Thursday, August 12, 1999
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CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The local police has arrested Rajdeep Singh of SAS Nagar for allegedly snatching a purse from a woman near the Sector 19 Sita Ram temple. According to the police, the accused has been arrested on a complaint lodged by Amit, a resident of Modern Housing Complex, Mani Majra. He has also confessed that he had committed a number of snatchings in Sectors 35 and 37. A case under Sections 379 and 356 of the IPC has been registered. Trespass Dead Dowry case On a similar complaint by Preeti Bharadwaj, a resident of Panchkula, the police has booked her husband Suresh Kumar Gupta, a resident of the USA, and his relatives and family members based at Narwana and Gurgaon in Haryana. A case under Sections 406, 420, 498 and 120-B has been registered. 20 held Sukhwinder Singh, Bahadur Singh and Raj Kumar were arrested after they were found drinking at public places. A case under Sections 61\1\14 of the Excise Act has been registered. PANCHKULA LPG cylinders SAS Nagar One hurt |
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The proposed two-year correspondence course for a degree in B Ed will not be started by Panjab University this session, even though the decision to start the course was taken by the Syndicate two years ago. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. M.M Puri, recently. Earlier, the Syndicate had decided to start this course on the recommendation of the Board of Studies and the Faculty of Education in the interest of the student community at large. However, the plea taken by the authorities now is that they were unaware of the infrastructure required by the National Council of Teacher Education ( NCTE) for starting this course. Critics question whether any committee or even the Vice-Chancellor is competent to take a decision other than the one taken by the Syndicate. This only implies contempt of the Syndicate. A member of the Senate says that it is strange that the Board of Studies and the Faculty of Education were not aware of the conditions laid down by the council before the decision was taken. The chairperson of the Department of Education, Prof Tehal Kohli, said that if the university was able to arrange the infrastructure required by the NCTE, the course could be started without any further delay. The Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr Iqbal Nath Chaudhary said the university was serious about the proposal and would start the course as soon as the university are able to fulfil the guidelines issued by the council. The head of the Department of Correspondence Studies, Dr Santosh Sharma, said that she did not want to risk starting a new course in the absence of proper arrangements. She said that the department was still facing teething problems after starting the MFC course last year without prior preparation. Moreover, the conversion of the one-year M Ed course to a two-year course from this year would also add to their existing workload. Mrs Kohli informed that even if approval was sought for starting two units ( 500 students in each unit), only 11 teachers were required. In view of this, it would not be a problem to start this course. The NCTE norms were five teachers and five administrative staff for each unit. Even Mrs Satinder Dhillon, Principal of Dev Samaj College for Women, is resentful of the delay in starting this course. Student
bodies hold protest CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — Various student bodies of Panjab University — SOPU, PUSU, HSA and NSUI — today staged a protest outside the Physics Department in support of their demands. They have been demanding provisional promotion for the B.Sc ( Hons) second and third year students and M.Sc ( Hons) second year students. A meeting of the committee constituted by the VC, Prof. M.M Puri, was held under the chairmanship of Prof I.M Govil to look into the issue and was attended by the chairmen of various science departments, DSW, Prof V.K Bansal and Controller of Examinations, Dr Sodhi Ram. At the meeting, it was decided to promote the students of B.Sc (Hons) II to part III and those of B.Sc (Hons) III to M.Sc ( Hons) I. The students have alleged that the authorities are adopting a dual policy for admissions to the M.Sc (Hons) I. While the students who have been enrolled in B.Sc ( Hons) -III in various departments of the university will be promoted, those who have come from other universities will not be promoted for at the time of admissions they had given a written undertaking that they will abide by the rules and regulations. They will be promoted only in accordance with the new rules which specify that a candidate must complete 120 credits before he is promoted to M.Sc. Earlier, only 60 credits were required for this promotion. The decision has not been welcomed by various student organisations. The Academic Secretary of SOPU, Reena Rai, has stated that the authorities should reconsider their decision as all students who were admitted to 1998-99 session had not given the undertaking. Following this decision they have called off their seven-day old dharna. Dr Govil justified the dual policy on the ground that if they admit the M.Sc -I students, who have given an undertaking at the beginning of the session, they will also have to admit the B.Sc I students , who had signed a similar undertaking for the credit rule system. However, the individual cases of students who did not give any such undertaking would be considered. Meanwhile, General Secretary, PUSU, Mohan Singh has also appealed to the authorities to consider the case of B.Sc ( Hons) I students and grant them provisional admission till the re-evaluation results are announced. The HSA chairman, Chand Singh Madan, has also not welcomed the decision and will take up their case with the university authorities. Reservation
for women in college management CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — Members of a committee, at a meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Dr Deepak Manmohan Singh, Dean College Development Council, unanimously recommended 33 per cent reservation for women in the management of private girls colleges. The issue will be placed before the next syndicate meeting, it is learnt. Sources reveal that this recommendation has been made keeping in view the fact that women lecturers working in these colleges have varied problems. At times they find it difficult to project these problems before their male colleagues. A proposal for 33 per cent reservation for women in the managements of private girls colleges was mooted by Principal Joginder Singh in the syndicate meeting. The meeting was attended
by Dr Anirudh Joshi, Principal P.S. sangha, Principal
Joginder Singh, Principal Amrik Arora and Dr Grewal. |
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— From Hindi films to t-shirts to art exhibitions to even musical nites, everything seems to be revolving around the Kargil crisis. And now to add to this list, a photography exhibition, titled 'Kargil Tigers' by R S Kwatra, showing photographs of tigers, has been put up at a private gallery in Sector 35. According to the photographer, all the portraits of the tigers represent our brave soldiers who are sacrificing themselves for the country. And as if this was not enough, the exhibition of photographs of the tigers have been said to represent the different moods of the soldiers! Today's time does
certainly seem right enough to connect anything and
everything to the Kargil issue. If a boxing bout could be
held in the city in the aid of the Kargil victims, why
not an exhibition of pictures of tigers to represent the
various moods of our soldiers? Maybe some connection with
Tiger Hill! |
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11 — The UT District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the General Manager, Telecom, Chandigarh, to pay the interest on an amount of Rs 2,000 deposited with the department by a subscriber for the installation of a telephone. The forum has also allowed costs of Rs 550 to the complainant. The complainant said he had deposited Rs 2,000 with the Department of Telecommunications for grant of a telephone connection at Panchkula, and was allotted priority number PKL\GWC\11746\14 by the department. However, due to a change in circumstances, he had got his telephone shifted to Gurgaon and consequently requested for the refund of the amount paid by him. He was refunded Rs 1,600 by the respondent and an amount of Rs 400 was retained by the department, for which no interest was paid to him. The complainant had urged the court that the respondent be asked to refund the detained amount and compensate him for harassment by the department along with costs of the case. The respondent conceded that the telephone, on the request of the plaintiff, was shifted from Panchkula to Gurgaon on June 8, 1996, and orders for the installation of the phone had been issued at the given Panchkula address and were returned by the field staff with remarks, 'no such party', therefore an amount of Rs 400 was deducted, and later refunded to him on February 10,1999. The complainant sought a two fold relief by demanding refund of Rs 400, 'wrongfully' deducted by the department and secondly because he was not paid the interest for the amount that remained with the department from the date of deposit till its refund. For the second reason, he cited the rule 434 of the department, laying down that the amount deposited by a subscriber should be refunded along with the interest. After hearing the arguments, the forum directed the department to pay interest on the entire amount of Rs 2,000 from March 29, 1995, to September 8,1998, the date when Rs 1,600 was refunded. It also directed that the rate of interest prevailing in the State Bank of India for fixed deposit of one year be paid on the amount of Rs 400 from September 9,1998, to March 31 1999. HUDA
penalised for negligence PANCHKULA, Aug 11— The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum here has penalised HUDA for its negligence and deficiency in service on account of no development works having been carried out at residential plot No.739 in Sector 23 of Sonepat. The complainant, Mr Rajiv Gupta, stated that he had been allotted the plot by HUDA on August 26,1991. Following the allotment, he deposited the required sum of Rs 24,039, 25 per cent of the total cost of the plot. Later, the total amount was deposited on time. However, HUDA demanded an additional sum of Rs 25,771.30 which was also deposited but the development at the site failed to take off. Further, the orders add that HUDA had agreed to complete development works in the area and offer possession of the plot within a reasonable period despite the fact that no time limit had been prescribed in the allotment letter. Since the allotment was made in 1991, the possession of the plot was not made within a reasonable time frame of three years. The order adds that the defendants should not float any scheme till the development works in an area are complete and they are in a position to offer possession of plots to the prospective allottees within a reasonable period. The Bench, comprising Mr RC Taneja, President, and Mr BS Badhran, member, has directed HUDA to pay interest-compensation of 15 per cent per annum, hand over physical possession of the plot number 739 in Sector 23 of Sonepat or an alternative plot in a fully developed sector within three months after which they will be required to pay further compensation of Rs 200 per day. Also, the Bench has
ordered that Rs 10,000 be paid to the complainant on
account of mental agony and harassment and Rs 1000 as
costs of proceedings and the orders be complied within a
period of three months from the decision. |
CHANDIGARH, Aug 11— Almost all commonly used fruits, particularly mangoes, has become costlier in the local market during the past one week. During a survey of the local market it was found that while most varieties of mangoes had started vanishing from the market, 'chausa' variety of mango has become costlier during this period. A kg of the fruit, priced at Rs 25 last week, could be purchased today after paying anything between Rs 35 and Rs 40. The wholesale price of the fruit has increased from Rs 125 to Rs 180 per 7 kg pack. According to traders, the raise was an outcome of lesser arrivals from parts of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, where the crop was almost over. They maintained that except for 'chausa', other varieties such as 'dasehri', 'langra' and 'kupi' were rarely available due to their nil arrival in the local market. The price of a kg of local variety of pomegranate has increased from Rs 40 to Rs 50, while the price of 'kandhari' variety has increased from Rs 80 to Rs 100 a kg during this period. In the wholesale market, this variety could be purchased for Rs 200 per 3 kg pack. The price of grapes, which are coming from Hyderabad these days, has also increased from Rs 80 to Rs 100 per kg as the arrivals were hit by the heavy rains in the South. One could purchase 'baggugosha' and plum for Rs 40 a kg , while the same quantity of guava could be had for Rs 20 in retail and for Rs 12 a kg in the wholesale market. If a kg of papaya could be purchased for Rs 20 in retail, it could be purchased for Rs 15 a kg in the wholesale market. A piece of pineapple, which was available for Rs 30 last week, could be purchased today for Rs 40. On the other hand, mausambi has become cheaper in the city during the past one week due to brightening up of arrivals due to a good crop in Maharashtra this year. A dozen pieces of
mausambi, priced at Rs 70 last week, could be purchased
today for Rs 40. The wholesale price of the fruit has
decreased from Rs 160 to Rs 100 per 3 dozens. Banana
could be purchased for Rs 20 a dozen in retail in spite
of its wholesale price coming down from Rs 140 to Rs 120
per 100 pieces. |
Chandigarh, Aug 11 — Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, and Air Force school, 12 wing, entered the last four stage in the Sova Inter-school Tennis Ball cricket tournament being played at St Anne's school, sector 32, today. Manav Mangal school shocked St Anne's school (A) team by 78 runs while Air Force school scored a 76 runs win over new Public school, sector 18. In the first quarter-final, Manav Mangal school scored 168 runs in 15 overs. Puneet scored 71 runs and claimed four wickets. He was declared man of the match. St Anne's were bundled out for 90 runs. In the second match, Air Force school piled up 155 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 15 overs. Sahil scored 35 runs and Ashutosh hit 24. Manish took two wickets for the losers. Sahil was declared man of the match. New Public School could make only 79 runs and were all out in 12.2 overs. Birender was the top scorer with 26 runs. Sahil took three wickets for 14 runs, while Ashutosh and Sachin claimed two wickets each. In a prequarter-final match, Sanjay Public school emerged victorious by beating Government Model Senior secondary school, sector 20, by six wickets. GMSSS won the toss and were all out for 108 runs in 14 overs. Rahul scored 50 runs. Jatinder took three wickets while Sameer and Pradeep bagged two wickets each. In reply, Sanjay Public school made 112 runs for the loss of four wickets. Davinder remained the highest scorer with 35 runs. He was given the man of the match award. The two remaining quarter-finals will be played tomorrow. The first match will be played between Mount Carmel, Sector 46, and Sanjay Public School, sector 44. The second match will be played between Shivalik Public School, sector 41, and St Anne's school (B team), Sector 32. Final today Government Model High school, sector 38, will take on St Soldier's school, sector 28, tomorrow in the final of the Chandigarh Football championships for Shivalik trophy for under-12 boys, being played at the Sector 17 football grounds. In the first semi-final, GMHS and Guru Nanak Public school, sector 36, were 1-1 till the end of stipulated time. Gurjot of GNPS scored in the 11th minute of the first half. Vicky of GMHS levelled the score in the 18th minute of the second half. in the tie breaker, Vicky and Sumandan made the score to 3-1. The second semi-final between St Soldier's school, sector 28, and Shivalik Public school, sector 41 remained goalless in the stipulated period. In the tie breaker, Suneel and Ravneet of the St Soldier's school scored while Surjeet of SPS was the lone scorer. The final score was 3-1. The final will be played tomorrow at sector 17 Football grounds at 5 pm. CKA elections Mr P.S. Gill, PCS, was unanimously elected President of the Chandigarh Korfball Association (CKA) at its general body meeting. Mr Krishan Kumar was elected general secretary of the association. Other office-bearers elected were: Executive President — Mr D.P. Singh; Vice-Presidents — Mr P.S. Walia, Mr R.D. Sharma, Mr Jaspal Singh, Mr Kuala Singh and Mr Tilak Raj; Joint Secretaries — Mr Narinder Singh and Mr Jaswinder Loomba; Treasurer — Mr R.S. Duggal; and Press Secretary — Mr Balwinder Singh. Mr S.S. Sidhu, Mr Sunil Goyal and Ms Nisha were made members. The house also decided to hold the state korfball championship in September. TT tourney The Manav Mangal open table tennis tournament begins tomorrow at sector 23 TT hall. The tournament will have events for cadet boys and girls (under-12), sub junior boys and girls (under-14), junior boys and girls (under-17) and men and women. The matches will start at 9 am. Nearly 150 players are expected to take part in this three day tournament, being sponsored by Lions club, Chandigarh central. YMCA Open The YMCA Open billiards and snooker championship will be held from August 20 at YMCA Hall, sector 11. Entries close on August
19 with Mr Shashi Karan at the YMCA, according to a press
note of Mr B.K. Arora, Chairman of the YMCA Billiards
club. |
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