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Affidavits or free speech: PU debates Chandigarh, July 19 The move is aimed at curbing anonymous letter and poster campaigns of malice on the campus, but a PU fellow says that an alternative way should be adopted for this. Earlier this year, the PU Syndicate had approved that charges against the university, its officials, teachers or students should come with affidavits attested by a judicial magistrate (first class) or notary (public). The rule will not cover members of the Senate and the Syndicate. Complaints will be examined and redressed within a fixed time. Prof Madan Gopal Gandhi, a PU fellow, said the affidavit condition violated the Constitution and the university could not curb citizens’ right to information. Prof
K. N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor of the PU, said the recommendation was based on the principles of Lok Pal and not aimed at terrorising anyone. It was aimed curbing fabrication and falsehood. The university has, now, expanded a committee formed under Justice D.V. Sehgal to sort out the issue. The members, besides Justice Sehgal, include Mr G.K. Chatrath, Prof M.M. Sharma, Prof S.P. Gautam, Mr Ashok Goyal, Prof Charanjit Chawla, Prof R.D. Anand, Prof P.P. Arya, Mr Tarsem Bahia and Mr A.C. Vaid along with others. Prof P.P. Arya said the decision should be left to the Syndicate, while Prof Charanjit Chawla said the PU’s democratic set-up should not be disturbed. |
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NIFD exhibition inaugurated SAS Nagar, July 19 Stating that there were a large number of ideas which he could borrow from the creations of these students Nek Chand, while talking to mediapersons, gave a detail of his future plans regarding the Rock Garden. Nek Chand, who is the president of the Rock Garden Society formed by the Chandigarh Administration to collect funds from the Nek Chand foundations in UK and USA, will also be importing some material from the two countries through the foundations to be utilised in the garden. “The crazy mirrors were the first such gift and we have now asked for some machinery which can be used to regulate the water temperature of the aquariums that we have in the garden,” he pointed out. Nek Chand also mentioned that he and the Administration had been requesting the Fisheries Department to undertake the care and maintenance of the fishes in the aquarium but they were not agreeing. “On the other hand private parties have offered to do all that is needed but since we are not going to privatise those offers do not matter,” he added. NIFD students had put up an impressive show of their creations at the exhibition. Shattered-looking glass was used to decorate walls, evening wear, teen wear, wedding wear, furnishing all were part of the show. |
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Protest
dharna by SOPU Chandigarh, July 19 A press release of the SOPU said that the dharna was also to protest against the university not promoting students of BSc (I) and BSc (II) of honours school to the next higher classes in case of a reappear. It may be reminded that the university had taken a similar stance on the issue last year which witnessed a spate of dharnas following which the university had to agree to the demands of the students. Students are also demanding a special reappear chance to all these students; table checking or an external examiner should be engaged; students clearing reappear should be allowed to continue in the next higher class; re-evaluation result should be declared as early as possible; and supplementary examination scheduled for August need to be postponed. Harveer Singh, president of the SOPU, said that the university should see reasoning in the student demand and accede to the request immediately rather than a long delay before final acceptance. |
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B.Com
(I) admissions open Chandigarh, July 19 It began with filling of seats in the UT pool and general pool (open category). The first 600 candidates of the UT pool and 150 candidates of the general pool in order of merit attended the counselling session and were admitted to various colleges. All the seats in these two categories were filled in the GGDSD College in Sector 32, MCM DAV College in Sector 36, the GCG, Sector 11, the GCG, Sector 42, against the number of units available for the concerned course.
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5-day workshop on molecular modelling SAS Nagar, July 19 During the workshop the main emphasis will be on giving hands on training of PC-based molecular modelling software to more than 30 participants who would include scientists, researchers, teachers and students from various universities, institutes and industry from all over the country. |
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Power supply: lawyer moves court against Admn Fact
File Chandigarh, July 19 Although the petition has been filed on the basis of a personal grievance, the problem of irregular power supply and erratic water supply is being faced by all the litigants and advocates in district courts. There is also an imminent danger of fire breaking out in the complex due to defective wiring and main switches in the junction boxes. Aggrieved by constant power failure to the chambers in the court, a district court lawyer yesterday moved a suit before a local court stating that UT Administration be directed to provide a regular power supply to his chamber. The local court has issued notice to the UT Administration for July 26. The advocate has filed a suit for mandatory injunction directing the respondents to provide continuous electricity supply to chamber number 240 in the court complex. He stated in his suit that the visibility was almost zero and functioning became impossible without light, especially during peak summers, when none of the fans or airconditioners and lights worked in the chamber due to power break-down. He stated that the chamber has been provided with a one-phase electric meter at the initial stage keeping in view the consumption of power in the chamber. Subsequently, he stated that he had applied for extension of power load from 1 KW to 2 KW for air-conditioner and accordingly security was deposited and the SDO concerned extended the load to 2KW to his chamber. The president of the District Bar Association, Mr N.K Nanda, when contacted said that despite the fact the
DBA (District Bar Association) had complained to the Electricity Department regarding the problem being faced by the lawyers due to regular power failure, nothing had been done so far. He added that lawyers and litigants were also facing shortage of water due to power failure. Sources informed that in order to check the “kundi” connections in district courts, officials of the UT Electricity Department inspected the court premises last year in August. The officials, reportedly, removed some kundi connections in the court premises. Advocates, however, maintained that the problem of kundis had arisen due to inefficiency of the UT Electricity Department, which had not provided them with meters.
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THUNDER ZONE CASE Chandigarh, July 19 Delivering the verdict, the judges also asked him to suggest guidelines for the operation of amusement parks. The judges further added that he might also examine the feasibility of enacting a legislation to regulate the setting up and operation of such parks. The High Court, it may be recalled, had also directed the Punjab Chief Secretary ‘to have the matter thoroughly investigated and to fix the responsibility of officers concerned who granted licence for opening the amusement park without safety arrangements and which proved to be a deathtrap for an innocent child’. Asking counsel for the petitioner to hand over a copy of the petition filed by a Phagwara-based businessman, Mr Sanjay Kapoor, to the Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, the judges further directed that a copy of the order should be sent by fax to the District Magistrate, Ropar, immediately under the signatures of the Special Secretary. A ‘dasti’ copy should also be handed over to the senior DAG, the judges concluded. In their detailed order, the judges observed, “The facts narrated in the present petition are horrendous. No sympathy whatsoever can be shown to the owners of the park or the officials who are responsible for granting licence without verifying as to whether or not proper arrangements have been made for the safety of the children visiting the park. Our judicial conscience does not permit us to allow this amusement park to function even for a single moment from now onwards.” Rishab Kapoor, enjoying a picnic with his family, was drowned on June 28 in a pool at the park. The family had alleged that there was no one to guide the family, even to inform them that the pool was six-foot-deep. They had further alleged that there was neither any ambulance, nor a doctor at the spot. |
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Singing devotion, for a change Chandigarh, July 19 Panchkula-based Muktesh Diwan worked for three years to create a musical offering in the name of Lord Krishna. He has attained the stamp of a reputed music company which will release Muktesh’s first album ‘Shyam Sanware’ before Janamashtami. Super
Cassettes Industries Limited immediately agreed to promote the talented singer, who had made it to the semifinals of Saregama (Punjabi) only about a year ago. His winning the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s award in a ‘ghazal’ contest gave him an edge over other singer whose albums were also in queue for release. Out of the 16 participating states, Muktesh brought home the honour with his light classical rendering of a Punjabi ‘ghazal’ which his father had composed for him. No need to mention that ‘ghazals’ are Muktesh’s forte and naturally so because his father had been a light classical performer with AIR (Jalandhar) for long. Sharing his past, Muktesh said today, “The very first inspiration to follow music came from my father. I also trained in music under Varinder Bachan and then under Prof Murlidhar of the Government College of Panchkula.” Muktesh’s association with Varinder Bachan has come a long way. Even in the present album, Varinder Bachan has composed music for Muktesh. The lyrics have been penned by D.R. Dhawan, the President’s Award winner for many of his patriotic songs. Reacting on why he chose to launch himself with a devotional album, Muktesh said, “I have always grown up listening to the legends like Lataji and Jagjit Singh. All great singers have also made an immense contribution to the field of singing devotional songs. I feel popular songs have many takers. Even ‘ghazals’ are easier to render. But it is devotional singing which requires maximum charisma on the part of the singer as he has to transport the listener to a spiritual level. I chose to do a devotional album because I feel it would bring out the best in me.” From devotional songs to light classical, Muktesh has already carved his strategy. He is, however, waiting for the response to his latest album. Apart from this, Muktesh also has offers of roles in some tele serials. |
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