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e-equipped system on anvil at DAV
Mohali, November 23 Sheetal Sharma, Director Coordinator of the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, disclosed this after inaugurating the newly built computer and information technology laboratory of the school. She said the DAV Committee was well aware of the need of the computer education in the age of globalisation and was in the process to provide best of computer infrastructure in the schools. “Mohali school is our model of modern education. Even the building had been designed in a way that provided an ideal atmosphere for learning,” she said. Principal Jaya Bhardwaj said the school was among the first schools to implement the computer education among students.
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The splendour of humble thread
OUTREACH PROGRAMME
Chandigarh, November 23 UT Administrator and Punjab Governor Gen (retd) S.F. Rodrigues yesterday inaugurated ‘Suchi Shilpa: “Traditional Indian Needlework”, a handiwork created by 43 children under the tutelage of Sardar Joginder Singh, in the newly renovated exhibition hall at Art Gallery. Gen Rodrigues (retd) wrote in the visitors’ book: ‘A magnificent tribute to the man’s genius. Thank you for sharing this with us.” Seven educational and vocational schools and institutes participated in the workshop and their work can be seen in delightful outpourings of birds, flowers, patterns and even designs enhanced with tiny mirrors. While Neelam’s (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40-B) bright parrot amidst lilac fruit enchanted for its vibrancy, Aarti’s (Government Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra) peacocks showed just how much these children had picked up. Alongside these feisty endeavours were Sardar Joginder Singh’s works (now a part of the museum collection). From the plumes of the nicobar red cheeked parakeet (made in 1996) to the brilliant cobalt feathers of the blue bird of Paradise (made in 1999), the embroidered works startled with their depth, their beauty and their likeness to sheer paintings. For this venerable man who has had no formal training and who while herding cattle as a young orphan boy would make needles out of the thorn of a babul tree, he has come a long way. But the humility remains untainted by the fame around him. “As an artist I cannot make out if what I am doing is good or bad, that is for you, the viewer to determine.” He is very proud of the children to whom he taught the China stitch in these workshops. “It may be just one stitch, but with practice, they will be so much better than me. You wait and see.” Museum Director V.N. Singh while rueing the decline of traditional hand-crafted embroidery said these workshops were an effort in the right direction and he was determined to see them continue. And as a final push towards keeping this wonderful project going, Gen Rodrigues spoke about the universal appeal of handcrafted embroidery like this and said that a plan would be worked to market these works in the proper manner and to take the students showing special aptitude to a higher level of skill. The exhibition and live demonstration will remain open till December 23 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Students threaten to boycott carnival
Chandigarh, November 23 The canvas and the unfinished floats were dumped in a corner in the afternoon and students said they would not touch the work till they were assured of full security. The work did not commence till late in the evening. The incident occurred around 2 pm when students reacted strongly to an outsider who allegedly drove inside the college campus and indulged in eve teasing. “Students burnt newspapers in protest against the alleged inaction by the college authorities. “We are working for the Administration and the Administration on its part is not even bothered about our security and self-respect”, a girl student said. Dancy, a student, said: “When I was coming to the college campus about two hours after the incident, I saw the same car following me. The driver stopped the car right next to my scooter. I do not know the exact number, however, the registration shwed it was a vehicle from Delhi”. Harpreet Singh, a fourth year, student said: “We told the principal that we will boycott the show in case no one redress our grievance. Vinay, another student, said: “Outsiders roaming on the college campus and eve teasing have become more pronounced ever since we began preparation for the carnival this Monday. We have complained to the authorities several times but to no avail”. Principal Brahm Prakash said that he was away to Delhi for a meeting so he was not aware of ground realities. So he could not comment anything. In a written representation signed by more than 50 students, they have complained that the college had no guard to prevent intruders. They have also threatened to boycott the carnival. Students were demanding that Mr S.K. Setia, a former Administrator, should be sent back to the college as the administrator because the academic environment had received a big boost under his watchful eyes, particularly in guarding the entry of outsiders.
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Babri Masjid demolition amounts to
Chandigarh, November 23 Mr Philip was delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of a two-day national seminar organised by the Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, on “Terrorism and Global Peace: Policy Issues for India”. “Terrorism cannot be justified under any circumstances. Once this rule is laid down, we must not distinguish between different kinds of terrorism. Unfortunately, we adopt different yardsticks for terrorism. What’s worse, we have favourites among terrorists,” he said. Pointing out that newspapers have been replete with stories of the police using one criminal gang to fight another, he said a state like India, which believes in the Gandhian principle that the means should also justify the end, should never use terrorism even if it was to end terrorism. Stating that the hijackers responsible for the September 11 attacks were traced by the federal police and their identities made public, he rued that the Indian police on the other hand was yet to reveal the identity of the five men who attacked Parliament or those who tried to enter Ayodhya. “Does this secrecy help the police? I do not believe that it does. Rather, it puts a question mark on the credibility of the police.” Mr Philip said neither terrorist activities were the handiwork of a single religious community nor was it a new thing that inhuman acts were justified by terrorists as having been carried out in the name of God. “The Bodos in Assam, the Gorkhas in Darjeeling and majority community in Manipur have time and again proved that they can be as ferocious as any other community. But do we tar them with same brush as we tar the Muslims? It is true that the recent terrorist act in London was planned and executed by Muslims but do we make allowances for the fact that the people who helped the police identify and arrest the culprits were also Muslims?” he added. “The Prime Minister of India was forced to ask the police not to harass any community in the name of terrorism. It has become a practice for the police to arrest as many Muslim youths as possible in the area where a terrorist incident has happened. Do such arrests serve any purpose? It does not. Rather it antagonises the community,” he said. Mr Philip suggested that the solution could lie in building a just society where the rule of law prevailed. “We cannot pursue policies that are divisive in nature and yet claim that we are a secular democratic nation,” he opined. Delivering the inaugural address, Prof Bhupinder Brar of the department said terrorism was different from violent militancy. He added that terrorism was a contested concept and “we need to understand the social, cultural, political and economic causes of terrorism”. At the same time, he laid emphasis on making a distinction between violence and revolutionary violence. “Only then can we speak about global peace.” Dr
V.T. Sebastian, chairperson of the department, earlier welcomed the guests and said the issues and question related with terrorism needed to be understood in the light of global efforts made by global civil society movements and various non-state actors.
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Sukhmani students in merit list
Dera Bassi, November 23 According to a press note issued by the college today, students of Sukhmani College have been placed in the PTU merit list for 2006. They are Dushyant Sharma, Avinash Kaur, Shilpi Sharma, Shivani Gupta, Anjali Sabharwal, Kanishk Chawla, Anubhav Sharma and Gagan. 223 appear for exam
Banur: The Business English Certificate- University of Cambridge- ESOL Examination was held at the Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology
(SVIET), Ramnagar, here today. This college was the sole centre for Punjab candidates. Ms Isha Gupta Manager, Examination Services North India
(BEC), from New Delhi was the controller of examination. Nearly 223 students from all over the state appeared for the
examnation. Out of this, 177 students were from SVIET.
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Geoscientist to deliver lecture today
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 23 The lecture will be delivered at 3.30 p.m. in the seminar room of the Department of Physics, P.U. Prof Pande will be talking on “Geosciences in Energy Security-Destination India”. INPA seminar
The Indian National Portage Association (INPA) is organising seventh National Seminar-cum-Workshop on “Early Intervention and Home visiting in the Twentyfirst Century” from November 27 to December 1, 2006, at the ICSSR Complex, P.U. The seminar-cum-workshop is being sponsored by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
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UGC seminar held at DAV
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 23 Dr Sudhir Kumar of the Department of Evening Studies, PU, spoke on ‘Metropolitan Vs mofussil in contemporary Indian literature in English. Dr Raj Kumar from Khalsa College, Delhi University, spoke on ‘People at the Bottom: Untouchables in Indian Novel’. There was an interactive post-lunch session, ‘Meet the Author’, in which delegates had a lively dialogue with Ms Neel Kamal Puri, who teaches in Government College for Girls here and has recently published her first novel ‘Patiala Quartet’. Welfare day: The Chitkara College of Education for Women observed weaker section welfare day while the Chitkara College of Pharmacy celebrated National pharmacy week, 2006, on the Chitkara campus today.Dr Baldev Singh Mann, Programme Co-ordinator, N.S.S, Punjabi University, Patiala laid importance on imparting skills and stressed that if the person is skilful only then he can think of national integration and communal harmony. Dr (Mrs) Sangeeta Pant, Vice Principal, Chitkara College of Education honoured distinguished NSS volunteers on the occasion. The theme for this year’s national pharmacy week is “Self-medication: How safe? Ask your Pharmacist”. The guest of honour at the Chitkara College of Pharmacy was Prof. Pramil Tiwari, NIPER, Mohali, who gave tips to the upcoming pharmacists. Cultural unity day: Students of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, celebrated ‘cultural unity day’ today as part of the weeklong national integration week. Sabina, an M.Ed student, threw light on unity and diversity in Indian society. Ravneet Kaur presented a poem on “Hamari Sabhayata”. Madhu presented a Himachal folk song “Akhiyan da suki gaya neer”. Amrit recited a poem while Pooja sang a Punjabi folk song.Annual festival: GGDSD College, Sector 32, here celebrated its annual festival, ‘COSMID’, an awareness programme on biotechnology and bioinformatics, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh. The programme was inaugurated by Dr Jagdeep Kaur, Chairperson, Department of Biotechnology.More than 15 teams from various schools and institutes participated in the different events. Various competitions were held to inculcate scientific attitude and awareness among the students. Dr Sanjay Trehan, Senior Vice President, Panacea Biotech, Mohali gave away the prizes to the students. Dr A.C. Vaid, Principal, highlighted various achievements of the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and expressed that such festivals provide ample opportunities to the students and help in the overall development of their personality.
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Holy Child School holds annual function
Panchkula, November 23 English and Hindi plays and a Kindergarten circus and “Bob the builder,” were a big attraction. The Hindi play, ‘Badaltey Rishtey,’ was the story of an old lady, her four sons and a grandson. The play highlighted the plight of elderly in our society in such a way that every one present was moved.
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Thanks-giving day celebrated
Mohali, November 23 The school invited the parents of the wards studying in nursery and K.G. section and organised a fun-filled get-together which included cultural programme. Song, rhyme week:
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GGDSD’s MoU with French school
Chandigarh, November 23 Armel Esnol, Director International Relations, Normandy Business School, France, said: “We expect students from France to join SD College for higher studies in session starting from July 2007. In future we are planning for double degrees schemes and teacher exchange programme.”
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National integration week observed
Chandigarh, November 23 Harpreet an M.Ed student, explained as to what constitutes the weaker groups of the population, their characteristics and the different provisions made by the Constitution for them.
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Court story: There’s always a next time
Chandigarh, November 23 Not only the court room was empty, there was no sign of any of those connected with the conduct of the trial. Waiting with the Tribune team were members of the jail security staff as well as some men from the security wing of the Chandigarh Police. No one had any idea whether the court will be held or not. “You wait for some time as they-officers of the court - normally come late,” suggested one of members of the Jail Security staff. Unending wait continued till 4.30 p.m. and still there was no sign of any of the officers of the court. There was no one even with whom the attendance could be marked. At the last hearing, the court had passed directions to The Tribune team that: “ You make sure you are here in time at the next hearing. No separate summons or notice will be sent to you.” At the last hearing, members of The Tribune team, including this correspondent, could not be examined because the Judge had to leave on getting a message on his mobile phone from the district courts. Intriguingly, mobile phones are banned in Burail Jail which is now fitted with jammers. Though the apex court has given directions that witnesses should not be harassed, no intimation was given to The Tribune team about whether the hearing has been either cancelled or adjourned. In another case in which this correspondent has been made a prosecution witness, bailable warrants were issued against him for reaching the court a few minutes late. The hearing was adjourned without any fresh evidence being recorded. Interestingly, on an earlier occasion also, the court adjourned as the file of the case could not be traced. Adjournment came shortly before lunch though the witnesses were summoned at 10 a.m. At that time when this correspondent appeared before the Judge to inform her that there was neither any information about the case in which he had been summoned as a witness nor any facilities for the witnesses to wait for their case to come up the court staff maintained that witnesses had to wait outside as all seats in the court room were reserved only for lawyers. And yesterday, there was no hearing as the Judge had gone on leave. And in the last three hearings, spread over a period of 18 months, the statement of this correspondent could not be recorded for one reason or the other. And to top it all, prosecution witnesses, says the clerk of the court, are not entitled to claim reimbursement of expenses incurred by them to appear in the court.
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Eviction case against PCA:
hearing on Nov 27
Mohali, November 23 Before the court, the counsel of PSSC, Dr Surya Parkash, contended that the lease papers produced by the respondents were mere waste paper without authority and jurisdiction. He also argued that no proper procedure was followed during the preparation of the papers. The PSSC also sought the freezing of the accounts of PCA to prevent it, use of public money and transfer of the future earnings of the association to the government account. On the other hand, the PCA counsel contended that the lease in question was registered document. According to the PCA official, “We also maintain our stand on non-maintainability.” After hearing the parties, the court set November 27 as the next date of hearing. On October 31, the PSCC filed a case under The Punjab Public Premises And Land (Eviction And Rent Recovery) Act 1973 against the PCA to seek possession of 15.35 acres. The department also sought recovery of Rs 150 crore as use and occupation charges, which this land had yielded as income during the unauthorised possession from 1992 till the filing of the application, and Rs 50 crore as damages and an interest of 18 per cent per annum from the date of filing the application through the court. Meanwhile, the PCA sought the rejection of the case on the ground of non-maintainability in their reply. The PCA contended that a registered lease-deed was executed in favour of the association in 1992 and it was valid till June 15, 2091 (for a period of 99 years). As the period of 99 years had not expired and the lease deed had not been declared void or illegal by any competent court, the application by the PSSC was not maintainable.
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Rape convict gets 10 years
Chandigarh, November 23 The conviction was announced after the victim narrated the incident through sign language. The help of an interpreter was sought by the court. On August 21, 2003, the mother of the girl had lodged a complaint that her daughter had been kidnapped and raped by the accused. The fine amount would be paid to the parents of the girl. One convicted: The case had been transferred to Chandigarh following a demand of the District Bar Association. The quantum of the punishment would be announced on the next date. Challan copy: Sabina would be provided legal aid from the state legal authority as no lawyer was represented her in the court. The case for causing hurt and criminal intimidation had been registered on the complaint lodged by a duty officer, accompanying the accused from the Burail jail to the courts.
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Lok Adalat held
Chandigarh, November 23
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Fashion priests’ pret collections
Chandigarh, November 23 Specialists in hand-embroidered work which fills their collection they are aware they have to be different for their next line, the Spring/Summer 2007 collection. “And we promise no bling and lots of whites and blues inspired by Dutch porcelain crockery in simple straight lines, lots of digital prints and neat structure,” the duo chorus. Having started out 10 years ago, they now have two labels, ‘H2O’ for men and ‘Cue’ for women and have also tied up with Wills to produce prêt lines for them. And their inspiration is, surprisingly, the Fashion Weeks which generate more than 60 per cent of their business. “India is such a huge market and while we all sell internationally, the scope here is tremendous. In fact, the bulk of what we create sells in India,” says Rohit. When they began, couture was in and prêt on the sidelines but they changed that. “There is greater satisfaction in seeing more people wearing our clothes,” never mind that stars like Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Dino Morea and Katrina Kaif sport their creations. For this duo, it is clothes, wearable and inexpensive, that matters most. Ranna Gill — stylish, chic — epitomises all that she creates. “I have reworked my line from the Fashion Week using more ‘tussar’ with ‘ikat’ motifs also combined with jersey to make dresses, tunics, blouses and skirts.” Her mode is modelling traditional forms into more modern avatars. So while the typical ‘ikat’ colour palette of black, white and red stands, she has worked prints into ‘tussars’, (something she is ‘traditionally’ known for) in burgundy, black and white. Her love though is phulkari and while she has done a collection in it earlier, she will definitely go back to it for this art-form is where she pays her homage to. “Punjab is where I belong and Phulkari is a part of me,” she smiles. And she insists when she does it, no-one will do it better than her!
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Shaolin beats Santosh in tennis tourney
Chandigarh, November 23 Boys under-18 (singles) Semifinal: Mandeep S. Gill (CHD) bt Harry S. Amor (CHD) 6-1, 6-2, Chandom Shaolin (CHD) bt Santosh Ghatage (MAH) 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-2. Boys under-12 (singles): Semifinal: Digvijay S. Naruka (CHD) bt Pankaj Kumar (CHD) 6-3,6-3, Nischay Raawal (CHD) bt Kamal Kishore Maderana (RAJ) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Girls under-18 (singles): Semifinal: Noor Paul (CHD) bt Prabhamrit Kaur (CHD) 6-3, 6-2, Poorna (CHD) bt Baljinder Kaur (HAR) 6-4, 6-1. Girls under-12 (singles): Semifinal: Shreya Malhotra (DLI) bt Parminder Kaur (CHD) 6-3, 6-2, Bhavika Wadhawan (CHD) bt Simran Kaur Sethi (DLI) 6-2,6-3. Boys under-12 (doubles): Semifinal: Digvijay S. Naruka (CHD) & Kamal Kishore Maderan (RAJ) bt Arjun Mehra (CHD) & Anmol S. Bains (CHD) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Ayush Mintri (PB) & Pankaj Kumar (CHD) bt Rishabh Dev (CHD) & Nischay Raawal (CHD) 6-1, 6-3. Girls under-18 (doubles): Semifinal: Ankita Singh (CHD) & Poorna (CHD) bt Tanvi Gupta (DLI) & Baljinder Kaur (HAR) 6-2, 6-1, Noor Paul (CHD) & Shilpa Naruka (CHD) bt Prabhamrit Kaur (CHD) & Iktesh Chahal (CHD) 6-2, 6-4 Boys under-18 (doubles): Semifinal: Chandom Shaolin (CHD) & Digvijay S. Mehta (HP) bt Adit Jain (DLI) & Karanvir Singh (CHD) 6-2, 6-2. |
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Golf championship in Lahore
Chandigarh, November 23 The championship, in which the teams will be divided into three categories — up to 40 years, 40 to 50 years and above 50 years — will be played over three days based on the Ryder Cup format. The team that accumulates the maximum number of points will emerge as the winner. Interestingly, no woman golfer is part of the tournament as the Pakistani side could not find the team of four golfers in women section. However, two women golfers including Meeta Mann and Amarjot will be the part of 47-member Indian contingent. “They (Meeta and Amarjot) will play there but it will not be the part of the tournament”, said Chief-de-Mission S.K. Sharma. The first edition of the tournament, started with a purpose to promote the game in Punjab states of both of the countries, was played at Chandigarh last year and was won by Indian golfers. The members of the Indian team will be: (Below 40 yrs) Harjinder Singh Kang, Jaskirat Singh, Balvinder Singh, Balpreet Singh. (40-50 yrs) Alamgir Singh Grewal, Suman Puri, Hardaljit Singh, Balwant Singh Gill, (Above 50 yrs) Prithpal Singh Dhillon, Ishwar Pratap Singh Mann, Birinder Gill, H.S. Baidwan. Jesse Grewal will be the coach of the team. |
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Hockey: AG Haryana win
Chandigarh, November 23 The victory enabled the team to move into the semi-final of the tournament. The other semifinalists are AG UP, which got walkover against AG J&K, the host and defending champion AG Punjab and AG Haryana. Earlier, AG Haryana started with an attacking mood and sounded the board through Ajit Pal Singh in the 10th minute. The forward Gurmeet Singh struck twice in 17th and 25th minute to enhance the lead 3-0. The next goal came through Gaurav of Haryana and the team was leading by 4-0 at the interval. In the second half, AG HP Shambu Sharma opened the account for his team in the 34th minute. AG HP further reduced the margin tally when Chaman Lal put the ball into the goal post in 41st minute. A minute later, Gurmeet of AG Punjab hit the ball into goal post and helped his team to win the match by 5-2. AG Punjab will take on AG Haryana in the first semi-final at 1 pm while Delhi Audit will clash with AG UP in the second semi-final at 2.30 pm. |
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St Kabir beat St Xavier’s in hockey
Chandigarh, November 23 Striker Nalin played the key role with his two goals in the 28th minute and 45th minute. The other scorer was Sanchit, who netted the goal in the 30th minute. The two goals by Chirag enabled the last year’s runners-up St Peter’s School of Sector 37 to defeat Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, by 2-0 in a pool C match. Ryan International School of Sector 49 defeated Guru Nanak Public School of Sector 36 by 2-0 while St Joseph’s School beat New Public School, Sector 18, by 1-0 in a tough Pool A encounter. The other winners were Little Flower of Panchkula which beat Doon International School by 4-0. Earlier, Moti Ram Arya School, Sector 27, failed to turn up for their match against DAV Public School, Sector 8. DAVPS-8 were awarded walkover in Pool B. |
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Tennis tourney from Dec 2
Chandigarh, November 23 According to Mr Amitabh Chandel, Chairman, Fort Foundation, The year Ending Championship will be played in different age categories of boys under 10, under-14 and under-16, whereas girls will play to win the title in following age categories i.e. under 12 and under 14, men’s singles and doubles, men’s 35+ and 45+ singles . Like all other Total Tennis Championships, this championship is also expected to receive players from all over the region. This will be a cash prize money championship. The entries will close with Devinder Kapoor on December 25 at 5pm. Interested participants can send their entries at 09814200030 or email at devinderkapoor@yahoo.com. |
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Sector 23 school wins shabad contest
Chandigarh, November 23 More than 20 teams participated in group shabad gyan and in devotional solo performance competition. The first prize in group shabad gayan and two prizes in solo performance were also won by students of the school. |
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