EDUCATION

Tentative dates for PU results
By Sanjeev Singh Bariana
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — With a view to increase working days in the forthcoming academic session, Panjab University has announced tentative dates for declaration of annual examination results this year.

These tentative dates come after a lull of several years in the current administrative scenario, which has witnessed a gradual failure in ensuring a timely beginning and end of a session.

The proposed dates of declaration of results on an average this time save at least one month of academic session. The move is significant in view of slight improvement in the declaration of results for the last year.

The proposed date for commencement of annual examination for theory papers of the undergraduate classes is April 4, 2001. The practical examinations commence from March 19. Tentative dates for conclusion of practical examination is April 4. The date for conclusion of theory papers is May 12, Mr Ashok Bhandari, Joint Controller of Examination said.

The proposed dates for declaration of results for B Com-I is May 31, 2001. This saves about 23 days as compared to the last year. The proposed date for B Com-II saves about one month for B Com-III it saves one month and eleven days, the honours school saves one month and fourteen days. The BA and BSc courses also on an average save about one month, Mr Bhandari said.

The list carries detailed chart for receipt of examination copies and tentative dates for receipt of answer-sheets. The last list of declaration of results includes BA and BSc Part-I, which has been put on July 14.

A senior fellow of the Senate said that examination system held the key to success of any university. The proposed change with an intention of speeding up the process was welcome. He said more care should be taken about the receipt of checked answer-sheets. Generally there were cases of neglect which led to delay in compilation of results. “The issue needs to be seen in a broader perspective. Instead of mere orders, the concerned officials should get in touch with teachers to sort out the problem”, he added.

Examinations of the post graduation classes begin on April 17, while examination of Prak Shashtri, including courses in Acharya and Guru Grantha Acharya commence from April 24, onwards. Following lapse of period for enrolment with a special fee of Rs 625 for admission to private and correspondence studies, students can now ensure admission on payment of Rs 1875 and a fee of Rs 3,750 by March 5, 2001.

Centralised admissions for B.Com, BBA and BCA likely
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — In a significant decision, a committee of Panjab University today decided that admissions to Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Computer Applications classes should be based on a centralised pattern.

The proposal had once been cleared by the Syndicate in 1998. This time, however, it is likely to be cleared by the House.

PU supplementary exam results
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — The past few days at Panjab University campus have seen long queues at enquiry counters for knowing about the results of various supplementary examinations.

A list of classes for which supplementary results have been declared include Bachelor of Business Administration (Part I), Prabhakar, MA II (history) and M Sc (physics I and II).

The list also includes MA II (economics) and re-evaluation results of MA II (economics), MA (I and II) Hindi, MA I (economics), MA I (political science), MA II (Punjabi) and M Tech (instrumentation), M Sc II (mathematics), MA I (geography) and Honours in Hindi (prabhakar).

According to a press note of the university, results of supplementary examination which were to be declared by this date included MA I (philosophy), MBA (first semester), MA I (Punjabi), MA II (public administration), MA I Psychology and MA II (psychology).

Copies of the result gazettes would be available at the enquiry counter on all working days.

COURTS

CBI directed to probe kidnapping 
From Our Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Mrs Justice Bakhshish Kaur of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the CBI to investigate the kidnapping of 16-year-old Sohan Singh, a resident of Jalal Patti Umreki village in Bathinda district, who was kidnapped on the night of October 17-18, 1993, from his maternal uncle’s house in Bairoke village in Moga district.

The petitioner, Darshan Singh, while petitioning the High Court, submitted that they both were kidnapped by four unidentified persons from the place they were sleeping. He was allowed to go home while his nephew was not released.

The petitioner further submitted that he had registered an FIR at Baghapurana police station but the police had failed to find his nephew till date. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 2.5 lakh from the boy’s family which it failed to pay.

The petitioner submitted that they had submitted a memorandum to the then SSP, Faridkot.

The Judge after hearing the arguments directed the CBI to complete the probe within six months.

ETC told to decide Bishnoi’s plea
From Our Correspondent

A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Mr Justice K.S. Kumaran and Mr Justice Nirmal Singh today directed the Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Hisar, to decide on a representation submitted by Associated Distilleries, Hisar, seeking permission to manufacture whisky.

The Associated Distilleries, partially owned by former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal’s son- in- law, Anoop Bishnoi, had been sealed by the Haryana Pollution Control Board some time back for releasing effluents causing pollution. The petitioner-company had been waging a long battle in the High Court here seeking permission to allow bottling of the factory’s products.

The petitioner-company further stated that in spite of the fact that all requisite payments were deposited by the petitioner to the Excise and Taxation department till March 31, next year, it was illegal and arbitrary not to allow the company to prepare its products in the factory.

The petitioner alleged that the said action of the respondents was mala fide with the intention of harassing him.

Stay on council member’s removal
Our Legal Correspondent adds:

On a writ petition filed by Dr Satish Kumar Rana, a member of Punjab’s Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, challenging the council’s action in removing him from membership, a Division Bench of High Court comprising Mr Justice K.S. Kumaran and Mr Justice N.K. Sud, stayed the operation of the impugned order and issued notice of motion to the respondents.

Dr Rana submitted that he had been removed from the council’s membership at the instance of its chairman, Dr Bhupinder Singh, who was inimical to him as the petitioner had filed a writ petition against him in the High Court. The petition, which alleged various irregularities and illegal actions by him, had demanded an inquiry and his removal. The high court had earlier directed the State Government to look into the allegations against the Chairman, but the latter had failed to take action.

Taking offence at the exposure of his misdeeds, the chairman conducted a meeting without following the procedure, which was attended only by five of the 11 members, and passed an order removing the petitioner from the membership of the Council in complete violation of the provisions of the law and to settle personal scores.

10-yr RI, fine for rapists
From Our Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 —Karnail Singh and Jinder Singh, residents of Ludhiana, were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment today, by the UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, in a rape case.

It was alleged that the accused had raped a girl, a resident of Morinda on March 10,1996, when she came to her cousin’s house in Burail. The case against the accused had been registered on June 26,1996.

The accused were sentenced to RI, as well as a fine of Rs 10,000 each.

Bail plea dismissed
A bail application moved by Amodh Kumar, a resident of Maloya Colony, was dismissed by the UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr S.K Goel, in a rape case.

The case against the accused had been registered under Sections 363, 366 and 376 at the Sector 39 Police Station on March 10,1999. The complainant, Kabul Singh, had alleged that his daughter about 14 years old studying in Class X was allegedly kidnapped by the accused with immoral intention. The victim, in her statement before the court had alleged that the accused had kidnapped and raped her.

The accused had surrendered before the court on October 10,1999 and was presently confined to Burail Jail.

The Judge stated in the order that the witnesses were yet to be examined in the case. It was also stated that rape is a crime against the society and serious in nature. Therefore, the bail application moved by the accused was dismissed by the Judge.

Impostors’ bail plea dismissed
An anticipatory bail application moved by a resident of Maloya, Kabul Singh, was dismissed by the UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr S.K Goel, in a cheating and extortion case.

The case against the accused had been registered under Sections 341, 419, 384 of the Indian Penal Code on November 24. It was alleged that the accused, along with others, had posed as CID officers and cheated the complainant and his wife.

Four acquitted
The UT Judicial Magistrate (Ist Class) today acquitted four persons, allegedly involved in a kidnapping and grievous hurt case.

The case against the accused Shaib Singh, Gurnam Singh, Darshen Singh, Balwinder Singh had been registered under Sections 365, 323, 34 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of Kamlesh on October 5,1993.

Pirated cassette seller granted bail
Hem Chand, a resident of Panchkula, was today granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 15,000 and surety of the same amount today by the UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash.

The case against the accused had been registered under Sections 51, 52-A, 63, 68-A under the Copy Right Act 1957, and Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code.

The complainant Sudesh Kumar, a resident of Ludhiana, had alleged that the accused was selling pirated video cassettes of films. It was alleged that one blue film, 28 duplicate cassettes of films, one TV, one VCP were recovered from the shop of the accused on the evening of December 5. 

CULTURE

Mellifluous songs by Kailey
From Our Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 — Soul-searching compositions of Ved Diwana, sung in the melodious voice of R. D. Kailey, during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Sector 10 Government College of Art, took the audience down the memory lane of “sweet old college days” here today.

The audience sat mesmerised as the artist sang ten of his newly composed ghazals and geets. R. D. Kailey , a well-known singer of City Beautiful, handpicked the soul-searching compositions of Amrik Singh Pooni, Jahid Abrol, Shiv Batalvi, B.D. Kalia, Prof Mohan Singh, Bashir Badr, Sham Singh, Kaifi Azmi , Shamim Jaipuri, Col Tilak Singh and Sham Singh on melodious tunes set by him.

Starting the programme with Ved Diwana’s Ab ke khat likhna to yaaden purani bhejna, the artist managed to keep the audience spellbound throughout the show with compositions like Zahid Abrol’s “Pad ke tu jin ko akele me hasa karta hai” and Kaifi Azmi’s “Mujko diwana samajte he tere shahar ke log.”

An approved artist of All India Radio, Shimla, Kailey is proof, that even after spending a major part of the day among insipid files of banking business, one can still be creative. With a small team , Naveen on tabla and Amit on the keyboard, Kailey achieved what he aimed at — creating music to feed the soul.

Quoting Naushad or today’s fusion music , Kailey said that music has travelled from the brain to the feet. Music, which once used to fill the soul and teased the brain has now ended up in a foot-tapping frenzy. Today’s music touches only the body, not the soul, he added.

Talking about his future plans, the artist revealed that he wants to record a few compositions of Shiv Kumar Batalvi, who happens to be one of his favourite composers. Kailey, who believes in creating his own music, will provide the music for the ghazals and geets short-listed for this cassette. This will be his second release after his successful attempt at recording, in the year 1996, when T-series approached him for shabad recital along with Prabhjot Bali.

Kailey, who never had any formal training in the field of music, started his singing career with a few patriotic songs at a school-level function during the Indo-Pak war. He continued his interest through college. Though singing took a back seat after he started his career with the Punjab National bank, where at present he holds the position of Senior Manager, he never gave up music entirely.

Over the past 10 years, Kailey has been performing in Chandigarh and Punjab with a zeal which has elevated him to the uppermost category of performing singers in the city.