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PU
syndicate approves 20 appointments
Chandigarh, August 7 Meanwhile, more than fresh appointments made in the various departments of the university have been accepted by the Syndicate except an appointment of Reader in University Business School and that of a lecturer in Mathematics Department. The Syndicate has also decided to refund the cost of the unfilled examination forms to the students, wanting to return these. The university will retain 10 per cent of the cost of the forms. The proposal for speeding up the process of declaration of the re-evaluation results has also been approved by the syndicate. The issue of disaffiliation of the Punjab Engineering College for the 2005-06 session was deferred and would be taken up in subsequent meeting of the Syndicate. The issue writing off of the 791 missing books and 509 unserviceable books has also been deferred. Dr B.D. Budhiraja has been appointed the new Dean, College Development Council, and Prof R.C. Sobti has been appointed as the Director Academic Staff College. Prof J.K. Gupta has been appointed the Dean, University Instructions, for a few days till the current DUI Prof S.K. Sharma is on leave. The Syndicate members appreciated Member Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal for giving a sum of Rs 1 crore from the MP LAD for starting the Dental College in PU from next session. Prof M.R. Aggarwal and Prof P.P. Arya raised the issue of rejection of promotion of the five library assistants and sought the review of the decision. The case of confirmation of the appointment of Dr Rakesh Datta in Centre for Defence and National Security has been yet again referred to the Senate for any decision. The change in nomenclature of the engineering branches of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) has been approved as per the requirements of the AITCE. The allocation of Rs 160 lakh out of the savings of the UIET for the construction of the boys hostel has been accepted by the syndicate.
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BEL adopts govt school Panchkula, August 7 Officials at BEL said that they conducted a survey of the educational institutions in the township and found that Joy Lall Government Senior Secondary School in Sector 6 was in need of special assistance. The school has a few classrooms, but these are inadequate for the hundreds of students who come here from rural areas and their classes are held in the open. BEL has now earmarked a sum of Rs 32 lakh for constructing a new block in the school. Speaking on the occasion, the school Principal, Ms Anita Anand, said that the school was upgraded to a senior secondary level in 1995, but the infrastructure had not been upgraded. She thanked the BEL officials for help in providing infrastructure. The District Education Officer, Ms Phool Khatri, and General Manager, BEL, Panchkula unit, Mr Anand Kumar, were also present. |
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Students plant saplings on Environment Day Chandigarh, August
7 Government High School, Sector 40, celebrated the Environment Day by planting saplings on the school premises here today. Dr C.L. Narang, Deputy Director, Adult Education, Panjab University, while speaking on the occasion said environment protection was the responsibility of the citizens. The students presented a cultural programme on the occasion. Debate: The topic of the debate was ‘Today’s Education is not a mere knowledge of the textbook’. The participating teams were St Joseph’s Convent School, Jalandhar, SD Model School for Boys and Girls, Jalandhar, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, St Stephen’s School, Chandigarh and St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh. The team of St Kabir School comprising Ramita Vig and Shamit Monga won the debate. The best speaker award was won by Jash Sabharwal from Bishop Cotton School. The first and second runners up were Ramita Vig from St Kabir School and Priya Kanda from SD Model School, Jalandhar. Library
orientation programme: Dr A.N. Garg, Principal of the college, called upon the students to inculcate a habit of reading. Mr I.B.Verma , librarian of the college also spoke on the occasion. Training NSUI rally: Seminar: |
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Decks cleared for MFA course Chandigarh, August 7 The decision to allow the college authorities to fill required posts of assistant professors and lecturers needed for taking MFA classes was taken here about two days ago. College Principal Prof Brahm Parkash informed The Tribune that the clearance had been granted for the appointment of four assistant professors and three lecturers for various disciplines of the master’s degree in fine art. Meanwhile, the college is also making efforts to get more space required for conducting MFA classes. It may be recalled that the college authorities had earlier made an official representation of its claim over the Art College block, presently under the occupation of Punjab and Haryana government departments. The matter was then taken up by the UT Administration at the level of Chief Secretaries of the respective states. The latest news is that the block may be vacated any time under official pressure. Says Prof Parkash, “We are keen to start our classes but for that we need more classrooms and more studios. We are pursuing the case of vacation of the block occupied by Haryana Industries department people. We see some hope finally.” The college authorities added that as soon as the space was made available, they would advertise for filling the vacancies of assistant professors and lecturers for MFA classes. |
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Workshop for blind students Chandigarh, August 7 This was stated by Dr Manmohan Sharma from the Voluntary Health Association of India, Chandigarh, during a workshop organised by the CII Chandigarh Council at the Institute for the Blind, Chandigarh. The workshop was part of the CII’s Green School Project which is supported by Mahindra & Mahindra as principal sponsor and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd as co-sponsor. It is the need of the hour to engender positive and healthy relationships between young persons and other members of society, including members of family, school teachers, and community workers, leading to positive actions within the existing cultural context.
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CBSE to
coordinate with Admn on safety Chandigarh, August 7 The coordination would be in form of technical assistance from various government departments in ascertaining the preparedness for calamities. The Chairman of the board, Mr Ashok Ganguly, has asked all regional offices to implement safety guidelines. |
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Encroachments at District Courts removed Chandigarh, August 7 Yesterday the enforcement wing had closed down an illegally run guest house in Sector 22. |
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596 cases taken up at Lok Adalat Panchkula, August 7 This was stated by Mr Justice V.K Bali, Chairman of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority, here today. He was addressing lawyers at the judicial complex, after inaugurating a Lok Adalat. He said the cases in these adalats were resolved amicably and both sides were satisfied. Mr Justice Bali exhorted lawyers to help in making these adalats a success, so that the poor can get justice. He asked the lawyers to spread awareness about the lok adalats among the litigants so that they can avail of the benefits of the adalat. Later, he visited various court rooms to oversee the functioning of the adalats. As many as 596 cases were taken up in the Lok Adalat today and 126 of these cases were resolved. A sum of Rs 9,900 was recovered as fine in these cases. The cases were taken up in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Gulab Singh, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mr Ajay Aggarwal and Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ms Shashi Bala Chauhan. Mr Shekhar Dhawan, Member Secretary of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority, said they had organised 1,931 lok adalats in the state and 4,81,414 cases had been resolved in these adalats. He said 24,974 cases of the motor vehicle claims have been solved in these adalats and compensation worth Rs 1,67,14,28,035 had been disbursed. |
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Film Review Director duo Abbas-Mustan in their latest venture “Tarzan — The Wonder Car” have doled out a “car full” of comic dose for children.
The hero, Raj (Vatsal Seth), brings home his late father’s junk car from a scrap dealer. The car becomes his passion and he works on it day and night to transform it to a hi-tech futuristic car. In the process, the hero, too, is transformed from a sober bespectacled student to a dashing guy But the same is not true for the heroine, Ayesha Takia. She remains expressionless till the end. Most of the time she is in minis and micro-minis, displaying her legs. Vatsal with his cute next-door-boy look is passable. Adventures of the car will gladden the hearts of children. The car flies, moves over water while on a revengeful spree. It is highly emotional. While chasing villains, it stops to help children. Farida Jalal, as usual, is at her motherly best. Ajay Devgan appears in a brief role. |
Give in to the lure of precious stones Want to look different ? Say goodbye to good-old gold. A slender string of rubies around your neck can add sparkle to your looks. Start experimenting with emerald, amethyst, garnet, topaz, turquoise and coral. There are pendants studded with big stones and silver chains which can give you a bold look. Studs, bracelets, rings and necklaces of precious or semi-precious stones go perfectly with long flowing skirts, minis and denims. But this does not mean that these won't go with Indian dresses. You can match these with salwar kameez and kurtas. Pearls matched with a saree do give elegant mature looks. City-based fashion designer, Neena Khanna vouches for stone jewellery,‘‘I am not fond of gold jewellery at all. Most of the time it remains in the locker. I feel that stones studded on silver base bring out the trendy look in me. The best thing about it is that these are easy to maintain’’. ‘‘I find stone jewellery ultimate. Flaunt your studs and bracelets studded with precious stones with western outfits and you are sure to get appreciation’’ , says Ankita, a BA final year student of GCG 11. However, it is very important to know the difference between natural stones and artificial stones. For a layman it is difficult to distinguish between artificial and real ones. But there are some tips to spot the genuine ones by carefully looking at colour, markings and weight, said a local jeweller. Synthetic stones usually have an extra shine. For example synthetic ruby will be of much brighter shade than the natural one which is pinkish. Another way to tell the real ruby from the artificial one is to look for hexagonal marking behind the stone. The color of good quality emerald is distinct too. It is grass green not bright green. The other thing is that real stones are always expensive. Aneesha, a student of MCM College said,‘‘I am very much inspired by Preity Zinta's look in ‘‘Lakshya’’. In that movie she was wearing sterling silver jewellery studded with stones which I liked very much’’. Not many are fashion conscious. Some go for it because astrologers recommend these to solve various problems. City-based astrologer Sansar Chand said, ‘‘One should seek astrologer’s advice before wearing a particular stone. To recommend a particular stone for an individual we have to check the horoscope’’. But problems or no problems stones can be your faithful companions. — OC |
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Kids present “Monsoon dance dhamaka” It was “ Monsoon special dance dhamaka by little stars” at the weekend cultural show at Plaza, Sector 17, on Saturday. Around 22 kids aged between 5 and 10 years performed in the show. All the participants were from Mohali, Chandigarh and Panchkula. The kids danced on the tunes of Punjabi and Hindi songs. Attired in beautiful traditional and western dresses, they presented a delightful sight. Master Goldy gave a wonderful solo performance on “Mitra Da Na Chalda”. The other interesting performance was on “ Rang De Basanti Chola” by Jugni K. K. Group. They even depicted the story of Bhagat Singh in their song. On the tunes of “Baith Ke Trinjana Te Soniya” in duet dance performance Parul and Harman won the hearts of many. Many of them could be seen tapping their feet in sync with the rhythm. As Mohit danced on the tunes of “Chandu Ke Chacha Ne” the crowd stood to applause. The show was organised by the Department of Tourism, Chandigarh Administration, and the Oasis Events.
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Khichdi’s Prafful dons a new
mantle for comedy When Babuji screams " Prafful tu to gadha hai gadha", in the TV serial ‘‘Khichdi’’, all eyes are on Rajiv Mehta who plays Prafful in the serial and the audience is eager to hear his punchline delivered with spontaneity. His expertise in evoking laughter will be tested in a comedy serial ‘‘Main Office Tere Aangan Ki’’ which will be aired on Sahara Manoranjan soon. In a telephonic interview he told about the serial. ‘‘I play a superstitious character, Bhadresh, in the serial. Bhadresh wears certain colors on certain days and even shifts his office to his home’’. He said this serial was different from ‘‘Khichdi’’. ‘‘The plot is different and even my looks are changed. The only similarity is that both the serials are comedy serials. In this serial we have a Babuji, money spinning Bua, henpecked husband that is me, a hassled wife , a sexy secretary and a forgetful copywriter’’. Talking about its strong points, he said,‘‘The script, well-defined characters and spontaneous humour are the things that make the show a good bet’’. In ‘‘Main Office Tere Aangan Ki’’ all characters are from theatre background. ‘‘We know each other's strengths, weaknesses and also each other's capacity to evoke audience response. This is what will make the show work’’, he says. Acting for Rajiv is stimulating and he enjoys every minute of it. ‘‘ It is not work for me. I cannot imagine myself doing something else’’, he said. ‘‘Stage is my first love. That is where I come from’’, he said. A play ‘‘Thank You Kokila’’ has won him a lot accolades too. Talking about the difference between theatre and television he said,‘‘Theatre is a medium of sound. Even those in the second row cannot see your facial expressions. Television on the other hand is much more of a visual medium. The difference is vast’’. |
Government College of Art, Sector 10, has a new landmark now. Installed on the wall facing the college pond, a new and splendid glass mosaic mural arrests the visitor’s attention. Laced with bright colours, the mural has another significant quality apart from beauty — it has been prepared out of waste matter left after the completion of the prestigious Delhi metro railway project. As for the theme, it revolves around the college, with the moon symbolising the college as the seat of knowledge, and the four figures signifying the four disciplines of painting, graphics, applied art and sculpture. Basic design of the mural was done by Rakesh Bani, professor in print-making at the college. Taking on from that design, the students of second and third year created a world of their own. Said Prof Bani: “Students took 15 days to prepare the mural which signifies evolution of the college. It is a piece of art that symbolises hope. It is also a reflection of students’ faith in the greatness of their institution.” — TNS |
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