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PCCTU hails decision
on pension benefits Chandigarh, November 2 Prof K.B.S. Sodhi and Prof Jaspal Singh Randhawa, president and general secretary respectively, of the PCCTU, said the statement of Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister of Punjab, had removed confusion prevailing in academic circles about pensionary benefits. They demanded that orders to the college authorities based on the service conditions as prescribed in the scheme as circulated on December 18, 1996, to deposit the management share of the C.P.F. in government treasury without further delay for the creation of a corpus fund for the disbursement of pensionary benefits. It is pertinent to mention that options were taken from the employees and resolutions were passed by managing committees on the basis of the said scheme. Union leaders also pleaded for pension payment orders for retirees within two weeks. Meanwhile, the union has taken a serious view regarding the anti- teacher activities of the authorities of Dev Samaj College for Women at Ferozepore. The union has demanded immediate revocation of the suspension orders of Prof Harbans Kaur. The union will hold a protest rally on November 6 in front of the managing committee’s office of the college in which teachers from Punjab and Chandigarh will take part. |
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Neha stands first in science olympiad Panchkula, November 2 According to an official press note, the olympiad was organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation in July. Roopsi Jindal, Class X student, and Prabal Goel of Class VIII have also bagged good positions in the competition. Mr Sandeep Sardana, Administrator of the school, said it was on the basis of their excellent performance that the students have been selected for the second level of the olympiad.
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Book fair for
children Chandigarh, November 2 The fair which is being organised as a mark of respect to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru will have on display books of authors like John Keats, Victor Hugo, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Ruskin Bond and Enid Blyton. |
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COURT Chandigarh, November 2 Issuing the directions, the Judge also issued notice to the CBI for November 19. Challenging the order passed on October 23 by CBI’s Special Judicial Magistrate at Ambala allowing an application for adding the section, Rathore, in his petition, claimed that order was illegal, manifestly wrong and deserved to be set aside. Giving details, he submitted that the fact regarding Ruchika’s suicide had not even been prima facie established from the statements recorded during investigations. Nowhere was it mentioned in the charge sheet that he was in any manner responsible for Ruchika’s death. He asserted that there was no connection between Ruchika’s death on December 29, 1993, and the alleged act of molestation on August 12, 1990. The case will now come up on November 19.
Bus permits rejection quashed
Setting aside an order passed by the state Transport Commissioner rejecting 85 applications for the grant of stage carriage permits on the Ropar-Amloh route, along with another order granting two return trips while allowing an appeal, Mr Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta and Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta of the High Court today directed the Commissioner to consider and decide the claims of the parties as expeditiously as possible, preferably within two months of receiving the order. Pronouncing orders on a bunch of five petitions filed by the Sirhind-based Lok Sewak Bus Service Private Limited and other petitioners, the Judges observed: “We find that the orders dated December 18, 1997, and September 30, 1999, passed by the state Transport Commissioner and the state Transport Appellate Authority are wholly illegal and untenable and are consequently set aside”.
Notice to Punjab on custodial deaths
In a list submitted before the High Court, a human rights organisation today gave details of 49 custodial deaths in Punjab from January 1997 till August this year. Taking up the petition, Mr Justice K.S. Garewal took on record the list containing the details of the deaths before issuing notice of motion to the state of Punjab and other respondents for January 22. The body claimed that as many as 10 under-trials had died till August this year. In 1997 Kashmir Singh and 15 others were killed in police custody, while in 1998, three persons were killed. The number of custodial deaths in 1999 was five, while in 2000 Gurdev Singh and 13 others were killed, it added. Seeking directions for placing before the High Court the details of people killed in police custody, the Lawyers for Human Rights International, through its president Amar Singh Chahal, had also asked for details of the action taken against the cops in all the cases, along with the list of police personnel booked for the offences. Copies of the first information reports registered in such cases was also sought.
Ruling on civic Act date
The High Court today held that Section 13-A (c) of the Haryana Municipal Act, disqualifying a candidate having more than two children, came into force after April 5, 1995. The orders were passed on a petition filed by a candidate for the Karnal Municipal Council, Sunil Kumar Rana. Challenging the rejection of his nomination papers on the ground that he was having more than two children, he claimed that the relevant section became operational one year after September 4, 1994, as there was an amendment on that date, even though the proviso was added on April 5, 1994. Delivering the verdict, Mr Justice S.S. Sudhalkar and Mr Adarsh Kumar Goel held: “We find that in an amendment made on September 4, 1994 only word ‘up to’ was substituted by word “after” and the remaining expression “one year of the commencement of the Act” refers to the original amendment Act published on April 5, 1994 and therefore after April 5, 1995, the disqualification will operate”. |
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DISTRICT COURT Chandigarh, November 2 Case adjourned A local court today adjourned the district courts shoot-out case till November 17. The shoot-out took place on July 6, 1998, when the accused, Harvinder Singh, allegedly involved in the murder of Harjit Singh, was produced in a local court. It was alleged that supporters of the accused, had fired shots at the victims’ supporters when they raised slogans against the Punjab Police. The city police had arrested 18 persons under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 338, and 353 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. There were more than 62 eyewitnesses of the case.
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CONSUMER COURT Chandigarh, November 2 The complainant, Mr Sanjeev Walia, a resident of Sector 35-C, stated in a complaint that he submitted an application to the General Manager, Chandigarh Telephone, to shift his telephone from House number 2403, Sector-35 to House number 739, Sector 11-B on June 9, 1997. When the UT Telephone Department failed to effect the shifting of the telephone, in spite of personal visits and representations made by the complainant, he ultimately served a legal notice on June 9, 1997. Thereafter the telephone was shifted on July 12, 1997 and was made functional on July 16, 1997. It was alleged that the complainant, being an advocate suffered loss in his practice due to non-availability of the phone in his new office. He put the loss at Rs 1, 000 per day and claimed compensation. The Forum allowed the complaint with a direction to the General Manager, Chandigarh Telephone to pay a compensation of Rs 7,500 to the complainant and also refund the rental charged from the complainant for a period of two-and-half months. |
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Bar Council meeting Chandigarh, November 2 Mr Munjal informed that there were 23 issues in the agenda. Other items include considering amendments if any, in the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana election rules, 1968, to consider the matter of visiting of advocates to District Courts and Tehsil levels for producing work and to consider the complaints of professional misconduct against advocates. The Secretary of the Bar Council, Mr
C.L. Munjal, informed that Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Member of Parliament and two other senior advocates would also address the members in the afternoon tomorrow. |
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Man acquitted Chandigarh, November 2 The city police had registered a case under Sections 279, 337 of the IPC against the accused on June 13, 1996, in Sector 36. It was alleged that the accused who was driving a car had injured a cyclist, Deep Ram. |
CHANDIGARH SANGEET
SAMMELAN Chandigarh, November 2 Commencing his recital with raga Shankara, Prabhakar moved the audience with his bandish (Anhat aadh naadko, paran payo pachh hari guni gyani...). Closely following raga Shankara was raga Chandrakons in which the musician presented the ‘bandish bhajle man rain din rama’.... Next in the line came, ‘bandish in raga Sohni kahe ab tum aaye.’ The concluding item was a bhajan. The musician’s finesse was matched by his accompanists, Jagannath Singh on the tabla and Pt Dinkar Sharma on harmonium. Accompanying him on tanpura was Prabhakar’s disciple from Mumbai, Atulendu. The mood for the evening was set by Sunanda Sharma, A little before she was taking her MA in vocal music exam from Panjab University. A disciple of the illustrious Padma Bhushan Girija Devi, Sunanda today has to her credit performances in prestigious concerts like the Harbhallabh Sangeet Sammellan, Tansen sammellan and so on. She was one of the six young Indian musicians who toured England under the Generation Y2K programme, which featured Amman and Ayaan Ali Bangash, Rahul Sharma, Rajnish Mishra among others. Sunanda has recently released her CD titled ‘Dharohar.’ Today she opened the concert with a khayaal in raga Bageshwari, followed by a tappa which blended Urdu, Persian and Punjabi.
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Wooden marvels from Africa Chandigarh, November 2 The pieces, numbering about 100, have been created out of three types of woods. While the small-sized sculptures depicting themes from the life, society and rituals of Africans are made from ebony wood and African rosewood, the intricately carved chests bearing pictures from the African safaris and game parks are products of Meninga wood. The power of the ensemble lies in the fact that each work has been created by carving a single log of wood. So you can feel the rugged ebony bark, the beautiful natural black-coloured ebony wood, coupled with the magic spilled by the fingers of
African artists, all at the same time. Put under the title of Makonde wood carvings, the works reflect longings and desires of Makonde tribe which hails from the South Tanzania or North Mozambique. People from this tribe have largely been acclaimed as master wood carvers, who concentrate on themes of love, life and God. The present collection features carvings out of ebony wood, which is a very precious wood. The wood is an artist’s delight on account of its dark colours that range from red to black. The colour of this wood depends upon the age and the soil in which the wood grows. Almost all works in the exhibition will require almost negligible maintenance because they have been created out of natural grains of wood. They can be easily washed and repolished if so desired. The exhibition can be viewed till Sunday between 11 am and 8 pm. |
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Prabal’s intricacy weaves
magic Chandigarh, November 2 This time he is exhibiting traditional paper-cutting works in a contemporary perspective. Mounted close to the Devsathankala figures of Lord Ganesha (cut out of plastic paper) is the contemporary paper-cutting work which shows Rabindranath Tagore in reminiscence. As eyes follow the intricate curves on paper, they long for more of Prabal’s master paper cutting art. Each work speaks of not just the beauty of Prabal’s art, but also of his immense understanding of Sanskrit and English classical literature. Figurative works revel in historical and literary themes. So there is a paper-cutting image of Shiva, reflecting the trimukh, Banbhatta’s Kadambari, engaged in a conversation with “shuka” (the parrot), which narrates sequences from its last birth to her, and another showing Lord Krishna’s invocation of the rain. Adorning the collection which opened today at Punjab Kala Bhavan, Sector 16, are four new works — set in history and precision. There are three works from Prabal’s papers cutting series on Buddha, which he exhibited on September 17 at the Mahabodhi Hall in Kolkata. The works were inaugurated by the revered Dalai Lama himself. These works trace the growth of Buddhism from the dream of Magada to Mahadevi nirvana. Prabal has taken care of the
minutes details in all his works. One of the works is particularly striking. It shows Buddha attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Forming a canopy over Buddha’s head are three leaves from the tree. The leaves are significant in their depiction of the three quintessential elements of Buddhism — dharma, sangha and buddha. Sharing his experience about the exhibition of Buddha, Prabal said, “I have to be extra-cautious because every work was to be scrutinised by the highest possible authority on Buddhism — the Dalai Lama himself.” Also featured in the present ensemble is the “The Last Supper”. Prabal is the only artist in the world to have created a paper-cutting work on this theme. This time he has also displayed drawings on Jesus. There are about five drawings which show Jesus preaching the gospel of truth. The show will be in progress till November 5 and can be viewed between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. |
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Creation through artist’s eye Chandigarh, November 2 No wonder Shiv Singh is back with another collection after a gap of about two months. The collection, which has his latest works will open for view at Teji’s art gallery tomorrow. The works are fresh, although some seem to follow the same line of thought which the artist had developed in his last exhibition at Alliance Francaise in Sector 36. But when viewed intently, the difference becomes evident. The collection traces creation — both physically and metaphysically. Squares and circles join hands to lend sense to existence, which the artist has attempted to showcase in his canvases. The colours of fire dot the frames, adding further relevance to the theme on display.
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Milan Singh to perform
in city today Chandigarh, November 2 After a long hiatus, the Mumbai girl, who has sung songs of Rafi and Kishore with an amazing talent, will showcase her talent at Aerizzona, Sector 9, beginning at 4 pm onwards. Recently ‘her two cassettes,’ Hey Jamalo and Nach kudiye were released.
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It’s mehndi time
again Chandigarh, November 2 For those who could not pay Rs 300 or so to get their hands coated in Arabic style, sparkles with glittering stars was the “right choice” as artists were not charging more than Rs 100 for it. Others were going in for the traditional patterns in black and brown by paying about Rs 50 so, depending upon the design. This year, according to artists, Virendera and Subhash Gupta, girls were getting henna applied right up to the elbows. “Until a few years ago, mehndi used to be applied only up to the wrists”, Subhash Gupta asserted while dexterously applying mehndi on the hands of two final year graduation students. They revealed that most of the girls were regular customers of particular artists and refused to get henna applied from anyone else. Subhash Gupta is a postgraduate in political science with one-year mehndi application course to his credit. Today, the young and the old alike rushed to the Sector 22 market to get mehndi applied following rumours that charges would soon increase. “We are charging Rs 100 to 500 from customers depending upon the design. From tomorrow, the charges will be increased by about 25 per cent. This trend will continue till Karva Chauth,” Subhash Gupta asserted. “On Saturday night, we will be applying henna till well past midnight”, he said. Little wonder today there was hardly any space left in the passageway for the shoppers as the girls and women waited for their turn to get mehndi applied on their hands.
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