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PU threatens students to end strike Chandigarh, August 22 This was said by Prof Nirmal Singh, Dean Student Welfare, in an official press note here today. The circular refers to the ongoing agitation of the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) and the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU). Malwinder Singh Kang, PUSU, president, is seeking readmission to the department as recommended by a committee while SOPU says his admission should be cancelled because he filed a “fake medical certificate”. Prof Nirmal Singh said it was a sorry state of affairs that the students’ organisations had been going on fast on one pretext or the other for some time. Such strikes were sometimes premature and based on matters which were to be decided following proper procedure. He said threats and pressure tactics by any individual or party could not be tolerated whatsoever. Case of anybody sitting on fast was an offence under the court of law for which no individual or organisation could be held responsible if any damage was caused to the concerned, he added. Meanwhile, the condition of Harmanpreet Singh, a student sitting on indefinite fast at Law Department, Punjab University, was stated to be “serious” as he had to be rushed to the hospital today evening, a press note issued by the SOPU said. Another protesting student on indefinite fast, Mehtab Alam too had to be hospitalised today. The faculty of the department had to intervene to request the student to be taken to the hospital. The students are demanding the cancellation of the admission of the rival student union president Malwinder Singh Kang. Kang’s admission was earlier cancelled by the department Board of Control but later a committee had recommended his re-admission. SOPU said Kang had submitted a ‘fake’ medical certificate. SOPU said the indefinite fast would continue. |
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UGC refresher course Chandigarh, August 22 Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, will deliver the inaugural address. Prof Suman B. Beri is the course coordinator. Eminent physicists, including Prof S.N. Ganguli, TIFR, Mumbai, and Prof Satya Prakash, Vice-Chancellor, of Jivaji University, Gwalior, are expected to participate besides others. |
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students join ITFT Chandigarh, August 22 Although students from various North-Eastern states have been joining the ITFT in the past on their own, it is for the first time that a North-Eastern state government has chosen the ITFT to train their students. According to Dr Gulshan Sharma, Director, ITFT, the purpose of the Mizoram Government in sending these students to Chandigarh is to develop them into quality human resource in tandem with the ITFT so that on completion of their training they may join the fast-developing tourism and aviation industry and also help in tourism promotion in Mizoram which is endowed with great potential. A scholarship is given to a deserving student by the ITFT. |
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Programme
on business management Chandigarh, August 22 Announcing this here Dr Gulshan Sharma, Director, ITFT, said that the programme takes into account multi-disciplinary, integrative and evolutionary business practices with focus on exposing the prospective executives to the global economies, especially of the Asian countries to enable them to compete with the future developments in business practices, technologies and trends in the developed nations. |
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Make paid parking people friendly: HC Chandigarh, August 22 A Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Mr Justice
G.S. Singhvi and Ms Justice Kiran Anand Lall, also asked the corporation to mutually consider the matter with the parking lot contractors and make sure that the residents were not subjected to unnecessary financial inconvenience while leaving their vehicles in seven different zones in Sector 17. The High Court, it may be recalled, had directed the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh to introduce the system of paid parking in the city in an effort to solve the problems being faced by the commuters while parking their vehicles in the lots. The decision to introduce the system was initially mooted in 1997, but had to be kept on the back burner following protest by the traders. As per the trader associations in the city, the system would have discouraged the casual shoppers from frequenting the markets and would have adversely affected their sales. Subsequently, coming down heavily on the Corporation for not informing the residents about the background of the case, the Judges had also asked the officials to tell the court whether they had informed the public about the fact that the decision to introduce paid parking system was approved by the Corporation in 1998 and that parking spaces were also auctioned in the same year. Terming as “misinformation campaign” the information being published in the newspapers on the paid parking system, Mr Justice
Singhvi, speaking for the Bench, had added that the Corporation had failed to inform the public about the true state of affairs. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, August 22 Beant assassination case The UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhalla, on Thursday adjourned the Beant Singh assassination case till tomorrow. Meanwhile, one of the accused in the case, Navjot Singh, sought exemption from court proceedings on health grounds. Navjot’s counsel appeared in the court on his
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Grand Phulkari show in Chandigarh Chandigarh, August 22 Collected from various sources, the show will consist of 60 works of Punjab phulkari, created over the past about two centuries. One of the most exotic specimens of phulkari, combining patchwork and the art of embroidery, procured from Lahore, will also form a part of the Phulkari show which will last for a month. Interestingly, both the Crafts Museum and the
Chandigarh Museum will join hands and display their respective collection of phulkari under a common exhibition. While the Crafts Museum will
contribute 51 pieces, the Chandigarh Museum will contribute 10 pieces from its rich indigenous collection. Approval to this effect has recently been given by UT Administrator, Lt-Gen JFR Jacob. Official sources today informed that the idea behind the grand phulkari show was to revive the dying art form, which has placed Punjab on the crafts map of the world. The show will display representative examples of phulkari done during different periods in Punjab. The display, informed the Director of the museum, Mr V.N. Singh, will be classified into nine categories. The nine forms of this rare art, which will be displayed at the Phulkari show, are bagh, chope, darshan dwar, nilk, phulkari, sainchi, shishedar, thirma, and til patra. Apart from museum’s own resources, the collection has also been procured from the largest collector of phulkari in India, Mr S.S. Hitkari, based in Delhi. He has contributed two pieces from his personal collection. Mr V.N. Singh said that a week-long workshop on phulkari would also be organised during the period of the exhibition. He said, “school children from government and private schools will be called and instructed in the art of pulkari by leading women experts in the craft. We will call some of the finest craftswomen from Punjab to hold live demonstrations of this craft and teach those interseted in learning it.” Apart from this, the Ministry of Textiles and the UT Administration will also team up to screen special films on this rare art of embroidery. The films, apart from focusing on phulkari, will also feature productions on other arts and crafts of Punjab. |
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NEW RELEASES Astounding success of ‘Kasoor’ and ‘Raaj’ has spawned a new genre of experimental cinema. Zee Kay Films presentation ‘Soch’, a psychological thriller, is stray away from routine drama in terms of character, plots, treatment and style. This film has an interesting baseline: ‘It is a thought which kills....’ The film opens today at Batra, Chandigarh. Debutant young writer-director Sushen Bhatnagar heads the list of young film makers entering Bollywood in 2002. Based on his own story, the film features Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaz Khan, Raveena Tandon and Aditi Govitrikar. Those who have seen the rushes say the film has is a powerful suspense thriller. The film has been produced by Dr Wijahat Kareem with Dr Surheet Kareem and Rizwan Ullah being the co-producers. It also stars Danny Denzongpa, Mushtaq Khan, Tiku Talsania, Vineet Kumar, Yunus Parvez, Mac Mohan and Dadhi Pandey. Story and screenplay is by Sushen Bhatnagar, dialogues by Atul Tiwari, music by Jatin-Lalit, lyrics by Sameer, cinematography by Rajen Kothari, action by Shahid Ali Shanu, choreography by Rekha Chinni Prakash, editing by Umesh Gupta, art by Smita Gupta and sound by Anuj Mathur. Action love story Presenters Salim Khan, Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and producers Bunty Walia and Sohail Khan are waiting to make a mark with their film ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’. The movie opens today at K.C., Chandigarh, and Bassi, Mohali. Director Sohail Khan, who comes from a family of film makers, makes his debut as an actor along with another debutant Sameera Reddy (Pankaj Udhas album, ‘Aahista’ fame). This is GS Entertainments fourth venture. Sanjay Dutt also features in a special appearance. The film also stars Kabir Bedi, Dalip Tahil, Neeraj Vora, Rajpal Yadav, Asif Sheikh, Baby Heena, new find Sarfraz Khan and Raja. Sohail Khan and Sameea are in the lead. Dialogues by Talat Jaani, photography by Kabir Lal, action by Amin Gani, art by R. Varman, choreography by Ganesh Hegde, Raju Khan and Farah Khan, editing by Yusuf Khan (Munna), lyrics by Salim ‘Bijnori, Gufi Paintal, Faiz Anwar, Jalees Rashid and music by Daboo Malik are the major credits.
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Prem Singh’s drawings go online Chandigarh, August 22 An expression of an artist whose artistic sensibility has been conditioned in India, Visual Voice is also a tribute to humanity and its magnificence. Documenting the mammoth loss of life and devastation it caused to the world, the artist had talked of ethics through the medium of art. The added advantage for the artist was his presence in Canada on the day of the happening, which gave the artist an insight into the suffering of the survivors. He was able to relate with the forbearance of people who vanquished the tragedy and he also translated these sequences on the canvas. After working hard on the series for long, Prem Singh has now managed to put the drawings online. They can be viewed at http://personal.vsnl.com/studio06/visualvoice |
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