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May 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Haryana to have anti-copying Act
soon HIGH COURT
Plan to introduce credit-based grading
system Soaring on wings
of change Cong leader flays Chautala
govt Selection grade for 7 IAS officers |
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Move to ban combine
harvesters dropped Prizes for cleaning drains announced Sub-surface dams to benefit 6 villages Attack on liquor shop leaves one dead
Scribe arrested, in police remand BJP leader arrested, released Chunmun Club to hold
kids' workshops In-laws booked for woman’s death IREP: Haryana adjudged best
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Haryana to have anti-copying Act
soon Karnal, May 9 The state government has sought the opinion of the Vice-Chancellors of the universities in the state about the nature of the Act and what type of measures it should contain to curb the menace of copying. The government seems to have awakened to the reality of framing such an Act after the leakage of seven examination papers of Kurukshetra University. A further cause for worry was that Kurukshetra University had to cancel the examination papers on a large scale and almost the entire undergraduate examination was rescheduled because of leakage. Official sources confirmed to The Tribune that the government was desirous of formulating such an Act which should not only act as a deterrent to copying in the undergraduate and post-graduate examinations, but should also cover the various entrance examinations for admissions to engineering colleges, medical colleges and other professional courses. It is being felt that the quantum of punishment should be such that the examinees do not feel that they have been treated like criminals. But at the same time it should be deterrent in nature. As a first step, a comparative statement of punishment for various types and acts of copying has already been made available to the Vice-Chancellors of the universities in the state. The statement lists the quantum of punishment with regard to different copying offences of Panjab University, Chandigarh, Delhi University, Kurukshetra University, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, and Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. Enquiries made by this reporter indicate that the government is keen to incorporate whatever is the best in all five universities so that the anti-copying Act becomes a model for other universities in the country. A meeting of the committee constituted by Kurukshetra University for making comprehensive suggestions for framing an anti-copying Act was held on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Dr A.S. Chawla, Vice-Chancellor of the university. Besides Deans of various faculties of the university, the meeting was attended by Dr Subash Sharma, Principal, D.N. College, Hisar, Dr Ramji Lal, Principal, Dyal Singh College, Karnal, Dr Balbir Singh, Principal, G.N. Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, Dr N.K. Batra, Principal, Government College, Gharaunda, Dr K.L. Miglani, Principal, Arya College, Panipat, Mrs Usha Malik, Principal, Government College, Panchkula and Mr O.P. Sihag, Principal, Government College, Hisar. The meeting discussed the copying methods adopted by students, the role of the supervisory staff in encouraging copying, the approach of the police personnel on duty outside the examination centres towards the offenders, the role of the parents and relatives of the examinees and the appointment of the supervisory staff from the local colleges at the local examination centres. Many Principals are reported to have expressed the view that the menace of copying cannot be eradicated till the government decides to curb it with a heavy hand. Some of the main suggestions at the meeting included that photographs of the examinees should be actually tallied with those taking examinations; smuggling of answer books can be checked if the Deputy Superintendents perform their duties efficiently; for non-performers on examination duty, entries should be made in their ACRs; cases of impersonation should be treated as a criminal offence; and teachers of the same town and city should not be given local supervisory duty. An overall consensus at the meeting was that though copying should be checked with a firm hand, it should not be treated as a criminal act on the part of the students. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, May 9 Seeking the grant of stay “till the filing of an appeal in the Supreme Court”, Mr Kundu had earlier asserted that he would suffer irreparable loss if the same was not ordered. His counsel had added that Mr Kundu had not indulged in any “corrupt practice”. Moreover, he had the mandate of the people. Setting aside the elections on a petition filed by rival Indian National Congress candidate Kamal Sharma on the ground that his nomination papers had been wrongly rejected, Mr Justice Mittal had, on Thursday, directed the Election Commission of India to hold fresh elections. |
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Plan to introduce credit-based grading
system Chandigarh, May 9 About 350 delegates, including a large number of representatives of prominent industries, took part in the conference organised to give a fillip to the revision of curriculum of vocational courses taught in the state, an official press note said. Mr R Natarajan, Chairman of the All-India Council for Technical Education, who delivered the keynote address, said that the AICTE had launched a national initiative to improve the standard of technical education in the country. It was necessary to give a fresh look to the curriculum of technical education in view of the changed circumstances. Mr Natarajan regretted that technical education was being treated as a commercial enterprise by some vested interests. |
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Soaring on wings
of change Pinjore, May 9 The appointment of a Chief Flying Instructor (CFI) here has once again opened vistas for aviation enthusiasts of the region. The new flying instructor is expected to join by May 12 (the coming Monday) thus resuming training in aircraft flying. Training in power flying had been grounded since July 2002, when the then Chief Flying Instructor, G.S. Cheema, retired. According to sources in Haryana Civil Aviation inform that at least three new aircrafts are being added to the existing fleet of four, which will be used not just for training, but also for giving joyrides. Sources inform that a new Hansa Aircraft is being sent here by the Director General of Civil Aviation, a second hand Cessna aircraft is being bought by the state government from the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club and another Cessna VT- EMS is being rebuilt by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation , especially for the Institute. While the Hansa is expected to be procured by July, Cessna from Madhya Pradesh will reach here by end of September and the other Cessna aircraft will be added to the fleet by end of year. As of now, the institute has two Pushpak aircrafts, one Piper Cherokee and one Swati. However, only two of these are serviceable as one of these Pushpak aircrafts is awaiting the Certificate of Air Worthiness ( C of A) and Swati aircraft has been grounded for several years now. Other than this, the institute also offers
para-gliding and para-sailing facilities — with para-gliding being more popular with aviation enthusiasts from Haryana, Chandigarh and neighbouring areas of Himachal Pradesh. The institute has two gliders — one Ardara and another Super Blanic — which are now used mainly for training students attending adventure sports camps here. It may be noted that this institute had hit hard times as the cost of aircraft fuel (100 LL) increased several times over and people lost interest in learning flying. The fee for training was not increased and there was a time when the employees of HICA, Pinjore, were not paid salaries for several months. The Executive Director, Haryana Civil Aviation, Mr
R.M. Aggarwal, promises “By next year, this institute will be one of the best institutes of the country. A target for 1,500 hours of power flying and 4,000 launches of gliders has been fixed for one year, which will help meet the expenditure. We have already increased the cost for training in power flying (Rs 3,000 per hour on Piper Cherokee, Rs 2,800 per hour on Cessna and Rs 2,400 per hour on
Hansa) and for joyrides (Rs 900 for a 10 minute trip on aircraft and Rs 175 for 10 minute ride on a glider).”
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Cong leader flays Chautala
govt Chandigarh, May 9 Talking to mediapersons here last evening, Mr Yadav expressed anguish over the Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s unwillingness to review the policy of rationalisation of staff strength despite demonstrations by thousands of employees on the issue at Chandigarh yesterday and the day before. About the Harsola incident the Congress leader said the episode had exposed what Mr Chautala felt about Dalits. |
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Selection grade for 7 IAS officers Chandigarh, May 9 The promoted officers include Mr Ankur Gupta, Mr Anurag Rastogi, Mr Balraj Singh, Mrs Satwanti Ahlawat, Mr Sant Kumar, Mr H.P. Chaudhary and Mr R.B. Langayan. |
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Move to ban combine
harvesters dropped Chandigarh, May 9 Though no law could be enacted for this purpose, field workers of the Agriculture Department had propagated against the use of combine harvesters in villages. Moreover, the campaign by the Food and Supplies Department for bringing a clean crop to the market for purchase by official agencies had also motivated farmers to go in for manual harvesting. While almost 50 per cent of the crop earlier used to be harvested by such machines, the use of combine harvesters is stated to have gone down substantially, in the current season. Meanwhile an official looking after one of the worst drought-affected districts refuted an opposition MLA’s allegation that the INLD move to send trainloads of fodder to Rajasthan had created scarcity of the commodity in the state. He claimed that the price of fodder had come down after it shot up during acute drought last summer. |
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Sub-surface dams to benefit 6 villages Kalka, May 9 Under the Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP) scheme, the construction work on these dams is in progress in the villages of Thane ki Sair, Rampur Jangi, and Banai. The main objectives of these type of dams is, to store the water, to stop wastage of underground water and to utilise it for irrigating the fields. The local SDM, Mr Devinder Kaushik, after inspecting a dam being constructed in Thane-ki-Sair village said on Monday an amount of Rs 13 lakh was estimated to be spent on the construction of this dam, which is expected to be completed by May 15. This dam will benefit the produce in at least six surrounding villages. With the help of a 12-inches-wide and 1,600 metre-long pipeline, water from the chamber of the dam will be carried to fields of the farmers. The dam site is located in a rain season stream just near the Himachal border. The main wall of the dam is 18 metre long, 3.25 metre thick and 2.5 metre depth in the ground. The deep wall in the ground will be used to stop the waste flowing of underground water. The water so saved would be carried to the chamber of the dam after passing through a filter wall consisting of 104 holes of three inches diameters. This filtered water will then by uplifted though underground pipes. A 650-metre-long shortcut approach road from village to the dam site has also been laid at a cost of Rs 1.50 lakh by cutting the hills with the help of JCB machines. The dam will also help in storing the waste flowing water from hill sides, even during April, May and June, and will be utilised for irrigating fields during summer season. It is claimed that after the completion of this dam, the agriculture produce of these villages will be increased to five times. Two more, similar sub-surface dams are under progress in Rampur Jangi and Banai villages. The SDM said after the dams had been completed and these would be handed over to the societies of the villages, which would be responsible for its future upkeep and maintenance.
Ambala, May 9 Mr Vij pointed out that the project of cleaning the drains, which was being taken up after a period of nearly 30 years, would facilitate the easy flow of water during the monsoons. It would also prevent seepage in the houses and shops, located adjacent to these drains. The filth, which had accumulated in these drains over the years, could have even led to the outbreak of a major epidemic, he said. Expressing satisfaction at the work being done to clean the drains before the onset of monsoons, the DC announced that prizes would be given to the workers for the good work being done by them. He also directed the council officials to undertake the cleaning of smaller drains after cleaning the main drains.
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Attack on liquor shop leaves one dead Kaithal, May 9 According to information, Mange Ram and Chabil Dass were sleeping inside the shop when a group of armed persons entered the shop and attacked them. Both were admitted to hospital where Chabil Dass who belonged to Kangra died, while the condition of the other victim was stated to be serious. |
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Scribe arrested, in police remand Kaithal, May 9 Goel was produced before the CJM, Mr Baljeet Singh, here today who remanded him in police custody till May 13, accepting police request. He was booked under Sections 420, 506 and 384, IPC, on a complaint lodged by Dr Rajinder Chhabra, a reporter of Kalayat, who alleged that Goel had taken Rs 2 lakh from him in November 2000 for getting the job of a teacher for his relative. However, Goel while being produced in the court told mediapersons here that his arrest was part of a conspiracy to defame him and tarnish his image. He alleged that he apprehended danger to his life in police custody and said some office-bearers of the youth wing of the ruling INLD party were after him. |
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BJP leader arrested, released Sirsa, May 9 According to the information received today a district level BJP leader and owner of Behal Boot House, Om Parkash Behal was arrested on the charge of not repaying Rs 22 lakh loan he had taken from the Hisar office of the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) for a flour mill in 1990. However the didn’t return it due to which the principal amount became Rs 78.91 lakh. The district collector sent a recovery certificate to the Tehsildar on January 17, 2003 on the basis of which he wrote to the police to arrest Om Behal. The police presented him in a court here from where he was sent to Jail. The Tehsildar confirming the arrest told that Om Behal was released today after he promised to clear the loan in two months. Ambala, May 9 According to the club's director, Mr Ashok Sharma, the club has been organising various activities to bring out the hidden talents of the children. He said children in the age group of 5-12 could apply for the dance workshop, those between 8 to 12 could apply for the art development workshop and those between 25 and 45 for the English speaking course. Mr Sharma added that the training in classical, folk, western and light dances would be imparted in the dance workshop and that of Bouquet making, soft toys, glass painting and pot decorations in the art development workshop. Those interested in attending the workshops would have to get themselves registered on or before May 20, Mr Sharma added. |
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In-laws booked for woman’s death Ambala, May 9 According to information , Gurjit Kaur, a resident of Uksi Khalaspur village in
Rajpura, Punjab, was married to Surinder Singh of Machhonda village on February 27, 2000. She has a two-and-a-half-year old daughter also. She took ill on Wednesday after consuming some poisonous substance .She was admitted to a private hospital in the cantonment, where she
died. Her in-laws ran away from the hospital, leaving her body there. On the basis of a complaint lodged by her father, Jarnail Singh, her husband, Surinder Singh, her father-in-law, Baldev Singh, mother-in-law, Gurnam kaur and elder sister-in-law, Babli, have been booked under Section 304-B of the IPC . The father of the deceased in the complaint has alleged that her in-laws had been harassing her for dowry and her husband had illicit relations with his sister-in-law,
Babli. The accused have absconded.
Chandigarh, May 9 |
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