School to flaunt new look
Chandigarh, July 26
Come August and the Government Model Senior Secondary School-32 will don a new avatar. Despite being the first government school to run ‘online’, there is well-equipped science laboratory, IT Laboratory, Fashion Designing Laboratory, MLT laboratory, sports facilities and what not!
The newly built cricket pitch at GMSSS-32, Chandigarh.
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College Scam
UT’s silence irks teachers’ body
Chandigarh, July 26
The Punjab & Chandigarh College Teachers' Union has reacted to the silence being observed by the Governing Body of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh
and the Chandigarh administration towards the financial scams discovered in the college involving around 1 crore rupees.
Law course counselling
Chandigarh, July 26
Second counselling for general, SC/ST, all other reserved categories and NRI/industry sponsored candidates for BA LlB (Honours) five-year integrated course, B Pharma, BSc (Honours) and MCA will be held from August 8 to 10 in the Law Auditorium.
Ban on polythene bags in campus
Chandigarh, July 26
Dr R.C. Sobti, vice-chancellor, Panjab University has initiated steps to ban the use of non-biodegradable materials and to make the campus polythene free.
This is not the first time that Sobti has taken up steps make the campus environment friendly.
Domestic violence discussed
Chandigarh, July 26
The fourth day of the workshop on ‘Gender
Sensitisation’ at Government College, Sector 46 brought home the reality of violence in homes today. While the discussion focused on violence particularly against women, Harpreet Gill, lecturer in English from MCM DAV College said if violence were to be
categorised, more than the acts themselves, it was the fear of violence that women carried inside them.
Biz school offers specialty courses
Chandigarh, July 26
Opening a new chapter in specialty courses, a business school near Mohali has become the first institute in this part of the region to offer specialisation in different fields of business management through post-graduate courses following nod by the
AICTE.
Diploma in Buddhist studies
Chandigarh, July 26
A new course in Buddhist studies has been introduced in the Department of Chinese and Tibetan Languages. The Post-Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies is for a year and can be done simultaneously with any other regular course in the university as it is part-time.
Buses for children from remote areas
Chandigarh, July 26
To make it easier for children from remote areas who have no access to schools, the Chandigarh education department is initiating talks with the UT transport director to avail of buses to carry the children to and forth.
Schoolchildren visit Tribune office
Dera Bassi, July 26
Second year students of Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and technology here visited The Tribune Group of Newspapers as part of their summer training
programme.
Lawyers’ agitation: Bar chief meets Chief Justice
Jain suggests 3-member probe panel
Chandigarh, July 26
Representatives of the Punjab and Haryana Bar Council and the Bar Association today met Chief Justice (CJ) Vijender Jain to discuss the issues concerning ongoing agitation of lawyers.
HC sets aside tribunal order
Chandigarh, July 26
Justice S.D. Anand of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh. It had sought evidence from a widow in support of her urgent plea to withdraw money from her own fixed deposit.
