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Gross irregularities alleged at PMT centres in Patiala
Mohali, June 6 Starting with the Mohali topper Harveen Kaur, who had scored 89 per cent marks in Class XII, Sandeep Singh, who was 2nd in the township with 86.6 per cent marks, and Sumedha Sharma, who was 3rd in the township with 86.2 per cent marks, none of these have even come within the first 500 positions in the test. Alleging that gross irregularities took place at the Patiala centres of the examination, father of a candidate pointed out that at least four candidates, entered room number E105 at centre number 3 at Thapar Institute, Patiala, only 15 minutes before the end of the examination. He added that these candidates had been sitting in a white ambassador car since the beginning of the paper. He further alleged that in the room, the examination continued for 20 minutes more than the stipulated time. At the Punjabi University centre, parents reported that a person was found solving the question paper over mobile phone. “It seemed that he was helping some one inside. Parents waiting outside objected to his presence and it led to a fight. Moreover, there was one invigilator who kept coming out of the centre at regular intervals,” said Mr Jasbir Singh, father of Supreet, who had scored 85.4 per cent marks and topped Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, Chandigarh. Some students of Gian Jyoti Public School in Mohali have, however, managed to score good positions in the exam. Aditya Banta stood sixth, Mayank Kaushal got 65th position, Abhishek Gupta and Rohit Gulati both got 27th position. Rupinder Kaur of the school who had scored 85.6 per cent in the Board has not scored a good position in the PMT. Similarly, Roopkiran Kaur of Shivalik Public School, who had scored 84.9 per cent marks is very low in the PMT list. “If you notice all boys have managed to clear PMT. Girls who scored better than boys in the CBSE have not fared well as they are good at subjective answers while boys are good at objective type answers. Girls have a problem with logic,” pointed out Mayank of the school.
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UT to appoint Director, Technical education
Chandigarh, June 6 Separately, the administration has also asked the Chandigarh police to send a panel of DSP- level officers to be appointed as OSD vigilance.
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ICA centre at Mohali
Mohali, June 6 Mr Kulwant Singh, Area Manager, told at a press conference here today that the centre would provide an
opportunity to the accounting community to have an exclusive training option in computerised accounting procedures adhering to global standards. He said the ICA had specifically designed courses to meet the practical requirements of the industry. He said the ICA, with its head office at Kolkata, was already running 230 centres all over the country. It was approved by the West Bengal State Education Council.
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12 get life term for murder
Panchkula, June 6 The accused have also been asked to pay a compensation of Rs 30,000 each to the widows of the two victims and of Rs 5000 each to three victims who were seriously injured in the clash. The court had held Harjinder, Manbir, Manjit, Karam Singh, Bhag Singh, Balwinder, Jarnail Singh, Surmukh Singh, Jassi, Kirpal, Bhupinder and Vikram guilty of murder of Amar Singh and Gurdev at village Bharaili in June 2001. Four others- Jaspal, Sewa Singh, Nirmal and Raju were absolved of the charges on June 1. Pronouncing the sentence, the court also held the accused guilty of trespassing and sentenced them to three years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 300 each. On charges of rioting, the accused have been sentenced for two years in prison and Rs 500 fine each; while on charges of attempt to
murder, they have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment and Rs 200 fine each. For assault, the accused have been sentenced six months imprisonment and Rs 300 fine, while on charges of criminal intimidation they have been given a two-year sentence and imposed a fine of Rs 400 each. Three of the accused — Manbir, Harjinder and Manjit have been charged under the Arms Act and sentenced to four years imprisonment with a fine
of Rs 1000 each. Two other accused — Surmukh Singh and Karam Singh have been accused under Section 30 of Arms Act and sentenced to five months imprisonment and Rs 1000 fine each. All these sentences are to run concurrently. The accused had a land dispute with the family of Budh Ram. On June 27, 2001, the accused attacked the family of Budh Ram, injuring his brother Pritam Chand, Gurdev, Amar Singh, Nirmal, Sumit, Atma Ram and Naresh. Pritam’s son, Gurdev and
brother- in- law Amar Singh were seriously injured and admitted to PGI, Chandigarh, where they later died. The police had booked all accused under Sections 148, 149, 302, 307, 323, 447 and 506 of IPC, and under Sections 25, 27, 30 of Arms Act.
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New roster of judges’ duties released
Chandigarh, June 6 As per the new roster, which will be applicable from July 1, the first Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Hemant Gupta will take up taxation, civil and public interest litigations. The Division Bench of Mr Justice H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice Viney Mittal will hear civil and criminal cases while the Bench of Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Ms Justice Nirmal Yadav will deal with civil cases. The other Division Benches are Mr Justice J.S. Khehar and Mr Justice S.N. Aggarwal (civil), Mr Justice Amar Dutt and Ms Justice Kiran Anand Lall (criminal), Mr Justice N.K. Sud and Mr Justice Virender Singh (taxation and civil), Mr Justice J.S. Narang and Mr Justice Baldev Singh (civil and criminal) and Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Mr Justice Pritam Pal (criminal). The Judges, who will sit singly and handle civil cases are: Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta, Mr Justice M.M. Kumar, Mr Justice Jasbir Singh, Mr Justice Tapen Sen, Mr Justice S.S. Saron and Mr Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal. Mr Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal will also deal with company law cases. Judges who will take up criminal cases are: K.S. Garewal, Mr Justice A.K. Goel, Mr Justice Uma Nath Singh, Mr Justice S.K. Mittal, Mr Justice Rajive Bhalla, Mr Justice Surya Kant and Mr Justice M.M. Aggarwal.
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Consumer forum chief
Chandigarh, June 6 The other elected office-bearers of the executive body of the forum are as follows: senior vice-chairman — Brig (retd) J.A. Phoolka, vice-chairman — Mr R.K. Kaplash, secretary general — Mr H.S. Ahluwalia, finance secretary — Mr Thakur Singh, and organising secretary — Ms Amrita Sehgal.
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Students get tips on memory improvement
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best way to memorise is to link the object of memorisation with images. Following the technique, one doesn’t have to consciously memorise. This way, the subject matter just gets imprinted in your subconscious. It was stated by Delhi-based Mahavir Jain, a Limca Book Record holder for his amazing feats of memory, yesterday at a ‘Memory enhancement workshop’. The venue was DAV College, Sector 10, and it was organised by Bulls Eye, an MBA preparatory institute.
Mr Jain holds the record for his page-by-page reproduction of 80,000 words along with their meanings from the Oxford dictionary. He is an engineer by profession and is also a vocabulary trainer. He has penned down the book “Vocabulary @ of 100 Words Per Hour”. He set up Speed Learning Systems in 1995 with a mission to offer guidance to students aspiring to make it to the top. Backed with an enormously talented design team, each Speed product is individually tailored. Addressing the participants, he said, “Memorising is ‘simply an art’. What stays in brains as memory is nothing but images. Hence, simply cramming and memorising literally is a sheer waste of time and energy”. During the two-hour workshop, he made the participants memorise 60 words by linking them with interesting objects, events, persons etc. A dumbfounded audience saw him repeat a google-like 40-digit number forward and backward by looking at it once only. He also demonstrated an interesting and easy way to memorise square and cube roots up to 3 decimal places, obviating the need to memorise them by rote. He dwelt on many small, unknown facets of memory, harnessing which one can build exceptional memory. Mahavir gave demonstrations of how to go about improving one’s memory of personal and general facts, words. According to Mr Hirdesh Madan, centre head, Bulls Eye, Chandigarh, the institute plans to organise more such workshops in future to give more value addition to the preparation of MBA aspirants. One such workshop will be held next week at the same venue in which Mr Anuj Khare, an ‘international success psychology coach’, will deliver his popular seminar series ‘Your Power to Succeed’ where he transforms lives in mere 2 hours.
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The
National Theatre Arts Society staged a play ‘Takey Ser Bhaji-Takey Ser Khaja’, dedicated to actor Sunil Dutt at the Baradari Gardens here yesterday. The play, which was a combined effort of nearly 40 artistes, was directed by veteran theatre lover Pran Sabharwal.
The play, written by the Bhartendu Harish Chander, turned out to be a
powerful satire on the ruling class and also dwelt on deprivation of justice during the days of the British empire. The chief guest, Mr. A.P. Dubey, Manager, State Bank of Patiala, paid tributes to Sunil Dutt by calling him as the leader of the masses and one of the greatest heroes of the cinema.
— TNS
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