7,000 pirated CDs seized
Chandigarh
The police today seized 7,000 pirated CDs worth over Rs 2 lakh from a house in Morigate, Mani Majra, this afternoon.
The police said Gurdial Singh, investigator of Indian Music Industries, Noida, had lodged a complaint, alleging that Mustaq Ali of Morigate was involved in the sale of pirated and blue film CDs.
source:-The tribune Chandigrah
Condolence meeting by PGI staff
Chandigarh
Faculty and staff of the PGI held a condolence meeting to mourn the death of Prof Y.N. Mehra, former dean and head of the department of otolaryngology, here today.
Tributes were paid by PGI director Prof K.K. Talwar, Prof I.C. Pathak, Prof B.K. Sharma and Prof B.N.S. Walia, all former PGI directors, Prof K.S. Chugh, Prof S.B.S. Mann, former head of the ENT department, and Prof Naresh Panda, head of the department of Otolaryngology, PGI. Meanwhile, Professor Panda, a student of Professor Mehra, said he was a man of unflinching integrity and utmost dedication. They said he was good surgeon and had a great command of surgical anatomy.
source :- The tribune Chandigarh
Study tour only in name
Chandigarh
A seven-day educational trip meant for 15 education officials and teachers to Singapore was nothing more than a jaunt. The group spent five days in Singapore and two in Bangladesh.
Singaporeans are known for discipline and punctuality, but most of the group members would generally turn up late for interaction sessions.
No one in the group could tell what they had learnt from the tour. The infrastructure and luxurious ambience was the only topic on which they were happy to talk about. No one could tell the exact name of the three schools that they visited in Singapore.
source :- The Tribune Chandigarh
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Degree mela at PU
Chandigarh
Panjab University organised a degree mela today on the campus wherein many old students came to collect their degrees that they couldn’t earlier. Many students, whose forms were complete in all respects, were given the degrees on the spot.
One of the oldest students to have got his degree was Brij Lal who passed MA (economics) in 1952 from Khalsa College, Amritsar. Many of the applicants were apprised of the discrepancies in their degrees and were advised about the action to be taken for procuring their degrees later.
Source :- Tribune News Service
Haryana govt provides relief to SC loanees
CHANDIGARH:The Haryana Government has decided to waive off the interest alongwith penalty of those loanees of Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation who would deposit their principal amount upto March 16, 2008 in installment or in lumpsum.
While giving this information here on Friday, Haryana Social Welfare Minister, Mrs. Kartar Devi said that the loanees who had the balance loan amount upto March 31, 2006 and paid their principal amount in lump sum or in installments upto March 16, 2008 could be benefited under this scheme. No another chance would be given to the loanees after March 16, 2008.
For getting more information in this regard, the interested persons could contact at the district offices of the corporation and headquarters at Chandigarh, she added.
Source :- Punjab Newsline
1.47 lakh job cards given under rural employment scheme in Haryana
1.47 lakh job cards given under rural employment scheme in Haryana
Over 1.47 lakh households have so far been issued job cards under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Haryana and an expenditure of more than Rs. 60.18 crore has been incurred since its implementation.
While stating this today, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Dharambir Singh said that initially the ambitious scheme was launched in all gram panchayats of districts of Mahendergarh and Sirsa on February 2,2006 and it was extended to two more districts of Ambala and Mewat
during the current financial year.
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Tourism is going to celebrate the Chandigarh New Year Festival at various tourist places in the city from December 26, 2007 to January 1, 2008 to usher in the New Year with celebrations and merry-making.
The Department also plans to organise various cultural activities to rock the people of city as well as tourists visiting the city on the occasion of New Year. Giving further details in this regard an official spokesman said that musical evenings have been arranged to entertain the people of city on all the seven evenings. Apart from this, some classical programmes have also been included in this festival to tickle the classical taste bud of the people.
The Festival would kick start on December 26 with musical evening of RD Burman’s Songs at Sukhna Lake at 5:30 pm and Plaza Carnival at Plaza, Sector 17 at 6 pm. For entertainment of the children, little Champs performance would be organised on December 27 at Plaza, Sector 17 at 6 pm. Renowned classical dancer Devyani would give an enthralling performance of classical dance on the same day at Chandigarh Museum, Sector 10 at 6 pm.
For the Vintage Car lovers, a Vintage Car Display would be held on December 28 at Lake Club at 11.30 pm. Old film song lovers would also get special treatment on same day with a special programme on old film songs at Plaza, Sector 17 at 6 pm. Fusion Raga by Subhash Ghosh and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan would be organised on same day at PGI, Bhargava Auditorium at 7 pm. Kailash Kher Nite would entertain the youth of Chandigarh on December 29 at Plaza, Sector 17 at 7 pm.
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Chandigarh: As the SAD-BJP tests the waters before taking a final call on withdrawing freebies in Punjab, at least partially, the Congress’ stand on the issue could dampen the ruling party’s build-up of political will towards any such move.
Leader of Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today said the Congress feared that the government could roll back its decision on subsidies and octroi in the wake of dismal financial position of the state. The treasury benches, which included Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, found themselves in a precarious situation, looking for words after Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira sought a pointed reply from the minister on the governments’ plans to withdraw freebies.
Participating in the discussion on the Punjab Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill, 2007, Bhattal, who gave a blow-by-blow account of state finances, blamed the SAD for the mess.
Manpreet, however, stood firm and maintained that the state finances were improving. He cited a record excise revenue increase of 12 per cent besides an increase in VAT collections. “The politics in Punjab has been revolving around other issues and not economics. We need to bring the economic agenda on the political centre stage,” he said.
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Chandigarh: Teachers in Kapurthala district today boycotted their training programme— which is being conducted during their winter vacation from December 24 to December 31 under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan. Teachers protested in Jalandhar too, though they attended the programme.
Notably, as various teachers’ organisations were against seminars during vacation, the Punjab government had decided that while this year’s programme would be conducted as per schedule, appropriate adjustment would be made for the next academic session.
Sucha Singh, Kapurthala president of Democratic Teachers’ Front, said they have boycotted the first day of the training programme and would stay away for all eight days.
Surjit Singh, a union member in Jalandhar, said though they had undertaken the training programme, they were against it.
As per the Union government’s directions, it is mandatory to conduct 20-day teachers’ training programme during each academic session. For this academic year, 12 days’ training was conducted during summer vacation and for the remaining eight days’, a programme was scheduled for December-end.
The Punjab government had recently clarified that the training schedule will not be changed as all arrangements had been made.
Source: expressindia
Chandigarh: This one was a close call. One that had us face-to-face with the man behind the Claus — a smart man, who unlike our picture perfect image, isn’t a chubby cute fatso, but has the same motto, “to make people happy. To make them believe in the good that is still there in this world,” smiles Santa Singh, a 35-year-old restaurant captain at Hotel Prabhat Inn, who has been posing as Santa for the past 10 years now.
“I cancelled my off this month on account of Christmas,” he tells us. Santa Singh recently lost his mother, but then that has not marred the festive spirit, “The smile on the kids’ faces will help me forget all else,” Santa says, as he moves on to a group of students singing ‘Ho! Ho! Ho!’ and the bell in his hands playing ‘jingle bell’. The sweets distributed and greetings exchanged, “We get somewhere between Rs 200 to Rs 1,000 per day for acting as Santa,” he reels.The earnings depends on the kind of people Santa meets, 24-year-old Deepak Kumar of Mayur Dress Company, Industrial Area, tells us. With his duty hours stretching to over 12-hours a day, “We do complete round-ups of the city — from markets, cinema halls to parties. More than the monetary benefit, it is the smiles of the children that we earn,” Deepak says.
First-timer Manjit Thakur from Kangra (HP), a 21-year-old waiter at Hotel Yellow Chili, too, is happy playing Santa. “I am enjoying each and every minute of it. Not only the kids, but the grown-ups also rush to meet me. I have never got so much attention in my life,” says Manjit, taking off his Santa mask. Agrees Nirmal Kumar, a 19-year-old from from Nepal, who is posing as Santa for the second time, “I am a common man. This day makes a star out of me.”
Source: expressindia