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Colourful function marks annual day
Chandigarh, November 25 The function was organised in two sessions. In the morning session R.S. Goraya, DEO, UT Administration, was the chief-guest. He gave away the prizes to meritorious students. He also gave away prizes to the teachers who had showed 100 per cent results and special awards to the teachers who had shown all-round development in their teaching courses. In the second session D.S. Mangat, DPI(S), UT Administration, was the chief-guest. He distributed prizes to the students, who had scored top positions in Class VIII, X and XII exams conducted by the Education Department of the UT Administration and the CBSE, New Delhi. He also honoured the students who had cleared the medical entrance exam. All students who participated in the cultural items were also given prizes by the chief-guest. The chief-guest gave special prize to the teachers also. Special honour was also given to the DEO, Mr R.S. Goraya, for the “sanchaiyka” under a small savings scheme. The school was ranked first at the state-level in this scheme under the leadership of Mr Goraya for 2004-05. He was the Principal of the school during that period. The cultural show began with a shabad. Students of the school gave an impressive performance. Other items, included, Punjabi dance, giddha, bhangra, remix dance, population dance, Hindi skit etc. H.K. Bhatia, Principal of the school, read the annual report and highlighted the achievement of the school in various fields and thanked parents for sparing their precious time to make the function a success. Jatinder Bhatia, president of the PTA, and Municipal Councilor of UT Administration highlighted the role of PTA in supporting the management in academic and other co-curricular activities.
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Concert held in college founder’s memory
Chandigarh, November 25 Dr Neelam Paul, Chairperson, Department of Music, Panjab University, enthralled the audience with bandish in raga Nat Bhairav, Ramkali and raga Khamaj. She apprised the students of various ragas. She was accompanied by Paramjeet on tabla and Hemraj on harmonium. Dr Simmi R. Singh, Head of the Department of Music of the college, conducted the concert. Students visit
Tribune office
Meanwhile, the functional English students of GCG-42 paid a visit to the Tribune head office in Sector 29-C here. The main aim of the visit was to familiarise them with print journalism and to inculcate interest among them in their subject. They interacted with the Editor-in-Chief of the paper, Mr H. K. Dua, and editorial staff. Such a visit, stated the students, had encouraged them to be a part of the challenging field of journalism. “Such visits should be more frequently organised,” they all chorused at the end of the visit. National seminar
The postgraduate Punjabi Department of SGGS College, Sector 26, in collaboration with the Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana, organised a two-day national seminar on the role of the writer in different periods of history. Harminder Singh, a scholar, was the chief guest at the inaugural session. Gulzar S. Sandhu, a Punjabi writer, delivered the keynote address highlighting the importance of the writer in society. Papers were presented by a plethora of scholars, including Dr Gurbachan Singh, Dr Prem Singh, Dr Jagbir Singh, Dr Davinder Singh, Sumail S. Sidhu, Dr Harminder S. Bedi, Atma Ram, Dr S.S. Bind, Dr Bhiminder Singh and Harvinder Bhandal. Pharmacy week
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy celebrated pharmacy week from November 21to25. Various activities like slogan and poster making competition, pharma quiz, volleyball, carom and chess matches, etc were organised on the premises of the college. On the concluding day on Friday, a prize-distribution function was organised. Gurdev Singh Brar was the chief guest. Dr Pramil Tiwari, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, NIPER, addressed the students. Teachers hold strike
The DAV College Teachers Union observed a two-period strike and held a dharna at the college in support of their long-pending demands. The union also protested against the proposal of converting the college into a deemed university. Meanwhile, a 10-day regular NSS camp commenced in the college. Around 120 girl and boy NSS volunteers took part in the camp which was inaugurated by Dr A.C. Vaid. Seminar concludes
A two-day seminar on ‘Punjab in the era of Economic reforms’ ended at the DAV College, Sector 10, here today. Dr Lakhvinder Singh of the Department of Economics, Punjabi University Patiala, Dr B.S. Ghuman, Chairman, Department of Public Administration, Dr Manjeet Singh, Department of Sociology and Dr Ashutosh Kumar, Department of Political Science, all three from Panjab University, spoke on the second day of the seminar today.
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Role of polymers in healthcare discussed
Chandigarh, November 25 The objective was to bring together medical experts and pharmaceutical scientists with polymer scientists, polymer manufacturers and polymer processors to explore opportunities for new and emerging applications, including novel drug delivery system, new implant materials and applications. In the keynote address, Dr Harpal Singh, Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, said he was working on drug release systems that would revolutionise the treatment and management of diabetes in the country. He said he had developed and patented A, B and O blood grouping card that did not require low temperature storage and transportation. It could be used as a single test and taken to rural and slum areas at room temperature. He said, “He has developed a polymer that kills pathogenic bacteria without releasing any bioactive agents. It ends bacteria by contact killing.” Research was going on developing rapid strips that would be cheaper and stable at room temperature and could be used for infectious diseases. The seminar was inaugurated by Prof S.K. Sharma, Director, Rayat Institute of Engineering and Bio-technology. He drew attention to the role of polymers in human body and emphasised that these could be designed to replace different components of the body as required by the medical experts. Prof Daljit Singh, Chairperson, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, and Chairman of the Indian Plastics Institute, Chandigarh chapter, emphasised that polymers had already permeated all aspects of our life, including healthcare. Dr Jagat Ram, ophthalmology professor at the PGI, said in his presentation that cataract was the most common cause of blindness in India. It accounted for 55 to 80 per cent of blindness cases. Representative of Reliance Industries Limited Dr A.H. Faizi reviewed the characteristics of various plastic materials available in the market and their existing and potential applications in healthcare, and prospects of expanding these applications in emerging areas. Prof S.S. Gill, Professor and Head, Department of Orthopaedics, PGI, Chandigarh, emphasised that polymers were essential in orthopaedics practice. However, the polymeric material available in the market today were very costly. Better and cheaper substitutes should be made available, he added. The R & D session was focused on the controlled drug release systems. Main speakers in this session were Prof T.R. Bhardwaj, Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Dr O.P. Katare, Chairperson, and Dr V.K. Sinha, Professor, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, PU. The session was chaired by Mr S.S. Virdi, Fellow and Syndic of Panjab University, and former President of the Institution of Engineers, India. The seminar concluded with a panel discussion by industry representatives who discussed opportunities for expanding the role of polymer materials and processes in healthcare and medical application. The session was chaired by Prof Paramjit Singh, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, and Mr Ashok Gupta, Managing Director, Diplast India Limited. Bone density test
Panjab University, in collaboration with M/s Nicholas Piramal India Limited, a medicine manufacturing company, organised a one-day free camp to check bone density of university employees on the campus here on Friday. Around 250 persons were examined. The test for bone density measurement was conducted free of cost with the help of computerised bone densitometer. This test normally costs Rs 800 to Rs 1,000 per patient. Out of those examined, more than 50 per cent were suffering from osteopenia and 20 from osteoporosis.
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NGOs prepare for World AIDS Day
Chandigarh, November 25 A campaign to involve young men and women as agents in five different city colleges has been planned by Yuvsatta, an NGO, in association with the society. The campaign will include information based lectures on HIV/AIDS and also a motivational exercise to encourage students for voluntary blood tests for HIV. The campaign also aims at establishing counselling cells in various colleges involving the teachers and students for providing peer counselling, appropriate communication for behavioural change and access to treatment for sexually transmitted infections, which are critical factors in reducing the transmission of HIV infection. For the campaign Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, Government College, Sector 36, Government College for Men, Sector 11, and DAV College, Sector 10, have been selected. Meanwhile, a “Youth pledge for stop AIDS lets keep the promise” will also be organised by the Yuva Sankalpa, an NGO, on November 26 at the students’ hostel, DAV School, Sector 8.
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Army School annual day
Chandigarh, November 25 A skit “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was presented by students of Classes IV and V and the senior classes came up with play in English and a Christmas carol. In his annual report, the Principal of the school Lieut-Col N.R. Baberwal (retd), highlighted the achievements of the school. The officiating MG-Artillery, Western Command and chairman of the school managing committee, Brig H.S. Sandhu, who was the chief guest, gave away prizes to students for their achievements in academics, sports and extra-curricular activities.
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Campus placements at CIET
Chandigarh, November 25 Syntel was in town for the past two days for campus placements in association with Chitkara Educational Trust. Joint campus placements were conducted for nearly 2000 students of 28 colleges in the region at the Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology (CIET). Headquartered in Michigan, USA, and with 27 offices worldwide, Syntel is publicly traded on NASDAQ and has a market capitalisation of around $ 770 million. The company has nearly 5,500 employees worldwide. In India, Syntel has had a technology presence since the early 1990s. The company has Global Development Centres at Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. According to Rakesh Khanna, president, Business Unit - Banking and Finance, Syntel Corporation, “This is the first time that we have conducted campus placements in this region. Because of the tremendous focus on IT and the establishment of a large number of technical institutions, there is a large pool of local talent emerging. We hope to be able to nurture some of this talent at our Global Development Centres in the country.” According to Mohit Chitkara, Vice-Chairman, Chitkara Educational Trust, “Naturally, we are pleased that we have been able to help our students as well as students of 27 other colleges of the region to get an opportunity to work for a globally respected company like Syntel Corporation.”
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Marriage palace fails to honour booking
Chandigarh, November 25 After five months of booking the venue for the pre-marriage party of his son, Vishal, for November 27, the management of the hotel, Mark Royal, suddenly expressed its helplessness in providing the venue on the scheduled day. Shocked at the lack of professionalism, Mr Bansal is now pursuing criminal and legal action against the hotel management. An official at the hotel, Sanjay, said the booking had been done by a previous manager. He referred the query to hotel general manager R.D. Sharma who was not available for comments. “They kept offering me inadequate alternative site, which I refused to accept as it amounted to cheating.” TNS
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high court Maneesh Chhibber Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 25 In its interim order passed during hearing of a PIL filed by a Panjab University (PU) law student, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Mr Justice D.K. Jain and Mr Justice Hemant Gupta also sought information on the number of juvenile justice boards that have been constituted in Punjab and Haryana. The Bench also asked the Chief Judicial Magistrates of various places in the two states, where such juvenile homes are situated, to submit detailed reports about the condition of these homes, which they are required to visit and inspect periodically. The court gave two weeks for filing of affidavits and reports that it has sought. It may be recalled that Utsav Bains, a Panjab University student, has prayed for immediate release of two Pakistani boys, who were nabbed by BSF personnel as they had crossed over to India inadvertently after failing to recognize the international border, from juvenile jail, Faridkot. The two boys, Imran Masiah (13) and Mithu Masiah (11), had claimed that they had strayed into the Indian territory while playing hide and seek close to the border. They were booked under the Indian Passport Act and illegal arrival and sent to juvenile jail at Faridkot on October 22. In his petition, Utsav has stated that since the boys belong to poor families, they must be released and arrangements be made to send them safely to Pakistan. Some days ago, the petitioner had filed an additional affidavit in the matter. In the affidavit, he had pointed to serious lapses in the functioning of the juvenile homes. He has also brought to fight the case of another Pakistani child, who is still in the juvenile home, Faridkot, despite the fact that his two-year sentence has elapsed. The child has reportedly lost mental imbalance. The High Court has directed the counsel for the Union Government to seek instructions as to what steps are being taken to send back the child. It has observed that the issues raised in the petition must be considered in the larger perspective, particularly in the light of the provisions contained in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. The Bench has also pointed out that the law relating to juveniles is reform-oriented and not punishment oriented. The hearing will resume on November 30.
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Singhvi
to be Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh HC Chandigarh, November 25 According to informed sources, he is expected to take oath on Sunday. Mr Justice Singhvi remained a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for over 10 years and was transferred out in February this year. He hails from Rajasthan. Mr Justice Singhvi and three other Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had been shifted out to other High Courts after the transfer of the Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy to the Guwahati High Court. The Tribune had reported in December 9 last about the plan to elevate Mr Justice Singhvi as Chief Justice. He is the senior-most High Court Judge in the country. In fact, some Judges junior to him were made Chief Justices before him, thereby affecting his seniority. In the normal course, Mr Justice Singhvi would have even made it to the top post in the Indian judicial set-up - the Chief Justice of India. Informed sources say he might still make it to the Supreme Court as a Judge, though whether he will finally become CJI is still uncertain. With
Mr Justice Singhvi’s elevation as Chief Justice almost certain now,
Judges of this High Court can breathe easy. Mr Justice Singhvi was among the 25 Judges who had proceeded on mass leave on April 18 last year to protest the attitude of then Chief Justice Roy. It was the first-ever instance of Judges of a High Court going on mass leave in protest against their Chief Justice. Sources
say that later events, particularly those at the Guwahati High Court,
where also puisne Judges had voiced concern over the attitude of Chief
Justice Roy, turned the tide in favour of Mr Justice Singhvi’s
elevation. It was felt that, though a highly-questionable step,
Judges had been forced to take the extreme step only due to Chief
Justice Roy’s attitude and the failure of the Supreme Court to
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19 cases settled at lok adalat
Chandigarh, November 25 Mr Sant Parkash, Member-Secretary-cum-Judge of the Permanent Lok Adalat, who presided over the adalat, informed that any person could submit an application to get his dispute settled before going to the court. Cases related to family disputes, recovery of loans, labour problems, property disputes, compoundable criminal cases, electricity, water and telephone disputes were taken up at the adalat, he added. The authority was also providing free legal aid to various sections of society, whose income was less than Rs 50,000 per annum.
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Chandigarh Carnival begins today
Chandigarh, November 25 The annual carnival is back with a difference with an entirely new concept and added attractions. It will have a Film City Pavilion to familiarise people with media and entertainment industry. In this pavilion, information about the complete process of film making and production of radio and television programmes will be disseminated to the people. The pavilion will create an ambiance of film city and give complete flavour of Bollywood. It will be followed by Bollywood Hungama on the evening of November 26. The carnival will be held at a much larger scale with this year. There will be added attractions and novelties to make it unique. Another added attraction of the carnival will be the entrance to the venue, which will be a replica of the Eiffel Tower of Paris. French Villa is also being created. It will have French cuisine, French culture, French films, French music, French costumes and French games. The carnival parade will pass through residential areas so that those who are not able to reach the venue will also become a part of carnival festivities. Besides the floats of various schools and colleges, the parade will also have the floats depicting French special character Gargantuan and float depicting Chandigarh as city of knowledge and quality education. The parade will pass through Sector 16 cricket stadium, traffic light points of Sector 22-23, Sectors 22, 21, 20, 19, 7, 8, 5 and the Rock Garden. It is for the first time that a mascot has been selected for the carnival. The North Zone Cultural Centre will be presenting folk performances during the day. The carnival will conclude with a grand finale by the National Institute of Fashion Designing presenting a fashion fiesta on the evening of November 27. Mr Krishna Mohan, Home Secretary, visited the venue in the afternoon and expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.
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Harbhajan Mann performs at Parivartan-2005
Mohali, November 25 Mr Balbir Singh, President, Mohali Industries Association (MIA), was the chief guest on the occasion. Mr Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman, Mr Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary and Dr
G.D. Bansal, Principal of the college, welcomed the guests and presented mementoes to them. Speaking on the occasion Mr Balbir Singh offered liberal help for the training and placement of students of this college. On the first day a large number of students from various colleges and schools participated in collage making, model display, gut and turban wearing poster making, face making, dump charade, hacking wizard couple and group dancing and solo dancing competitions. The celebrations reached their climax on the arrival of the world famous Punjabi folk singer Harbhajan Mann in the afternoon. Mann sang a Punjabi number from his latest album. Results: Collage making: Reena Tyagi, Archana Tyagi, Seema Sharma, Tarun Singh; Story telling:
Kriti, Anuj, Poonam. Model display: Sukhjinder Singh and Gurmmet Singh, Amandeep and Neeraj Khanna, Geeta and Rupa, Inderjit, Sukhdeep, Neetu,
Supency, Tanu. Geet and Gurbani: Parth and Ankit, Abhinandan and Richa, Gurinder and
Farinder; Face painting: Abhinav and Mohammed, Inderjeet and Supeney, Jinia Nath and Kamini Dhiman; Speed:
Priobrat, Sweta, Kriti; Dance: Jasvir Kaur, Parminder, Richa. Super Nova: Smar and Robert; Poster making: Anurag Bali, Ankita Sood, Ramandeep Singh, Prapti Mukherjee. |
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Special screening of ‘Hanuman’
Chandigarh, November 25 Also, cardigans and food packets will be distributed among the children. A blood donation camp will also be organised. Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), accompanied by his wife Jean Rodrigues will inaugurate the camp, an art gallery — “Chitralya” — and spend time with the children.
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