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WORKSHOP Chandigarh, February 16 Mr Basudeo Prasad from the CSIO will team up with Mr M.L. Garg from Department of Bio-physics, Panjab University, to monitor air pollution in Punjab and adjoining states. Project on detection of selenium in soil and water will be handled by Dr M.L. Singla from the CSIO, and Dr Adarsh Kumar from Panjab University. Fluoride and plastic problems will be looked after by Dr S.C. Jain, Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, and his associates. Dr Singla and his team will develop ceramic nanotechnology for all kinds of monitoring, including poly-aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the air. Campaign on the “Awareness and concern for environment” will be jointly taken up by Mr Prasad and the Executive Director of the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Dr N.S. Tiwana, and Dr V.K. Jindal from Panjab University. Development of biotechnology-based instruments for analytical applications will be taken up by the CSIO and Professor S.K. Sharma of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Panjab University. Quality assurance programme will be taken up by Dr Gopal Krishan from Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, and setting up standard and calibration facility for environment monitoring and control instruments by Mr Prasad at the CSIO. |
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Puppets
enchant Strawberry Fields kids Chandigarh, February 18 A parent who wanted to celebrate his child’s birthday in a manner that was different arranged the unique event. They wanted to do something, which would interest the children, ignite their imagination and also serve as a reference point for furthering the learning process. Organising local puppeteers was not so difficult. Folk artistes willingly agreed to stage a special story telling session with music, colourful stage props and animated voices/actions bringing alive a range of characters drawn from the world of animals and real people enthralling the children. They were finally allowed to leave the premises after they had promised to come back on another birthday for yet another story telling session via puppets. Meanwhile children were busy making plans of buying indigenous toys, dark golliwogs and stuffed dolls that seemed far more fascinating than the typical Western offering. |
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Principal’s promise Chandigarh, February 18 With big plans for setting his house in order, ending the tuition menace in his college would be top priority. “My mission is to ensure that classes are held regularly and seriously contrary to the reputation the college has had in the past”, he said. He added as a part of bringing about discipline, teachers would also be asked to take teaching work with commitment, besides urging students to come back to their classes. The Principal claimed that he would introduce special evening classes in the college to prepare students for competitive examinations and tackle the menace of tuitions. He said he would support the retaining of plus one and plus two classes in the colleges since schools the required infrastructure was available. Principal Mariya, at home in his new surroundings, stated that he would support introduction of postgraduate classes in the science discipline in colleges, while asserting that the college would begin postgraduate classes in English soon. Speaking of the hi-tech computer lab in the college, he said it was not being put to optimum use. “We will introduce job-oriented courses in the evening after college not only for students but outsiders as well,” he said. Principal Mariya has previously been an English lecturer at the college and was the Principal of DAV College, Bathinda, prior to his appointment here. |
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ABVP activists protest against fee hike Chandigarh, February 18 Earlier in the day more than 70 student activists of ABVP blocked the entry of the VC to his office to protest against the proposed fee hike. The delegation was assured that their point would be considered in the next meeting of the Syndicare. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, February 18 Delivering the verdict, Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel of the High Court also ruled that the contention raised by legal practitioners claiming that an entry could not be made in the surveillance register or in the history sheet without conviction "was clearly contrary to the Supreme Court decision, besides the decisions of this court". In his detailed order, The Judge further ruled: "From the extracts of a Supreme Court judgement, it is clear that action under rule 23.4 (3) (b) and 23.9 (2) of the police rules can be taken not only against persons convicted, but also against persons who are reasonably believed to be habitual offenders or receivers of stolen property. Whether they have been convicted or not, a history sheet can be opened against a person believed to be habitually addicted to crime or to be an aider or abettor of such a person". The Judge added: "The only qualification is that the appropriate authority has to apply its mind and to form an opinion that the person concerned is either a habitual offender or the receiver of stolen property or habitually addicted to crime or the abettor of such a person, as the case may be. No doubt, as held by the Supreme Court, the formation of opinion has to be on reasonable basis and must be based on reasonable grounds".
Regularise civic employee’s service Allowing a writ petition, a Division Bench of the High Court today directed the state of Haryana and other respondents to regularise the services of an Ambala Municipal Council employee. Pronouncing the orders, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar and Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, also quashed another order vide which petitioner Sukhwinder Singh's claim for regularisation of service was rejected. In their detailed order, the Judges observed: "The petitioner continues to be in service for more than three years. On going through the regularisation policy of the state government, we find that the petitioner fulfills the requisite conditions for regularisation. The writ petition is allowed".
Pay arrears to lecturer Directing the state of Haryana and other respondents to pay the arrears of salary to a lecturer, Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar and Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill of the High Court also quashed observation made by the Director of Secondary Education to the effect that nothing would be paid to the petitioner beyond the benefit of pay fixation and seniority. The Judges also directed that the arrears would be paid to the petitioner, Vijay Kumar Verma, with effect from September 7, 1987, — the date from which he was retrospectively promoted to the post of lecturer. |
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DISTRICT
COURTS Chandigarh, February 18 The witness, Sanjeev Kumar, an employee of the Social Welfare Department, Sector-34-A, said before the Judge that he had identified the body of his brother, Yashpal Bali, who had died in the bomb blast that took place on August 31, 1995. He said he identified the body on September 1, 1995, at the General Hospital, Sector 16. The witness added that the deceased was his real brother and he had identified the body from his face. The other witness, Baljit Singh from Ludhiana, said he had identified the body of his father, Ranjot Singh, who was died in the bomb blast. He said after getting the information about his father he along with his two brothers, had gone to the General Hospital to identify the body. There he had come to know that the body was at the PGI. He had then gone to the PGI along with his brothers and identified the body of his father.
Bail granted A local court today granted bail to Lal Singh in a case of theft. The accused was granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 10,000. It was alleged that the accused, Lal Singh, along with two others, had been caught red-handed while trying to steal the stereo and some tools from the van of the complainant, Mr Surinder Nath, of Mani Majra. The police registered a case against the accused under Sections 379, and 411 of the IPC on February 15. |
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Consumer
forum in new building Chandigarh, February 18 Besides six-court rooms, there are 18 air-conditioned chambers for Judges. The building has a separate room for the Registrar, the District Attorney and the Assistant District Attorney. Besides this, the building has a bar room and a library for lawyers. Mr Justice
G.S. Singhvi, Acting Chief Justice, was present among other senior Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Rs 3.08-crore project has been completed in a record period of one year. General Jacob inaugurated the building by unveiling a plaque. The Chairman of the commission, Mr K.K. Srivastava, and other members of the commission were present. General Jacob said with the construction of the building problems of space faced by litigants and lawyers would be solved. Mr Srivastava informed the Governor that there were 300 pending cases, mostly appeals, before the commission and in the new spacious environment work of the commission would be speeded up. The Governor also went into the fire safety aspects of the building and expressed satisfaction over it. He went around the court room, chambers and expressed satisfaction over amenities being provided, which also has a canteen. |
Comedian with a straight face Chandigarh, February 18 The comedian in him is only a facade which does not go beyond the surface. As you begin to understand Dr Sharma as a person, you realise this person is a storehouse of energy, innovative ideas and emotions. A chemistry teacher by profession, Dr Sharma is a name to reckon with when it comes to acting, on stage or on the screen. “Teaching is a form of art,” says Dr Sharma. This is a particular form of art he is good at, be it as dry a subject like chemistry or lively dance forms or music. He has trained more than 20,000 students in dance, drama and music, besides an equal number of masters in inorganic chemistry. An author of a one-act play ‘Samajhdar Log’, Dr Sharma is an authority when it comes to stage plays. “I have been acting on stage since I was 8 years old,” says the artiste, who claims to be one of the earlier batches of theatre students to have been trained under Gursharan Singh, the theatre icon of this region. “Standard in theatre has gone down over the years and only collective effort from people of all quarters can lift it to its former glory,” he adds. After an emotional break after his wife’s death in 1997, he is back with full force. “At present, I have engaged myself in writing, for a change,” says Dr Sharma. Besides writing a few more books on one-act plays, He is compiling a short story collection, likely to come out in the market in four or five months. “The book, which does not have a title yet, comprises about 40 short stories based on real life experience,” says he. He has acted in more than 60 films including Hindi and Haryanvi films. These include ‘Khel Mukaddar Ka’, ‘Bhakti Mein Shakti’,
‘Shikandra’, ‘Nimmo’ and ‘Sarpanch’. He got the Best Comedian award for ‘Sarpanch’ in 1980. After learning kathak under Shobha
Koser, He also tried choreographing a few dance sequences in the Punjabi film
‘Lajo’. Though his face has become familiar to fans of Punjabi serials like ‘Chandigarh Campus’, ‘Rano’ and ‘Do Akal
Garh’, Dr Sharma is currently taking a break from the idiot box. “With music videos invading every fibre of entertainment media, there is hardly anything left for a actor,” says he. However, he calls this phase as temporary. “Change is the law of nature,” says he. “Right now, everybody is busy experimenting with fusion, mixing traditional folk with western beats, but as soon as the youngster will learn the physics lesson that teaches the difference between noise and music, I am sure they will come back to their roots. Only then will the focus shift to creative art forms other than music,” he says. |
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