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St John’s fete attracts large crowd Chandigarh,
October 26 A number of stalls of games and eatables were put up. A paint-the-face stall was a hit and stall of various fast-food eating joints, proved to be very popular. Youngsters were seen trying their hand at various luck-dips while the children had a good time on the toy train, sliding down inflated Mickeys and playing computer games. Peppy music played in the background all day long and the request stall proved to be a special attraction to the students. While no vehicle was allowed to enter the school gates, chaos prevailed on the road outside where vehicles were parked haphazardly causing a bottleneck. Anti-cracker rally Over 500 students of Government Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra, staged an anti-cracker rally and pledged against use of crackers on Divali, here on Saturday. The president of Environment Society of India, Mr SK
Sharma, said that children suffered more on account of pollution than due to bursting of crackers. Led by Mr Vinay Sood, Principal, members of Champ eco-club, planted about 210 saplings of neem, mangoes, peepal, bodh among others. The teachers said that the children would take care of the plants.  |
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Businessman’s petition dismissed Chandigarh, October 26 Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice Goel
observed: I find no merit in this petition. The decisions relied on by counsel for the parties relate to stage at which the court can require a person to give signatures for comparison. Observations made in the said decisions relate to the objection in giving signatures when the matter is not pending before the court and may be instituted in court subsequently”. The judge concluded: “In the present case, the matter is pending before the court and any direction to compare signatures by the court will be within the purview of Section 73 of the Evidence Act. In view of the above, the petition is dismissed”. |
No regretting her ‘bhagya’ Chandigarh, October 26 In town today to promote ‘Kagaz ki kashti’, a mega-star teleserial, produced and conceived by their home production Srishti Entertainment, Himallay and Bhagyashree made a pretty picture of love, faith and affection. With no regrets over the things gone by, the two have now got together on the professional level after many years of hiatus. Conceived and produced by Himallay, the serial for Sahara, hits the air on Divali day and will be telecast five days a week. Structured on the film format, the serial, Himallay, said, “was all about romance in all its aspects. It talks about love at various levels — between son and mother; between two friends; between two brothers and son on. In a crux, the serial reflects optimism at its best. We have trapped moments from everyday life to structure a show that is not about cynicism but about trust which makes the world a better place to be.” While Bhagyashree is playing the main female lead in this production, it stars among others stalwarts like Govind Namdeo, Rajiv Verma, Salim Shah, Prachee Thakur and Rituraj. Playing opposite Bhagyashree is Kamal Soni, the new find of Sahara. Bhagyashree is naturally excited about being featured in her husband’s production. Having consciously divorced films, the actress of worth is not regretting at all. As she said, “I was already married before I featured in ‘Maine pyar kiya’. Success was welcome but it did not keep me from changing my course. I was always very sure about what I wanted from life. My priority was my family. So I consciously walked away from commercial films. I could never imagine myself doing certain roles that did not gel with my persona. So I decided to stay away.” Bhagyashree has, however, been working in some films down South which, she says, offered her the scope to perform better. Kamal Soni and Prachee Thakur, who are part of the current production were also in town for promotions. Also present was Mr Priya Raj, vice president, publicity, promotions & pr, Sahara TV. |
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Salil enthralls with his
perfection Chandigarh, October 26 The son of legendary Grammy Award winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Salil has created a place for himself by exhibiting rare skills at the instruments he has learnt from his guru. At GCG-42, he reflected a dynamic style of rendering the classical nuances on ‘Mohan Veena’ in his concert. His style incorporates authentic and systematic exposition of classical Indian ragas and embellishments of the world music as well. Salil’s style assimilates the ‘gayaki’ (vocal) and ‘tantkakari’ (instrumental) representation which makes his playing complete with innumerable variations. Like always, today also Salil specialised in playing the high speed ‘taans’, demonstrating a perfect handling of ‘Mohan Veena’. He was accompanied on tabla by Mohammad Ahmad. Trained by his mentor and guru Pandit Vishwa Mohan
Bhatt, Salil creates a picture of the raga he plays. As he told the students of music at GCG-42: “Perfection will come the day I merge with the raga. You should not be able to see me. You should only be able to feel the raga.” Presenting ‘raga madhuwanti’ during the programme sponsored by The Tribune today, Salil went on to wave a web of melody, enthralling students to the maximum. No wonder, his ragas were greeted with applause. After the recital, he also invited many
questions, clarifying the nuances of the raga he was playing. He also talked at length about the fine creation of his father, Vishwa
Veena. Where ‘Mohan Veena’ has 20 strings, ‘Vishwa Veena’ has 35 strings, thus enhancing the range and sound effects. ‘Vishwa Veena’ creates a flood of notes,” he said. |
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FILM REVIEW Ajay Devgan and Akshaya Khanna appear together in Neha Arts presentation and Nitin Manmohan Deewangi (Piccadily Chandigarh, and K.C Panchkula). Egged on the success of thrillers like ‘Kasoor’ and ‘Raaj’, writer-director Annes Bazmee has come out with another good thriller. The film is drawing crowds. “Deevangi” produced by Nitin Manmohan, is the story of a musical genius Tarang (Ajay
Devgan) who is accused the murdering a musical magnate. Sargam (Urmila
Matondkar) believes in ‘Tarang’ innocence and requests Raj Goel (Akshaya Khanna) the hot shot criminal lawyer to help him. Who is the killer? The audience have to find out in this suspenseful thriller. Ajay Devgan, Akshaya Khanna and Urmila Matondkar have powerful roles. Farida Jalal, Vijayendra Ghatge, Seema Biswas, Nishigandha Wad, Tanaaz Karim and Tiku Talsania play supporting roles and Suhasini Mulay and Suresh Oberoi perform well in special appearances. Technically ‘Deewangi’ has a good screenplay and editing. The redeeming points are cinematography by Pushan Kriplani and choreography by Vaibhavi Merchant. Devdas and ‘Shakti’ fame music director Ismail Darbar has come up with fine score. Nusrat Badar and Shahid Bijnori have penned the lyrics. Pyar Se Pyare tum ho
sanam.... sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy and Sonu Nigam and Main Aashiquie Main
Bekhudi.... are beautiful compositions.
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PGI to have
MD in N-medicine Chandigarh, October 26 The Head of the Department of
Pulmonary Medicine, Dr S.K. Jindal, disclosed that MD in nuclear
medicine was likely to begin soon as the staff council had already
given its nod for starting this course. “At present there are barely
two-three places in India where the subject of nuclear medicine is
taught, despite the fact that only 5 percent of the requirement of
professionals from this speciality is met in the country,” he
explained. Dr Jindal was speaking at a symposium on ‘Nuclear
Medicine in Oncology’, which was inaugurated by the Dean, PGI, Dr
O.N. Nagi, today. “Nuclear medicine is still an evolving speciality,
as there are barely 100 professionals in India and an equal number of
Indian doctors abroad,” he said. He added that it was one speciality
which is used in practically every department, including urology,
nephrology, cardiology, endocrinology and in intensive care. Dr
Jindal said that though diploma in national board (DNB), a three-year
programme equivalent to MD in nuclear medicine, is being run, seeing
the requirement of hospitals in this field one cannot afford to ignore
the speciality. “At the same time we must ensure that there is no
dilution of quality as MD course should be started only at reputed
institutes and medical colleges,” he said throwing a word of
caution. The organising secretary of the symposium, Dr B.R. Mittal
while detailing the nuclear medicine procedures at PGI, stressed the
need for introducing the facility for treatment of cancer thyroid
here, as expertise was available. At present this treatment is
available only at Delhi, where the patients have to be referred after
initial surgery. Extensive discussions were carried out on the
management of breast and thyroid cancer, which are common problems in
North India. Dr B.K. Das from Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow, spoke about
positron emission tomography (PET) technique which will be launched in
India very shortly. This is used for molecular imaging to study the
metabolic changes that take place at the cellular level. “It is
still an evolving line of treatment in India as there is not even a
single PET centre functioning in India,” he stated. Used for
oncology, cardiology and neurological problems, the PET technique will
make diagnosis more scientific and evidence based. Dr Das said that it
is from November 1 that the facility will be made available in India
at radiation medicine centre, which is part of the Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre, Bombay. |
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