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School bus operators livid over tax
Chandigarh, March 3 The members of the association, however, in a press statement, rued the fact that such a decision would entail an additional burden of Rs 40 to 50 every month on every student using school buses. In an appeal made to the parents of the school-going children, the association has emphasised the fact that commuting to offices and schools on daily basis is not a part of an 'organized tour' as held by the Excise Department and hence should not be brought in the ambit of service tax. It was further argued by the members that school buses were not given contract carriage permits as they were not allowed to ply on any other route other than the school route. It is to be noticed that the association has time and again requested for a one-time registration certificate of buses (RC) for their life span of 15 years since the RC being issued for one year has to renewed every year leading to financial loss to the operators.
— TNS
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PEC still to decide on migration
Chandigarh, March 3 The proposal regarding the system of annual confidential reports (ACRs) of the faculty to be replaced by an open system of assessment was also deferred. The proposal regarding the payment of honorarium to staff on duty during vacation for the conduct of courses was given the nod. As per the new academic programme, the college is expected to run a vacation term programme, besides the regular semesters. It has been proposed that for teaching an eight-week course during vacation, half of a teacher’s one-month basic pay, including DA, would be paid as honorarium. If the duration of teaching is less than eight weeks, then the honorarium would be reduced in proportion to the time spent. The college also constituted various awards for its employees. These include meritorious service awards for faculty, Class C(ministerial and technical) and Class D employees and recognition for long and unblemished service.
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Govt teachers threaten stir
Chandigarh, March 3 The union also demanded immediate attention of the Education Secretary towards their promotion from master cadre to lecturer cadre which has been pending for the last 15 years. In addition to the above the union members also expressed resentment over the delay in release of year-wise up-to-date seniority list and demanded the reversion of all deputationist head masters and principals to their parent state, implementation of a rational transfer policy and abolition of deputation quota. The issue of review of ACR performa and confirmation of regular teachers and clearance of ACP cases was also discussed. The GTU leaders, including Dr Vinod Sharma, Harbeer Singh Anand, Khusali Ram Sharma, Jit Singh Soma, R.S. Rathore, Shivinder and Vijay Kumar attended the meeting
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Lecture on God particle, super microscopes
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 3 This was part of celebrations of International Year of Physics (IYP), jointly organised by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers, the Indian Physics Association and the PU Physics Department. She said there was a need to expand physics knowledge base to learn more about how mass and energy were related. Physicists were devising experiments to discover a mysterious subatomic particle, God particle. The particle is otherwise known as Higgs Boson that permeates the whole universe and explains how everything exists the way it is. Multi-billion dollar collaborative projects which are under way use the cutting-edge technology involving hardware and software. She termed the super accelerators being built for this purpose as “Super microscopes”. Earlier, Prof P.S. Gill of SGGS College introduced the speaker to the audience. Workshop: The Department of Computer Science and Applications, Panjab University, in collaboration with the Computer Society of India (CSI), Chandigarh chapter, will organise a one-day workshop on “Multimedia and applications” in the Department of Computer Science and Applications as part of CSI Day celebrations, on Saturday.Lecture: Prof Dr Chaudhary Abdul Rehman, Rector, Superior University from Lahore, who is presently visiting Panjab University, will deliver a lecture on “Educational issues” on Saturday to the participants of the 69th orientation course for college and university teachers being held by the Academic Staff College, Panjab University at the university’s Golden Jubilee Guest House.Seminar: The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chandigarh regional centre, in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Standards, Northern Regional Office, Chandigarh, and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University will organise a seminar on “Management systems certification” on Monday at the ICSSR Complex.
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398 college students get degrees
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh/Mohali, March 3 Students who were honoured for achieving meritorious positions in the Panjab University examinations included: Sumeet Kaur Siba, Isha, Satbir Singh, Amandeep, Anurag Verma, Parthan Sen, Ramneet Kaur, Pusphita Sen, Anu Grewal and Ajesh George. Earlier Dr A.N. Garg, Principal, welcomed and introduced the chief guest. He also welcomed the postgraduates and graduates, prize winners and the guests. Ms Raji P. Shrivastava, Joint Sectary (Finance) and DPI (Colleges),Chandigarh, presided over the function and delivered the convocation address. She gave away prizes to the toppers in the university examinations Clay modelling: Students of second semester of the Chandigarh College of Architecture displayed their creativity during a special workshop on clay modelling organised by the college as part of the ongoing festival Archo-fest on Friday.Prof S.K. Khushwaha from Kurukshetra University conducted the workshop. Over 45 students participated in the workshop which was followed by a set of competitions. The winners included: Arunjyoti Hazarika, Rajesh Kumar, Aman Sohal, Vinod Rajput, Umadhar Kanti, Jasmeet Kahol, Richa Sareen Gunveen, Aneeesh Sharma. Banner-making and matka-painting competitions were organised on Thursday. The winners of these competitions included: Anumesh, Ankit, Reeha Tandon, Aneesh, Umadhar, Hine Sahni, Richa, Rajesh, Sagar, Shikha, Aman Sohal, Sharmita, Ruha Agarwal, Anindita, Rajesh and Aditi. Contests: Three day inter-college competitions concluded on Friday with a poetry recitation competition at the Government College of Education, Sector 20, here. Twelve competitions in different areas of activity were held during these days.Prof Harnam Singh Shan, Sahitya Shiromani, Punjab, presided over the contests. Mr Manmohan Singh Daon, Prof Kulwant Singh and Dr Shashi Prabha were the judges. The prize winners included: Pardeep Kaur, Samarjit Singh and Kamalpreet Kaur. Dr Beantjit Kaur, Principal, emphasised on the importance of such competitions. Exhibition: An eclectic mix of vibrant colours, cloth, embroidery, stitch and style greeted the visitors at an exhibition put up by the Department of Fashion Designing of the Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, on the college premises on Friday.The budding designers exhibited their items under various sections like kids wear, formal ethnic wear, western formal and casuals. Earlier, Dr Shashi Jain, Principal of the college, inaugurated the exhibition and appreciated the creative talent of the students and efforts put in by the faculty comprising Ms Sumita Sikka and Ms Sugandha. Stress management: The third day of the 10-day NSS camp being organised at the Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali, started with an extension lecture by Dr Sarita Saini on “Managing stress”.She highlighted the need to combat stress in daily life and offered many practical suggestions to control stress. Various techniques like positive thinking, creative attitudes and updating skills to combat practical problems were emphasised. Students were also shown an animation film, “Sahibzadey: a saga of valour and sacrifice”.
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Seminar marks silver jubilee of college
Chandigarh, March 3 The topic of the seminar was “the role of conselling in healthcare and education”. The keynote address was delivered by Dr Vidhu Mohan, a former professor, Panjab
University Chandigarh. The seminar was inaugurated by Ms Amneet P. Kumar, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ambala. Resource persons, Dr C.R. Draila, Chairperson, Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, talked about stress management and Dr Rajinder Yadav, Reader Department of Education, Kurukshetra Univeristy, spoke on “conselling of children with special needs”. Delegates from various parts of Haryana participated in the
seminar. Dr O.P. Coushik, Principal, Government College for Education, Narnaul, presided over the first session of the seminar. The second session was chaired by Dr Dralia. Dr Phulia, Principal, Government College, Ambala, was also present on the occasion. The Principal of Government College, Naraingarh, Dr O.P. Sihag, who has long been associated with the subject of psychology, urged the participants and students to drive maximum benefit out of the seminar. Mr Shishpal, head of Psychology Department of the college, presented the vote of thanks.
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School farewell function
Zirakpur, March 3
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Mohali lawyers form Bar assn
Chandigarh, March 3 Anticipating that district courts would soon start functioning from Mohali, around 180 advocates practising in the district courts but living in Mohali, formed the District Bar Association of Mohali. Mr NS Minhas, Mr BS Malhi, Mr Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Mr Manjeet Singh Chauhan, Ms Rita Arora and Mr Gurdial Singh, were elected as president, senior vice-president, vice-president, general secretary, joint secretary and treasurer, respectively.
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Unveiling charms of Urdu poetry
Chandigarh, March 3 He exhorted secretaries of all states to strive hard to propagate and revive the glory Urdu. Earlier, R.S. Gujral, IAS, welcomed the chief guest and Haryana Minister Phool Chand Mullana, the guest of honour, while academy secretary Dr K.L. Zakir read the keynote address. Talking to the Tribune, the Deputy Director, National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Ministry of HRD, and noted linguistic scholar, Dr RK Bhatt, shared Council's constraints, plans and achievements regarding promotion of Urdu. The endeavour of the Council included supporting the state academies with suitable grant and guidance in their Urdu promotional projects, publication of books about 150 titles in bilingual scripts annually, besides providing grant to 40 NGO's for such publications. Dr Bhatt claimed over 16,000 persons, including film stars, were enrolled in their distance Urdu learning scheme but to relate Urdu-speaking to computer technology in our 184 centres had been a wonderful experience. Providing Urdu translation of technical and medical books was the Council's priority, he said. The book melas at the regional and national level by the HRD ministry had wooed readers with our Lucknow book fair recording sale of Rs 22 lakh in a day. Later, eminent poets read out verses on varied themes in an all-India Urdu mushaira held in the auditorium of Art Museum as part of the ongoing conference. Arriving well before the commencement of mushaira, the chief guest, Mr Phool Chand Mullana, inaugurated it and later left saying "Uthh ke jaa rha hoon teri bazam se ye dil hi jaanta hai, kis tarh se ja rha hoon." While the young poets weaved social themes, the romance and nostalgia was amply reflected in poetic rendition of elderly poets. While young medico Devinder Kafir recited "Mere ghar mein hi rehta hai khuda muddat se, raaz aksar ye zamaane se chhupa rakha hai", Shams Tabrezi came out with "Jo honth seeta nahin bawaal ho jata ,mera ooruz (growth) se pehle jabaal (downfall) ho jaata." Young Nasreena Naqash from Kashmir synthesised the human psyche as "Khushnuma libaas pe jamti hain nazren, aankh ke darichon mein jhankta nahin koi." The octogenarian poet K.L. Zakir on the contrary touched the romantic chord with "Gulon ke sab nishan rakhe huye hain,khaton ke darmyan rakhe huye hain/Chalo unn saahilon pe ghoom ayen, hamare dil jahan jahan rakhe hain" Senior poet M.P. Chand recited "Maikhana kar apne naam, mere naam khumari likh" while another elderly figure Haq Kanpuri said "Maikashi ki labadashon se naa taaliye, aapne pilayi hai aap hi sambhaliye." Sardar Panchhi, another seasoned poet, complimented beauty "Tera jalwa kahin nahin hota, to ye aalam hasin nahin hota." Noted legal luminary from Jabalpur, Ms Purnima Poonam, shared her feelings as "Chamak ke chhup gyi bijli garz uthe badal,issi mizaz koi shakas yaad aane laga." Besides them, Bekal Utsahi,Muzzafar Razmi, Noorjehan Sarvar, Ved Diwana, Adil Lukhnavi, Shabab Lalit, regaled the scant audience. |
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PCA braces up for Test match, ticket sales tepid
Mohali, March 3 But compared to the last year's high voltage Indo-Pak test series, held in March at the PCA Stadium, this year's India-England series seems to be wearing a dull look and ticket counters can be seen wearing a deserted look. Out of total of 33,000 tickets on the offering, only 3050 tickets have so far been sold by the PCA. The PCA could sell only 300 tickets of the terrace block (10,000 each) out of total of 2250 tickets. The chair-block tickets (total tickets 5000 of Rs 1500 each) could attract only 500 enthusiasts so far. Similarly, out of total of 400 tickets for AC launge, only 200 has been sold so far. The response to 22,000 tickets of the general and students block at the cost of Rs 200 and 100, respectively, had a lukewarm response. Interestingly, the high-end tickets, though few in number, are witnessing the maximum sale and may be fully sold in a day or two. A majority of tickets have been purchased by UK citizens and those settled abroad. The sale of tickets is on since Monday and apart from the counter at the PCA at Phase IX, the Test match tickets are available at the HDFC branches in Sectors 34, Sector 46 and Phase VII, Mohali. Mr G.S. Walia,
Treasurer, PCA, said though the sale of tickets was not very high but many queries were still pouring in. "Almost all tickets offered through the internet have been booked and for a test match if we could gather a crowd of 25,000 people, it would be a success. "We will get a good response for tickets one or two day prior to match," he added. "The students' tickets are being sold through their institutions at the cost of Rs 100. The sale will pick up and we are expecting a jampacked crowd to watch this high-profile series," Mr Walia said. With the English Barmy Army and fans popular enough for following their team wherever it goes, the PCA Treasurer said: "We are expecting around 3,000 persons from England only. Nearly 150 fans from England have confirmed their visit and a lot of queries are coming in from England." The prices of the tickets too are soaring over the boundary. The terrace-block ticket, which was available for Rs 2,500 in the last test match has been raised to Rs 10,000 this time, the AC lounge ticket will cost Rs 15,000, compared to Rs 10,000 last year. Even, the VIP-block tickets and general-block tickets have not been spared and fixed at Rs 2,000 and Rs 200, respectively. Another reason for the low sale of tickets can be the board exams for Class 10 and Class 12 which began from yesterday. Those who have children taking the board exams feel that these cricket matches are a major distraction for their wards who should ideally be concentrating on studies and not exchanging notes about cricket matches. Regarding this complaint of the parents, Mr Walia, said: "Actually, the dates of matches are finalised by the ICC and the BCCI. It is not in our hands and I agree that the parents might find it difficult to stop their children from watching this high profile series but we are helpless in this regard. "Moreover, the matches could be taken as a refreshing exercise, they could let their children watch the highlights on TV in the evening itself, after they had enough of their study programme for the day. "This could work wonders as a refreshing exercise, I believe," he said. |
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Prashanta shuttles off Baljeet
Chandigarh, March 3 In the women singles section, Aparna Kaushal of GC-11, thrashed Maninder from same college 11-6, 11-5. The results: Men ( singles): Prashanta K Das (GC-11) bt Baljeet (GC-11)15-10, 15-7 Piar Chand (GC-11) bt Parveen Chobe (GC- 46) 15-9, 15-10 KPS Shante (GC-11) bt Rajinder (GC-11) 15-6, 15-8 Mohender (GC-46) bt Piar Chand V 15-11, 15-13. Women (singles): Anju (GC-11)bt Meenakshi 15-9, 15-8 Aparna (GC-11) bt Maninder (GC-11) 11-6, 11-5. Students section: Rakesh bt Pardip 7-11, 11-8, 11-8 Anmol bt Akhil 11-7, 11-8. |
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