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No end to lectures’
row Chandigarh, December 11 Problem arose when the Syndicate decided to issue roll numbers to students who were earlier barred from appearing in the semester examination for failing to attend the minimum required classes. The faculty, however, did not adhere to the Syndicate decision of holding classes and the issue remains undecided. Certain students have approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court saying the university has no right to postpone examinations of more than 900 students to suit the requirement of a couple of students. The university also has not changed its stance. It is worth mentioning that despite the ongoing attendance controversy this time there are plenty of cases over the past several years when lectures of students exceeding 100 have been condoned. First the Department Chairman condoned the lectures, then the Vice Chancellor condoned the lectures and if still a candidate was short of lectures they were condoned by the Syndicate. Detailed meeting of the faculty members was held over the issue, however, no consensus could be arrived at. Prof Bal Krishan, Chairman, confirmed that no decision could be arrived at the meeting, however, he said he could not give any more details. The Vice Chancellor is understood to be out of station and no formal announcement has come from the authorities.
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Prof Shan to
attend conference in Bangladesh Chandigarh,
December 11 The conference is being organised to provide
an international forum for scholars and researchers from different
parts of the world to reflect on ‘Asia: History and Civilisation’.
Professor Shan will present a paper in the Art, Literature and
Cultural Heritage section of the conference. Professor Shan says
Sikhism has a close relation with Bangladesh. Guru Nanak visited Dakha
in the beginning of the 16th century. Guru Tegh Bahadur went to Dakha
in 1666. The Nanak Shahi Gurdwara there holds an old handwritten copy
of the Guru Granth Sahib, the note added. |
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Hans Raj wins quiz round Chandigarh, December 11 A Government Model Senior Secondary School was second while the third prize was won by DAV College. This year as many as 20 teams, from leading schools of the city and vicinity competed in the quiz conducted by Barry O’Brien, a leading quiz master. The 2002 edition of the quiz is being held in 10 cities across the country and the final will be held in the third week of January 2003, at Delhi. Chandigarh zone finalists will vie with other regional finalists from
Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Vizag, Bangalore and Delhi. All participating teams had gone through a preliminary written test. The top eight teams, comprising three members each, were chosen to participate in the final
round. The winning team was awarded a cash prize of Rs 3000. |
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Vaastu workshop
today Chandigarh, December 11 He will give information about Vaastu and it’s benefits, pyramidology and Feng-Shui and it’s benefits. The program is co-ordinated by Ms Rupa Batra of Vedic Vaastu Vision. The workshop schedule is: December 12: Guru Gobind Public School (11am-12am), Deputy Commissioner’s office conference room (2pm-3pm), Rotary Chandigarh Plaza (8pm-9pm), December 13: Shivalik Public School (10.30am-11.30am), Lions Club Panchkula central (8pm-9pm). December 14: St. Soldier International School (11am-12am), St. Stephens School by Chandigarh chapter, Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (3pm-5pm), Lions Club (8pm-9pm). |
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PEC students spread AIDS awareness Chandigarh, December 11 The students who formed the human chain along the dividing road in front of Government College for Girls, were joined by the Advisor to the Administrator, Ms Neeru Nanda, who was the chief guest. Foreign delegates from Commonwealth Youth programme, Asia Centre, also joined the students. Later, the students visited Rama Krishna Mission
Ashrama. A “chetna yatra”, was also organised by the NSS unit of the PEC in collaboration with the State Bank of India, PEC branch.
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Prof’s plea dismissed by CAT Chandigarh, December 11 The CAT further said “The Tribunal will not protect the appointment of such contract appointee because that would amount to perpetuation of illegality committed by the appointing authority in making the back door appointment of a person who was not eligible even for consideration”.
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N.K. Jain denied anticipatory bail Chandigarh, December 11 Claiming that the applicant, Mr N.K Jain, was innocent and falsely implicated in the case, the defence counsel argued that N.K Jain was a senior IAS officer with an excellent academic and service record. He was falsely implicated in the case by the UT police, probably at behest of a senior police official. The UT police had obtained the non-bailable warrants against the applicant by levelling concocted and baseless allegation against him on the basis of tainted and illegal investigations, the defence counsel further said. Claiming that the UT police, instead of faithfully and sincerely completing the investigations is bent upon arresting the applicant and humiliating him to fulfil its objective of deep-rooted conspiracy hatched by Mr M.K Jain against whom an FIR was initially lodged by the victim, the defence counsel alleged that the UT police had enacted a new story by making a total change in the earlier version of the victim. Arguing that there was no evidence against the applicant, the defence counsel said that there was no question of levelling allegation of rape against N.K Jain and other persons alleged to be involved in the case as the victim had filed an affidavit in the court claiming that she was not raped by any of the accused. But in fact she had been raped by M.K Jain, the counsel added. The defence counsel argued that if the conspiracy evidence was already with the police then what was the use of calling the applicant to explain anything. Thus, no opportunity had been given to the applicant to explain any sought of such charges and an unfair investigation had been done so far. The applicant deserved the bail concession as he is ready to join the investigation and cooperate with the police and there is no chance of tampering or absconding. The Public Prosecutor said that the accused was an influential person and if he was granted bail, he might try to tamper with the evidence. Therefore he should not be granted bail. Claiming that the custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary to find out the truth, he argued that N.K. Jain was the main conspirator of the case. Therefore, custodial interrogation of the accused was required to get more details about the conspiracy and the motive to involve M.K Jain in the rape case. The prosecution also ruled out the possibility of the involvement of M.K Jain in the case. He added that following N.K Jain’s inability to join the investigation, the UT police has got arrest warrants against him from a local court. Claiming that the accused did not deserve the concession of bail, the Public Prosecutor said that N.K Jain was not willing to join the investigation. In spite of the two notices having been served on him, he had put off with the excuse that he was not able to join the investigation due to illness. On the other hand, he had been issuing press notes to various newspapers and agencies. Thus, he intentionally avoided to join the investigation. Giving the evidence of the involvement of the accused in the case, the prosecution claimed that during the investigation, it came to notice that all accused were in constant touch with each other either in person or through telephone. |
Tejinder
Singh
takes charge Chandigarh, December 11
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An alien wedded to Indian culture Chandigarh, December 11 Among the many foreigners who have embraced the traditional soil of India to attain an understanding of the rich classical form of Bharatanatyam is Marie Elangovan, a Canada-based woman, who has rediscovered herself through the dance of India. Married to G Elangovan, who accompanied Marie during her recital at Pracheen Kala Kendra this evening, the dancer considers herself lucky to have had an easy access to training in the form on account of her matrimony. Playing nattuvangam and offering vocal support for the dance this evening, G. Elangovan has guided his wife through the tough road to tradition. Placed a little unfavourably on account of her distance from the Indian culture, Marie had to work hard on the quintessence of Bharatanatyam — the grace in mudra and the abhinaya or the expression, which makes the dancer worth his or her salt. As far as Marie goes, both elements came after years of consistent devotion to the art form. Today she not only reflected a fair deal of poise in postures but also managed a convincing expression of various tales that formed the content of the vocal pieces. After the evening began with a vocal recital by Yamini Kanungo, a six-year-old, who mesmerized the audience with her rendition of chota khayal, Marie took hold of the stage presenting one complicated form after another. She commenced the recital with an offering to Lord Narayana, invoking his blessings. Then she went on to reflect her training in abhinaya and mudras with a beautiful presentation of the varnam set to the adi talam. Composed and choreographed by her husband, the item was laced with shingaar rasa, in which the nayika, longing for Lord Shiva, implores her friend to bring him to her. Marie then moved on to present a dance item on Tulsi Das bhajan set to raga ahirbhairav and tala misrachapu. Then the Bharata kalai in raga Siviranjani, a composition of late guru KJ Govindarajan, was another promising presentation by Marie, who kept the audience intrigued with her level of rehearsal and understanding of bharatanatyam. The tillana in raga bhageshari, presented as a tribute to Lord Ayappa, was the final presentation of the evening which has MV Chandrashekhar on the mridangam and G Raghurama on the flute. |
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Patiala
Gharana doyen from Afghanistan Chandigarh, December 11 “I am looking forward to play in Kabul once again after a long gap of 15 years, a period where music was absolutely doomed by anti-social elements,” says Ustad Eltaf, a great fan of King Zahir, who, according to him, helped him to spread his wings in the world of music. Ustad Eltaf is in Chandigarh as a special guest in Pracheen Kala Kendra and en route to Puri to receive “Sangeet Samero” award, which is being conferred on him by the Orissa chapter of the Kendra on January 12. “Afghani people have been always great admirers of the Hindustani classical music and it is because of them that this music is doing well abroad,” he says, adding that in almost all classical music concerts, attendance of Afghanis always exceeds their Indian counterparts. And his judgement is something one has to accept, for Ustad Eltaf is not only the grandson of Ustad Ghulam Hussain Khan who carried the Patiala Gharana to Afghanistan but is the one who is keeping the Gharana alive all over the world. It takes either heredity or a “musical soul” to make one a great musician and Ustad Eltaf Sar-a-Hang has them both. His initiation into music started at the age of two when his father Ustad Muhammad Hussain Sar-a-Hang took him under his wings. But his training in music did not remain within the confines of his home. After getting a scholarship under the patronage of King Zahir, Ustad Eltaf came to Mumbai to learn music from Prof Deodhar and Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan and later Sitar from Ustad Hatim Zafar Khan, also in Mumbai. “Gharana is not a rigid entity, Gharana is what a singer makes it to be,” says Eltaf while talking about the differences of the original Patiala gharana and the Kabul branch of the Gharana. “The taranas and khyals in Persian language and a little bit of folk influence on it have made the Afghani Patiala gharana as appealing as the original,” he says. Ustad Eltaf who has already two musical albums has recently tried giving his voice for an East-West fusion album. “I have just sang but have not heard the end product, as a California-based company has yet to give the music and all I can hope is that it does not make it too jazzy,” says the Ustad. Besides performing together with great contemporaries like Mansoor Ali Khan, Pandit Bhim Sen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Eltaf has performed all over the world. However, it is the declining popularity of all types of classical music, especially in India, the birth place of great music and musicians, that pains him. “One of the reasons for the decline in the popularity of the Patiala gharana is that most of the great musicians of the Gharana belong to Pakistan, which does not give it much patronage, and another reason is that the pop music has made the younger generation deaf when it comes to good music,” he says, adding that only media can bail out classical music from such a sticky situation.
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Musical
vibes from the UK Chandigarh, December 11 Like most others, who have discovered fame through music, Kebi also talks of how music was a part of his childhood days. However, unlike most uninitiated singers who are hitting the charts these days, Kebi has a fair level of training in Hindustani classical music. During, his day at Phagrawa, he sought this training from Hari Dev, a disciple of Punjab’s music master Ratan. Very much a part of Punjab’s, Kebi completed his graduation from Khalsa College, Jalandhar. It was after this that he decided to get serious about his musical talent. Taking a cue from the musical lineage of Kuldip Manak and Mohammad Siddique, Kebi started honing his skills. Also Gurdas Mann has been his all-time favourite, an idol, he says. In 1995, Musicians K.S. Bhamrah and G. Mall of Apna Sangeet produced Kebi’s debut eight-track album by the name of ‘Open your mind’ for the British market. The song Shaan bhangra became a hit and that was how Kebi met success for the first time. He was even nominated for the prestigious Birmingham Asian Songs and Dance awards and he finally won the best new band title. His second album ‘Desi vibes,’ released in 1996, gave the UK, another hit number in Nachde Punjabi. |
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‘Face
of the Year’ contest begins Chandigarh, December 11 Organised by a local model agency, the contest is being held in various rounds, under various titles. This morning girls were judged on the lines of their fitness level, nutrition level, charm and presence. After the round concluded about half an hour at hotel Mountview, the focus was shifted towards Slim n Shape in Sector 35 which was to be the venue for two other sub titles under the contest. The next two rounds saw the girls fighting it out for the Ms beautiful skin and Ms beautiful hair. The venue for the two contests was the same. Interestingly, while the organisers are claiming that model Shweta Menon, actor Raja Bundela, Gladrags Simran Sachdeva will adjudge the final round of the contest on Saturday, right now only local people are adjudging the participants for the coveted sub titles. Meanwhile, the Face of The Year award contest is being organised for the third year in a row. The idea behind the event, the organisers say, is to lift good talent and place it on the various platforms. Included in the list is television commercials, serials, fashion shows, still ads, etc and other areas which require fresh faces. Contesting this year are Divya Khosla ( Pentene Ms teen 2001), Sulakshana Bramata (model, HFCL, Connect), Geetika Singh (who has featured in many video albums, including that of Phalguni Pathak), Radhika, Rashmi (model for Dr Morepen), Puja Garg, Reet Bhullar, Priya Sharma and others. Apart from the competition, the event also promises entertainment on the final day of the round. There will be some choreographic sequences that will be interspersed with the various round on the day of the final contest.
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A dream come true for Atul Atul Shrivastav, the new voice on the block, is out to cut his debut album ‘Swapna Chalta Raha’. The album is scheduled for release soon. Although the market for private albums is not so impressive right now, Atul is confident of his success. “To be frank I am not unsure. The album is good. All the ghazals have a unique quality. They are the ghazals I have been wanting to sing since a long time and I know that people will like listening to them again and again,” he says, talking about the album. ‘Swapna Chalta Raha’ is a dream come true for Atul Shrivastava, who is making his debut with this album. Atul is an M.A. from Kolkata, presently working for a leading insurance company. Though this is Atul’s first solo effort, he is no stranger to the music business. Atul Shrivastava, who has trained under Ustaad Taslim Khan, is well known for his voice as it resembles one of the legends of Indian music, Mukesh. Atul gave his first public performance in 1978 in Kolkata and after that there was no looking back for this young singer. In fond memory of Mukesh, Atul has also done a show, ‘Yaad’-e-Mukesh, which got good response from music lovers. Atul has put a lot of effort for his debut album. It has eight melodious ghazals like, ‘Woh karib tha ke door tha’, ‘Yehi to baat hai, Mere itna karib hai gam’, ‘Hum-safar’, Dil jalta raha’, ‘Yahan har aadmi’, ‘E-gam-E pyaar bata’, ‘Jaane kaun’. DP
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