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Tribune Impact Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 20 "I was misled by the Head and Coordinator of the Centre for Defence and National Security Studies, Dr Rakesh Dutta, into taking the decision," said Professor Sobti, adding that he was not told that the Board of Studies was already constituted and was a statutory body with elected members bound by a pre-set term. "I had just joined and I was sent a list of names by Dr Dutta which he wanted in various committees of the centre. I approved the names sent by him, adding a few names on my own. However, I was not told that approving this list of new names would mean replacing the elected members of the board. The fact that there were already some persons as board members was not told to me," he said showing the entire set of correspondence between the VC's office and the Coordinator of the Centre for Defence and National Security Studies. "I have realised that the original members of the board cannot be removed. As a result letters will be issued to the members who have been inadvertently replaced as a result of the revision stating that they continue to be members of the board," said Professor Sobti. While the Vice-Chancellor stated that he had been misled by Dr Dutta into taking the decision, interestingly, Dr Dutta wrote a letter to The Tribune alleging that the news item reported today was incorrect and misleading. "I wrote to the Vice-Chancellor recommending reconstitution of the Board of Studies and the advisory and RDC committees. It was at my behest that the Vice-Chancellor approved the list of names for these committees. How is it a controversial decision? The Vice-Chancellor approved the proposal of the coordinator and it is unethical to blame him for approving the recommendations of the coordinator," he wrote. "This is wrong. When we were made members of the Board of Studies, we received letters that we will be members till the end of our term — March 31, 2007. If there is no provision for the same, how will we know we are members or not?" said a former member of the board. Dr Dutta refused to comment on the issue. "Whatever I had to say on the matter, I have written," he said before putting the phone down.
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Satluj Public School wins group song contest
Panchkula, December 20 The cultural programme featured noted composer-singer Devki Anand, Shikha Mukeryee, Vandana Tewari, Sarita Bakshi, Achla Dhingle and Debashish Dhar among others. The president of the sangam, Col I.J. Ahluwalia, presented an invocatory "vandana" and a composition based on raga malkons. Devki Anand doled out ghazals from his latest album "Husan-E- Ghazal". Earlier, a group song competition was held in memory of Rajdeep Singh Pundeer, a student of Satluj Public School. The Rajdeep Pundeer running trophy was bagged by the Satluj Public School team B while Army School, Chandimandir, and Bhavan Vidyalaya won the second and third place, respectively. School Director Protam Singh Serai, Col B.M. Talwar and Major K.C. Verma spoke on the occasion. Chief guest Anudeep Kumar awarded prizes to the winners.
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Scintillating performance
by Saupin’s students
Chandigarh, December 20 The students gave a scintillating performance on the beats of western dance and the Gujarati ‘dandiya’. ‘Enchanted Shirt’, an English play, was an eyeopener with a message that how happiness can be found only within oneself. This was followed by another Punjabi play ‘File Chaldi Hai’. Then there were some ‘dohe’ with a difference in which children beautifully portrayed the drastic difference between ‘Kalyug’ and ‘Satyug’. Mr A.J. Philip, Senior Associate Editor, The Tribune, was the chief guest. Mr Philip appreciated the item for depicting moral values. Later, he visited the evening school run on the school premises under the aegis of Saupin’s Community Service Organisation (SCSO).
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Christmas spirit at St Peter’s
Chandigarh, December 20 A fete was also organised to add spirit to the celebration. Children and teachers joined hands to put up food courts and stalls of amusement games to enthral everybody. Children of kindergarten section were dressed as ‘Santa Claus’ and ‘Mother Mary’ and they all danced to the tune of jingle bells. Meanwhile, Chandigarh Baptist School, Sector 47, celebrated Christmas. The function began with prayer by Rev. Nazir Masih, director of the school. This was followed by Christmas carols sung by the school choir. Skits, bhangra and giddha were performed by the students.
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St Xavier's X-mas celebrations
Mohali, December 20 In the
Rangoli-making competition, Harneet, Komal, Aman and Parul of Green House stood first, while in the gift-wrapping contest, Abhishek Saini (Green House) emerged the winner. Red House bagged the first place in the one-act play as well as in the classical dance competition while the second place in both the events went to Yellow House.
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Cultural programme at Saraswati Kala Samagam
Panchkula, December 20 The sangam president, Col. I J Ahluwalia, presented ‘vandna’ and a composition based on rag malkons. Devki Anand doled out ghazals from his latest album ‘Husan-e-Ghazal’.
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Gursewak’s case
Panchkula, December 20
Gursewak along with his friend, Tony Temps, were booked by the Chandimandir police, on the complaint of Neha Thakur, a student of the IAS Training Centre, Panjab University, for taking her picture on a mobile and assaulting her with an intent to outrage her modesty.
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‘Moti Panj Daryavan De’ released
Chandigarh, December 20 The book, 17th literary creation by lyricist Inderjit Hasanpuri is unique in concept, treatment and presentation. The book contains the poetic pen portraits of over 100 literary personalities, including Hasanpuri himself, Surjit Patar, critic M.S. Cheema, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Fakhar Zaman. The book was released by the chief guest, Mr A.S. Pooni, former Chief Secretary, Punjab, and Mr N.S. Rattan, retired IAS. The guests of honour, Mr C.R. Moudgil, Director, Haryana Sahit Akademy, and Mr Jagdev Singh Jassowal, joined Mr A.S. Pooni in lauding the poetic potential of Hasanpuri for depicting the persona of each writer with perfection. Mr Gulzar Singh Sandhu presided over the function. |
Kapil backs Sreesanth
Chandigarh, December 20 “We should support our boy on the issue. As he is energetic and young, so we should avoid commenting unnecessarily on the issue”, said the Cricketer of the Millennium while talking to mediapersons here today. Expressing happiness over the India’s first win in South Africa as well as an astonishing performance of Sreesanth, Kapil said: “No doubt, Sreesanth has given a marvelous performance in the Test and he should try to be consistent”. Kapil praised the resilience of the team and termed it better than his squad, which won the World Cup in 1983. “Today is always better than yesterday” was his brief reply while comparing his squad with the today’s team. Parrying all questions on Ganguly’s performance in the Test, Kapil said it was always teamwork that mattered. “I don’t want to comment on individual’s performance, but my advice to all players is: Go and give more than 200 per cent”, said the former skipper. He hoped Virender Sehwag would work hard and get runs. |
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MCM win inaugural match of JAL series
Chandigarh, December 20 Batting first after winning the toss, the hosts scored 234 runs in 35 overs. Both the openers Karan Khosla (57 runs) and Shubham Vij (24 runs) paved a solid foundation for the team which ultimately proved hard for the visitors to beat. Abhishek Thakur made an unbeaten 48 runs in 44 balls. Priyesh with 4 for 45, and Kingsley with 2 for 28 were the prime wicket takers. The visitors though, lost wickets early in the match. The main scorers for their team were Shabir (32 off 17) and Dharmish (31 off 22). Parmeet was the highest wicket taker with 3 wickets for 26 followed by Angad Khera and Khushdeep, who claimed two wickets each for 31 and 18 runs, respectively. |
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Snooker title for Satyan Anand
Panchkula, December 20 In the next frame, Chirag levelled the score 1-1. In the third frame, Satyan took the advantage of the foul made by Chirag again and won it. In the sub junior (u-19), Umesh Gupta won 2-0 against Raja Dhingra. Umesh hit the frames 38, 29 and 27. The results (sub junior snooker): Umesh Gupta b Raja Dhingra 2-0; Chirag Arora b Harpreet 2-1. |
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JJ beat Kalsi in cricket
Chandigarh, December 20 Batting first, JJ scored 167 for 7 in the stipulated overs. The Kalsi club though, managed to make just 126 runs for 6 in 20 overs. Brief scores: JJ: Sondi 62, Umesh 28, Kulwinder 22 Goldy 4 for 39 Kalsi: KV 32, Gaurav 29, Nikhil Sharma 20 Jagdish 2 for 21 |
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