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Plays highlight of 2nd day at Youth Festival Chandigarh, November 6 Teams from all eight colleges participated in the debate on ``In the opinion of the house, media is playing a destructive role in modern times’’. Participants emphasised their points of view for and against the topic vociferously and emphatically. Later, the poem recitation contest also drew an enthusiastic response from the students who recited poetry by eminent poets of Hindi and Punjabi. The most popular among them were Batalvi and Javed Akhtar, among others. The team from Government College, Sector 11, won the first position in the four-round quiz finals while the teams of GGDSD College, Sector 32, and that of Panjab University, Sector 14, were declared second and third, respectively. Earlier, of the nine teams, four were shortlisted for the finals. However, the plays in the afternoon session were the highlight of the day with the participants completely involved in their performance and characters. “Ashwaththama Hattohatte”, adapted from Dr Dharamvir Bharti’s novel, “Andha Yug”, saw a professional performance by students of DAV College, Sector 10. With lavish sets, the play highlighted politics at play in the times of the Mahabharata and relevant even in today’s context. While the college won the first position, Anshuman Khurana who played the role of Ashwathama was declared the best actor. The play titled “Manas Gatha” by students of SGGS College, Sector 26, centering on the material conquests of man during his lifetime and their futility in the face of death also won applause. Based on the theme of demand for a male child and the suffering of a woman made to undergo numerous abortions, tackling the problem of female foeticide, students of NINE, Sector 12, presented “Natak Nahin” which won them the third position among seven plays staged in the contest. The results of today’s contests are as follows: Poem recitation: Amanjot-NINE-PGI (1), Amanpreet Singh Maan-DAV College (2), Dushyant Arora-Government College-46 (3); Debate: Harleen Kaur-GGDSD College (1), Kumar Saurabh-Government College-46 (2), Karnjeet Singh Gill-SGGS College (3). |
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1,600 take part in painting contest Chandigarh, November 6 Over 1600 students from various schools today participated in the contests, the results of which (in the order of merit) are following: Group A (topic of choice): Jayant Sood, Baby Prabhsimran. Consolation prizes went to Aditi Bhardwaj and Ajay Jindal. Group B (topic: animals, birds and flowers): Koirobi BIswas, Sahil Agarwal, Ankur Koul. Consolation prizes were given to Prabhjot Sandhu and Jatinder Singh. Group C (paint your favourite sport): Rahul Agarwal, Kriti Sharma, Surbhi. consolation prizes went to Sahil Agarwal and Savleen Kaur. Group D (“The life around you”): Gaurav Yadav from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Mridhu Aggarwal, Preeti. Consolation prizes went to Arun Gupta and Charu Sharma. Group E (“Your vision of the future”): Neha Agarwal, Neeraj Januha, Sawan Singh. Consolation prizes were given to Poonam Sharma and Namita Aggarwal. |
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National
Children’s Festival begins with nagar kirtan SAS Nagar, November 6 Organised as part of the National Youth Project, the first day of the festival was a busy day for the children who participated in the massive nagar kirtan taken out in Mohali to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. For the teachers and the students from other states, it was an enlightening experience as many had not even heard of Sikh religion or the Gurus of the Sikhs. The students, divided into groups of 20 to 25 from each state, formed a massive portion of the nagar kirtan and enjoyed the procession. “I am impressed with the amount of service that the onlookers are doing to those participating in the procession. They are giving us so much to eat and drink,” said one of the students from Pondicherry. The students were back in the school in the late afternoon where after tea they participated in games. “The aim of the games is to dilute the differences among the children. They play the games together. The rules are simple and it is the shared feeling of fun that brings them together,” pointed Mr G.S. Sidhu, coordinator of the camp in Mohali. Bhangra was performed by all students today. “They will learn the dance of the place where the festival is being held. When the festival was held in Gujarat, the participants learned to do dandia and now when they are here, all of them will learn bhangra. This is something they will remember for the rest of their lives,” stated Mr S.N. Subba Rao, Director of the project. The students will participate in certain other group activities tomorrow.
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, November 6 At the very onset, counsel for the newspaper submitted that guidelines had been framed by the organisation to ensure that mistakes did not occur. Counsel for the CBI added that the investigating agency could not be held responsible as the information had not been provided by it to the newspaper organisation. Referring to a letter written by a High Court Judge to the Chief Justice, Mr Justice
B.K. Roy, counsel submitted that the communication was regarding the media’s role and not about the CBI. Denying the allegations of harassing the judge or his family, the counsel added that they had acted in accordance with law. After hearing arguments for over an hour, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi, Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar, reserved the order.
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Forensic experts depose in Beant trial Chandigarh, November 6 While deposing in the court of the UT Additonal District and Sessions Judge, Mr Balbir Singh, Mr Chadha stated that he had examined four photographs of finger prints from the rear view mirror of car No. DBA 9598 on the spot and equal number of photographs taken of the rear glass at his laboratory in New Delhi. During the cross examination, Mr Chadha could not produce the negatives of the photographs of the finger prints. He also denied the suggestion that he took any photographs of the finger prints from the spot of the bomb blast and that the finger prints were manipulated by him at his laboratory in New Delhi. He stated that he was a member of a high-level team of experts of the CFSL, Delhi, that inspected the Punjab Civil Secretariat from September 1 to September 4, 1995. But, he said, he did not examine any vehicle because of the extensive damage to the vehicles. He added that he had seen two human legs at the PGI on September 3, 1995 and he took their foot prints. But he could not tell to whom he gave the foot prints. He also failed to answer the question as to on whose instructions had he taken the foot prints. He admitted that he did not send any report regarding the taking of foot prints on
September 4, 1995. He failed to remember the period and time during which he visited the PGI. He said he had also seen a part of human skull at the PGI. |
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Lok Adalat
on public utility services Chandigarh, November 6 The SLSA further informed that the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Patron-in-Chief of the UT SLSA, Mr Justice B.K.Roy, has consented to inaugurate the Permanent Lok Adalat for “public utility services” at 3.30 pm in the electricity grid substation, SDO Office in Sector 17 the same day. Mr Justice N.K.Sodhi, a Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Executive Chairman will preside over the function. The permanent Lok Adalat will take up the following matters: transport service for the carriage of passengers or goods by air, road and water or postal, telegraph or telephone service, supply of power, light or water to the public by any establishment, system of public conservancy or sanitation, service in hospital or dispensary, Insurance service, Housing and Estates. The SLSA said the decision of the Lok Adalat will be final, having no right of appeal to either of the parties. First, an attempt will be made to resolve the matter with the mutual consent of both the parties and if the parties do not agree for any mutual settlement, then the Permanent Lok Adalat shall pronounce the award on the basis of pleadings and documentary evidence placed on the file. The decision will be based upon the principle of fair play, equity and natural justice and shall not be bound by the provisions of Code of Civil Procedures, 1908 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. |
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Bail plea rejected Chandigarh, November 6 The police had claimed that the company was part of a network of 50 companies which were involved in the racket. The company first started its operations in Patiala before shifting the same to Chandigarh in July. The police had initially closed the case but later the new Inspector-General of Police, Mr Rajesh Kumar, opened it and handed over the investigation to the UT DSP Mr Vijay Pal. |
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NEW RELEASE During the month of Ramzan, no big banner film is released. But this week, a medium budget film will hit the screen. The film ‘Ansh’ produced under the banner of Rukmani Arts, has Abbas, Ashutosh Rana, Rajat Bedi, Sharbani Mukherjee, Shama Sikandar, Ashish Vidyarthi Sayaji Shinde, Ravi Kishan, Milind Gunaji, Alok Nath and Om Puri in the star cast. Suresh Sharma has produced the film for director Rajan Johri. The film has lyrics by Sameer, cinematography by V. Subba Rao, action by Raj Mohan and editing by Raj Pal Malhotra. Nadeem-Shravan has composed the music and Suresh Pai is the associate producer. “Ansh” is an action packed film and is a late release in this circuit. The film, which opens at Jagat theatre, today Chandigarh, has all ingredients of a commercial film but its collections at the box office may not be encouraging for distributors. South India’s Abbas pairs for the first time with Sharbani Mukherjee. — D.P.
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