 |
|
|
Many billboards still stand tall
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cops clueless in Preveen murder case
Support for Cong leader Gurkanwal Kaur’s candidature gaining weight
Lecturer wins Best Polytechnic Teacher Award
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Many billboards still stand tall
Jalandhar, December 25 A huge wall size billboard carrying photographs of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Local Bodies Minister Tiskhan Sud and hanging right outside the entrance of the District Administrative Complex highlighting the recently inaugurated 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' at Anandpur Sahib was left untouched by the poll officials. This is in stark violation of the code of conduct, which came into force yesterday evening. The billboard applauding Chief Minister Badal and the ruling SAD-BJP government with a picture of the 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' also highlights the role of the government in offering this cultural heritage centre for the public. The picture shows, Chief Minister Badal spreading the message of his party's big contribution to the state ahead of the assembly polls. Surprisingly, another hoarding at the busy Patel Chowk put up by the 'BJP Sports Cell' greeting city residents on the occasion of Christmas, New Year and Lohri too did not come into the notice of the poll officials. The hoarding has photographs of Bhagat Chuni Lal, Deputy Speaker Vidhan Sabha, and his son Mahinder Bhagat, Mayor Rakesh Rathore and councilor of Ward 44 Sunanda Malhotra. Similarly big billboards, small hoardings and party flags of BJP, which were put up as part of yesterday's 'Jan Vishwas Maha Rally' were also left unremoved. At Guru Nanak Pura Railway level crossing, huge billboards with photographs of senior BJP leaders Lal Krishan Advani and Nitin Gadkari greeting the public on Christmas and New Year too were not removed. Sources said the poll officials had swung into action late last night after District Election Officer Priyank Bharti directed them to do so. |
|
Hit by truck, 50-yr-old gate gives in; 3 injured
Jalandhar, December 25 A fruit vendor, Govind, sustained serious injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Traffic on the busy road was also disrupted for over three hours due to the debris that got scattered thus blocking area. Receiving the information, area ACP and SHO reached the spot.
Three JCB machines were pressed into service for removing the debris, eyewitnesses revealed. Govind, a resident of Santokhpura was helping his father Ram Pravesh, in earning their livelihood. Those who sustained minor injuries were discharged after first aid. The police has impounded the vehicle and a case under Sections 279, 427 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against Jaswinder Singh, the driver of the vehicle. The police has also arrested the driver, a resident of Zira, for rash and negligent driving causing injuries to the victims. |
|
Cops clueless in Preveen murder case
Jalandhar, December 25 HPS Khakh, Addition Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Crime, said the postmortem showed that there was only one injury mark on Preveen's body. The assailants did not kill Sonu with an intention to loot him, as the deceased had the keys of his car in his one hand, cash and a mobile phone in his pockets. Another mobile phone was, however, found in a cesspool at the crime spot, he added. Sonu was hacked to death by certain unidentified assailants near Kesar Petrol Pump on Friday night. From medicine business, Preveen had switched over to share broking couple of years back. He was even jailed for his involvement in illegal trade, Khakh revealed. Having details of Preveen's mobile phone calls, the police said Preveen had called a girl, his former employee, hailing from Uttar Pradesh and presently residing in New Jawahar Nagar. The police has also questioned the girl and another Gautam, an employee of the deceased, in this regard. Shocking the incident occurred in a street right adjacent to a hotel where the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal was staying. The police has registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC in this regard at New Baradari police station. |
|
When sitar met cello
Jalandhar, December 25 While the former was brought up in a household where Indian classical music came inherently to children, the latter --- an ace cellist --- stumbled on Indian music during the course of one of her classes on world music. An intention to know more opened a lot many doors and curiosity soon turned into passion. Saskia also made some little alterations to the cello to make it suit Indian Classical music needs. Through some common friends she met Shubhendra during her search for music. Before they could know it, mutual respect and admiration turned to love. Now they compose and play music together, ever experimenting and discovering new things about the music that they thrive on. Sakia also made certain alterations in her cello to suit Indian classical needs. Their performances are laced with balance and a sense of sharing. The sound individuals that they are, reflects in the music that they practice. In Jalandhar to perform at the Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan, The Tribune caught up with them. Excerpts of an interview: How did you start off in music? Shubhendra - My father was a sitarist and mother a Carnatic musician, so initiation into music was early. I started playing at the age of three and since my father was close to Pt. Ravi Shankar, I began learning from him at the age of nine, when most kids wouldn’t even dream of his tutelage. Then at the age of 17, I moved to Delhi to live with my Guru for proper tutelage. But Saskia updates the version a bit. She says, “He mostly doesn’t speak of this out of modesty, but when he was nine, Pt Ravi Shankar happened to listen to one of his sitar recordings and said ‘Who is this person who plays like me?’ Pandit ji was astounded to find that it was a nine-year-old kid.
He shortly took him as a disciple and that’s how his musical journey began. His family says he began singing first and talked later.” Saskia - I started playing the cello at the age of eight, learning it from the exponential cellist Tibor De Machula. During the course of my future studies, I stumbled upon Indian Classical music and later started learning from Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia. He said I should also learn from more people to widen my understanding of Indian classical music and I did. Luckily, I always found people whom I could trust and who greatly helped me. Do you still practice western classical music? Saskia: I had almost left practising western classical music. For good 10 years I was away from it. But now I find myself going back to it. Especially when working on compositions. Do both of you experiment employing both Indian and Western music styles? Shubhnedra: We do experiment when working on compositions or playing in concerts which allow us to wander outside the realm of Indian classical music. But when performing for Indian classical concerts, we strictly stick to the Indian Raag rules like playing according to the Raag time and within the given swaras etc. Saskia: Indian classical music, in itself, is so huge that there is a lot of scope for experimentation even within it. Do you feel that the niche audience of Indian classical music, the soulful listeners, are diminishing? Shubhendra: Pop and commercial music is always highlighted. Everybody understands it so the media always thinks it’s safe to promote it. That music is more like a commodity. But Indian classical music isn’t a commodity. Saskia: It’s like the difference between arts and entertainment. Both will always have takers. Entertainment undoubtedly involves good works too but niche arts have a different kind of audience. No matter which one takes the upper hand people who understand classical music will always be there. We don’t think it will ever fall short of takers. Both of you are a lethal combination. Earlier you operated solo, now you are a team. Has there been a change in people’s perception about you as artistes after you got together? We think we are pretty much the same individuals as we were earlier. As artists we are also perceived similarly by everyone. What kind of experiments are happening in Indian classical music these days that give you hope? Shubhendra: A trained cellist performing Indian classical music is a new experiment in itself. The classical music scene is teeming with experiments but only those stay where the musicians and/or composers intend to put in some heart into the experiment. Putting your soul into your work is very important for musicians to thrive. What are your future projects? We are doing a composition for a dance production (Bharatnatyam based). Just worked with some brilliant Iranian musicians. Will shortly be performing at the Kennedy Centre. Twenty four hours in a day are too less (laughs). Making waves
The husband-wife duo Shubhendra Rao (sitarist) and Saskia Rao - De Haas (cellist) are one of the most
prolific young names to reckon with in the field Indian Classical music |
|
Adampur shivers at -1.3° Celsius
Jalandhar, December 25 The maximum temperature during the day too witnessed a decline. It stood at 19° Celsius. Almost all parts of the region remained under the grip of extreme cold conditions with occasional fog, mist and haze during the early morning and evening hours. The past one- week saw mercury varying between sub-zero to 2 degrees Celsius at most places like Adampur, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh and Pathankot, leading to nail-biting cold. Amritsar recorded a shivering low of 1 degrees Celsius followed by Bathinda in the Malwa belt, which saw a minimum temperature of 1.3 degrees Celsius. While state capital, Chandigarh witnessed a minimum temperature of 2.1 degrees Celsius, the day temperature was recorded at 19.1 degrees Celsius.
Halwara and Pathankot saw mercury dipping to 2.2 degrees Celsius. In Haryana too most places remained in the grip of severe cold with Ambala recording a low temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature dipping to 18.5 degrees Celsius. Jammu saw a minimum temperature of 4.1 degrees Celsius. The Met department at Adampur Air Force Station predicted a fair to fine weather with fog, mist and haze in the next 24 hours. |
|
Support for Cong leader Gurkanwal Kaur’s candidature gaining weight
Jalandhar, December 25 The Congress councillors, office bearers and activists of the newly formed Youth Congress held a meeting in this regard today. The Congress workers demanded that Gurkanwal Kaur, who remained the MLA from Jalandhar Cantonment seat for two decades, should be given the ticket from this constituency. The Congress workers highlighted the achievements of Gurkanwal Kaur and stated that the assembly ticket should be given to the rightful candidate. They also said Gurkanwal managed to give the lead of more than 13,000 votes to the Jalandhar MP, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, in the general elections held in the year 2009. Talking to The Tribune, Gurkanwal Kaur said, “Jalandhar Cantonment has remained the constituency of my family and we have developed and nurtured it all these years. It was my father, slain minister Beant Singh, who contested from this seat in 1992 and became the Chief Minister of Punjab. Later, my brother Tej Prakash and then I were elected as the MLA from this seat.” Further talking about the rumours pertaining to the PPP founder member Jagbir Brar getting the ticket from cantonment seat, she said, “These are just rumours. And if something of this sort takes place I will react strongly against such a move.” She also said it was Jagbir Brar who had been involved in slapping false cases against the Congress workers with the support of SAD-BJP government. |
|
Lecturer wins Best Polytechnic Teacher Award
Jalandhar, December 25 Manoj Kumar Jindal, who is serving as a lecturer in Chemical Engineering department at the Polytechnic College, is the only academician from Punjab who has been selected for this honour. The award was presented to him by Dr NR Shetty, the president of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi, during the 41st ISTE Annual National Convention held at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, recently. At present he is pursuing his PhD in ‘Bio-Mass conversion and utilisation’ from Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Engineering and Technology (NIT), Jalandhar. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, a jubilant Manoj said it was an achievement for him as he was the only lecturer across the state to receive this award. The award was announced by the ISTE on November 28 while the function was held from December 16 to 18. |
|
From Schools and colleges
Jalandhar, December 25 Student clears IAS
Panveer Saini, a former student of Prem Chand Markanda SD College for Women, brought laurels to the institution by clearing the mains of Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC with Commerce and Public Administration as her subjects for the main examination. She has been inducted in Indian Defence Accounts and Services. Principal Kiran Arora, congratulated her and her family and the PG Department of Commerce and Management of the college on this achievement. Annual prize distribution
The annual prize distribution of the St Soldier Divine Public School, Mithu Basti, was held on Saturday during which as many as 165 students were awarded in the field of sports, academics and cultural events. Play staged
The Students Welfare Department of the local DAV College held an interactive session on December 22 during which a play ‘Flying Kites’ was staged. The play was written and directed by the Dean of Students’ Welfare Department, Arun Mehra. |
|
|
Chandigarh academy win Mohinder Munshi hockey tournament
Jalandhar, December 25 The final match of the four-day school tournament started on a fast note with Chandigarh academy taking the lead in the 6th minute through the stick of Gagandeep Singh. The very next minute Jatinder Singh opened the account for Surjit Hockey Academy by converting the penalty corner. Till half time both the teams were locked at 1-1. Though the second half was exciting, it did not produce any goal. In a tie-breaker, Chandigarh academy routed Surjit Hockey Academy 4-3 margin. Earlier, Sports School, Jalandhar, had bagged the second runners-up position by beating Jharkhar Academy. The Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Sarwan Singh Phillaur, handed over Hukam Singh trophy and a cash award of Rs 51,000 to the Chandigarh Hockey Academy. Surjit academy got Rs 31,000 and Mata Manjit Kaur trophy. Jatinder Singh and Harjit Singh from Surjit Hockey Academy were declared as ‘Best Half’ and ‘Best Forward’, respectively. Jaskaran Singh from Chandigarh academy was adjudged as ‘Best Goalkeeper’. Gagandeep Singh, also from the Chandigarh academy was declared as ‘Best Fullback’. Pargat Singh, Director, Sports, Punjab, Olympians, international players besides the family members of Olympian Mohinder Munshi were present on the final day. |
|
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | E-mail | |
