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Varsity felicitates Rudy Chandigarh, November 3 Mr Rudy is a former general secretary of the PU Campus Students’ Council. He is also a former president of the students” council of Government College, Sector 11. Mr Rudy while addressing the gathering talked about his student days at the colleges where he had always taken up his activities dreaming of a career in politics. He is currently an MP from Chhapra district in Bihar. Mr Rudy said that one highlight of student politics at the campus has been work for students welfare. This was evident from the fact that Mr Rajinder Deepa, president of the campus council when he was the general secretary was also present on the occasion. Mr Deepa is a known Congressman. Mr Rudy thanked his contemporaries who were attending the function and his teachers. Later, addressing a press conference Mr Rudy gave a picture of the tough times that the financial situation of the country was facing in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the WTC in New York. He condemned the attacks. The world economy had been effected. Mr Rudy said that efforts were on to look for new markets for the country’s products. There is more focus on Latin American countries and African nations in the changed global order. Mr Rudy said that POTO was an attempt to strengthen the security of the country. There were accepted violations of provisions under TADA. The government could make the necessary changes if needed after a debate on the issue that concerned security of the country. Mrs K Atma Ram, a former principal of Government College for men, said that she had fond memories of Mr Rudy, of which one was that he was a calm listener to all opposition. Mr Rajinder Deepa, a former president of the campus council, gave accounts of his memories during the tenure of the last elected student council before the council elections witnessed a gap of 14 years. Prof K.N.Pathak, Vice Chancellor, welcomed the minister. Mr Rudy was also given a certificate of membership of the PU Alumni Association.  |
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ROUND-UP Chandigarh It took five days to count only 55,554 ballot papers and tabulate the results of 15 Fellows. The counting staff did not take a break for two nights. Senior Fellows and faculty members who witnessed the counting, questioned the long-drawn process. Several loose-ends in the system also led to some controversies. The university fixes a minimum number of votes for a candidate to be declared elected. After the first count, starts the process of distributing the votes of the elected candidates. This is followed by elimination of the lowest vote securers whose second preferences are recorded. The process goes on till the top eligible candidates are left in the field. The top securers are declared elected even if they do not fulfil the required quota. This time, only three candidates secured the required number in the first count. Two top vote securers were declared from Panjab University area. Then followed more than six rounds of counting till two more candidates were elected. After this, one more candidate qualified. One of the elected Fellows suggested that one possible way could be to ask the voter to mark 15 choices on a sheet which could be processed in a computer. This would help in quick declaration of results. A senior teacher said that the total number of seats in the graduates category is 15. If a sheet was given to the voter, he could mark as many choices which could be tabulated for the final result. Another suggestion is that a possible way could be to declare the top 15 vote securers elected. This can save a lot of extra work. There is also a section of faculty members who feel that there is no need for a graduates constituency and only regular faculty members should be part of the Senate. At one time a proposal in this regard was sent to the Chancellor’s office. However, Fellows from the graduates constituency are known for their voice in academic matters. |
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GCG-11 wins quiz contest Chandigarh, November 3 The team from Government College, Sector 11, bagged the second position since the host college was not in the race for the running trophy of the contest. Government College for Girls, Sector 42, came third in the five-team contest. In a contest where the girls of GCG-11 clearly dominated the show right from the onset, the questions revolved around various aspects of physical geography, climatology, regional world geography, geography of India and Punjab and cartography. At the end the keenly contested quiz, rapid fire rounds and two visual rounds elicited an enthusiastic response from the students and the contest ended in a tie for second spot between the teams from GCG-42 and GC-11, which was resolved with a single question posed to both of them. The Principal, Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi, presided over the function and gave away prizes to the winners. The quiz was conducted by Mrs. Shashi Sharma, Head of the Department of Geography of the college.
Teachers plan protest The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union will hold a protest in front of the office of the managing committee of Dev Samaj College for Women at the Dev Samaj Bhawan in Sector 36 on November 6. The rally is being organised to lodge a protest against the suspension of a lecturer of Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepore, Ms Harbans Kaur. A large number of teachers in non-government-aided colleges of Punjab and
Chandigarh are expected to participate in the rally. In a press note issued here today, Prof. NP Manocha, district president of the Chandigarh District Council of the PCCTU, stated that the management had not responded to the efforts of the union to resolve the dispute amicably.
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Declamation trophy
for GMSSS-35 Chandigarh, November 3 The declamation contest was organised by the club in memory of a former president of the club, Povinder Sharma. The topics were ‘is war the only solution to check terrorism, ‘Are we happier than our forefathers, ‘Rising prices — unending crises’, ‘Does religion teach us rivalry’ and ‘Educate a person and help India progress’. The chief guest was the President of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress, Mr B B Behl. The region chairman from Ludhiana, Mr K.S. Sohal, was the guest of honour. The chairman project, Mr Kamal Arora, and president of the club, Mr Sudhir Kumar, thanked the Principal of the school, Ms Rajesh Minhas. Judges for the competition were Dr Surjeet Patheja, Mr Javnendra Singh and Mr M.R. Dhiman. The team trophy was won by Government Model Senior Secondary School Sector 35-D. The winning team comprised Avral and Loveleen. Individual winners were — first: Avral Vyas, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35; second: Udit Narula, St Stephen’s School, Sector 45-B; third: Guneet Kaur, Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, and Malika, DAV Model School, Sector 15. Consolation prizes went to Neha Kohli of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, and Lovleen of Government Model Senior Secondary School’ Sector 35-D.
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Various facets of Ranjit
Singh’s reign discussed Chandigarh, November 3 The seminar was organised by the Department of History to mark the bicentenary celebrations of the coronation of the Maharaja. In the first paper session on the concluding day Dr Surinder Singh presented a paper on “Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Sikh coins”. He highlighted the efforts of the Maharaja in maintaining the “purity of the coins and establishing mints in the newly conquered areas”. He had the faces of the gurus inscribed on coins. Prof Amrik Singh presented a paper on “Ranjit Singh and Akbar: A Comparative Approach”. He compared the “two outstanding men” and lives of people during their reign. Both had similar ambitions and outlook, established empires and were able, innovative and tolerant. Prof B.N. Goswamy, an eminent art critic, said while there was ample information about Maharaja’s public life, there was hardly anything known about his “inner life”. Professor Goswamy brought out the ambience of the court life and the routine business with a slide presentation. Prof Indu Banga in her paper on “Social mobility in the state of Ranjit Singh” focussed on aspects of social change among the social classes that interacted with the state in a well defined context. The agrarian policy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was conducive to upward social mobility among the peasant proprietors, tenants and those artisans who were engaged in the process of colonisation. Earlier Prof Surjit Hans in his paper on “the impact of medieval political ideas( Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh) on modern times’ constructed his text from a text written during the reign of the Maharaja “Rajniti Budhi Bardh” (The Ocean of Political Wisdom), which was the translation of the Persian original. Others who spoke at the seminar included Prof Himadri Banerjee, Dr S.K. Pachauri, Dr Gurpreet maini, Dr Sukhdev Sharma, Dr Sukhmani Bal Riar and Dr Geeta Grewal among others. |
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Management festival ends Chandigarh, November 3 The first two prizes in the debate on “India-Undermanaged” were won by students of Punjab Engineering College. Other events of the day included a Jam session and a stock market. Rock Show by Euthansia, a rock band from the Thapar Institute, Patiala, was staged last evening. “Antakshri” contest brought the festival to an end. |
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FROM THE SCHOOLS Chandigarh, November 3 Led by the principal, Mr Ram Kumar, the rally went through the streets and the market-place where the students, holding placards and banners, raised slogans of “Say no to crackers” as part of the drive to hold such rallies in various schools of the city. Mr Kumar sensitised the students on the issue of bursting crackers. The rallyists displayed banners on noise pollution around silence zones, which included areas around hospitals, educational institutions and religious places. The rallyists attempted to make the general public aware of the interim directions issued by the Supreme Court to contain noise pollution and campaign against the use of crackers between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Emphasising the point that the use of crackers would lead to environmental pollution, the students encouraged the public to celebrate Divali by lighting lamps.
Fete-cum-mela A cultural extravaganza marked by dances and stalls at Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary Model School and JB Modern Public School marked the fete-cum-mela held at the premises, here today. It was thorough entertainment for the students who enjoyed the inaugural session brought alive by folk dances of nine states of the country, reflecting the unity in diversity. Over 30 stalls of games, eatables and entertainment were put up by students. Also, joy rides and a Boogie-Woogie dance contest saw enthusiastic participation from as many as 50 children. A raffle draw ticket kept the students and their parents involved till the very end.
Founder’s week The sixth Founder’s week of Vivek High School, Sector 38, would begin at the school premises tomorrow with a prayer meeting to be attended by students and staff of the school. A series of activities have been lined up for the five-day celebrations which include plays, one each at the school premises and Phase I of Rock Garden, an inter-school debate and a drill display at the school premises to mark the conclusion on November 8. The novelty of the celebrations this year would be the handing over of a temporary structure to run the school for slum children of “Pustak”, being managed by the Youth Technical Training Society in Sector 25. |
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Painting Divali in a different hue Chandigarh, November 3 About 1000 students of the school spread messages like “Say no to crackers”, “Divali — enjoy with sweets and candles” and so on through their paintings, depicting crackers as not only the cause of accidents, but as also contributing towards noise and air pollution. The participants were categorised into three groups, Group A having students from class I to Class III, Group B with students from Class IV to Class V and Group C with students from Class VI to Class VIII. The competition was followed by a cultural function which concluded with the Chief Guest, Mr S.K. Sharma, president, Environment Society of India, giving away the prizes to the winners. The result of the competition is as follows: Group A — First: Arti Rani, Second: Sukhjinder Singh, Third: Amandeep Singh; Group B — First: Anu Sharma , Second: Poonam , Third: Jyoti; Group C — First: Harpreet Singh, Second: Neha , Third: Gaurav Kumar. |
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Declamation contest held Chandigarh, November 3 Competitors from about 20 schools from here, Panchkula, Mohali and Yamunanagar participated in the contest, held in two sections-Junior and Senior. While junior students spoke on three subjects-“spread of literacy — need of the hour”, “we are happier than our forefathers” and “save earth-save life”, the “senior students spoke on “Global terrorism — how to combat it” and “Defence preparedness — need of the hour”. Though the host School team was overall first, it did not contest for the trophy, which was then won by the next overall winner Sant Nischal Singh Public School, Yamunanagar. Commander of 12 Signal Group, Brigadier S.C. Sharma, gave away the prizes. Principal, Army School, Chandimandir, Mr N.R. Baberwal was also present on the occasion. Results: Juniors: first — Sukriti Sabherwal, Army School, Chandimandir; second-Dhaarna Tangri, St Kabir School, Chandigarh, and third — Varneet Kaur, Sant Nischal Singh, Public School, Yamunanagar. Senior: first — Anita Rana, Bhawan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, second- Gaurav Chhibber, St Stephen School, Chandigarh, and third — Mitika Chauhan, Sant Nischal Singh, Public School, Yamunanagar. |
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Appointment of consumer forum head sought Chandigarh, November 3 In a message faxed to The Tribune office here today, Mr Jain, who is also chairman of the Citizens Council, Ambala Cantt, said after the retirement of Mr U B Khanduja, the District Consumer Forum had become defunct, causing hardship to a large number of people. He said in spite of a large number of representations made to the state authorities, no step had been taken to appoint a regular chairman of the consumer forum. While stating that a memorandum had been submitted to Justice Amarjeet Chowdhary, chairman, Haryana State Consumer Forum, for expediting the appointment of a regular chairman at Ambala, Mr Jain said till the time a regular incumbent took over, the Chairman of the Lok Adalat, Ambala, or senior advocates from the bar or a retired judge could be given the charge. |
Punjabi pop king adds zing to concert Chandigarh, November 3 The scene outside the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium was as chaotic as expected. Where the traffic police was busy doing its job — that of stopping the vehicles about a kilometer before the venue, the youth were doing theirs — causing commotion right outside the gate of the venue. Given all this, the show inside the stadium went on in full zing, with the king of Punjabi folk doling out nostalgic melodies one after another. In the line of many songs which Gurdas sung today came the ever verdant “Challa”, “Apna Punjab hove” and also “Main Punjabi haan...mera yaar Punjabi hai”. As important as the rendering by Gurdas was the ceremony in which nine sportspersons were honoured for their outstanding achievements. Among the awardees for the day were Sukhbir Singh Gill (hockey), Inderjit Singh Chadha (hockey), Nishi Chauhan (hockey), Rajpal Singh and Babita Negi (judo). Each of these was awarded Rs 5000. In the category of upcoming sportspersons were Kirti Puri (skating), Haramal Singh (baseball) Sanjeev Kumar (baseball), and hockey coach Jasbir Singh Bajwa. As for the musical concert where Gurdas held the fort, it went quite well and also for over about two hours. The music was great, so was the weather, so was the spirit of the youth who kept dancing to nostalgic lyrics. |
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VC opens art
exhibition Chandigarh, November 3 The work, which voices the potential of Manmeet as a mature artist, has already been sold for Rs 7,000. It was inaugurated on the premises of Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Kanthala, where a three-day seminar on Sikh studies is in progress. His work is based on surrealist technique, which has been employed by him in many other works. His work is all about power and energy, as also about his desire to overcome his infirmity. It reflects the grandeur of the Guru Granth Sahib and features the entire process of paying obeisance to the Holy scripture. In the backdrop are shlokas from the sacred book which add to the relevance of the work. |
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CHANDIGARH SANGEET SAMMELAN Chandigarh, November 3 The evening was set into a melodious mould by Prabhat, who enthralled the gathering by deft handling of sarod, the instrument which traces its roots to Afghan palaces. The reflection of his guru Sharan Rani’s lessons was evident in Prabhat’s recital which he commenced with Raaga “Hemant”. After a significantly mature commencement, Prabhat went on to add beauty to the concert by presenting a self composed “dhun”. As the breeze got colder and the night descended, it was time to live the music of ustad Amir Khan Sahib. The second artiste of the evening was none other than the illustrious disciple of the late guru of Indore gharana. A torchbearer of a grand tradition, Shanti Sharma believes in experimenting with music within the frameworks of her “gharana”. Inspired by her guru and also by Heera Bai Barodkar, Shanti has evolved her own style of rendering, “khayaal” being her forte and her passion. She said, “Khayaal embodies balance. Its ‘badhat’ has the beauty of its own, as ustad Amir Khan sahib used to say: The ‘badhat’ helps knit swara and laya to give life to the composition.” Shanti began her recital with raaga Malkons. Her ‘bandish’ read: “Kinke man ram biraaje.” The same composition had often been rendered by her guru. Later she went on to present two ‘bandish’ in “madhya laya teen taal.” |
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