EDUCATION

CITCO to recruit through campus interviews
Sanjeev Singh Bariana
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
The Board of Directors of the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) has decided to conduct campus interviews at leading hotel management institutes of the country to make top-level selections for its hotels and other catering outlets in Chandigarh.

Confirming the decision, Mr J.S.Bir, Managing Director, CITCO, said the board had decided in principle for the amendment. However, a formal clearance with regard to a change in the recruitment policy needed an approval from the Chandigarh Administration, he added.

At the moment, CITCO makes recruitments by placing advertisements in newspapers and through the employment exchange. “There is no denying the fact that CITCO is losing out on picking the best staff for its hotels and other outlets because there has been no arrangement for campus interviews,” he added.

CITCO would tie up with a professional agency to provide training to its in-service staff. Emphasis would be on improvement in services.

Another important decision pertained to improvement in quality of the products available in CITCO hotels. The interiors and eminence of the rooms of Hotel Mountview, the only five-star hotel in the city, would be given a special attention under a new project. An amount of Rs 52 lakh would be spent on interior decoration.

CITCO would also take over the operations of the new block of the UT Guest House and manage it in a professional manner ensuring quality service to the guests.

Discussion on human rights violations in Punjab 
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
The Voices For Freedom organised a panel discussion on “State of human rights in Punjab” at Panjab University here today. Dr Sudip Minhas, director of the organisation, welcomed the panelists. The main issue for the panel discussion was the human right excesses in Punjab during the period of insurgency from 1984 to 1994.

She said the temporal distance had offered the hindsight and objectivity to assess the measure of justice offered to the victims of human right abuse at the hands of the police and the government.

She said the extra-judicial killings and disappearances were widespread in Punjab during that period. Many young Sikh men and women were indiscriminately picked up by the police under the guise of fighting terrorism.

The state terror led to thousands of killings and disappearances, which in turn led to the breakdown of family structure, mental scars of the families of the disappeared and lack of trust and respect for the police and authoritative figures in Punjab.

Prof Joginder Singh Puar, former Vice-Chancellor, Panjabi University, Patiala, chaired the panel discussion. In his inaugural remarks, he asked the participants to be objective, unbiased and true to the facts while addressing the issue of human rights. He detailed the history of Punjab from 1947 onwards.

According to him, the police and the administration had undoubtedly perpetrated violations, but he also cautioned that one should not forget the violence committed by the militants.

Prof Sherry Sabharwal said, “Human rights are those rights that belong to every individual simply because she or he is a human being.” She contextualised the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by talking about violations being committed by the police in Punjab and the rest of the country. According to her, every individual must become aware of one’s rights.

Mr M.S. Grewal added on to the previous discussion by showing the raw face of reality. He spoke on the topic of “disappearances” that were prevalent for over a decade after 1984. He called it a heinous crime. He said not only were the guilty roaming scot free, they were also rewarded handsomely for their barbaric deeds. He mentioned the disappearances of many human right activists such as Kulwant Singh, an advocate from Ropar who was killed, along with his wife and his one-and-a-half-year-old child.

Next on the panel was Mr Anup Singh Minhas, a retired IPS officer. He detailed the brutal manner in which the police added insult to injury by its attitude. He termed it as “the Delhi administration’s bias against the Sikhs and in the favour of the Nirankaris”.

Hostel wing inaugurated
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
Mr P.V. Bhide, Additional Secretary (CS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs inaugurated the west wing of the hostel of the Institute of Correctional Administration, Sector 26, here.

At least 54 trainees can now be accommodated in the institute during training programmes.

After the inaugural function, a meeting of the board of management was convened. It was chaired by Mr Bhide. A meeting to review the modernisation schemes of prisons of Punjab and Haryana was also held.

The Ministry of Home Affairs was developing the institute as a premier training institute for prison officers, a press note said.

CULTURE

Comedy kings have audience in splits
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, July 2
A piquant comedy by the Mumbai-based actor Kishore Bhanu Shali and city’s very own laughter champion Khayali Saran dominated the proceedings at the launching of an educational enterprise here at the Tagore Theatre today. Equally good was the commendable performance from the five wondrous prodigious children, which augmented the credibility of the I-Matrix World Wide, which was formally opened here in the city by the memory man of India, Biswaroop Roy Choudhry.

The programme commenced with performance by the prodigious children. The Presidents’ award winner, three-year-old Srijan Shukla, provided instant answers to the audience questions pertaining to formulas, equations, and definitions up to Class X. He won applause for enunciating 70-paged Madhushala written by Harivansh Rai Bachchan for which the super star Amitabh Bachchan too had honored him. Kanak Singh (7) showed accurate mastery over the 100 years’ calendar like the Chandigarh-based Simran with mental arithmetic calculations. Ravi Shanker from Jaipur, Rajesh Thakkar from Gurgaon too surprised everyone with their skilled memory grasp.

Failing to control the intensity of appreciation, chief guest KK Khandelwal, Commissioner and Director-General Secondary Education Haryana and Vivek Atrey, DPR and Director Tourism, Chandigarh, rushed to the stage to embrace tiny star, Srijan Shukla and bless all children.

The Mumbai-based actor Kishore Bhanushali, a veteran of 125 films in character roles, popularly known as Junior Dev Anand took the centre stage and dazzled the audience with his novel performing style. He told jokes close to the realities of life and the joy was augmented when Khayali Saran too joined him in the last spell.

Khayali is a more accomplished comedian of real magnitude now with the eloquence, perception and maturity embellishing his presentation. Sharing his success story he maintained that any competition at the Bollywood was the real test. He said that he would feature in two films

However the versatile comedian Kishore Bhanusali, a looklike of Dev Anand, rued that he had been typed for these roles, which has negated his potential as a complete actor. He has starred with Govinda, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and all top heroes after he shed the ‘duplicate Dev Anand’ emblem.

Rohit Shekhar Sharma, CEO I Matrix proposed vote of thanks in the event organised by Starr Fizz.

HEALTH

Workshop on fitness for doctors
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
A two-hour workshop on fitness for doctors was organised by the School of Public Health, Community Medicine Department, PGIMER, at PGI Community here today. The workshop was organised under the aegis of Chandigarh Healthy Heart Action Project (CHHAP).

This project was a joint venture of the Community Medicine Department, Department of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER and Chandigarh Health Department.

The workshop was inaugurated by Dr Rajesh Kumar, HOD, Community Medicine Department, PGI, and Dr J.S. Thakur, principal investigator, CHHAP .

SPORTS

Himachal club win by 87 runs
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
An unbeaten century by Pawan Chandel (146 n.o.) enabled his team Himachal Cricket Club (HCC) to thrash the hosts Stepping Stones School, Sector 37, by 87 runs at the school’s grounds here today.

HCC, who batted first, mustered 227 runs for the loss of three wickets in 25 overs. The other contributors were Ghanshyam (19) and Vikram (15).

In reply, Stepping Stones could score only 140 runs losing all their wickets and lost the match by 87 runs.

In another match, Chandigarh Blues beat Cricket Academy 37 by 76 runs. Chandigarh Blues set the huge target of 217 in 25 overs, chasing which CA 37 were wrapped on just 140 runs.

The highlight of the match was fine unbeaten century by Ashish Kukreti (107 n.o.) of Chandigarh Blues. The other scorers for the team were Vijay (36) and Aditya Jairath (34). For CA 37, Himmat Singh was the highest scorer with 50 runs.

Brief score: 1) HCC: 227 for 3 in 25 overs (Pawan Chandel 146 n.o., Ghanshyam 19, Vikramjit 15). Stepping Stones: 140 all out in 24.2 overs (Karan 20 n.o., Krishan 20 n.o., Mohit 19, Vikramjit 3 for 15, Ghanshyam 2 for 26).

2) Chd Blues: 216 for 3 in 25 overs (Ashish Kukreti 107 n.o., Vijay 36, Aditya Jairath 34, Lovnish 2 for 30).

CA 37: 140 all out in 24.5 overs (Himmat Singh 50, Varun 16, Lovnish 16 n.o., Vijay 2 for 35). 

Manpreet upsets top seed in TT
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
Mayank Kapoor of DAV Public School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, beat Prasoon Sharma of Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, in cadet boys category on the penultimate day of Shri Om Parkash Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament, held at TT hall Sector 23, here today.

Kalyani of Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, Chandigarh, beat Anu Saini of Manav Mangal School, Panchkula. In this manner, both Mayank Kapoor and Kalyani bagged the titles of cadet boys and cadet girls, respectively.

Manpreet of Ludhiana created a major upset in men’s singles by defeating Vikas Sharma (a top seeded player) of Accountant General, Punjab, by 3-2 in the second round of men’s singles category.

Results : Cadet Girls :

Final:

Kalyani ( Manav Mangal High School , Sector 21, Chd.) bt Anu Saini ( Manav Mangal School , Pkl.):- 11-8, 11-5, 11-4.

Cadet Boys:

Final:

Mayank Kapoor (DAVPS-8) bt Prasoon Sharma (MM, Pkl.):- 11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 6-11, 11-7.

Subjuniors Girls: Semifinals:

Barbie Nagpal (DAVPS-8) bt Naina Suri (DAVPS-8):- 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5. Meghna Kakaria (SH-26) bt Garima Goyal (BVB Chd.):- 11-8, 11-8, 11-7

Subjunior Boys

Semifinals: Prasoon (MM, Pkl.) bt Ajay (Delhi): 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7. Parul Verma ( Ludhiana ) bt Mayank Kapoor (DAVPS-8): 12-14, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.

Girls Singles

Pre quarter-finals: Sadhika Kaushal (GM-35) bt Bhawna (MM-21): 7-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9. Garima Goyal (BVB) bt Ruchi (Jalandhar): 5-11, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7.

Barbie Nagpal (DAVPS-8) bt Richa (MM-21): 11-9, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7.

Nirdosh (Ludhiana) bt Sheetal Negi (MM-21): 9-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-7.

Naina Suri (DAVPS-8) bt Meghna (SH-26): 7-11, 11-2, 6-11, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-6.

Kalyani (MM-21) bt Neha (Jalandhar): 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9.

Sunanda Mahindra (NPS-18) bt Manya (SH): 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9.

Boys Singles:

Pre quarterfinals: Dev Saini (CTTC) bt Ravinder (Fatehgarh): 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5. Sumit Chaudhary (AKSIPS) bt Gurkanwar (Jalandhar): 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 11-3, Manpreet Singh (Ludhiana) bt Nakash Mehra (Amritsar): 11-4, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-9. Manish (Patiala) bt Amit Manhotra (Jalandhar): 11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7. Porus (Haryana) bt Puneet Kumar (DPS): 11-9, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8.

Kamaljit (Patiala) bt Arpit (Jalandhar): 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 4-11, 11-4. Sayyam Sood (Jalandhar) bt Sahil Mattu (Amritsar ): 11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8. Vikrant (Jalandhar) bt Prasoon (Pkl.): 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6. 

Self-defence camps conclude
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
The ongoing one- month free self-defence training camps organised by the All India Anti Terrorist Front, Chandigarh, in various parts of city concluded at skating rink, Sector 10, here today.

As many as 600 participants of all age groups attended the camps held since June 1 at parks of Sector 20-A, 23, 28-D, 38, 38 West, 40 A, 44, 48, and Sector 51 with a team of instructors namely Mr Sunil Dutt, Mr Raj Kumar, Mr Mohit Verma, Mr Vijender S Rawat, Mr Vishal, Ms Sangeeta, Ms Sandeep Kaur, Ms Monica Thakur, Ms Anita and Mrs Aman Dutt.

These camps were held under the guidance of Col KD Pathak (Retd.);

According to Mr Rajesh Sharma, president of Chandigarh wing of the AITF, the motive of these camps is to generate self-defence and self-confidence in citizens of India and to channelize the youth’s energy in the right direction.