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Governor visits schools, pulls up officers
Chandigarh, November 20 He expressed anguish over the shortage of furniture, poor sanitation, damaged taps, leakage of water tanks, broken windowpanes and shabby surroundings in the schools and asked senior officers to improve the infrastructure for providing a better environment to the students. He told the officers and school management that any lackadaisical attitude would not be tolerated in discharge of their duties and set deadlines for the completion of different phases. He also set a deadline of a fortnight for further upgrading the basic civic amenities, including water supply, sewerage, sanitation in Bapu Dham and schools in the area. General Rodrigues, who was accompanied by his wife, Jean Rodrigues, asked the Municipal Corporation and the district administration to ensure effective coordination in carrying out various developmental projects in a time-bound manner. He asked them to do a periodical validation of the ongoing projects, including the strengthening of social and physical infrastructure, followed by immediate corrective measures for the benefit of the disadvantaged people. He emphasised to evolve effective monitoring mechanisms in developmental programmes with the focus on meeting the aspirations and needs of
the people. He asked the DC and commissioner, Municipal Corporation, to set up core groups of social activists to ensure participation in the developmental programmes in all settlements and villages. He further stressed that each and every programme must have a planning, monitoring and execution road map and the completion scheduled must be adhered to without any slippage. The administrator and his wife also checked the quality of mid-day meal being served to the children and asked the officers to improve the quality of food.
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From Schools & Colleges
Chandigarh, November 20 COMPETITION: The Red Ribbon Club of the Government College for Girls, Sector 42, organised inter-college poster-making and debate competitions on the college premises today. As many as 50 students from nine colleges participated. The objective of the competition was to make students aware about AIDS. The topic of the debate was ‘Should HIV tests be made mandatory before marriage?’. Prof Shalina Mehta from the department of anthropology and Gaurav from the department of youth welfare, PU, spoke about various social issues related to AIDS. President of the north zone cultural network of people living with AIDS Pooja Thakur also spoke. Earlier, principal of the college Shashi Malik inaugurated the function. TALK: The MCM DAV College helpline organised a talk on ‘Cultural Pollution - Role of Women’. Neelam Dhamija, member, Arya Mahila Sangathan, was the key speaker. She pointed out that the women must not forget their natural role as mothers, wives and sisters while pursuing materialistic success. The talk concluded with an interactive session.
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NCC cadets visit old-age home
Chandigarh, November 20 The cadets visited the school for the visually impaired in Sector 26 yesterday. They expressed appreciation of the inmates of the school to fight the odds and promised all support to them. A run-for-fun is being organised on November 25 in which about 500 cadets are expected to participate. The route will be from Sukhna Lake to the NCC Group Headquarters in Sector 26. Each year, the last Sunday of November is observed as the NCC Raising Day. The NCC, which is the largest youth organisation in the world, came into being in 1949 by an Act of Parliament. Drawing and painting competition, essay writing and singing contests are also among other activities being held during the week as par of the celebrations.
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HC judges’ appointments: Prez clears five names
Chandigarh, November 20 The advocates to be sworn in are K.S. Ahluwalia, Daya Chaudhary, R.K. Jain, Rakesh Kumar Garg and Jaswant Singh. Chaudhary was the first woman president of the High Court Bar Association, while Jaswant Singh was in the Advocate-General's office. Following their elevation, the High Court, after a long time, will have the sanctioned number of judges. As of now, the High Court has 37 judges against the sanctioned strength of 40. It has recommended the sanctioned strength to be 52. Pursuant to the elevation of the new judges, the roaster of Benches is also expected to change. With Chaudhary's elevation, the High Court will now have two women Judges. It may be mentioned that the union ministry of law has categorically stated that it was in favour of increasing the representation of women in the judiciary. While eight women judges had been sworn in at the Delhi High Court, the ministry was in favour of administering oath of office to at least three or four more women judges from here. The sources in the High Court add that the names of more advocates will soon be considered for elevation as judges as the the Union Government is now appointing double the number of judges annually, compared to the previous years. Quoting figures, sources say 125 judges are on an average being appointed annually, against just 55 until recently.
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Hope Gastro MD told to pay Rs 2 lakh
Chandigarh, November 20 The complainant had been suffering from abdominal pain after replacement of biliary stent. Various laboratory and radiological investigations turned out to be normal. Manni Devi’s son, Dr Siya Ram Meena, specialist at ESIC Hospital, Ram Darbar, considered the cause of pain in the abdomen in situ CBD stent. After being diagnosed by Dr Neeraj Nagpal, managing director of the clinic, who suggested the cause of the pain to be situ CBD stent as the cause of pain in abdomen. He advised Manni MRCP (a radiological investigation) before the removal of the CBD stent to be followed by an endoscopy. The radiological investigation was conducted on the petitioner on December 27, 2006. The report of the test came out to be normal. The petitioner was asked to come to the clinic for the removal of the stent the next day along with her son. After depositing Rs 7,500 at the reception Manni was taken for the operation. On the request of Dr Siya Ram, he was allowed to accompany Manni during the operation. Dr Siya averred that the MD of the clinic started the procedure and made futile attempts to remove the stent but it was not successful. After 15 minutes, the MD declared that the stent had slipped from the original position and it would take more than two hours to remove it. He claimed that he had other appointment so he cannot devote two hours and left the operation midway by handing it over to Dr Arun Prasad. Alleging deficiency in service Dr Siya Ram filed the present complaint. Accepting that Manni Devi had come to the clinic, the respondents claimed the attitude of Dr Siya Ram to be abusive. They stated that he was not following the treatment suggested by the doctors at the clinic. The commission headed by K.C. Gupta observed: “Dr Neeraj Nagpal did not give proper care after the procedure and even failed to provide her van by stating that the driver was not available, he has acted unprofessional manner.”
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At last, Kala Darpan gets sales staff
Chandigarh, November 20 Located at a prime place, in Panchayat Bhavan, Sector 18, Kala Darpan came up to offer a platform to anyone who sought to share his creativity by selling art and craft products locally developed. While the hospitality department provided the space, the department of industries was to manage the affairs, including sales. For many months, Kala Darpan wore a dull look despite being located in the best of places. It had no staff to sell the products on display even when the buyers were there. Professional management of the space was missing throughout until a few days ago when the industries department recruited two sales persons, one helper and one accountant. “These appointments have been made for the first time. The idea is to provide professional services to prospective customers. Kala Darpan has been doing well and our sales have been good, but there is no doubt that we were suffering from acute shortage of manpower to handle the space and the project. Now that we have hired people and are even training them, we are sure the services will further improve,” said director, industries Vandana Disodia. Interestingly, a lot of products on display at Kala Darpan have been taken to New Delhi for the ongoing trade fair. A lot more, however, needs to be done to improve the working of the project. Proper display of products is just one of the many requirements. Right now, the wares are piled up anywhere, with no proper classifications to attract a customer. A visually appealing display, feel customers, will do Kala Darpan some good.
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Remix king turns actor
Chandigarh, November 20 The young maestro, having 40 albums to his credit, gave new dimensions to Punjabi folk, Sufiana and Asian funky music making it popular among the music lovers abroad, which won him a prestigious place in the Guiness Book of World Records. Handsome and photogenic Sagoo is all set to upkeep the convention of excellence in the field of acting as well. The star cast of the film, including Bally Sagoo, Diljit Kaur, Preeti Jhangiyani, along with film director Harjindra S. Dhami, interacted with the mediapersons at the Chandigarh Press Club today. Sagoo and Dhami maintain that a potent realism operating at all levels enlivens the film. Shot in the panoramic locales of Scotland, UK, Punjab and holy Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, the film depicts the diverse lifestyles and ethical values. In a way, it is a tribute to communal harmony and secularism besides having loads of entertainment. Sagoo claims that his grooming in the alien culture of the UK with the Punjabi family background had been an asset for him to bring alive the character of the protagonist in the film. The cast forms actors from the UK and Pakistan. He claims to have created the music with the top musicians and singers of Bollywood. Preeti Jhingyani sees a promising future through her first ever Punjabi film. Without knowing much of Punjabi, she plays the heroine with consummate ease. Diljit Kaur, who had reigned the Punjabi sliver screen for over 25 years, plays the role of Bally' s mother. She, however, lamented that her contribution had not been rightly recognised. The FTTI graduate, brought up in West Bengal, preferred to opt for the Punjabi cinema in those good old days. Like Gurdas Mann, Baldev Khosa and others, she had made intense efforts to resurrect the non-existent Punjabi cinema. "But I have no regrets as the love and adulation of Punjabi fans had been keeping me rejuvenated during my successful career of 60 films and lot more to come," She
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German jazz group for UT carnival
Chandigarh, November 20 Cafe du Sport, featuring Jan von Klewitz on saxophone, Bruno Muller on guitar, Guido May on drums and Christian von Kaphengst on bass, has performed at clubs and festivals across Europe. |
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