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Board’s action against erring employees Chandigarh, November 4 The reported irregularities in preparing the results of Class X and Class XII examinations were detected by senior officials of the board. The charge sheets served on them said the erring employees had tampered with the results of 23 candidates in March, 1999, and asked them why they should not be removed from the service. On the basis of an inquiry conducted by the Examination Branch, three employees, Mr Jarnail Singh Brar, Senior Assistant, Mr Ranjodh Singh and Mr Inderjit Singh, clerks, were placed under suspension by an order issued by the board on August 19, 1999. The charge sheet accused them of altering “with mala fide intention firstly by showing the students as fail but later on they were shown as pass”. The charge served on them said they acted with mala fide intention, abused their power, deceived and defamed the board. Mr J.C. Dabra, former Deputy Registrar of Punjabi University, Patiala, was appointed inquiry officer for probing the allegations levelled against them. While the inquiry was in progress, all these employees were reinstituted on the explicit condition that the ongoing disciplinary proceedings against them would not be hindered in any way. In his report, the inquiry officer held these employees guilty of the charge. On the basis of the findings of an handwriting expert, it was reportedly established that the handwriting of Ranjodh Singh tallied with the handwriting of Inderjit Singh and they were held responsible in getting the result of roll No. 309568, declared. The officer further held that although the awards of Class X were received in the board office, the result of roll No. 313937 was shown as R.L.A. On the basis of the inquiry report, Ranjodh Singh and Inderjit Singh were asked why they should not be removed from the service. All these employees were, however, given personal hearings. But the board only stopped their increments as a matter of punishment. On the condition of anonymity, certain employees said other officials who have earlier committed such irregularities, were removed from the service by the board. |
Interaction with poor
schoolchildren Chandigarh, November 4 The ceremony commenced with the Principal, Mrs
P.K. Singh, lighting the lamp. Following this, students of the senior and junior wings of the school presented hymns to mark the prayer meeting. Later, 60 students with excellent academic records were awarded blazers and silver medals. While 35 students were honoured with blazers for maintaining an excellent academic record for three consecutive years, 25 students were honoured with silver medals under the “Duke of Edinburgh’’ scheme. Also, the school management announced the completion of construction of the building for Pustak School being run by an NGO for children of Janata colony. The building was constructed by funds raised by the students collectively. The function at this school in Sector 25 was attended by the principal, and staff members where students of Vivek High School took time off to interact with the children from the colony. On the agenda for the rest of the week is a play “Charlie and chocolate factory’’ prepared by students of the junior wing of the school scheduled for tomorrow. On November 6 and 7, the students will stage “The Crucible’’. Directed by Ms Sonia Dhillon, the play was especially chosen for its relevance in the present times. The story revolves around greedy officials who for their greed and lust for power refuse to see reason and make innocent people the scapegoats. The programme will conclude with an inter-school debate before the grand finale in the form of a drill display by school students. |
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700 students
appear in mock CAT Chandigarh, November 4 While the students were given two hours for the written test, analysis and group discussions followed in the afternoon session. This was the second contact programme for correspondence and regular students appearing and preparing for various management examinations. The result for the management test would be declared in three days. The test was conducted by all 30 branches of the institute all over the country simultaneously. This would enable the student to have an all-India ranking on the basis of his performance in the test. The results would also be available at the website “imsindia.com’’. The centre head of the institute, Mrs Guneet R. Singh, said that such mock tests aimed at building confidence levels of the students while giving them a fair idea and an insight into what they would be faced with in the CAT examination slated for December 9. Though the organisers were expecting nearly 850 students to take the test, just over 700 made it to the venue. |
Gursewak makes youngsters
dance Chandigarh, November 4 Starting the programme with “Chal Mere Naal”, Gursewak rolled the evening with dance numbers like “Balle Balle”, and “Ek Kudi” that managed to pull a huge crowd of kids and youngsters on the stage turning it to an open discotheque. Gursewak, who shot to fame after the release of his debut album “Lara Lappa”, is back with “Chal Mere Naal” - an excellent blend of eastern and western music. “The album has all sort of numbers ranging from sad to peppy dancing numbers to suit all type of moods,” said the singer. Talking to the mediapersons about his work, Gursewak said though video helped a singer to establish himself in this cutthroat competitive world of music, it was ultimately the lyrics of the songs that determined the sustainability of a song. Gursewak is planning to release a folk album jointly with his singer brother Harbhajan Mann. |
Facets of Kannada culture come to
light Chandigarh, November 4 The programme, which was attended by over 150 Kannada families residing in the city, started with Nehar Malatesh’s Ganesh Vanadana. The programme showcased the traditional dances of Karnataka, like Deepak dance, which was performed by a group of young girls. Sahana Bhatt presented Bharatnatyam. The main attraction of the evening was Ajay Viswanath’s dance recital. A Bharatnatyam dancer from Bangalore, Ajay has already carved a niche for himself with his powerful “nritya”, which is an important part of this dance form. Ajay started his recital with a Shiv Shtruti and moved onto perform compositions on “Versha Harsha” in which he demonstrated powerful body movement and “abhinaya”, which effectively portrayed every emotion the dancer was trying to convey. The other facets of Kannada culture also came to light in the form of a patriotic song rendered by Anusha, folk songs by B.D. Nayak and Basavraj, and flute and tabla recital by Srinath Joshi and Kumari Nipara. Air Cdr V.S. Govindarajan of the Indian Air Force, was the chief guest on the occasion. The president of the sangha, Mr K. Rangaraya , general manager, Canara Bank, was also present among others. |
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Sangeet festival
concludes Chandigarh, November 4 Much to the joy of visitors, the musicians were able to cut across the barrier of technique and form and build a rapport with them. The last day of the show had two excellent performers — sitar player Sayeed Khan, whose fingers spell magic and Shanti Sharma. Shanti was the only performer whose recital was repeated during the concert. Maturity and melody formed a part of Sayeed Khan’s sitar recital today. Representative of the Delhi gharana, Sayeed has received his initial training from father Waheed Khan, who also gave him lessons in vocal music. After being trained at home, Sayeed went on to take guidance from Ustad Zafar Khan, also of the Delhi gharana. As for Shanti Sharma, she continued in the same laya which had intoxicated the gathering yesterday. |
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