Education Department Celebrates Eve of Independence Day 2018

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Today on the eve of Independence day a cultural program was organised by the Chandigarh Education Department at the Tagore theater in sector 18 Chandigarh

The school children presented cultural baganza during the evening. It was the harbinger of patriotic presentations and cultural diversity of India

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Cultural bonanza on the eve of Independence Day

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Education Department of Chandigarh administration is organising a colourful cultural program on the eve of Independence day at Tagore Theater sector 18. This bonanza is scheduled at 3:00 pm onwards on 14th August,2018

 

सैक्टर 7 की पार्क डेव्लपमेंट सोसाइटी ने तीज मनाई

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सेक्टर7 पंचकूला के पार्क में तीज उत्सव बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाया गया ये उत्सव पूर्व पार्षद श्री सी बी गोयल जी और पार्क डवलपमेंट सोसायटी सेक्टर7व श्री तेजपाल गुप्ता जी के सहयोग से मनाया गया इस उत्सव में श्रीमति नीलम त्रिखा जो कि इसी सेक्टर की निवासी ह उनके द्वारा तैयार हरयाणवी ओर पंजाबी गीत संगीत और डांस पर सभी को नाचने पर मजबूर कर दिया

 

मुख्य अतिथि श्री मति बन्तो कटारिया जी व महिलाओं ने पारम्परिक झूलो का लुत्फ उठाया और ज्ञान चन्द गुप्ता जी व उनकी धर्मपत्नी भी अपने आपको नाचने से रोक नही पाये कार्यक्रम देर शाम तक चला

सभी ने जमकर इस कार्यक्रम की तारीफ की इस तरह के कार्यक्रम से निश्चित रूप से अपनी संस्कृति और भाईचारे की भावना बढ़ती ह इस कार्यक्रम में श्रीमति शारदा कतपालिया की टीम पंचकूला लेडीज क्लब की ओर बहुत ही शानदार प्रस्तुति से सबका मन मोह लिया सभी सेक्टर वासियो महिलाओं ने खूब डांस किया और मौज मस्ती के साथ साथ बच्चों ने कविताओं ओर खेल कूद की प्रतियोगिता में हिस्सा लिया और सभी ने कई तरह के लजीज पकवानो का भी आनंद उठाया

ऊर्जा डांसवर्क्स का डांस परफॉर्मेंस“स्पॉटलाइट-2018” 10 अगस्त को बाल भवन में

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चंडीगढ़:(           )कला और संस्कृति को स्ट्रीट और स्टेज स्तर पर प्रमोट करने के उद्देशय से  चंडीगढ़ के सेक्टर 40 स्थित ऊर्जा डांसवर्क्स की ओर से 10 अगस्त को बाल भवन सेक्टर 23 में अपना पहला वार्षिक स्पॉटलाइट-2018 एक डांस परफॉरमेंस का आयोजन किया जा रहा है। जिसमे अकेडमी के नए व पुराने स्टूडेंट्स अपनी अपनी डांस कला प्रतिभा का प्रदर्शन करेंगे। यह जानकारी अकेडमी की निदेशक दिवांशी मिश्रा ने दी।

दिवांशी मिश्रा ख्यातिप्राप्त कत्थक डांसर, यू एस ए से बैचलर इन डांस एंड बिज़नेस, कत्थक में नेशनल स्कालरशिप होल्डर, मारुती सुजुकी कलर्स ऑफ़ युथ सीजन 6-7 की डांस मेंटर, आदित्य बिरला व् चंडीगढ़ ग्रुप ऑफ़ कॉलेजेस कि कोरियोग्राफर और डांस की क्षेत्र में उल्लेखनीय योगदान के लिए गवर्नर अवार्डी भी रही है ।

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चंडीगढ़ प्रेस क्लब में आयोजित पत्रकार वार्ता में दिवांशी मिश्रा ने बताया कि इस कार्यक्रम में विख्यात भजन गायक कन्हैया मित्तल मुख्य अतिथि के तौर पर उपस्थित होंगे और विख्यात टीचर और कोरियोग्राफर कौशल प्रधान बतौर स्पेशल गेस्ट मौजूद रहेंगे। इवेंट के सभी प्रतिभागियों को अतिथियों द्वारा सर्टिफिकेट्स बांटे जायेंगे। यह कार्यक्रम 04 साल की छोटी उम्र के बच्चों से लेकर 40 वर्ष तक के स्टूडेंट्स का है। दिवांशी ने बताया कि कार्यक्रम के आयोजन का मुख्य उद्देशय अकेडमी में डांस सीख चुके और सीख रहे स्टूडेंट्स तथा फैकल्टी कि डांस कला को आगे लाना है। कार्यक्रम की विशेषता अकेडमी की फैकल्टी द्वारा डांस की प्रस्तुति रहेगी। दिवांशी ने आगे बताया कि उनकी डांस अकेडमी डांस कि लगभग सभी विधाओं को सिखाया जाता है।

Chandigarh Theater Festival 2018

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Impact Arts(Regd.) is organising its annual theatre festival Shaguffe 2018. It is going to be a 3 day long theatre festival in which 3 different plays will be showcased by the team.

Day 1 – 7th August 2018

Play : JAB ROSHNI HOTI HAI
Written by : Jean Paul Sartre
Adapted by : Sh. Parmanand Shastri
Directed by : Baninderjit Singh Bunny

Day 2 : 8th August 2018

Play : HIND DI CHADHAR
Written by : Ravinder Singh Sodhi
Directed by : Baninderjit Singh Bunny

Day 3 : 9th August 2018

Play : EIK AUR DURGHATNA
Written by : Dario Fo
Adapted by : Amitabh Shrivastva
Directed by : Baninderjit Singh Bunny

The play will start at 6:30 pm. Come and grab your seats.
Entry is free as always.

Daily Bulletin: India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission postponed for the second time

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Here’s what is expected to make the news on Sunday:

India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission postponed for the second time

World Badminton Championships: Having beaten the likes of Ji Hyun Sung, Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi so far, PV Sindhu will take on Carolina Marin in the final of the World Badminton Championships today. Sindhu will be keen to win the title this time around after losing at the same stage to Okuhara last year.

Delhi terror alert for Independence Day: Just days ahead of the 72nd Independence Day celebration, security forces in the national capital have gone on a high alert following intel of a Jaish-e-Mohammad planning a “fidayeen attack”.Manchester City take on Chelsea in the FA Community Shield: The 2017-18 Premier League champions Manchester City face FA Cup champions Chelsea in the 2018-19 season curtain raiser. It will be Maurizio Sarri’s first competitive match as in-charge of Chelsea. Both clubs are missing important players like Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, N’golo Kante (Chelsea), Kevin De Bruyne, John Stones, Raheem Sterling (City) after they played for their respective national sides at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Harvey Weinstein case: Disgraced Hollywood tycoon’s defense lawyer has demanded that a New York court dismisses the sex crime charges against him, by disclosing “warm” emails between him and his alleged rape victim, in which she said “I love you”, among other things.

Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: As Opposition leaders targeted the Nitish Kumar – government over the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case on Saturday, the heat is on Bihar social welfare minister Manju Verma, whose husband is accused of often entering the rooms of minor girls in the shelter home without anyone accompanying him. Verma reportedly defended her husband on Saturday and said that she would hang him herself if he is found guilty in the sex scandal.

Assam flood situation worsens: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Saturday with two more deaths reported in Sivasagar district, taking the toll to 43, while nearly 1.1 lakh people remain affected across six districts in the state. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons lost their lives in flood-related incidents at Sonari revenue circle of Sivasagar.

NRC in Assam: A day after TMC filed two police complaints were filed against Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal in West Bengal, two more FIRs have been registered in Assam against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and members of a TMC delegation, which went to Silchar, for allegedly creating disturbances on the basis of religion. A total of five FIRs have been registered against Banerjee in Assam since the publication of the NRC final draft on 30 July.

Imran may take oath as Pakistan PM on 14 August: Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan’s new prime minister, may take oath of the office on the country’s Independence Day on 14 August. Unveiling a tentative schedule of the National Assembly formation, caretaker Law Minister Ali Zafar told Dawn that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was already on board as it was engaged in making necessary arrangements required to hold the prime minister’s election on the desired date. Zafar said a fresh session of the assembly could be called on August on 11 or 12.

Confirmed Ebola cases rise to 13 in Congo’s latest outbreak: The number of confirmed cases in Congo’s new outbreak of the Ebola virus has risen to 13, including three deaths. The World Health Organisation has warned that this new outbreak of the deadly virus in North Kivu province poses a particular challenge as the region is a “war zone” with several active armed groups and thousands of displaced people. Congo announced the latest outbreak on Wednesday with four confirmed cases, a week after declaring the end to a previous outbreak in the northwest with 33 deaths.

India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission postponed for the second time: According to reports, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed the Chandrayan-2 mission, which aimed to soft- landing a rover on the surface of the moon. The Chandrayan-2 mission, which was supposed to be launched in October has now been postponed to December.

GST slabs may reduce to 3: In the long-term, Goods and Services Tax (GST) slabs may come down to three, in addition to the exempted category, Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry, said on Saturday. The three slabs could be a low of 5 per cent, a central 15 per cent (merging 12 per cent and 18 per cent slabs that exist now) and a top rate of 25 per cent. Presently, there are four GST slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, plus the exempted category which attracts 0 per cent GST.

Daily Bulletin 4 August

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Here’s what is expected to make the news on Saturday:

Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: Even though Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday that no leniency will be shown to those involved in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav will launch a protest against the Nitish Kumar government at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday evening. Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal are expected to join the stir.

Congress Working Committee Meeting: The core committee of the main Opposition party will meet once again today to chalk out its plan for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Sources in Congress have indicated that the party may announce Priyanka Gandhi’s candidacy from Rae Bareli in the 2019 polls.

File image of Tejashwi Yadav

Congress-JD(S) to fight separately in local body elections: Congress and JD(S) have decided to separately contest the local bodies elections in Karnataka, which will be held on 29 August. Even though they have put up a united front at the Vidhan Soudha and for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, both parties are likely to be seen contesting and criticising each other in the local bodies election. Polling will be held in 29 municipal corporations, 53 town municipalities and 23 town panchayats. Has the rift widened between the alliance partners? It may be a too early to say that, but Congress leaders have left it up to the local leaders to decide whether they want to tie-up or fight individually.

Article 35-A in Jammu and Kashmir: The ongoing debate over the validity of Article 35-A in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to heat up with National Conference holding a protest march today against tampering in Article 35A today at 11 am from Nawa-e-Subah complex in Srinagar. Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has termed the provision an aberration and is planning to file petition challenging the validity of Article 35-A before the Supreme Court.

29th GST Council Meet: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will chair the meeting today at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The council meeting is convened mainly to discuss issues, concerns and suggestions of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the GST regime among others.

UIDAI Number: The morning of 3 August saw many Indians confused and angry, as the UIDAI toll-free number had mysteriously slithered into their phone-books. The issue came to light when the French hacker by the pseudonym Elliot Anderson took to Twitter about the UIDAI contact listed on his phone. UIDAI had denied responsibility for the same and there is no information about who made this happen. Who put the number? How do they have access to our contacts? Besides adding, does it also mean that they can collect information from it? These are some of the questions that will be answered hopefully in the days that follow.

XiaomI Qin AI: Chinese smartphone maker Xiomi just launched its first feature fone series, called the Qin AI. Two Android-powered phones, the Qin 1 and the Qin 1s have been launched at CNY 199 (about Rs 1,990) and CNY 299 (about Rs 2,990). They also feature real-time translation for 17 international languages. The only difference is that the Qin 1 is a 2G only phone, and the Qin 1s has 4G LTE and VOLTE support. If launched in India, the phones could be the most affordable feature phones with AI capabilities.

India vs England, 1st Test, 4th Day: The equation is fairly simple — India need 84 runs to clinch victory in the first Test, whereas England need five wickets. Virat Kohli, fresh from his heroic knock in the first innings, is still at the crease batting on 43 with Dinesh Karthik for company. With the match in the balance, these two will have to grind out a victory for the visitors.

World Badminton Championships: With some of India’s best shuttlers like Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth eliminated, there’s only PV Sindhu left standing as the semi-finals stage commences on Saturday. Sindhu will be in a buoyant mood, having beaten Nozomi Okuhara — who had so cruelly defeated the Indian in the World Final last year — in the quarters on Friday. Sindhu will face Akane Yamaguchi on Saturday.

Daily Bulletin

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Here’s what is expected to make the news on Thursday:

NRC Updates: After Assam, leaders in other BJP-ruled states have raised the need for listing of citizens to keep out illegal migrants. They point at demographic changes due to an unlawful influx. A six-member team will go to Silchar directly. Will land at around 2 pm. At Silchar they will attend a public convention organised by the local citizens forum. The team will try and understand on what grounds were people left out. Home minister Rajnath Singh will speak in Lok Sabha today over the NRC issue.

BJP-TMC showdown in Kolkata: At loggerheads over the NRC issue in Assam, both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress will come face to face in Kolkata today. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government rejected BJP’s request to hold the Amit Shah rally today. ‘They can arrest me,’ Shah was quoted as saying.

Bandh in North Karnataka: Various political parties have called for a bandh expected in 13 districts of Uttar Kannada. The leaders said they would also be pushing for the 13 districts included in North Karnataka to be carved out into a separate state.

Sabarimala temple case: The Kerala government today told the Supreme Court that the custom of barring entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala is not permissible under the Constitution. The Supreme Court, however, has reserved its order in the case.

ONGC results: India’s largest oil and gas producer will push out its quarterly earnings update today. India’s natural gas production is expected to double in four years. At present, ONGC accounts for 68 percent of the country’s natural gas output.

RBI monetary policy reaction: The MPC is sticking to its 4 percent inflation target for the medium-term. And that means the rate show hike isn’t over yet. Experts, reacting to the RBI decision, expect more rate hikes in the ongoing fiscal.

Samsung Tab S4: After several leaks and rumours Samsung launched its iPad competitor called the Galaxy Tab S4. The successor to last year’s Android-powered Tab S3, comes with thinner bezels, focuses on enhanced productivity and adds the Samsung Dex feature that lets you connect the tablet to an external monitor, letting the 10.5-inch display serve as a track pad. Also announced is a more affordable version of the Galaxy Tab called the Tab A2 with a 10.5-inch display and watered-down specifications with a lower price tag.

Apple iPhone X Plus: Apple’s iPhone X Plus that is expected to launch with a 6.5-inch display in September, is now rumoured to come with an iPad-like landscape mode. The evidence for the same was found buried deep in iOS 12 Beta and also confirms that the upcoming iPhone model will feature a resolution of 1,242 x 2,688 pixels. As per the iOS 12 Beta, the apps that will adapt to this mode include native apps like Stocks, Calendar, Contacts and Messages.

India vs England, Day 2 of 1st Test: Having reduced England to 285/9 at the end of the first day of the Birmingham Test, India will look to reinforce their advantage in the first match of the five-Test series with another dominant day on Thursday. The hero of the first day was Ravichandran Ashwin, who picked up four wickets in his 25 overs. Joe Root (80 runs) and Jonny Bairstow (70) put up a fight, but India’s bowlers were too good on the day.

World Badminton Championships: Saina Nehwal will take on Ratchanok Intanon while PV Sindhu faces World No 2 Ji Hyun Sung in the pre-quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships on Thursday. Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth will also be in action in the men’s singles while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa will be in action in mixed doubles.

John Abraham film Satyamev Jayate row: An advocate, Ramakant Patil, has filed a complaint against upcoming film Satyamev Jayate for allegedly disrespecting the National Emblem in the trailer of the movie. Complaint has been filed because ‘Ashok Stambh can’t be used for business purpose’.

125thAnniversary of Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand

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Ranjit Singh Ahluwalia

New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant all women the right to vote in parliamentary elections 125years ago on 19th September 1893 when Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law.

Thesuccess was attributed to the enormous struggle over a seven year campaign by suffragists like Kate Sheppard who collected 31,872 signatures which culminated in the 1893 petition which was presented to Parliament in a wheelbarrow. At 270mtrs long the petition was unrolled across the chambers of the House with dramatic effect. It was the largest petition ever gathered in Australasia. The Electoral Bill was passed by 20 votes to 18 and 10weeks later women alongside the men casted their votes at their first election.

The petition contains the signatures of many leading suffragists and feminists, including Kate Sheppard, Marion Hatton, Rachel Reynolds, Ada Wells, Tailoresses’ Union leader Harriet Morison, writer Edith Grossman, and sisters Christina and Stella Henderson (whose younger sister, Elizabeth, then too young to sign, would later achieve fame as New Zealand’s first woman MP – under her married name, McCombs).

Today, 29th July 2018 marks 125 years since the presentation of the petition to Parliament, a great milestone worthy of celebrations and most appropriately to gather and listen to “OUR STORIES.”

 

Organiser: Hansa Naran

 

Team: Dianna Aislabie; Maree Allan; Jo Mathews; Jenny Joseph & Rosemary Keay

 

Place: Waiau Pa Hall, McKenzie Road, Waiau Pa 2679

Salim Khan on ‘Hips-n-Boobs’ girl quit Bharat

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Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra has stirred quite a storm in Bollywood after her controversial exit from Salman Khan’s Bharat. While some claim that the actress’ engagement to beau Nick Jonas is the reason, others believe that PeeCee was not happy with the screen space she was getting in the movie. Earlier, there were reports that superstar Salman Khan is upset with Priyanka’s decision to leave the film but now father Salim Khan has put a full stop to them.

In an interview to SpotBoye, Salim said actors leave and join projects all the time and it’s nothing new. “It’s okay whatever happened. Priyanka is not doing Bharat, let her be. Such things happen in our industry,” he said. When asked if the film’s team was angry at Priyanka for leaving the film just when the shoot was about to begin, he said it was not true.

“Nope, it’s not the 9th hour. And I repeat, such things happen- sometimes they happen for date issues, or the role, or even the money aspect. Aur kabhi aadmi ki kuch apni majbooriyan hoti hai. I haven’t yet got into the details of why Priyanka left Bharat, but we shall soon cast someone else. We are not upset with Priyanka. Salman Khan is also not upset,” he added.

When asked who will replace Priyanka, Salim Khan was crystal clear in his thoughts and said, “Koi bhi aa jayeja (uski jagah par). Bahut saare log hain. (Anyone can replace here. There are many people),” he said.

It all started when Bharat director Ali Abbas Zafar confirmed the news of Priyanka’s exit from his film and tweeted, “Yes Priyanka Chopra is no more part of @Bharat_TheFilm & and the reason is very very special , she told us in the Nick of time about her decision and we are very happy for her … Team Bharat wishes @priyankachopra loads of love & happiness for life.”