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Admn order makes PU unhappy Chandigarh, July 30 Sources said the Administration had asked the university not to conduct the examination from the next session and open the admission to all aspirants on the basis of performance in the qualifying BCA examination. A senior PU official, however, said the Administration should not interfere in the working of the university because it had its own ways of maintaining academic standards. Five of the colleges where this course has been introduced are in the city and there are few takers for this course. Only 295 candidates cleared the entrance test for the 350 seats for the course, out of which, only 238 applied for interview. After the counselling was over, only 175 seats had been taken, with 100 of these in the five city colleges alone. The PU Vice-Chancellor has decided to constitute a committee to discuss the proposed dereservation of the vacant seats of the 85 per cent city-students quota. The seats will then be offered to students from outside. |
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PU changes hostel rules Chandigarh July 30 ‘‘We strongly oppose the decision of the PU Senate in having increased the age of retirement of PU teachers. This way those who have just passed out from the colleges and universities will never get a chance to get jobs,’’ said Mr Chand Singh Madan of the HSA. The PUSU and HSA also thanked the university authorities for having conceded to their demands regarding stay of students in the hostels. ‘‘We specially thank the Dean University Instruction, Mr Ashok Sahni, for having made efforts to ensure that the hostelers are not dealt with unfairly,’’ said Mr Malwinder Singh Kang of PUSU. Research scholars who are putting up in the hostels will now be allowed to stay in the hostel even during periods of extension on daily charges. Earlier, a PU committee had decided that research scholars will not be allowed to stay in the hostel during the extension period of their research. The university has also allowed the students who are sharing rooms in the hostels to share the room rent among themselves. The old students staying in the hostels who have joined fresh courses have also been allowed to retain their room in the hostel and will also be allowed to transfer their fee between hostels. The university has also decided to have coin phones in the hostels. The hostelers will be allowed to exchange their rooms between hostels on a mutual basis also. The leaders of the student bodies also demanded that the university teachers who were reportedly teaching in as guest faculty in other related departments of the university should not be allowed to continue and new people should be given a chance to fill these posts. ‘‘The president of the Panjab University Campus Students Council should be made a member of the PU Senate and if that is not possible the age of contesting elections to the PUCSC should be increased so that the university’s research scholars are also represented in the Senate,’’ said Mr Madan. Meanwhile, leaders of Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) met the Vice-Chancellor in the evening and was assured by him that a committee will be constituted to look into some of the demands put forth by them. The demands include among other things include improvement chance to be given to the BSc pass outs, declaration of re-evaluation result within 45 days of the applying for re-evaluation, a separate convocation for science students, installation of lift in Kasturba Gandhi Hall, computerisation of the administrative block and main library generator to be made operational.
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WOMAN
ENTREPRENEUR Chandigarh Today this school has two branches, a primary school in Sector 35 and a high school at Sohana with about 1,000 students on their rolls. “Being a defence officer’s wife, after every transfer I faced the problem of finding a new school for my children in mid-session. A school that could be useful to such parents was the best thing I could think of”. And that is how the idea took birth. Both her schools follow the CBSE pattern. “Even in 1984 when the ‘modernised’ concept of schooling was not popular, we started teaching with playway method,” she says. That, plus the school’s readiness to admit students in mid-session on account of the transfer of parents, attracted a large number of students. Herself a former national level volleyball player, and a trained teacher, Mrs Bawa ensures that the students in her school get a supportive environment for extra-curricular activities. Teaching, she believes, has become more professional and children today are more demanding. One has to take care that each child gets education according to his needs. “We have well-qualified teachers and we try to ensure an environment conducive to overall development of the students”, she says. Managing things is not only interesting, it also provides her with the satisfaction of having accomplished something. “I strongly believe that children have to be taken care of. Even if you are a working mother, you must ensure that the children are not left entirely to the care of creches. Only the family can provide the right conditions for a child’s development”. |
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All eyes on principal’s post Chandigarh, July 30 Sources said Ms Mohini Sharma, Principal of the Sector 42 Government College for Girls, might get the additional charge of the Sector 46 college. The Administration had earlier given the additional charge of the State Institute of Education to Ms Tangri, Principal of the Sector 20 Government College of Education, after the retirement of the SIE director. This decision of the Administration had been criticised by the senior lecturers who had even moved court against it. |
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Refresher course in home science Chandigarh July 30 The course coordinator, Dr Usha Dhawal, Principal of the college, welcomed the chief guest, Mr R.S. Gujral Home Secretary, UT Administration, and the participants to the course. Mr Gujral awarded certificates and lauded the efforts of the organisers. He offered all possible help from the Administration’s side for future organisation of these courses. Prof Gopal Krishan, Director, Academic Staff College, presided over the function. All participants expressed satisfaction with the course contents and the facilities provided. |
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, July 30 Pronouncing the orders Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Mr Justice M.M. Kumar of the High Court also directed the state to inform the court about the action taken against the investigating officer of the case on the basis of the judgement delivered by the Ludhiana’s Additional District and Sessions Judge. The Judge had reportedly directed a departmental inquiry against the IO for “conducting perfunctory investigation in a dishonest manner”. In his petition seeking the quashing of the ordinance, Mr Bimal Kumar Kaushal of Gurbax Colony in Patiala had earlier stated that the minister’s relative Gurpreet Singh was initially released for 15 days within a month of being sentenced to life imprisonment. He was again released for three months on the basis of the ordinance, the petitioner had added. Giving details, the petitioner had stated that as per Punjab Ordinance No. 6, a prisoner undergoing life sentence “may be released for six months or less in parts for any sufficient cause”. Going into the background of the case, he had alleged that his son Ashwani Kumar, posted as a Sub-Divisional Officer at Moga, was murdered in December 1992 by Gurpreet Singh, working in the same department as junior engineer, in conspiracy with three others. He had added that all four were sentenced to life imprisonment by Ludhiana’s Additional Sessions Judge on May 26 last year. SP told to probe
molestation
On a petition alleging molestation by three Punjab police personnel, Mr Justice K.S. Garewal of the High Court today directed Moga’s Superintendent of Police to get a probe conducted into the case if satisfied about the commission of a cognizable offence. Issuing the directions, Mr Justice Garewal observed: “The SP, if satisfied, that the information disclosed the commission of a cognizable offence, shall either investigate the case himself or direct an investigation to be made by any police officer subordinate to him in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure”. The petitioner, a resident of Khosa village in Moga district, had earlier alleged that her daughter and other girls present on the spot were molested by thanedars Satish Kumar and Jagdish, along with
Munshi Surinder Kumar, after they trespassed into her house in an inebriated state. Woman fined
for contempt
Mr Justice R.L. Anand on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on a Bathinda district resident on a petition alleging contempt of court. The Judge observed: “Keeping in view the fact that the respondent is a lady, therefore, I do not want to send her to jail to serve simple imprisonment. However, I impose a fine of Rs 2,000 upon her which shall be recovered by way of land revenue. In default of payment, the respondent shall undergo simple imprisonment for seven days. Let the fine be deposited in Bathinda’s Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court within 15 days”. In his petition, Gulzara Singh of Bathinda district had earlier alleged that the respondent had flouted the High Court directions. Giving details, the petitioner had alleged that Chhinder Pal Kaur of Ganga tehsil was restrained from alienating or transferring the property in dispute till further orders, but the respondent had executed a mortgage deed in the favour of a bank. |
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CONSUMER COURTS Chandigarh, July 30 The complainant, Mr Dharam Bir, a resident of Sector 21-B, had invested Rs 15,000 in the firm on December 15, 1996, and the company had promised to pay him Rs 30,000 after three years. After three years, when he deposited a cheque in the bank, it was returned with the remark “insufficient fund”. Despite repeated requests, he was not paid the promised Rs 30,000, which forced him to approach the forum. A Bench comprising Mr Justice R.P. Bajaj and Mr Justice H.S. Walia said, “When a company invites deposits on a promise of attractive rates of interest and prompt payment of principal and interest on the date of maturity, it amounts to rendering financial service. Any default on part of the company amounts to deficiency in service. The firm has failed to honour its commitment to pay Rs 30,000 against the investment made by the complainant, so, it is a deficiency in services. The company should now pay him this amount along with an interest at a rate of 12 per cent, calculated from the date of maturity. The complainant shall also get Rs 250 as litigation expenses.” The forum also directed the PSP Finance and Hire Purchase Limited to pay Rs 40,920 against two deposits of Rs 15,000 each with an interest at a rate of 12 per cent, calculated from the date of maturity, to the complainant. The company was also directed to pay Rs 11,00 as compensation and litigation expenses to the complainant. The complainant, Mr Ishwar Singh, a resident of Sector 34, said he had made four deposits of Rs 15,000 each in the company on September 13, 1997, that had been repayable on October 13, 1999, with a maturity value of Rs 20,460 each. The complainant alleged that, despite repeated requests the company had not returned his money and sought a payment of Rs 40,920 along with interest, compensation for harassment and the cost of litigation. A Bench comprising Mr H.S. Walia and Ms Urvashi Agnihotri directed the company to pay, this sum along with the interest. Damage claim The forum has directed the Oriental Insurance Company to pay Rs 6,518 to Colombo Photo Company for the damage to its shop due to heavy rain. The company, through its Sector 22 proprietor, had filed a complaint against the insurance firm, stating that it had bought a fire policy of the Oriental Insurance Company for July 29, 1995, to July 28, 1996, for Rs 32,40,000 on a premium of Rs 19,221. The proprietor said, on the night of July 31, 1995 his shop had been flooded after a heavy rain which had damaged the material that had been kept there. The complainant’s claim to the tune of Rs 2,900,730 was turned down by the insurance company that offered him Rs 6,518 instead after damage assessment. It made the proprietor approach the forum. The forum said, as per the report of the surveyor, the loss had been assessed at Rs 7,000. The proprietor of the shop had not provided necessary documents like the balance sheet and trading account. The figure of Rs 6,518 had been arrived at by the insurance company after making requisite deductions from the amount assessed by the surveyor. The Bench said the complainant was free to avail himself of the remedy permissible under the general law and the insurance company should pay Rs 6,518 to the complainant. |
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Lawyers give notice to Home Secy,
XEN Chandigarh, July 30 The complainant lawyers body, Lawyers for Social Reform, (LSR) said that the electricity supply to the 108 lawyers chambers and 19 courts had been provided by the electricity department under Executive
Engineer (Electrical) Sector 16. The LSR alleged that there was deficiency in the services of the electricity department and power supply remained affected quite frequently. The LSR complained that for the past two months the lawyers had been facing a lot of inconveniences due to frequent power failures. The lawyers complained that the electricity supply failed due to the defective main switches installed in the junction boxes in the basement, ground floor and the first floor of the lawyers chambers’ complex. Due to these defective main switches and supply wires many times short circuits were caused threatening life and property of the lawyers and general public. Despite a number of representations and complaints the authorities had failed to take note of their problems. The complaint said that there was a danger of a fire due to defective electricity wires and main switches in the junction boxes. Many computers, electronic typewriters and A.Cs installed in the lawyers chambers had become defective due to abrupt failure of electricity supply, it added The LSR said that there was an urgent need to immediately change the defective and burnt electricity wires and main switches in the junction boxes installed in the lawyers chambers within seven days from the receipt of the notice. The LSR would move a public interest litigation against the officials concerned if the department failed to remove the defective wires and switches. |
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Bail plea of cops dismissed Chandigarh, July 30 The complainant, Mr Inderjit Parsad, a resident of Mani Majra alleged that the two constable, Davinder Singh and Mahinder Singh, both of the Sector-3 Police Station, assaulted him and snatched Rs 500 and a gold ring, near Home Science College on July 28. |
Creative fantasies at ‘Colours of Life’ Chandigarh, July 30 The creative designer exhibits that included an array of paintings done in different styles, decorative items and embroidery work that showed a variety of styles like Kashida, Phulkari, Chikankari, Kasuti and applique work were aesthetically coordinated and beautifully displayed by students. An interesting fusion of modern and ethnicity was simply at it’s best in the cottage of interiors which was created by the students of interior designing. The textured paintings in the plaster of paris and cement and window display along with the simple yet graceful furnishing items created the ambience of peace and harmony. Under the theme of “Sea of Information”, the passing out batch of the two-year interior designing course also created a cyber cafe, pool and snooker parlour. The creations that included products like bags, shoes, rugs, chairs, table, hammock and
chicks in macramé, an art of making items with knotted yarns, were particularly eye-catching. The first-year and one-year students worked on junk arrangements blending the basic monochromatic colours with a touch of brighter warmer colour in basic materials like cotton and jute, which was both bold and attractive. The students have also created a collection of bathroom accessories with screen printing, besides making apparel and upholstery in block printing. Designer sarees were also created using the laborious age-old method of batik printing. The creations were judged by a panel of judges that included Mr. A.K. Malik, Professor Aditya Arora, Ms. Aradhana Kakkri and Ms Taru Banga, all eminent personalities in various artistic fields. |
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‘Adhunik Mahabharat’ staged Panchkula, July 30 Organised by the Haryana police as part of the ongoing public-police contact programme, the play revolved around overspeeding, driving by minors, eve-teasing, helmetless driving and rash driving. Beginning with a “pampered” Duryodhana, along with his maternal uncle, rashly driving his two-wheeler, unmindful of traffic rules and teasing girls on the road, the play portrayed today’s youngsters. Proud of the fact that he had procured his licence without a driving test, he flaunted his father’s wealth as he zip-zapped on the road. This was followed by a change of scene wherein King Dhritrashtra saw through the eyes of his courtier, Sanjaya, who narrated the hazards of over-speeding, triple-riding and jumping traffic lights by the public while relating the exploits of his son on the road. The play ended on a tragic note with Duryodhana losing his life in a road accident leading to pain and despair for the family. Later, a message to stick to traffic rules for the welfare of all was given by the actors of the Marassi Mandali, Chandigarh. The Inspector-General of Police, Ambala Range, Mr Hari Singh Ahlawat, was the chief guest. Also present at the function were the Deputy Commissioner, the Superintendent of Police, the ASP, the SDM, among others. |
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