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Scholarship winners fly to Singapore today
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Chandigarh, December 25
As many as 13 students from the city will soon board a flight to success after being selected for the Singapore Youth Scholarship. Though in the previous years, too, students from city schools have been clinching the scholarship, this year the number is the largest in the country.
The scholarship winners of Chandigarh who will be flying to Singapore to pursue
pre-university studies in a junior college. — A Tribune photograph |
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Recall 2005
Computer boom in govt schools
Chandigarh, December
It was computers all the way as far as government schools of the city were concerned in 2005. The year proved to be a bonanza for students studying in government schools.
The UT Education Department went all out to introduce computers and
computer-aided learning besides deciding to waive off the fee of students
studying in government schools upto Class VIII.
Children are all smiles at the annual fete,
science exhibition and cultural programme organised at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Vinay Malik
Kids enjoy cricket in the fog that engulfed Chandigarh on
Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik |
ICWA holds talks on anti-dumping policy
Chandigarh, December
The Chandigarh- Panchkula chapter of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India today held talks on anti-dumping policy and role of cost accountants.
On this occasion, Mr Gulshan Kumar, Senior Manager, Vardhman group, was the key
speaker.
Scholarships for the needy
Chandigarh, December 25
More than 60 students have benefited from the scholarships given by the All India Rajput Students Aid Society during the financial year 2004-2005.
This was stated by Dr Pardaman Singh, president, at the annual meeting of the
general body of the society, here today.
Practice test for class X held
Chandigarh, December 25
Over 1000 students today took the CBSE practice test for the class X board examinations. It was organised by the Chitkara Institute of Competitions. Holding the test for five years now, there were four venues for the test, including the Chitkara Institute of Competitions, DAV College and Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula.
Seminar on capital gains
Chandigarh, December 25
Chandigarh CPE circle of the Northern India Regional Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India organised a seminar on capital gains and E- TDS. Mr Parkshit Aggarwal was the main speaker.
City Quiz winner
Chandigarh, December 25
Harsimar Preet Singh, a student of class VIII in St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, was declared the winner in the City Quiz held recently in Chandigarh.
PIL filed against Sector 22
‘Phari’ market
Chandigarh, December 25
A resident of Sector 22, Mashwinder Singh, has filed a public interest litigation
in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Chandigarh Administration and the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for allowing phari market in Nehru Park, Sector 22.
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