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Students sore over government decision KHARAR,
June 3 — A large number of local residents, especially students, are agitated against the recent decision of the Punjab Government in amending the eligibility clause of the PMET (Punjab Medical Entrance Test) for the year 2000. The government has notified that in order to be eligible for the PMET a candidate must have passed XI and XII examinations from a recognised school situated in Punjab and for this purpose a certificate in appendix B is required to be furnished by each candidate. Many students while talking to this correspondent said that students of Kharar were suffered more as there was no school, government or private, in the town where students could join XI (medical group). So they were forced to take admissions in schools at Chandigarh. They said that because of the amended clause the students of Kharar who have passed XI and XII examinations from Chandigarh would now become ineligible. The students have appealed to the Punjab Chief Minister to review the decision and allow them to apply for the PMET 2000 commencing on June 17. Mr Rajbir Singh, vice-president, SHSAD has criticised the government and demanded that the students of this area should be allowed to sit in the examination. |
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Playing among the
dead KHARAR, Their playful banter while involved in kho-kho or hide-and-seek during the games period is routinely shattered. The moods swings suddenly towards sombre. The children come to know of a death in the nearby village as it is time for them to vacate their play ground which doubles up a cremation ground also. Shocked and stunned, the games stop. The children in shorts and skirts move away silently. Holding their breath, they watch the body being consigned to flames amidst chanting of mantras. Little innocent souls see death from close quarters as a matter of routine. None has bothered to check the psychological impact such an occurence could have on the child. Nearly 325 students of the Government High School in Rani Majra (Kharar) have been facing such swings in mood for years. Situated at a distance of about nine km from the PGI, this school caters to students from other villages nearby. “Earlier I used to feel miserable, but after seeing this for umpteen times, I am used to it”, says an eighth standard boy, while trying to seem wise from his experience. Another class VI girl feels terribly upset on seeing such an event. ‘’ Didi, the sight of people crying and mourning frightens me to such an extent that I have nightmares about it”, trembled the kid while narrating how she feels A teacher lamented:’’ The environment is very unhealthy for the children. At times, the wind brings in the smoke into the class rooms making it very stuffy and claustrophobic” . It is unfair to expect students to study in such surroundings. School authorities have repeatedly complained but no action has been taken. According to sources the school playground used to be a cremation ground , however, even after the land was allotted to the school authorities, residents of nearby villages continued to cremate their dead in the same ground. According to the village sarpanch, Harbans Singh, the panchayat has allotted a place for this specific purpose about 2 km away from the school ground. But the villagers find the place very far. The villagers blame Panchayat for the confusion: “The village panchayat is inefficient and irresponsible. It is because of them that a stage has come when the school ground is being used as a cremation ground”, said the villagers. |
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Panjab University
admissions from July 12 CHANDIGARH,
Regular teaching work is scheduled to commence from July 12. Regular teaching work for the honours in science stream will commence from August 4. The last date for receipt of forms to the honours school in science is July 28. The last date for all other courses is July 7. The late admissions for the science stream from August 11 to August 21 are with a late fee of Rs 100. The same for the other courses commence from July 19 to July 24. The university will allow admissions with a late fee on recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor from August 22 to August 31 in science honours streams. For other courses the VC can give the same permission from July 25 onwards. The late fee is Rs 500. The university has said that the students in the continuing courses will be given provisional admission. They will be governed by the university rules. |
Oshma Reikhy CHANDIGARH, In a recent notification, the Home Secretary of Chandigarh has also been nominated on the Haryana State Legal Services Authority. Others nominated are Mrs Kamlesh Gupta of Sector 21-D, Mrs Rewa Gandhi of Sector 2, Dr Balram Gupta of Sector 11 and Mr S.S. Goindi of Gandhi Samark Bhavan. |
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Invite candidate
for test: HC CHANDIGARH,
Pronouncing the orders in the open court, Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice Nirmal Singh observed: “The writ petition is allowed. We direct the petitioner to submit her application before the Registrar, PGIMER, by 4 p.m. on June 3, 2000. The same shall be entertained and accepted by the authority concerned and the petitioner shall be allowed to appear in the examinations”. The bench also directed the standing counsel for the PGI, Mr Anil Malhotra, to “orally communicate the order to the concerned authority of the Institute”. In her petition, Ms Suchita Verma had earlier stated that PGI authorities had refused to accept the packet sent through the courier containing forms for the MDS course and house job (dentistry) . The Registrar, when contacted, had stated that admission notices published in newspapers had specified no application would be accepted through courier, the petitioner had stated. Challenging the note on non- acceptance of applications through courier, the counsel for the petitioner said the refusal to entertain “the application for admission on the ground that the petitioner had sent the application through courier deserved to be quashed and the application deserved to be accepted”.
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Judge reserves orders on Jain's bail plea CHANDIGARH,
June 3 — The Special Judge for the Central Bureau of Investigation cases-cum- Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Lakhbir Singh, today reserved orders till June 6 on the bail application moved by former UT Home Secretary N.K. Jain. Jain, booked in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act along with Superintendent K.B. Goel, was arrested by the premier investigating agency after he surrendered before it on May 9. It was alleged in the first information Report that Jain was operating in tandem with Goel to receive money from parties interested in the settlement of their cases pending before the Administration. Jain, it was also alleged, had dropped a charge sheet against Goel who had paid him Rs 25,000 for the purpose. Jain had allegedly also asked Goel to get in touch with people interested in the settlement of their cases. He had also allegedly passed favourable orders in all such cases, which indicated that the parties concerned were accommodated by breaking rules. The FIR also stated that as per the evidence, Goel was collecting money from people.
About Rs 2 lakh was allegedly collected from one Mr Baljit Singh, who was promoted from the rank of a Sectional Officer to that of Assistant Secretary, State Transport Authority. One Mr Amarjit Singh, driver in the Weights and Supplies Department, had also paid money for being promoted as inspector in the Weights and Measures Department, it was alleged.
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