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Polytechnic lecturers’
promotion cleared
Chandigarh, December 6 The lecturers, who have been demanding promotion for a long period, would now be promoted as head of department of their respective branches. Sources in the Administration said the issue was recently taken up at a meeting between officials of the UPSC and the Chandigarh Administration in Delhi. Around 15 lecturers at two polytechnics in Sectors 10 and 26, would benefit. There were seven such lecturers at the Government Polytechnic for Women, Sector 10. The approval of the UPSC was mandatory in this regard. While agreeing to the long-pending demand of the lecturers, the commission has asked the Administration to clarify to certain points regarding the recruitment rules as applicable to lecturers. After the Administration forwarded a representation of the lecturers to the commission regarding their promotion, the commission had objected as to how some of the lecturers were regularised in 1994, before the commission approved the recruitment rules of lecturers for Chandigarh. The commission has agreed after the Administration clarified that the lecturers were regularised as per the recommendations of the Madan Committee and before the recruitment rules were made. There was a section of lecturers, which was designated as gazetted in 1980. Those who were left then were promoted in 1994. Since then, the senior-most lecturers had been representing to the Administration and the UPSC for promotion. Most of the senior-most lecturers have been officiating as HoDs while some of them have already retired. A senior official said it might take some days for the orders to be issued.
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MA results declared
Chandigarh, December 6 PROTEST: Students of the Department of Laws, Panjab University, held a protest outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office here today, seeking a waiver on lecture shortage. The students claimed that the department authorities had misguided them into believing that their case of condonation of lectures would be decided at the Syndicate meeting. The students claimed that most of the students seeking condonation of lectures were doing so on medical grounds and had submitted applications and medical certificates for their leave period to the department. While the students wanted to begin a fast at the venue, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, intervened and assured them that their cases would be decided on priority basis. Sources said Professor Pathak had directed the chairperson of the Law Department to prepare cases of all students seeking condonation of lectures and put them up to him by tomorrow noon. DATE EXTENDED: The last date of receipt of nominations for election of two PU Fellows to the Board of Finance and three Fellows to the Academic Council has been extended to December 16.
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Pvt schools to hold protest today
Chandigarh, December 6 The Recognised Schools Management Association, representing 220 such schools, has been urging the Chandigarh Administration to amend its bylaws to legalise the schools being run from residential areas. Mr U.S. Gujral, president of the association, said managements of schools in Mani Majra would also participate in the rally. The managements of these schools have been asked by the Chandigarh Administration to shut down their institutions by March 2005. Of the 220 such schools a majority are primary schools in southern sectors and on the periphery. Around 35,000 students and 5,000 teachers would be affected by the closure of these schools.
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25 BTech students get jobs
Mohali, December 6 Thirty more students have been shortlisted for final placement by various companies. The placement had, according to the college authorities, picked up this year. This year the college is expecting to place all the final year students through campus placement before March 2005.
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Licence of advocate suspended
Chandigarh, December 6 According to information, the action against the advocate was taken on a complaint filed by Mr Indel Singh. The allegations against Birwal were that he had been “blackmailing” the complainant by filing false cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. He was also publishing a journal "Bahujan Express" while being a member of the Bar Council. He had allegedly hidden the fact that a criminal case was pending against him at the time of enrolment as an advocate, a press note said. He had been directed to surrender his original enrolment certificate and identity card to the Bar Council and deposit of Rs 5,000 as costs.
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Order to attach CRPF centre’s property
Panchkula, December 6 He has ordered that all residential houses, office buildings and ten vehicles of the group centre be attached, while hearing a revision petition filed by the oustees of Bhogpur and Damdama villages. They had moved the court, seeking the attachment of the group centre’s property, after the CRPF authorities failed to award the enhanced compensation to the oustees. The oustees claimed that the CRPF had acquired land from 105 persons in 1985, and awarded Rs 31,500 per acre as compensation. The oustees then moved the Ambala court, and a compensation of Rs 17 per square yard was awarded. The CRPF authorities then moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and the compensation was hiked to Rs 19.10 per square yard. The Supreme Court later upheld the decision of the high court.
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Govt pleaders
Chandigarh, December 6
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Arindam’s here to stay,
‘Rok Sako to Rok Lo’
Management guru Arindam Chaudhury an economist, academician and internationally recognised author, he was in the city on Monday for the promotion of his forthcoming movie “Rok Sako To Rok Lo”.
His venture in to filmdom was a Bengali movie, ‘Saanjhbathir Roopkathra’. The script of the movie was rejected by many veteran directors because they found that it was a difficult film to produce and market. Since he treads his own path and likes taking risks, he took up the project in 2001 and proved it right. The movie has 12 international awards to its credit. Talking about his second film, “Rok Sako To Rok Lo”, he says it about celebration of youth. It is a journey into romance of friendship, adventure, fun, smiles and timeless love. “We had 36 scripts on the theme. A lot of research was done. In all five scripts were finalised and we made a story. We have launched talented new comers, including the lead pair of Yash Pandit and Manjari Phadnis, after the rigorous audition of 1500 aspirants”, he adds. Arindam, who has a novel marketing strategy, will surprise many with his economics . The budget of the movie is Rs. 6.5 crore while he is spending a massive 5.5 crore on marketing. “I went to schools, colleges and calls centres to sell tickets of the movie and as a result cinema halls in Delhi and Mumbai have been booked for “Rok Sako To Rok Lo” for full two weeks. The movie is slated to hit the theatres on December 10. Extremely confident, he is expecting to make the business of around Rs 30 crore. For him discipline in creativity is essential. “I have seen many directors spend a lot of money on their movies without any sensibilities. They don’t focus on the return business of the movie and in the end ruin the producer’s money. But I keep in mind the returns also”, he says. The Professor, who is banking on his philosophy of passion yielding eminent results as proved by his best seller. “Count Your Chickens before they hatch,” is hooked on to research. His current best seller “The Great Indian Dream” is not only making waves in India, but also internationally. At 32, Arindam who is a Dean, Indian Institute of Planning and Management is now on the Planning Commission panel as an adviser for agriculture and social-sector reforms too. Professor Arindam has some words of advice for movie makers. “It should be actor-oriented and not star-oriented. If there are new comers in the movie people hardly go for the movie but these days new comers are much more talented and hard working. They should be given a chance to display talent”, he quips.
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Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi announces names of awardees
Chandigarh, December 6 Earlier Prof Rajpal Singh said all six awardees had been selected on the basis of nominations and recommendations of connoisseurs and literary organisations. Revealing brief profiles of the recipients, Professor Rajpal said the renowned cinematographer Manmohan Singh is a producer of films like “Chann Pardesi”, “Ji Ayaan Nu”, “Assan Nu Maan Vatna Da” Dr Atamjit is an educationist and playwright. With over 20 published works to his credit he has the distinction of taking Punjabi theatre to Canada and othercountries. School master, Harbhajan Singh, hailing from Pokhar Fauzi, a sleepy village of Punjab has presented bhangra in almost every big city of the world since 1952. Bhai Gurcharan Singh and Bhai Surinder Singh, now settled in Delhi, are engaged in the propagation of gurmat sangeet. Ustad Barkat Sidhu has enriched many souls with the rendition of divine poetry and mysticism of Bulle Shah, Kabir and sufi seers. The cash award will be provided by the Bank of Punjab on the behalf of the foundation in memory of their founder Chairman Inderjit Singh.
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They will make you remember your school days
“Viewers would be transported back to their school days and they will readily relate with the theme”, said a confident Manjari Phadnis, heroine of ‘Rok Sako To Rok Lo’. The hero Yash Pandit, too, felt that the movie will surely liftup the spirits.
The main lead pair of the movie, Yash and Manjari, was in the city today along with Arindam Chaudhury in connection with the promotion of the film. Apart from actors, they are also good singers. Interestingly, Manjari was among the four finalists in Pop Singer Channel(V) contest. At present they have signed a three-year contract with Arindam, director of the movie, and will not work with any other producers except Yash Chopra, Karan Johar and Rakesh Roshan. The reason given is that Arindam doesn’t want them to waste their talent on ‘not-so strong’ scripts. When Yash heard the script the first thought which came to his mind was that ‘I am the blessed one’. He has lost weight to get into the character. “It was a learning experience for me. I attended a one-and-half month-long workshop to inculcate leadership qualities as demanded by the character”, Yash revealed. Manjari who comes from an Army background is very disciplined. Right from beginning she wanted to be an actress. “But I tried my hand at singing also. I didn’t have any godfather in film industry. It is my luck which has brought me here. I want to rise high in life”, she said. She is also focused on studies and is pursuing BA I from IGNOU through correspondence. The pair will also be seen in other movies of Arindam Chaudhury in which they would be singing also. Apart from them, the other starcast of the movie includes Namrata Shirodkar, Tinu Anand, Deepti Bhatnagar, Rajit Kapoor and Archana Puran Singh. Mega star Sunny Deol will also be seen in an inspirational role in the film.
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Foreign coach devises new strategy for Abhinav
Chandigarh, December 6 Stanislav, who is guiding Abhinav for the past more than a month at latter’s own ranges near Zirakpur, said Abhinav was hard working and he aimed to do well in all major international events in 2006. His next major target was the 2008 Beijing Olympics. About Abhinav’s performance in the Athens Olympics, he said it was the lack of time between the qualification and the final shootout plus some tactical mistakes that led in Abhinav losing the medal.
Stanislav, who hails from Almaty, has earlier coached many shooters who bagged medals in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He is accompanied by his wife, Irina here. Both of them remained world class shooters in their days. When asked, Abhinav said yes, he had started preparing for the forthcoming big events. Meanwhile, the shooters today had a feel of the ranges in various events. Both team players practised on the 10 m, 50 m, 25 m, trap and skeet ranges. A total of eight events will be organised. According to Mr
N.S. Bhogal, Joint Secretary of the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association, the final competitions are likely to begin on December 9. Mohd Abbas, a shooter from Pakistan, said the shooting range was good but said it was difficult to come all the way from Patiala daily for the events. He said it would be better if they were given accommodation in Mohali or Chandigarh. |
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Minerva Academy enter
semifinals
Chandigarh, December 6 Winning the toss and electing to bowl, the Bedi Cricket Club bowlers could not contain the Minerva Academy batsmen who started a blitzkrieg from the very first ball and lasted till the end of their innings. Minervas amassed a huge total of 196 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Rocky Ratta scored 42 runs from 21 balls, Rajesh Vaid made 24 from 11 balls and Anil Sharma made 21 from 7 balls. Karan Kherwal 32 (13 balls) Shiva Mehta 27 (12 balls) and Sunny Behl 22 (8 balls) were the other scorers. Then their skipper, Ranjit Bajaj, took three wickets in his four-over spell to put Bedi XI out of the game with Rajesh Vaid and Harish Garg also picking up 3 wickets each for Minerva Academy. Bedi XI lost wickets at regular intervals and were never in the game. Ajay Disodia was the only batsmen to give a fight to the Minerva bowlers, making a gritty 64, but in vain. Brief score: Minerva Academy — 196 for 8 in 20 overs (Rocky Ratta 42, Rajesh Vaid 24, Anil Sharma 21, Karan Kherwal 32/Kulbeer 3 for 30/Dinesh Rana 2 for 49). Bedi Cricket Club — 176 for 8 in 20 overs (Bajay 3 for 30, Harish Garg 3 for 14, Rajesh Vaid 3 for 27) |
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EC nod sought to shift 3
HCS officials
Chandigarh, December 6 The three — Mr S.P. Arora, Mr Naresh Narwal and Mr Kulwant Kalson — are scheduled to go back to Haryana. However, they are part of the summary revision of electoral rolls which is presently on, thus the permission is required, said sources. The revised electoral lists are scheduled to be released in January. Already the Adviser to the Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma , has interviewed at least 15 candidates to replace a total of five HCS officials. The other officials scheduled to be replaced are the Director Information Technology, Mr Vivek Atray and the Joint Secretary Home, Mr Ashok Sangwan. |
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