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PU senators not able to change faculty
Chandigarh, December 24 After two years in the senate the members are allowed to change faculties. However, according to the senators, the university did not give them enough time to change their faculties. Every senate member is allocated two major and two minor faculties. Each senator has the right to vote for a Syndicate member from the two major faculties. The university had on December 13 sent letters to the senators that they should give in their applications for change in faculties by December 16. “These letters were dispatched on December 14 and reached me on December 16. There was no time to change the faculties and by the time we got around to get the date extended, it had been decided that the elections will now take place with the old faculty assignations,” pointed out Mr Ajay Pal Singh Gill, a senator. Sources added that faculties are generally changed by senators to vote for a specific person since votes are allowed only in major faculties. The major faculties are languages, arts, science, law and medical science. “We were not informed in time. I wanted to opt for a new faculty for this Syndicate but could not. Now the university has given December 31 as the last date for the change but that is after the Syndicate has been elected,” he added. Interestingly, the delay in the change of faculty has also created a unique situation for the election of added members of the faculty. The university has given December 29 as the last date for filing proposals for added members. “These proposals are given by faculty members on the basis of the faculty they have been assigned. But since faculties will be changed by December 31, a faculty member who is proposing an added member’s name might not be even in the faculty to vote for him,” said Mr Ravinder Sharma, another senator. “Such a situation has never arisen before. A senator will be electing Syndicate members and deans on the basis of his old faculty, but after a day he might himself not be a part of the faculty,” he added.
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Johnians enjoy an emotional evening
Chandigarh, December 24 In another dancing area, a live band got the crowd swinging to their foot-tapping rock 'n' roll and popular music. A special show put up by fire-eaters, who juggled huge fire torches and then 'ate' them, left everyone mesmerised. To add to the excitement, there was fireworks display. A special ceremony was held to commemorate the batch of ‘81, which completed 25 years after leaving school. There were nostalgic moments as old students walked down memory lane. Old boys exchanged notes on how their lives were shaping up. Roving camera crews captured the razzmatazz as well as the emotional moments and screened them live on the huge projection screens. For some lucky Johnians, the evening brought in huge smiles as they won a free trip to Maldives as well as gift coupons. A well-organised team of the SJOBA members, led by secretary Shivneet Singh, ensured that every detail was in place. "Apart from all the fun we all had," said Vivek Atray, president, SJOBA , “The winter fest showed the tremendous organising capabilities of the SJOBA, the excellent team spirit of the members and the close bonding all of us have with our school as well as each other. The foundation on which it stands is the reason behind its growing from strength to strength each year."
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DAV school old students meet
Chandigarh, December 24 The oldest student was Mr Inder Bhusan Bhandari, an advocate of the Punjab and Haryana Court. He was a student of class IX in 1956-57. Meanwhile, Principal Ravinder Talwar was elected life-time patron of the association. Former cricketer Kapil Dev and Mr Swaraj Kaushal were also elected as patrons. The other office-bearers elected unanimously for the year 2006-07 are: president - Mr V.S. Kundu; vice-presidents - Mr Ashok Aggarwal, Mr Vinod Kapoor, Mr Sarkar Talwar, Mr Atul Mahajan and Mr Yogesh Soni; secretary - Mr Deepak Nanda; joint secretaries - Mr I.B. Bhandari, Dr Romesh Sofat and Mr Rakesh Mittal; media adviser - Mr Raman Kalia; and treasurer - Mr Maha Singh.
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Poster making contest held at NSS camp
Tribune News Service
Mohali, December 24 The NSS unit of Rayat and Bahra College of Education, Sahauran, organised a free eye check-up camp on the third day of 10-day NSS Camp here at the village on Friday. A team of doctors from Sri Guru Harkishan Charitable Eye Hospital, Sohana, conducted the camp. As many as 160 residents of the area and neighboring villages got their eyes checked up in the camp. Medicines were provided to the villagers free of cost.
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Search engines helping in social science research
Chandigarh, December 24 This was stated by Mr Rupak Chakravarty, Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, while delivering a lecture, on the third day of the workshop-cum-symposium on the Role of Information Technology for the advancement of Social Science Research, being held at the Centre for Rural Research and Industrial Development. He also covered the new technologies in the area of digital reference or virtual reference. Online reference sources listed on the CRRID’s library website were also demonstrated to the participants. TNS
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Xmas celebrated
Chandigarh, December 24
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Audience sway to 'Boum Boum' tunes
Chandigarh, December 24 The programme, hosted brilliantly by Ms Kamaljit, commenced with a musical interlude before the lead vocalist and director, Clency Gery took the centre stage to eulogise the nature and environment of his country in a song 'La Fore'. In an ode to his motherland ' O, Island in the Sun', he lauded her beauty and also prayed for peace and harmony in the world. Adding glamour to the song ' Ala Chacha', dazzling dancers, Valerie and Stelle joined in a traditional African dance. It was the versatile musician singer Dharam Takah who cast a spell with his soulful rendition of the Bhojpuri song ' Dehli ham samunder more nana'. Guitarist Jose presented a crisp saga of songs weaved in romantic themes. All artists displayed perfection while singing and playing musical instruments. Dharam Takah on the tabla and the harmonium, Christophelo on the drums, Martin on the key board, Jose on the electric Spanish guitar and the lead singer Clency Gery, amazed one and all with their talents. |
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Musicians need of the hour, says Bombay Vikings
Chandigarh, December 24 Neeraj, who moved to Sweden at the age of 14, believes one cannot lose his identity while living in a foreign place. “Indians living abroad are the real preservers of our culture more than any one living back home”, claims Neeraj, who shot to fame with his song, ‘Kya Surat Hai’ way back in 1999. A musician who doesn’t believe in luck or destiny, Neeraj, writes his own lyrics, composes music for his songs and can play almost every musical instrument with ease. He asserts that the need of the hour is to produce musicians and not just singers, as not everyone can be a playback singer. Neeraj, who has been in the music circuit for the past 35 years, is a professional guitarist and has many stage shows all around the world to his credit. For him, the use of Hinglish; a heady mix of Hindi and English, is a good indicator of
Indian music going international. After a long gap due to hardships in life, as he claims, Neeraj is back with his bag full of assignments these days. After singing the title song of the latest movie ‘Bhagambhaag’, he will soon be lending his voice for Shahrukh Khan, Salman, Khan and Abhishek Bachhan in their upcoming untitled flicks as well. |
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Docs’ help sought to
end female foeticide
Chandigarh, December 24 Mr Justice Rajesh Bindal of the High Court today addressed members of the Narnaul unit of the Indian Medical Association and urged them to stop pre-natal tests to determine sex of the unborn child.Mr Justice Bindal, who had gone to Narnaul to inaugurate a rural Lok Adalat, made it a point to address the doctors, whom he told that their cooperation was must for ending the social evil. Earlier, inaugurating the adalat at Nangal Sarohi village, he said there was need to initiate a public movement to spread legal awareness and mobilise opinion for eradicating female foeticide and violence against women. He said the declining sex ratio in the state was compelling people to purchase brides belonging to the tribal communities.He cautioned that if female foeticide continued , it would pose a grave danger to future
generations. Those who conducted sex-determination tests and helped abort female foetuses were committing crime against humanity. The evil also posed a danger to the social fabric. Festivals like Raksha Bandhan, Bhaiya Dooj and Navratras when young girls were worshipped, amounted to virtually cheating ourselves if female foeticide remained unchecked. He said cases were being solved at the doorstep of the villagers through the Lok Adalats. According to Mr Shekhar Dhawan, member-Secretary of the Haryana State Legal Aid Authority, of the 3356 cases put up before the rural Lok Adalat, 1177 were decided, a fine of Rs 98375 was collected and Rs 47.95 lakh awarded as compensation in various cases. |
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Cycle rally
Chandigarh, December 24 It passed through Sectors 15 and 11, Matka Chowk, Rose Garden, Panjab University and back to the PGI. A group discussion on lifestyle diseases was also organised on the occasion. Dr
J.S. Thakur, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicines, PGI, Chandigarh, said the aim of the rally was to promote cycling and all other physical activities among the city residents. “Because of the sedentary lifestyles we are devoting minimal time on physical exercise, thus the energy derived from our food, which is above our requirement, is getting stored as fat in our bodies, leading to increased risk to diseases like hypertension, heart attack, diabetes and other diseases,” said Dr Thakur. |
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Free medical camp for
truckers
Barwala, December 24 The truckers are a vulnerable population as they unintentionally become carriers of the HIV/ AIDS virus. They in turn infect their wives who give birth to HIV positive children. Dr
Anubhav Naresh, organising secretary of VIRASAT said, “VIRASAT in the
its endeavour to help the people will continue to organise such camps in
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Rohit shines in skating
championship
Panchkula, December 24 The results are as follows: RinkRace-II: Above 16 yrs (boys): 1. Ashu Gupta; (girls): 1. Amrita. 14 to 16 yrs (boys): 1. Rohit Bajaj; (boys-inline): 1. Rajat Dhand; (girls): 1. Preeti Verma. 12 to 14 yrs (boys): 1. Arun Kumar, 2. Shubham Sachdeva, 3. Parag Jindal; (boys-inline): 1. Mayank Gupta; (girls): 1. Naveen Midha, 2. Nikita Garg, 3. Ishita Gargi. 10 to 12 yrs (boys): 1. Anshul Sharma, 2. Kunal, 3. Satvik; (girls): 1. Monika Chiller, 2. Palak Puri, 3. Divya Sood. 8 to 10 yrs (boys): 1. Jatin Sachdeva, 2. Lavanya, 3. Tejbir Singh; (girls): 1. Bhavya Bansal, 2. Shreya Bhatia, 3. Hema Partap and Meghna Bisht. 6 to 8 yrs (boys): 1. Akshit, 2. Naman, 3. Gurbir (girls): 1. Priyanka, 2. Simran Sachdeva, 3. Stuti Bansal. 4 to 6 yrs (boys): 1. AryanPal Singh, 2. Manan Gupta, 3. Aaryan Kaushal; (girls): 1. Sanya Kumar; 2. Shirin Midha, 3. Mrinaal Vashist; (girls-inline): 1. Shirin Saini. Below 4 yrs (boys): 1. Chiraag Mehra, 2. Ayush, 3. Arjun Raj; (girls): 1. Aditi Chadaha, 2.
Chinmayee. Road Race: Above 16 yrs (boys): 1. Ashu Gupta; (girls): 1. Amrita. 14 to 16 yrs (boys-inline): 1. Rajat Dhand; (girls): 1. Rajshree. 12 to 14 yrs (boys) : 1. Vishal Maini; 12 to 14 yrs (boys-inline):1. Mayank Gupta; (girls):1. Nikita Garg, 2. Ishita Gargi, 3. Tanvi Sood. 10 to 12 yrs (boys): 1. Satwik Bhatia, 2. Hemant Goyal, 3. Gursimran Singh; (boys-inline): 1. Gautam Pranjal, 2. Arshmeet Singh; (girls): 1. Abha Gupta. 8 to 10 yrs (boys): 1. Jatin Sachdeva, 2. Sarvagya Aggarwal, 3. Anshul Sood; (girls): 1. Meghna Bisht, 2. Shreya Bhatia, 3. Riya Gambhir. 6 to 8 yrs (boys): 1. Raveesh Sinha, 2. Mandeep Sidhu, 3. Tejaur; (girls): 1. Simran Sachdeva, 2. Anisha Bansal, 3. Cherry Garg. 4 to 6 yrs (boys): 1. Kabir Bedi, 2. Vishesh Malhotra, 3. Vivek Gupta; (girls): 1. Shirin Midha, 2.Vartika Gupta, 3. Kashish Singh.Roller Hockey: Sub-junior (boys): 1. Blue Bird School (A), 2. Manav Mangal School, 3. Bhawan Vidyalaya School.
Junior (boys): 1. Blue Bird Club, 2. Bhavan Vidyalaya. Junior (girls):1. Blue Bird Club (A), 2. Blue Bird Club (B). |
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Sports fraternity wants
berth in MC
Chandigarh, December 24
I am of the view that not only MC councillors, they should also be nominated as Governors of the state. The city has produced countless international players, who have made the city proud. So the government should think over the issue and do what is necessary in this direction.” Cricketing ‘guru’ D.P. Azad said: “It is very disturbing that the administration never bothered to nominate any sportsperson or sports official as councillor since the inception of the corporation here. Besides, its beautiful infrastructure and cleanliness, the world knows the city for its top-class sportspersons like Cricketer of the Millennium Kapil Dev, Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, hockey Olympains, including Tarlochan Bawa, Sukhvir Gill and Harmeek Singh, Davinder Kaur, Dharam Singh Gill, Sukhvir Garewal, Bimal Parbagga, Chanchal Randhawa, Ajinder Kaur, Knnwal Thakur Singh and Nirmal Milkha Singh. The list is very long”. “If the sportspersons can be nominated in the Upper House then why not in the MC?” says Azad, who is also member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The BCCI Joint Secretary, Mr M.P. Pandove, was of the view that sports had been playing important role in the development of the city. It had also become an important part of lives of the city people. So the MC House should have some sportsperson to get appropriate advice for the improvement of sports as well as its infrastructure in the city. Echoing the views, hockey Olympian Pargat Singh said: “The administration has been nominating the councillors from every field ignoring sports which is a matter of concern. For the development of sports infrastructure in the city, at least one sportsperson should be there in the MC as councillor.” |
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Sepak takraw nationals off to a colourful start
Chandigarh, December 24 Additional Director-General of Police Anil Kaushik, Chairman and Managing Director of the Punjab Police Housing Corporation, inaugurated the event. Speaking on the occasion, he said it was important to learn fundamentals of the game at the grass root level. "All players and teams are skillful but what matters the most is the match temperament," said Mr Kaushik. There was a march past by the participants. Earlier, National Sepak Takraw Federation of India president Dr R.S. Dagar informed that with the Indian Government giving recognition to this sport, it was gaining popularity. The Indian sepak takraw team was cleared by the government for participation in the Doha Asian Games. Chandigarh team (girls) captain Natasha Hayer of St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, took the oath on behalf of the participating 20 states and Union Territories. Meanwhile, Organising secretary Baljinder Singh Banwait said the matches would be played in two sessions daily. Boys competitions are being conducted at St Joseph's School and the girls matches will be played at Mount Carmel Convent School, Sector 47. |
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Cricket trophy for HFCL
Panchkula, December 24 The Connect team reached the target losing three wickets in 21 overs. Rajil made the highest unbeaten 57 runs. Brief scores: Sigma: 133 in 25 overs (Aman 48, Sandeep 35, Vivek Pathania 3 for 27, Vikram 2 for 21, Arun 2 for 11)Connect (HFCL): 134 for 3 in 21 overs (Rajil 57 n.o., Vikram 16). |
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MCM academy win
Chandigarh, December 24 MCM academy, who elected to bat first, scored 214 runs in allotted 35 overs. Karan Khosla put up a brilliant show as he hammered 14 boundaries during his innings. The skipper,
Aniruth, made an unbeaten 35 in 22 balls while Harsaroop and Shubham Vij contributed 31 and 20 runs, respectively. For CCA Adil took three for 39. In reply, CCA were bundled out for 108 runs in 31 over. Only Kunal provided some respite with his 31-run knock. Parmeet was the highest wicket taker finishing with 3 for 18. Harpreet and Karan Khosla snapped two 2 wickets each. Karan Khosla was declared ‘man of the match’. Brief score: MCM: 214 for 5 in 35 over (Karan Khosla 94, Harsaroop 31, Aniruth 35, Adil Ali 3 for 39) CCA: 108 all out in 31 overs (Kunal 31, Purmeet 3 for 18, Harpreet 2 for 24, Karan Khosla 2 for 10) |
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Inderjot bags top honours
Mohali, December 24 Results: Under-14 (boys): Raghav Singal b Bhavtaranpreet 8-5. Under-18 (boys): Inderjot b Mohak Mehta 6-2, 6-2. Under-14 (girls): Ikttesh Chahal b Sonali Bansal 8-0. Under-18 (girls): Navjot Saini b Rajvir Kaur 6-2, 6-1. Men’s open singles: Tushar b Inderjot 6-2, 6-2. Men’s open doubles: Tushar and Akshit b Satpal Dagar and Nikhil Hooda 10-7. 35+ singles: Gurpreet Singh b Mahesh Kumar 8-5. 35+ doubles: Sunil Bajaj and Dr Jasjit Singh b A.K. Kaushal and Mahesh Kumar 8-3. |
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AFS sports meet
Chandigarh, December 24 A lot of interesting races like the lemon and spoon race, crab race, architect race and slow cycling, musical chairs, etc were organised. The function concluded with the prize distribution ceremony. Mrs Reena Srivastava, President AFWWA (Local), gave away the prizes. |
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Saupins’ annual sports day
Chandigarh, December 24 After an impressive march past by the students of Class V to VIII, the children of Classes III and IV presented the Hoola Hoop Drill followed by various races. The ancient martial art was demonstrated by class III students.
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