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PU to get tough on double affiliation Memos
submitted * “Panjab University seems to be dodging students in the name of a uniform fee hike”, said the Student Organisation of Panjab University in a memorandum submitted to the Syndics before the Syndicate meeting today. Harveer Singh, president of the organisation, said the university had announced a hike of 10 per cent for all. In case of the Law Department, the fee last year was Rs 63 for all classes. “This session the students of the first year have been asked to pay Rs 160, while the second and the third year student will pay Rs 70,” he said. “Tuition fee and laboratory charges for the science courses have also been increased. In MSc (Bio-technology), the tuition fee last year was Rs 138 and laboratory charges were Rs 70. This year students have been asked to pay a tuition fee of Rs 520 and laboratory charges of Rs 175,” Harveer Singh said. *
The Panjab University (Non-Teaching) Employees Federation, in a memorandum, has sought that the university should give fee relaxation to the wards of employees in the University Institute of Engineering and Technology. It has also sought further concession in the NRI fee for the wards of the university employees. Chandigarh, July 6 This was finalised by the university Syndicate today while deciding not to allow double affiliation to its colleges from the forthcoming academic session. The issue pertained to certain affiliated colleges which had sought affiliation to Punjab Technical University for courses like BCA and M.Sc (Information Technology). A committee has been constituted to pass ‘standing orders’ on the issue. The university will conduct an entrance test for enrolment in PhD research course from the forthcoming academic session. Students who have qualified in the NET examination of the University Grants Commission will be exempted from taking the examination. The university has also decided to exempt full-time employed teachers from the test. The original draft did not excuse them. Validity of the entrance test will be three years against only one year in the original plan. Prof Dinesh Talwar, a fellow, had submitted a memorandum to the Vice-Chancellor in this regard. Prof Balwinder Singh from the Technical Teachers Training Institute has been appointed as the Professor-cum-Director of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology. Dr Tapas Mukhopadhyay has been appointed a professor at the National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research. The Vice-Chancellor has been authorised to make investment of the university money, including provident fund deposits of the employees. The university Syndicate also suggested need for amendment regarding the present regulations which were stumbling blocks and led to delay. Principal A.C. Vaid initiated the discussion saying that the matter pertained to the Senate and not the Syndicate. He asked what benefits was the university drawing by investing in banks other than the State Bank of India, which was the ‘official’ bank. The Syndicate has authorised the Vice-Chancellor to make appointments of the Dean Student Welfare, Dean Foreign Welfare and Dean Alumni Relations. The Syndicate also authorised the Vice-Chancellor to make appointment of the Associate Dean Student Welfare (Women). The Syndicate took cognisance of the arrest of Prof Jagdish Kalra of the Department of Correspondence Studies. He has been arrested in connection with the ongoing PPSC recruitment scandal involving Ravi Sidhu. The Vice-Chancellor has been asked to look into the matter. The Syndicate has decided to confer an honorary degree of DSc on Dr Ranjit Kumar Chandra, a leading medical expert from Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada). He has also donated Rs 2 crore to the university. The Syndicate postponed a decision on amendment of Section 31 of the university calendar. It was suggested that for issues pertaining to admissions and rules regarding courses, the university should be able to take decisions independently, instead of waiting for a clearance from the Centre. The Syndicate felicitated Prof R.C. Sobti of the Department of Biotechnology on his having been appointed fellow and a life member of the UICC by the International Union Against Cancer Research. Prof D.N. Jauhar of the Department of Laws was felicitated for recognition of his work by the Supreme Court of India by citing a reference from his book “Rent Matters on Trial”.
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Preference
for science subjects Chandigarh, July 6 Meanwhile, at the admission venue, students and parents kept pouring in since morning and the admissions went on smoothly with committee members calling in candidates for counselling according to merit. While students, who scored above 65 per cent were interviewed today, cases of students scoring above 60 per cent would be taken up on July 8. |
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Rally on water
conservation Chandigarh, July 6 She emphasised that the need of the hour was to make check dams by initiating water harvesting. She gave examples of villages in Gujarat
and Madhya Pradesh. Mr Khushali Ram Sharma, Mr Amarjit Singh, and Ms Prem Lata also spoke at the function. Later, a rally was flagged off by Ms Madhu Bala which went through Sectors 19, 18 and other sectors. The students took a pledge that they would make optimum use of water and educate friends, family members and neighbours to make judicious use of water. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, July 6 The minister and his brothers were apprehending arrest in a case registered under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code at Punhana police station in Gurgaon district after Rastuni, wife of Azad Mohammad’s brother, died of burn injuries. Seeking anticipatory bail, counsel for the petitioners had contended that Rastuni had accidentally suffered burn injuries at her residence on February 22. Claiming political rivalry to be the reason behind their implication, counsel had said that at least six criminal cases were registered against Azad Mohammad and his family. In all cases, the accused had been granted anticipatory bail, counsel said. Going into the background of the case, counsel had asserted that Azad Mohammad had won elections on INLD ticket but had left the party and joined the Haryana Vikas Manch, headed by former Chief Minister Bansi Lal. Since then, he had earned the wrath of the present government, counsel alleged.
Absence due to strike no cause for indulgence The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the decision of advocates not to appear before a court on account of strike “cannot constitute a cause for indulgence from judicial forum”. Mr Justice J.S. Narang observed: “It is averred in a paragraph of an application that counsel could not appear on account of strike by lawyers on May 24, i.e. they had abstained from appearing in the court on that date. I am afraid this action cannot constitute a cause for indulgence from judicial forum.” The ruling further states: “Granting indulgence to counsel being absent from hearing before the court on account of strike would also in a way amount to contribution towards contempt of the apex court. It shall be apposite to observe that giving any kind of indulgence to the applicant or to counsel having participated in a strike of lawyers shall be a clear violation of law laid down by the apex court. Thus, I am afraid this ground is not available to anyone, neither to counsel nor to the applicant”. |
PESCO sets up film institute Chandigarh, July 6 Mr Sidhu, who is also Secretary, Department of Defence Services Welfare, Punjab, said the prime objective of the PFTI was to provide professional training, counselling, guidance and coaching to the youth to enable them to embark upon a career in the film and TV industry. Advertisements had been issued in leading newspapers for an admission examination to the institute scheduled for July 14. Mr Sidhu said it was a recognised fact that India had the largest film and TV industry in the world. With the advent of the satellite and cable TV, the demand for professionally trained talent had grown on account of the large number of serials being produced. Similarly, there was an increasing demand from the advertising sector. Recognising the immense potential of this sector, reputed financial institutions like the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) had started financing film production. Some film and TV companies had become
corporations and were now listed in various stock exchanges. Mr Deepak Malhotra, Principal of the PFTI, said not currently Punjabi men are tall, fair and handsome while Punjabi women are known for their beauty the world over. Our youth also has the unique capacity of being able to converse fluently in four major languages — Hindi, English, Punjabi and Urdu. Mr Deepak Malhotra said Ms Prema, a gold medallist from Panjab University, would look after the affairs of the institute. She had won an award from the President of India and had been part of an Indian cultural delegation to Bangkok. The institute had roped in Mr Rakesh, formally with Roshan Taneja at Bombay. Mr Rakesh has had the distinction of training reputed film personalities like Govinda and Neelam. Mr DS Bhatia, Financial Controller, PESCO, told the course was of six months’ duration. The all-inclusive fee was Rs 26,000. However, 15 per cent discount would be available to ex-servicemen and their dependents and 10 per cent for members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Application forms were available at various branches of the ICICI Bank, the HDFC Bank and the State Bank of Hyderabad in Punjab. The last date for application was July 10. PESCO has developed a new auditorium with modern equipment in an area of 2500 square feet. This auditorium can be made available to reputed film and TV producers for shooting and training who are likely to engage local talent. |
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FILM REVIEW Akshay Khanna has emerged as a clear winner over the rest of the cast, including Bobby Deol and Amisha Patel. His role with a negative streak has strong colours of brilliance which will leave indelible impressions on the public mind. Although a remake of a Hollywood hit ‘A Perfect Murder’, this Bollywood adaptation deserves all credit for slickness and considerable pruning of Bollywood additives. Amisha Patel has also managed a decent performance. Johny Lever gives another one of his trademark comic performances providing interludes of light atmosphere in dark corners of a plot full of murders. The script in the first half particularly could have been further tightened to give the plot a stronger impact. Music by Himesh Reshamiya deserves special mention because its fast-beat tracks merge nicely into the background of a fast-paced story. Sudhakar Sharma has scripted the lyrics. One good aspect of the overall presentation is the crisp dialogue. Akshay Khanna and Amisha are dance partners in a troupe that is trying its best to make it to a shipping company as the official dance troupe in its banquet hall. Bobby Deol owns the shipping company. Bobby falls for Amisha but Amisha and Akshay are ‘madly’ in love. Amisha, however, agrees to the marriage proposal of Bobby and also marries him as a part of a plot hatched by Akshay. He wants Amisha to divorce Bobby after marriage so that she can get millions as maintenance charges. However, after marriage she discovers she cannot betray Bobby. Akshay, however, is adamant. Mentionable choreography by Raju Khan has been further enhanced through the photography of Ravi Yadav that is also brilliant in other portions besides songs. Ganesh Jain and Rattan Jain are the producers under the banner of Venus of the movie bearing the directorial stamp of the thriller masters’ Abbas-Mastan. |
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An evening of fashion and design Chandigarh, July 6 The first round of the evening was an ode to God. Vandana, as it was titled, brought out the element of spirituality in the Indian line of designs. There were 16 models who participated in all four rounds today. The second round was called ‘colours of life’. It focused on the bright aspects of nature, drawing inspiration from colours of the sea, trees and the sky. A bride and bridegroom round was rather interesting with the models walking the ramp in the best of attire to make an impact. This round was all about intricate patterns woven into the fabric with great care (although at times, the costume was a little too jarring to the eyes). Both girls and boys looked quite in awe of themselves as they took the ramp wearing the so-called bridal and bridegroom wear. Indian look with modern touch was the title of the fourth round of this evening which seemed to stretch out more than it was scheduled to. In fact the function began much later than the scheduled time. |
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Ghazal evening in Mohali Club SAS Nagar, July 6 The sole artiste, Abhiranjan, in his first big public performance in India started with “ Teri baten hi sunane aye, dost bhi dil hi dukhane aye/ Phul khilte hain to hum sochte hain, tere aane ke samane aye” and went to other ghazals, impressing the audience with his range and versatility. Talking to mediapersons before the programme, which was organised by innovative Live Music, Abhiranjan said: “You will sing anything if the meaning is good and touches you.” He said projecting girls before the camera singing about aspects of old culture was not justified. This might sell, but could not be a thing which one could appreciate. Ahbhi was born in Punjab. His father was employed with Air-India for over 30 years and his mother came from a family of artistes. She herself was a singer of repute. Abhi later moved to Japan, where he attended classes in music and performed at his home or those of friends. He returned to India to immerse himself totally in music. Apart from Ghazals, he sings Punjabi folk songs as well. |
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