The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION

Waiting for teacher
Deepkamal Kaur

Ludhiana, October 23
Four months have passed since the new academic session commenced at Government College for Women, but nearly 100 students of BSc (computer sciences) are still waiting for a teacher. With the examinations fast approaching, the students of all three batches are at their wits’ ends.

As per the timetable, the students should have attended six theory and six practical classes per week in the past four months. However, no theory or practical class has been held and the students have no alternative but to join private computer centres to complete their syllabus.

The fund-starved college has now asked the students to pay Rs 100 each so that they can appoint a teacher on an ad hoc basis. But a majority of the students have refused to pay, saying that they have already paid the fee and they are not responsible for the payment of their teacher’s salary.

Talking to this reporter, the students said they had repeatedly pleaded with the Principal to appoint a teacher. However, nothing had been done so far. The students said they were worried about the mid-session examinations scheduled to be held in the first week of December as next month again. They would not be able to attend classes as the college would be closed owing to national games.

The students said while a majority of them had already joined courses related to their syllabus at private computer education centres, others were planning to join one within the next fortnight. They said they had to shell out between Rs 2000 and Rs 4000 to get their syllabus completed at these centres.

When asked if they were being allowed to practice computers on their own, the students said the computer room had not been opened even once in the new session. They said they had heard that two new multimedia equipped computers had been installed, but they did not get a chance to see them. The students also said the classroom for the theory class was lying locked for the past three months and renovation had been started. They said they were not aware of any new room being allotted to them in lieu of the previous one.

Ms Inderjeet Gill Vashisht, Principal, when asked about the problem, said: ‘‘Ask the government regarding the problem. The same problem persists in other government colleges of Punjab too.’’ The Principal also asked this correspondent not to enter the college and talk to the students.

Inter-school contests begin
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 23
Inter-school shabad, folk song, poetry, geet, essay and story contests marked the opening day of the two-day cultural festival at Ramgarhia Girls’ College, Millerganj, here today.

In shabad singing contest, 11 teams participated. Students from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School bagged the first prize. Teams from Ramgarhia Boys’ Senior Secondary School got the second prize while the teams of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Senior Secondary School and Sri Harkrishan Sahib Public School won the third prize. The consolation prize went to Dashmesh Senior Secondary School.

In folk song contest, eight schools participated. Kiranjot from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School, who sang the song ‘Ratti teri ve dhol’, got the first prize. Pawandeep Kaur from Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Public School sang ‘Laaj meri patt rakhiyo’ and was declared second. Amandeep from New Central Model High School stood third for the song ‘Aap sassu palange letdi’.

In geet contest, Yogesh from Government Senior Secondary School was declared first for his song ‘Yaar yaraan naal chalde phirde’. Jaspreet Kaur from Dashmesh Senior Secondary School won the second prize for ‘Vich vede navan charkha katdi’. Rajkumari from Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Public School stood third for her song ‘Gora rang si’. Students from Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Public School lifted the overall trophy.

In essay-writing contest, Ritika Sharma from SHF Public School stood first, followed by Reena from Pothohar Senior Secondary School and Monika from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School. In story- writing contest, Gagandeep from Dashmesh Senior Secondary School, Gagandeep from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School and Malkiat Kaur from New Central Model Public School were declared first, second and third, respectively.

In poetry contest, Hardeep from Dashmesh Senior Secondary School, Gurpreet from Pothohar Senior Secondary School and Amandeep from Sri Guru Harkrsihan Sahib Public School were declared first, second and third, respectively. Ms Harmit Kaur, Principal of the host college, said contests for mehndi, declamation and embroidery would be held tomorrow.

COURTS

Arrest warrants issued against Anil Jain
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 23
Mr A.K. Sharma, Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, today issued the arrest warrants against Anil Jain, alias Mikki, who has been accused of murdering own brother Sunil Jain, keeping in view the cancellation of bail orders of accused by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Justice K.S. Grewal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had cancelled the bail granted to Anil Jain, on October 15, 2001, with the observations, “This court is convinced that a fair trial is not possible and the prosecution shall be seriously prejudiced if the accused is allowed to remain on bail. Accordingly, bail granted to the accused by this court vide order dated November 16,2000 is hereby cancelled. The accused shall be taken into custody forthwith.”

The orders were today received by the court and thereafter the learned judge immediately ordered for issuing non-bailable arrest warrants. Sunil Jain, brother of accused, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his car near Dhandari Kalan Railway Station on December 23,1999.

Thereafter, the accused was booked for murdering his brother, on the statement of Rima Jain, wife of deceased.

SPORTS

Title for Dhruve
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, October 23
Dhruve Verma beat Samant Bhatia by four frames to one to clinch the snooker title in the Sports Carnival which concluded at the Sutlej Club here on Monday night. In badminton (men’s section) Gaurav Thapar prevailed over Gagan Chopra 15-11, 10-15 and 15-3 to win the title. Pareek Sharma was adjudged ‘Mr Sutlej Club-2001’.

Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, and president of the club, gave away the prizes.

Final results: Snooker: Dhruve Verma b Samant Bhatia 73-33, 92-19, 64-37, 55-58, 87-31; Badminton (Boys u-13): Ashutosh Vatsyan b Mitesh Gupta 15-8-15-11; (Boys u-17) Karan Sidhu b Kawardeep Singh 13-15, 15-3; 15-3; (Men’s singles): Gaurav Thapar b Gagan Chopra 15-11, 10-15, 15-3; Badminton — (Officers lucky doubles) S.K. Sandhu and H.S. Brar b Suresh Arora and S.R. Kaler 15-11, 10-15, 21-19; ( Men’s lucky doubles): Kamal Kwatra and Sanjeev Vohra b Deepak Chopra and Gaurav Thapr 15-7, 15-8; (Veteran lucky doubles): Inderjit Singh and Deepak Chopra b Keshav Dhanda and Sunil Dewan 15-13 and 15-9.

30 mtr race for children (girls): Mehak Kaur 1, Ragini Kaur 2, Aaina Malhotra 3; 30 mtr race for children (boys): Jasneet Singh 1, Asheem Malhotra 2, Avneesh Singla 3; 50mtr race for children (girls): Shagun Mittal 1, Sanika Kalra 2, Jasveen Sachdeva 3; 50 mts race for children (boys) Vivek Sharma 1, Ashutosh Thapar 2, Aneet Chawla 3; 50 mtr race for ladies — Simi Malhotra 1, Pamila Malhotra 2, Tejinder Kaur 3; Sack race for ladies: Simi Malhotra 1, Dr Rashimi Mani 2, Suresh Handa 3; Musical chair race for ladies: Balbir Kaur 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2; Chatti race for ladies: Pammy 1, Suresh Handa 2, Tejinder Kaur 3; Fancy dress for children 3 to 7 years: Kritika Jain 1, Ashini Dhawan 2; Fancy dress for children 7 to 14 years: Akash Kaura 1, Shagun Mittal 2.