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Foreign varsities woo Indian students
Chandigarh, January 20 Offering global education on a platter, the fair put a wide gamut of both national and international institutes and universities from Singapore, the UK, France, Canada, Sri Lanka, China and many more trying to woo Indian students alongside their Indian counterparts from Pune, Delhi, Mumbai and Rajasthan to name a few. Aimed at updating the students about the numerous education and career options available in India and free counselling, the fair termed as the North India Golden Crescent Tour has also been organised at Jammu and Ludhiana. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Siddharth Jain, Chief, Marketing Operations, said a lot many new courses were coming up which require appropriate counselling and guidance to make a wise choice. He added that the fair provided the students with an accurate and up- to- date information on professional courses and various options available. The two- day event today saw the student community and parents as well visiting various stalls. Various banks arranged special counselling sessions to facilitate easy understanding and awareness about the different educational loans that the students can avail of and also facilitated on-the-spot sanction of education loans to the deserving candidates. The exposition is being supported by C -Tech Enterprise (Canada), US Journal, World Education Tour and others who are providing for the direct interaction of institutions and Indian students. The stalls put up at the fair included fashion, beauty care, language courses, call centre training, tourism, hotel management, air hostess training and computer education among the others.
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Second phase of PU Alumni House in offing
Chandigarh, January 20 Appreciating the efforts of the team headed by Dr M.L. Sharma, Dean, Alumni Relations, Dr Pathak exhorted members to provide fillip to the alumni activities wherein more and more people could come forward, participate and strengthen the association. He suggested organising of lectures and other welfare activities to establish more sense of belonging and sense of pride amongst the university alumni. Presenting the report, Dr M.L. Sharma, Dean Alumni Relations, and Secretary, PU Alumni Association, said the process of inviting tenders for construction of the second phase of the Alumni House, comprising of Guest Rooms, a multi purpose Lounge, dinning area and a kitchen, had been initiated and the work was likely to start during the current financial year. The estimated cost of the project was nearly about 55 lakhs. The lawns of the Alumni House are available for social functions/weddings at a nominal rent, he added. He disclosed that the financial position of the association showed a significant increase during the year 2004-05 and a sum of over Rs. 11 lakh was collected as Alumni House and Scholarship Fund Fee. An amount of Rs.1,50,000/- was kept separately to award Scholarships to the toppers of various courses, he informed. Sh. Navdeep Goyal, Joint Secretary-cum-Treasurer, presented the Audit Report and Balance Sheet for the year 2004-05 and Budget Estimates for the year 2006-07, which were approved. Many suggestions were given by the members and it was decided to honour the toppers by the Alumni Association. The association condoled the sad demise of nearly 30 members, including Dr Saran Dass Bhanot, Shri M.P. Sharma, Justice H.R. Sodhi, Ms. Vidya Vati Anand, Dr. S.P. Sangar, Shri Kuldeep Singh Bedi, Advocate Anand Swaroop, Shri Shiv Rai.
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Teachers urged to save environment
Chandigarh, January 20 Addressing over 160 school principals and
co-ordinators, Ishwar Singh said the objective behind the orientation programme was to discuss various issues of environmental concern so that the people could take further the goals of Green School Project and help strengthen the movement for environment conservation. Also present was PJS
Dhadhwal, Additional Director, (Environment) and Member Secretary, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee. Mr Dhadhwal informed the participants about the various schemes related to environmental education, conservation and eco-regeneration being implemented by the Chandigarh Environment Department. Dr RK Kohli, Head, Centre of Environment, Panjab University, in her presentation put forth various environmental hazards that occurred in one's routine life unknowingly. Priank Mathur from New Delhi Power, a Tata group enterprise, presented a case study on "Energy Efficient Energy Clubs, a project being implemented in Delhi schools.
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New India school function held
Chandigarh, January 20 A dazzling display of dance and drama was put forth by the students. The cultural extravaganza included Saraswati Vandana during which students gave a vibrant classical dance performance. An item presenting the various wedding ceremonies was also put up in the form of dance and songs sequence. A modelling show by tiny tots also enthralled the audience. The other items included rasleela, marathi dance and jungle song. As many as 100 students were awarded for excelling in academic and extra curricular activities. The school report was read by the school Principal, Ms Sharda Gupta.
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Health plan launched at Sec 18 school
Chandigarh, January 20 RK Rao appreciated the initiative taken by Ind-Swift and said it was a useful programme to create awareness among the school students about good health and healthy nation. Dr Munjal said that more than 100 schools had been given free first-aid kits and about 30,000 students would get swift health brochures and tips from experts. He promised that in the coming days, a free swift dispensary would also be set up. Anshu Kataria, director Swift Health Programme said the initiative would be extended to Panchula, Patiala, Ambala, Ropar and other cities as well.
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Chhatrapati murder case: CBI submits status report
Chandigarh, January 20 The report was submitted in a sealed cover to the Bench comprising Mr Justice Amar Dutt and Mr Justice Baldev Singh. Sometime back, the Bench had sought a status report. The CBI is investigating the murder of journalist Chhatrapati and Ranjit Singh of Kurukshetra as also the allegation that women inmates at the Dera are being sexually exploited. While accepting the report, the Bench asked the CBI counsel as to how confidential the contents of the status report were. After being told by the counsel that the report had come directly from the CBI headquarters in New Delhi, the court directed the Registrar of the High Court to keep the report in safe custody till the next date of hearing. The Bench also began the hearing on the application filed by Anshul Chhatrapati, son of the slain journalist. In his application, Anshul has prayed for action against the Dera management for its alleged attempts to interfere with the administration of justice and the ongoing CBI probe. He claimed that the same was highlighted by protest demonstrations organised by the Dera followers, including a massive one in Chandigarh sometime back. Stating that his father was shot at by two assailants on October 24, 2002, and he later died at Apollo Hospital, Delhi, the application added that one of the assailants was nabbed at the spot and another the next day from near the Dera . Saying that subsequent events had clearly shown the involvement of the Dera management in the crime, Anshul stated that he had sought a CBI investigation only after the Haryana Police subverted and hijacked the entire investigation in order to create an escape route for the Dera head. After the hearing, the Bench issued notice to the CBI and the Haryana Government for January 27.
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Advocate awarded 3-year RI
Chandigarh, January 20 The sources in the CBI said on the basis of the fake orders, some of the terminated employees were taken back in service. However, during verifications conducted by the Additional Advocate General, Punjab, the scam was unearthed. Subsequently, the employees reinstated earlier on the basis of the fake orders were dismissed again. Giving a background, sources in the CBI said that services of some class IV employees working in the office of Superintendent Engineer, Upper Bari Doab, Canal circle, Amritsar, were terminated. The aggrieved employees filed a civil writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which was dismissed. They approached Arun Madan, the accused advocate, who pretended to be senior advocate in Supreme Court of India. He reportedly assured them that he would get the stay orders from the court in their favour. He allegedly took the signatures of the terminated employees on some blank papers and charged Rs 4000 to Rs 12000 from them for filing a special leave petition filed on their behalf.
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Bank fraud: 3 in police remand
Chandigarh, January 20 The sources in the EOW said the head office of the State Bank of India reported about more such frauds being committed at least six branches. They added that it would be a huge fraud and the losses caused to the banks are to the tune of lakh of rupees. The other two accused are Sanjeev Adalakha of Delhi and Pradeep Malhotra of Dera Bassi, Malhotra is a secretary of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Anil Nanda was arrested yesterday. The police is looking for another accused Jaswant Singh of Bhadurgarh. He is a part time mechanic, said the police. Anil Nanda had allegedly managed to withdraw Rs 7 lakh before he was caught. He has been charged with cheating and criminal conspiracy. According to police sources, Anil Nanda allegedly got Rs 35 lakh credited to the Sector 17 based branch of the SBI. The transfer was made from the Uttar Pradesh based branch of the bank and the accused allegedly withdrew Rs 7 lakh. The fraud was detected when the accused tried to defraud the bank of yet another Rs 35 lakh fraudulently.
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“Buniyaad” on SaharaOne
Chandigarh, January 20 Mr Shatanou Aditya, CEO, SaharaOne Media and Entertainment Ltd, said, “Re-launching “Buniyaad” is SaharaOne’s way of acknowledging the soap as a benchmark in the history of Indian television.” |
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PU bags trophy
Chandigarh, January 20 The University also bagged 1st position in debate and quiz and 2nd position in classical vocal solo music. In the festival 62 universities of the country participated, according to the Director, Department of Youth Welfare, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
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Should ‘dharna’ site be shifted, asks Admn
Chandigarh, January 20 The new site has been recommended by a high-level committee of the Administration which worked to find an alternative to the current 'dharna' site at the Matka Chowk. An
official release said any suggestion in this regard might be submitted to the office of the Deputy Commissioner within a period of two weeks.
The Admn had appointed a committee, consisting of the DC, Senior Superintendent of Police, and Superintendent of Police (Traffic), to inspect various sites. |
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