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PEC dismisses
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complaints CHANDIGARH, The college also dismissed as “meaningless” the complaint of conduct of re-examination for the first semester without the formal declaration of results. Prof Rajnish Prakash, Principal, said students could not grieve against difference in dates of the proposed date-sheet and the final university date-sheet. The proposed date-sheet is only for the benefit of the students. The university date sheet is final. Even the final changes had been minor. The College Dean said that only a fraction of students showed their dissatisfaction. Students could also be seen outside the principal’s office today. The chance for re-examination was to benefit students. The college arranged for confidential results for the students to access before filling the forms. They could also have applied later. Students of batch as old as 1982 were taking the examination, the Dean said. The Principal said the university definitely had delayed declaration of results due to the evaluation process. In fact , the college should be given independence in the evaluation and admission process which would expedite the process. |
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Workshop at school CHANDIGARH, Sudents are being exposed to various techniques and styles to develop during this workshop by a number of artists. The workshop will go on till June 5. More than 30 students are participating in the workshop. All participants will get a certificate and prizes from Camlin Limited. |
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Camp for
mentally challenged kids CHANDIGARH, The project aimed to focus on the special needs of these children so that they are able to look after themselves and to build their confidence. Speaking on the occasion, Mrs Nafeez Khan, vice-president of Masoom pointed out that mentally challenged children are at the bottom of the pyramid of human organisation. She emphasised that it is duty of the society and family to provide them normal life. These children should be given special attention. |
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'Polytechnics need of hour' CHANDIGARH, The university and higher education system in the country is heavily loaded. It was only through community polytechnics that manpower could be trained as per community needs at large, he said Mr S.K.Mishra, Additional Apprenticeship Adviser, traced the history of the community polytechnic movement in the country. He said that out of the 1,162 AICTE-approved polytechnics in the country, 517 had community polytechnic wings. Mr N.S.Kalsi, Director Technical Education and Industrial Education, Punjab, said community polytechnic schemes should be carried out with the involvement of village panchayats, panchayat samitis and industry. He said the country was passing through an information technology hype. Prof S.K.Chopra, Officiating Principal, welcomed the guests and highlighted the present status of community polytechnic education. Prof V.P Puri proposed the vote of thanks. Other important speakers at the conference included Mr J. L. Saha, Director Technical Education, UP, Dr R.C.Chauhan, Director of the Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mr G.L.Soni, Joint director of Technical Education (Rajasthan), Mr Chamel Singh, DTE, Himachal Pradesh, Mr S. K. Aggarwal. DTE, UT, and principals of polytechnics from the northern region. |
Students’ plea dismissed
CHANDIGARH, May 16 — Dismissing the writ petitions filed by students passing the plus one and two examinations from Chandigarh but declared ineligible for the Punjab pre-medical test, Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today held that the amended clause in the brochure did not suffer from the vice of arbitrariness. Upholding the validity of the provisions, Mr Justice Kumar, however, allowed the plea of students whose parents were posted in Chandigarh or outside and had completed plus two from outside, notwithstanding the posting of their parents to the State of Punjab. The Judge allowed these students to submit their applications for the test within 10 days from today and also directed that those who satisfied the eligibility terms should be issued roll numbers along with the general category students. The students would also be required to file affidavits declaring that they had neither availed nor proposed to avail of such a quota in any other state or Union Territory except for Punjab. If at any stage it was found that they had filed wrong affidavit, their admissions were liable to be cancelled. In his 58-page judgement, Mr Justice Kumar upheld the policy of the State saying that settled precepts of law granted liberty to the State to make such provisions to protect the students by making reservations based on preferential domicile and institutional factors. The Judge added that larger public interest must take precedent over the interest of an individual or class of individuals. Arguing before Mr Justice Kumar, counsel for the petitioner had earlier submitted that since 1996 the only condition for eligibility was that the students should be holding the domicile of Punjab. Counsel had added that now after preparing for the test for two years the students had been declared ineligible which was unjustified. Counsel had added that the Supreme Court had held in a number of cases that reasonable expectations arising out of the policies of the Government could not be thwarted by changing the policy midway. It may be recalled that the students holding Punjab domicile having passed plus one and two from educational institutes outside Punjab had been made ineligible to compete according to the eligibility conditions laid down in the prospectus. Warrants issued:
Pronouncing the orders in the open court, Mr Justice V.S. Aggarwal observed: “Respondent is absent despite service. His bailable warrants in sum of Rs 5000 with a surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting officer be issued for August 11”. Earlier, in his petition, Social Study Master Lakha Singh had alleged that as per the orders dated December 17, 1999, the respondent was to decide a representation, submitted by him, within a month from receiving the order’s copy, but “till date nothing had been done”.
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HC stays poll result CHANDIGARH, The directions were issued after counsel for the petitioners stated that the orders staying the elections were conveyed to Panchkula’s Additional Deputy Commissioner at 11.15 a.m. by the Additional Advocate-General “who was told that the election for the President’s post had already been conducted.” Subsequently, seeking stay on the declaration of the results, besides on the zila parishad’s functioning, counsel stated that the election had been held at extremely short notice and “by show of hands”. In the application submitted before Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice A.S. Garg, he added that a member of the parishad had been illegally detained by a senior official of the Panchkula police after taking him away from his house. Pronouncing the orders in the open court, the Bench observed: “On account of the change in the circumstances, notice of the application (is issued) to Haryana Additional Advocate General. He accepts the notice on behalf of the State and seeks time to file the reply to the application to come up on May 30. In the meantime, we direct that the result of the election held this morning be not published”. Earlier, during the proceedings, the high court had ordered that the election to the office of the President and the Vice-President of the zila parishad be stayed till further orders. Its may be recalled that the petitioners — Ms Upinder Kaur and three other members — had sought directions to the state of Haryana and other respondents to conduct the elections “by secret ballot only after member Prem Singh, in illegal confinement, was searched out and was able to take part in the meeting to be fixed afresh at any time”.
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Insurance co. to pay Rs 1.9 lakh as cover CHANDIGARH, In his complaint to the commission, Mr Mukesh Garg, proprietor, Fashion Point, Mani Majra, stated that he had obtained an insurance policy for a sum of Rs 2.5 lakh with effect from December 10, 1994, to December 9, 1995, in respect of clothes lying in his shop. He stated that a theft took place in his shop on August 8, 1995, for which he claimed Rs 3.43 lakh as a cover as also the compensation for loss suffered and amounts spent on litigation. He added that the District Forum in its judgement dated January 18 this year had directed the respondent party to pay Rs 8,715 to the complainant along with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from the date the claim was repudiated till final payment. Costs of Rs 1,100 were also slapped on the respondent. After the theft took place, the appellant lodged an FIR with the police and then laid claim with the respondent. The complainant had earlier also given evidence of the stock which was further verified by the bank. A surveyor was appointed who verified the stocks. After hearing both the parties, the commission held that deficiency on part of the respondent was well established. Modifying the order of the forum, the commission ordered that Rs 1.94 lakh be paid to the appellant. |
Tuta Wala Khu a dream project CHANDIGARH, May 25 — When your 13-year-old dream turns into reality, it is a matter of pride and joy for you. Such a pride has come to noted director from Bollywood Mohan Singh whose dream project, Tuta Wala Khu, a tele-serial with the partition of the country as the theme, is slated to be aired on upcoming Punjabi channel Lashkara in July.The struggle for giving the novel a serial form started in 1987 when Mohan Singh, who had exclusive rights of the much-acclaimed novel by late Sohan Singh Sital, approached Doordarshan. But the project failed to take off due to bureaucratic red tape and Doordarshan ultimately okayed a documentary which Mohan Singh declined. For all these years, he continued his "battle" to give the serial a concrete shape but without any success until Lashkara commissioned it early this year. The 104-episode serial's eight episodes had already been shot in villages around Chandigarh. In fact, his is a typical story of the a small-town boy trying to make it big in the dream city —Mumbai. Originally from Libran village, near Khanna, this postgraduate in English from Panjab University shifted to Mumbai in 1976 in search of creative work. Starting off as apprentice and sans a godfather, he slogged his way up to be the chief assistant to director B.S. Thapa in 1980. After directing a Punjabi film, Kudi Canada De, he began his association with renowned Punjabi director Surinder Singh as associate director. Much-acclaimed films like Mari Da Diva (national award winner), Mutiar, Uddikan Saun Dian and Reshma was the result of that association. Working with Sagar Sarhadi (Agla Mausam), Kanwar Jagdish (Aulad Ki Khatir) and last but not the least with Ajay Sinha for the family drama on Zee TV, Hasratein, only helped to hone his talent. The independent ventures of the down-to-earth and soft-spoken director include Mafia and Hum Dono, both of which are on air on Sahara TV these days. Talking about his dream project, the director said he was "extremely satisfied" with his work. Apart from propelling the Punjabi literature to the international level, the serial conveyed the message of national integration which was the need of the hour.  |
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Workshop on bhangra, giddha CHANDIGARH, The entries are open to all young men and women interested in learning popular folk dances of Punjab. Those interested may contact CIPS Secretariat at SCF number 38, Sector 18. |
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