came in the form of a cultural programme called “Abhivyakti”. Folk dances of Punjab and Haryana, dramas and one act plays were presented. “Chaar Thug” and “Naya Sawera” — the two plays presented by the participants gave message to the viewers against the ills ailing our society. Participants were specially effective in dealing with the problem of drug addiction in the play — “Naya Sawera”. The programme began with Saraswati vandana performed by Sunita Sharma. Haryanvi, Punjabi and Kashmiri folk dances and performers dancing to the tunes of latest Bollywood and Indipop numbers enthralled the audience. The dance performance on the song, “Bhumbroo”, by the participants had the audience tapping its feet. A duet dance on the number — “Radha Kaise Na Jale” — was also well appreciated. The camp was specially organised for children of police personnel and underprivileged children. As many as 95 children had participated in the workshop. The Chief Administrator, Mr N.C. Wadhwa, was the chief guest at today's function, while the SP, Ms Charu Bali, ASP, Ms Bharti Arora, and the SDM, Mr M.S. Yadav, were also present. |
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