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CPM to oppose privatisation of schools
Chandigarh, April 14 In a statement today, Mr Balwant Singh said that it was an anti-people and inhuman decision. Poor sections of society would be hit hard by it, he added. Urging the Chief Minister to cancel such a proposal, Mr Balwant Singh said that 28,000 vacant posts of teachers in various government schools should be filled immediately to improve the functioning of these schools. He said that his party would strongly oppose the privatisation of government schools in the state. Capt Amarinder Singh’s move was against the spirit of the UPA Government’s promise to allocate at 5 per cent of the GDP to the education sector, he added.
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Laptops in PEC evoke mixed
feelings
Chandigarh, April 14 “Most of the students have a personal computer at home. It is very good decision if laptops are made compulsory in the college. These days it is very important to keep oneself updated with latest breakthroughs and research taking place in various engineering disciplines to be able to compete at the global level. It will also be very easy to make notes, said Gaurav Jindal, final year student of Information Technology. Harry, final year student of Metallurgy Department, echoed similar feelings. “But in this college there are students who do not have sound economic background. I am sure for many students it will not be possible to have a laptop. The college should come up with a solid solution for such students. At the same time if the proposal is implemented, it will increase the class attendance and will decrease the load of books”. However, Manu Jindal, second year student of Metallurgy says, “it is not an economical idea. It will put a financial burden on the students. If it is made compulsory for all students then it will create problems for first year students, many of whom are not computer-savvy and they will have to be strain hard to operate it.” Vijay Gupta, Director, PEC, said, “To make the proposal viable we will tie up with some companies. When we will buy laptops in bulk then we can surely expect 20 to 30 per cent discount. We have plenty of time to work upon it and there many other issue which need immediate attention”. Vivek Attray, Director, Technical Education, said since the fee of the college was very less as compared to other private engineering colleges, PEC students could afford it.
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Kathak adds to spiritual experience
Panchkula, April 14 Anuradha and her troupe started the programme with “Nanhe nanhe paon”. A choreography on Radha-Krishna was also presented. Harshit Gupta presented “Mata ki bhente” while Ishwar Singh of the Department of Public Relations and Culture sang ragini and bhajans. Choreography on Maheshasur Vadh and Barsana ki Holi were also performed. Officials say that 3.75 lakh devotees have paid obeisance at the temple. The devotees had donated Rs 19.44 lakh, 17 gold items and 470 silver items on the first day of the navratra A press note by the Deputy Commisioner said the devotees had also donated 179 kg of ghee and 20 fans, among other things. |
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5 films lined up for release today
“Khamosh — Khauff ki Raat” is a psychological thriller starring Shilpa Shetty. Mr World 2001 Rajeev Singh makes his debut in this edge-of-the-seat thriller, directed by Deepak Tijori. The film also stars Vishwajeet Pradhan, Avtar Gill, Raju Shreshta, Gargi Patel, Rakhi Sawant, Kainaaz, Rajaat Bedi, Kelly Dorji and Shahwar Ali. It is produced by Rahul Aggarwal and Deepak Tijori and opens at Fun Republic, Manimajra, on Friday. *** Sahara One Motion Picture’s “Mumbai Express” is directed by Singertham Srinivasa Rao and stars Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala, Vijay Raaj, Om Puri, Saurabh Shukla and Sharat Saxena. It introduces Kannada film star Ramesh Arvind. The Tamil-Hindi bilingual has been completed in a record time. After “Pushpak” both Kamal Hassan and Singertham Srinivasa Rao are upbeat about their new movie. The film is touted as a comedy of errors routine. Saurabh Shukla has penned the dialogues. Lyrics are by Gulzar and famous South Indian composer Illayaraja has scored the music. The film will be released at Fun Republic on Friday. *** Home video Entertainment Shemaroo has stepped into film production with “Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye”, which is a light-hearted story. Film journalist Samar Khan makes his debut as a director. The film stars Arshad Warsi and Mahima Chaudhary in the lead roles. It also introduces the lead pair of Mahima Mehta and Shravan. The film has Shahrukh Khan in a guest appearance “Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye” is full of emotions. Sameer has penned the lyrics for Himesh Reskammiya. Pravin Dabas and Sachin Khedekar also star in this movie which will be released at Fun Republic on Friday. *** After putting in a lot of struggle in Bollywood for over two decades, the young filmmaker Jeet Matharu is set to impress the audience with his debut Punjabi musical thriller, “Addi-Tappa”. It is a college film in which all lead stars are from BBK DAV College, Amritsar. The film has been shot on 35 mm cinema scope with good visual effects. Wadali Brothers, Jaspinder Narula, Sardool Sikander, Inderjeet Nikoo and Nachhatar Gill have lent their voice for the film which has a melodious score by Gurmeet Singh. The film promises something different. It will be released at Piccadilly, Chandigarh, on Friday. *** Director Ravi Nishad’s comedy Punjabi film, “Nalayak” opens at Neelam, Chandigarh, on Friday. The film stars Vivek Shauq, Guggu Gill, Aarti Puri, Bobby Deol (guest appearance), Jaspal Bhatti, Shankar Sahni and Baba Sehgal. Anand Raj Anand, Vivek Sahani and Baba Sehgal have composed the music. — D.P.
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‘Elements’ 05’ packs entertainment
The day two of “Elements’ 05”, hosted by students of Punjab Engineering College, today came packed with a mix of literary activities and entertainment as students from various institutes racked their brains in the quiz and tried their hand at oration in a debate and put their vocal chords to test in “antakshri”.
The topic of the debate was “Were we ever ready for Independence”. There was also a soccer clash of robots designed by the students on a turf set up especially for the event. The students made a beeline for computer games while a salsa dance workshop also elicited a good response. The main attraction of the evening was Mr and Ms Elements ‘05. Ahimpreet Jhurry from MCM DAV was chosen as Ms Element’ 05, while Harinder Singh Soni from Tangori was chosen as Mr Element’ 05. Later, an inter-college dance competition attracted a big crowd. The results are as follows: Debate: Best team-Ahim and Hitakshi (MCM-36), best speaker-Ahim (MCM-36); Antakshiri finals: Shobit and Surjeet (UIET), Pallavi and Akash (PEC), 2 and Jatin Arora and Vivek Jindal (Guru Nanak Dev University) 3; Wordict: Yajnika Sharma and Aastha Sood (PEC), and Gaurav Arora, S. Sriram (IET Bhaddal) 2; Mowgli ka panja: Sahil Goyal and Vipin Goyal (1), Tarandeep Singh (2) and Nitin S. Patil (3); Chanakyaniti: Pranjal, Achin, Pratik and Anirudh (1), and Nitin, Abhishek, Saurabh and Navneet (2); Robosoccer: Vikram Sharma, Robin Verma, Jitesh and Manish (1), and Kumar Mangalam, Kumar Manish and Amandeep Hans, 2; CAD freak: Rajan Arora and Sumit Gupta.
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Fools mesmerise audience
The annual presentations of the Haryana Institute of Fine Arts (HIFA), Karnal the seventh “Mahamoorakh Sammelan” proved to be a super hit with the excellence displayed in technical, literary and organisational spheres.
Participants of “Mahamoorakh Sammelan,” at Kalagram in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph The event held for the first time in the city with the literary contents of poet’s verses, brought alive on a screen, added grace to the rich poetic humour which mesmerised the audience in the packed hall. The beginning was hilarious as a leader, symbol of the sammelan “corruption”, riding a donkey marched before the audience followed the participating poets who were nicknamed as Musharraf, Shakti Kapur, Akhand Partap Singh, Doctor Sarin and above all Laloo, whose contribution in propagating “corruption” was later eulogised by all poets in their poetic recitations. A specially composed invocation “Bharshtachari aarti” was performed, highlighting the notable scams before a watermelon was cut by the chief guest Adesh Gupta for the inauguration. Surender Dubey from Jaipur displayed his wit exposing the misdeeds of Bill Clinton in Monica Lewinski affair, Musharraf in a face to face interaction at Agra mental hospital and the corruption reigning supreme in government offices in “Mera Bharat Mahaan”. Pardeep Choube on self-introspection and relationships commented “Koi hamsa hunarb to dikhlaye, ham bhikari se bhi bheek le aaye” and “Rishte daari bhi telephone hai aaj, sikka daalo to baat hotio hai”. Guru Saxena took a dig on social and political hypocrisy in his “Chhands”. Partap Singh Fauzdar, the only sardar poet, was acclaimed for his sarcastic utterances on Sonia Gandhi’s domicile issue in his couplets. “Noted journalist poet Alok Puranik gave satirical comments on the education system and related issues. We must opt the best from the West and not the waste, opined humour king Ashok Chakradhar. The entire project was well planned, disclosed Dr R.C. Mishra, a patron of HIFA. Organisers expressed at the overwhelming response to the mega event.
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Want to study European business,
alliance Francaise, Chandigarh, in collaboration with ESSCA, one of the French campuses offering courses in European business, is now recruiting students wanting to study abroad.
In Chandigarh to assess prospective candidates for ESSCA’s MSc course in European business, Mr Alian Ouvrieu, Director, International Development at the institution, said the idea was to build links with India. “Earlier we were only offering courses in French, but of late we have begun to instruct in English so as to have a wider appeal for our courses.” Last year ESSCA recruited about four students, pursuing French at Alliance Francaise here. Some of the aspects of the course are studies in contemporary Europe, European economics, international marketing in Europe, European Finance and international strategic management. With the Indian economy opening up to French companies, the demand for management professionals is slated to increase. It is this gap in demand and supply of trained manpower that Mr Ouvrieu and his peers at ESSCA seek to bridge. Mr Ouvrieu said, “Back home I look after student exchange programmes with Australia, Canada, North Africa and Asia. I also recruit degree seeking international students and help them go through the formalities. This year we are here to assess talent for our masters degree in European business.” Enquiries about the course being offered under the aegis of Edufrance can be made at Alliance Francaise, Sector 36.
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“OM brashtam brashtam shaanti,” the chants of legendary poet Ashok Chakradhar with a curious contemplative echoed the otherwise calm ambience of the Kalagram open auditorium as the mega event of “Mahamoorakh Sammelan” got a majestic start.