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Drunk father shoots at daughter
Chandigarh, March 25 The bullet hit Poonam on the right side of her chest and she was admitted to the PGI in a critical state. She is employed as a tutor with GT institute in Sector 24. To remove the bullet, she was operated upon. The incident occurred at around 6 pm when Ramphal entered the house in an inebriated state. He entered into a heated argument with his family members, including his wife Kanta, son Manjit and Poonam. As Poonam objected to his father’s drinking habits, Ramphal took out his revolver and shot at her. The firing took place in the drawing room of their house. Ramphal then fled the spot while family members rushed Poonam to the PGI. The police was then called. A PCR van reached the spot and found the house locked. The police has registered a case of attempt to murder under Section 307 of the IPC against Ramphal. Inspector Charanjeet Singh, SHO, Sector 39 police station, said the accused, who was under the influence of liquor, was asked by beat constable Kartar to go back home. The accused would always carry his revolver with him, which had an all-India licence. He had been on leave for the past few days and would often indulge in scuffles with his family members, the official said.
Grim reminder of past
In May 2009, a city based businessman shot dead his daugther and later shot himself in his house at Sector 23 here. Karanjeet Singh, the owner of Kasauli Broiler, shot at his younger daughter Poonam, who was in comma ever since and died at a hospital in 2011.
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From police files: List of proclaimed offenders
growing
Chandigarh, March 25 Even as senior police officials have formed a PO cell to nab such offenders, the staff of the cell received flak recently after the CBI booked two policemen for demanding a bribe from a PO for not arresting him. As per statistics available with the police, there were 840 POs at the end of 2006 and the number has tripled in a span of six years. Compared to their growing tribe, arrests of these POs have been few and far between. Last year, the police had arrested 177 POs in all, while 10 names have also been deleted from the list. A majority of these offenders are wanted in cases related to cheating, forgery, theft, robbery, gambling and under the Excise Act. A total of 86 proclaimed offenders are wanted in cheque-bounce cases. Police sources said a large number of POs have even migrated to foreign shores. ASP (Central) Desraj Singh, who is supervising the special PO cell formed to nab offenders, said they had arrested 272 POs ever since the cell was formed in 2009. “We have written to SSPs of all the states with a detailed list of proclaimed offenders and asked them to provide any clue leading to the accused. A special drive has been initiated and we have also announced a handsome reward for anyone who helps us nab POs,” he said. In addition to these POs, the police has identified 422 proclaimed offenders who have been involved in petty offences and there is no clue about their whereabout since long time. Failing to get any clue, the police has prepared a report for submission to the Magistrate to delete the names of these small-time offenders from the list. Failures The police has failed to nab PO Narayan Singh Chaura who was the mastermind behind the infamous Burail jail-break case of 2004. Chaura had cut the electricity wires in the jail, which ultimately helped Beant Singh assassins Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit Singh Bheora escape the jail by digging a tunnel in 2004. Foreigners Two foreigners arrested in 2004 — Kavito Andrew Paul and Matavo Jean Joseph (Uganda) — were declared POs as they failed to attend court in a theft case.
Teacher missing A teacher Sunil Kumar, accused of kidnapping two girl students in 2007 went missing on the day the court was to pronounce orders in the case. He was out on bail. Rearrested Last week, staff of the PO cell nabbed a PO 22 years after he was booked and 14 years after he was declared a PO. The police arrested Laxmi Singh from Dehradun in a case of criminal intimidation. A case was registered against him at the Sector 17 police station in 1990 and he was declared a PO in 1997.
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Jinxed James Plaza courts fresh controversy
Chandigarh, March 25 The Punjab and Chandigarh Registrar, on directions of the Regional Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Noida, has filed the case because the company could not furnish satisfactory answers to an inspection carried out by the office earlier. The case has been admitted to the court of the CJM on March 20, this year. A formal communication from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to the local office said "you are directed to file prosecution
against the company" for unsatisfactory answers to different violations. The letter quoted violations under Sections 154, 217(3), 227(3)(e), 224, 217(2A), 211(3a) to be read in reference to specific sections. Violations have also been cited under Sections 305, 383(2), 303(2) and 193 of the Companies Act. Majority of the violations pertain to improper maintenance of the balance sheets of the company. The hotel accounts were found to be lacking in expenditure details and source of income under different heads. The major violation cited in the inspection report pertains to the violation of Section 217, which provides for the company’s board' s report, which should be attached to every balance sheet laid before a company at the general meeting. The report is expected to include a statement showing the name of every employee; and a change in the board composition, if any. Certain other deficiencies pointed out in the report, under different sections, included: no proper account of the board meetings; improper updating on members of the board which was mandatory within 20 days of any change; and lacking information provided to the auditor. Failure to attach balance sheet to the report of the board of directors calls for action under Section 217(5) of the Companies Act, 1956, that could invite imprisonment and also a fine. The hotel did file a reply saying that there was no contravention of the company rules, however, the ministry did not find the reply to be satisfactory.
Stuck from the start
1985: Mehfil Hotels got the site. 1986:
the Estate Office resumed the site, which was restored following an appeal to the Advisor to the UT Administrator. The property, later, changed hands and was named James Plaza. February, 2006:
The site was ordered to be resumed .The site was restored again following an appeal in May, 2007. May, 2008:
Hotel site was resumed on the orders of DC RK Rao. On the orders of the Punjab and Haryana HC in February, 2009. The management was allowed to complete the building within 11 months December, 2011:
Shareholders accused one another of irregularities.
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13-year-old girl escapes flesh-trade trap
Panchkula, March 25 According to the information, the girl had come here from Ghaziabad to stay with her uncle, Joginder Singh, residing in Sector 14. She had left the house of her uncle after they scolded her over some issue three days ago and reached the house of an elder uncle, Devinder Singh, who had retired from the Army and was living at Beer Ghaggar. She reached the house late in the evening and saw another person living in that house. When she enquired about her uncle, he told her that he had purchased the house recently and that she could stay in the house during the night, as it was dark outside. However, when she heard him talking to someone over the mobile phone asking the person on the other side to reach, immediately, as the girl could move out of the house anytime and he would not be able to stop her, she immediately came out of the house and jumped from over the main gate. After reaching the Panchkula-Parwanoo-National Highway, she took a bus without knowing that the same was going to Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh. When the conductor asked for the ticket she told her that she did not have the money. She was dropped at the Nalagarh bus stand. An elderly couple saw her and took her to their house and handed her over to the Nalagarh police next morning. The girl was handed over to the parents late in the evening yesterday. Meanwhile, the Joginder Singh, uncle of the girl, had lodged a report of missing girl with the Sector 14 police station.
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UT Estate Office fails to recover service tax
Chandigarh, March 25 Pointing out the anomaly, the office of the Accountant General Punjab and UT in a communication to the Chandigarh Administration has pointed out that despite the laid down rules on ‘renting of property services’, the estate office has failed to recover service tax to the tune of around Rs 20 lakh. While examining the record of the Estate Office in respect to 23 shop-cum-offices (SCOs) and booths of Sector 17, the AG office in its observation has pointed out that while the Estate Office received the ground rent of Rs 91,33,500, no service tax was paid by it. But the Estate Office has failed to file a reply. Similarly, it has been pointed out that in respect to two commercial properties in Sector 43, the Estate Office failed to pay the service tax on ground rent along with interest amounting to Rs 10.21 lakh. Though the Estate Office raised a demand for the service tax, the amount was not recovered. Many similar cases on non-recovery of service tax to the tune of lakes of rupees exist in the record of the Estate Office, sources said. The observations have been pointed out during an inspection of the office record in 2011. The sources reveal that renting of property services has been made liable to service tax. The renting of immovable property include renting, letting, leasing, licensing or similar arrangements of immovable property for use in the course of furtherance of business or commerce.
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Police inaction: Gangrape victim threatens to stage dharna
Panchkula, March 25 Addressing the media persons, here this evening, the victim alleged that she had complained to the Director General Police, Haryana, in this regard about two weeks ago but nothing had been done in this regard. She had alleged that the accused, Pradeep Mittal, along with five others had gang raped her while she had gone to attend the marriage of the daughter of a policeman, sub-inspector, Randhir Singh, at Khanna farm house on the Chandigarh road. She said that she had submitted a complaint in this regard to the ACP on January 18 and the police had registered a case on January 19 under Section 376 (2G), 506 of the IPC in Baldev Nagar police station. She further alleged that the main accused, Mittal and his accomplices Nitin Uppal, Himanshu, Rome were threatening to eliminate her and other members of the family. She alleged that police officials of the crime department were hand-in-glove with the accused and instead of arresting the accused were trying to hush up the case. She said that the police has recorded her statements under Section 164 after the directions by the Punjab and High Court on February 25 but even after the lapse of about one month the police had failed to arrest the accused. She said that the DSP Crime, the DCP, Ambala, and that that accused in the gang rape would be responsible for any untoward at incident that could occur with her or her family members.
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Dance marks annual event
Ryan International School organised its annual event of The Montessori Graduation Ceremony, a press release said here on Sunday. The event, one of the major attractions of the school was initiated as a morale boaster for the upgrading students of the kindergarten level. The theme of the programme was ‘Incredible India’. To showcase different aspects of the Indian culture and colour varied dances representing the states were presented on the occasion. Eye check-up camp
A free eye check-up camp was organised by Grewal Eye Institute (GEI) on Sunday at Audit Pool colony, Community Center, Sector 41. The doctors examined the eyes of the patients.
Annual function
The annual function of Aanchal International School, Sector 41, Chandigarh, celebrated, on Sunday, at the Tagore Theatre. Amidst a backdrop of multi-hued depiction of the rich Indian culture the program commenced with the customary lighting of the ‘Deepshikha” by the chief guest R J Khanderao, regional officer CBSE, Panchkula. The show unfolded to a wide array of cultural extravaganza and left the audience enthralled. The highlight of the show was that a majority of the sequences had been conceived, choreographed, directed and presented by the students themselves. Dressed in bright and colorful attires, tiny-tots of pre-nursery and the LKG stole the hearts of all as they danced on the rhymes related to animals.
Nominated
Charanjiv Singh, a newly elected president of Chandigarh Beopar Mandal, nominated his team of office-bearers for the year 2012-14. These include; chief patron-Diwakar Sahoonja; chairman-Satpal Gupta; senior vice-president-Gursharan Batra and general secretary-Anil Vohra.
Accolades-2012
Gurukul Global celebrated Accolades-2012, to mark the achievements of its children for the academic session 2011-2012. It was heartening to see the performances of children in different categories. The audience was mesmerised by the acting skills of the small children in the play ‘pied piper’,’ snow white’ and ‘stone soup’. Raas Leela and Five Elements performed by the students were a huge hit with the audience as the children electrified the atmosphere with their rhythmic synchronizations.
Spell Bee
Shrtika Gupta from Sacred Heart School won the Chandigarh City Finale of HDFC life Spell Bee-India Spells 2012, the fourth edition of India’s largest spelling competition for school students, held on March 25th, 2012 at the Shivalik Public School. Shrutika will compete with winners from 29 other cities at the national final scheduled to be held in Mumbai later this year. Shradha Pruthi of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School and Shiksha Tanwar of DAV Public School were the runners-up.
Talent showcased
Euro Kids School here in Phase-IV celebrated its Annual Day function at Pracheen Kala Kendra, Sector 71 here on Sunday. The theme of the function was ‘colours of life’. The moods of life were depicted in all the items. The programme included variety of songs and dances like rainbow song to festivals across India besides Waka-Waka to Brazil, Kolaveri Di to Chak Dhoom Dhoom.
Prize distribution
Ashmah International School, Sector 70, Mohali, organised prize distribution ceremony for the senior wing students on the school premises for their annual achievements, many students were awarded for excelling in the fields of academics, sports and co-curricular activities. The chief guest, JS Kesar, gave the prizes to the senior students and he appreciated the efforts of the students. School principal, Roopinder Ghuman, gave away the prizes to the students.
Panchkula scan More than 150 people were examined during a camp held at Sanatam Dharam Mandir, Sector 2, here today. The camp was organised by Senior Citizen Association and LIC Class I officers in association. — TNS
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Golden Retriever bags first prize
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, March 25 The fashion show organised by the Haryana Veterinary department in association Kennel Club saw about 300 participants not only from the tricity region but also from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and even Delhi participated in the show. Siberian Husky and Jack Russell terrier were the star attraction in the dog fashion show as the onlookers view with each other to have a look of the costly and rare breeds. About 27 dogs flaunting their beautiful dresses sashaying the ramp with their owners caught the attention of the onlookers who cheered on the every move made by these pets. Golden Retriever owned by Sangeeta Datta of Panchkula got the “Best in fashion” award while Neetu Chaudhary got the “Best Leader Handler” award. Saint Bernard, owned by Kulbir from Khanna, and the Golden Retriever of Sulbha Jindal from Ludhiana got the first and second position, respectively. Dr KS Dangi Director General Animal Husbandary and Dairy, gave away the awards to the winners. Eminent dog breeders Dr APS Mangat and AIS Bhinder from Ludhiana were the judges of the show, which would be managed by Haryana animal husbandry department that had recently organised a fashion show for ‘Murrah’ buffaloes. In-charge of the PMC Dr MR Singla coordinated the show.
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Clinical Establishment Act on anvil
Chandigarh, March 25 During a meeting of top health officials attended by Chandigarh health secretary Anil Kumar, it was decided that a notification in this regard would be published in newspapers soon. Following which no person shall run a clinical establishment unless it has been duly registered in accordance with the provisions of the Act. With this not only the patients will be able to get a standardised treatment at clinics, but the authorities will also be able to plan health services in a better way. Till now medicos are not required to get their outlets registered with the government authorities. During the meeting held by the Central Council, established u by the Centre in New Delhi, the UT health officials said they had already collected raw data on health services available in the private sector. “Soon the exact figure of facilities available at hospitals, maternity homes, nursing homes, dispensaries, clinics, sanatoriums or an institution offering services, facilities requiring diagnosis, treatment or care for illness, injury, deformity, abnormality or pregnancy under any recognised system of medicine established and maintained by any person or a body of persons will be recorded,” said Nodal officer Dr Soma. Provisions
Under the Clinical Establishment Act, every establishment should maintain medical records of patients. Each category of the establishment should comply with the Standard Treatment Guidelines and charge within the range of rates notified by the Central government from time to time. It should display the rates charged for each type of service provided and facilities available. Those flouting rules will have to pay Rs 5 lakh as fine under the
Act.
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Work on railway underbridge to start in three months
Chandigarh, March 25 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal, directed the railway officials to get in touch with the Administration and have the plan finalised by next week so that the construction of RUB could be started on time. Pawan Bansal today reviewed the status of construction of the proposed railway under bridges (RUB) at Darua-Mauli Jagran and Modern Complex, Mani Majra. Notably, there is heavy traffic jam on these two tracks during morning and evening hours as a large number of people working in various offices located in the tricity region cross the level crossing everyday. Ambala Division Railway Manager (DRM) PK Sanghi accompanied by senior railway officials assured the minister that the construction of RUB near Mauli Jagran would start in three months. Bansal also visited and reviewed the freight handling facilities at Chandigarh station in Panchkula/Mauli Jagran, mineral siding near Darua and industrial siding. Local people and representatives also met the minister and complained about the air pollution being caused due to unloading of coal and loose material in Mauli Jagran, which is just adjacent to the residential area. They said the handling of loose consignment should be done in old mineral sidings. Bansal asked Sanghi and other officials to get the unloading of coal, red oxide (red sand), clinkers, and cement done at old sidings. The DRM apprised the minister of the proposed work of boundary wall in Mauli Jagran and the constructions of new sidings in Darua for handling of coal and other material. The Union Minister also requested the railway authorities to hand over a piece of land to Darua site for widening of station road and also take up the construction of a wall at Darua.
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SGPC member calls for meeting to discuss issue
Mohali, March 25 In an appeal, the SGPC member for Mohali, said apart from political leaders, representatives of social and religious organisations should also attend the meeting. He said a united stand should be taken on the issue of the death sentence. Hardeep Singh said all efforts would be made to make the Punjab bandh, called by the Sikh clergy, successful on March 28. He said only emergency services should remain functional and appealed for the closure of markets, schools and other educational institutions and factories on the day.
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No end to parking problems in sight
Right from the markets to marla houses, housing board houses, government houses and now even newly constructed society houses have the same problem and long queues of haphazardly parking of vehicles could be seen in whole of the city. Due to increase in the inhabitants, almost every family in the Chandigarh has a four-wheeler or two in addition to two-wheelers. Vehicles can be seen parking alongside of every roads and green belts. Car craze and easy loans made luxury cars affordable due to increase of per capita income further add to the miseries of parking problem in the tricity. Southern sectors are the worst example. Lack of proper parking in the markets not only poses a problem for the visitors but also to the traders too. As many as three underground parking lots 30-Bays Building, Telephone Exchange and the CMC hospital in Sector 17 are non-functional due to no lighting arrangements, cleanliness, watchmen and water-logging during rainy season. An about one-lakh vehicle come everyday to this prime sector alone and one can easily imagine the parking scenario. The existing 15 earmarked parking lots in Sector 17 are not sufficient to cope up with one-lakh vehicles. The situation in every sector is bad but worse in Sector 19, 20, and 22 and in Sector 17 in front of plaza, Bank Square, 30-Bays building, DC office and Hotel Mehfil. Punjab and Haryana High Court spread a ray of hope for the walkers and once again Sector 17 will be walkers’ paradise. Kulbhushan Kanwar, Sector 48, Chandigarh Increase in number of vehicles aggravating woes
The exponential growth in the number of automobiles on the beautiful roads of the city has led to a massive parking problem everywhere within residential colonies, at market places, and outside offices complexes. Parking space and parking management systems by Municipal Corporation have not kept pace with the growing vehicle population and seems to be visionless. The underground parking at several places in city should ease out the pressure of parking from Sector 17 an area, which has huge rush. Also, the two-year tenure of the Advisory Council would end this year and there seems less possibility of anything significant coming out from the future meetings of the Council related to traffic. In fact, it would have been great if the UT Administrator would have called some special invitees as the youths in order to get innovative ideas from them to curb traffic menace. For a city like Chandigarh, which I think used to have good public transport system is in a bad shape-ramshackle buses, erratic timings, no proper information at the bus depot, rude crew behaviour of staff. Bureaucrats also need to reform their attitudes as well. Er Sachin Sharma, Chandigarh
Three-storeyed parking
a must
The idea of three-storeyed underground parking would be quite useful and would not disturb the heritage of the area and it would also not block the view of the visitors. Multi-storeyed parking would also provide accommodation to a number of vehicles. To ensure an obstruction-free pedestrian corridor, an underpass can be constructed. All these measures would help to divert the flow of vehicular traffic entering Sector 17. Vineet Kapoor,
Panchkula
People should opt for
public transport
Almost every day, there used to be a brawl between the contractor and the public in one or the other form. At times, the contracts of some contractors, who have been charging exorbitant rates, have been terminated/suspended. In view of phenomenal increase in vehicular traffic, safety is a multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional issue. Law enforcement alone cannot solve this problem as it is only by way of responsible individual behavior that everyone can jointly contribute in improving the parking woes of the city. It is within the constrains of limited parking which is getting reduced day by day and other such factors that solutions would have to be searched but community interest will have to take precedence over individual convenience. Since the citizens pay the prescribed road tax, it should be incumbent upon the administration or the MC to provide free parking facilities to the residents. If at all the MC wants to tax the Chandigarh citizens to raise its income, (though there is a surplus budget of MC and even could not fully utilise during the current financial year) all parking lots controlled by the contractors should be controlled and maintained by the MC itself. There should be only one time payment for a day so that one does not have to pay wherever, one parks the vehicle in the city. All the government vehicles should be issued permanent passes by the MC as is done in the Punjab and Haryana Secretariat. Several vehicles are stolen despite the fact that the owner has got the slip from the staff on duty. Since the MC has imposed this unwarranted tax, it should be their responsibility to bear the loss in the event of theft or damage of the vehicles. Secondly, it would be in the interest of the public, the transport will be encouraged to a large scale as this will help reduce congestion to a larger extent. We should follow good examples of other countries as in Singapore where around 65 per cent of the commuters now use public transportation SK Khosla,
Sector 40C, Chandigarh
Govt offices should be
shifted outskirts
A considerable large number of vehicles of the office employees block the major area of parking lots from 9 am to 5 pm. The vehicles not only congest the parking spaces in the sector but also congest the city roads, as these move to and fro a nucleus point while arriving to and departing from the offices. Shift all the government offices to the periphery of the sector at different locations, in a phased manner, and declare the city centre a commercial area to house shops and corporate offices only; in-and-out type flow of visitors to the sector shall almost ease the parking congestion. Besides easing traffic congestion on the city roads, the idea if adopted, shall bring loads of revenue by renting out government buildings to business houses. Comparatively, cheaper office accommodation can be hired or built on the outskirts of the city. The idea of declaring Sector 17, a vehicle free zone may prove to be detrimental. People will not be comfortable and shopping full of hassles shall discourage the visitors from visiting the sector. RP Malhotra
Comprehensive planning need of the hour
Talking in terms of specific parking problems in city’s markets, we can easily infer that the problems are the same but differ in magnitude from market to market. The problem faced by a commuter; say in Sector 17, where rush of cars for the office goers and shoppers is different from the markets in the periphery. Similarly, Sector 22 market that is situated in the heart of residential area also confronts parking problems due to shoppers desiring to park cars close to their preferred shop. The problem of parking in commercial hubs has taken the attention of the administration always. In the backdrop of the directions of the High Court to decongest Sector 17 and convert it as no vehicle zone, administration is mooting various ways but is yet to come out with a concrete proposal. A comprehensive planning on the issue is the need of the hour. We have constraints being landlocked city. As concept of car, pools also does not apply when you go for shopping, it being a family affair. The cars would converge on the city’s markets unchecked. We have seen that proposal of no car day in Panjab University has had its natural death and nobody took to use bicycles. Satish Chandra Sharma, Chandigarh
Traffic outside shopping malls should be regulated
The coming-up of big and bright shopping malls in the city and adjoining towns of Mohali and Panchkula has been unable to pull out the crowd thronging the ‘heart of the city’ in Sector 17. Parking needs to be a little more regulated in the commercial-hub portion of the sector. Haphazard parking of vehicles in the parking lots, long queues of vehicles near entry and exit gates of these lots, brawls between parking contractors and vehicles’ owners over parking of vehicles are a common sight. Multi-storeyed parking lots, a need of the hour: at least four multi-storeyed parking lots have been finalised at different points for the past more than a decade, but not yet implemented. Dr Shruti K Chawla
Admn should complete projects
We have been listening to the Administration's promise of building multi-storyed parking for long but no concrete action has yet been taken in this regard. Until there is implementation of the promised projects, nothing will happen. Like, the circus ground in Sector 17, can be converted into a modern multi-storyed parking lot. But the action should be abrupt and
effective.
RK Kapoor
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Insurance company told to pay relief
Chandigarh, March 25 The company was told to pay a sum of Rs 15,000 as compensation for mental agony and harassment caused to the complainant, besides Rs 10,000 as litigation costs. PD Goel, president, and Rajinder Singh Gill and Dr Madanjit Kaur Sahota, members, said the orders should be complied within a month or the company should pay 12 per cent interest on the amount. Umesh Chander had purchased a Maruti Swift Dzire which he had got insured with the company. The car met with an accident on the intervening night of October 30, 2009, and October 31, 2009. A cow had come in front of the vehicle. It was learnt that the surveyor was asked to “without assigning any reason, disallowing a major portion of repairs and assess
the claim for Rs 26,588/- as against the claim of Rs 69,005.” The forum stated that the question was whether the surveyor vide his report dated November 25, 2009, - Annexure C-5 had rightly assessed the claim amount. It was proved on record that the surveyor without assigning any
reason had illegally disallowed the amount of Rs 29,61,429.
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Classical vocalist gives impressive performance
Chandigarh, March 25 A disciple of Padmavibhushan Pandit Jasraj, Samrath opened up with the exposition of a rare raga, ‘shudh barali’, through a brief alaap before doling out a slow paced (vilambat) composition “Sudhe bolat nahin” in ‘ek taal’. It was followed by a fast paced bandish “Bahut bichhari thaari re in ‘drut taan tal’. He moved on to sing another composition “ Ab nahin manugi” in raga ‘jog’ before submerging the audience in devotion with a Kabir bahajan “Gathri chhod chla musafir”. The vocalist concluded the recital with a bhairavi bandish “Kunjh Behari”. Samrath Janve attempted to emulate his illustrious guru Pandit Jasraj by modulating his voice, especially in Khairaj, performing ‘sargam’, ‘aakar taan’ with the purity of his Mewati ghrana tradition. He was ably supported by Dr Mahendra Sharma on the harmonium , Nidhi Janve on the tanpura and Gautam Dhar on the tabla.Chief guest and eminent artist Shiv Singh honoured the artistes.
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Marathon by PGI docs
Chandigarh, March 25 There were about 1,270 registrations, said Dr Ashutosh Sarwa, general secretary of the association. Junior as well senior doctors, schoolchildren and college students were among the participants. Special T-shirts were distributed. The marathon was flagged off by PGIMER director in the presence of cricketer Dinesh Mongia, Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann and officials of the Chandigarh Administration. Mehul and Seema stood first in the boys and girls categories, respectively.
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No arrest made so far
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 25 The police has failed to get any clue regarding the snatchers so far. SP RS Ghuman said they were verifying the details of all snatchers who had recently been released on bail and would verify their addresses.
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295 students conferred degrees
Chandigarh, March 25 Viplove Thakur, Member of Parliament, was the chief guest for the occasion. After the college prayer, principal Dr Meera Modi welcomed the dignitaries and read out the annual report, highlighting the achievements
of the college in both academic and non-academic fields. She appreciated the staff and students for their contribution to the college. 295 students from five streams (PGDCA, BCom, BCA, BBA and BA) were conferred degrees at the convocation. In addition, six students were awarded golden certificate of merit, while 39 were given certificate of merit for excellence in academics. Two students of BA III and two of BCom III were awarded scholarship under the aegis of Vimal Bhargava Charitable Trust Kahkashan. Parvinder Kaur of BCom III was given scholarship for scoring cent percent marks in Management Accounting and Operation Research. Priyanka of BCom was also awarded scholarship for attaining the first position in Business Economics Honours. Viplove Thakur congratulated the students on receiving the degrees. She emphasised on the significance of education in today’s society and highlighted the need for inculcating confidence in young girls for being successful in life. The degree holders were seen in jubilant mood after the
convocation. ‘Virasat’, the alumni meet, was also held after the convocation at college premises. Various fun games and riddles were organised in the event. More than 300 students participated in the meet. Office bearers from alumni were also elected. Students of the college enthusiastically attended the meet and cherished old memories.
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PU Prof invited to UN summit
Chandigarh, March 25 A message for the submit was received by Prof Rattan from from Gwendolyn Bradley, Organising Secretary, United Nations World Financial and Economic Crisis Summit, Organising Committee. The summit will be attended by nearly 40 heads of state or government and over 3,570 participants, mainly officials, from more than 160 countries. The summit will held from April 24 to 27 at the International Conference and Exhibition Centre, London. Incidentally, Dr Rattan has been invited by the United Nations for the third time for a world summit. He had earlier attended the 2009 World Civic Forum in Seoul, South Korea, as a UN delegate, and the 2007 World Summit on Reinventing Government at the United Nations Headquarters, Vienna, Austria. The Summit will consist of plenary sessions and four interactive round table exchanges among world leaders, representatives of the United
Nations institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, civil society organisations and the private sector.
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Play by English department captivates audience
Chandigarh, March 25 The play cast a tangential, ironic look at the marginalisation of women as well as the gradual dissolution of the patriarchal model upheld by the decadent men. In his characteristic deft manner, Mahesh Dattani rips the mask off the faces of his characters, revealing their true faces to them, even us, exposing the layers of falsehood and hypocrisy in the Indian society. Like Ibsen, Dattani is a practitioner of drama of ideas and some of the prominent ideas he deals with in this play are: suppression and maltreatment of women, male arrogance, hypocrisy and duplicity, incest, lechery, and promiscuity. The theme of ‘appearance versus reality’ gives an overarching expression to most of these ideas. The performance of the talented actors enthralled and captivated the capacity audience of 300 till the show continued. However, the absence of adequate infrastructure and facilities required to stage complex plays was badly felt.
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Scholars who left PhD midway still have
hope
Chandigarh, March 25 Dr Dinesh Talwar, a Syndic, raised the issue during the Syndicate meeting held on Saturday, demanding that the research scholars who had enrolled themselves for research, but later left without completing the degree should get a chance to start their research again. The Vice Chancellor asked the professor to submit a written representation so that the issue can be examined and modalities can be worked out. Justifying his move, Talwar said that there is a provision for postgraduate students to complete their degrees in case they had left it after clearing the first year course. Similarly, PhD students who failed to complete their degree should be given another chance. The university had earlier also decided to give another chance to the research scholars who had failed to submit their thesis following which they could not complete their research. The decision received a huge response with around 50 students submitting their thesis. The Syndic had stated that it is not practically feasible for a student to start his research from the scratch again. With the rules for pursing PhD being amended by the University Grants Commission regularly, the students will have to face many hitches. The university also plans to form a committee to examine the issue and give another chance to the candidates. Presently, a candidate’s registration gets cancelled if he/she leaves the PhD incomplete.
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Meritorious students awarded
Chandigarh, March 25 Four teachers of the college were honoured with a cash award of Rs 5,000 each for having completed their PhD in service this academic session. Over all, there were 37 rolls of honour out of which 24 were bagged by sportspersons of the college for participation in various national and international competitions. Students with Academic achievements received 12 rolls of honour for grabbing top university positions. Sportspersons also acquired 22 college colours for their contribution in sports. Seven students representing college in youth fests were awarded college colours. 212 certificates of distinction and 596 certificates of merit were also distributed among the meritorious students. Since morning the college was abuzz with students waiting to be honoured for their achievements. During the function, principal Meena Prabhakar presented the annual report highlighting the achievements of the college in the concluding academic session. She said that the grant of A-Grade by UGC NAAC has been the crowning glory for the college this year.
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Four city candidates make it to PCS
Chandigarh, March 25 From over 4000 candidates who took in the exam, around 166 were short-listed for interviews out of which the majority of the toppers are from Chandigarh. Himanshu Arora, who stood first, while revealing his mantra of his success said that it was both; the continuous hard work and inputs from his teachers that made him achieve first rank. While Megha Sharma of Army Institute of Law, who has got second rank, gave her credit of success to god. Imanbir Dhaliwal, clinched third position, holds that it was his non-stop effort that he teamed with various patterns of performing the questions that led to success. Vikramjit, rank four, said that it was the never-ending inspiration that he got from his parents that led him to success. Good wishes and prayers of his parents were the booster for him. With the States’ Service Commissions have been coming-up with vacancies on an annual basis for the last few years, it has been an avenue for realising dreams of the candidates and of their respective families. Sachin Goyal, a director of a city based coaching institute, Krishna Study Academy, said that Chandigarh is emerging as a hub for the aspirants to prepare for their exams. “Last year top three ranks were clinched by the applicants from Chandigarh, while this year, top four ranks have been bagged by the city aspirants,” Goyal said.
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Chandigarh was designed for a population around of five lakh, which has increased drastically over 12 lakhs officially, actually, more than that. Originally, Chandigarh had registered only 940 vehicles which increased to 4, 96,086 during 2001 and 6, 69,713 during 2007 and this figure is touching a million marks thus facing acute parking problems in the city not only in markets but everywhere in the city.
