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VC’s directive cold-shouldered?
Chandigarh, November 21
PU vice-chancellor Prof R.C. Sobti’s directives seem to carry little weight with the clerical staff. The staff has shown a casual approach towards instructions by him that all pending files be placed before him for early clearance.
When words become images
Profiling Nehru through his
metaphors
Chandigarh, November 21
Effective art is one that sustains the inquisition of truth. Rakesh Gupta’s visual portraits of dark social realities do just that.
Violence is the text of writer-painter Rakesh Gupta’s artworks on display at the Government Museum Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
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Standardising Hindi teaching in USA
Ex-PU prof heads ambitious
project
Chandigarh, November 21
At a time when Hindi is struggling for identity at home, the USA is all set to standardise the teaching of India’s national language in its academic institutions.
The purpose is to streamline the instruction of this important South Asian
language, which has seen a surge in the numbers of learners in the recent past.
Heading the project is Susham Bedi, a Punjab-born professor and founder head of
the department of Hindi at Columbia University, now heading the US committee for
standardising Hindi.
Susham Bedi
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SOFT-PEDALLING? NO WAY:
A girl tries her hand at the rickshaw, during preparations for the forthcoming Chandigarh Carnival-2007, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
IAF to airlift relief material to B’desh
Chandigarh, November 21
The IAF has planned to undertake three sorties by IL-76 strategic aircraft to airlift emergency relief material for cyclone-affected victims of Bangladesh.
The first aircraft from 44 Squadron is scheduled to leave for Dhaka from New
Delhi tomorrow.
Spreading harmony through verses
Chandigarh, November 21
It was a different sort of gathering - rooted and inspired. The occasion was informal interaction with Ramesh Kumar, acclaimed Punjabi writer and poet from Yamunanagar, and the moods were solemn, thanks to Kumar’s touching
poetry.
Out-of-school kids display talent
Chandigarh, November 21
Saraswati of Nehru Colony, Sector 52, bagged the first place in the face-painting competition (10-14 years) while Pinki of Colony No. 5 emerged winner in the mehndi competition (6-10 years) during the activities organised for out-of-school children by the education department at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, here today.
Candle March
Students want Bishnoi’s security back
Chandigarh, November 21
The Kuldeep Bishnoi Fans Club held a march with lit candles in their hands today on the Panjab University campus. It was a symbolic protest against the Haryana Government’s recent decision of withdrawing Bhiwani MP Kuldeep Bishnoi’s security.
Students hold candles in protest against the withdrawal of Bhiwani MP Kuldeep Bishnoi’s security at Panjab University on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
 Trade
Fair
City pavilion draws visitors
Chandigarh, November 21
Showcasing Rajiv Gandhi Information Technology Park and promoting the city as smoke-free are the highlights of the Chandigarh pavilion at the ongoing India International Trade Fair
(IITF) 2007 being held at Pragati Maidaan, New Delhi.
A view of the Chandigarh pavilion at the India International Trade Fair in New Delhi.
OPDs to remain closed on Nov 24
Chandigarh, November 21
All OPDs at the PGI, GMCH, Sector 32, and GMSH, Sector 16, shall remain closed on November 24, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
Section 144 in northern sectors
Chandigarh, November 21
The Chandigarh Administration, as a measure of emergency, has issued orders to prohibit the assembly of five or more persons taking out processions, making speeches, raising slogans sitting in dharnas, carrying of lathis within the sectors falling north of the Madhya Marg namely and on the Janmarg stretch from the cricket stadium chowk.
Know Your Judges
A mix of law and literary skills
She is the first woman
lawyer to be elevated as a high court judge here. Before her,
all women judges elevated to the HC Bench belong to superior
judicial services. She has the distinction of being the first
woman Bar association president and the first woman advocate to
be designated senior.
Khula Darbar
Now, pay fine for washing cars on road
 Panchkula, November 21
Residents washing their cars on roads will be penalised and cases of destruction of public property will be registered against them for causing the damage.
D.C. Rajinder Kataria (second from right) listens to public grievances at the Khula Darbar in Panchkula on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan
Dist secretariat to have separate parking lots for VIPs, staff, public
Panchkula, November 21
In a bid to streamline parking at the district secretariat, the administration has earmarked parking places for officers, staff and general public.
Bank donates mini bus to NGO
Chandigarh, November 21
Coming forward to help inmates of the Government Institute of Mentally Retarded Children
(GIMRC) to take vocational training at SAMARTH, the State Bank of India, Chandigarh, provided a 22-seater mini bus to the NGO here today.
The chief general manager of the State Bank of India, Chandigarh, inaugurates a function organised by SAMARTH in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
Zirakpur hot place for marriages
Chandigarh, November 21
The fat Punjabi wedding has got rolling in the city and its periphery bringing cheers to the marriage industry stake holders, hotel and resort owners, jewellers, caterers and florists.
Cops ‘acted swiftly’ in Sec 38 accident
Chandigarh, November 21
Reacting to news items about the delay in reaction time of the police in the Sector 38-West accident, in which a 15-year-old Ashish lost his life on November 17, the Chandigarh Police has clarified that the cops reached the spot within three minutes.
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