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PEC students devise petrol
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Chandigarh, May 14 Probably the first of its kind, the instrument was devised by Neha Khurana and Sneha Arora, both final-year students of production engineering at PEC, under the guidance of D.N. Dhiman, a faculty member of the production department and their project guide. “All of us have faced situations wherein the exact quantity of fuel ordered is not delivered by the filling station or sometimes there is an error on the part of the filling station operator in which the initial meter reading is not set to zero and the customer fails to notice it. In fact, many a time an error in the meter or a deliberate manipulation can also be done so that the meter jumps a few readings in between.” In order to overcome all this, the petrol-diesel gauge can be of great help, says Neha. Interestingly, these students have developed the gauge using an old water meter, a trip meter, a wooden cylinder, a speedometer and a turbine-casing impeller, seals and a hosepipe. It took the students about four months to come out with the device after going through the theoretical part of the project, consulting books and working out on its feasibility. Perhaps the most challenging part of the project was to procure the components and putting them to use accordingly. “We found that the water meter is an analogous device and could be used to achieve our objective after suitable modifications as it gives a continuous reading. The next task at hand was to find a device that could be readjusted to zero every time a new filling is ordered. For this, we used a trip meter after converting it from a distance meter into a flow meter. After all this was done, a gear train was created to keep all 18 gears moving and finally all components were assembled by suitable machining operations at the workshop in the department,” said the duo. The device is fitted with a speedometer from an old car to keep the count of fuel filled in the vehicle. Though at present the device can be used only for bigger vehicles such as trucks, canters and SUVs as the least count of the device is one litre, nevertheless, the students are working out to make it work even for smaller vehicles.
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Absentee teacher dismissed
Chandigarh, May 14 She was granted leave for going to Canada on the condition that she would not apply for extension of leave. However, on her request, the office extended her leave with the condition that no further extension would be granted and in case of her failure to resume duty, disciplinary proceedings would be initiated against her. Since she did not resume her duty on time after the expiry of her leave, the department took serious notice of it and terminated her services. Confirming this, DPI (schools) S.K. Setia said, “We have formulated a policy to deal with these habitual absentees. It was clear that she was no more interested in the job, so we have issued her notice of dismissal from service. Being a case of gross indiscipline, it invited this major penalty.”
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75 selected in campus recruitment
Mohali, May 14 In all 44 colleges from all over the region took part in this recruitment drive. From the 200 students shortlisted, 75 finally got selected. Officials of the company present on the occasion included Madhusudan, team leader and others. Students of CSE, IT, ECE, EE and mechanical engineering along with MCA, M.Sc. (statistics/ cmputer science) and MCM students with at least 60 per cent marks in their 10th, 12th, undergraduate were eligible to take the test. A company official revealed that successful candidates would be given a package of Rs 2.7 lakh at the very outset which would grow along with experience. The company has strong alliance with IT giants like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel and Oracle, he added. Expressing happiness over the success of the recruitment drive, Satnam Singh Sandhu, chairman, Chandigarh Group of Colleges and Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, president, CGC, said the college was happy to become a medium for students to find jobs in top IT companies.
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Traffic on class VI curricula
Chandigarh, May 14 The vehicular population of the city is 6.05 lakh against the total population of 11
lakh, which is the highest per capita vehicular population in the country. The Chandigarh traffic police had submitted the proposal, which was approved by the administration. The course is being introduced in the form of a booklet titled “Road Safety — Our Concern”. This book has been conceived by a team of the traffic police under the guidance of
A.S. Ahlawat, SP (traffic), Chandigarh. The book has 17 chapters- safe cycling, safety tips for kids, school buses and traffic management, safety helmets, overtaking principles, dividing lines, their significance, norms and ways of obtaining driving licence under the Motor Vehicles Act, vocabulary of traffic terms and types of roads, speed limits of vehicles, traffic lights, pedestrian signals and road signs. “At present, 16,000 copies have been printed, but more will be printed if need be. We will also distribute this book in all educational institutions and public libraries for general awareness of traffic norms,” said police officials.
Ahlawat said, “It was the need of the hour for educating our children about the traffic rules and regulations. We are working out on the modalities of how to start this course. We can spare some police personnel for some time to conduct special workshops for teachers in schools who can train students afterwards. We are in touch with the education department authorities to chalk out the
programme.” The chapters in the book have been developed as a source of information for parents as well. “Children rely largely on imitation for learning; so it is important that parents should set the right example by strictly adhering to traffic rules. This way they can play a major role in helping children get traffic education,” he added. “Road safety education is important for children. As they grow, they start making more decisions for themselves and mistakenly believe that they know everything,” he said.
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From Schools
Ambala The judges were Jasdeep Singh, Gobinder Sohal and Balbir Singh Mehra. Kunal Sehrawat of DAV School got the first prize, Ravi Kant of MDAV Public School stood second while Tulika of PKR Jain school got the third prize. A special prize was given to Srishti Solanika of PKR school. Chandigarh MOTHER’S DAY: Lights, music, dance, gifts and smiles marked the Mother’s Day celebrations at Paragon Convent School, Sector 24, here, on Monday. Staff and students organised a pool-side party for mothers of the students. One-minute games were organised for the mothers. A number of mothers, whose children excelled in all fields due to their special guidance, were honoured. CELEBRATIONS: Tiny tots of Evergreen Academy, a preparatory school in Sector 34-C, danced, sang and presented gifts to their moms during the Mother’s Day celebrations. They enjoyed watching their moms modelling. They also helped their teachers to select the evergreen queen. Mohali It was a great sight for the visibly excited school kids as their moms went past the stage receiving their mementos. A seminar on healthcare for mothers was also organised. The seminar witnessed an informative talk on the crucial aspects of a mother’s health by renowned internal medicine consultant from Fortis Hospital Dr Bela Sharma, who along with Sonia Gandhi, consultant dietitian from Fortis Hospital, pondered over the dos and don'ts to keep mothers physically and mentally fit. INAUGURATED: Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali, celebrated Mother’s Day in a unique way. Baldev Singh Sidhu, DEO, SAS Nagar, inaugurated the school’s health program in association with Health Plus under the aegis of Dr Rohit Sahni. The school had invited a team of professionals for hair analysis, skin analysis and body composition analysis for the mothers who visited the camp.
— TNS
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Appointed
Panjab University has appointed Dr Surinder Sharma as cultural and academic adviser to its vice-chancellor. Disclosing this here on Monday, officials sources said Dr Sharma had over 34 years of teaching experience in chemistry and has research publications in international journals like Inorganic Chemistry, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Z. Naturforch, Polyhedron Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research. A highly acclaimed person for his versatility, Dr Sharma has been contributing to cultural activities, including dance, drama, music, debates, and literary activities, for 42 years on the campus and has trained over 20,000 students from various universities, colleges and schools. He has represented the university and the country globally besides winning a large number of awards as writer, director, actor, singer, dancer at the state and international levels. — TNS
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Bar Poll Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 14 The committee had asked complainants to file affidavits supporting the contents of their complaints, failing which the complaints were to be deemed false, frivolous and without any substance, an official of the committee said. The deadline for filing of affidavits ended at 8 pm today, the official said. He added that complaints had been filed by Atul Lakhanpal, candidate for the post of president, Ambika Luthra, candidate for the post of joint secretary and Amit Jaiswal, candidate for the post of treasurer. The complaint filed by Atul Lakhanpal was received by the co-chairman of the election committee, M.L. Sareen on May 13 evening. In the complaint, Lakhanpal has alleged large-scale bungling during the polling. The complainant has said that the total number of votes cast for various offices did not match. While the total number of ballot papers for the post of president or office-bearers was 1,866, that for the post of executive members (above 10 years) was found to be 1,763. Thus, there was a difference of over 100 votes. Lakhanpal has sought investigation, verification and disciplinary action against those guilty. Other complainants have also levelled similar allegations. Bar body president Anmol Rattan Sidhu appeared unfazed by the controversy and said he had faith in the election committee, which had been holding the bar poll for the past four years. The matter was raised after the declaration of results and it was decided to refer it to the election committee headed by R.S. Cheema. Other members of the committee are D.S. Malik, S.D. Sharma and M.L. Sareen (both co-chairmen), G.S. Punia, V.K. Jindal, Ashok Bector, K.S. Dhaliwal and R.L. Batta.
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Misplaced record: Court yet to act
Chandigarh, May 14 An internal inquiry by the court has established that the documents which went missing were deposited back in the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) on September 30, 1996. The then ahalmad, Gian Singh, who was in the court of the CJM, has also testified in his report that the seizure memo of documents was received back from SI Pyara Lal, the investigating officer. The SI has told the court that in order to complete investigation in FIR No. 137, registered in 1995 against Mohinder Singh, he had asked for relevant documents from another case registered in 1992 from the court record. The documents indicated that the signatures of the accused in the case were forged. Due to the loss of the documents, Pritam Kaur, a resident of Ludhiana, is at the receiving end. “I had got the case registered against Mohinder Singh in 1995. But due to the loss of the documents, my case has gone weak due to the negligence of someone in the court,” she said, adding that she had already complained to the district and sessions judge, Chandigarh. A thorough probe should be conducted to check who facilitated the theft of the documents, she said.
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Janata Colony: Notice to UT
Chandigarh, May 14
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Promote literary music: Dolly
Panchkula, May 14 Talking to mediapersons here about her latest album “Aa sajna doh gallan kariye,” she lamented that despite the spurt of Punjabi programmes on TV, no effort was being made to promote literary singing. Dolly was sharing her views after having recorded the soulful lyrics of octogenarian poet Kidar Nath Kidar for this album. She maintained that Kidar had seen life closely while living in Kuwait and UK and soul-stirring incidents like unethical selling of adolescent girls to old sheikhs, plight of Punjabi blondes and misguided youth find expression in his poetry. Like this present album, any poetic creation born out of laments of injustice, but aimed at a socio-cultural awakening, will find an eloquent expression, Dolly resolved. |
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