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Students of Sociology Department to get roll numbers
Prof Teja filed a complaint today with the Sector 11 police station against the students. The police has registered a case under Sections 342 (illegal confinement), 353 (obstructing a government servant from discharging his /her duties) 147 and 149 (rioting at public place) on her complaint. No arrest has been made. Meanwhile, Rajwinder Singh Lucky said, “The University has accepted our demands as per the PU rules. We were only protesting against the chair of the
HOD. We have nothing against her as a person”.
Chandigarh, December 4 Eight students had been denied roll numbers by the department since they did not meet the lecture requirement on account of participation in sports and cultural activities. While the case of all students who represented to the committee have been decided, the cases of a couple of students who did not represent to the authorities would be now forwarded to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof KN Pathak. Yesterday, students who were denied roll numbers, led by the president of the Panjab University Campus Students Council, Mr Rajwinder Singh Lucky, had locked the Head of Department, Sociology, in her room for half-an-hour.
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Panel deliberates on new PEC Director
Chandigarh, December 4 The members of the search committee comprise the Advisor, Mr Lalit Sharma, Home Secretary, Mr R.S. Gujral , Finance Secretary, Mr S.K. Sandhu, Director of IIT Kanpur, Dr S.C. Dhande, and Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Mr Ravi Mathur. At least three faculty members of the Punjab Engineering College, a former Director of the Central Scientific Instrument Organisation (CSIO) and a former Principal of the PEC are said to be in the race for the post of the director. Around 16 candidates, including those from IIT at Kanpur and Delhi, had forwarded their names through their institutions to the Advisor to the UT Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma, who heads the search committee. The three faculty members from PEC are, Mr S.C. Sharma, Head of the Aeronautical Engineering Department, Mr R.N. Nauria, Head of the Production Engineering, and Dr Baljeet Kapoor, Director ad-interim of the engineering college. Dr R.P. Bajpayee, a former Director of the CSIO, Chandigarh, and Mr S.C. Dhawan, a former principal of PEC, had applied for the post of the director. Others whose names had been forwarded were Vijay Gupta and Sitha Ram from IIT, Kanpur, Dr Madan Gopal, R.N. Mittal and Sarvesh Chander from IIT, Delhi. The other names are Anand Kapoor from PTU, M.A. Shamphe from CSIO, Chandigarh, N. Banerjee , another two names from Banaras Hindu University and Mumbai University, respectively. After the search committee meeting, the board of governors, which has on its panel officials of the UT Administration and representatives of the industry like Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), is scheduled to meet on December 8. The sources did not rule out the possibility of the search committee members holding another meeting to finalise the name of the director.
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Seminar on HRD organised
Chandigarh, December 4 The NGO conducts research and developmental projects in the fields of education, training & employment. Seminar was part of the Project REACH OUETE - Reach Out for Education, Training and Employment- initiated by EduCARE- India across Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttaranchal, and Chandigarh. Mr K K Bhatnagar, Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab, who chaired the session, said there was a shortage of qualified manpower in the technical education.. This concern of lack of adequate policy, procedures and facilities available for fresh graduates and post-graduates to hone skills for becoming a dedicated and the other speakers also shared qualified teacher or trainer Dr J. S. Saini from NITTTR deliberated on the programme being framed technical teachers. Dr Pawan Kapur, Director, CSIO also said that the goal of education should be development of quality manpower. Mr Bhatnagar also launched the cover page of a new journal-cum-magazine- “Education, Training and Employment Review”. Mr B S Bhullar, Chief Project Director of Project REACH OUETE said that, “ This seminar is the first of its kind in the region. He said the project was the outcome of intensive research. Unlike various government-aided projects this is a self-sustainable activity with a budget plan of Rs 1.5 crore for the year 2004-05. Some other NGOs and philanthropists have come forward to put in some money. We plan to raise rest of the funds from the corporate and private enterprises.” Institutes and schools sent their students to hear the deliberations. The academia, students, parents and the institutes participated in the talks.
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Rift in PCCTU over courting arrest
Chandigarh, December 4 The union had been agitating for long in support of its demand and has been holding protests at Chandigarh. While Dr Jagwant Singh, General Secretary of the PCCTU, in a statement said that scheduled court arrest has been postponed in wake of the call for ‘ march to the Parliament’ on December 6. Mr R.S. Brar, Co-President of the Union has jointly issued the statement. However, Mr S.S. Hundal, President of the Union, claimed that the decision to postpone court arrest programme had been taken by Dr Jagwant and Mr Brar on their own. The executive committee of the
union was never consulted, claimed Mr Hundal. Dr Jagwant claimed there was no need to go to the executive committee to changes the programme. The changes had to be made due to the December 6 march to the Parliament.
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Sacred Heart School’s model best
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 4 In the senior category, the first position was won by St Kabir School for their model on ‘conservation of soil moisture/ reducing evaporation losses from soil’ and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, won the second position for their model on ‘treatment of saline water’. Mr Vivek Attrey, Director, Science and Technology, gave away prizes to the winners. AIDS awareness: Week-long activities to mark World AIDS Day concluded at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 47, on Saturday.The school doctor, Dr Gurmeet Singh, Ms D. Gill, Science Teacher, and Mr Shekhar Chander delivered lectures on various AIDS awareness programmes to students of Class XI and XII. An awareness rally was also organised in which 400 students and 10 teachers participated. Contests in poster-making, essay writing and paper reading were also organised at the school. Ms H.K. Bhatia, Principal of the school, appreciated the efforts of all teachers and motivated the students to spread the message of AIDS awareness in their respective areas. The World AIDS Day was also celebrated at Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary Model School, Sector 27. A rally was taken out by students of the school. Meanwhile, the Environment Society of the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, organised a nature camp at the Nature Discovery Project Common Wealth Youth Programme Asia Centre, Sector 12, Chandigarh. Annual function: The annual function of Ankur Nursery School, which is located on the Panjab University campus, was organised on Saturday. In the programme ‘Mountain Melodies’ by students music, dance and culture of all mountain states were focused. Pre-nursery students presented songs.The programme began with a Sufi qawwali followed by songs of Ladakh. It was pleasing to see children in Ladhkhi costumes. An item on Kulu Dasehra and songs of Garhwal and Kumaon were appreciated. Folk dances of Manipur and Bihar evoked wide applause from the audience. The Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Dr K.N. Pathak, was the chief guest. The Principal of the school, Ms Mamta Kohli, also addressed the function. Interact Club: The Interact Club of Bhavan Vidyalaya , Sector 27, donated 100 woollen items to the Youth Technical Training Society, Sector 11. Office-bearers of the club met the coordinator of the society, Dr Sangita Jund, who appreciated the efforts of the students for this social cause.Annual day: KIDS ‘R’ KIDS School, Sector 42, celebrated its annual day here on Saturday. Mr C.S. Menon, a legal expert in media and entertainment from Mumbai, was the chief guest. Students of play classes and pre-nursery presented a song ‘animal action’, followed by ‘Chandu ke chacha’ by Kindergarten students. Students of Class I presented a qawwali. A parody on Indian and Pakistani cricketers was also performed. The programme ended with a Punjabi dance.Painting contest: An on-the-spot drawing and painting competition was organised by Acron Rangeela and Acron Crayons’ at Bal Bhavan, Sector 23 here. Over 3,000 students from 38 schools participated in it. Crayons, paints, drawing sheets and snacks were provided to all participants.Mr Rajnikant Parashar, Regional Sales Manager of Pidilite Industries Limited, said the endeavour, was to develop the art of painting among children. Similar inter-school competitions would be organised in cities like Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, Bathinda, Srinagar, Jalandhar, Jammu, Karnal, Panipat, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Shimla and Hamirpur. The participants will be given certificates of participation. The first three students will be awarded certificates of excellence and shields. Competitors were divided in seven groups. Golden Bells School, Chandigarh, and Mohali branches registered maximum participation with 228 students. A total of 84 prizes have been declared. Annual function: The primary section of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, held its annual function here today. Father Gerald John Mathias, Bishop of Shimla-Chandigarh Diocese, who was the chief guest, appreciated the skills of the children. The parents appreciated a song ‘Mama Papa We Love You’. ‘Colours of life’ and ‘We are the world’ were the other vibrant presentations. The story of Tinku in search of God and Christmas carols ushered in an aura of festivity.Inter-school contest: An inter-school draw and colour competition was organised at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 45. Over 250 students participated in the competition held in three categories from nursery to Class IV. Ms Kiran Kaur Brar, from Centrea. Saint Martina School of Art and Design, London, who is doing extensive research on ‘art as therapy’ gave a talk to the teachers on “encouraging youngsters to be imaginative and use art as a subject to express themselves”. Ms Sandeep Joshi, a cartoonist, and Ms Bhattacharya from Bani Tirtha were the judges.The results of the contest are: Group A: Sanjana -1, Rohit Batra 2 and Diksha Garg 3. Group B: Kiranpreet 1, Andrew 2 and Saurabh Kamboj 3. Group C: Sanyam Mittal 1, Akanksha Sharma 2 and Tamanna Virdi 3. Honoured: Ms Sarita Manuja, principal of DAV Public School, Sector 8, has been awarded with Avantika Dr Radha Krishna Award for her contribution to the upliftment of the downtrodden, promotion of educational activities and various innovations in education. Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, former Union Education Minister, gave away the award at a ceremony in Delhi on November 30.Avantika is a group of intellectuals established in 1987. The group honours principals and teachers who have become icons in their fields.
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Seminar at Delhi Public School held
Panchkula, December 4
On December 3, an exclusive seminar was held for the students, where they were told to inculcate patience, consistency and make a positive impression on people they meet. Students presented fun activities like tongue twisters, parables, fun learning exercises and extempore speaking. Today, 70 teachers from the DPS Pinjore and Chandigarh, attended the seminar. They were made aware of their role as educators, and their responsibility in shaping the destiny and character of students. Highlights for the day were use of multiple intelligence techniques by teachers, for holistic development of students and adapting a child-centric curriculum.
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Tiny tots shake a leg
Mohali, December 4 In an item “We are the world” children dressed like newly-wed couples from various countries captured the stage. Giddha was the last item to be presented which won great applause. Mrs Harpreet Kaur, principal, said that participation of all students in various items was ensured so that children were able to gain stage confidence.
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Names of PU Senate notified
Chandigarh, December 4 The copies of the notification in English and Hindi, published in the official gazette of the Government of India December 2 were received by the university authorities today. The notification pertains to the Senate from the term November 1, 2004, to October 31, 2008.
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Rayat Trust to set up biotechnology
institute
Mohali, December 3 Giving details of the biotechnology courses to be offered, the press note stated that these would commence from the next session in July. Students would be admitted through an all-India level entrance examination. Students will be eligible for the course after completing Class XII. The trust added that the courses will be approved by the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
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Bar Association
election on Jan 21
Chandigarh, December 4 The election to the office of the President, Vice- President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer besides seven other executive committee members will be held. According to Mr A.S. Gujaral, over 1700 members are eligible to vote in the elections.
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Film Review Rama Sharma
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partition plot dealt with fineness and simplicity, ‘khamosh pani’ flows like the never-ending pain of Hindu and Sikh women who were left behind in Pakistan following the riots and are still living there, hiding their true identity.
As the camera very candidly captures the poignancy, filmi sentiments take a backseat. What emerges is a panorama presented in an extremely fresh perspective with Excellent cinematography. A Muslim widow Ayesha (Kiron Kher) lives with her son in a Pakistani village. She regularly reads Quran and prays at dargah for the successful life of her only son, Salim (Aamir Ali Malik). However, in the lonely confines of her home, she is Veero, who has kept a Sukhmani Sahib in a trunk away from the reach of her son. But her devotion is neither Muslim, nor Sikh but simply an outpour of a loving heart. With no refrain, it recalls the blood-hooded moments when a woman’s “izzat” was the first stake and her life the last priority. Kiron as Ayesha and then as Veero is majestic in appeal. Away from rhetoric, away from drama, just rooted rightly in herself, she is a silent winner. Here she is a woman who is a strong individual. A teenager in 1947, Veero had refused to embrace death like her mother and sister as dictated by the male members of the family who feared their abduction and rape.She wanted to live. And she lives in the village with her faith changed. Married to a Muslim, she becomes
Ayesha. When Islamic forces won, love became the first casualty. Saleem ‘s transformation from a flute-playing boy who loves a neighbourhood girl Zubeida, to a fundamentalist who forces dupatta on girls’ head and hates music, is nothing short of a catastrophe.’’ At least I have found a way. I am now somebody. Now people listen to me’’, tells the unemployed village boy to his mother: this perhaps sums up the politics behind the religion. Very conveniently, Saleem cuts himself off from all positive influences. But his mutation is nothing as compared to his mother’s. Ayesha’s meeting with her Sikh brother who comes from India as a pilgrim in 2002 is the turning point. She is brutal and terse “Why have you come here? Now what do the old man (father) wants? she asks. The brother is honest. He has come not to enquire about her well-being but to fulfil the last wish of her repenting father. “Khamosh Pani” does not enthral you. It leaves you guessing why the family bonding did not move her. A highly simple screenplay Penned in Punjabi by Paromita Vohra might make you underestimate its high points. The film should be viewed in a perspective of not overpowering emotions but conscious judgement. Attachment takes a backseat here. Self is the asserting force This 80-minute panorama may not be financially viable but it is a sure victor on many counts. Meant for a category of viewers, the film is highly individualistic in appeal. It is a brilliant metaphor. It triggers within you a dilemma which has no solution.
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Celebrations over award
to Rabaabi
Chandigarh, December 4 Baba Ghulam Mohammad Chaand was presented with the award at a function marking the concluding of World Punjabi Conference. Poet Najm Husain Sayyed has politely refused to accept this and all other awards announced by the Punjab Government. |
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Googly Woogly Queen-2004
Chandigarh, December 4 The Pond’s ‘Googly Woogly Queen Slogan Writing 2004’ contest started on October 6. The contestants were asked to write about their most beautiful moment. Over 60,000 entries were received from across the country. |
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