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Monday,
April 14, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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VC
promises action on question paper leakage Technical symposium concludes Body found near railway track
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Thieves strike at MLA’s house Haryana BJP leaders visit Fatehabad One killed, five injured in
accident
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VC promises action
on question paper leakage Ambala, April 13 Talking to TNS, he said the well-being of students and teachers was the uppermost in his list of priorities and he would strive to help the university regain its lost prestige. On the leakage of question papers leading to the cancellation and postponement of various examinations, Dr Chawla said a high-level inquiry had been ordered to probe into the racket and action would be taken against those found guilty. A committee comprising six deans of the university had been constituted to fix responsibility in this regard. To check any tampering, envelopes containing the question papers would now be sealed and put in banks, as is done by the CBSE, said the VC. The superintendents of various centres would only be allowed to withdraw them an hour before the examination. Admitting that the cancellation of papers all over and rescheduling them puts students to inconvenience, Dr Chawla said it had been done only to make the system more fool-proof. The VC has once again allowed girl students to study and appear as private candidates for examinations of various classes. The university had earlier disallowed them to appear privately. Further, students can now clear their compartment in two chances instead of one. Expressing concern at the falling standards of research in education, Dr Chawla said steps would be taken to motivate students and teachers to undertake more research projects. Teachers will, henceforth, be allowed to carry a part of the answer-sheets home for evaluation but will be required to submit them back within the stipulated time. However, spot evaluation will continue. The VC said the academic fees would not be changed mid-session. He would also take up problems of private college teachers with the Director, Higher Education. |
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Technical
symposium concludes Yamunanagar, April 13 Dr R.C. Chauhan, Director, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Punjab, said the budding engineers were the future of the nation and hence it was primary duty of technical institutions to educate them in latest technologies. The Director of the Haryana Engineering College, Dr B.S. Gill, said the institute had organised such a symposium for the second time and more than 50 colleges and universities participated in it. Among main participants were IIT, Roorkee, NIT Jalandhar, Thapar Engineering College, Patiala, GND, Ludhiana, and AMU, Aligarh. More than 150 technical papers were presented in various branches of engineering and technology. The chief convener of the function, Dr Shakti Kumar, advised all students to be more positive towards new technologies. |
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Body found near railway track Yamunanagar, April 13 The police has registered a case of murder. A resident of Vijay Nagar Colony spotted the body yesterday morning on the railway track and informed the railway police, which took possession of the body and informed family members. Till late evening yesterday, the family members had not reached the hospital. Thus a post-mortem examination could not be performed. Residents of Alahar village, who reached the site after getting the information, identified the deceased. The postmortem examination was conducted this morning. The police after seeing injuries on the body has registered a case of murder and started investigation but no arrest has been made so far. It is also revealed that the deceased was hit on the head but the cause of death has not been established as yet. Karanveer was married and had one child. |
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Nagar kirtan marks Baisakhi eve Ambala, April 13 The procession, which started from Gurdwara Guru Singh Sabha, Lal Kurti, passed through subzi mandi, Football Chowk, Government College, Kabari bazar, Punjabi gurdwara, Sadar Bazaar, Pul Chameli, Gurdwara Sukhmani Sahib, Gurdwara Kachi Sarain, Gurdwara Paledar Mohalla, Gurdwara Karam Singh before culminating at a gurdwara. A large number of people, including little children and attired in colourful clothes, participated in the procession reciting shabad
kirtan. Traffic was disrupted at a few places and people put to inconvenience when the procession was passing through the busy
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Thieves
strike at MLA’s house Yamunanagar, April 13 According to information available thieves entered the house of Mr Kanwar Pal, MLA, Chhachhrauli, at his Gujjar Nagar residence at Jagadhri. When the newsman contacted the MLA today he said he was away to his constituency and his family had gone to his relatives house. He said when his family members came back around 4 p.m. they found that the thieves had struck in the house. They immediately informed him about the incident. He said that after breaking open the almirah the thieves took away jewellery and Rs 30,000. Mr Kanwar Pal said he immediately informed the police. The Arjun Nagar police station of Jagadhri has registered a case but no arrest has been made so far. |
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Haryana
BJP leaders visit Fatehabad Chandigarh, April 13 Mr Dhankar said that Mr Virkumar Yadav and Kailash Sharma, general secretaries of the Haryana BJP were in Fatehabad today to study the political situation in the constituency. “We will take a decision on contesting the May 21 Fatehabad byelection on the basis of the findings of the two members”, Mr Dhankar said. |
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One killed, five injured in
accident Ambala, April 13 According to the police, the deceased was identified as
Subrhmanyam. His wife, Manju Bala (40), and two kids Pratiakshya (12) and Partush (8)
were injured in the accident. Their servant, Geeta (20), and a relative, Rashmi (30), also sustained serious injuries in the accident. The police reached the spot on getting the information and shifted the body to the Civil Hospital in Ambala City. Subrhmanyam was an officer in the New India Insurance Company. The injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital at Ambala city. |
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Person run over
by train Ambala, April 13 According to the Railway police, the victim seemed to be in his early thirties could not be identified. The police sent the body to the local Civil Hospital for post-mortem.
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Ambala,
April 13
