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PU declares results of third-time
lucky students Chandigarh, May 24 Then the Punjab School Education Board gave these students a special chance and they were able to clear their compartment examinations. Meanwhile, they had appeared for first year classes in the university where they were enrolled in an affiliated college. The results have now been declared, confirmed sources in the examination branch. The matter comes up for ratification before the university Syndicate where it says “ the Vice-Chancellor, in anticipation of the approval by the Syndicate, has allowed to declare the results of all such candidates who had appeared in BA, B.Sc and B.Com (first year) in 2000 and 2001 and whose results were withheld for not clearing the compartment examinations within permissible chances. These students however cleared the same in special chance’’. The university move in certain cases saves two academic years of a student and it is felt that there should be a direct contact between the state education boards and the university. Procedure should be clearly laid down in such a case. The students had cleared their compartment examinations in a ‘third special chance’ given to them by the board in September 2001. These students were already admitted to first year undergraduate classes in anticipation of their clearing the compartment examinations in the permissible two chances but which they could not. Mr Ashok Goyal, a Fellow, had highlighted the matter at a Senate meeting held in March. He had said the university had a precedent when a similar concession was allowed in September, 1999. He said in case the university did not accept the results of the ‘third chance’ students were on a verge of loosing two academic years. He submitted a note to the VC seeking “ immediate action”. There appears every justification in acceptance of the ‘third-time lucky’ results because the university itself had allowed special concessions in certain cases. On the other hand it is felt that instead of an argument over a third chance every time, a candidate should be given limitless chances to clear his papers. However, he should not be promoted to the senior class ‘even conditionally’ under such circumstances. |
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Adventure
camp in the hills Chandigarh, May 24 Not all children are interested in passive indoor activities like reading, playing on the computer of participating in activities like theatre and art, they want to be more adventurous and outgoing. The adventure camp keeps this in mind and exposes children to nature walks, repelling, traversing, bird watching, navigating in the hills and jungles, cooking and studying nature from close quarters. The resultant milieu not only makes children independent and self-assured but also gives them a sense of responsibility and direction as they learn to focus, concentrate, share and communicate at different levels. The two-night three-day camp has been planned to include treks, demonstrations, talks, quizzes and other interpersonal activity. The camp is for the 10 to 15 year olds. |
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Army schoolteachers get IT training Chandigarh, May 24 Maj-Gen R.S. Batra, Maj-Gen in charge, Administration, gave the valedictory address and distributed prizes to the winners of the course. Two initiative prizes were bagged by Mrs Rani of Army School, Kota, and Miss Sneh of Army School, Fazilka. The chief guest also presented a memento to the organisers and instructor of the course. Addressing the participants, the Major-General said, “Education and welfare of troops are the KRAs for this command. We are already trying to improve the quality of education in all our Army/Army Public Schools and this workshop is one step towards that objective. These resource teachers will further train 10 teachers each and thereby, all teachers of Army/Army Public Schools of this Command will be computer savvy by September 30. I may also inform you that we have planned the construction of 14 Army schools during the coming year and soon you will find modern schools coming up even in the remote and border areas of this command”. Earlier, Wg Cdr Avtar Singh (Retd), Director, AWES, welcomed the Chief Guest. |
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Telebooks
launched Chandigarh, May 24 A88 Solutions under the leadership of Akhil Verma has attempted to introduce the concept of buying books of one’s choice by just calling up at his office number. “Call up 775303, 877388 or 9622116688 and place the order of your choice. We have a comprehensive list of about 15 lakh titles, including competition material, college level books and of various other facilities of the university. The students can order their books which will be delivered at their doorsteps without any service charges,” Verma said. Verma, a student of Punjab Engineering College, said, “we have tied up with the leading publishing houses. We will try to get the copy directly from the publisher. This would cost lesser to the students and also save them from paying us any charges because we will get our share directly from the publisher”. The service currently will be available only to students in the city, SAS Nagar and Panchkula. |
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Airing creativity of kids Chandigarh, May 24 Following the tradition of helping children with expression through theatre, Munish and Rajesh today began their 10th workshop in Namdev Bhavan, Sector 21. What makes their effort stand out among the many others is the fact that they actually direct sensible scripts for children. Among the best production they have created with children are Vijay Tendulkar’s ‘Bobby’, Bhisham Sahni’s ‘Muawze’ and Sarveshwar Dyal Saxena’s ‘Bakri’. As one watched them in action this morning, one realised why children open up better with them. The technique adopted by the couple is professional and natural at the same time. Their grounding at the National School of Drama also gets reflected in the way they help children with airing their creativity through aerobics and yoga. Voice and speech therapy is an inherent element of the couple’s strategy which aims at introducing concentration, imagination games, apart from art and craft techniques. On the concluding day, a function will be held in Tagore Theatre. |
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PPSC SCAM Chandigarh, May 24 Members of the DBA, while observing a strike today protested against the Judges whose kith and kin were appointed by adopting corrupt, unfair and influential means. They said that in order to maintain the dignity of the judicial institution, all the judicial officers alleged to be involved in the PPSC scandal should be sacked by the authority. The advocates appreciated the effort of the Punjab and Haryana Bar Association for condemning the alleged role of the High Court Judges in the PPSC scam and also appreciated the effort of The Editor of The Tribune, Mr Hari Jaisingh, for writing the front page editorial and report. The strike was started in the morning and continued till evening. No advocate appeared in the court to attend their cases, only the proxy counsel appointed on the behalf of other advocates in the court appeared. The President of the DBA, Mr N.K. Nanda, said that executive members of the DBA held a meeting in the morning and decided to observe the strike with a view to supporting the cause of the Punjab and Haryana Bar Association. He informed that on May 28, all members of the DBA would gather in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Thereafter, members of all bar associations from Punjab and Haryana would submit a memorandum to the Governor of Punjab and also to the Governor of Haryana. The Secretary of the DBA, Mr N.K. Kapil, said that the appointment of certain judicial officers, allegedly by adopting corrupt means, had generated a resentment in the general public and specially in the lawyers community. Therefore, it was important to condemn the act of the officers allegedly involved. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, May 24 The UT police had registered a case against Sidhu under the Arms Act and the Excise Act in the Sector 39 police Station. The cases against the accused were registered after the recovery of 14 bottles of foreign liquor, 250 rounds of .12-bore gun and 225 rounds of Springfield rifle from his house in Sector 39. The accused was arrested by the Vigilance Department, Punjab, on March 26 allegedly while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh. Judicial remand Three employees of the Controller of Explosives office, Sector 22, who were arrested by the CBI while accepting a bribe, have been remanded in judicial custody till June 7. The CBI had arrested Kamlesh Kumar, Jarnail Singh, Chandiram and registered a case under the prevention of corruption Act. The CBI had laid a trap on the complaint of Gulab Singh who had recently bought an oil tanker and wanted the same to be registered in the name of his wife from the office of the Controller of Explosives. He was allegedly asked by the employees to pay Rs 2,500 as bribe for getting his work done. Remand extended Amardeep Singh, allegedly involved in a case of cheating, was further remanded in 14 days’ judicial remand by a local court. The city police had registered a case against a resident of Sector 21, Amardeep Singh, on December 6, 2001, for allegedly cheating a resident of Hoshiarpur, Satnam Singh, on the pretext of arranging a kidney for him. It was alleged that the accused had promised to provide a kidney to Satnam Singh of Hoshiarpur and took Rs 4.15 lakh for the purpose from him. However, he neither returned the money nor arranged the promised kidney. |
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Electronics
enthusiast gets respite Chandigarh, May 24 In his petition against the Union of India, Chandigarh’s Senior Superintendent of Police, a Deputy Superintendent of Police and HFCL Infotel, Mr Gaur, had also sought directions to the respondents to “ensure that the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 were not misused by the basic telephony service providers by taking shelter under it for providing outdated technology”. Directions to the respondents for using the latest CDMA technology were also sought. His counsel had claimed that through Mr Gaur had merely pointed out a patent lacuna in CDMA technology based WLL service in pursuance of a licence granted to the company by the Union of India, the respondents were taking shelter under the provisions of the IT Act. He had added that Mr Gaur had even appeared before a senior police officer and they were convinced that the petitioner had not hacked the system as alleged by the complainant. It may be recalled that Mr Gaur, an electronics enthusiast, had earlier claimed that he could copy the telephone number of any WLL hand set thereby producing a “cloned” set which could be used for spying. Giving details, Mr Gaur had reportedly told the media that it was possible to make outgoing calls and listen to incoming calls once a handset had been cloned. This, he had added, could lead to a possible loss of privacy, besides result in security hazards. This was not all. Cloning could also lead to inflated telephone bills due to proxy calls, counsel had submitted. Mr Gaur had also told the reporters that initially the process of cloning had taken him three months but now he could copy any telephone number onto another handset available in the market within 15 minutes. The case will now come up for further hearing on May 28. |
New Punjabi singer on the block Chandigarh, May 24 After long last, the singer who belongs to Bhagowal, Hoshiarpur, today released his first audio cassette titled “Hare dupatte wali”, which has music by Manuj Dev. Lyrics are by Satnam Satti, Pritam Ludhianavi and Manuj Dev. Speaking on the occasion today, the singer said, “My cassette has eight songs covering various moods and melodies. My classical base will be reflected in my rendition.” Sukhwinder has been trained in classical music by Prof Kirpal Singh of Jalandhar, and has also taken a visharad in the field of classical music. He has also performed in the famous concert Salamat Ali Nazakat Ali (Shaam Chaurasi) held in Hoshiarpur every year. The programme airs the talent of seasoned singers. Sukhwinder also talked with dejection about the way music was being sold these days. “Most of today’s singers learn singing after releasing their cassette. It is much better to be first familiar with your trade than learning it later.” One music video of Sukhwinder’s song is on air on one of the Punjabi channels.  |
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