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Admission-2006
Sports trials for admission on July 4
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
The university sports trials for admission to various courses, including engineering courses, will be held on July 4 at 9a.m. All interested candidates must reach the office of the Deputy Director Campus Sports, Panjab University, Chandigarh, with required documents. It is to be noted that there will be no separate trials for engineering courses and the candidates listed in the trials to be held on the date will be considered for admission to various seats reserved for the sports category according to the Dean University Instruction, Panjab University.

Admission schedule of various departments for the academic session 2006-2007 is as under:

Department of Physical Education: B.P.Ed. (Bachelor of Physical Education): The physical efficiency test will be held at 7 a.m. on the PU grounds and at the PU gymnasium hall in case of rain on July 6. The interview will be held at 11 am at the Arts Block-II (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Hall in the Department of Physical Education.

MP Ed. 1st Year (Master of Physical Education): The physical efficiency test will be held at 7 a.m. on the PU Grounds and at the PU gymnasium hall in case of rain on July 7. The interview will be held at 11 am at the Arts Block-II (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Hall in the Dept. of Physical Education.

Department of Music: Aptitude test/interview for admission to MA Part-I Music (Vocal and Instrumental) will be held on July 4 at 9.30 a.m. in the Department of Music, according to the Chairperson, Department of Music.

Department of Computer Science: Counseling for admission in M.Sc (H.S.) Computer Science First Year will be held on July 8 at 10 a.m. in the Department of Computer Science and Applications for all categories, including NRI, NRI-sponsored and industry sponsored. The candidates are advised to bring all documents/certificates in original along with original entrance result card of OCET and fee on the date of counselling. A merit list of candidates will be placed on the department notice board on July 7 at 11 a.m., according to Dr O.P. Kalra, Chairperson, Dept. of Computer Science and Applications.

Department of Anthropology: Interview for admission to M.Sc. Part-I (Anthropology) will be held on July 6 at 2.30 p.m in the Dept. of Anthropology, according to the Chairperson, Dept. of Anthropology.

Department of History: Interview for admissions to MA Part-I (History) will be held on July 5 at 9 a.m. in the Department of History according to the Chairperson, Department of History.

Department of Mathematics: The admission schedule for M.Sc. (H.S.) 1st year in Mathematics, for those students who have cleared Mathematics Paper in OCET-2006 is as under according to the Chairperson, Department of Mathematics: All categories except NRI to report on July 6 at the Mathematics Auditorium while the NRI/NRI-sponsored/industry-sponsored candidates to report on July 10 at 11 am in the office room of the Chairperson, Department of Mathematics.

Department of Sanskrit: Aptitude test for admission to MA (Sanskrit) Part-I will be held on July 4 at 10 a.m. in the Dept. of Sanskrit. All candidates are required to bring their original certificates/degrees.

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Students make beeline to submit forms at PU
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
Students aspiring to take admission to various departments of Panjab University made a beeline to submit forms on the last day today.

Some of the university departments are also conducting their own aptitude tests.

Other than the medical and engineering wings, the most coveted courses being offered by the university include the various masters programmes in business administration, law, English and history.

The news from colleges was heartening for students scoring less than 90 per cent marks. MCM DAV College put up its merit list of the B.Com and BCA courses here this morning.

The general pool topper has scored 111.2 (Class XII percentage plus maths) and the list ends at 100 (Class XII percentage plus maths). The UT pool percentage started at 111 but gave chance to the student who had scored 80 where the merit list cutoff settled.

The MCM DAV BCA list started at 88 per cent and ended at 76 per cent.

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Homage paid to former Registrar
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
A condolence meeting of students, employees and faculty members held at the university auditorium here today to mourn the demise of Jagjit Singh, former Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh who died on June 22 at New Jersey, the USA. A two-minute silence was observed to pay homage to the departed soul.

Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, said Jagjit Singh was a good administrator and with his death. Jagjit Singh joined Panjab University in 1935 at the age of 21. He joined as Registrar, Panjab University, on Februray 14, 1970 and retired on November 30, 1976. He had served Panjab University as Assistant Registrar and appointed as Chief Accounts Officer from December 1, 1962. He also served the university as Finance and Development Officer and Director, Department of Correspondence Studies.

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BEd students meet Dullo
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
A delegation of students appearing in the B.Ed examination met the PPCC chief, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, here yesterday.

In a memorandum to him, the students demanded that those appearing in B.Ed examination should be allowed to apply for the posts of teachers in the state provisionally.

Mr Dullo assured the delegation that he would take up the matter with the Punjab Government.

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Doctors Week at British Library
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
British Library will celebrate Doctors Week from July 1-8. Various activities have been planned during the week. Interactive sessions on medical and health related issues will be addressed by professionals from the medical field. There would be an exhibition of medical books, panel discussion on doctor-patient relationship and health quiz.

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Union to launch stir
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
Members of the Technical Education Employees Union (Class III and IV) of the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh, have decided to start a peaceful agitation towards the fulfillment of their demands.

According to a press note issued by Mr Basant Singh, president of the union, the college should follow the guidelines of the AICTE to separate the polytechnic from the college.

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Bhavan students to visit Malaysia

Chandigarh, June 30
Students of Travel and Tourism Management Course of Dayanand College of Communication and Management of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chandigarh, will be sent on a visit to “Malaysia and Thailand” to understand the various aspects of tourism industry especially eco-tourism and religious tourism of both countries.

The aim was to get practical training in regard to travel and tourism pertaining to Singapore Tourism Industry. — TNS

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District courts go hi-tech
Vishal Sharma
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30
The IT bug has bitten Chandigarh District Courts too. The days of lawyers, clients and court officers sifting through heaps of files to ascertain the status of a case seem to be finally over.

Now, these case records are just a click away. The lawyers at the district courts here are being provided with a personal identification number (PIN), a key to an online storehouse of information relating to all case records of any given lawyer.

The computerisation of lawyers’ records was undertaken on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court a few months back and the project was handed over to the NIIT, informed a Superintendent with the Judicial Branch.

Under the system, a lawyer would have to mention his PIN before filing a case. The Case Filing Branch would then enter the details along with the PIN and maintain subsequent case records accordingly.

“The new system streamlines the working of district courts as it will ensure that no lawyer is able to hide facts from the court or clients,” said Mr R.P.S. Chauhan, a district courts lawyer

“The move will also curb the tendency to appear for another lawyer in a case and thus check impersonation,” said Mr Vikram Bajaj, a lawyer.

The biggest USP of the PIN system is that it will save the court’s precious time in culling out earlier directions or orders concerning a case.There will be fewer adjournments, thus ensuring quick disposal of cases.

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Sapna murder accused sent to judicial custody
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, June 30
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr AD Gaud, remanded Rakesh alias Bobby, a suspect in the Naresh murder case to police remand till July 6, while Deepak, the main suspect in the Sapna murder case, was today sent to the judicial custody.

The main suspect Rakesh alias Bobby was produced before the court and was later remanded to the police custody. The police has sought his remand for conducting more investigation and recoveries of vehicles used in the crime.

Rakesh, along with his accomplice Gurinder Singh and Hanish, had shot dead Naresh Kumar and later dumped his body in Mauli village. His body was found dumped in Mauli village on April 30.

The main suspect in the Sapna murder case, Deepak, was arrested by the CIA staff of the Panchkula police a couple of days ago.

Deepak, a resident of Mauli Jagran in Chandigarh, was arrested for hacking to death Mauli Jagran woman Sapna after raping her. According to the police, Deepak had later dumped her body in a forest area in Nadda village along the Panchkula-Morni road on June 18.

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14-day custody for patwari
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, June 30
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM), Panchkula, Mr A.D. Gaur, has remanded a patwari, who was arrested by the Haryana Vigilance Bureau (BV) while allegedly taking bribe yesterday, to judicial custody for 14 days here today.

Arrested and booked under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the suspect, Jwala Singh, was caught red-handed while talking a bribe of Rs 300 at his office at Raipur Rani. A VB team had nabbed him when accepting marked currency notes from Panchkula resident Rajinder Kumar, who was accompanied by his sister.

In his complaint to the VB, Rajinder Kumar had alleged that the patwari was harassing him in want of “bribe” in lieu of certain revenue records. The complainant had also said Singh had not been issuing documents of a piece of land that his sister wanted to transfer on her name after her husband’s death for the last couple of months.

Meanwhile, a delegation of villagers, led by the sarpanch, met the ACJM and claimed that the patwari was falsely implicated in the case. The delegation also claimed that the money recovered from his possession was fee of the documents and not “bribe”.

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Haryanvi folk songs cast spell
Our Correspondent

Panchkula, June 30
To promote and propagate the rich cultural traditions among urbanites, the Department of Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Haryana, will hold a series of musical and dance programmes every last Saturday of the month at the Yavanika open air theatre here.

The first show of the envisaged plan, presented by artistes of the department drawn from all over the state, was a big draw.

Haryanvi folk songs by Ankit Balhara, Manmohan Soni and Satish Kumar evoked a good response while folk dances by Renu Sharma and Harpreet Kaur and solo dance by Priya Chopra enthralled the audience. Besides group dances, khudia and ghoomer were the main attractions.

The evening, however, belonged to Haryanvi comedy king Daryao Singh Malik, a veteran of 16 Haryanvi feature films.

The Sangeet Natak Academy award winner doled out parody songs and compered the programme with admirable excellence. The music repertoire was led by Sangeet Natak Academy awardee sarangi exponent Mamman Khan and Mazid Khan, besides Balle Momia. The chief guest, Ms Jasmeet Singh, wife of the Panchkula Deputy Commissioner, honoured the artistes.

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