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Attestation powers for private college Chandigarh, March 29 A resolution mooted in this regard by two Fellows of the university, Dr S.S. Sangha and Dr R.P.S. Josh, was approved by the university’s Syndicate a few days ago and had been forwarded to the Senate. The principal of the college concerned will recommend the names of the lecturers to the university’s Controller of Examinations (COE) for approval. The approval will be valid for a period of three years, following which a fresh recommendation will have to be forwarded to the COE by the principal. Lecturers, as approved by the COE, will have the authority to attest documents for the purpose of admission, examination and other academic purposes in relation to Panjab University only. Attestation by lecturers would not be valid for any other university, board, institution or organisation. The resolution had been moved some time ago but was referred back to the committee processing it after some observations were made by Senate members during its last meeting. The resolution had originally sought that all lecturers in non-government colleges be granted across-the-board powers to attest academic documents, including photocopies of degrees, mark-sheets and certificates as well as photographs. The revised resolution sought that only “approved and full-time senior lecturers working in private colleges affiliated with Panjab University” be granted powers of attestation. The resolution added that the number of such lecturers be restricted between 3 and 7, depending upon the strength of the college. Further, the powers of attestation should be granted strictly on the basis of seniority. |
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for exam duty in affiliated colleges Chandigarh, March 29 A recommendation in this regard has been accepted by the science faculty. The matter, however, requires a formal sanction of the university Senate. The matter was raised by Prof Charanjit Chawla. He said before 1984 the university faculty were regular visitors to colleges as examiners. The university from the current session has revived the requirement of external examiners in colleges, however, there has been no participation from the university faculty. Prof S.M. Handa, Dean, science faculty, moved the resolution, which was unanimously accepted. The issue of common syllabi in universities of Punjab was taken up. It was pointed out that the suggestion of 25 per cent variation was not in consonance with the UGC norms. Prof S.P. Dhawan pointed out several lapses in science education at the Postgraduate Science Institute, Jagraon. His point was seconded by Dr S.M. Sehgal. The faculty also cleared the syllabi for several classes. These include M.Sc. (genomics), M.Sc. (botany), environment studies syllabi for undergraduate and postgraduate classes, bio-technology, computer science, mathematics and chemistry, botany and zoology courses for undergraduate classes. |
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Focus on role of principals Chandigarh, March 29 Speakers laid stress on the role played by a principal in creating a right culture which influences teachers, who in turn influence and build students’ personality. The principal should be a leader, visionary, pace-setter, developer, resource provider, faculty team builder, educationalist as well as an administrator, they added. The exercise of feedback, when shared with principals, was found by them to be a useful tool, especially that received from parents and students.
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350 students get degrees Chandigarh, March 29 Dr Goswamy urged the students to set aside small prejudices and strive for achievements. He said that presently the world offered a lot of opportunity for youngsters and they must focus on their targets. Earlier, the college Principal, Mr Balvinder Singh, read out the annual report, highlighting activities and achievements of the students in academic, sports and extracurricular activities. The principal also conferred degrees on 28 postgraduates in English, 29 graduates in BCA, 27 in BBA, 101 in BCom, 225 in BA and 108 graduates in BSc. Besides, 90 degrees were conferred on those for passing out with honours. Deepti Dhir and Anant Modgil were awarded for standing first in MA (English) and BA, respectively. Other students who were awarded degrees for outstanding performance included Abhishekh, Akhilesh Gupta, Bhupesh Arora, Aman Yadav, Manjeet Singh, Babu Ram Sharma, Sumit Aggarwal and Piyush Wig. Among girls, the toppers were Simrandeep, Deepti Dhir, Radha, Shikha, Vrinda and
Veenu.
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Course on chest imaging Chandigarh, march 29 Inaugurating the course, PGI Director Prof S.K. Sharma, highlighted the importance of CT scan in diagnosis of lung metastasis, especially when the chest X-ray may be normal. Former PGI Director, Prof I.C. Pathak, released the course content that has been brought out in the form of a book title, “ Chest and Cardiovascular Imaging.” Head of the Radiodiagnosis department, Prof Sudha Suri, said that advances in CT scan and MRI had improved diagnosis of lung diseases and cardiac lesions.
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Training
programme on environment Panchkula, March 29 The programme was organised at Hansraj Public School and was attended by a group of 60 teachers and students from 22 schools here. Mr Sarban Singh , Special Secretary-cum-Director, Environment, Haryana , was the chief guest. Dr Vikas Kohli, Secretary-General of the Indian Council of Environmental Education, and Dr Neelima Jairath from Punjab State Council of Science and Technology also spoke on the occasion. The latter presented her multi-disciplinary model for environmental education, including law, science, maths, economics, geography and literature. Prof Satish Narula, Punjab Agricultural University, and Prof S.P. Mittal, a former Principle Scientist, ICAR, also delivered lectures.
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Technical
paper contest at PEC Chandigarh, March 29 Atwal and Misha, first-year students, won the first prize for their paper on “Security hazards in computers”, while Arjun Suri, third-year student, bagged the second prize for his paper on “Pseudo-noise codes used in direct sequence spread spectrum”. Gaurav Chugh, third-year student, secured the third position for his paper on “Rapid prototyping”. Meanwhile, the PEC student chapter of the IEEE Computer Society organised a programming contest, “SemantiCa-03”. As many as 200 students participated. Certificates given:
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Art and
Craft Bonanza Chandigarh, March 29 Items prepared by pre-nursery children like paper bags, pencil caps, paper dolls, paper flowers and bangle stands and those prepared by kids from LKG and UKG like table lamps, goggles, wall hanging, photo frames, message pads, letter holders, pencil stands decorative pots and flowers made from egg-shells were on display. School bags, stuffed toys, tie and dye items, pottery, fabric paintings, pillows of various shapes, block prints and various items made out of waste materials made by senior students were also on display. |
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contest for children Chandigarh, March 29 The contest will consist of one award and two runners-up trophies in male and female categories. The male participants will sing Mohd Rafi songs and the female Lata’s numbers. These awards will be given away by a film personality at the society’s annual function Rafi Nite in the month of November this year. Last year these awards were given away by music director Pyarelal. Entries close with Mr B.D. Sharma, 3035/29-D, Chandigarh on April 20. |
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bereaved Chandigarh, March 29 A practicing lawyer, Mr Sachdeva was returning to Chandigarh on a scooter along with a friend who was riding pillion when they collided with an Indica car coming from the opposite direction. Family said he was taken to the hospital but he died on the way. The police has impounded the car as well as the scooter. The family was informed later and they rushed to Ropar. Mr Sachdeva, who was 49, is survived by his wife and two sons. Several persons from the education field, and legal fraternity as well as representatives from the DAV Managing Committee, New Delhi, attended the cremation.
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, March 29 While deposing before the UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Balbir Singh, the witness stated that he was attached with the security of the former CM on August 31, 1995, the day he was killed in bomb explosion. The witness stated that he was on duty in the parking slot at Punjab, Civil Secretariat where the former CM’s car was parked. At 5 p.m. the CM came out from the Secretariat. Soon after a bomb blast took place in the former CM’s car. His two commando’s were killed and the driver wounded. Trespass case:
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223 cases
settled Panchkula, March 29 Mr R.S. Virk, Member Secretary, Haryana State Legal Services Authority, presided over the adalat and visited various courts and discussed the aims and objectives of holding an adalat. He said lok adalats provide a statutory forum to the people to resolve all disputes except those expressly prohibited by the law. All categories of civil cases, including bank disputes(5) and service matters (13), cases under the Motor Vehicles Act (163), accident claims (24), 18 cases of criminal revision were taken up. Mr H.S. Dahiya, Chief Judicial Magistrate and secretary, District Legal Services Authority, said the state Legal Services Authority could provide free legal aid to persons whose annual income was below Rs 25,000 per annum. |
FILM REVIEW The dry run for successful screen beauties in the Bollywood arena is likely to continue unabated as even ‘Ek Aur Ek Gyarah’ (Picaddily and KC, Panchkula) is unlikely to create any box-office ripples. This one had ‘great expectations’ going by the previous track record of the Govinda-Sanjay Dutt pair. Not just the attractive star presence, the production also has the big names of the movie-mogul Subhash Ghai in the producer’s seat and another ‘king of slapstick comedy’ David Dhawan, in the director’s chair, attached to ensure at least initial crowds. Jackie Schroff in the supporting role is another ace that Ghai keeps up his sleeve in the cast of his major hits of yesteryear. However, un1ike the past tradition, these big names are unlikely to guarantee crowd rushes. Govinda handles the reins of this chariot and has done a decent job with his trademark grace of timing in comic deliverance. However, with lacking support of the co-stars as ‘warriors in this battle’, the battle is not going to be easy sailing. Sanjay Dutt lacks in the timing that is indispensable to any comic package. The Govinda-Dutt duo is petty criminals who fool innocent people to make small profits. They enter the life of Jackie Schroff, an army officer, as his servants with the clear aim of making away with the material goods. These petty criminals are pitted against the heavyweight of the crime arena, Ashish Vidyarthi and Gulshan Grover. A lady in custody goes missing from the lock-up and Jackie is suspended. The duo take it upon themselves to set the things right and the end is quite predictable. Amrita Arora and Nandini Singh are merely ornamental additions to attempt yet another ‘also ran’ Indian curries. Only the ingredients needed a more proportionate handling for preparing delicacy compatible with the audience palates. ‘Ek aur ek gyarah’ has been made under the banner of Mukta Arts. Yunus Sejawal is the storywriter. Camera work by Nadeem Khan is worth special mention for deft handling of scene settings. Sameer has penned the lyrics and at least a couple of numbers are already on top of the chartbusters. Shankar-Eshaan-Loy trio has made new innovations in their music. |
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Jacob inaugurates rural crafts fair Chandigarh, March 29 The mela, supported and sponsored by the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology
(CAPART) and organised by the Jindal Charitable Trust and the Kheti
Virast, aims to provide marketing avenues to the rural craftsmen. Inaugurating the show, General Jacob, praised CAPART for organising the mela in the memory of the divine Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram to commemorate her 125th birth anniversary. Lamenting that the traditional art forms were suffering due to lack of marketing avenues and exploitation of rural artisans by middlemen as they did not get suitable prices for their products, General Jacob said exhibition and melas acted as catalysts for the growth of traditional forms of art. Taking an optimistic note of the mela, the Governor wished that this type of melas would give direct marketing avenues to the rural artisans and CAPART would continue to organise melas in other cities for the benefit of rural artisans. After inaugurating the mela, General Jacob took a round of various stalls put up by the artisans from different states. He appreciated the efforts of the organisers in holding this type of melas. Others present on the occasion included Mr Komal Anand, Director-General,
CAPART, and Mr O.P. Jindal of the Jindal Charitable Trust.
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Film songs and ship models at carnival Chandigarh, March 29 Today’s cultural programme centred around Hindi music and was especially titled, “Hindi musical evening”. Routine activities that mark the Plaza Carnival every week continued along with the special session, dedicated to the everlasting melodies of Hindi films. The fort this evening was held by Pradeep Dutta and Meenu Palta. Earlier the carnival took off with an exhibition of aircraft and ship models — MIG 21, IL 76, AN-32 and Microlight Zen aircraft. Also on display were models of INS Ajay, INS Cannanore, INS Shakti, INS Shishumar, Seaking helicopter and yatches Maharani, Pooja and Laxmi. The aircraft and ship model manoeuvres in the sky and also in the Piazza drew a lot of public attention. This was followed by an entertaining musical evening, with Pradeep Dutta and Meenu Palta presenting solo and duet songs, both old and new. The melodies included ‘Rimjhim ke geet sawan gaye’ ‘Parda hai parda’, ‘Yeh maana meri jaan mohabbat saza hai’ and ‘Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein hum’. Both singers held the audience captive. Sponsored by The Tribune, the carnival did not just concentrate on music. It was also about many young budding artistes exhibiting their performing art talent in plenty. There was a series of dances by children and some activities revolved around art. At the artistes’ corner, the sway was held by the students of the Government College of Art, Sector 10, who indulged in painting and tattooing.
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Rock concert at Kala Gram Chandigarh, March 29 In the beginning, the mood of the audience was not much set to accept the complex music sequences of Deep Purple, Santana, Eric Clapton and Dire Strait, but gradually the momentum built up. The show was called Rock Rubato. For long, the rock group Triangle (the name is to be rechristened because the group now has four people), has been performing all across the country. After a gap, the group is back into action with a new set of songs, two composed by the members themselves. The group comprises Chitaranjan as the percussion player (drums), Gagan on the base guitar, Lalit on the lead guitar and Rahul as the vocalist. All members of the band are vocalists. They hit the right chord at the right time. Garnering audience support for rock sequences at Kala Gram was not an easy job, but the band managed it. Triangle prefers to stick to rock versions. They also love to reproduce versions created by the legendary rock singers like Deep Purple. “You cannot have that kind of a vibrant effect, but then you can always keep trying,” feel all the musicians. They were brought to the city today by Zoom Media Vision. |
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play at Yavanika Panchkula, March 29 The hilarious play, depicting the magnetic pull of the arc lights for youth, their narcissism, and the disappointment in failing to make it was appreciated. A large number of evening strollers were drawn to the play. The play was
written by G.S. Virdi and directed by Rajiv Mehta and Sukhbir.
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