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Teachers show painting talent Chandigarh, December 20 “The workshop was organised to channelise the creative talent of the teaching community”, said Ms Asha Sharma, District Education Officer, after inaugurating the workshop. Mr R.P. Verma, an art teacher from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, and renowned artist of the city, said such an event, meant exclusively for teachers, had been organised after a
gap of 10 years. Manoj Sharda from Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, said the art academies were patronising those who were already established in the field whereas they should promote the strugglers. Expressing her gratitude to the Education Department for organising the workshop, Ms Rajesh Minhas, Principal of Government Model Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, and coordinator of the workshop, said the workshop had come as a refreshing change for the participants. The workshop was supervised by Mr Harjodh Singh, Principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 15. Mr D.S. Mangat, DPI (Schools), was the Guest of Honour at the concluding function. The paintings made by the participants during the workshop will be exhibited later for public. |
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Santa brings gifts of joy for students Chandigarh, December 20 A dance-drama depicted the ‘Trinjhan and the little desires of young girls’. The Christmas carols that followed had a message of peace and love. The function gave students an opportunity to exhibit their talents. St Michael's School, Nayagaon: Students and staff of St Michael's School, Nayagaon, celebrated their annual day with a lot of fun and frolic. Songs, dances and other colourful items presented by students marked the day. The show ended with the school Principal, Ms Diana Masih, listing out the achievements of the school. AKSIPS, Sector 41: Christmas celebrations at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41, carried a message of goodwill, prosperity and peace. School students shared their gifts with the less fortunate students of the Night School, Kajheri, who had been specially invited to join the celebrations. Santa Claus was there to distribute sweets and cakes. St Thomas School, Sector 18: At St Thomas (CNI) School, Sector 18, songs and a play by students marked the festive celebrations. Santa Claus gave away gifts to children. Academic prizes for the year 2001-02 were also given away on the occasion. Teachers and the non-teaching staff members were also given gifts. Blue Bird School, Sector 16: Excitement prevailed at the Blue Bird School, Sector 16, as students celebrated the birth of Jesus by decorating the school premises with bells, buntings and balloons and singing Christmas carols. A play depicting the birth of Christ was also staged by senior students. A teacher dressed as Santa Claus distributed gifts to children. Dr Ambedkar Institute: Second-year students of the Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition arranged Christmas celebrations here. Besides ball room dance with Santa Claus showering gifts, the celebrations included sumptuous delicacies hosted by Santa. PANCHKULA St. Soldier Divine Public School: Gaiety marked Christmas celebrations here , with the school hall being specially decked up with Christmas trees, stars, bells and colourful buntings. Children sang and danced to Christmas Alphabets. Singing of Christmas carols by senior girls added festivity to the event. Santa Claus conducted a quiz session. Winners were given prizes on the occasion. Santa Claus also distributed sweets to the children. Firstep Montessori School:
The school was specially decked up for Christmas celebrations. Christmas posters and cut-outs of Santa Claus added colour to the decorations. A model of " Nativity Scene" was also displayed. Students enacted a play, Bishop's Candlesticks, which conveyed the message of forgiveness. SAS NAGAR A Christmas tree was specially decorated on the occasion. Students participated in a musical chairs contest with the teachers and Santa Claus. A bonfire was also lit for the children. Santa gave gifts to students. |
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Vivek kids play Santa to sick friends Chandigarh, December 20 The difference was there for all to see. The entrance had been decorated. Even the reception looked different with smiling faces peeping from behind the bouquets of flowers. The corridors, too, had been nicely and neatly decked up with ribbons and streamers in red, green and yellow. Everywhere you looked, you could see alluring designs and cutouts of glazed papers on the walls right up to the sixth floor. This was not all. Bright buntings could also be seen hanging from the ceiling. Children, cuddled up in the arms of their parents, giggled excitedly as they tried to reach for the glittering silver and golden stars, or else for the balloons tied with threads. An attractive Christmas tree had also been placed in the building. Each branch had been decked up with glittering decorations, including balls covered with silver dust and tiny bells. Adding excitement to the fun of the little ones was the presence of a young girl clad in traditional red attire of Santa Claus complete with a flowing white beard. The children clapped gleefully as she went about distributing gifts and sweets. “I have been coming here with my son Sahil for check up since July,” said city businessman Chander Prakash, “but I have never seen him so happy. He was actually requesting me to bring him back to the centre tomorrow also”. Agreeing with him, young executive Dheeraj Sharma, working with a multinational organisation, added: “He was so scared of going to the hospital and seeing the doctor, but his attitude changed as soon as he saw the decorations on the walls”. Attention had been paid even to minute details while decorating each and every floor of the building. “The preparations started at least a month back,” said student Simarbir. “During the first few days we made it a point to come here as frequently as we could so that we could get a fairly good idea of the requirement. Then we started the actual work”, he added. Another student Isha added: “As many as 36 students of Classes VIII and IX were involved in the project. We all pooled in our efforts to decorate the walls, even the corridors. A period was specially allotted for the purpose”. The smile on the faces of the little ones was worth the effort, and we hope to be here next year also to have some good time with the kids”, Ajaybir
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ring Christmas bells Chandigarh, December 20 The rest of the decor was full of traditional colours of the Christmas — red and white, further enhanced with a touch of gold and green. While the spirit of Christmas pervaded the entire ambience, the creativity of students also spilled in each and every decoration that ran through the campus. The students also employed green bows, golden nets and Christmas bells to compliment the other decorations on Christmas. Santa Claus added zing to the ambience, roaming about distributing free gifts to all. The students were dressed in the elemental Christmas colour of red, with white complimenting the attire. The most interesting part of the celebration was the slot which saw students participating in
various contests like the popular ballon dance, paper dance and statue dance. Prizes were given to the best male and best female dancers. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, December 20 Claiming that he deserved the concession of bail, Navjot Singh stated that he had been in prison for seven years but the CBI had not even produced a single witness who had testified against him. He stated that when the bomb blast took place on August 31, 1995, he was working in Ranbaxy Lab. Fresh summons: A local court today issued fresh summons against a former president of the SGPC, Bibi Jagir Kaur, in a case of alleged criminal conspiracy and defamation for March 8. The complainant, Ms Kulbir Kaur Dhami, who is the president and director of the Guru Asra Trust, has alleged that Bibi Jagir Kaur and Jaspal Singh Dhillon had indulged in a criminal conspiracy against her and defamed her. It was further alleged that Dhillon and Bibi Jagir Kaur had widely circulated copies of material (a book published by Jasbir Singh Dhillon and a letter in which he had levelled false allegations against the complainant ) in India and abroad with criminal intent to defame her. It was also alleged that Jaspal Singh Dhillon published and released on November12, 1999, a booklet in Punjabi titled “Zimmewar Kaun” and in this booklet the accused had levelled as many as 18 allegations against the complainant. Adjourned: A local court today adjourned a civil suit filed by former Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal against the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and others till January 22. Mr Badal had sought recovery of Rs 5 crore as damages along with interest for allegedly defaming him and his family members through the publication of “defamatory” advertisements in various newspapers. Mr Badal had also alleged that the advertisements (published during the assembly elections) had wrongly conveyed a message that Mr Parkash Singh Badal had mortgaged the state’s interest in the SYL canal issue, besides the future of Punjab farmers, in favour of the Haryana CM in lieu of a gift of 22 acres of land in Gurgaon. |
Lawrence D’Souza invests in newcomers Chandigarh, December 20 Coming from Lawrence, known more for ‘Saajan’ than anything else, the decision sounds vague not just because his lead couple Gurline Chopra and Jaz Pandher has never faced the camera earlier but also because the public expects a very ‘Saajan’ kind of cast in Lawrence D’ Souza films. Putting doubts to rest this evening at Hotel Shivalikview, where Lawrence was present along with his Gurline and Jaz to announce the film titled ‘Indian Babu’, he said, “I waited for long to get dates from the so-called stars of the film industry. But things did not fall in line. When my patience exhausted, I decided to cast fresh faces. I have also decided that I will make most of my future films with newcomers.” Talking high of the acting skills of the two newcomers, Lawrence said the film could be completed in a record time of about five months. Being produced by Surjit Pandher, the film takes off from Palampur in Himachal Pradesh where the lead lady resides. The thrust is on the man, who is supposed to be at the epicentre of the film. Drawing from the age old element of emotional drama, this one should just be run of the mill projects. But Lawrence differs to state, “We have made a fresh statement. The whole story revolves around Jaz who is born abroad but whose longing to get back to his place of belonging is very strong. He comes back to India only to discover his real moorings, his real mother, his homeland and all that. The viewer is sure to be caught in the web of emotional drama, which is the high point of this film.” As for the new cast, it is yet to be seen if they create waves, as their director claims. For Jaz Pandher, the project has been about some sort of companionship with the director. “I have learnt to be patient and more meticulous on the sets,” he said. Facing a problem with Hindi diction, Jaz is currently working hard on it. On the front of dance, which is quintessential to films these days, Jaz score high. He has a workable knowledge of all Western dance forms, which he picked up in London. The actress of the film Gurline Chopra sounded confident of her performance. The film will be released in January end, although its music has already been released. |
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100 take part in Chitrakala Chandigarh, December 20 Various schools from Chandigarh, SAS Nagar, Panchkula and as far as Rajpura took part in the contest. The competition was conducted under four categories — category A for students of classes V and VI, category B for classes VII and VIII, category C for classes IX and X and category D for classes XI and XII. The theme of the competition was “Environmental issues in the 21st century.” The first three successful participants in each category were given trophies and prizes, while each student was given a certificate of participation and gifts by the BPCL. A panel of judges comprising Ms Simrita Singh from the NIFT, Mohali, Mr Priti Pal from the BPCL and Mr Ramandeep Judge from The Tribune adjudged the best paintings. Ms Lalit Joshi, Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, presided over the award-giving function as guest of honour. The following are the winners of the contest: Category A : Ishita Sinha from Sacred Heart School, Sector 26 (1), Manpreet Kaur from Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 (2), Bharti from Sacred Heart School, Sector 26 (3). Category B : Jaspreet Kaur from Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 (1), Prabhjot Kaur from Shivalik Public School, Sector 41(2), Baldev Kaur from Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, and Varun Bansal from K B DAV Public School, Sector 8 (3). Category III: Sakshi Kathuria from Mount Carmel, Sector 47 (1), Manjeet Kaur from Holy Angels School, Rajpura (2) and Anshul Sharma from Mount Carmel School, Sector 47 (3). Category IV : Jasleen Kaur from Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 (1) and Shruti Bhatia from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16 (2). |
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