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COBSE conference concludes SAS Nagar, December 13 At the valedictory function held at Shivalik View Hotel in Sector 17, Chandigarh, the Secretary of the COBSE, Prof D.V. Sharma, said there was a need to impart different aspects of traditional vocational development among children at the right age. To implement various recommendations of the COBSE, hands of the state school boards had to be strengthened. Its members decided that the COBSE would recommend that the pre-vocational and vocational training be given for the industry, agriculture and the service sectors— either in schools or at nearby centres. A dual system of education had to be adopted. Prof DC Baroowa, Chairman of the COBSE, said vocational stream was a neglected area. There was mismatch between allotment of subjects and selection of school in certain states. Starting vocational education courses in colleges, including engineering colleges, training programmes for vocational stream subject and introducing economy-oriented vocational subjects was the need of the hour, said Dr Baroowa. Earlier, Dr Kehar Singh, Chairman of the Punjab School Education Board, said recommendations made during the conference would go a long way in strengthening the cause of education. During the function, a traditional gatka and a bhangra mix by students of Mere Pere Academy , being run by Mr Harbhajan Singh Yogi was praised by all. Mr Yogi was also present on the occasion.
Conference on fluid mechanics at
PEC Chandigarh, December 13 It helps in regulating the distribution of water as per varying requirements. The fluid mechanics also help in launching of satellites which require yet more complicated engineering for the flow of air at supersonic and hypersonic speeds. The other main example of channelising power from fluids is the invention of an airplane. The General Jacob was speaking at inauguration of the 28th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power at Punjab Engineering College. Advances in medical treatment have been due to the development of sophisticated equipment are possible because of the understanding of control and flow of blood in the arteries and veins. Advances in high-speed computations, progress in numerical methods and techniques of utilizing these to solve problems in fluid mechanics have led to a new discipline, which is known as computational fluid dynamics. General Jacob congratulated the scientists saying “you have conquered space by understanding fluid mechanics. I am particularly delighted to see that you chose Punjab Engineering College for this year’s conference as the premier college is now being upgraded to a deemed university.” |
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SCHOOL FUNCTION Chandigarh, December 13 Thus began the annual function “Tender Symphony 2K1’’ of the Kindergarten Wing of Tender Heart School, Sector 33, held at Tagore Theatre, here today. The musical play began with a group of students discovering the “Selfish Giant’s Wishing Well’’ in an unkempt garden from which a fairy emerged. Fulfilling the wishes made by the children, she created Barbie dolls, Red Indians, pixies, fairies and robots to produce a scintillating show. Later, the children managed to reform the selfish giant with their love and faith. Running through the entire length of the play was an underlying message that it is never too late to reform oneself and vice ignored becomes vice multiplied while vice realised is vice rectified. The chief guests at the annual function were old students of the school who had been especially invited. Speaking of their experiences in school, the students said the school had laid a strong foundation and built their character which was helping them face the challenges life presented. During the 90-minute programme, as many as 300 students came on-stage, acting as dolls, robots, fairies, rabbits, elephants and elves to entertain the audience which thoroughly enjoyed the home production. Fancy dress A fancy dress contest by students of Silverline Preparatory School, Sector 36, marked the annual function celebration at the school premises, here today. The students were dressed as fruits, vegetables and flowers and personalities. The chief guest, Ms Usha Narula, applauded the efforts of the kids in her address. The Principal, Ms Surinder Kaur, in her annual report, reviewed the progress of the school and highlighted the achievements of the students and commended the children for their performance. The winners of the contest include: Raghav Abrol (pre-nursery), Sania Malik (nursery) and Kanishka (KG). Carol Singing Christmas festivities began at St Stephens School in Sector 45 B, here today, with a musical morning of carol singing at the school auditorium. The stage wore a festive look with the scene of the birth of Jesus Christ being depicted . Apart from the various schools there was a group of carol singers comprising Romila George, Chhungtei, Mapuia and Tetea who regaled the highly appreciative audience. Carmel Convent, Sacred Heart Convent, Mount Carmel, Chandigarh Baptist, St Annes, St Mary’s , St John’s and St Stephen’s School were the participating schools in the competition. After the carol singing all the participating children were given joy rides. At the end Santa Claus came on the stage and distributed gifts to the children. |
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101 students get degrees SAS Nagar, December 13 Mr Garcha, who was the chief guest the convocation of the Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology here, said earlier the students in Punjab had to travel to other states to get admission in technical and professional colleges. To save parents from financial burden, the government established the Punjab Technical University through an Act of the state legislature in January 1997. All the technical institutes and engineering colleges had been brought under the university. He said to improve technical education facilities in the state, private sector had been engaged to run technical institutions. Earlier, the function started with ‘saraswati vandana’ by students of the institute. After lighting the lamp, the chief guest awarded degrees to about 101 students of the 1998-2000 and 1999-2001 batches. Soosan Chanbra and Aneet were awarded ‘robes of honour’ by the minister for holding the top position in the institute during 1998-2000 and 1999-2001, respectively. After convocation, the minister laid down the foundation stone of a new block of the institute’s complex. An exhibition of software projects developed by students was also organised. An alumni meet suggested various measures to improve the institute. Mr J.S. Bedi, chairman of the Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mr A.D. Nagpal, chairman of the Gian Jyoti Educational Society, and Prof B.B. Tandon, director of the institute, were also present on the occasion. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, December 13 The orders were pronounced on a petition filed by a clerk, Om Singh. He had joined the Indian Air Force in 1964 during the Emergency and was discharged from service in the normal course in April, 1973. According to him, the Haryana Government had initially issued a notification on August 13, 1979, whereby an amendment was made incorporating rule 4-A in the Punjab Government National Emergency (Concession) Rules providing that the benefits of military service towards increment and seniority would be admissible on first appointment and for the purpose of pension, the first and subsequent appointments could also be taken into account. The rule was, however, struck down as unconstitutional by a Division Bench of the High Court. He had added that another notification was issued on April 27, 1982, providing that the benefit of military service towards increments would be admissible only on the first appointment under the government. The petitioner’s representation, seeking military service benefits regarding seniority and pension was, subsequently, rejected. Delivering the verdict after hearing the arguments, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, observed: “It has been seen that the provisions confining the benefit of military service qua the increments and the seniority only had been struck down as unconstitutional. It appears that, notwithstanding the judgement, the state of Haryana has issued another notification amending the rules again and reincorporating the stipulations earlier struck down, and continuing the benefit of military service towards increments and seniority only to the first appointment. It is, therefore, evident that the amendment made by the notification is hit by the same vice which had led to the judgement in the previous case.” The Judges also allowed OM Singh’s petition and quashed the orders rejecting his representation seeking military service benefit regarding seniority, increments and pension. Sessions Judge’s
order Coming down heavily on an advocate who had filed a petition challenging the orders of Ambala’s Sessions Judge rejecting his application for summoning Haryana’s former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal and his son Chander Mohan in an alleged abduction case, Mr Justice K.S. Garewal of the High Court on Thursday ruled that the advocate should be forbidden from acting either as a “petitioner-in-person, as an amicus curiae or in any other pro bono publico capacity”. Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice Garewal observed: “It deserves to be recorded that the advocate did not at all act as an amicus curiae. He appears to have been driven by personal pique to air his grievances against certain individuals. His status is like that of a hat which has adorned many heads and has lost its shape. Justice demands that he should be henceforth forbidden to act either as a petitioner-in-person, as amicus curiae or in any other pro bono publico capacity. He may, however, appear as counsel if properly authorised to act as such by the party concerned”. The case, it may be recalled, pertains to the disappearance of Hisar teacher Sushil Kumari, abducted on way to school on April 30, 1993. An accused in the case, Mukesh Kumar, had allegedly approached her to permit his wife to copy in examinations. The petitioner had alleged that according to the statement of a prosecution witness, the former Chief Minister had a hand in the abduction and alleged murder of the teacher. Minimum wages Legal Correspondent adds: A Full Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, while answering a legal question regarding the entitlement of employees working as daily wagers to minimum pay scales admissible to regularly employed counterparts, allowed a petition filed by the daily wagers. The judgement was pronounced by the Bench, comprising Mr Justice Amar Bir Singh Gill, Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar and Mr Justice J.S. Narang on a bunch of six petitions filed by Vijay Kumar and others. The petitioners had stated that they were entitled to the minimum scale paid to the regular employees as held by a judgement by the Apex Court. Delivering the verdict, the Judges observed: “We feel persuaded to answer the question in favour of the petitioners. The petitioners who are working as ledger clerks, ledger keepers, operators, malis-cum-chowkidars, fitters and on other such posts are satisfying the essential ingredients and are entitle to the minimum of the pay and dearness allowance alone admissible to their counterparts working in the same department on regular basis”. |
Portraying pangs of Partition Chandigarh, December 13 The play was a crux of three short stories — Bhisham Sahni’s “Tamas”, Gurbaksh Singh Preetladi’s “Keru Dus Numberiya” and Sagar Saradi’s “Messiah”. Tamas deals with the story of a Sikh caravan which was gheraoed by Muslims near Lahore. In order to save the honour of their girls, the men cut off their heads and threw them into the well. “Keru Dus Numberiya was the true tory of a man called Keru who married a Muslim girl named Anaiti who is christened as Harbans Kaur. The story revolves around how this happily married couple is separated after Partition. Messiah is the story of a school master Sant Ram whose sister gets caught in a riot. The plot matures as she goes insane due to the tortures inflicted upon her. Today’s play was enacted by Honey Walia as Keru, Gopal Sandhu as sutradhar, Rajinder Raju as the unnamed man, Harish Verma as master Sant Ram, Varinderjeet Kaur as Anaiti. |
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Kendra to honour four artistes Chandigarh, December 13 The felicitation recipients of this year are Ramkumar Chattopadhyay, Dr.Amiya Ranjan Bandopadhyay, Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Satinath Chattopadhyay. Dr Bandopadhyay, a leading exponent of khayal in Bishnupur gharana and Ramkumar Chattopadhyay also a vocalist of Bishnupur gharana and a tabla player will be hounoured under the musicians category while Soumitra Chattopadhya , an actor and Srinath Chattopadhyay, a journalist, will be honoured in others. Keeping the tradition of honouring artistes of repute during it’s convocations every year, the kendra will be offering a cash award of Rs 5,000, a monogram, a shawl and a citation to all four recipients. A cultural evening featuring Ustad Ali Akbar Hussain, Prof Kushal Das in a shehnai — sitar duet will also been organised on this occasion. Koushiki Chakraborty will also participate. |
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Modelling time at Thursday Club Chandigarh, December 13 As the crowd applauded, ‘Savitri’ suceeded in getting her husband back from ‘Yam Raj’ by offering him a lovely black pashmina shawl. “Shakuntala” too saved her husband from the curse of “Rishi Durvasa” by handing over an alluring white and orange shawl. There were also scenes where “Ram” and “Sita”, besides “Maneka” and “Vishwamitra”, displayed the latest in fashion. |
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Remix star enthrals
audience Chandigarh, December 13 Bobby, who shot to fame after he won the MTV Video Ga Ga contest, made some old hits like “Jai Jai Shiv Shankar”, “Yeh dil mere” came alive . However it was his bhangra number “Munda Bhangra Pawe” that bought the dance-loving audience to their feet. Bobby, who has already made his niche in the world of remix music, has brought out his first solo album “Tere Liye”- mixture of romantic melodies as well remixes. However, for Bobby, who aspires to be a playback singer this is just a beginning. “Though I have been singing along with big names like Ila Arun and Alisha I consider all these just as a stepping stone to my ultimate goal which is to become a playback singer,” says Bobby. A Phil Collins and Kishore Kumar fan Bobby is also an architect from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Bobby, besides doing a few remix albums, has also given his voice in a album based on semi classical titled “ Yeh Naina.” Tonight’s show was jazzed up by a five-member band from Mumbai “Girlz” who sang and danced to the audiences’ delight to a number of tunes right from bhangra to rock to ballet to latino. The band comprised five sisters Neha, Deepa, Disha, Soni and Nona who hail from
Jalandhar. Their first dance oriented album will be out in the market very soon. |
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YOUNG VOICE FOR this world is but a stage with a huge play on. Your role is defined, your dialogues are programmed. You can only improve your performance. So excel in the allotted role, smile and thank the Lord, come what may. This is the guiding philosophy of Mr Sukhen Pal Babuta, one of the leading chartered accountants of the city. He did not get anything on a platter. His is a story of struggle and strife to ultimately reach his goals. However, he is one of the few people who strongly believe that self-betterment becomes irrelevant if one is not contributing to the betterment of society. “I believe that If God has been kind to you, it is your duty to spread His kindness amongst the less fortunate. Success comprises high intentions, sincere efforts, intelligent direction and skilful execution,” he says. He has been helping aspiring chartered accountants by providing them the necessary guidance. He is also sponsoring students for providing them with education free of cost. He is presently the Vice-Chairman of Chandigarh Chapter of Northern India Regional Council of Institutes of Chartered Accountants of India.
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