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From Colleges
Chandigarh, September 24 The function began with the college prayer and NSS song “Uthein Samaj Key Liye,” followed by a skit based on female foeticide and a dance performance on the songs “Des Mera Rangeela” and “I Love My India” by the NSS volunteers. A slogan writing and poster-making competition was also organized to mark the day. In the end, officiating principal Dev Sarita Rani congratulated the winners and encouraged the NSS volunteers to spread the feeling of selfless service and to practice what they preach. The chief guest was Dr Indu Rihani, principal, Rayat and Bahra College of Education, who appreciated the efforts of the volunteers in organising the function. Fresher’s party: The department of Mathematics of DAV College, Sector 10, organised a fresher’s party to welcome M.Sc-I (maths) students. Principal S Marriya welcomed the students and encouraged them to be proactive in their learning skills to achieve their objectives. Students of M.Sc-I and II (maths) presented an entertaining session that included jokes on mathematics, which were well appreciated by the audience. Apart from this, Punjabi ‘tappey’, solo dances and group dances were also presented to make the event memorable. Monica was adjudged Miss Charming while Vimpy was adjudged Miss Dynamic Personality. Shefali was adjudged Miss Beauty with Brain.
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PU Notes
Chandigarh, September 24 The seminar, which begins on September 27, would be inaugurated by MP Kuldip Nayar and the keynote address would be delivered by Prof V.N. Datta (Professor Emeritus, Kurukshetra University). Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research Prof S. Bhattacharya would introduce the theme and the inaugural function would be presided over by the Vice-Chancellor. The participants include historians, social scientists and other scholars from India and abroad, besides some writers, journalists and bureaucrats who have taken special interest in Bhagat Singh and the revolutionaries of Punjab, Bengal and Maharashtra. Their presentations are expected to place the ideology, programme and impact of Bhagat Singh in a fresh and comparative perspective. They include seniors scholars like Prof J.S. Grewal, Harish K. Puri, Jagmohan Singh, Chaman Lal, Shashi Joshi, K.C. Yadav, K.L. Tuteja, H.S. Mehta, Ashok V. Chousalkar, Himadri Banerjee, Harish C. Sharma, Malwinderjit S. Waraich, Gurdev Singh Siddhu, Tejwant Singh Gill and Dr Prem Singh. Among the relatively young contributors are Dr Preeta Nilesh from Mumbai University and Maia Aliysa Ramnath from Berkeley. The proceedings of this seminar would be published in due course, said Prof Indu Banga, seminar coordinator, Institute of Punjab Studies. Sanskrit meet: Maharshi Dayanand Chair for Vedic Studies and Haryana Sanskrit Academy, Panchkula, are jointly organising a Vidvat Sangoshthi on September 27 at 10 am in the English Auditorium. Prof Ved Prakash Shastri, Gurukul Kangri Vishvavidyalaya, Haridwar would preside over the function. Prof Ganesh Datt Sharma from Sahibabad and Dr Satyakam Acharya from Hisar would present their research papers.
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Young actors to present Habib Tanvir’s play
Mohali, September 24 To make the final year of junior school a memorable one, the students of Class V are busy rehearsing for Habib Tanvir’s well-known play, which is being directed by Zubin Mehta. To initiate the students into the basics of theater, Mehta conducted a 20-day-long, fun filled, workshop wherein he used the medium of theatre games and various improvisations. Thereafter began the tedious task of casting, blocking and coordinating the play. The play takes it name from the protagonist, Charandas, who is a thief. Charandas’ keen desire to be a disciple of his favorite guru leads him into promising things, which are very difficult for a thief to give up. One of his promises of not telling a lie leads him into a tricky situation. The play is being staged in many languages to reiterate the secularism, which is an integral part of this country. The play would be staged at Baba Makhan Shah Lubhana Bhawan, Sector 30, tomorrow and day after at 6pm.
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Selvamurthy to deliver lecture
Chandigarh, September 24 Professor Selvamurthy is one of those scientists who encourage commercialisation of products of research for the benefit of Indian knowledge economy. He is an expert member of many organisations, including the WHO, ICMR and the CSIR. He was bestowed with lifetime achievement award by former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
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Yoga camp from today
Chandigarh, September 24 Trained yoga teachers will conduct the campaign under the auspices of Swami Ram Dev Ji of Patanjali Yog
Peeth, Haridwar. Besides students and staff of GMSSS-35, two to four staff members from other schools, who are keen to benefit from this yoga campaign, could
register their names either with the DPI (S) Office, Chandigarh, or could also inform by
SMS or e-mail directly to the organisers at 9872411989. e-mail: jag1ts@yahoo.com.
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Tahar Singh’s wife seeks HC help
Chandigarh, September 24 Sujata’s counsel Rita Kohli today averred before a Division Bench comprising Justice M.M. Kumar and Justice Surya Kant that following the directions of the HC, the couple had filed a divorce petition by mutual consent on August 22 before the district court. But later on August 30, during the course of recording of statements,Tahar Singh had withdrawn his consent. The district judge, in view of Tahar Singh’s stance, had dismissed the petition. The matter did not end there and after persuasion by friends and family members, a second petition for divorce by mutual consent was filed. The petition was taken up for hearing on September 21. Once again, when the district judge was about to record the statement of the petitioners, Tahar Singh expressed reluctance due to which the recording of statements was deferred to September 28. Kohli prayed for HC help in persuading Tahar Singh to agree to the divorce in view of the undertaking given by him. The statement by Tahar Singh whereby he withdrew consent makes an interesting reading. Tahar says: “I could not sleep whole night and kept on thinking whether I have given consent due to fear. Mahatma Buddha had said fear and temptations have always tried to shake me from my path of truth but could not succeed. “The supporters of corrupt judicial system think that due to the fear of the high court order, I have given consent for divorce. I am follower of Kartar Singh Sarabha and Bhagat Singh and not afraid of anything.”
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Amrita’s plea: HC notice to UT
Chandigarh, September 24 Amrita has filed a petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to her husband Amrik Singh Randhawa, Virender Kumar, advocate Kanwal Pal Cheema and Gur Rattan Singh (all respondents). These respondents
were granted bail on September 8. The petitioner’s counsel, R.K. Handa, averred that the respondents had misused the concession of bail by committing various cognizable offences in pursuance of their object to harass and humiliate the petitioner and forcibly evict
her and her daughters from H No 543, Sector 8, Chandigarh.
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Eight assault accused get bail
Chandigarh, September 24 According to Bakshi Ram, father of Rajeev Rajan (30) who wanted to marry Seema Rani, a resident of Dhanas, his son was allegedly beaten up by the family of the girl, as it was opposed to their marriage. The boy’s father got an FIR registered at the police station-34 on September 16 alleging that his wife had requested the girl’s mother for their consent to the marriage of the two. But the girl’s mother declined the offer. It was further alleged that on September 15 the girl and her family left the youth’s house at 2.30 pm after the proposal was offered to them. Around 9.30 pm, girl’s elder brother along with his mother came to the youth’s house enquiring about Rajeev, who was then away. Around 15 minutes after Rajeev arrived, the girl’s family came and thrashed him. When Rajeev’s family tried to intervene, they were hit with a stick. Rajeev fell unconscious and was taken away to an undisclosed destination by the girl’s family. The police recovered Rajeev, a resident of Sector 46, from the captivity of the accused the following day. “The police registered a case against the girl’s family under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 452, 364, IPC, and arrested two brothers, sister, sister-in-law, brother-in-law and three family friends,” said the counsel for Terminder Singh.
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Shortage of stamps in district courts
No application can be filed in a court without the requisite stamp fees. But there is a shortage of stamps in the district courts of Chandigarh.
Advocate T.S. Sudan said: “When the stamps worth Re 1, 75 paise, 50 paise and 25 paise are available in Punjab then why these are not available in Chandigarh. The administration should look into this regard.” According to sources, stamps worth 25 paise are vanishing gradually from the courts here. In fact, these have not been available at the treasury office for the past many years and the Re 1 stamp has not been coming for the past few months. These stamps come from Nasik and officials here said that they had forwarded the request for the supply of Re 1 stamps to the authorities concerned. “Of course, the stamps that are cheaper are more in demand as compared to the expensive ones,” said stamp vendor Naveen
Bhatti. “The question is not on spending extra money, but when these are available in other parts of Punjab then why not here,” rued advocate Pradeep. “As the stamps worth Rs 1.25 are not available with the vendors, we end up buying stamps worth Rs 2 that means spending 75 paise more,” said Jatinder Singh, who is working with an advocate. On asking vendors about the sales of the stamps, he said the sales vary from 400 in a day to a maximum of 2,000.
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Shopkeeper told to pay compensation
Chandigarh, September 24 The complainant, Vijay Kumar, stated that he had purchased a Godrej refrigerator on August 31, 2004, with one-year
warranty. Later, the warranty period was increased to four years after paying Rs 1,488. He complained that he got the defect in his refrigerator repaired by paying Rs 600. After paying the amount, the complainant requested the firm to refund it but he did not get any response. The forum stated that the respondent carried out the service in a negligent manner. It said the firm had not replaced the refrigerator during the warranty period.
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Dog let loose upon lawyer
Chandigarh, September 24 The incident is said to have happened in the morning when Lekh Raj Sharma, an additional advocate-general, Punjab, had gone to drop his children to the school. He had parked his car alongside the road, while waiting for the school bus, when some young persons entered into a scuffle with him. These persons objected to his parking the car along the roadside on the pedestrian way and allegedly used abusive words. As the verbal exchanges turned hot, the accused let their dog loose upon Sharma which ripped his thigh apart. Finally, Sharma was saved by the intervention of bystanders. Severely bitten, Sharma was rushed to the hospital where he was administered vaccination. An FIR has been registered at the Sector 34 police stations. One of the accused is said to be the son of a former CBI officer currently posted in New Delhi. The IGP assured the delegation of a fair probe.
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‘Art should be unfettered, unbinding’
Chandigarh, September 24 Neither figurative nor abstract, his work draws from nature, the vibrancy of Indian culture and motifs, traditions and philosophies and weaves them around images or ideas that he perceives from the world around him. “I draw from life - but one that occupies a place both within and without,” he says. “Who says objects do not speak. Everything has a life, even death has life,” he says. Art without philosophy is impossible, he says, and with a post-graduation in the subject, it is no surprise that his solo showing at the Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh, Sector 36, is titled, ‘The Voice of Vision.’ Twenty works in layered textures and colours, both vibrant and muted, in acrylic on canvas and paper carry a recurring pattern of the circle of life. “My images are replicas of life; but an artist should not do what a camera can. My works are neither landscapes nor seascapes or even sky-scapes, they are mindscapes. These are glimpses of an inward journey inspired from life,” he avers. Sharma has been teaching spoken English and personality development at his five institutes, ‘Study Centre Basedonex’ (based on experience, exposure and experiment), spread across Madhya Pradesh, since 1982. His exhibition, which would be inaugurated tomorrow by eminent city-based artist Shiv Singh, at the Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh, Sector 36 at 5.30 pm, is characteristic of what he describes as “the ripples of a sea that form different patterns when they come to shore, like a new beautiful painting each time.” The exhibition would be on till October 6. |
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