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Hans showers melodies on PU crowd The show started off well, and most importantly well within time. It was around 7.20 pm when the singer set the show rolling. The first and the foremost score for the singer was his live performance. It all began with a rather sensitive score with amazing lyrics. “Ye jo sili sili aundi ae hava...” set the pace, which was brought to further life by a host of vibrant, fast beat songs, typical of Hans — the pop singer. The section contained his biggest hits — right from “Jhanjharia”, which had Punjabi lasses dancing in the backdrop to “Ghar se tayyar hoke kithe challe ho”. Interspersing these peppy numbers were some softer melodies like “Panj bariyaan pachaas buhe langke, main aavanga hava banke...” Yet another score titled “Aape doven rusde te manau kaun ve...” Among other songs that clicked with the crowd were Hans’s chart busters, including “Balle balle balle chunni mal mal di and goriyaan gulab diyaan galla...” The police had a tough time controlling the mob. It resorted to a mild lathi charge to control the enthusiastic crowd, which tried to enter the venue by gate-crashing. Several tin sheets put up around the venue were pulled down by them. Those who could not enter were seen dancing on the roads. A large number of people were seen on nearby trees to have a glimpse of the singer. The girls returning to their hostels after watching the show had to hear ‘‘lewd comments’’ from some boys in cars and
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PCCTU members hold rally Chandigarh, February 6 They were demanding the implementation of CAS for all teachers, including DPEs and librarians from January 1996, ensuring third promotion and certain other benefits to teachers, in addition to increasing the funding of higher education to 6 per cent of GDP. The protest was planned by the AIFUTCO. The local Member of Parliament, Mr Pawan Bansal, said that his party supported the cause of the teachers and was pursuing it in the Parliament as well. “Though the BJP-led government has limited the funding of higher education to 3 per cent, we firmly believe it should be hiked to at least 6 per cent of the GDP,” he added. Addressing the rally, the national secretary of AIFUTCO, Dr VK Tewari, , Prof N.P. Manocha, president of the local unit of PCCTU, Prof Charnjit Chawla, Principal P.S. Sangha and Prof Karamjit Singh, flayed the Central Government for not honouring the commitments made to teachers and encouraging commercialisation of education. Later, a deputation of teachers, led by Dr V.K. Tewari, submitted a memorandum to the Governor, Punjab, and made an appeal to him to help them in getting justice. The teachers of aided and unaided colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh were also protesting against the non-implementation of the pension-cum-gratuity scheme, release of Rs 100-crore pending salary grant and Rs 21 crore UGC pay scales and bringing 30 unaided colleges of the state under the 95 per cent grant-in-aid scheme. |
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Fashion show at Home Science College Chandigarh, February 6 The opening day will be devoted to rock show by the Rodrigues on February 8 evening. A colourful inter-college fashion show will be the main highlight of the second day’s events on February 9. And the final day will be a musical nite by Safri Brothers on February 10 |
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PU Results Chandigarh, February 6 |
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, February 6 Delivering the verdict, Mr Justice Singhal also directed that the trial court was also free to consider the feasibility of cancellation of the bail allowed to the petitioners on its own, in case it felt that the trial was being delayed due to lack of
cooperation. In his detailed order, the Judge ruled: "Equity demands that the petitioners should be allowed bail. As such it is ordered that the trial court shall release them on bail on their furnishing personal bonds of Rs 1 lakh each with two sureties. So long as the trial continues, they shall not leave the country and maintain distance so far as the prosecution witnesses are concerned and not intimidate or win them over. They shall regularly appear before the trial and the Director-General of Police will see that they are not assigned any other duty on days when they are required to be present in the court. If they are in possession of passports or any other travel document, the same shall be surrendered". A case of kidnapping and other offences was earlier registered by the CBI against them under Sections 354, 365, 342, 343 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code after Budh Singh of Sunam, in a habeas corpus petition filed before the High Court, alleged that his son, Tejinder Singh, alias Billu, was picked up by the police.
Don't sack ad hoc
teachers
Issuing notice on an application filed by 72 ad hoc teachers seeking regularisation of their services, Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill of the High Court today directed the state of Haryana and other respondents not to terminate their services. Mr Justice Gill ruled that the respondents were at liberty to select and appoint masters on posts, apart from the ones against which the petitioners were presently working. In their petition, Neeta Kapoor and others had contended that their services should be regularised as they had completed two years of continuous service. The case will now come up for hearing on February 22.
Summons to SSP
Taking up a petition filed by 51 special police officers seeking the disbursement of 15 per cent service charges, Mr Justice R.L. Anand and Mr Justice Amar Dutt of the High Court today directed Amritsar's Senior Superintendent of Police to appear in court and explain why the amount had not been disbursed. In their petition, Kulbir Singh and others had contended that the amount had not been received even though, according to a letter issued by Punjab's Director General of Police, 15 per cent service charges, in addition to their daily wages, were to be granted to special police officers deployed on security duty in godowns and depots of the Food Corporation of India. Their counsel had contended that the sanction order had been received by the SSP but still the amount was not disbursed. After hearing the arguments and going through the record, the Judges issued notice of motion to the state of Punjab, besides other respondents, and asked the SSP to appear in the court.
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HC dismisses doc’s plea Chandigarh, February 6 Delivering the verdict on a petition filed by Dr Sanjeev Handa against the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, besides other respondents, Mr Justice Anand observed that in the present case he was to see if the selection was “dispassionate and objective” and his answer was affirmative. “There is no basis for me to reach the conclusion that the rejection of the petitioner is arbitrary, biased or with tainted glasses,” the Judge added. In his detailed order, the Judge observed: “Irrespective of the fact that the petitioner might have been recommended or his annual confidential reports might be very good, it does not give him an automatic right of selection until or unless he is cleared by the selection committee regarding his fitness to be promoted to the post of Associate Professor”. |
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Letter against Country Club illegal: HC Chandigarh, February 6 Pronouncing the orders after going through the documents and hearing the arguments in the matter for over half an hour, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi and Ms Justice Bakhshish Kaur, further ordered that if the government, or the corporation, was planning to take action against the club, it should be finalised within four months of receiving a copy of today’s orders. Significantly, the judges added that in case the lease deed was cancelled, the corporation would have to compensate the club by refunding the amount spent after the execution of the lease deed. In their detailed order, the judges clarified that the verdict would not stop the competent authority to take any decision in the matter of illegality, if there was any, regarding the lease granted to the club. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, February 6 The plaintiff had filed a civil suit that he had a preferential right to contest the election on a Congress ticket from 54-Raikot Assembly constituency. He had prayed for the issuance of temporary injunction restraining the PPCC through its President, Punjab Congress
Bhavan, Sector-15, and the All India Congress Committee through its President, from allotting the congress tickets to the defendant, Mr Harmohinder Singh.
Bail denied
A local court today dismissed the bail plea moved by an employee of the Estate Office in the Mauli Jagran land scam case. The accused, Sadhu Ram, had been arrested by the UT Vigilance Department for allegedly involved in the scam along with others.
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Studio ordered to pay compensation Chandigarh, February 6 The complainant, Ms Ranjit Kaur, got herself photographed at Roshan Studios, SCF 9, Sector 9-D and paid Rs 200 as advance on May 18, 2001. The complainant said that she was not satisfied with the rough proofs of her photographs produced by the studios but the
lensman started arguing with her, asserting that the photographs were perfect. The complainant claimed that she insisted that fresh photographs be taken, but the lensman insisted that he would charge Rs 25 extra per photograph. The complainant alleged that when she refused to pay the extra
amount, he made a remark which she found intolerable. She alleged that the opposite party demanded Rs 500 more from her. The complainant had then filed a complaint against Roshan Studios under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The complainant said the opposite party was duly served notice, but he did not appear to contest the case. He was proceeded against ex-parte on November 6, 2001. A Bench of the consumer court comprising of the President, Mr Beant Sigh Bedi, and member, Ms Urvashi Agnihotri, directed Roshan Studios to refund Rs 200 to the complainant, which she had paid to him, and also pay Rs 200 to her as compensation for physical and mental harassment caused to her. The court further directed Roshan Studio to pay Rs 200 as costs of litigation to the complainant. |
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