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Student union clears the air
Chandigarh, August 7 Today the Students Organisation of India (SOI) organised a press conference to state that the incident of the shooting at DAV College, Sector 10, was simply “drama” played out by the rival parties. According to Pardeep Pal Singh, SOI in-charge of Chandigarh, “These parties are taking advantage of the fights to grab attention towards themselves,” he claimed. On the issue of charges of defacing public property he explained that someone else, not from the party, had put up the stickers and that his party was willing to clear it up. He said the other parties were insecure because they did not have political support like SOI that is being lead by Sukhbir Badal. Interestingly, another fight erupted between a student activist of SOI and another from SOPU in front of the Law department at around 11 am today. The fight turned out to be a personal issue between the two boys and a compromise was reached. However, aggression seems to stay here at least till the elections are over.
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Bhavan Vidyalaya bags top honours
Panchkula, August 7 The event culminated with the crowning of class X student Tanvi of Guru Nanak Public School and class VII student Poornima Bansal of Manav Mangal School, Chandigarh, as winners of senior and junior category, respectively. They will be a part of Horlicks Wiz team-2007 that will represent Chandigarh in the national finals at Bangalore in November, 2007. The national winners will represent India at Brazil this year, said organiser Sumeet Saluja of Glaxo Smithkline. Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, won the coveted “Generation Taller Sharper Stronger Horlicks Trophy-2007” for overall excellence in all 20 disciplines of the open competition. The themes of the presentations varied from patriotic renditions to Punjabi pop, classic melodies to cinema hits but the intrusive participants, especially dancers, brought alive the vigour and vitality with élan. The carnival encouraged team spirit among students, who cheered for their competitors with equal enthusiasm. The highlight of the event this year was the spirit of environmental awareness spread by the Greenpeace, an NGO with a presence in 40 countries. Thousands of students joined hands to support the “ban the bulb” campaign and displayed concern about the threat posed by climate change, claimed Nirmala Karunan of the Greenpeace.
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Digital lab at college
Chandigarh, August 7 It is probably the first college to provide its students an e-learning platform that will also help the faculty members in explaining the concept of page make-up, headline writing, photo editing, dummy and newsroom set-up in an interesting and informative manner replacing the traditional drawing method. Principal, Dr A.C. Vaid said the mission of the college was to facilitate students by providing experience that would help them later in getting jobs with a newspaper or news channel.
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Hiroshima: Students make presentation
Mohali, August 7 Also, to commemorate 62 years of Hiroshima and Nagasaki disaster, a presentation was prepared by Sanchit, Bikram, Puneet and Baljinder. Four teams of class X students with four students each represent their houses in three rounds namely - choice round, rapid fire round and activity round. The first prize was bagged by Anuveer, Sarabjeet Singh, Sukhvinder Singh, Tushardeep Singh of Ranjit House, Sunil, Tarundeeep Singh, Paramvir Singh, Shahbaj of Azad House got the second prize and third prize was clinched by Diljot, Kamal, Sarandhir Kaur, Aman Dixit of Subhash House. Anantbir, Vishakha and Gursharan Singh grabbed audience prizes.
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Students display dictionary skills
Mohali, August 7 Four teams - Oxford, Cambridge, Webster and Collins - comprising 16 students participated in the quiz. The participants were evaluated on the grounds of IQ testing, pronunciation, alliteration and word rapid-fire rounds. Pency Chawla and Meera Verma conducted the programme. All teams showed great enthusiasm but Oxford team came out on top with maximum points.
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240 vocational seats more
Chandigarh, August 7 The department has planned additional sections, at least five in 48 centres each for the purpose. Describing this, the DPI (S) S.K. Setia said, “Our aim is to make the students self reliant, unmindful of the fact what they do academically.”
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Supply Scam Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 7 The Bench, comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice S.L. Bhayana observed that the army had failed to file the counter-affidavit in response to the petitioners’ contentions. The court directed that the interim order issued earlier by Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice S.N. Aggarwal be continued till the next date of hearing, which has been fixed for August 30. In its interim order, the bench had observed that the court of inquiry (COI), on the basis of which the Army issued attachment orders, had already been set aside by the court earlier. The stay orders also apply to two other officers, Col V.K. Pant and Col Pramod Kumar, who too had moved court against the Army’s order. The Army had ordered their attachment with an Artillery brigade in Ambala. According to the attachment orders received on July 4, Brig P.S. Gill and Brig S.K. Handa were to report to Headquarters 1 Armoured Division, Patiala, on July 10. Brigadier Gill is posted at the Army Training Command in Shimla, while Brigadier Handa is posted in the Supplies and Transport Directorate at Army Headquarters. Counsel for the petitioners, Maj K Ramesh (retd) told The Tribune that the tentative charge sheet to be served to the two officers by the General Officer Commanding 1 Armoured Division on their attachment had to emanate for the same COI, which had already been quashed by the same court for violating provisions of the Army Rule 180. Based upon complaints, the Army had, in 2005, ordered a COI into alleged irregularities in the procurement of frozen meat for troops based in the northern sector. The COI had held the then Director General Supplies and Transport, Lt Gen S.K. Sahni and several other senior officers, including the two brigadiers, blameworthy for their alleged acts of omission and commission. The COI was quashed in January this year with directions to the Army not to proceed against him on the basis of the COI. The Army, however, was free to initiate fresh investigations.
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Anticipatory bail plea of Nibber rejected
Panchkula, August 7 In the arguments preceding the order, counsel for the petitioners said Atul, along with Joginder, had gone to meet a friend Subhash, living in the Mahinder Vihar Society (Army flats) on the intervening night of July 31 and August 1. Since they did not know the flat number of the friend, the securitymen did not allow them in, despite repeated requests. On being told that they had come from far and needed to see Subhash, the guards, armed with lathis, attacked them and they ran away. The public prosecutor maintained that “a false version of occurrence” had been given. He argued that even on being asked by the court, the counsel for petitioners had been unable to give the name of Subhash’s father or state the urgency to meet the friend at odd hours. Also, he stated that in the bail application, the petitioners had not mentioned the name of the friend they had gone to meet. Challenging Joginder Sharma’s statement that he was accompanying Atul on the night of the incident, the public prosecutor said there was no evidence to show that Sharma was with Atul at the time of the incident. Dismissing the bail application of Sharma, the judge observed that the police did not want to arrest Sharma at this stage. Also, he said, if the police did decide to arrest Sharma in connection with the case, he would be given at least five days’ notice in writing before that.
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I believe in my cinema: Darshan
Chandigarh, August 7 And it is this pursuit of ‘art’ that brings him to the city. Darshan is here on a two-day visit to take part in the ‘Chandigarh Tourism Forum’, a committee formed 20 months ago to bridge the city with all things touristy, including the Hindi film industry. “There is more to this forum than cinema. It includes art and culture but I want to focus on cinema,” he said. The lure of Chandigarh is understandable. “It is an urbane Indian town, well-built and camera-savvy and trendy, reasons enough for the industry to look here,” he elaborates. However, what has prompted Darshan to make the long trek from Mumbai is the interest the Chandigarh Administration is showing. “Anyone who encourages cinema is a friend of mine,” he smiles. According to him, the city was already set to become a film-hub for North India but needs, “solid infrastructure to compete with the best, along with a strategy to woo the film industry and finally a need to create good cinema that belongs to the people of this region.” Taking his words further into practice he is scripting his next film which in all probability will be shot here. “I am coming back in October to scout for locations. I want to shoot in the winter light and I want to see how the city looks with a golden sheen,” he smiles. There are other plans too. A film festival as early as next year is on the cards. “One that will not just educate in world cinema but one that will educate people from the movie world about Chandigarh as well,” he says. It is not just his enthusiasm for the city that is evident. He talks of everything with passion especially when he speaks of launching his son Shiv into the industry. This film-maker, a writer, director, producer all rolled into one, has worked with the very best in the industry. However at the end of the day, it is not Satyajit Ray’s films that appeal to his senses. “I believe in my cinema. It is not just commercial, but art and commitment too,” he avers and having said this, the next venture is another new film, this time with Sunny Deol. It is an ‘event’ no less since the two are coming together after a 10-year hiatus having fallen apart. After all, as he puts it, “winners are those who take risks and emerge successful.” |
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City to host film fest in February
Chandigarh, August 7 The forum decided to hold a film festival in February with international and national collaborations, besides honouring some Bollywood celebrities. Chaired by Anupam Kher, the meeting was meant to monitor progress, with director, tourism, Vivek Atray briefing members on what has been achieved. The administration, he said, had finalised a medical tourism plan for the city and had established a film circle in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation. Through the circle, films are being screened for the members. The administration has also taken action on maintaining and upgrading facilities in Sector 17 and all city gardens and tourist spots in an effort to promote tourism. Atray told the members that the Society for Tourism and Entertainment Promotion had been set up with the CII as partner. It is with the CII that the administration plans the film festival. Meanwhile, the multimedia film city project has been awarded to Parsvanath builders and would be developed in two years. Chandigarh’s entry into the tentative list of World Heritage Sites by Unesco was also discussed. Permanent status, it is believed, will be conferred by 2009. The focus of the members during the meeting, in general, was the promotion of heritage, medical tourism and cinematic tourism in and around the city. Jasbir Singh Bir, Suneel Darshan, Kamal Tewari, Shastri Ramachandaran, Rajnish Wattas, Kiran Joshi, Rani Balbir Kaur, R. Kumar and S.P.S. Grewal were among those present at the meeting. |
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