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School adopts critical
thinking in teaching
Chandigarh, November 15
Experimenting with a new concept in
education, Vivek High School, Sector 38, has adopted critical thinking in
teaching to make students aware and inquisitive.
Dr Roland Case, Professor of Curriculum and Social Studies in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, conducts a workshop at Vivek High School, Sector 38,
Chandigarh, on Saturday |
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PU witnesses
series of thefts
Chandigarh, November 15
Panjab University has witnessed a series of
thefts on the campus, particularly during the past two weeks. The Pharmacy
Department is the worst hit with more than six cases reported in the past week.
From the schools
Meritorious kids given prizes
Panchkula, November 15
The annual prize distribution function of
Vijay Public School was held on the school premises this evening. Mr Inder
Singh, SDM, Panchkula, was the chief guest and Mrs Seema Chaudhary, president of
Municipal Council, the guest of honour.
10,000 school
kids take part in carnival
Chandigarh, November 15
More than 10,000 students from 60 schools
of Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Kurali, Kharar, Kalka, Pinjore, Jagadhri,
Kurukshetra, Pehowa, Ropar, Barwala, Naraingarh converged on the Funcity
Amusement Park for a carnival that concluded today.
Students threaten
to intensify stir
Chandigarh, November 15
Students of the local colleges have
threatened to intensify their agitation against fee hike by the UT
Administration and the vast disparity in the fee structure of the affiliated
colleges from Monday. Meanwhile, the ongoing fast by the presidents of the
students councils of certain colleges continued for the sixth day today.
Dev Samaj alumni
launch ‘Virasat’
Chandigarh, November 15
It was a trip down memory lane for old
students of Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, who gathered at the college
campus, here today, for their first alumni meet.
Expert’s evidence in Beant
case completed
Chandigarh, November 15
The evidence of the fingerprint expert from
CFSL, New Delhi, Mr S.K. Chadha, who had examined the fingerprints of the
accused alleged to be involved in the Beant Singh assassination trial, was
completed today.
Wedding bells for Santosh,
the face of Amanat
TWO more days to go and small screen
actress Pooja Madan will fall in the league of married people. Having done all
that she ever desired to do — study well, put up solid academic scores, learn
the nuances of bharatnatyam and act — Pooja is now getting ready for yet
another role, perhaps the greatest and the most difficult of all. Flanked by all
members of her family, who have descended on Bristol Resorts near
Chandigarh to grace her wedding ceremony, Pooja talked of how well
life had greeted her through the years.
Pooja Madan
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City can be
shopping hub for region’
Mr Darpan Kapoor of Kapson Stores
was one of the brains behind introducing the shopping festival in Sector 17
under the banner of Business Promotion Council. It helped the trading community
to do business worth crores, besides attracting thousands of customers from the
neighbouring states.
It’s my life
Travelling has widened my
horizon
TRAVELLING
has widened my horizons in life and this was possible because my father served
as a Colonel in the Army. After graduation, this experience made me easily
decide between settling down in a married life or going after a full-fledged
career. I chose the latter and did MBA from Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh).
Sushma Sagar’s
book released
Chandigarh, November 15
Sushma Sagar admits to her late blooming as
a writer. Although she has long been scribbling her thoughts, it never really
occurred to her that she could actually turn them into objects of everybody’s
attention. It took her decades to decide that she wanted to publish some of her
poems for larger consumption of people.
Sushma Sagar (left) and MP Preneet Kaur on the
occasion of the release of the former’s collection of poems at the Chandigarh Club on Saturday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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Film review
Film kya banai, wah wah
Ram ji
“ALL
I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl” Sir Charlie
Chaplain once said. All our Hindi film-makers need to make a comedy is double
roles, stuttering dialogues and an overdose of emotional chaos.
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