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Engg students’ dharna
outside VC’s office
Chandigarh, July 26 Students were demanding an internal improvement chance because they had been given less marks in their internal assessment, so they were unable to clear their papers. According to the students, if they were not provided with an internal improvement chance, it would waste one crucial year of their life. According to PUSU president Amandeep Singh, “Everytime students of the UIET Department face such problems and they have to suffer because of impractical rules followed by the department. The department follows new rules every year and students are in a confused state because of this”. He alleged that most lecturers were on a temporary basis. They were never serious in carrying out their duties. Even syllabus got changed everytime and so it became difficult for those students who had to re-appear to clear the exam as paper was set according to new syllabus. PUSU said that the genuine demands of students should be met as early as possible so that their crucial time was not wasted.
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‘Market forces dominating education’ Chandigarh, July 26 Prof
S.L.Sharma, said globalisation had posed a formidable challenge to the social sciences. “The changed context of globalisation requires more emphasis on applied aspects of the knowledge. Quality of social sciences should be improved to meet the challenges of globalisation”, he added. Dr Atindra Sen, member-secretary,
ICSSR, New Delhi, said globalisation had increased the level of accountability through the mechanism of the development of information technology.
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Shastriya students seek re-evaluation
Chandigarh, July 26 By awarding zero the university has put a question mark on the future of these students. They were looking forward to admission in oriental training on July 30. Ramesh Kumar, Sadanand and Yashpal Sharma who have scored good marks in other subjects are among those who have got zero in this paper. They have demanded re-evaluation. Nearly the 40 students had appeared for the exam and only six have been declared pass. Meanwhile, the Indian National Students Organisation staged a dharna today and demanded a probe into the whole affair.
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SGGS College’s new block
inaugurated
Chandigarh, July 26 The building has been named as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Sahibzada Jujhar Singh block.The college offers postgraduate courses in Punjabi, English, commerce and computers. The new building also houses a cyber cafe. Mr Bharpur Singh, secretary, Sikh Educational Society, delivered the welcome address. A book, “ Sikh Dharam: Darshan Ate Lehran” written by Dr Mann Singh was also released on the occasion.
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Transfer cases: CAT asks Admin Reply
Chandigarh, July 26 At least 12 such cases, involving hundreds of
employees, would be decided on the next date of the hearing. It may be
mentioned that the Punjab and Haryana High Court while granting status
quo in case of Harpal Singh and others vs Union of India, had directed
the tribunal to decide on the matter within 30 days. The issues being
contested are the seniority list and whether the employees who have
already exercised their option can again exercise the option. The
affected employee have been contesting that if the seniority list was
made up to May 23, 1996, the Chief Engineer of the administration, Mr
V.K. Bhardwaj, would have to be shifted to the MC and Mr K.B. Sharma
would go back to the administration. Mr Bhardwaj has also filed a case
on the similar grounds in the tribunal. Leaders of employees union
lamented that the main dispute was only of 88 employees who were
transferred to the corporation at the time of its formation in
1996. They said the administration had prepared a seniority list up to
2005, after a gap of nine years and issued a notification to send the
employees in the corporation after giving a one month notice. The
employees demanded that a seniority list including the employees who
were transferred should be made on the basis of cut off date of May 23,
1996. The employees rued that the administration followed pick and chose
policy while transferring the employees.
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Hawara’s aides sent in judicial custody
Chandigarh, July 26 The accused were reportedly nabbed from near the Kisan Bhavan in Sector 35 on the intervening night of July 15 and 16. Arms and ammunition, including 450 gm of RDX, a bag containing human bomb kits, a foreign-made pistol with magazines and a detonator, were seized from their possession.
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The South of Cinema charms
Chandigarh, July 26 The opening film of the festival was immensely appreciated for its sensitive handling of a rare theme. The film “Wedding Singer” screened at the art gallery of Alliance Francaise yesterday dealt with bitter-sweet happenings in the life of a singer. Forced by circumstances into a life of cheap glamour, the protagonist of the film feels a pressing urge to break free. A concubine, she decides to snap all ties that hurt and move back in time to search for her emotional moorings. Her search for peace and happiness takes her back to the Palace of a Prince where she lived as a child. What follows is a gripping tale of romance — filled with anguish and peace. The film is about creating one’s own space and inhabiting it with joy by letting bygones be bygones. Today’s film “West Beyrouth” was a contrast to yesterday’s tale of tender emotion. Though high on drama, the film hardly allowed space for thought. It rushed from frame to frame, throwing audiences into strange situations that wars pose. At the heart of the story are three friends who, by a stroke of sheer chance, find themselves in the middle of an explosion in Beirut. As violence sits comfortably captured in their cameras, they have little idea what it can lead them to. The reality, after all, is not rosy at least not after a deadly explosion in the wake of a civil war. As the friends live the explosions through their cameras thinking it is nothing more than a game, they find themselves in situations that are hard to ignore. War makes its presence felt and suddenly leads three teenagers towards maturity. The game is over. Business has started. For the protagonists, it is now a question of survival and the three friends need a world of intuition to do that. Tomorrow’s film is “Father Moon”. It will be screened at Alliance Francaise at 6 pm. |
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Film city
for City
Beautiful
Chandigarh, July 26 Chopra in a communication addressed to Mr Jasbir Singh Bir, Managing Director of CITCO, has already communicated his willingness to help in this regard. The project has also received nod from Aroona Irani and Preeti Sapru, noted Bollywood faces, and Harbhajan Mann, a leading Punjabi singer. A meeting between Mr Bir and Chopra was earlier scheduled for June 27, which had to be postponed because the producer was abroad on shooting assignments. Mr Bir in a fresh communication is learnt to have sought a fresh appointment with Chopra in the first week of August, informed sources said.
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