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School board suspends worker
Mohali, August 5 According to information, Kewal Ram, an assistant working in the examination Branch II, was suspended as he failed to deposit examination forms of 670 students at the board office here. He was sent to Ferozepore, Faridkot and Moga districts to collect examination forms submitted at the district depots by students who were to appear in the supplementary examinations to be conducted by the board. Board officials said the forms were collected by the assistant from the depots at the district headquarters, but were not deposited by him here. However, the board will be issuing roll numbers to students whose forms have been misplaced by the board employee. The affected students have been asked to send duplicate forms to the board office here. An inquiry will be conducted to find out what happened to the 670 forms that were collected by the assistant.
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Result declared
Chandigarh, August 5 The result gazette will be available at the new enquiry of the university tomorrow at 11 am and also on all working days. The result will also be available on the university website www:puchd.ac.in. No result enquiry will be entertained on the telephone, according to the Controller of Examinations.
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Shikshan Sansthan celebrates vanamahotsava
Mohali, August 5 Mr. Dildar Khan, Director, in charge,
JSS, speaking highlighted the importance of the vana -mahotsava day in a society in which technological and industrial development was going on at a faster pace. Dr Satyavir Malik, coordinator of NSS, also spoke.
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Capt gets bail in assault case
Chandigarh, August 5 Meanwhile, a “compromise” was reportedly worked between the advocates and the other party. Under it the advocates decided not to oppose the bail applications of the accused and the other party said that the fourth person involved in the brawl would be produced before the police. Differences in the legal fraternity also came to the fore, with the strike called by the District Bar Association(DBA) to express its solidarity with the aggrieved lawyer, Mr KS Bawa, failing to evoke any response. A decision to suspend work was reportedly taken at a general body meeting of the DBA yesterday but the decision was never displayed on notice board. A section of the DBA is apparently opposed to the “agitationist” approach of the lawyers. Yesterday, a section of lawyers gheraoed the accused and his relatives and did not let any advocate appear for them.
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Defamation case against CM adjourned
Chandigarh, August 5 Mr Minhas had filed a defamation suit against the Chief Minister for lowering the reputation of the Badal family in the public eye.
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Classical vocalist Sharayu Kalekar dead
Chandigarh, August 5 Bestowed with the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award in 2003 and many other honours, Sharayu had devoted her life to
the promotion and propagation of Indian classical music. Her disciples
included Dr Saubhagya Vardhan, Ratnika Tiwari, Vinita Gupta, Rupinder
Kaur and many other established vocalists who are a testimony to the
intutive knowledge and wisdom of the erudite guru. She was one of the
pillars of Indian classical music. Her mastery over the rendering of
dhruvpad, khayal, thumri, dadra, tappa and a large number of old
compositions had no parallels. Her voice was not only strong but also
melodious. Born and brought up in Allahabad, Dr Sharayu Kalekar
initially trained under renowned musician Pandit Bholanath Bhatt of
Allahabad. Later, she came under the tutelage of composer Acharya
Kailash Chandra Dev Brahaspati. Under the guidance of the brilliant
scholar, she did research work on the secrets of Rampur Sadarang
tradition. Besides being trained in khayal, Sharayu had mastery over the
light classical stream of music as well. She was an A grade artiste of
All India Radio and Doordarshan and had been regularly performing for
the last 50 years in national and other music concerts. Dr Sharayu
Kalekar had performed in countries like Mauritius, Kenya, Bangladesh and
many more. She had also written a number of research papers and articles
and books on music. Her contribution in the field of music as an
artiste and music scholar had no parallels, said Kamal Tiwari,
Chairperson, Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi. She was one of those
rare artists whose music is immortal, said M.L. Koser. Pandit Yashpaul
termed it as a great loss to the region. Scores of students, former
staff members, artistes and other luminaries paid tributes to the legend
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Knotting friendship through bands
“Friends are forever”, “A friend in need is a friend indeed” and so on. These are some of the adages which have been in circulation for a long time. But these still hold true. And to check the strength of your friendship bonds there are friendship bands, knotted with love and perfection by Aarti Varma.
She recalls with passion her affair with the bands, “I was bored seeing those elastic bands and wanted to do something different. It started as a hobby when I was in class XI. I used to gift these to her friends, who she adds proudly are in abundance. Her bands got popular through her friends. She also sold these to the college tuck shops. Backed by her family and friends she turned the hobby into business five years back when she was doing her graduation.” Lucky for Aarti, her friendship bands got many takers. Her first order was from a shop in Sector 17, Chandigarh, two-and-a-half years back. And she has not looked back since. Every year around Valentine’s Day and Friendship Week she gets a good number of orders from leading gift shops. “All this fuels new energy into me to work with new vigour,” she adds. Call them bands of friendship, love or affection. But they are a craze with youngsters. Vibrant colours make these an attractive fashion accessory. She adds with a twinkle in her eyes, “I have to make sure that everytime something new is added to these bands. To remain in demand you have to market
yourself aggressively and in a different manner. My marketing strategy depends on my colour combinations which I take from the latest market trends. Mind you, it is not that easy to make these. She knots sometimes eight to nine strands of threads. The cost of these bands depends on the number of strands of threads used. She is now into making mobile phone covers, belts and rings. Happiness for all is her motto. |
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SPIC MACAY’s next stops — world heritage, holistic food messes
Chandigarh, August 5 The Ministry of Culture which was supporting heritage promotion with an annual grant of Rs 65 lakh had suddenly reduced the contribution to a meager Rs 1 lakh, frustrating some ambitious plans of SPIC MACAY. But a year of consistent effort has put the movement back on rails, so much so that SPIC MACAY’s corpus is now richer than it could have been with the support of the Ministry of Culture. Individual donors across the world have filled the gaps with handsome donations. Naturally, the programmes conceived for this year are more inspiring than before. Continuing with the Virasat series under which maestros hold recitals in schools and universities, SPIC MACAY is ready to introduce three new modules, the best being “piecing together world heritage”. In Chandigarh today to attend the two-day north zone convention beginning at Panjab University tomorrow, Dr Kiran Seth told The Tribune, “Now that the world is shrinking, we are bringing world arts together. Our world heritage module is designed to highlight the nuances of rare arts practised across the globe.” Recently, SPIC MACAY successfully organised the tours of two legendary practitioners of traditional arts — Kejun of Chinese Qunqu opera and Prof Fusao Okomoto of the Japanese Noh. Another circuit tour was of the Norwegian string quartet which has mesmerised world audiences with the lilt of its melodies. “More programmes are being planned,” said Dr Seth, talking about the other modules SPIC MACAY is introducing. The challenging among these is introduction of workshops in dance and music for schoolchildren from Classes I to IV. “We have roped in legends to hold workshops for periods ranging from one week to three years. They will teach students small compositions or dance pieces just to give them a feel of culture. We are running the module in 100 schools of Delhi,” Dr Seth added. SPIC MACAY has also created a compact disc on musical instruments at its Digital Heritage Laboratory. “We have done this in collaboration with IIT, Delhi. The CD is shaped like a game to encourage children to play on. Our endeavour is to ensure space for culture in this fast-paced life. And believe me, it takes tremendous energy and expertise,” said Dr Seth. Last, but not the least, is the introduction of holistic food messes across universities and colleges of the country. Developed by former IIT Professor S.D. Sharma, holistic food is a great hit at IIT, Delhi. Now holistic food messes have been set up at Delhi University and Salwan Public School, Gurgaon. The plan is to introduce them at all universities in Delhi. |
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