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A day of lectures at MCM DAV
Chandigarh, January 19 Prof Surinder Singh focused on the historical works written on medieval India, attitude of men towards women, drawing out a portrait of women from popular traditions and locating her in Sufi discourses. Through interesting examples and quotes from literary works and personalities of the period, he enlightened the students about the position of women in medieval India. The Department of English of the college organised a lecture by Dr Pushpinder Syal of the Department of English, Panjab University. Recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship, Dr Syal has to her credit a multitude of publications in linguistics in national and international journals and books on Commonwealth literature. |Ms Syal spoke on “impact of colonisation on 20th century English literature, with special reference to E.M. Forster and William Golding”. The Department of Sanskrit conducted a seminar in collaboration with the local Sangyan: Kala Sanskriti Evam Kalyan Kendra. The chief guest was Justice Gurbaksh Singh Majithia. Sangyan presented a book “Vedic Concept” by B.B. Chaubey to Justice Majithia on this occasion. The Principal of the college, Dr Puneet Bedi, was presented with a book “Shukl Ki Yajurved Sanhita Ka Anivad”. The main attraction of the seminar was a lecture on “vartaman siksha mein Ved ki prasangikta” by Prof Brijbihari Chaubay, chairperson of Sangyan. Professor Chaubay said Vedic attitude was necessary to save Indian culture and insisted that in order to solve economic, family and political problems study of the Vedas should be encouraged. He said the study of the Vedas should be included in the curricula. President of Sangyan Pankaj Mala Sharma coordinated the seminar along with Seema Kanwar.
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Students’ NGO on human rights enrolls
members
Chandigarh, January 19 The association is a student managed, independent, non-political, non-government organisation comprising students and recent graduates, formed with a vision to generate sense of involvement and commitment among the students for human rights awareness and protection and encourage active student participation. Presentations were given in the auditorium regarding the functions and objectives of ASHRA and the role of students in human rights awareness. Ms Bhagwant Kaur, president, ASHRA, said that ASHRA was an effort made by the students to make positive contribution to the society and provides the youth a platform to voice their views on current human rights issues.
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Finland secy enlightens
students on learning
Chandigarh, January 19 Ms Hiekkinen shared her views with students as she spoke of her country's education system and its technological success. Quoting how being a small nation, Finland was not only far more progressive in issues pertaining to women rights and education but also proactive in terms of awareness about the happenings in the world, as compared to the larger nations. Ms Hiekkinen reiterated that the school determined the quality of the life of an individual and learning for examinations should change to learning for life and how learning about self, learning about others and learning to communicate was the key towards understanding. Dr Satinder Dhillon, Principal of the college, thanked the distinguished speaker.
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Journalist should be seeker
of truth: Dua
Chandigarh, January 19 Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Mr Dua said that the curiosity to know more and more is one of the best equipments for a journalist who should be a seeker of truth. He added that pursuing a profession like journalism requires a lot of courage and must be followed in a sustained manner. Mr H.K. Dua called upon the students to resist all kinds of pressures from various sources once they enter the profession. He stressed that people repose a lot of trust in the press and journalists should ensure that this trust is not belied. Having served as press adviser to two former prime ministers of India, Mr Dua, a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, expressed great concern over the tendencies that have lately come up in the press. He lamented that most newspapers were not reporting the peripheral India and that the sole objective of a newspaper or a channel is maximisation of profit while idealism in journalism becomes a casualty. Out of the 258 students, 198 students received post graduate diplomas from the chief guest. These included 30 students of journalism, 11 of public relation, 23 of mass communications, 10 of industrial relations and personnel management, 3 of international trade, 4 of financial management and 6 of French and 5 of German. Dr Maddury Vishnumurty Gold Medal was awarded to Riya Juneja of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management for standing first at the all-India level. Talking about the various college activities, Dr P.K. Vasudeva, principal of the college, informed that the college is affiliated to Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication and Management of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, which has 95 affiliated colleges in India and seven overseas. Vasudeva also informed that the institute had started several new courses including those on retail marketing, TV journalism and insurance and risk management. He added that talks with Panjab University for affiliation are also currently on. Vice-Chairman of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Chandigarh, Padamshree, Chandra Mohan and P.R. Aggarwal, Secretary, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, were also present on the occasion.
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Teachers go on 2-period strike Chandigarh, January 19 In a statement Mr R.S. Brar and Dr Jagwant Singh, President and General Secretary, respectively, of the PCCTU, blamed the Punjab Government for the present agitation. The PCCTU is demanding merger of 50 per cent of DA with pay, regular payment of salary through a new salary mode and the implementation of the pension-gratuity scheme of 1996. Dr Jagwant Singh pointed out that the implementation of the pension-cum gratuity scheme was part of the election manifesto of the Congress before it came to power. “We have entered the last year of the government’s term and election promises have still not been kept,” he said, adding that Punjab was probably the only state that was not paying pension and gratuity to college teachers. He further pointed out that since 1998-1999 the Punjab Government has not met its full liability under 95 per cent salary deficient grant-in-aid scheme. An amount of Rs 130 crore was pending with the government to be paid. The teachers are also demanding the absorption of staff affected by shifting of +2 classes from colleges to schools. The teachers have demanded relaxation of refresher courses as per UGC recommendations, payment of arrears of pay revisions and clearance of back log of salaries. Dr Jagwant said the two-period strike protest would continue for a week till January 24. Mr R.S. Brar appealed to Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab, to intervene immediately to give relief to the teachers. He said this was the right time for the CM to intervene and convert his poll promises into something concrete for teachers and colleges. |
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AIEEE forms available at Syndicate Bank
Chandigarh, January 19 However, bank employees agreed that there had been no forms available at the bank since January 9, in spite of the demand from the students. Sale of forms at the regional CBSE office was also resumed from Wednesday. CBSE Rgional Officer R. Yadav, however, maintained that the forms had been available on the CBSE website “cbse.nic.in.”
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Scholar felicitated
Chandigarh, January 19 Mr Rakesh Pahwa has been invited to witness the Republic Day Parade, 2006, from the Prime Minister’s Box at Rajpath. Last year, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had awarded him the gold medal for standing first in order of merit in MBA (Banking and Finance) Examination of the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
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Placement Week at SD College
Chandigarh, January 19 On the first day of the programme, WIPRO visited the campus and conducted their pre-placement talk for which 160 students of various streams got themselves registered. Thereafter, 48 students were shortlisted for an interactive session and group discussion following which the successful candidates had to appear for a telephonic interview and written test. Letters of intent were issued to 35 students.
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Lawyer gets bail in suicide case
Chandigarh, January 19 The advocate was arrested after his wife had committed suicide in June. He had moved a bail application in the court of Mr Justice A.K. Goel of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in December. The public prosecutor had not opposed the bail on merits stating that since the state was withdrawing the case there was no need to Following this the High Court had ordered that the prosecution evidence should be completed within a month. A notice had been issued to the state for hearing on January 19 by the court of Mr Mehta. Today, when the case came up for hearing before Mr Mehta, the state filed additional supplementary challan and an additional application. But, since the one-month deadline had expired on January 12, the advocate was granted bail.
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Warm farewell to Justice Sud
Chandigarh, January 19 Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Justice Mr Justice D.K. Jain, remarked that Mr Justice Sud had carved a niche for himself due to diligent working and hard work. But, he added, he was sure Mr Justice Sud would prove to be an equally good Lokayukta. In his short address, Mr Justice Sud said he would never forget the love and affection given to him during his tenure as Judge of the High Court. The Bar Association’s president, Mr Atul Lakhanpal, the vice-president, Mr S.S. Swaich, and the secretary, Mr Lokesh Sinhal, also spoke on the occasion. Judges, past and present, the Advocates-General of Punjab and Haryana, advocates and High Court officials also attended the function.
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Rape accused acquitted
Chandigarh, January 19 She stated that she had gone to his house to lodge a complaint with his family about his behaviour. The judge acquitted the accused after the victim withdrew her statement.
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19 cases settled at Lok Adalat
Chandigarh, January 19
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Qawwalis at Ram Darbar
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