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8 of family booked for attempt to rape
Sathiala college handed over to GND varsity
Food poisoning in School
Preserving Punjabi language
Spring Dale bids farewell to Class XII students
Hold your MP or admn responsible for dearth: Kiran Bedi to youth
Youth have no role models to follow: DC
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Preserving ancient string instruments
Amritsar, February 22 There are scores of other stringed instruments like the sarangi, taus, saranda, dilruba, Saraswati veena, sitar, tanpura and sarod. Then there are folk instruments like bigal, kato, dhad, ghara, algoze, chimta, dafli, tumbi (ek tara), nagara, dholki and dhol. The museum has been tastefully decorated with pictures representing 31 ragas mentioned in Guru Granth Sahib besides photographs of noted musicians. The museum was inaugurated on July 28, 2009, though the Diwan’s music school, Bhai Veer Singh Gurmat Vidyala, had been training students in stringed instruments since 2007. Talking to The Tribune here yesterday, Diwan officials BS Saini and Diljeet Singh Bedi said every year they select 20 students for a three-year course in their music school after a written test and an interview. “These students are provided free education and board and lodging in the school premises. We get candidates from not only outside Amritsar but also other states like UP and Rajasthan.” They said the students could opt for any instrument on which they would like to be trained. Among the stringed instruments, the school facilitates training in dilruba, saranda, sarangi and sitar. However, they are finding it tough to zero in on teachers who can train the students on the most ancient instrument, rebab. The school has produced a number of ‘raagi jathas’ out of which seven are performing at the Golden Temple at present while others are also engaged in different gurdwaras. The three-year missionary course is aimed at producing ‘raagis’ and katha vachaks (preachers). Chief Khalsa Diwan's Honorary Secretary Bhag Singh Ankhi said they had a tough time collecting ancient string instruments and getting their replicas made for the museum. “The rebab which we have in our museum is not of the same description Bhai Mardana had but it is a somewhat modified version of it.” He said his sole aim at the time of building museum was to acquaint the new generation with these instruments. “At least they should know how an instrument looks like,” he averred. It took him three years to collect these instruments, most of which came from philanthropists. Ankhi made a fresh appeal to the people to provide them any ancient musical instrument so that they can get its replica made for their museum.
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Helping students
Amritsar, February 22 College principal Dr SS Shergill had urged AMDAANA president Dr Satwant Singh, who is also chairperson of the Amritsar Medical College Alumni Association (AMCAA) and AMDAANA task force, in this regard. “Usually the students, who wanted to go America for further studies or for work after completing their MBBS, don’t get proper guidance due to which they had to go through various difficulties,” said Dr Shergill. “Who else is better than our alumni settled there who could help these children by provide them necessary guidance,” he added. He said Dr Satwant said had agreed to their demand and promised to launch a website besides setting up the special cell here. He pointed out that due to lack of proper information and direction the students face a lot of difficulties in foreign countries. The AMCAA-AMDAANA task force was constituted by the alumni of the historic GMC settled in India and the US to work for uplift the premier institution which had fallen to bad days and was facing many shortcomings including de-recognition by Medical Council of India owing to shortage of staff and infrastructure. It is pertinent to mention here that the AMDAANA had provide machinery worth Rs one crore to various departments of GMC. Meanwhile, the 7th AMCAA-AMDAANA International Continue Medical Education (CME) -2011 being held in the premises Government Medical College concluded here yesterday. Dr Shergill, while presiding over the valedictory function, said a number of projects initiated by the state government in collaboration with central government were completed or on verge of completion. He also expressed gratitude AMDAANA for upgrading various facilities in the college and urged him to set up a special cell to facilitate the aspirants for the USME and other related exams in the US. Meanwhile, a total of 30 lectures on diverse topics by national and international experts were held during which they shared their knowledge and experience relating to the latest developments in medicine. As many as 52 papers were presented during four paper sessions during the two day CME. Earlier, a workshop on Medical Education, Ethics and Professionalism was also held.
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8 of family booked for attempt to rape
Tarn Taran, February 22 The accused have been identified as Judge Singh and his father Santa Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Chhinder Singh, Jag Singh, Panjab Singh and Anokh Singh. According to sources, Judge Singh and his father Santa Singh brought the woman at their residence after abducting her from her house. They locked her in a room of their house and attempted to rape her. The woman alleged that the accused tore her clothes but she somehow got herself freed from their clutches. All the eight accused armed with rifles and swords attacked her house and opened fire on her husband. Her husband Kulbir Singh escaped unhurt after taking shelter in a room. It is learnt that Judge Singh committed the crime to take revenge against Kulbir Singh, who made a forceful entry into the residence of former three months ago. SSP Preetpaul Singh Virk said a case under Sections 366, 376, 307, 511, 354, 342,506, 148 and 149 of the IPC besides Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against eight family members.
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Sathiala college handed over to GND varsity
Amritsar February 22 This was disclosed today by K.S.Pannu, DC Amritsar. Pannu said the Sathiala college which is basically a rural college has a strength of 346 students and the infrastructural facilities of the college are quite inadequate in spite of the fact that the college is spread over 22 acres of land near Baba Bakala. The university shall run the college from the coming academic year starting from July 2011 with four BTech besides BBA and BCom courses. The university shall take over the college shortly for construction of boys’ and girls’ hostels and other facilities for which the government has sanctioned Rs 9 crore to the university. “A sum of 4.5 crore has already been released for this purpose,” said Pannu.
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Food poisoning in School
Amritsar, February 22 About 25 students of the school were admitted in the children ward of the Government Medical College here after they consumed food in the school mess. Dr HS Kochhar, District Health Officer, confirmed that the teams were sent to take the samples and action would be taken accordingly after getting the reports. Deputy Commissioner Kahn Singh Pannu, meanwhile, has ordered a judicial probe in this regard. He said appropriate action would be taken against the persons responsible for the incident. He added that special teams would be constituted which would inspect the food from time to time. Meanwhile, the students were discharged from the hospital today. |
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Preserving Punjabi language
Amritsar, February 22 The experts believe that until and unless the proper groundwork is done, all efforts to dedicate a particular day for preserving the status of a language would be a futile exercise. It was observed that schoolchildren who participated in the march carried the school name banners written in English language. Ironically, some city schools which prohibit students from speaking Punjabi too were part of this march. A student of another English medium school said they would be liable to pay a penalty for violating this norm in the school premises. “We make it a point to speak either in English or Hindi”, told his mates. Neera Sharma of DAV Public School admitted that lapse of sending children with the banner in English remained because of non-communication between the school management and the organisers. “We were just informed at the eleventh hour to send children for some ‘heritage walk’, and the main purpose of this occasion was never known to us. Yet, I would assure that such a lapse should never be repeated. Like most of the CBSE-affiliated schools, it has become a compulsion to keep English as the first language but due status is given to Punjabi language too”, she said. Questions are being raised by subject experts that if the foundation has been built for demoting Punjabi at school levels, then observing such occasions would end up being nothing but mockery of the mother tongue. To give a ‘boost’ to Punjabi language in the state and to ensure that Punjabi should be the working language of all government departments in the state, the government has constituted the District Language Review Committee, which hardly find any time to discuss their agenda. Terming such marches as paradoxical exercise, Dharam Singh, head, School of Punjabi Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, said the medium of instructions in schools should be in both Punjabi and English from Class V, and that this policy be implemented in all government and private schools. “Until and unless the fundamental approach of so-called ‘public’ schools gets transformed, no hope can be seen to get due status for Punjabi. It is a wrong notion that Punjabi language would hinder them to compete in this era of globalisation and multinational culture. No transnational norms stop you from adopting your mother tongue at first place. It is just their mindset which has developed a sort of inferiority complex towards their mother tongue. I advocate that special provision should be kept in our education pattern which should ensure give equal status to Punjabi language as enjoyed by English”, he said. Echoing same views, Parminderjeet Singh, a recipient of Shiromani Punjabi Award, believed that sparing a day to commemorate a language seldom held any significance. “It is a myth that a language would die if a day is not kept reserved for it. The factual position is that scant steps have been taken by the authorities to give Punjabi language its ‘due’. A government order is already in existence that in offices priority should be given to Punjabi in paper work, yet no steps were ever taken to make it practical. Similarly, various district-level committees were formed to preserve the language status, but ironically, those persons who have distant relationship with the Punjabi language manage to occupy seat in the committee and its meeting, if conducted, would restraint to just a ‘tea party’ get-together. No thought has ever been spared to take stock of notice boards in government offices or sign boards written in English. In these circumstances, how would you expect that sparing several hours to conduct such yatras would save the dignity of Punjabi language”, he said.
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Spring Dale bids farewell to Class XII students
Amritsar, February 22 The Class XI students put up an impressive song and dance show to make the day memorable for their seniors. School principal Rajiv Kumar Sharma said, “Many of these students were toddlers when they first joined the school. Saying goodbye to our students is not an easy job,” he said. Prize distribution
S.R. Government College for Women, Amritsar, organised its annual prize distribution day. Dr Rajnish Arora, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, was the chief guest. Around 400 students from science, commerce and arts streams received prizes for their academic excellence. As many as 14 students were awarded roll of honour for their merit positions in the university. Manpreet Kaur bagged both cultural roll of honour and Best Scholar Award at the post graduate level. Inderpreeet Kaur received the cultural roll of honour at undergraduate level. The Best Scholar Award at UGC level went to Geetanjali. Sharanjit Kaur was declared the best athlete. Manwinder Kaur was adjudged as the best speaker. The trophy for the all round best student for the session 2010-2011 was bagged by Pooja Kumari. On this occasion a cultural programme was organised. Lecture on diabetes
A lecture on diabetes was organised by Red Cross unit of the BBK DAV College for Women. Rahul Arora, medical officer, State Bank of India, informed the students about causes, presentation and treatment of disbetes. Dr Rahul had a lively interactive session with the students and also entertained their queries regarding the disease. |
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Hold your MP or admn responsible for dearth: Kiran Bedi to youth
Amritsar, February 22 “Except for the multiplexes and malls, I do not see any development work in Amritsar, which is laden with broken roads, unorganised traffic, massive air and noise pollution and massive chaos on the footpaths. There is no enhancement in productive infrastructure like there is negligible growth in textile or industry. There is scarcity of educational institutes like polytechnic or IITs. Had this all been put in a well thought-out manner, Amritsar would have been the most progressive and beautiful city of the country to live in”, Dr Bedi said while addressing the DAV College students during an award presentation ceremony. She said the youth should get united to raise their voice against corruption and have courage to speak for preserving their right to better living conditions. “Hold your MP (Member of Parliament) or district administration officials responsible for dearth. It is their liability to provide you with better living environment, better learning institutes. In Delhi, CNG was introduced when people themselves filed PIL in the court against pollution”, she said while encouraging the youth to come forward for bringing in reforms in the society. “Education these days has just been restrained to just garner the goal of achieving placements only and seldom help in bringing socio economic or societal reforms”, added Dr Bedi. Known for her ethical and moral grandeur, Dr Bedi stressed that no education is complete until unless it galvanise the students to bring in revolution. She emphasised upon the need of self-placement rather than yearning for some slot in the corporate sector. “Instead of restricting it to generating employment only, its sphere should be widened up to garner self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. More and more vocational, extra-curricular especially the outdoor activities should be made the part of education at least up to the level of graduation”, she said. Dr Bedi with her usual simple and familiar, yet eloquent style, encouraged them to internalise the moral sense and be active part of society to bring in change. She also showed concern about the depleting sex ratio, menace of dowry and drug abuse. While advocating the women empowerment, Dr Bedi regretted that the Indian society still visualises that social security is only through sons. “The girls should endeavour to prove it as a myth through their hard work and determination that they are no less than boys”, she said. Another significant point she raised was about corruption which has plagued all the departments of the system. However, Dr Bedi also answered some of the students’ queries before presenting them certificates and mementoes for their achievements. Meanwhile, Dr KN Kaul, Principal of DAV College, presented the achievements of the coveted institution in the form of the annual report 2010-2011. Prof HS Walia eulogized the career profile of Dr Bedi and encouraged the students to tread her footsteps. Dr Sudarshan Kapoor, Chairperson, DAV College, Local Committee presented the college souvenir, as a token of remembrance. In a noted effort of academic and social participation, the DAV institute extended a sum of Rs 51,000 for Vision India, a prominent NGO working for the cause of families of Tihar Jail inmates.
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Youth have no role models to follow: DC
Amritsar, February 22 “Except for the multiplexes and malls, I do not see any development work in Amritsar, which is laden with broken roads, unorganised traffic, massive air and noise pollution and massive chaos on the footpaths. There is no enhancement in productive infrastructure like there is negligible growth in textile or industry. There is scarcity of educational institutes like polytechnic or IITs. Had this all been put in a well thought-out manner, Amritsar would have been the most progressive and beautiful city of the country to live in”, Dr Bedi said while addressing the DAV College students during an award presentation ceremony. She said the youth should get united to raise their voice against corruption and have courage to speak for preserving their right to better living conditions. “Hold your MP (Member of Parliament) or district administration officials responsible for dearth. It is their liability to provide you with better living environment, better learning institutes. In Delhi, CNG was introduced when people themselves filed PIL in the court against pollution”, she said while encouraging the youth to come forward for bringing in reforms in the society. “Education these days has just been restrained to just garner the goal of achieving placements only and seldom help in bringing socio economic or societal reforms”, added Dr Bedi. Known for her ethical and moral grandeur, Dr Bedi stressed that no education is complete until unless it galvanise the students to bring in revolution. She emphasised upon the need of self-placement rather than yearning for some slot in the corporate sector. “Instead of restricting it to generating employment only, its sphere should be widened up to garner self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. More and more vocational, extra-curricular especially the outdoor activities should be made the part of education at least up to the level of graduation”, she said. Dr Bedi with her usual simple and familiar, yet eloquent style, encouraged them to internalise the moral sense and be active part of society to bring in change. She also showed concern about the depleting sex ratio, menace of dowry and drug abuse. While advocating the women empowerment, Dr Bedi regretted that the Indian society still visualises that social security is only through sons. “The girls should endeavour to prove it as a myth through their hard work and determination that they are no less than boys”, she said. Another significant point she raised was about corruption which has plagued all the departments of the system. However, Dr Bedi also answered some of the students’ queries before presenting them certificates and mementoes for their achievements. Meanwhile, Dr KN Kaul, Principal of DAV College, presented the achievements of the coveted institution in the form of the annual report 2010-2011. Prof HS Walia eulogized the career profile of Dr Bedi and encouraged the students to tread her footsteps. Dr Sudarshan Kapoor, Chairperson, DAV College, Local Committee presented the college souvenir, as a token of remembrance. In a noted effort of academic and social participation, the DAV institute extended a sum of Rs 51,000 for Vision India, a prominent NGO working for the cause of families of Tihar Jail inmates.
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A unique museum and a music school of the Chief Khalsa Diwan here are doing yeoman service in preserving ancient stringed instruments.The museum, located inside Diwan’s orphanage premises here, has scores of string and folk instruments.
Students of Class XI bid farewell to their seniors in Class XII at Spring Dale Senior School. The outgoing class shared their memories about the school with their teachers and juniors.
Amritsar, February 22
