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Pracheen Kala Kendra’s Convocation on 3rd January in Odisha, Shree Jagannath Temple singer Parasamani to felicitate

December 30, 2009 — IMC

Akhand in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, the premier organization dedicated to the promotion, preservation and dissemination of Indian classical art and culture since its inception in 1956, will hold Convocation of the successful students of Visharad and Bhaskar final of the session 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 belonging to the state of Orissa on Sunday, January 3, 2010.

To be inaugurated by Shri Debi Prasad Mishra, Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, Tourism and Culture, Government of Orissa, the Convocation will take place at Jayadev Bhawan (Soochna Bhawan), Bhubaneswar from 11:00 a.m. onwards. This was announced by Mr. Sajal Koser, Secretary and Mrs. Shobha Koser, Registrar of the Kendra while addressing a Press conference at Hotel Sishmo here today.

Mrs. Shobha Koser said that there has been significant growth in the activities of the Kendra not only in the Eastern region but so also all over the country as a result of which 2,42,511 students appeared in our different examinations in the session 2008-2009 out of which 17,707 students appeared from nearly 300 affiliated centres spread throughout Orissa state. As many as 477 candidates examined for Visharad and 55 for Bhaskar examinations and the pass percentage is 90.90 and 85.53 respectively.

At the Convocation successful students of Visharad and Bhaskar courses will be awarded diplomas while meritorious candidates will be presented a medal and a certificate of merit. Mr. Sajal Koser further added that the Kendra has a pan-India presence with nearly 3700 centres propagating and upholding Indian music and fine arts. It has prominent standing outside India as well, including USA, Canada, Britain, Singapore, Mauritius, Dubai, Kuwait, Nepal, Bangladesh, etc.

Dr. Devdas Chhotray, Vice-Chancellor, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack will be the Chief Guest of the Convocation while Prof. Malabika Ray, eminent litterateur will deliver the keynote address.

The Kendra, besides awarding diplomas, will also honour two eminent personalities namely Smt. Parasamani Devdasi, Temple singer at Shree Jagannath Temple and Smt. Manimala Devi, noted Theatre and Cine artist for their outstanding contribution in their fields of specialisation. They each will be felicitated with a cash award of Rs. 11000/-, a shawl, a citation and a memento.

The Convocation will be followed by a well-knit concert of music and dance from 6:00 p.m. onwards when Salil Bhatt and Ankit Bhatt (Satvik Veena-Sitar Jugalbandi) and noted Kathak danseuse Madhumita Roy will mesmerize the city audience with their thrilling performances.

Salil Bhatt, Creator of Satvik Veena, represents the tenth generation of the famous Bhatt lineage, where music has been flowing for more than five hundred years. Salil is the son of the legendary slide player and India’s Grammy Award winner Padmashree Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Salil has learnt the nuances of music from his legendary father and after mastering the Mohan Veena for more than twenty years, he has created a new version of the traditional Veena named as the ‘Satvik Veena’ for which he is receiving innumerable accolades and rave reviews all over the world.

Ankit Bhatt is one of the young and promising Sitar players of the country. He is also belonging to the Bhatt lineage. Son of late Sitar maestro Pandit Shashi Mohan Bhatt, Ankit has received training in Sitar playing from Sitarist of eminence Pandit Krishna Mohan Bhatt and Vidushi Manju Mehta (both disciples of Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar).

Madhumita Roy is a well-known name in the field of Kathak dance. She is the one of the foresmost disciples of Pandit Ramgopal Mishra (Jaipur gharana) and Pandit Vijay Shankar (Lucknow Gharana). She has also taken advanced training in Kathak under the tutelage of Pandit Birju Maharaj. A widely traveled artiste, Madhumita Roy has performed in numerous dance festivals not only in India but also abroad, including USA, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, etc.

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Getting Justice at Kendrapara town police station has become a far cry for the victims

December 29, 2009 — IMC

Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara, Orissa

If you are in trouble and seek urgent police help, then it is sure that you are going to be deprived to get justice from Kendrapara town police. Here, the victims, who come for getting justice, allegedly forced by the khaki clad personnel to compromise the case with the assailants. If an accused belongs from a political party or a distance relative of the police then the victimized person would forget that he is going to get justice at any cost. As most of the khaki clad police personnel dancing with the tune of political people either suppress the cases by denying the victim to get justice or force the victims to compromise with the assailants by not registering a case .Even ,several times it has been seen that if a victimized person has visited the town police station for justice in order to lodge an FIR , then he was detained with the accused in the police station .The reason behind such act of police is only to take bribe from both the sides by forcing them to compromise the case instead of providing justice to the victim. Though the senior officials were aware about the fact, but they are not taking any step. If a victim person dares to file an FIR at Kendrapara town police station, then he would definitely greet in the police station with the misbehaviour of unscrupulous rowdy police officers .Later, the constables of the said town police station will come and demand money by asking the victim person that their senior officer demand money to register FIR in the police station.Later, the khaki clad personnel allegedly ask to provide money for going to the spot in order to conduct inquiry and to nab the accused. In last four days two innocent persons of Manakarpur were victimized in the hand of a sub Inspector of Kendrapara town police as the said sub Inspector allegedly by supporting the mischief mongers forced to compromise with the mischief mongers . On Tuesday, one Asanti Behera, the widow of Batakrushna Behera, of Manakarpur allegedly lodged an FIR against three fellow villagers at Kendrapara Town police station following they allegedly assaulted her son and forcibly driven her out of the house. Later, the trio villagers allegedly made an attempt to stripped her . As a result, she went to Kendrapara town police station and lodged an FIR against the trio fellow villagers in order to get justice. But ironically, the sub Inspector of Kendrapara town police station, who was in-charge of Kendrapara town police station, allegedly detained her son along with the three accuseds after dancing with the tune of a local politician.The said SI allegedly forced the victim widow’s son to compromise the case with the accuseds by threatening her son to put behind the bar in the counter case which was filed by the accused persons. As a result, the victim’s son was compelled to compromise with the accused persons, stated Asanti Behera, the widow victim. Allegation pouring against the said SI of police that he was allegedly taking bribes from the accused persons and used to force the victim to compromise the case else he threatened to put behind the bars to the innocent victims . Police inaction to nab the accused ones has encouraged the criminals to commit crime and crime graph has increased in recent times. While there was not a single licensed shops of Ganja and opium in the district ,but more than dozen of drug peddlers have been selling the narcotic substances openly in the district under the very nose of the police department . Police are not arresting them as locals alleged that the drug peddlers have been giving monthly bribes to some of the police officials ,who are helping them to sell ganja and opium openly in the township area .The poor people have failed to get justice from the law enforcing machine. It is a tip of an iceberg,there are several instances, where the police have put the innocent persons behind the bar and left the accuseds to roam free in the area by remaining hand in glove with the ruling party leaders , alleged locals.

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Arrest warrant against Pak Interior Minister

December 18, 2009 — IMC

A judge in Pakistan has ordered an arrest warrant to be issued against Interior Minister Rehman Malik on corruption charges. his comes after the supreme court ruled on Wednesday that an amnesty protecting senior members of government was unconstitutional. Mr Malik is among about 250 officials whose corruption and criminal cases have been re-opened. The controversial amnesty was brought in by the former president, Pervez Musharraf, and its scrapping opens the way forpossible prosecution of allies of the current President, Asif Zardari. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s main opposition, the Pakistan Muslim League-N of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has asked the president to resign.

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Hindu spiritual leader gets no relief from Indian apex court

December 17, 2009 — IMC

The Supreme Court today declined to grant any relief to Gujarat’s spiritual leader Asaram Bapu who sought a restraint on the state police from arresting him in an attempt to murder case.

A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Deepak Verma rejected the plea of senior counsel Sushil Kumar who pleaded that the Apex Court pass an order that no coercive step should be taken by police against Asaram until the Special Leave Petition filed by him was taken up for hearing.

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Indian Govt. intends to set up NSG hub in every state: PC

December 15, 2009 — IMC

The government today said it intends to set up National Security Guard (NSG) hub or an equivalent commando force in every state in due course to strengthen the national security apparatus. The Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha during Question Hour that the government is trying to have these units soon, though it was a long-term plan in view of the constraints of manpower and training.
Four regional NSG hubs in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata have already been operationalised . He informed the house that setting up of Regional Centres of NSG at Kolkata and Hyderabad have been approved apart from raising 10 Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) to be raised during the three-year period from 2008-09.The Centre would also provide assistance for raising commandos in states, apart from upgrading existing four training centres for Central Paramilitary Forces at Silchar in Assam , Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, Sapri in Himachal Pradesh and Gawaldham in Uttarkhand.