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June 12, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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CBSE’s blunder, student’s
bane Chandigarh, June 11 A question mark now hangs over his career as he cannot take admission to professional colleges, even after clearing the entrance examinations, due to the alleged negligence. Distressed, Puneet Kaushik of Guru Nanak Mission Public School in Paonta Sahib has written to the Regional Officer of the Board, stating that he was shocked to find his name in the list of candidates having compartment, even though he was expecting 95 per cent in the paper. When contacted, Regional Director, CBSE, Yograj Sachdeva said, ‘’Puneet’s case is under consideration. The decision on the issue will be taken at the earliest and the report will be conveyed to the students and the school.’’ Talking to The Tribune, Puneet said he opened the CBSE’s site on the internet to see the result, but could not believe his eyes when he saw “fail” written against the Physics theory paper. “I waited for the original mark sheet, only to find that I had been declared absent in the paper. I have already applied for re-checking of the paper,” he asserted. Giving details, Puneet stated that his centre of examination was Central School for Tibetans in Bhuppur in Paonta Sahib. The Centre code number was 1114 and the roll number was 2237541. He added that he had scored 99 per cent in Maths, 95 per cent in Chemistry, 85 per cent in Physical Education and English, besides 30 marks in Physics practical. He claimed that he has also cleared Engineering Entrance Examination conducted by Panjab University here, the Punjab CET and CEE conducted by University of Delhi. He added that the application forms for admission to the institutions were to be submitted from June 15 and the re-checking result would not be declared by then. Puneet also claimed that his chances for getting admission in BITS at Pilani had been spoiled as the same was on the basis of marks secured in Class XII examination. Curtains down on summer
school Chandigarh, June 11 Excitement bordering on hysteria and an eagerness to lap up all that was on fare, displayed the Chandigarh child’s amazing quest for learning and grasp of the day’s project at hand. Here the kids from 3 to 14 years revealed none of the anxiety, stress or fear which have become trademark reactions when they attend regular school. This time more than ever before children responded with an infectious fervour, be it in Roysten Abel’s communication workshop, in Abhinav Chaturvedi and Lovleen Mishra’s dramatics workshop or in the colourful Vibgyor Activity. The Foundation is more than happy with the way in which the city kids and their parents have given the Summer School a place of pride in their scheme of things. |
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Permission granted for new
course Chandigarh June 11 GGDSD College will have 30 seats in the new course, admission to which will be done in this session. The UGC will be giving Rs 17 lakh as grant to run the course. The Head of the Home Science Department of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, went to attend the meeting in New Delhi. Other colleges affiliated to the university whose Principal attended the meeting included Ramgarhia College,
Ludhiana, SD College, Khanna, SD College, Hoshiarpur, Dev Samaj College for Women,
Ferozepore, Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, Kamla Lothia SD College,
Ludhiana, GGN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, and SDP college for Women,
Ludhiana. |
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Can an MFC teach
commerce? Chandigarh, June 11 This question, which has been a matter of contention among candidates hoping to be teachers in various interdisciplinary subjects, is on the agenda of a committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, the first meeting of which is scheduled to be held tomorrow. Although the discussion during the meeting is on a specific issue of whether candidates who have Master’s degree in subjects related to commerce, like MFA and MFC, eligible to become teachers of commerce, some significant comments on the issue are also likely to be made. The meeting becomes significant in the absence of any clear guidelines on the matter of interdisciplinary degrees holding candidates being eligible to teach the ‘‘parent’’ subject. Some of these subjects include pharmaceutical sciences, chemical engineering, sociology, political science, philosophy and commerce. “The issue itself has many aspects related to questions of eligibility, qualifications and competence. Eligibility is a matter of administrative decision while qualification has roots in history of teaching of the subject and competence is something which is subjective. A businessman might be the best person to teach commerce as far as competence goes. But there is no doubt that a specific future oriented decision in this regard has to be taken which will combine all these aspects,” says a Senator of the university. Many also believe that the growing fragmentation of subjects with demand for greater specialisation has resulted in people knowing more and more about less and less. “This is not a healthy trend. There is a need for more multi-disciplinary and inter disciplinary studies to have a holistic instead of fragmentary approach to our understanding of society, its history, politics and economy,” says another university professor. But on the other side, there is also a large number of college and university teachers who feel that the qualifications which have been laid down by the UGC should be followed as they are. ‘‘If one were to follow an open-for-all system then we will have a history postgraduate, teaching psychology and may be the vice versa,” says a college teacher. The UGC has over the years, allowed some of the interdisciplinary or offshoot subject Master’s to appear in the qualifying NET examination in the parent subject so that they, too, can be considered for lecturerships in these subjects. Candidates with MFC and MFA degrees were allowed by the UGC to appear in NET in commerce. But after having applied for lecturership in commerce, these candidates were rejected for not being a Master’s in commerce. These candidates then gave a representation to the UT administrator who passed it on to the PU VC for consideration and a committee to look into the matter was constituted. The seriousness of the issue is also reflected in some prolonged litigations in the university which went up to the Supreme Court. First there was a case questioning whether a Master’s in political science with PhD in peace studies and international politics was eligible to teach Gandhian studies or not. Then someone who had been a reader in public administration, but held a Master’s degree in economics, was not promoted as a professor in the same department for not being a masters in public administration. PU MA economics result today Chandigarh, June 11 Copies of the result gazette are available at the PU main enquiry counter. Telephonic enquiries can also be made on phone numbers 784869 and 534818 on all working days from 7.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. |
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More forms’ counters sought Chandigarh June 11 The press note issued by the ABVP vice-president further stated that as the last date of admission was drawing to a close, there was rush of students for buying these forms and the counter was overcrowded. The press note added that in case the authorities failed to rectify the situation, they might resort to an agitation. |
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ICCW’s endeavour for
creches Chandigarh, June 11 The workshop was organised by Indian Council for Child Welfare. The children were taught fabric painting, crayons, art work and water painting. During the art workshop, the children made utility items, which included cushion covers, napkins and other household items. “In future we plan to organise summer workshops in all the creches spread over the city,” said Honorary Secretary, Indian Council for Child Welfare, Ms Usha Suri. A painting competition for fabric painting and water colours for children between the age group of 10 to 15 years was organised on the concluding day of the workshop. Earlier, a crayon colour competition for the age group between five and nine years was also held. Participation certificates and prizes were given to the children. Uma Pathak, an artist, guided the children during the painting workshop. Kamla and Santosh, creche in charge, assisted the teacher. A similar workshop was organised earlier at Bal Bhavan, Sector 23 by Indian Council for Child Welfare. |
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Tiff takes new turn Chandigarh, June 11 Today Mr Arya claimed that the hostel authorities, on the orders of the warden, locked his room and he could not enter his room when he returned to the hostel in the evening. He got the lock opened with the help from the hostel chowkidar, while the hostel employees stated that they had not locked Mr Arya’s room. |
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3 girls figure in merit list SAS Nagar, June 11 Manpreet Kaur Dhanoa of Sant Isher Senior Secondary School and Amandeep Kaur Sandhu of Gem Public School have been placed at the 446th and 450th position, respectively, by securing 91.83 per cent marks each. Another girl student of Gem Public School, Akshi Saggar, has been placed at the 522nd position in the merit list by securing 91. 5 per cent marks. The first position in the state have been secured by Sanchit Ankur Garg of Sanmati Vimal Jain Senior Secondary School, Jagraon, and Mohit Garg of Chetan Singh Sarav Hitkari Senior Secondary School. Two students namely Tensy Jindal and Rajni Garg of MSD Senior Secondary Public School, Bhatinda, have been placed at the second and third rank by securing 98 per cent and 97 per cent marks, respectively. |
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842 dowry cases pending
in Punjab & Haryana High Court Chandigarh, June 11 The Rajasthan High Court, with 926 such cases, tops the list. A total of 2,988 dowry death cases are pending in the High Courts all over the country, in addition to 13,251 such cases in subordinate courts. In the Bombay High Court, as many as 436 cases are pending, while the figure for the Madhya Pradesh High Court is 397. The Himachal Pradesh High Court has 141 such cases followed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court with 140 pending cases. In the subordinate courts, the highest number of 4,974 dowry death cases is pending in the state of Maharashtra, followed by 2213 such cases in the state of Bihar and 2064 cases in the state of Karnataka. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have 1373 and 1349 pending cases respectively. The statement issued by the PIB added that while no time limit had been prescribed by law to decide dowry death cases, both the government and the judiciary are concerned with the pendency of such cases. Meanwhile, various steps, including amendment in the Code of Criminal Procedure, increase in the number of Judges, appointment of special Judicial and Metropolitan Magistrates, besides the setting up of fast track courts, are being taken to expedite the disposal of cases, the statement further added. |
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GCM disallows plea of no
case Chandigarh, June 11 When the court started to address its questions to Major Bhatnagar, he said the charges against him were baseless, false and mala fide and there was no evidence for which he was required to produce any defence. He added that as a protest, he would not answer any question or even produce his defence. The questions put by the court were based on the earlier statement made by Col A.K. Srivastava before the court, where he had said that Major Bhatnagar had been given the liberty of selecting troops for his ad hoc company before leaving from Siachen for Ganasok in the Kargil Sector. The court also wanted to know why Major Bhatnagar had not projected his problems to his commanding officer before departing for Ganasok. His response to Colonel Srivastava’s statement that the morale of the troops while leaving for Ganasok was high and they were prepared for any task, was also sought by the court. The other questions were based on Brig Devinder Singh’s briefing on the impending attack to the accused on June 15, 1999, when he had reportedly ordered the accused to induct his company to the base of Point 5203 and Major Bhatnagar’s contention that his company was unfit and could at best undertake a defensive task. Major Bhatnagar, however chose not to answer these questions, stating that his earlier statement addressed his stance on the court proceedings. Subsequently, on being asked by the judge advocate whether he wished to call any witness, be examined himself or make any statement in his defence, he declined to answer, reiterating that his earlier statement should be considered by the court. |
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Nova MD granted bail Chandigarh, June 11 The accused had been further remanded to two-day police remand on June 9. The magistrate had also directed — the accused to surrender his passport before the court. His unit, based at Industrial Area here, is engaged in manufacturing sanitary
ware. Khanna had been arrested by the Central Excise for questioning after heavy evasion of excise duty by his unit over the past several years was detected. Sources say that Khanna was running his industry in the guise of a small-scale industrial unit and was distributing his products all over the country. The Excise Department learnt of the evasion over a year ago and was carrying out discreet investigations into the matter. The sources say that proper records of the quantity being manufactured were not maintained. The actual quantity of items manufactured were not duly reflected in the records and the production was much more than actually shown in the records. No excise duty was paid on unaccounted goods cleared from the factory premises. Evasion of duty in this manner over the years is estimated to be about Rs 4
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Delightfully executed works Chandigarh, June 11 The exhibition is though provoking. It lets the viewer experience and imagine freely. The frames do not seem to limit the theme. Power of the works lies on the fact that they rise beyond the walled canvas and strike a greater relevance. The huge canvas which captures the earthiness of a woman is the best of all. It has been placed in the middle of the gallery right opposite to the entrance. So as the viewer enters the gallery, the first taste he gets is that of beauty. Rest of the works also stand out for their freshness. The exhibition will be on till June 19. |
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A confluence of rhythm and
grace Chandigarh, June 11 The artiste, who has been trained in both Pandanallur and Kalakshetra styles says it was the rhythm and the beautiful costume associated with Bharatnatyam that attracted her to adopt this particular form of dance. “I started with Odissi, but soon shifted as I got fascinated with the beautiful style of Bharatnatyam,” says Nehi.
Nehi cannot imagine life without Bharatnatyam and would like to spend the rest of her days performing it. However, the young artiste feels that the North region does not provide much scope for classical dances to grow in a professional capacity.Nehi belongs to a conservative Jat family from Gurgaon.
Nehi’s graceful movement, controlled yet abandoned rhythm, mingled with her natural grace, filled her performance on The Varnam — a dance item based on the childhood pranks of Lord Krishna with life. The dance item which was composed by her Guru, Jayalakshmi Eshwar, was based on Krishna Karnamritam.
The spirituality of Lord Shiva in the form of Ananda Tandava came alive in her cosmic dance based on Raag Poorvikalyani and Rupaka taalam, which was composed by Neelkantha Sivan. Nehi also performed “Bhaja Mana Ram” a bhajan dedicated to Rama in Raag Sindhu Bhairavi.
The programme that started with “Mallari”, a prayer based on Raag Ghambhira nattai and Ganesh Stuthi Pranavkaram, an invocation to Lord Ganapati, the traditional protector of performing arts and ended with Tillana , a dance item based on Raag Amritha Varshini.
Nehi was accompanied by her Guru Jayalakshmi Eshwar on Nattuvangam, Lal Gudi Ganesh on mridangam and C.V. Anuroop on violin. The background songs were sung by
O.S. Sridhar. |
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Social concerns voiced through
art Chandigarh, June 11 This is the first time Ajay Jaitly is crossing the boundaries of Allahabad to exhibit his works. Never has he otherwise ventured out of the city since his birth. He has, however, been sending his works for the various prestigious group shows organised in various parts of the country. The forte of Ajay is his portrait drawing although he is always more fascinated by paintings. A senior lecturer with the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Allahabad, Ajay has created the present collection with specific themes in mind. Forbidden Stairs, as it is titled, talks about the moral concerns which the artist bears. With the help of huge spaces, bold strokes and excellent texture, Ajay tries to convey his concern as the artist. The collection can be viewed between 10 am and 6 pm. |
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