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PU refutes report on selection
Chandigarh, July 18 “Of the most essential 44 posts, which were to be filled for new courses started at Swami Sarvanand Giri Institute, Hoshiarpur, the Regional Centre at Ludhiana, the University Institute of Legal Studies and the Five Year Course of Economics at Chandigarh, 30 selections were made. The selection committees decided to re-advertise 14 posts where candidates were not found to be suitable,” stated the rejoinder. However, according to the papers put up before the PU Syndicate on July 12 for its meeting, the various selection committees of the university selected as many as 48 candidates. While 32 were asked to join, another 16 candidates were put on the waiting list. Out of these the selection of two candidates was rejected by the syndicate. Interestingly, while the university has shown remarkable alacrity to respond to a newspaper report at least two of the candidates who had given written complaints to the PU Vice-Chancellor against the selection of a particular candidate in the UIET were still awaiting a response from his office. Reiterating that there had been gross irregularities in the selections, one of these candidates, who is a pool scientist at the university, again pointed out today that her claim to the post was ignored while another candidate who was allegedly not as qualified as she was selected. “I gave a written complaint first to the Vice-Chancellor and then to the Syndicate members but I am yet to get a reply,” she added. Another candidate, who too had applied for a post at the UIET but was rejected, stated that the university did not follow any fixed criteria for selection to the post of lecturers. “Here selections are made solely on the basis of performance of the candidate during the interview which is against a Supreme Court judgement over the issue. At other places performance during the interview are just a part of the overall qualifications and suitability of the candidates,” he said. “The university should be made answerable for the arbitrariness with which these selections are made. The process followed by the screening committee should be fixed and the entire system should be transparent,” he said, adding that the system followed by Guru Nanak Dev University was both reasonable and transparent. Incidentally, the DPR in his note has failed to mention various selections made to the UIET, which are the ones that have elicited the complaints from the candidates.
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Professor invited to Italy
Chandigarh, July 18 The 44th course of school in sub-nuclear physics will comprise talks on latest developments in particle physics and related topics and experts have been invited from all over the world. The Ettore Majorana Foundation and the Centre for Scientific Culture had been established to pay a permanent tribute to great Italian scientists Galileo Galelei, the founder of modern science, and Enrico Fermi, known as the father of weak forces. Dr Manjit Kaur had been awarded the Guilio Racah Fellowship EMCSC, Erice, Italy, in 1991 when she attended this school as a student.
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PTI teachers end fast after CM’s assurance
Chandigarh, July 18 The Chief Minister assured the delegation that the decision to fill the vacant posts would taken at the next meeting of the Punjab Cabinet. In view of the assurance given by the Chief Minister, the teachers have decided to put off their relay fast. Meanwhile, the dharna of the union in front of the office of the DPI (Secondary) entered the 23rd day today.
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College session begins
Chandigarh, July 18 The Principal, Dr Harinderjit Kaur, welcomed the new students and congratulated the old students for their successful academic results. She also made the students familiar with the traditions and rules and regulations of the college.
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Saplings planted
Chandigarh, July 18 The chief guest later addressed the gathering and appealed to the people to grow more trees, which was the need of the hour as it helped make the city green and pollution free.
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Librarian to present papers
Chandigarh, July 18
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Cultural calendar announced
Chandigarh, July 18 In October, a classical music and dance festival at Shanti Kunj, an inter-state cultural workshop and a cultural programme by SPIC MACAY is planned. The Chandigarh Carnival is scheduled for November. A English theatre festival and a cultural programme by Triveni group along with the New Year Festival will be held in December. In January next year, a programme of classical music by Amjad Ali Khan and Rashid Khan will be held. This six-month programme was announced today by the Director Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Mr Vivek Atray. Other cultural organisations have also been invited to inform the department about their forthcoming events so that their programmes could be incorporated in the cultural calendar. |
Orissa beat Tripura
Chandigarh, July 18 Orissa owed their effortless triumph against Tripura to Jhele Munda who scored a brace against Tripura in 25 th and 79 th minute. Dominating the proceedings, Orissa took time to settle down. After wasting few chances to score, they were put ahead by Jhele Munda. Srimote Samal made it 2-0 in the 35th minute. Preyenka Sahoo (70th) and Jhele Munda (79th) swelled the Orissa kitty with one goal each. At adjacent ground, West Bengal also recorded an identical 4-0 triumph over Uttar Pradesh and collected full three points from their first quarter-final league fixture. West Bengal forged ahead in the 30th minute through Sujata Palit. The margin was doubled by Rojina Kharton, who pounced on the rebound after UP goalkeeper Ankita had partially cleared the ball of a shot from Srabani Bairagi in the 54th minute. The third West Bengal goal was through Kalpana Roy who executed the move after getting a cross from the right flank. As the ball slipped out of the UP goalkeeper’s hands, well-positioned Kalpana Roy tapped it from close. Srabani Bairagi completed the tally with a fine goal in the 75th minute. Uttar Pradesh played under pressure against West Bengal and missed the best opportunity to restore parity in the 47th and 59 th minute. |
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Ex-HOA officials join investigation
Panchkula, July 18 The two, Mr H.S Bhadu and Mr Bhupinder Singh, director and cashier of the association, respectively, after getting bail from the Punjab and Haryana High Court today came to Sector 5 police station and expressed their willingness to join the investigations in the case registered against them. They were booked under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of Mr Anand Singh
Dangi, vice-president of the newly elected HOA. In his complaint to the police, Mr Dangi had alleged that they had taken away certain official documents and other records of the association on May 6 He had alleged that they did not return the documents even after repeated representation. |
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Manpreet, Gurkiran clinch gold
Panchkula, July 18 The results: Under 14 Boys: Manpreet Singh (gold), Simranjit Singh (silver), Jitesh Arora and Gaurav Singh (bronze) Girls: Gurkiran (gold), Simran (silver), Ashima and Akshita (bronze) Under 17: Boys: Rajvir and Aman Nagpal (gold), Devinder and Rahul (silver), Gobindjot and Mohit (bronze) Girls: Saipriya and Priyanka (gold), Nikita (Silver) Under 19: Boys: Shashank and Pushpinder (gold), Harinder, Parth, Gurmukh, Naman and Gagandeep (Silver) Girls: Chitra, Ramandeep, Monika and Disha (gold) Samrat Rana of Saupin’s School, Sector 9, Panchkula, won the gold in the under 40 kg category in the Inter School District Karate Competition held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, today. He defeated Ravi of Haryana Model School, Sector 10, Panchkula. |
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Raghu Mahajan does city proud again
Chandigarh, July 18 As many as 93 countries had taken part in this prestigious contest, of which a five-member team of students went from India. Out of the five students who participated from India, two students have been awarded gold medals. Raghu had earlier topped in the IIT and AIEEE examinations at all-India level. The proud parents of Raghu, Dr Sunil Kumar Mahajan, Medical Officer in the Directorate of Health Services and his mother, Usha Mahajan, a physics lecturer in a senior secondary school, Mullapur
Garibdass, were glad to hear this news. An elated Dr Sunil said: Topping various examinations has become a routine for us now. At present, Raghu is in Mumbai and is expected to come back tomorrow”. |
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Cricket probables selected
Mohali, July 18 The final probables will be selected after watching their performance in this camp. Mr M.P. Pandove, secretary, PCA, further informed that the junior selectors of the state, Munish Aggarwal and Naresh Marwaha, will also be watching the performance of the players in the camp for one week.
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