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Teachers cry foul at B.Ed selection
Mohali, November 25 They said the merit list published on November 24 for the posts of teachers and lecturers was not fair as some candidates with higher percentage of marks had allegedly been left out. Some applicants also complained that dependants in the reserved quota for ex-servicemen were also being ignored.
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Imbibe good qualities, cadets urged
Chandigarh, November 25 The deputy Director-General of the Directorate, Brig D.C. Katoch, participated in the event which started from Chandigarh Group Headquarters in Sector 26 and finished at the Lake Club. Approximately 56,000 cadets participated in similar events organised all over the three states. Addressing the cadets who participated in the event, Brig Katoch called upon them to imbibe the qualities of good character, good physique and fitness and public speaking in order to become responsible citizens. Starting from November 20, various events to publicise the NCC, like air show, naval shows, parasailing, painting, essay writing and singing competitions were organised to mark the NCC week which was celebrated for the first time in the history of this Directorate. The Directorate had also organised visits to old age homes, blind schools, orphanages. The celebrations also included staging of street plays against drug menace, dowry and female foeticide. The NCC was raised in the year 1948 and since then it has undergone a revolutionary change. It is the world’s largest uniformed force.
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Eco-friendly thoughts echo at gmhs-36 Chandigarh, November 25 The function was attended by the past Lion Governor K.S.Sandhu, Lion Rajan Malhotra,Lion Rajiv Singal, Lion Arun Jain and other members. The main emphasis of the function was to make the students aware of their contribution in saving the environment. The lecture was delivered by K.S.Sandhu and Lion President R.K.Handa and talked about replacing plastics items with bio degradable products. The importance of paper use and the health hazards created by plastics were the important topic at the function. Competitions were also organised for the best use of waste materials and eco friendly materials. Students made various items like paper bags, shagun packets, cloth and jute napkins, handkerchiefs and other useful items from waste paper and cloth. The club also distributed prizes to the winning enteries/products and all the participants were given refreshments and gifts.
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Admissions for palmistry classes
Chandigarh, November 25 Mr A. K. Sharma, palmistry instructor, said emphasis was laid on teaching the scientific aspects of the subjects, besides discussions of case studies (For information about the courses and the admission process, contact: 9872210691).
— TNS
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Loopholes in present legal system bared
Chandigarh, November 25 The main speakers were ICC-India Campaign Coordinator Saumya Uma, law researcher Dr Usha
Ramanathan, Vrinda Grover and Navkiran Singh. Navkiran Singh highlighted the Punjab experience with regard to absence of accountability for mass cremations. The next session discussed the accountability for mass crimes in India, wherein Saumya Uma, Vrinda Grover and Dr Usha Ramanathan talked about the history of mass crimes, current legal framework, challenges being faced and relevance of the ICC in the face of these mass crimes. Loopholes in the current legal system that helped perpetrators to remain unaccountable for their crimes were discussed. The last session was a participatory one, focussing on the ICC-India campaign, its work and achievements, and the potential for widening its support base and strengthening the same. It was expressed that the ICC-India campaign, commenced six years ago, focuses primarily on information dissemination, research and publication.
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2 PWD contractors given bail
Baddi, November 25 Earlier, a team of vigilance officers led by DSP Divakar Sharma had confiscated about 211 bags of cement, which were part of the government supply, from the house of three private individuals, two of whom were PWD contractors, at Nalagarh yesterday. The DSP said they raided the houses of these individuals after receiving concrete information today morning. As many as 181 bags of cement were found from the house of one Rajesh Kumar while another 16 were confiscated from the house of another contractor Suzal Khan. Both of them reside in Ward Number 7 at Nalagarh. The vigilance team also found another 14 cement bags from the house of another person Rajesh Kumar, son of Lal Chand, who also resides at Nalagarh. Since these cement bags bear a government stamp restricting their sale, the vigilance officials were now ascertaining how they had reached the houses of these contractors. The two government contractors today obtained anticipatory bail with the court directing the police not to arrest them till Monday. They appeared before officials today to join investigations. A number of private constructions are underway in the area. According to preliminary investigations, the cement bags were issued to the PWD for ongoing construction work at Ramshehar. Since these individuals were PWD contractors, it was being estimated that these bags belonged to the PWD. The executive engineer of PWD, Mr S.P.Dhiman, said since a number of construction works pertaining to electricity, irrigation and PWD, etc, were underway, it could not be said with certainty whether these bags belonged to the PWD supply.
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An evening of virtuoso
performances
Chandigarh, November 25 The artistes were Nisha Thakur, disciple of Guru Shobha Koser, and Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan, internationally-acclaimed Shehnai maestro. After chief guest Chaman Lal Dennis, a London-based philanthropist, lit the ceremonial lamp and felicitated the artistes, the programme commenced with an invocation, “Panchdev Stuti”, by young dancer Nisha Thakur, foremost disciple of Guru Shobha Koser. She moved on to display her versatility by delineating pure kathak pieces like “uthaan”, “paran”, “chakkardar paran”, “mayur ki gat”, all set to teen taal. Amidst applause, she concluded with Thumri “Piya Maane Na”, as guru Shobha Koser rendered Padhant. Then the master of the double-reed “Shehnai” Ustad Ali Ahmad Khan took the centre stage along with his ensemble only to bring alive the melody of raga Anand Kalyan through soul-stirring strains of Shehnai. Capturing the pensive mood in an elaborated “alap”, he weaved echoing phrases, while moving towards a rhythmic “jod”. The staccato notes and heavy “gamaks” were embellished with long glides and crisp “taans” spanning the octaves. Main composition “gat” ultimately melted into a “jhala”. Besides generating finer elements of vocal music, the maestro adeptly displayed some intricacies in the authentic tantrakari style. After a fast tempo (“drut”) composition in teen taal the recital concluded with a lilting Mishra Dhun, which received a thunderous applause. The soft and subtle music presented in a mellifluous pattern made the Shehnai recital a memorable event. Providing brilliant support on the Shehnai was his disciple-son Hassan Haider Khan, while young Mihir Kundu excelled on the Tabla, along with Ahmed Ali Khan (Surmandal) and Pallab Chatterjee (Surpeti). |
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‘Nightingale of Punjab’ remembered
Chandigarh, November 25 During “Yadaan Surinder Kaur Dian”, speakers, including Prof Rajpal Singh, G.S. Boparai, Dr Kuldip Tiwana, former city mayor Harjinder Kaur and Dolly Guleria, the disciple daughter of the nightingale, lauded the pioneering contribution of the legend and her sister Parkash Kaur in the proliferation of Punjabi folk music. The family, especially Parkash Kaur and Surinder Kaur, deserves the credit for empowering woman by becoming first-ever women performers of music on the stage in public and on Lahore Radio. In order to take the rich Punjabi folk culture from household periphery to the world at large, they had to face many odds, even the social ostracism. Sharing emotional moments with Surinder Kaur, Dolly Guleria, also president, Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademy, reiterated her pledge to propagate the purity of Punjabi folk music. She also instituted a trophy to be awarded annually in the memory of Surinder Kaur for the winner of folk music competition. Students of the Dev Samaj College of Education — Puja Rishi, Puja Saroch and Sukhminder — presented a medley of songs immortalised by Surinder Kaur. The melodic moments were enlivened as Pallavi, Harkirat, Sabeena, Harkirat and Priyanka from MCM DAV College rendered more songs. A documentary directed on the life of the legendary singer by Mukesh Guatam and anchored by Hans Raj Hans was also screened. Secretary general of the Punjab Arts Council Rajpal Singh assured to maintain the spirit of soulful Punjabi “gayaki” pioneered by the “Nightingale of Punjab”, who had no rival in the realm of folk singing. |
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And one could hear their brush strokes Panchkula, November 25 Hearing impaired Artists belonging to the Family Services, the Chandigarh arm of Deafway, an international NGO have profiled their work at the HDFC Bank branch here, Deafway is working to achieve equality of access and opportunity for deaf people in every area of life and the painting exhibition is one of the opportunities for them to profile their creativity, according to Mrs. Era Walton, Chandigarh Coordinator, Deafway. There are 35 paintings on display by three hearing impaired artists — 20-year-old Saurabh Saini, a final year Fine Arts student of Government College of Art, Chandigah; 29-year-old-Anu, an accomplished artist whose paintings reflect feminine beauty and 24-year-old Vivek Mehta, a wizard in computer graphics and photography.
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Debate on PGI’s financial health
Chandigarh, November 25 While expressing their views in the discussion on topic “Should PGI become a financially self-sustaining institution?”, the speakers pointed out that being the premier health institute of the region, the PGI should not be compared with corporate houses or private health institute. Health services and facilities at the PGI should not be at the cost of funds. The speakers were also of the opinion that if the institute became a financially self-sustained, health services and facilities would be beyond the reach of needy and weaker section of the society. Doctors should not consider of money if they want to serve for needy. The PGI would go corporate if it becomes a financially self-sustained. Certain speakers also stressed on the need of introducing more specialties and courses for generating revenue without debarring poor patients from necessary health facilities. Instead of making the institute a financially self-sustained, the authorities should demand provision of more budgets for health from the central government. |
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Seminar on arthritis
Chandigarh, November 25 The public seminar to be held is an educational event providing an opportunity for arthritis patients to share their knowledge, questions, concerns and experiences with others. Dr M.S. Dhillon, Professor of Orthopaedics, PGI, Dr. Sudhir Kumar Garg, Professor and Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, and Dr. Manuj Wadhwa, a consultant orthopaedic and Adult Joint Reconstructive Surgeon, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, would participate in the seminar. |
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Health heart project’s cycle rally today
Chandigarh, November 25 The rally will be flagged off by Dr J.S. Thakur, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicines, PGIMER, Chandigarh, from the school at 8 am. |
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Shawls given to blood donors
Chandigarh, November 25 Mr R K Rao, Deputy Commissioner, gave away mementoes and shawls among the donors, informed Mr Surinder Gupta, president of the Chamber. In another blood donation camp organised by the Yog Vedant Sewa Samiti, Sant Shri Asa Ramji Ashram, over 142 persons participated. The camp was organised in collaboration with the Blood Bank Society, PGI, at Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary Model School, Sector 27-A. |
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PGI OPDs shifted to
eye centre
Chandigarh, November 25 The OPDs and the Special Clinics would be functional from the new centre from Monday onwards. The department has also decided to shift the operation theatres and patients wards to the AEC. |
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Ganguly backs Team India
Mohali, November 25 He also backed Rahul Dravid and observed that the latter needed time to produce results. However, he reserved comment on questions relating to coach Greg Chappell and the forthcoming visit of Selection Committee Chairman Dilip Vengsarkar to South Africa. Meanwhile, Ganguly was cautioned by match referee Rajo Pankule for showing dissent after his appeal was turned down by umpire S Ravindhron during the match. Ganguly was also fined for his side’s slow over rate on the concluding day of the match. The Bengal team was fined 10 per cent of the match fee and captain Ganguly 20 per cent for bowling two overs short in Punjab’s second innings. |
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PU Campus register win
Chandigarh, November 25 In the inaugural match, PU Campus defeated Govt. College-46 by 10 runs. PU Campus won the toss and elected to bat, they scored 190 runs all out in 41.1 overs. Raghav Sharma scored 83 runs in 121 balls with the help of 11 boundaries, Shanbhaz also scored 29 runs and Surpinder scored 24 runs. Sachin of Govt. College-46 took 4 wickets for 46 runs and Davesh 3 wickets for 25 runs. While chasing the target of 190 runs, Govt. College-46 scored 180 runs all out in 48.5 overs. Mandeep Singh of Govt. College-46 scored 62 runs not-out. Chetan Pal scored 29 runs and Sumit scored 26 runs. For the Panjab University Campus, Vishal Chauhan took 4 wickets for 24 runs and Shanbhaz took 2 wickets for 23 runs. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by the Secretary, Finance and Sports, Mr S.K. Sandhu. |
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Promising skaters showcase skills
Chandigarh, November 25 Final results: Rink race - I (inline): Boys — U-8: 1 Raghav Sachdeva, 2 Vikalp Hooda, 3 Gandhi Prathamesh Nirmal; U-10: 1 Ansh Pathak, 2
K.P. Siva Subramanian, 3 K. Kiran Chandra; U-12: 1 Rohit K.R. 2 Shaik Abdul
Mujeeb, 3 Mohit Malik; U-14: 1 K. Ashwin, 2 Karandeep 3 Monit Sethi; U-16: 1 Dipanshu Saini, 2 Abson
Varghese, 3 Dhruv Jain; U-19: 1 Joginder Singh, 2 Sachet Duseja, 3 Himanshu Singh Rink race - I (inline): Girls — U-8: 1 Supriya Arora, 2 Tanvi
Sheth, 3 Chakshu Garg; U-10:1 Ruchika Jain, 2 Shruti Ganu, 3 Anuska
Dhabuwala; U-12: 1 Vibhuti A. Maheshwari, 2 Anushka Karnawat, 3 Saumya Arora; U-14: 1 K.
Aarathy, 2 S.J.R. Shruthi, 3 Shreya Bhanot; U-16: 1 Suranshi Thukral, 2 Navleen Kaur, 3 Vasudha Chawla; U-19: 1 Ritu Saini, 2 Srishty Dhingra and Urvashi
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Talent unfold at sports meet
Chandigarh, November 25 Shubhranshu emerged winner in aeroplane race in boys while Simran won among girls. The day commenced with unfurling of the school flag by the Principal. This was followed by an impressive march past by the contingents of the four houses of the school led by the head boy, head girl, sports leaders, house captains and house vice captains. The old students of the school also gathered on this occasion and the formation of ‘MCOSA’ i.e. Mount Carmel Old Students’ Association was officially announced. The brief results: Class Pre-Nursery
(aeroplane race): Boys: 1 Shubhranshu, 2 Aaron, 3 Abhijeet; Girls: 1 Simran, 2
Gitika, 3 Dhriti; Class VIII Long Jump: Boys: 1 M.M. Ajit, 2 Sukhdev Kakkar, 3 Nimish Gupta: Girls: 1 Diksha Sharma, 2 Kritika
Sogan, 3 Tanika Kumar. Shot Put (boys): 1 Ayush Katyal, 2 Jaskirat Singh, 3 Gurbir Singh; 100m ( Girls) : 1 Jasleen Juneja, 2 Shreya Joshi, 3
Karanjeet; 400m ( Girls): 1 Jasleen Juneja, 2 Shreya Joshi, 3
Karanjeet. Shot Put (Girls); 1 Taranpreet Kaur, 2 Anjali, 3 Spardha; Tug-of-War: Classes X & XI. |
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82 golfers for city meet
Chandigarh, November 25 The two-day event will be played over 36 holes for category open, ladies and juniors A and B groups and 18 holes for juniors C and D groups and girls. Lt-Col B.S. Chahal, joint secretary of the Chandigarh Golf Association, said the tournament would be teed-off by golfer Harmeet Kahlon, Arjuna awardee, tomorrow at 7.30 a.m. |
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