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Fasting student rushed to hospital Chandigarh, august 21 One of the students, Paramjeet Kaur Sandhu, who had been on fast, strike was rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) as her condition became
serious. The agitating students, however, continued with their strike. The students, when asked by the college authorities to put an end to their strike, demanded a written assurance that the students, whose names had been struck off, should be taken back. The authorities had closed down the college yesterday to defuse the situation. |
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FROM COLLEGES Chandigarh, August 21 The camp drew an enthusiastic response from the students. One of the organisers at the college, Mr K.P.S. Shante, said unlike the practice of organising two blood donation camps, three camps would be organised this year. “A number of boys approached us to postpone the camp since they wanted to donate blood but would be away this week on account of Rakhi. However, the PGI Blood Bank Society said they did not need large number of units in one go, the shelf-life of blood being 35 days. They have asked us to organise small camps at regular intervals instead,” he added. Sadbhavna Divas The NSS unit of GGDSD College, Sector 32, observed Sadbhavna Divas on the campus, on Wednesday. More than 200 students participated in the discussions. The NSS Director, Dr C.L. Narang, said national integration was not possible without emotional integration. Students and teachers ought to play their role in communal harmony, population explosion, environment, literacy and women empowerment. Principal AC Vaid said the youth must play a role for national development since the government alone could not do anything to wipe out poverty and illiteracy, the two being inter-related. Dr Safri Lal, Programme Officer, NSS, in his address said NSS platform would be used for developing confidence of young students of the college. Govt College function Sadhbhavna Divas was celebrated by NSS volunteers of Government College, Sector 46, here on Wednesday. On this occasion as many as 200 volunteers were sensitised about the need and importance of sadhbhavna. Speaking at the function, NSS Programme Officers — Prof Hans Raj, Prof Harinder Kaur, Prof Bikram Rana and Prof Sahib Singh — asked the volunteers to convey the message of communal harmony to the masses for promotion of national unity and integration. Blood donation camp AMBALA:
A blood donation camp was held at DAV College, Ambala City, on Wednesday. As many as 102 students, including 30 girls, donated blood. The camp was held to mark the first death anniversary of Major Amit Ahuja. Among others, the SDM, Mr M.K. Ahuja, the Civil Surgeon, Dr S.L. Kaushik, Dr Umesh Lamba, the college Principal, Mr B.K. Sehgal, and family members of the Major were present. Talent show contest A talent show competition was held at Arya Girls College, Ambala Cantonment, on Wednesday. It was coordinated by the Youth Welfare Department of Kurukshetra University. In declamation contest, Archana was first and Nilima stood second. In poetry recitation competition, Paramjeet was first and Harjeet was second. In painting competition, Shweta Chauhan and Mandeep Kaur stood first and second, respectively. In quiz competition, team ‘A’ comprising Princy, Neetu, Parul, Sarvjeet and Madhura were first, while team ‘B’ comprising Archana, Neeru, Alka, Kalpana and Renuka were second. In singing, Ritu was first and second position was shared by Deepa and Bharti. In dancing, Monalisa and Manorama were first and Savita and Jyoti were second. In mono-acting competition, Kalpana was first and Meenu was second. |
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FROM SCHOOLS Chandigarh, August 21 The Principal, Ms Brijbala Singh, said: ‘‘In today’s materialistic society, schools play a vital role in keeping alive the awareness of the feeling of love in the family. Singing contest Students from 21 schools participated in the Fanta Fiesta Group Singing competition, which was organised at Tagore Theatre, here on Wednesday. There was an overwhelming response from all participating schools. the atmosphere was electric and the children totally charged. The judges of the group singing competition were noted music composer Subhash Ghosh and renowned vocalist Ratnika Tewari. The winning team of AKSIPS won a cheque for Rs 11,000 for their school. Stepping Stones School and DAV, Sector 15, bagged the second position. A special award of Rs 1,100 was given to Lawrence for the ‘Best Cheering Team.’ Twenty-nine schools have confirmed their participation in various activities. The next activity would be a folk dance contest on August 23. Sanskrit Divas Sanskrit Divas was celebrated with great enthusiasm in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 47, here on Wednesday. The programme had a traditional beginning with recitation of Saraswati Vandana. The Principal, Mr M.P.Mahajan, presented a bouquet and welcome the chief guest, Prof Shankarji Jha of the Department of Sanskrit, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The students presented ‘shloka’ recital and also spoke in sanskrit highlighting the importance of discipline the group song conveyed the message to give up and pledge against social
evils. The complete function was rendered in Sanskrit. The programme on Akbar-Birbal dialogue entertain even those who do not understand Sanskrit well. The programme concluded with ‘Vande Matram’. An exhibition of Sanskrit and Sanskriti was also organised on this occasion. The exhibition encompassed of art, science and literature. The Vice-Principal, Ms K.Chahal proposed a vote of thanks. Science competition PANCHKULA:
Six students and a teacher of the local St Xavier’s High School bagged the third position in the science model competition held at Lucknow from August 15 to 18. A press note issued by the school Principal, Mr George S. Shear, said six students — Parminder Kaur, Eeksha Sharma, Gursimranjeet Gill, Kshitiz Sharma, Shagun Sharma and Vaneeta Sharma — and a teacher, Ms S. Duggal, represented the school in MacFair International, the fifth international maths and computer fair organised by the CMS, Mahanagar, in Lucknow. Over 50 prestigious institutions from all over the country and abroad participated. |
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MCM wins prestigious NSS
award Chandigarh, August 21 Giving details of the selection procedure, she said the selection committee was headed by the Secretary (Youth Affairs and Sports), with Secretary (UGC), Programme Adviser (NSS) and the Secretary (Association of Indian Universities) as its other members. Highlighting the achievements of the college in NSS during the past two years, Ms Gupta said a unit of 120 volunteers was enrolled each year and they were expected to put in 120 hours of social service. The activities undertaken at the college by the NSS unit include adult education, participatory cultural and recreational programmes, discussions, sanitation and disposal of garbage, tree-plantation, comprehensive seminars and programmes organised for educating women and making them aware of their rights among others. “This is only a brief account of activities undertaken during the last year. Now, we want to make it a movement. My efforts would be to make this scheme a part and parcel of every student of MCM so that they lead an ideal life and contribute in the life of others,” Ms Gupta added. Meanwhile, actors of the college got a wonderful chance to display their acting prowess in the one-act play competition held in the college to unearth their latent talent. Five plays were staged as a part of the contest and each was better than the other, vying hard for the prizes. Many issues like bigamy, drug abuse and essence of brotherhood were raised in the plays. The play “Mother’s Day” won the first prize, “Dooja Viyah” bagged the second prize and “A Handful of Dust” the
third. The consolation prize was won by by “Toya”.bg Individually Khushboo Kochar got the first prize, Ruchika second and Deepandeep third. Ankita and Sumandeep were given the consolation prizes. Former Principal, Dr D.S.Gupta, who has been associated with theatre for the past 25 years, was the guest of honour. |
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Founder’s day at BRS
college Panchkula, August 21 The function was well attended by students and their parents, who had come from far-flung areas. It began with a prayer and was followed by Haryanvi dance, group songs, skits and western dance. The Haryanvi dance and giddha presented by girls kept the audience spellbound, while the skit and group dances were well appreciated. Mr R.S. Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, who was the chief guest, laid emphasis on health care education and asked the students to be masters in their subjects. He also released the college souvenir on the occasion. Earlier, the college principal, Dr B.K. Chaudhary, read the college report and highlighted the achievements of the college. Students were also given prizes for their performances in the fields of academics, culture and sports. |
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ABVP to hold dharna outside Parliament Chandigarh, August 21 This was said by Subash, state secretary of the ABVP, while addressing a press conference at Panjab University here today. Subash said October 11 would be celebrated as “Sankalp divas” in memory of Jai Prakash Narain, a national political hero, and rallies would be organised outside the offices of the Deputy Commissioners all over the country on September 26. Also present on the occasion were Saurabh Joshi, secretary, Ravinder Dogra and Mukta Sharma, joint secretaries. It was pointed out that at a national-level meeting recently, an action plan was prepared. One of the main items on the agenda was asking government to spend at least 6 per cent of the GDP on education. Currently, the government expenditure on education was as low as 2.6 per cent. |
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Bal Bhavan opens in Phase
IV SAS Nagar, August 21 Speaking on the occasion the Governor, who is also the president of the Child Welfare Council, Punjab, said that we owe a lot to the future generation as it is the future of the country. He said the Bal Bhavan was one of its kind in this region and it would help in creating a balanced personality of a child. He said the bhavan would hold art and craft, dance and music classes. Computer classes would also be organised with internet facility. It would also have a modern creche and a library. He urged the authorities to hold summer camps and theatre workshops during summer vacations. He said that
every child had a right to play and as such directed the Ropar Deputy Commissioner, Ms Seema Jain, to make arrangements to provide a playfield. Mrs Uma Ratra, secretary of the Child Welfare Council, said the outdoor games would be started as the council had got an assurance from a private school that they could use their playfield. Winners of the state-level senior swimming championship were awarded cash prizes and certificates by the Governor. All 11 winners belonged to Ropar district. A number of persons who had worked on the project were honoured today. Among those were three architects — Mr Surinder
Bagha, Mr Neeraj Khurana, Mr Harmohinder Singh — PUDA officials — Mr Paramjit Singh, Executive Engineer, Mr Gurdev Singh, SDO, Mr Tilak Raj, Assistant Engineer and Mr Krishan Pal, Work
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Need for distance education stressed Chandigarh, August 21 The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Staff Training and Research Institute, IGNOU. Dr Satinder Dhillon, Principal of the Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, presided over the function and emphasised the need and importance of distance education. Prof Ujjagar Sehgal, Chairman, highlighted the purpose of the workshop which centred mainly around transformation of study material into self-learning mode. |
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, August 21 In their 29-page order, the Judges observed: “We are convinced that an advocate can file a petition in the High Court challenging the action of the government or any other constitutional authority on the ground that it affects the administration of justice or the integrity of the judicial system provided that the persons, directly affected by such action, are prepared to accept the result of the petition”. The Judges concluded: “In the present case, the petitioner, undisputedly an advocate practising in this court, has questioned the jurisdiction of the Chief Justice to withdraw work from the three Judges. According to him, the impugned action has seriously eroded the faith and public confidence in the system of administration of justice. Therefore, he cannot per se be regarded as a meddlesome interloper or a person having no interest in the matter. However, as he has not impleaded the three Judges directly affected by the impugned action, we, keeping in view the Supreme Court decision in the Krishna Swami case, give him an opportunity to implead them as parties so that they may present their cause before court”. Arguing before the Bench, an Additional Solicitor General appearing on behalf of the High Court and the Chief Justice had earlier claimed that the petitioner — Dr Surya Parkash — had no right to file the petition and work could be withdrawn from the Judges. The petitioner, on the other hand, had submitted that he had the locus standi to challenge the orders. Claiming that the impugned orders were issued in violation of the provisions of the Constitution, and the Judges (Inquiry) Act of 1968, besides the law laid down by the Supreme Court, Dr Parkash had further contended that “the Judges, neither alone, nor banded together, could place sanctions on a Judge”. Under the Constitution, the only action that could be taken against a Supreme Court or a High Court Judge was “impeachment and for that purpose a procedure had been prescribed”. Giving details, he had added that “the Chief Justice of a High Court or Supreme Court has not been empowered by any provision of the Constitution or any Act or Rule in existence to conduct an inquiry into alleged misbehaviour by the High Court Judges and punish him by way of withdrawal of work resulting into a dent on the independence of the judiciary”. Show-cause notice
to scribe Rejecting conditional apology rendered by Hindustan Times correspondent Maneesh Chibber in a contempt case after holding that it was not “sincere” and “bona fide”, a Division Bench of the High Court today asked him to show cause why he should not be punished. Issuing the directions, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Ms Justice Kiran Anand Lall, observed in the open court that the correspondent had deliberately and maliciously tried to interfere with the administration of justice by visiting a Judge at night and tried to contact another Judge without any ostensible reason. They added that the action, it appeared, was a part of a larger design to browbeat the Judges by spreading false propaganda about CBI raids on their residences. The case will now come up for hearing on September 18. The High Court had earlier taken a serious view of the matter after the reporter reached the residence of a High Court Judge to enquire about raids that were never conducted at his house. Taking up the case, the Bench had asked the Advocates-General of Punjab and Haryana to assist the court in the matter. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, August 21 As per the prosecution, Meenakshi was married to Rajiv Singla on May 11, 1999, in Panchkula. But after spending a few days at her in-laws house, she left the place and started residing with her parents in Mohali. It was alleged that her in-laws had harassed her and demanded dowry. She consumed some poisonous substance and went for a drive on a vehicle. Later, Meenakshi was found near round about of Sectors 32 and 33. The police had registered a case against the three under Sections 304-B and 498, of the IPC. Teacher’s bail plea dismissed
The bail plea moved by a teacher of St Peter’s School here, S. Tyagi, who was allegedly involved in a case of criminal intimidation and an act intending to outrage the modesty of a woman, was on Wednesday dismissed by a local court. He was remanded in judicial custody. He had surrendered in court on August 20 and was in police custody. The court had already dismissed the anticipatory bail plea moved by the teacher earlier. A case against the teacher had been registered under Sections 506 and 509 of the IPC. Nurse granted bail
A local court on Wednesday granted bail to Aruna Kaser, a PGI nurse who had been arrested by the UT police in a case of theft. Arrest warrant
The UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr C.L. Mohal, on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Rajan Jain in connection with the suicide case of a craftsman, Sapan Das. The court has directed that arrest warrant should be executed through Investigation officer till September 9. The case was registered on the complaint moved by Safali, wife of the deceased, under Sections 306 and 382 of the IPC. Notice issued
Acting on a plea moved by one of the accused in the Beant Singh assassination case, Navjot Singh, for directing the jail authorities to send him to the PGI for recovery, the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S Bhalla, on Tuesday issued a notice to the CBI to file reply and to the doctor concerned to file report about the condition of the accused. RI for 9 yrs
A resident of Sector 28, Jaiwant, was on Monday sentenced to nine years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case of rash and negligent driving. He was also fined Rs 1000. A case was registered against him under Sections 279 and 377 of the IPC. Acquitted
A local court on Tuesday acquitted a city resident, Nishikant, in a case of theft. The case against the accused was registered under Sections 379 and 411of the IPC in the Industrial Area police
station. He was arrested by the police for stealing Rs 500 on the complaint of Mr
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Sister act — from Padmini to Tejaswini Chandigarh, August 21 The actress in the making, however, sounds composed about the entire affair ‘Paanch’ had with the Censor Board, which finally cleared it after nudging twice. In the city today to attend NIFD’s award function, Tejaswini talked about issues close to her heart — personal and professional. The conversation began with writer Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Paanch’, produced by Tejaswini’s brother-in-law. On her guard while replying to the sensitive issue, Tejaswini, just said one thing, “Paanch” is not a run-of-the-mill film. It has a deep connotation. I take it as a hearty break because it does not require me to portray a superficial character. My role in the film is that of a highly self-centred girl, out to make it big in the music world.” Crediting the role to family connections, Tejaswini talked about her sister Padmini and how she was influenced by her. “Padmini joined films when she was 14 years of age. She was dating fame when others were still struggling. After having her fill she decided to withdraw for herself and her family. She is into spirituality and karma. Gradually, I am also thinking like her. There is one piece of advice from Padmini I always adhere to: Work and get back home.” On the professional front, Tejaswini draws a fraction of inspiration from her sister, often coping with the comparisons people draw. “Comparisons are inevitable. I do not deny that I have not taken anything from Padmini, but I am very different from her. Although I will not go out of the way to get success, I desire it all the time,” said the actress. Hailing from a family of musicians, Tejaswini has often been asked why she did not take to music. Answering it again today, she said, “It is not essential to follow the herd. I have been very passionate about theatre. Although I am essentially a model, I picked up nuances of acting from stalwarts like Satyadeb Dube and Markran Deshpande. Pratima Kazmi from the National School of Drama also helped me hone my skills. Then came the stint at television, with ‘Mujhe Chaand Chahiye’.” After quitting television long ago, Tejaswini worked upon the basics of acting. The actress, however, believes a lot in spontaneity. “I never prepare my act. The reaction before the camera has to be spontaneous. Otherwise it will not appear and sound honest. I do not believe in forced emotion.” With yet another film, ‘Ek raat Achanak’, with Sanjay Dutt lined up, Tejaswini is aiming big. But how will she justify the passion, which every newcomer claims to have. “I will be sincere to my work. That is all I can say right now,” she says. Awards for NIFD students In the city to attend NIFD’s annual jury award-giving ceremony, Tejaswini gave away the following awards to the winning collections, earlier displayed during NIFD’s annual fashion show held on July 23. Best theme-based collection: Astral mode — zodiac on the move; most chic collection: Taurus — ladies in waiting; most alluring collection and best accessories: Cancer — Kiss for a rose; viewers’ choice: Libra — barbies on the ramp; best craftsmanship: Scorpio: Gossamer dream; most bizzare collection: Capricorn: True Blues; most imaginative collection: Aquarian: mysterious glance; most exotic collection: Pisces: Abhisarika; most creative collection: Virgo: frozen. |
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Lacing
art with experimentation Chandigarh, August 21 Adding collages to his list of creations, Manoj has structured a delightful maze of colours, as borne by hand-made paper sheets, which the artist spent six months in collecting. “Making collages from magazine and newspaper sheets is very common. Also, these sheets do not offer scope for artistic improvisation. So I started my search for recycled paper sheets which are available in the market, but only rarely. Over the past six months I collected bright sheets, red, yellow, green, mustard and saffron in colour,” he said. Using recycled paper, Manoj has structured a bright show, which mainly draws from nature. There are also some abstract forms put up in beautiful lines and circles. His work, depicting the shadows is strikingly beautiful. Collages have further been interspersed with paintings, the artist’s first love. Again in paintings, there are strong tinges of experimentation. Walking away from routine, Manoj has chanced upon enamel colours for executing his works. The beautiful transparent effect on his canvases is credited to these colours. The exhibition can be viewed at IndusInd art gallery in Sector 8 between 10 am and 6 pm. |
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