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City students shine
at Olympiad CHANDIGARH, A press release said here today that the DAV students were Nipun Kwatra, Pankaj Jain and Shaveen Garg. Another girl student Aastha Jain from the local Sacred Heart, also figures among the gold medal winners. Nipun Kwatra was also selected a member of the five-member national team to represent India at the 31st International Physics Olympiad, to be held at the University of Leicester, England, from July 8 to July 16. Aastha Jain won for the best solution to a theoretical problem. |
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Five students awarded CHANDIGARH, The files prepared by the students were displayed. The students were dancing to the tune of jazz music. The prizes were given away by the chief guest, Dr Harish Dhillon, Principal of Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar. The students were taught to dance on jazz music and were made to learn the etiquettes and manners. The emphasis of the camp was on overall personality
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Students wait as results are delayed CHANDIGARH, The Bachelor of Commerce, Part-I, result was planned to be announced by June 10. It saw the light of day only yesterday. The earliest proposed results are for other two years of the same stream. However, official dates are yet to be announced. The Registrar, who has taken over the charge of the Controller of Examination following Mr Sodhi Rams arrest, is yet to fully get into the free-flow of stream of the new charge. A senior-level meeting was held earlier this week. Highly-placed sources said within a couple of days, final programme for date of results would be drawn up. The biggest losers for the delay are the final-year under-graduate students seeking admission outside. Largely, outside universities did not give an extension of dates for applicants. Even in PU, the last date of applying for admissions is June 30, which is likely to be extended, according to a senior official of the examination branch. The biggest reasons for delay in the past couple of years for declaration of results have been late conduct of examination. Students agitation and teachers agitation during this period had led to the delay. Mr Dharam Paul Gupta, President of the Panjab University (non-teaching) Staff Association, said the university had introduced the computers wing for speeding up the result declaration process. Naturally, each examination waited its chance at the computer wing. Mr Gupta said entrance examination consumed bulk of the time. The CET examination had more than 20,000 applicants. The coming
B.D has nearly 49,000 and there are 10,000 candidates for other entrance
examinations. These papers blocked the way of normal results. An official of the examination branch said among others, the examination branch needed to be computerised to suit the requirements of the current times. In several cases, the computer results are manually checked. Another way of saving time can be to ensure that the competitive examination do not coincide with the regular examination. While there are assurances about the commerce results at the earliest, no specific mention has been made about dates for the arts and the science groups. The university still hopes to save a few days compared to the previous year. Mr Gupta said in 1978 and earlier, the date sheets also carried the proposed dates of declaration of results. This was an area which needed to be studied again. A senior official of the examination branch said that arrest of the Controller of Examination recently also had some impact on the process However, students can expect clear-cut information on the issue within the coming few days. |
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142 kids attend adventure camp CHANDIGARH, June 22 As many as 142 children, including 48 girls, attended the 12-day Western Command adventure camp at Dagshai. Wards of serving Army, Navy and Air Force units of Western Command took part in the camp. Presiding over the camps concluding function, Brig Ranvir Singh, Commander, 25 Infantry Brigade, complimented the children for the enthusiasm shown by them during the camp. He urged them to be good citizens and to develop a love for service to humanity and nature and a flair for outdoor life. The camp schedule included trekking, rock-climbing, horse-riding, tent-pitching and staying in tents, map-reading and inland navigation, as well as various educational and cultural activities. Visits to nearby places of interest like Kasauli, Shimla and Chandigarh were also organised. The campers got a chance to interact with students of Lawrence School, Sanawar, and Army Public School, Dagshai. Prizes were given to boys and girls who had excelled at various training, adventure and cultural events conducted during the camp. An impressive variety entertainment programme was also put up by the participants during a specially organised campfire. The camp gave the children an opportunity to experience the beauty of nature to improve communication skill and to display their personality and initiative. |
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English compartment
results CHANDIGARH,
The copies of the result gazette will be available at the enquiry counter in the new enquiry building on all working days, an official press release said here today. |
United Insurance to pay up CHANDIGARH, June 22 In an important judgement here, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held that United India Insurance Company had paid less insurance cover to a city resident whose shops were gutted in terrorist violence in Srinagar. Taking up an appeal case filed by Mr R.K. Kaul, a Faridabad resident, against the company, the Bench consisting of the President Mr J.B. Garg, and two members, Dr P.K. Vasudeva and Mrs Devinderjt Dhatt, set aside the earlier ordered passed by the District Forum II which had directed that Rs 10,429 be paid to the complainant who stated that two insured shops belonging to him were gutted during terrorist violence in Srinagar. The Bench, after going through rival contentions, however, ordered that Rs 63,143 should be paid to the appellant. The Bench further directed that in case of delay in payment, interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum would also be payable to the appellant. The respondents were also directed to pay compensation for the cost of litigation incurred by the appellant. Mr Kaul, in his complaint, submitted that he owned two residential houses at Habakadal, Srinagar. He stated that while one bigger house comprised four regular residential storeys, one spacious attic at the top, the other house was three storeyed. These, he stated, were insured for the period between May 23, 1991, and May 22, 1992, for a sum of Rs 4.50 lakh. It was added that militants were compelling Hindus to leave Srinagar and it was due to this reason that he had to migrate in March, 1990. He stated that on the night of July 8, 1990, terrorists set the premises on fire and his houses were absolutely gutted. The amount given to the appellant was, however, reduced in value by 50 per cent. The commission Bench observed that this reduction was not justified, especially when the occurrence took place within six months of the policy. The respondents were directed to pay Rs 63, 00 as cover. |
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Ranjit allowed medical treatment CHANDIGARH, Ranjit Bajaj, son of a senior IAS couple, is in judicial custody for allegedly kidnapping Sunny Garg, son of a city based industrialist. The defence counsel, moving the application on behalf of the accused, argued that Ranjit was previously admitted to the PGI after he sustained injuries after an assault, on April 20. The defence counsel argued that the accused was injured in the head and two of his fingers were almost chopped off, which required treatment. After hearing the plea, the judge observed that the accused be provided necessary treatment at the Department of Orthopaedics as per
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CAT stays lecturer's removal CHANDIGARH, It is learnt that the Vacation Bench of CAT, comprising Mr Justice G.C. Garg, granted interim stay against the order relieving Ms Meenakshi Walia, a lecturer in chemistry working on a contract basis, on June 20. "Notice to the respondents for September 4, 2000, to show cause why the application be not admitted. Meanwhile, the applicant shall not be relieved by a deputationist," the interim order said. The order by the Principal of the college stated that "Ms Walia is hereby relieved of her duties w.e.f. June 15 due to the joining of the regular lecturer in the Chemistry Department". In her application before CAT, Ms Walia through her counsel, Mr R.K. Sharma, pleaded that she and other "similarly situated" lecturers were allowed to continue in their posts till regular appointments as per the provisions of the recruitment rules of the Chandigarh Administration were made through an order of CAT on March 16, 1998. It was also held that the administration would not fill the posts on deputation. Further, it was held that the lecturers would not be replaced by another ad hoc lecturers and would only be replaced by regular appointees. However, caring two hoots for the CAT order, the college showed Ms Walia the door, and transferred a lecturer from the Government College for Men (GCM), Sector 11, Ms Shashi Kiran, in her place. While according to the college order a regular lecturer had joined and Ms Walia relieved of her services, the facts speak otherwise. No regular appointment as per rules had been made since Ms Kiran is a deputationist from Haryana since 1986 and there is no provision for taking persons on deputation in the recruitment rules of the administration for appointment as lecturers in the college cadre, Ms Walia contended. The "vindictive" attitude of the authorities seems to
stemming from the fact that Ms Walia had hauled up the administration in a contempt of the court case regarding the payment of arrears to part-time lecturers last year. She had filed a contempt petition against the administration for the non-payment of salaries during the vacation period, examination days and preparatory holidays to the part-time lecturers which was allowed by CAT on May 17 last year. Subsequently the administration had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court on the issue but both the courts had rejected its pleas. The administration had to pay several lakhs of rupees to the part-time lecturers as arrears. |
Theatre productions impress CHANDIGARH, June 22 Sone ka kangan and Janamdin theatre productions at the culmination of a month-long workshop for children by the Pracheen Kala Kendra, showed the impact of theatre in nurturing young minds and making expressions full and free. Children were taught theatre games, speech improvisation, acting, craft, mask-making and allied arts. Munisha Mahajan and Suvinder were production directors. Dressing up in robes of animals, lions, rabbits and foxes and in princely dresses with a theatrical form drew appreciation of parents. Culmination of a parallel workshop for children between 8 and 16 years will be staged at Tagore Theatre on June 24. More than 150 children joined the workshop in four different age groups. Theatre personalities Munisha, Rajesh Rajpal, Satyajit Sharma, Rachna, Yogesh and Archana were the main guiding lights. The function concluded with a presentation of certificates to participants by Shoba Koser, a kathak dancer. |
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