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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Emphasis laid on basic forms of music
Tribune News Service

Patiala, October 12
Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh of Punjabi University while inaugurating “Gurbani Raag Dhayan Chitramala” on the second day of the 7th Gurmat Sangeet Utsav said Punjabi University had become the hub of Gurmat Sangeet at International level.

He said the Gurus gave importance to raags because in the basic established kingdom, music and raags were opposed and it was also against the general propagation of this art.

The Vice-Chancellor appreciated different programmes, projects and national conference of Gurmat Sangeet by Gurmat Sangeet chair and department of Gurmat Sangeet under the guidance of Dr Gurnam Singh.

Various scholars gave lectures on Gurbani Raag Dhayan. Discussing the communicative perspective of “Bani”, Dr Amritpal Kaur described the role of “Bani”, raags and music. Dr Jasbir Singh Bhatia made a comparative research of the work of artists like Jaswant Singh, Devinder Singh, RS Gill and Madan Lal. Dr Sobhagya Vardhan highlighted the classical perspective, background, comparative analysis and the contemporary perspective of raag mala and raag dhayan.

Dr Gurnam Singh discussed about the tradition of Gurbani Raag Dhayan, compared Gurbani Raag Dhayan with Indian Raag Dhayan tradition.

He explained their basic purposes, their similarities and their differences.

Padam Sri Singh Bandhu S Surinder Singh described shabad and raag, their inter-relationship in the musical perspective in context with fine arts.

He stressed upon observing and understanding the basic forms of music.

A workshop on “Gurbani Raag Dhayan”, under the guidance of Dr MK Sharma Sumahendra, various artists like Aasaram Meghwal, Jai Shankar, Sanjeev Sharma, Sudeep Sharma, Jatinder Sharma, Khush Narayan, Hukam Chand, Mahendra Singh, Lokesh Sharma are taking part.

All these artists have come from Jaipur and Rajasthan. The project director of the workshop is Dr Gurnam Singh, while the co-ordinator Jagdeep Singh Garcha and co-coordinator is Anurag Soni.

Guest teachers send memo to CM
Seek regularisation of ad hoc staff
Our Correspondent

Ambala, October 12
The Guest Technical Teachers Welfare Association, Haryana, in a memorandum to Chief Minister, has demanded that ad hoc teachers employed in various polytechnics in the state should be regularised.

The president of the association Neelam Rani and general secretary Ram Pal, in the memorandum, stated that the ad hoc teachers were not being paid the minimum salary fixed by the state government.

They alleged that when some teachers opposed it, they were shown the door. They demanded that the guest teachers should be paid their salary before 7th of every month just like regular teachers and they should also be given other incentives.

CRIME

2 youths arrested with stolen two-wheelers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 12
The police today arrested two youngsters in their early twenties and recovered five stolen two-wheelers from their possession.The police said the accused, identified as Harjinder Singh, alias Harry, a resident of Ludhiana, and Gurjot Singh, alias Ginny, a resident of Sector 47, were arrested near the scrap market in Burail following a tip-off.

The police had information that two youths were trying to sell stolen motorcycles in the market and laid a trap.

Police station-34 SHO Udeypal Singh said the investigating officials recovered three stolen motorcycles and two scooters from the accused.

Besides, fake registration certificates of motorcycles were also recovered from their possession. They were booked for displaying fake registration numbers on vehicles besides other offences.

The SHO said Harry had been working as a cook and a driver with a brigadier in Sector 33, while Ginny was unemployed. They had been stealing vehicles to maintain a lavish lifestyle and for adventure.

The accused will be produced in a local court tomorrow for a police remand. “Since we have recovered two Activa scooters from the accused, we will interrogate them to find out if they were involved in incidents of snatching in the city. A lot of incidents of snatching have been committed on Activa scooter. So far, we have not come across any crime history of the accused,” the SHO added.

2 killed in accidents
Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 12
Two persons were killed in two road accidents here today. A girl studying in 10+2 died after the scooter she was driving hit a road berm. The victim, a resident of Mauli Baidwan, was going towards Sector 69 when the accident took place. The victim’s family had bought her a new scooter 10 days ago. The body was handed over to victim’s family without autopsy after seeking permission from the SDM.

In another accident, Kishan Chand, travelling in a truck, died after being hit by another truck. In the mishap that took place at Sohana, the victim was sitting with the driver when another truck, driven by Kamal, hit them head on. The victim died on the spot. A case has been registered at the Sohana police station.

Theft

Panchkula: Keeping the police on its toes thieves decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh from a locked house in Sector 21.

The incident came to light when the owner of the house number 519, NPS Kohli, who had gone to Kapurthala, returned this morning and found the valuables missing.

Kohli, in his complaint to the police, said the thieves had decamped with Rs 75,000 cash, gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh and few watches in the house.

Sec-16 resident booked for cheating
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 12
The police yesterday booked a Sector-16 resident on charges of cheating two Sector-18 residents over a showroom deal in Sector 7.Police station-19 SHO Ram Gopal said the case was registered following court’s directions and the police was yet to study the complaint.

Subhash Sharma and Avinash Saini, both residents of Sector 18, had alleged in their complaint lodged in the court that Mahinder Singh Brar, a resident of Sector 16, had entered an agreement to sell a showroom in Sector 7 with them in 2007.

They had paid Rs 10,000 as token amount and later paid Rs 10 lakh to Brar to purchase the showroom. However, the accused backtracked from the agreement.

The police has registered a case of cheating under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code in this regard.

Injured

Vikas, a resident of Sector 27 C, reported to the police alleging that Shiv Chaudhary, a resident of Pipliwala Town, Mani Majra, and others assaulted and threatened him near a dhaba in Mani Majra on October 10.

He was injured in the attack and was admitted to the public health centre at Mani Majra. A case of causing injuries, criminal intimidation and common intension has been registered at the Mani Majra police station.

Vehicle stolen

Maninder Singh Bhatti, a resident Sector 38 (West), lodged a complaint with the police alleging that his Hyundai Santro car (CH 03 R 8416) was stolen from his house during the intervening night of October 10 and 11.

In another incident, Madan Thakur, a resident Burail, reported to the police that his Hero Honda Passion motorcycle (CH 01 AA 9179) was stolen from Burail on the intervening night of October 9 and 10.

Two cases of theft have been registered.

SPORTS

Late release of schedule raises eyebrows
Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 12
The Chandigarh Football Association’s (CFA) act of releasing the schedule of under-16 trials at the 11th hour has raised many an eyebrow.The association conducted trials today to select as many as 30 probables for the under-16 Chandigarh team to represent the city in the North Zone Sub-Junior National Football Championship to be held in Haldwani (Uttrakhand) in the last week of October.

Many budding soccer players, coaches and former international soccer players were miffed over the functioning of the associationand said that giving information about the trials on the same day of their schedule was intentional on the part of the
association.

“Giving information at the 11th hour only indicated that they (the CFA) wanted to pick their favourites in the team,” alleged Harjinder Singh, former Indian captain and coach of the Chandigarh Football Academy, Sector 42.

“Is it appropriate to give news on the same date of the scheduled trials?” asked Harjinder Singh. “I am sure that many interested players and other officials have missed the trials as many have not read the paper this morning or many have gone out of station or many must not have prepared for it. In my viewpoint such news should be published at least two weeks before the schedule,” said Harjinder Singh.

On the other hand, CFA general secretary Rakesh Bakhshi clarified that the sub-junior national tournament had been pre-poned from November to Octoberand that was the main reason behind giving the news at the 11th hour.

Another former international player Kunwar Vinod Kumar was also of the view that the CFA’s act was surely objectionable.

“You see, they (CFA) have not conducted the U-16 tournament here, which should have been conducted before the nationals. Those players playing in the tournament should be selected. How can you judge the abilities of
hundreds of the players in one-hour trial? I think it is not more than an eyewash,” said Kunwar Vinod,
who also organises soccer tournaments for local budding players.

While the CFA claimed that they had sent letters to all schools, clubs and academies about the trials in advance, many schools denied having received any such letter.

Nimrat sails into quarterfinals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 12
Local girl Nimrat Walia sailed into the quarterfinals by beating Bakul Negi from Delhi 6-1, 6-4 in the under-16 girls event at the St. Stephen’s AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for under-12 and under-16 Boys and Girls at CLTA, Tennis Stadium, Sector-10, here today.

The other results are as follows:

Boys Under-12

A player in action during a match at CLTA, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Pre-quarterfinals results

1. Param Pun (CHD) bt Ankrish Khanna (CHD) 4-0, 4-0

2. Digvijay Pratap Singh (CHD) bt Kabir Manrai (CHD) 5-3, 4-1

3. Uttkarsh Bhardwaj (UT) bt Shivam Vij (CHD) 4-2, 4-1

4. Sagar Bains (CHD) bt Rohit Kumar (HAR) 4-1, 3-5, 4-1

5. Yugal Bansal (DLI) bt Calvin Golmei (ASM) 4-0, 4-0

6. Siddharth Basnet (CHD) bt Sabrang Sandal (CHD) 4-0, 4-0

7. Sacchit Sharrma (DLI) bt Durvish Handa (DLI) 4-0, 4-0

8. Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CHD) bt Rishabh Sharda (CHD) 4-1, 4-2

Boys Under-16

1. Pranav Suri (CHD) bt Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CHD) 6-1, 6-4

2. Sachin Kumar (CHD) bt Sultan Singh Atwal (CHD) 6-1, 6-4

3. Uday Singh Mann (CHD) bt Rishabh Dahiya (DLI) 7-6(4), 6-2

4. Nirbhay Singh Soin (GUJ) bt Pranav Jaipuria 6-1, 6-1

5. Allen Johnson bt Prashant Solanki (DLI) 6-0, 6-1

6. Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (CHD) bt Ishan Kakkar (PB) 6-2, 6-4

7. Andrew Pardeep (CHD) bt Vikas Berwal (HAR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0

8. Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt Aditya Deswal (UP) 0-6, 6-2, 6-3

Girls Under-12

1. Bani (PB) w/o Nandini Sharma (CHD)

2. Saumya Saxena (CHD) bt Taru Ahluwalia (CHD) 4-0, 4-0

3. Aastha Malhotra (CHD) bt Harsimran Kaur (PB) 4-2, 4-2

4. Shriya Kalia (HP) bt Prinkle Singh (J&K) 4-2, 4-2

5. Tanysha Dussabje bt Shrishty Dhanda (HAR) 4-1, 4-2

6. Neelanchal Gupta (CHD) bt Akshita Singh (CHD) 4-1, 4-2

7. Sarah Dev bt Rubani Ahluwalia (CHD) 5-4(3), 4-0

8. Bakul Negi (DLI) bt Ishika Sharma (RAJ) 4-1, 4-2

Girls Under-16

Pre-quarterfinals results

1. Simerjeet Kaur (PB) bt Nikita (CHD) 7-5, 6-4

2. Pooja Mourya (PB) bt Karishma Mehtra (CHD) 7-5, 6-1

3. Nandini Sharma (CHD) bt Gayatri K. 6-2, 6-2

4. Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) bt Shriya Kalia (HP) 6-2, 6-4

5. Valentina Shikhar (KAR) bt Aarzoo (CHD) 6-0, 6-0

6. Nimrat Walia (CHD) bt Bakul Negi (DLI) 6-1, 6-4

7. Kavita Mishra (MAH) bt Diksha Aggarwal (DLI) 7-6(4), 6-3

8. Charvi Saxena (CHD) bt Rahat Manrai (CHD) 6-2, 6-4.