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National pharmacy week organised
Chandigarh, December 2 The week-long celebrations concluded with lectures by eminent speakers on the year’s theme of “Know Your Pharmacist”. The Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and education, Mohali, Prof P Rama Rao, was the chief guest. He motivated the students to improve their competence so that they could become important members of the health care team. The drug Inspector, Punjab, Mr Amit Duggal, narrated instances where the intervention of the pharmacist had proved to be of great value. Prof T.R. Bhardwaj presided over the function while Prof V.R. Sinha, Secretary IPA, Punjab, presented the vote of thanks. Earlier this week, students, academician and professionals took out a rally on the campus. Displaying placards on the theme, they tried to create awareness among the public on the indispensible role of the pharmacist. Slogan-writing, poster-making, collage-making and quiz contests were also held. Fifty-five units of blood were collected at a blood donation camp organised as a part of the celebrations. Biology conference: On the second day of the 28th All-India Cell Biology Conference and symposium on Genome Biology witnessed some thought-provoking talks by various distinguished scientists and research scholars. Dr K. Scheller from Germany, presented an interesting talk on ‘Non-Genomic Action of Ecdysteroid’. A special endowment lecture was held in the evening to commemorate Prof. S.P. Ray Chaudhari’s 75th birthday. Doctorate students from all over India presented their posters which were displayed and explained to the viewers. These posters depicted their research work. Some of them gave oral presentation and their work was appreciated by the senior scientists. Professor honoured: The Deputy Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Mangat Ram Sharma, presented the first lifetime achievement award of the Sports Psychology Association of India to PU professor, Dr Jitendra Mohan. The award was presented on November 26 at the 17th National Conference of Sports Psychology, held at Jammu University, Jammu. Professor Jitendra Mohan is currently the National Fellow of ICSSR and President of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology.
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Justice Jain senior to Justice Bedi
Chandigarh, December 2 Partially, because while Mr Justice Jain is certainly junior to Mr Justice
Singhvi, he is senior to Mr Justice Bali and Mr Justice Bedi. Knowledgeable sources told The Tribune that even though Mr Justice Jain was appointed as an Additional Judge on March 19, 1991, four days after Mr Justice Bali’s and Mr Justice Bedi’s elevation — both were administered the oath of office as Additional Judges on March 15, 1991, his seniority is established by the fact that his appointment was confirmed before them. And, seniority of High Court Judges is governed by the principle that whosoever is regularised first is senior to the Judge who is regularised later. “Due to absence of any post of Judge, Mr Justice Bali and Mr Justice Bedi continued to be Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for almost a year, while Mr Justice Jain was confirmed much earlier. This makes him senior to Mr Justice Bali and Mr Justice Bedi,” said a source. Inquiries revealed that Mr Justice Bali and Mr Justice Bedi were confirmed on July 8, 1992, almost 16 months after they were sworn-in as Additional Judges. “If Mr Justice Jain comes to the Punjab and Haryana High Court as the Chief Justice, there will not be any breaking of rules or convention regarding posting of Judges,” said the source. Meanwhile, it is now confirmed that Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mr Justice
B.K. Roy’s transfer to the Guwahati High Court has been proposed by the Supreme Court
collegium. It would still take some time for the entire process to be completed. Some other Judges of this High Court are also being transferred.
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IRS officer seeks action against senior
Our High Court Correspondent
Chandigarh, December 2 The petitioner, who is presently posted as Commissioner, Central Excise, Chandigarh, has also prayed that the respondents be directed to make available the report of the committee on sexual harassment of women in workplace that dealt with on her complaint against the accused officer. Stating that Mr Sethi, who took over as Chief Commissioner, Chandigarh Zone, on November 1, 2002, harassed her on a number of occasions, the petitioner has said that despite being reportedly indicted by the committee on sexual harassment of women in workplace, no action has been initiated against Mr Sethi. The petitioner, who is a senior Indian Revenue Service officer, has also stated that fed up with Mr Sethi's actions, she finally complained to the authorities on August 7, 2003, who referred it to the committee. The committee heard the contentions of both the sides. But, despite repeated reminders, the report of the committee and the action taken, if any, against the officer were not supplied to her. Today, after hearing her counsel, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy and Mr Justice Uma Nath Singh issued notice of motion to the respondents for December 16. Police protection
The High Court on Thursday issued notice to the UT Police for December 9 on a petition filed by the widow of a former DIG in Punjab. The petitioner, Ms Malvinder Grewal, who had been allegedly shunted out of her house by some relatives, has prayed for police protection to allow her to enter her house as also registration of a criminal case against the people responsible for her condition. Saying that she first made a representation to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh, in this regard on November 5, 2005, counsel for the petitioner, Advocate Anand Chhiber, said that following that a DDR entry was made the next day. Her husband was posted as AIG in the Punjab Police when he died on February 18.
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2 Judges administered oath
Chandigarh, December 2 Mr Justice Uma Nath Singh and Mr Justice Tapan Sen were administered oath by the Chief Justice, Mr Justice B.K. Roy, of the High Court at a ceremony in the morning. While Mr Justice Uma Nath Singh has been come on transfer from the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Mr Justice Sen has been shifted to Chandigarh from the Jharkhand High Court.
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‘Brush’ with facets of East
Here is your chance to see the green countryside, the rainy days or devastating storms through the eyes of four young and upcoming artists, who have successfully captured various facets of the East through their brush strokes.
A simple exhibition, where you are not even likely to see the paintings properly framed, has been organised by the IndusInd Art Gallery to promote struggling artists with talent. However, the lack of finesse has not marred the aesthetics of the paintings Though the dominating theme is nature, what makes their work stand out is their style — ranging from a bold, realistic expression to impressionistic ones. All paintings are in water colours, which Kolkata artists excel in. Little wonder that one can catch a glimpse of the Shantiniketan style in the creations of Biplab, Subhendu, Alberun and Uttam Mondal. Biplab, who has already created a niche for himself, steals the show. His impressionistic work, depicting a rainy day or a monochromatic street scene, can brighten a gloomy day. The younger artists have tried to capture nature in its original form. Subhendu’s huge landscape in bright green is vibrant and executed in sure, bold strokes. Though the artist has economised on colour, he has more than made up with the interplay of light and shade. Trademarks of the East, bamboos and palm trees, have been beautifully captured by Uttam Mondal and Alberun. Using an abundance of green and chrome, both artists have managed to infuse life into their creations. The exhibition also displays two stylised scenes from Ravi, an artist from Vishakhapatnam. While the paintings are pleasing to the eye, they are easy on the pocket too. They start from Rs 500 and go up to Rs 5,000. The exhibition, which opened today, will conclude on December 9. |
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Harish Bhatia’s team enthrals audience
Chandigarh, December 2 While the two clearly care deeply for each other, the events have turned their marriage into a nasty battle between two disenchanted souls. In the first Act, "Fun and Games", the couple, Martha and George, fight and humiliate each other and ends with the two trying to rebuild their shattered marriage. A non-profit association of amateur theatre enthusiasts, actors from Abhinet staged the play sponsored by CITCO, Association of British Scholars, UT Administration's Public Relations Department, Rotary Club and chandigarh Sangeet natak Academy. Bhatia, a founder member and president of Abhinet, has directed over 30 plays and has been invited to share his directorial expertiose with New Delhi's Sangeet Natak Academy. |
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Kiron Kher hogs attention in ‘Khamosh Pani’
Sachithanandam Sathananthan, Philippe Avral, Helge Albers and Claudia Tronnier present “Khamosh Pani” which is evoking great curiosity and enthusiasm among the cinegoers. It is directed by Karachi-born Sabiha Samar starring mainstream actors like Kiron Kher, who acted in “Hum Tum” and the recently released Yash-Chopra’s “Veer Zaara” the film is all set to prove her acting talent yet again. It opens today at Fun Republic, Manimajra. The film is a Pakistani-German and French co-production and has already bagged 14 international awards, including one for the best film. The film, aimed at a wider audience from the much-awarded director, will see a release in India thorugh Shringar films. “Khamosh Pani” is based on actual incidents that took place when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned in 1947. The story of this film begins in 1979 in Pakistan. Kiron Kher plays a powerful role of a Pakistani widow. Aamir Malik plays the lead role. Screenplay by Paromita Vohra, theme music by Arjun Sen, music by Madan Gopal Singh and Arshad Mohammad, photography by Ralph Netzer, editing by Bettina Bohler are the other attractions of this of this film. The story is written by Sabiha Samar. — DP
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Music album released
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