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Education beat Chandigarh, March 8 Women’ Day: Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, organised a function to celebrate the International Women’s Day. Dr Swaraj, a cardiovascular surgeon from the USA, was the guest of honour. Principal Satinder Dhillon said teachers played an important role in spreading the message regarding the status of women. A panel discussion on “Is woman a commodity?” was also held on the occasion. The panellists were Anita, Pallavi, Tina, Amrita, Ramandeep and Reema. Old GCG students:
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SAHIB Mr Sarao said the association had decided to commemorate the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh on March 23 in the college. The association would make an old students’ home in the college and NRI students would contribute for that. Prof Harshwinder Singh was elected secretary, Mr Devinder Verma vice-president and Mr Surjit Singh Sahi press secretary of the association. PANCHKULA According to the Principal of Jawahar Navodya Vidyalya, Mouli, Ms Santosh Sharma, the school has decided to conduct a lateral-entry examination for class IX to fill the vacant seats. Students studying in government and government-recognised schools in class VIII in Ambala and Panchkula districts during academic session 2003-04 and born between May 1, 1988, and April 30, 1992, will be eligible for the exam. The last date to submit the forms is April 10 and the test will be conducted on May 23 at Jawahar Navodya Vidayalya,
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ISRO meeting with education boards today Chandigarh, March 8 The meeting titled ‘Northern Region Consultation for
EDUSAT’ is part of a series of meeting being organised by the Development and Educational Communication Unit and the
NITTTR, covering Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttranchal and Uttar Pradesh. Dr
K.N. Shankara, Director, Space Application Centre, ISRO, would deliver the inaugural address. It may be mentioned that ISRO is launching a satellite called EDUSAT that would be exclusively dedicated to all sectors of education throughout the country by the middle of this year. |
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Notice to Haryana on ex-judge’s security Chandigarh, March 8 Dr Kapoor was placed under suspension by an order of the Chief Justice of the high court some months ago. He submitted that when he was the Additional District and Sessions Judge at Rohtak, an attempt was made to abduct his daughter. He same some persons belonging to the liquor mafia whom he had denied bail, were reportedly behind the incident. |
Ria sick of glam doll image
She has been glamour struck since her childhood. Being the granddaughter of Bengali beauty, Suchitra Sen, daughter of Moon Moon Sen, and younger sister of Raima Sen of “Choker Bali” fame, the pull of the arc lights was too strong for Ria Sen to resist . In town for the inauguration of a branch office of American Travel and Tours Private Limited, she was surrounded with her fans. She was dressed in a black churidar suit with sequins and looked resplendent as she signed autographs and posed for lensmen. Ria who has been in Bollywood for over two years, says that she is sick of doing glamourous roles and is looking for meaningful roles. “I’ve had enough of glamourous roles. All scripts that come my way offer similar roles. Over the past six months, I have decided not to sign films that reinforce my image of a glam doll. I am not shooting till April when “Tum Ho Naa,” a social film produced by Jackie Shroff in which I play the central character, will go on the floor,” she says. Ria made her presence felt in films like “Style”, “Qayamat,” “Jhankar Beats” and “Plan.” “My first film,‘Taj Mahal,’ was a Tamil musical by A.R. Rahman and my role of a village belle was widely appreciated. Somehow, I have now been typecast as a glamourous actor and am finding it difficult to break the mould,” she says. She is now concentrating on modelling assignments and music videos. “I love to travel and my assignments keep me busy. Even as a child, I had always wanted to be a model. I have launched a number of products from toothpaste to beauty products to furniture, besides appearing as the cover girl of magazines,” she says. Asked if she is a better model or actress, she replies, “People think I am a better model but I have to prove my acting acumen.” With an acclaimed actress for a grandmother and elder sister Raima, who has won laurels for her roles in “Choker Bali” and “Daman,” Ria says that comparisons are bound to be made. “I am not in awe of my grandmother or others in my family. For me they are just family, not actresses to look up to. We hardly discuss work at home.” About sibling rivalry, she says that there is none. “Raima is a year older than I am and we are like friends. We are doing a film together and like typical sisters we fight and have fun on the sets,” she adds. TNS
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Nita's recipes — tried and tested She makes recipes faster than you could actually try them. Ms Nita Mehta, celebrated cookery book author, has been tickling the taste buds of foodies for years with her recipes of any cuisine, in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian forms. The celebrated author was in Chandigarh on an invitation from Cafe Coffee Day's Book Cafe, for an interactive session with students of the Food Craft Institute. Ms Mehta gave cooking tips to the students. She discussed mocktail and platter decorations, besides giving tips on retaining the nutritional aspects of the food. The lady, who once could not find a publisher for her cookery book, has now published almost 100 books. In fact, her husband, started a publishing house, SNAB, and has now been publishing books by Ms Nita Mehta as well as other authors. Ms Mehta has now come a long way from the time her first book, Vegetarian Wonders, first came out. A foods and nutrition postgraduate from Lady Irwin College, Ms Mehta decided to utilise her culinary acumen by taking cooking classes. It was after 10 years of teaching cooking that she first came up with her book. Her first book was moderately successful, but it was her second book, “Paneer All The Way,” that brought her resounding success. She says her USP is the fact that all her recipes are tried and tested in her kitchen laboratory before they are incorporated in a book. Plus, she often travels to foreign lands to learn about the foreign cuisines and only then comes up with a book. For a book on Thai cuisine, she travelled all the way to Thailand, and for a Chinese cook book, she attended various Chinese and Tibetan festivals and then came up with a compilation of her own. From Mexican to Italian, paneer to non-vegetarian delicacies, desserts to mocktails and snacks, Punjabi meals to low cal diet eats — Nita Mehta has written a cook book to suit everybody's taste buds. She says she writes one book a month, and each book has a minimum of 50 recipes.
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Indian players not under pressure, says Kirmani Former wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani on Monday said that the forthcoming Indian cricket tour to Pakistan had been given extreme media hype. While the tour, arranged after many years, would be exciting, there was no pressure on the Indians and they would perform their best, he added. On the selection of the team for the Test matches, Kirmani said it would be done after the Ranji finals.
Talking of the problems faced by the fans in obtaining visas for Pakistan, Kirmani said in a lighter vein that the presence of the Indian team was more important than the spectators. One of the selectors of the Indian cricket team, he has been in the city for the past couple of days to watch the boys in action in the Duleep Trophy tie between North Zone and East Zone at Mohali. He was speaking at a function organised by digital hearing aid producers Widex India at Hotel Shivalikview. The firm launched Kirmani as its brand ambassador. He said he had been advised by his doctor to use a digital hearing aid as he suffered from a hearing problem. Initially, it was difficult to even accept that he had this problem, but he had come a long way since, he
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Come summer, pollution generators are on Even though the pollution level has reached an alarming proportion in Ludhiana, it seems that it does not bother the residents as well as the authorities concerned if the use of diesel-run generators is any indication. With the onset of summers, a season of sweat and power cuts, residents resort to switching on their thick smoke-yielding generators caring little about the environmental hazards caused by these. While the poisonous smoke-emanating machines function without any check, the officials concerned are yet to wake up to the dangerous situation arisen in the city, which incidentally tops the list of most-polluted cities in India. Being an industrial town, the city has already witnessed the ever increasing pollution levels crossing the alarming concentrations but there seems to be no hope as the industry as well as the public transport system is emanating poisonous gases. The diesel-run generators add to the concentration of pollutants. The condition worsens as soon as summers come. As there is a rise in temperature and power cuts, the residents switch on their generator sets run on diesel. The pollution caused by diesel generators has compounded the degrading environment condition in the city. While the generators emanate thick smoke it becomes near impossible to breathe in the air near them. Whenever there is a power cut, one can witness black clouds of smoke. All this goes on unabated as Punjab Pollution Control Board employees do nothing about it. Some residents demand that there should be a policy decision by the state government that no diesel-run generators would be allowed. ‘‘If there can be gas-run geysers why can’t there be gas-run generators. The idea is that the pollution should be checked. But is there anybody who is serious?’’ asks a resident. TNS
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Malayali food fest draws crowd Members of the Malayali Samajam organised a food festival here yesterday. Residents of Mohali, Chandigarh and Panchkula thronged the Swami Ram Tirath Bhavan in Phase IV to taste delicacies prepared by the samajam members. Most of the non-vegetarian dishes were finished within an hour of the starting of the festival. The festival organised is held each year here. Stalls where prepared food is served, many stalls are set up that sell raw material and special utensils to cook South Indian food.TNS
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Hero Honda and Pepsi, two corporates closely associated with youth, today announced a bonding programme to directly communicate and strengthen their relationship with the Gen Z. Realizing the universal appeal of music, the two companies are undertaking the country’s first ever inter-college music competition, called Campus Icons for the emerging college music bands. This will be an annual independent competition for music groups at the campus level and the winners will get a once in a lifetime debut opportunity to perform with an international icon artiste, a press release said today. The event will be held in 15 cities across the country , including Chandigarh. These events, will begin in August 2004 and will also be held in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad in the South zone, Kolkatta and Shillong in the East zone, Indore and Delhi in the North zone, and Pune, Mumbai and Ahemdabad in the West zones.
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Bobby Darling is his name in Bollywood and the world of television and he insists this is his identity. He is coy as he talks about his being gay, the first gay actor to appear on screen, and his acceptance for what he is by the world and, recently, by his own family. Accompanying good friend Ria Sen to City Beautiful, Bobby says that this is his maiden visit to the city, and, in a lighter vein, adds that if he knew of all the “good-looking hunks” here, he would have made it earlier and more frequently to Chandigarh. Having made a mark in the never-ending family saga, “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”, serial “Kyon Hota Hai Pyaar” and films like “Style” and recently in Manisha Koirala starrer “Tum,” Bobby says that things are finally looking up for him. With cinegoers and filmmakers accepting the alternative sexuality, many movies on the subject are being made. Bobby is playing a lead role in a crossover film “Shadow,” in which he plays, well, a gay. Besides, he will now be seen in popular serials “Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki” and “ Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin”. With his makeup just perfect, Bobby talks about his role in “Jassi...” with enthusiasm. He says he will make an appearance in the serial in April as Mallika’s friend, who first falls for Armaan, then Raaj, and, ultimately, gets hooked to “Maddie.” Talking of himself, he says that though in most metros gays are now accepted, they are still treated with contempt and ridicule. “My own family could not get over the fact that I was gay, and disowned me after they discovered my sexual preference. It is only after my success as an actor that they have restored ties with me. Perhaps, recognition from my own family has given me more happiness than success,” he adds. Talking about his off-screen plans, Bobby says he is launching his own line of designer women’s wear. “I have always been creative and will present my creativity under my own designer label,” he says. TNS
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He has found an entry in the Limca Book of World Records for doing the maximum number of gay roles on screen (15 so far, and counting), and has applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for the “achievement”.