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PUSU hails Maan’s release Chandigarh, August 12 Stating that he had been falsely implicated Maan added that he faced a lot of harassment in the jail. “It has spoiled my future. But everyone knows I was not a part of quarrel of that day,” he claimed. Mr Mann was arrested along with two other students for allegedly stabling another student. Highlighting their achievements, the party’s office-bearers told media-persons during a press conference here today that they were instrumental in starting a bus from the university to U.I.E.T workshop in Sector 25, had submitted a memorandum demanding why the CET paper was postponement and held a dharna outside V.C. office against their hike in price of admission forms. “We also swept floors of student Centre to draw attention of authorities,” they added. Mr Maan added that PUSU would now work towards early declaration of honours school results and demand a proper building for U.I.E.T. in Sector 25.
Teacher support programme ends Chandigarh, August 12 This workshop was the second in the site of various teacher support programmes being organised by the British Council Library in the city for a range of Cambridge examinations being offered by the British Council. The basic aim of these workshops was to equip teachers with necessary skills to prepare and train students for these Cambridge examinations. The workshop also aimed to familiarise teachers with the examination content and develop teachers awareness of English language teaching methodology. Twenty participants from different schools, including Carmel Convent, attended the workshop. Mr Bipin Kumar. Manager, British Library, distributed certificates to all participants.
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I-Day celebrations held in school Mohali, August 12 Principal Jaya Bhardwaj inaugurated the celebrations and exhorted the students to live up to the dreams of our great freedom fighters. The winners included: Gurleen and Harpreet, Jamica and Amisha, Ritika and Amandeep, Priti, Surabhi, Muskan, Omkar, Harkiran and Simran.
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School celebrates August 15 Panchkula, August 12
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19 years on, telecom officials sentenced to RI Chandigarh, August 12 His accomplice, Balwant Singh, another assistant in the Telecom Department, was also found guilty in the case and sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment and Rs 5,000 fine. Pronouncing the orders, the CBI Judge also recommended action against Sukhdev Singh to the Chief Judicial Magistrate for tampering with the court record. The accused had allegedly tampered with his signatures. However, three other accused in the case was let off by the judge. In 1987, the CBI had registered a case under Sections 419, 420, 461, 467, 468, 470, 447 and 120 B of the IPC and under the Prevention of
Corruption Act. While pleading the case Mr P.K. Dogra, Public Prosecutor of the CBI, sought strict punishment and a heavy fine against the accused. During investigations, it was found that Sukhdev used to forge documents or do erasing on document of refund orders in the name of 35 telecom subscribers. The fake refund orders were deposited by opening accounts in different banks with the help of Balwant Singh, Tribhuvan Nath Rattan Singh and Ishwer Chander. The refund order amounts varied between Rs 8,000 and Rs 10,000 and were cashed between 1984 and 1987. Investigations by the police reveal that the accused had taken double refund in 17 cases, 25 refunds had been taken against non-existing applications and another 10 refunds had been taken against non-existing telephone numbers. The charge sheet in the case was presented in the court on August 12, 1991. Balwant Singh was sentenced for involvement under Sections 419 and 120 B of the IPC, Sukhdev Singh was held guilty under Sections 420, 467,468, 470, 477 and 120 B of the IPC and under the
Corruption Act. The sentence of Balwant Singh was suspended as it was less than two years and Sukhdev Singh was sent to Burail Jail.
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‘Mahabhoj’ bears hyprocrisy of politicians Chandigarh, August 12 Though structured in the pastoral life of poor agricultural labourers the play assumes national significance as it brought into sharp focus the prevailing hypocrisy, double standard and perfidy underlying the facade of white robed politicians and those at the helm of affairs. None of the political of affluent persons in the governance had any sympathy for the poor. Multiplicity of motives of power brokers, including the Chief Minister, ‘Da Saheb,’ generated the chain of sequences which depicted the contemporary realities of life. Endowed with a theatrical vision director Balwant Thakur had immaculately translated Mannu Bhandari’ s novel to a classical theatre statement seemingly the best from the repertoire of Natrang. The multiple use of sticks was superb as it effectively transformed the non-living object to living with his rare experience. The mesmerizing vocalism and choreographic movements topped by the instantaneous shifts to diverse roles augmented the level of production. The festival will be concluded tomorrow with the staging of a play ‘Ghumayee.’ |
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Weaving charisma of classical music Chandigarh, August 12 Deepak Chatterjee chose to bare the dusk-time melody of raaga puriya kalyan to commence his recital with a reposeful alaap accentuation. The serene melodic appeal laced the vilambit khayal composition “Aaj so bannah…’’. It gradually developed with pleasingly improvised sargams and well-computed taan patterns and few sequences in bol-taans that were well conceived. With yet another composition “Morre ghar aaja’’, Deepak rounded up his impressively rendered exposition while singing his own composition “Ban ke piya ” Next rendition of raaga megh weaved with the essence of rainy season found an instant rapport with audience which followed his own bandish ‘‘Saajan bann thann..’’ in raaga maru bihag kept the audience spell bound. A perfect rendition of dadra and a Kabir bhajan came in as a fitting finale to his well designed vocal recital. Deepak’s immaculate spell was augmented by Mohan Malsiani on harmonium. The accomplished tabla maestro Subhash Nirwan articulated the melody meter and won applause. Earlier, while talking to the Chandigarh Tribune the maestro opined that the contemporary musicologists must contribute to enrich the repertoire of raagas with their innovative and creative expertise in this realm. Referring to the invention of five new raagas and over 500 compositions under the pen name of ‘Rasikrang’ besides developing an individual style in khayal singing with systematic badhat by him, Pandit Chatterjee claims that his new experiments won appreciation from the inquisitive audience in the USA, Germany, Holland, Australia and other countries where he has been performing since 1990. Recalling his interaction with foreigners, he reiterated that they were highly obsessed and inquisitive about the rich Indian musical culture. Holding reverence for his gurus and gharanas (Gwalior and Sehswan) he feels ‘‘Art is essentially a personal journey and the guru can only show the way. While khayal gayaki is my forte, I equally relish and feel at ease with the light classical music forms like tappa, kajri, chaiti, thumri,
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