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Teacher seeks legal action against MLA
Mohali, July 14 Mr Adhiatam Parkash, who worked as a PTI at Government Middle School, Majatri, stated in an affidavit circulated to mediapersons here today that Mr Bir Devinder Singh called him from his class and allegedly abused and threatened him in the presence of other members of the staff during his visit to the school on July 10. The teacher alleged that the MLA forcibly ordered him to write an application for transfer. He also allegedly threatened to get him beaten up after getting his face blackened. He alleged that he was made to rub his nose on the ground by the MLA. He said he had to face a lot of humiliation at the hands of Mr Bir Devinder Singh. The PTI said the school in charge, Ms Neetu Sharma, did not allow him to discharge his duty on July 11. However, Mr Bir Devinder Singh said he had received complaints from parents of students, especially girls, that the PTI was allegedly using obscene language while interacting with students in the class. He said he went to the school on July 10 to monitor development activities in the school. When he reached there, staff members also made similar complaints against the PTI, Female teachers had, in fact, given a written complaint against the PTI in which they alleged that the latter used foul language while interacting with them. Mr Bir Devinder Singh said the PTI had admitted to his fault and had even given a written apology to him but was now trying to give another colour to the incident as the government had ordered his transfer and also initiated an inquiry to look into the charges against the PTI. The MLA said he had sent a detailed report to the government in this regard.
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Nominations for Saboo awards invited
Chandigarh, July 14 The application forms and award details have been circulated among 260 schools in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. The last date for receiving applications is August 16. The award shall be presented at a public function in October. The award that was instituted in 2002 includes the Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence comprising a citation, a trophy and Rs 50,000. Either the teacher can apply himself/herself or anyone can send in the nomination to the trust. The Excellence Award for School Teaching (primary classes) shall be open to all teachers from pre-school to class V. The award carries a trophy, a citation and Rs 20,000. The Excellence Award for School Teaching (secondary classes) shall be open to all teachers from Classes of VI to XII. The award carries a trophy, a citation and Rs 20,000. The Excellence Award for Teaching Economically Underprivileged Children shall be open to all teachers who have at least five years teaching experience and a continuous period of two years of teaching full time in any slum/rural school or in any school catering to the economically under-privileged or even night schools. Mr Saboo said the selection process was very thorough, objective and fair, involving validation of each application by a 10-member working committee, followed by a scrutiny of all valid applications/nominations by an eminent jury, which would shortlist the winners. The jury changes every year. Last year the jury comprised Justice S.N. Bhargava, former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court, Sridhar Raman, former Resident Editor, Times of India, Chandigarh, Mr Navreet S. Kang, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Punjab, and Ms Rita Wilson, head of the ICSE Board, New Delhi.
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Primary wing of school opened
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 14 Prof Urmi Kessar, vice-president of the school management committee, said the Student Aid Society is the paternal body running the creche and Ankur School since 1971 and recalled the contributions of all previous presidents and the Vice-Chancellors of the university who helped the Student Aid Society by providing the university land. Ms Prem Gupta, secretary of the school managing committee, said the contributions to the school fund were exempted under Section 80(G) of the Income Tax and made a plea for liberal donations. Exhibition: Centre for Adult, Continuing Education, Panjab University, organised an exhibition on “Indian Handicrafts.”The participants prepared handicrafts during a one-month workshop organised by the centre. The exhibition was a riot of colours and designs. Pillow covers, bed sheets, kurties, ladies suit, duppattas, hand towels and full towels, designed by the techniques of tie and dye, screen painting and block painting, were put up during the exhibition. The exhibition was organised under the supervision of Dr Prabha Vig, Project Officer of the centre. Mr A.R. Bhandari, Finance and Development Officer, Panjab University, gave away certificates to the participants of the workshop. Workshop on Windows A four-day workshop on Windows CE 5.0, conducted at University Institute of Engineering and Technology by Microsoft from July 11 on the Panjab University campus, concluded here today. The workshop was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, on July 11. The workshop was conducted by Mr Sanjay Kumar Buragate, former IBMer and a postgraduate in electronics engineering with 12 years of experience in the IT. Five teams were selected from 30 finalists. The team which came first was awarded $ 8,000. Courses in Russian: The Department of Russian is offering admission to certificate, diploma and advanced diploma courses in Russian.The last date for the receipt of admission forms is July 24 till 5 pm in the office of Dr Pankaj Malviya, Chairperson, Department of Russian. Admission test: The test and interview for admission to M.E (chemical), M.Tech (polymer) and M.Sc (industrial chemistry) in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University will be held on July 18 at 10 am in the department.A separate intimation in this regard has also been issued to all students concerned on July 12. For other details, please check university website puchd.ac.in, according to the Chairperson of the Department.
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No fee hike for CCET students
Chandigarh, July 14 When the students objected to the hike in fee, the notice was promptly removed and the correct notice put up. The college authorities have stated that the day scholars of IIIrd and IVth year have to pay Rs 9,445 for the first quarter while for hostelers this amount would be Rs 10,420. Since the first quarter fee includes the annual fund it is higher than the fee for the rest of the quarters, pointed out the college authorities. The authorities added that while the annual tuition fee of IIIrd and IVth year students was Rs 18,000, the tuition fee for IInd year students was Rs 30,000 per annum. As a result, the fee for IInd year day scholars was Rs 12,445 for the first quarter while hostelers would have to pay Rs 13,420 for the first quarter.
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BGS students get admission to Aussie universities
Mohali, July 14 According to a press note issued by Kulvinder Singh, Principal of the Institute, the batch of 2005-06 has successfully completed a special programme named AUPP in different streams of science and management. The programme is supported and supervised by the business bench of Australian High Commission, New Delhi, and by Australian universities like RMIT. Swinburne University and University of Ballarat.
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Mohali lawyer tops PCS (Judicial) exam
Mohali, July 14 "It takes at least 10 to 12 hours of consistent studies and entire focus. I started studying in 2003 when I passed my Law but have been serious only in the past two years," said Bikramjit Singh, interacting with students of Ambedkar Institute of Careers and Courses here today. The institute, run by the Punjab Government's Department of Welfare, helps reserve category students prepare for various entrance tests. "Though this institute does not give formal training for the PCS examinations, since the focus is on the IAS entrance, I have been coming here regularly to look up the library," he added. Mr Rajwinder Kaur, principal of the institute, pointed out that the institute was doing well now as the government had raised the salary limit of parents whose wards get free training here. "The coaching is free of cost, the hostel charges are nil and we give the chosen students a monthly stipend also," she said. Bikramjit says he found the interview most tough to face. "I had practised as a lawyer at the Punjab and Haryana High Court for six months before I started studying for PCS. I had a good working knowledge of law as a result which helped me during the interview," he said. Bikramjit Singh's father is a former Deputy Director, Education, Punjab, while his mother is the Principal of ITI, Mohali. The PCS (Judicial) examination results were declared by the Punjab Public Service Commission at Patiala early this week. Out of the 39 students, who had been chosen in the written test for the interview, 36 cleared the interview. Among those who cleared the test are Rashmi Sharma, Amit Thind, Poonam Bansal, Ashu Kumar Jain, Vipandeep Kaur, Archana Kamboj, Asheesh Abrol, Varun Nagpal, Manila Chugh, Gurpratap Singh, Amit Garg, Amandeep Kaur, Puneet Sehgal, Mohit Bansal, Nitika Verma, Shikha Bansal, Kapil Agarwal, Triptjot Kaur, Aanantdeep Singh, Vikrant Kumar, Jasveer Kaur, Mandeep Mittal, Amarinderpal Singh, Pooja
Andotra, Deepti Gupta, Yukti Goel, Gurpreet Kaur, Amit Kumar Arya, Amita Singh, Kamal Varinder, Pushpa Rani, Ajitpal Singh, Harjosh Bhagat, Vasheesh and Pritpal Singh.
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Lucky's wife gets bail
Chandigarh, July 14 The High Court had earlier restrained the police from arresting Ms Harneet till today. She had also been directed to deposit her passport with the police and co-operate in the investigation of the case registered against her. She had also been directed to appear before the investigation officer as and when told. It may be recalled that Ms Harneet had been booked for theft after the salesman of a Sector 17 garment shop. Raju, the main accused in the matter, had allegedly confessed to his crime and had told the Crime Branch officials that Ms Harneet and Ms Jaspal Kaur Bhattal were also involved in the theft. He had handed over clothes to the two ladies on three different occasions. Thereafter, the two had been booked as the police claimed to have sufficient evidence to show that the two ladies were hand-in-glove with Raju. On May 23, the Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ), Chandigarh, Mr B.K. Mehta, had rejected the plea for grant of anticipatory bail to Ms Harneet. In her petition before the High Court, she had stated that her alleged co-accused, Ms Jaspal Kaur Bhattal, had been granted anticipatory bail by a Chandigarh court while her plea was turned down. She had claimed that the case against her was the result of a conspiracy by her husband's political rivals. Today, Mr Justice M.M. Aggarwal, while confirming the bail, disposed of her petition in this regard.
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4 convicted in murder case
Chandigarh, July 14 The victim had gone to the house of the accused to settle issue. The accused had attacked the victim and his brother. While the victim died on the spot, his brother, Parveen received serious injuries.
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Treating ailments with electro-homoeopathy
Chandigarh, July 14 A system of healing by herbs only, electro homoeopathy is different from homoeopathy in two ways - it is faster in impact and is not symptomatic, which means the medicine prescribed to the patient can be prescribed to the whole family. Practising the system for eight years in Chandigarh is Dr Betty, who holds a four year degree in the same from Board of Electro Homoeopathy, Sector 40. Although electro homoeopathy, as a system of medication, does not have government recognition in India, its practitioners are free to use the same for treating medical ailments and infections. Claiming effective results in all areas of medical infections from skin ailments to chronic gastric and respiratory disorders, Dr Betty says, "We have a cure or allergies also because we believe they are caused by faults in the blood. We use a combination of 114 plants set into 60 medicines to treat disorders of various kinds. In case of allergies we effect changes in blood type to destroy the cause of problem. All our energies are concentrated towards the purification of lymph and blood." Yet to find feet in India, electro homoeopathy is accepted worldwide as an alternate system of treatment. It, however, takes a while to show the impact, although it is faster than homoeopathy. The other difference between the two sciences is that while the former is an Italian system the latter is German in origin. As for the range of electro homoeopathy, Dr Betty says it can cure every infection. "You name it and we can treat it, without inducing toxins into the body. I have handled many cases of acute gastric infections, arthritis, spondilytes, chronic cold and asthma," she claims. The other factor that gives electro homoeopathy an edge over homoeopathy is that its practitioner does not need to base his/her diagnosis on long histories elicited from the patient. "We need to ask just two basic questions---what is the ailment and how chronic. The rest is not necessary," says Dr Betty, who has also developed a range of beauty treatments with the herbs used by the founder of electro pathy. About electro-homoeopathy The medical system of electro homoeopathy heals with herbs. The inventor, Grafen Ceasre Mattei, who was an Italian, was impressed by the art of healing of spagyrism and homoeopathy. Based on these two he developed electro homoeopathy in 1865 at Bologna, Italy. Electro homoeopathy, then, is a product of the centuries old healing systems. The medicine used under this system is known as "electric medicine", which works to treat the vitiation of two body fluids -- lymph and blood. Mattei argued that these two vital fluids are important for the health of cells and tissues because only these two vehicles serve the purpose of nutrition supply to each proximal and distal cell of the body to keep the biochemistry intact within the cells. Therefore, he configured two specific groups of medicines to arrest the vitiation of lymph and blood which act as the preserver against the invading microorganisms of diseases. |
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Hospitals’ functioning reviewed
Mohali, July 14 Mr Sarangal said all district hospitals had been graded in the A+ category, whereas all subdivisional hospitals in the state, except four hospitals, were placed in the above A category. He said the review meeting was held each month and besides reviewing quality and performance indicators, many other health-related issues were discussed with the district health authorities. Necessary directions were given to further improve the functioning of health institutions. He said important issues like waste management and disease surveillance, blood banks, morbidity and mortality reports, status regarding equipment upkeep and general cleanliness in hospitals, information and communication activities were |
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"VRV has a long way to go"
The Chandigarh lad not only failed to contribute anything worthwhile in India's victory, but VRV didn't even give any glimpse of his much-vaunted pace bowling skills. Lacking in line and length, VRV ended with the figures of 2 for 158 for the series. The tour was an opportunity for VRV to show his bowing skills. However, VRV could not capitalise on the chances, which he got even after his dismal performance in the shorter version of the game in the Indo-England series in February-March this year. In his debut match in that series, VRV faced Kevin Pieterson's onslaught and conceded 33 runs in just five overs with an average of 6.60 runs per over without any wicket. On the contrary, S Sreesanth, who attracted attentions of the bigwigs along VRV in the Challenger Trophy held in Mohali last October, cemented his place with a rich haul of 10 wickets for 335 runs at an average of 33.50 during the West Indies tour. Cricket pundits are of the view that with such dismal performance it will be difficult for VRV to become a permanent fixture in the Indian side. He needs to improve improve his body language and be more aggressive as a bowler, they feel. "VRV has a long way to go. So he should work on the grey areas and learn the tricks of the trade". Veteran coach DP Azad, who has produced many international cricketers, said about the budding cricketer. The performance is the only criterion to be in the team, he added. |
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Manipur, Haryana
qualify for q-final league
Chandigarh, July 14 Manipur thrashed Madhya Pradesh 20-0, bringing their tally of goals scored to 37. They have yet to concede a goal. It was second successive triumph for Manipur who topped Cluster A with six points and qualified for Group I quarter-final league. N Chan-Chan Chanu gave an excellent display of ball control. She netted five goals, including a hat-trick. She recorded her goals in the third, 14th, 28th, 33rd and 38th minutes. She combined well with captain M Bem-Bem (26th, 41st, 67th and 79th minute), N Bindoni Devi (40th, 43rd, 74th) and Y Kamla Devi (4th, 23rd and 54th) Madhya Pradesh. M Mandakini Devi (6th), G Radharani Devi (66th), N Montesori Devi (49th) and T Nungshitombi Devi (42nd) also contributed one goal each. Haryana outclassed Pondicherry 10-0. Diksha booted home four times. Other Haryana marksmen were Meenakshi, Preeti, Monty and Priyanka. This was Haryana’s second successive triumph in their cluster D. They topped with six points from two wins and qualified for the Group I quarter-final league. Chhattisgarh, the third team in this cluster, finished with one win and one loss. Pondicherry lost both their matches and bowed out. Orissa and Tamil Nadu joined holders Manipur, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the quarter-final league phase. Orissa trounced Uttaranchal by 13-0. Preyenka Sahoo (8th, 31st, 39th, 70th and 76th) and Jhele Munda (19th, 47th, 56th and 65th) demolished the Uttaranchal defence. Sradhajali Sahoo (43rd, 54th) and Gomate Borh (45th, 77th) were the other scorers for Orissa. Tamil Nadu moved into Group I quarter-final league at the expense of a never-say-die Goa by 2-1 in their last Cluster C qualifying fixture. This was the best match of the tournament and both teams were evenly matched. Tamil Nadu were down by an early goal. However, they rallied to first restore parity. They slammed two goals in quick succession. Goa drew the first blood in the eighth minute through Malvita
Mascarenhas. Tamil Nadu settled down and struck two goals within a span of two minutes. K Gayathri scored in the 25th minutes. Tamil Nadu snatched match-winning goal in the 27th minute through T
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Sportspersons to be honoured today
Chandigarh, July 14 The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award was discontinued in 1996 due to financial constrains. The Punjab Government revived the highest state sports award after Captain Amarinder Singh announced the decision during the first Indo-Pak Punjab Games in Patiala in 2004. Applications were invited and the recipients were selected from the period 1997 to 2004. According to information received by the Punjab Government, barring a few sportspersons all have confirmed to be present on the occasion. The organising committee reviewed the arrangements this evening. Among those present at the venue were Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Sports and Youth Affairs) Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Secretary (Sports)
R.P.S. Pawar, Director (Sports) Padamshree Pargat Singh, Mohali Deputy Commissioner Tejbir Singh and Mohali SSP Naunihal Singh. Meanwhile, AKM Resort was humming with activity on the eve of the function. A large number of dignitaries, Cabinet ministers, Olympians and bigwigs of the sports fraternity will be present on the occasion. Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi and secretary-general Raja Randhir Singh are also expected to attend. The recipients will be presented a cheque for Rs 1 lakh, trophy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh on horseback in warrior’s dress, blazer, tie and citation. Padamshree Pargat Singh disclosed that the cash award had been hiked to Rs 1 lakh from Rs 21,000. |
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