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Teachers await positive response
Chandigarh, December 16 Mr K.K. Joshi, the president of the Punjab State Aided School Teachers and Other Employees Union, expressed satisfaction over the talks held with the Punjab Government's representatives on Friday and hoped that a formal announcement about the decisions taken during the meeting would be made soon by the Punjab's Chief Minister (CM). Dr Gurmeet Singh Sara, the General Secretary of the union, said the government's representatives had agreed upon fulfilling the two major demands, including the 1992 Pension Scheme and recruitment of the agitating teachers. However, a formal announcement was still to come. He added that it was agreed that new recruitments would be made at the administrative level and the approval of the Cabinet will not be required for it. Mr Joshi said 979 male and 662 female teachers courted arrest during the first phase of the agitation, out of these 914 males and 594 females arrested under Sections 107 and 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) had been released. Those lodged in the jail were arrested on the first day of the agitation on December 4 for violating Section 144 of the CrPC.
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KVs celebrate foundation day
Chandigarh, December 16 At KVS, High Grounds, Zirakpur, a quiz contest was conducted which was followed by an inter-house folk dance competition. Dances attired in colourful dresses added fun and festivity to the celebrations. Old “Kevian” parents were accorded a warm welcome. The Principal of the school, Ms S.K. Bhatia, congratulated the winners and urged the students to strive to attain greater heights. Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, (second shift), Sector 47, Chandigarh, organised a cultural programme.
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St Kabir, Shivalik winners of science congress
Chandigarh, December 16 Fourteen teams from nine schools — five private and four government — participated in this meet organised by the Environment Society of India under its programme 'Nature Discovery Commonwealth Youth Programme'. The team leaders of the first two positions in both categories will represent Chandigarh at the 14 th National Children Science Congress to be held in Gangtok from December 27 to 31.
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Talent hunt at school
Panchkula, December 16 The results are as follows: Solo singing competition: Kunal (1) and Gaganpreet (2). painting competition: Kunal Jain (1), Pariksha Oberoi (2) Jinti Deori (3); fancy dress competition: Sakshi (1) Pargat Singh (2); special category: Parth (solo singing), Jalaj (solo singing), Nitin (fancy dress), Samarth (fancy dress), deadly rockers-Raman (group dance), V.S.H. Boys-Vivek (group dance); parents category: Mrs Toral Patwa (musical chair race) and Mr Rajesh and Mr Vinay (balloon blowing).
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2,000 students given sweaters
Chandigarh, December 16
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406 cases settled at Lok Adalat
Chandigarh, December 16 The case was not settled during a routine hearing, but during a special Lok Adalat organised by the Chandigarh State Legal Services Authority at the District Courts here. The decorated soldier was handed over the keys of the house by the District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Mehandiratta. Sixteen benches were constituted to dispose of cases pertaining to motor accident claims, matrimonial disputes, civil, criminal, rent and summary challans, here today. Mr Mehandiratta said 406 cases of motor accident claims, 88 civil cases, 221 criminal cases and nine cases under the Rent Act were settled during the camp. A sum of Rs 6.7 lakh was awarded as compensation in seven cases of motor accident claims. A sum of around Rs 1.46 lakh was collected as compounding fee in 935 summary cases. Some of the cases, as old as 15 years, were settled during the Lok Adalat. Mr R.K. Sharma, Member Secretary of the State Legal Services Authority, was also present on the occasion.
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Army
court disallows witnesses Chandigarh, December 16 The GCM, being held at Ferozepore, had earlier acquitted Naib Sub Madan Lal and Hav Krishan Kumar of an artillery unit of all seven charges faced by them. Defence counsel Col S.K. Aggarwal (retd) said despite advice rendered by the judge advocate that the defence was fully entitled to produce and examine witnesses, the court overruled its plea. In his re-assembling order, General Officer Commanding 7 Infantry Division Maj Gen Mahavir Singh had stated that the court had given strange logic on finding the accused persons not guilty and that in his opinion, the accused persons were guilty of all seven charges. He had also directed the court to examine three specific persons as court witnesses. Challenging the order as illegal, Colonel Aggarwal said the order revealed prejudice on part of the convening authority. He also contended that two of the persons mentioned in the order to be examined had deposed as prosecution witnesses instead of court witnesses even though the prosecution had not asked to
examine new witnesses. This, he added, amounted to a fresh trial. He further contended that if the prosecution could examine new witnesses, this gave an equal right to the defence to call more witnesses. He said he had submitted a list of 10 defence witnesses and six documents to be produced in court, but it was overruled.
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After confusion, show picks up
Chandigarh, December 16 Senior officials at Fun Republic told Chandigarh Tribune that “Dance like a Man” had to be swapped with “Cloud and Wind”, which was originally
slotted for screening on Sunday evening. But it was shown this morning in place of “Dance like
a Man”. “The prints of “Cloud and Wind” have to be sent back due to some technical reason. Normally, we don't take such last minute requests but it was urgent. Now we will screen “Dance like a Man” tomorrow evening,” said senior vice-president of Fun Republic Mr
J.S. Jolly. Due to the confusion, the mornings show did not do so well. Later, Fun Republic officials said the shows picked up towards the afternoon and the occupancy rose up to about 50 per cent of the capacity. Today's sell-out was “Lage Raho
Munnabhai”. Not a single ticket of this show was left. Tomorrow's shows are scheduled as usual — Suraj Ka Saatwan
Ghoda; 9.30 am; Little Vilma; 12.30 pm; Veer-Zaara; 3 pm. Dance like a Man and Les Mauvais Joueurs will be screened in the evening. |
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Sudesh Bhonsle, Big B’s voice
Chandigarh, December 16 But the real comparison that got him recognition as a singer was when he sang in a voice matching that of Amitabh Bachchan. Not even Big B could believe his ears when he heard the song. Finally, it was film “Ajooba”, directed by Shashi Kapoor, which made him a known singer who could sing exactly in Amitabh’s voice. Sudesh Bhonsle, who was here today, spoke at length about his career and life. A singer, painter and mimicry artiste, he is a jack of all trades. He started his career as a painter at the age of 14 and even painted banners and hoardings for films like “Julie”. Sudesh also happened to imitate the styles of many Bollywood personalities of that time, including Ashok Kumar, Jagdeep, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajkumar and Asrani. Little did he know that the mimicry he did for laughs would one day fetch him big assignments in Bollywood, a fact that he both regrets and feels content about. “Many singers can only dream of singing for Amit ji. To be accepted by him is a big thing in itself,” he says. However, it also restricts his chances of singing in his own voice, he says. Perhaps this is one of the main reasons that many of his own singing projects could never take off, as the producers would tell him to imitate someone else’s voice. He believes there are no shortcuts to success and the initial struggle that goes into the making of an artiste is like going to a school. His earnest desire is to sing as long as he lives. His forthcoming ventures are “Zamanat” wherein he gets to sing for Amitabh Bachchan once again and “Bhootnath” starring Mithun Chakraborty. Later at night, he gave a performance at the first-ever film festival being organised in the
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Jelly enthrals audience
Chandigarh, December 16 Equally known and admired by Punjabi music lovers here and in the UK, Jelly, under the tutelage of well-known maestro, Sunil Kumar, has retained the folk flavour in his compositions. He started with a hit number “Chit kare banjan rumaal balliye”. The crowd clapped as he rendered “Jattiye gulab rangiye, Nazran na lag jaan noori mukh nu” and “Jiddi tun, Assin ud de parinde” and many more. The performance attained the climax when Bhangra artists from the International Folk Cultural Club joined Jelly in the songs like “Gora rang” and “Naina di goli”. |
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Doctors defer agitation
Mohali, December 16 The meeting was attended by the Managing Director of the Punjab Health System Corporation, Mr Tilak Raj, office-bearers of the Punjab Civil Medical Services Specialist Doctors Association (PCMSSDA), and Mr Bir Devinder Singh. The joint secretary of the association, Mr S.P. Bhagat, said, “We have withdrawn protest after getting an assurance that the transfer order of Dr Ravleen Kaur would be revoked.” If the orders were not withdrawn, they would again resort to protest, he added. |
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Health workers attend training session
Chandigarh, December 16 They were guided how to educate sex workers in urban slums to protect themselves from HIV infection. The session was conducted as part of the “Strengthening STI and HIV Care for Female CSWs in UT, Chandigarh" project, said Dr Vanita Gupta, in charge of the Department of Dermatology, GMSH. She said the city had about 3,000 sex workers operating from their homes. |
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NGO donates ambulance to PGI
Chandigarh, December 16 Equipped with facilities like oxygen cyclinder, a stretcher and otherthings, the ambulance would be available outside the emergency complex. The NGO announced that a mortuary van would also be provided to the PGI shortly. |
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Rajbir makes to snooker semifinal
Panchkula, December 16 Results: Rabi Sharma b Inder 3-2, Nishant b Aditya Bansal 3-1, Parveen Rathi b Umesh 3-1, Vishal More b Parv 3-2, Lalit Allawadi b Rahul 3-0, Vaun Setia b Aman Goyal 3-1. |
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SGGS College beat DAVMC in basketball match
Chandigarh, December 16 The highest scorer for SGGS college was Arshdeep (26) followed by Pardeep (15) and Pawan (10), while Pulkit scored 18 for DAVMC. Other results: Men: CRPF b GCM-11, 70-30; Sports Complex-46 b PU Campus, 68-36; DAVCC-10 b Tender Heart Club, 64-38; CRPF b DAVCC-10, 90-70; Sports Complex-46 b SGGS-26, 89-83. Women: SAI b GGS-26, 49-30; 7 Star Club b MCM-36, 37-23. |
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