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July 26, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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In love with NCC, blood donation Chandigarh, July 25 Principal D.P. Singh will retire at the end of the month after having served as principal of this college for more than ten years. Known to be a strict disciplinarian and a refined administrator, Principal Singh has been instrumental in changing the vary face of the college and bringing it to a level to be counted as one of the best colleges of the city. ‘‘When I joined here we had only six rooms, from where the whole college functioned. Now we have more than 70 rooms, four floors, the largest library in the city space-wise and soon we will also have an auditorium and a hostel for our students on the premises,’’ he says proudly. Principal D.P. Singh joined as a lecturer in 1967 at Government College, Sector 11. From an NCC officer for the college, he came a long way to become the principal of a college in the city ten years back. ‘‘NCC has been my favourite outdoor activity for students. We have all the three wings of the NCC here in the college and we also have four units of NSS in the college. Our NSS units are working voluntarily in the surrounding villages and the response our students have got from the villagers is phenomenal,’’ he claims. ‘‘I am proud to say that probably our college is one of the most active colleges in the city as far as blood donation camps are concerned. Each year, almost 500 of our students are donating blood in the various camps organised through the year. Tomorrow we have another camp here in the college. I will be donating blood for the 60th time. Its an achievement in itself,’’ he says. ‘‘Starting with just a few basic courses and a reputation that only those who failed went to Government College 46, we have managed to bring this college to a status which it deserves. Now it is counted as one of the good colleges of the city and the students we are attracting are also hard working and intelligent. In the field of extra-curricular activities our students have brought laurels to the college in almost every youth festival,’’ he adds. ‘‘I am thinking of writing a book about my experiences of being a principal of a college,’’ he says about his post-retirement plans. ‘‘These years have been full of lots of activity. Specially when the college had to be brought up to a good position. Every course we got for the college was an achievement. We now have honours in many of the arts subjects and then we have masters in commerce and a vocational course. Things are progressing well,’’ he
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PU results
today Chandigarh, July 25 A press note said that results of Master of Library and Information Science, B.Sc (Nursing), ME (Mechanical and Environmental) and B.Sc (Home Science) would be declared tomorrow. Copies of the result gazettes will be available at the main enquiry counter on all working days. The university has saved over two months in declaration of the B.Sc (Nursing) course. More than 40 days have been saved in case of B.Sc (Home Science) and more than 50 days have in case of ME (Mechanical and Environmental). |
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Students’ dharna continues Chandigarh, July 25 The practice has been discontinued by the university in the recent past. The PUSU has also demanded separate convocation functions for graduate and postgraduate science students of the honours school. Their other demands include timely declaration of re-evaluation results, uniformity in the system of giving grace marks to reappear and regular candidates and complete computerisation of the administrative block. The PUSU has also sought representation of students in the Senate so that issues concerning them received due attention ‘ at the top’. The SOPU has sought reduction in fee for B.Sc. ( honours), mathematics and computing, installation of coin phones and water coolers at the BMS block and a proper placement cell on the campus. |
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Students
donate blood Chandigarh , July 25 Inaugurating the camp Mr R. S.Gujral, Home Secretary-cum-Education Secretary, appreciated the blood donors and asked the college authorities to keep the blood donors of ‘O (negative)’ on panel so that their services could be called at time of need. The Principal of the college, Major D.P. Singh, said the college arranges three to four blood donation camps every year. The Principal himself donated blood for the 60th time, a spokesperson of the Chandigarh Administration said. |
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Students
plant saplings Mubarkpur, July 25 Mr Krishan Pal Sharma, general secretary of the District Congress Committee, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes to the winners of the competitions. Anchal, Adarsh and Vardan of the school were given the first, second and the third prize, respectively, in the vase decoration competition, while Ravi Singh, Tandeep and Priya were adjudged first, second and third in debate. |
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Ministers
assure striking teachers Chandigarh, July 25 The agitated teachers also protested in front of government offices in Sector 34 . The teachers further demanded to appoint 3378 candidates against the vacancies advertised in April 2000. The teachers have decided to undertake flag march on July 28 and July 29 at Giddarbaha and Lambi. Today the Agriculture Minister, Mr Gurdev Badal, the Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, the President of the AISSF, Pir Mohammad, and the state president of the BJP, Prof Brij Lal Rinwa, certified the legal demands of the teachers and assured that they would try to find out the solution of agitation as early as possible. The teachers said tomorrow they would hold dharnas in front of ministers houses at their respective districts and blocks. |
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Bus drivers’ strike,
schoolgoers’ nightmare Chandigarh, July 25 The sudden strike by bus drivers caused a lot of inconvenience to the parents of children studying in the school. Most of the parents were unaware of the strike and got to know about the strike when the kids returned home from the respective bus stops in the morning. Students were in for a rude shock in the morning when school buses did not turn up. At the end of the day the school was suddenly flooded with vehicles which had come to pick up the wards. Such was the chaos that there was no space even for parking. The situation was worse on the side of the exit gate. It took about half an hour for a car to come out of the school premises. The scorching heat also made several lose patience. Even while the inconvenience persisted throughout the day, the cause behind the said strike by bus drivers could not be known. In fact no one from out of the driving community cared to about the reason behind the strike. |
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, July 25 Pronouncing the directions on the petition filed by 25 students, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice Amar Bir Singh Gill and Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar, observed that the stay on counselling would continue till further orders. The order, staying counselling for admission to Bachelor of Engineering, Architecture and certain other courses, is significant as over 30,000 students had taken the test for admission to 7,000 seats. The students, in their petition against the state of Haryana, the University and other respondents, had stated that there were certain irregularities in the entrance test.
Wakf board chief summoned
Directing Wakf Board chairman to be present in the court on August 8, a Division Bench of the High Court has directed him to explain the leasing of graveyard land in Singar village in Gurgaon district. Issuing the directions on a petition by Mr Fazru and others, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice M.M. Kumar observed: “On the next date of hearing, chairman of the Punjab Wakf Board should appear in person and explain under whose authority the ‘kabristan’ land had been leased out....”
In a complete reversal of events, a returning officer for election to a cooperative society was acquitted by Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice A.S. Garg of the High Court in a murder case. He had been convicted and sentenced to life term by Mansa’s Additional District and Sessions Judge. Ashwani Kumar of Mansa was earlier booked by the police, along with other accused, after Gurcharan Singh was killed during the elections to a cooperative society. According to the prosecution, the accused had agreed to commit the murder of “anybody who opposed their scheme of defeating the party of ex-president of Khatriwala Cooperative Agriculture Service Society”.
XEN’s sack quashed
Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar of the High Court has quashed the orders passed by the Haryana State Electricity Board vide which an executive engineer (XEN) was removed from service on the ground of wilfully remaining absent from duty. In his detailed order on P.S. Rao’s petition, Mr Justice Nijjar observed: “The impugned order deserves to be quashed on the ground that the punishment imposed on the petitioner is far in excess of the gravity of the misconduct allegedly committed by the petitioner.... He had rendered 25 years of meritorious service before the issuance of the chargesheet. The misconduct which has been found to be proved against the petitioner is not such which would reflect adversely on the honesty and integrity of the petitioner”.
Order to shift stone crusher A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Mr Justice J.L. Gupta and Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta directed the closing down of Ashoka stone crusher situated in Dhawala village in Gurgaon district. It was further ordered that crusher be shifted to a specified zone. The order was passed on a petition filed by Subhan Khan of the village on the ground that the crusher had not complied with the conditions prescribed by the Haryana Government Environment Department in its notification dated December 18, 1997, as amended in 1998.
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Remove encroachments, Admn told Chandigarh, July 25 Pronouncing the orders in the open court, Mr Justice Anand clarified that “in case the respondents do not comply with the High Court directions, Adviser to Chandigarh Administrator Neeru Nanda and another respondent shall appear in person to explain as to why the directions have not been complied with”. In his detailed order, Mr Justice Anand observed: “Counsel for the petitioners submit that the encroachments have not been removed from the front as well as the back side of the shops. Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, on the contrary, submits that encroachments have been removed from the front side of the shops and sincere efforts were being taken by the Chandigarh Administration for the removal of the remaining encroachments.” The Judge concluded: “In the interest of justice, I give 10 weeks time to the respondents to ensure that the High Court orders for the removal of encroachments are complied with meticulously in letter and spirit”. It may be recalled that Mr Ram Parkash Sharma and four other residents of Sector 21-C had earlier alleged that the Administration had slept over the issue even though as per an order passed by Justice Amarjeet Chaudhary and Justice N.K. Aggarwal in September 1997, the authorities were required to formulate a scheme for rehabilitating auto-repair mechanics by allotting them alternative sites, besides removing encroachments in the residential area with in two years.
Jerath’s plea Disposing of a writ petition filed by Chandigarh’s former Chief Engineer Kanwal Kishore Jerath seeking the setting aside of orders passed by UT Chief Judicial Magistrate granting pardon to accused-turned-approver A.K. Sachdeva in the engineering department kickback case, Mr Justice Nirmal Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the petitioner to file a revision petition before the Special Judge, if so advised. In his petition against the UT Administration and A.K. Sachdeva, Jerath had earlier stated that the respondent “had turned approver purely under allurement from the authorities who had saved his service career and allowed him the benefit of bail without opposition”. He had added that “of the accused arrested in the case, his was the only example where the period of police and judicial remand was restricted to only two days”. This, he had further added, “was arranged to woo him to turn into an approver, and by doing so, the prosecution precluded him from being placed under suspension, besides granting him the favour of minimum detention”. The petitioner had also stated that the prosecution had “chosen him to become an approver with malafide intentions because of the virulent animosity of the then Chief Vigilance Officer who had been guiding the investigations of the case.... The accused-turned-approver, being brain behind the alleged crime, was likely to give testimony to save his skin rather than help the cause of justice”.
Plea allowed Acting on a petition filed by maths master Gopal Krishan and two other teachers of Ambala district, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside orders dated April 18, 1988, terminating their services. In his petition against the state of Haryana, the Director of School Education and District Education Officer, Mr Gopal Krishan, and others had earlier stated that they had been appointed on ad-hoc basis. After going through the records and hearing arguments in their case, Mr Justice S.S. Sudhalkar of the High Court observed: “The petition deserves to be allowed and the petitioners deserve to be reinstated with continuity of service.... The petitioners are ordered to be reinstated in service with continuity thereof”. |
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Problems
in District Courts discussed Chandigarh, July 25 Sources revealed that the meeting was attended by the UT District and Sessions Judge, the Municipal Commissioner, the Senior Superintendent of Police, the Chief Engineer and the President of the District Bar Association. The authorities discussed the inconvenience faced by the litigants and advocates, due to lack of lift facility, less space for parking in the district courts. It may be recalled that Chandigarh Tribune had carried a news item “Rain showers woes in District Courts” on June 24 highlighting the problems faced by the litigants and lawyers. |
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Former
minister’s kin acquitted Chandigarh, July 25 The Judge observed that there was no sufficient evidence against him and therefore he was acquitted. The police had registered a case on the complaint of Mr Jagtinder Pal Singh. The complainant alleged that the accused, Harvinder Singh shot Manjit Singh on the instigation of Manoj Pal Godara on June 8, 1998, at the Sector 10 market. The police had registered a case under Sections 302, 307, 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54, and 59 of the Arms Act. He was acquitted as the eyewitness in the case turned hostile. The eyewitness, Mr Jagtinder Pal Singh said Manoj Pal Godara was not accompanying Harvinder Pal Singh at the time of the incident. Harvinder Pal Singh had already been declared proclaimed offender by the police. |
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Flesh trade
case: four get bail Panchkula, July 25 |
Aiming for the sky at 17 Chandigarh, July 25 Today she is the proud winner of the Superstars mega final — a stage which she reached after defeating not less than about 600 aspirants in the contest. Declared the best singer among the four finalists who entered the prestigious finals after gong through the tough mega muqabla round, 17-year-old Rimi has already been promised an audio recording very soon. Not just that, she happens to be the only girl from Chandigarh to have made a mark in the Superstars contest of Shadow Films which is hunting for talent in the performing arts arena of acting, dancing and singing. “It was all due to the pursuance of my guru Sobhya Vardhan, who is on the music faculty of the Government College for Girls, Sector 32. Also my thanks to Mr B.D. Sharma who inspired me to take part in the prestigious Rafi Awards contest organised by the Yaadgar-e-Rafi Society every year,” she says. Rimi’s first stage presentation was during this contest, when she was in Class VII. From that day to now — the young girl had covered a long distance on the road to success. In the mega Muqabla contest she impressed Poornima and the permanent judge of the show Ken Ghosh (the famous video album director) with the song — Aaiye meherbaan, baithiye jaanejaan from film Howrah Bridge. In the mega finals contest, she chose to sing
Tere khayaalon mein from the film Geet gaaya patharon ne. As far as the experience during the competition is concerned, it was naturally out-of-the-world. Recalls Rimi, “The contest had a great value for me because it not only helped me to put my best foot forward, but also helped me make hundreds of friends.” Currently Rimi is concentrating on gathering the nuances of classical music from her guru. Earlier she used to be inclined towards latest film songs, but her choice have shifted after she participated in the Rafi Award contest. She says, “It was then that I started practising old Hindi film songs which are still unsurpassable in lyrics and melody. Classical music is the latest rage with me.” Both the said contests in which Rimi won laurels will be telecast on DD Metro shortly. While the mega muqabla will be telecast on August 9 at 7 p.m., the mega finals will be telecast on August 16 at 7 p.m. |
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