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PGI
doctors file contempt case CHANDIGARH, July 27 — After having unsuccessfully waited for the process to fill up 140 vacant faculty posts at the PGI, the PGI Faculty Association — a body of PGI doctors — today filed a contempt of court case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Union Health Minister, Mr Dalit Ezhilmalai, and the Director, PGI, Prof B.K. Sharma. The matter will be heard tomorrow. The contempt plea that has been filed by name against the Minister and the Director, respectively, cites Section 12 of the Contempt of Court Act to seek relief, according to the association. The contempt case has said that the PGI has not followed two separate directions of the High Court in filling vacant posts in the past two years. In the first decision, the association claims, a public interest litigation (PIL) was disposed of by the High Court in July, 1997, after counsel for PGI gave an undertaking that the vacant posts would be filled within two months. Later, the PGI authorities filed a fresh application saying that since the issue of reservation in top faculty posts was pending before the Supreme Court an advertisement inviting applications could not be issued. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court finally decided the issue of reservations in April, 1998. The formula suggested by the apex court was followed in a separate case when vacancies in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) , Sector 32, were filled. Subsequently, in May, 1998, the High Court was assured by the PGI authorities that an advertisement will be issued within one month. The advertisement was only issued in November that too after legal notices were served and the PGI had sought the services of the Union Law Ministry and Department of Personnel in interpreting the important Supreme Court judgement. In the second case cited by the faculty, it says that Prof S.K. Jindal had won a case in December, 1997 , in which the High Court had said that the 13 vacant posts of Professors already sanctioned by the Union of India be filled . Nothing has been done in this regard so far, the association has claimed. Further, the association has said that for reasons best known to the Health Minister the notification to form the institute body of the PGI and further the formation of the governing body and various other committees was delayed for more than six months. The issue of reservations has rocked the PGI for years as 140 out of 330 sanctioned faculty posts are lying vacant. The issue was on the agenda of the governing body meeting held in June last. However , it was deferred. The Union Health Minister, Mr Dalit Ezhilmalai, who chaired the meeting , had then told The Tribune that the Director, PGI, had been asked to evolve a consensus among the faculty members regarding the issue of reservations. The Minister had also added that he would go by the laws, rules, and constitutional provisions while dealing with the issue of reservation. A five-member
high-powered committee headed by the Union Health
Secretary, also submitted its report on reservations. The
committee was formed following a meeting on April 6. This
was done after the Association of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Caste PGI Faculty petitioned the Union Health
Ministry seeking modifications in the advertisement
inviting applications to fill 140 vacant posts. |
HUDA to
computerise water billing PANCHKULA, July 27 — The residents of the township will soon start getting computerised water bills, thanks to an ambitious project initiated by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). Described as a pilot project estimated to cost over Rs 7 lakh, it will enable HUDA to computerise the entire record of water billing. The project will also reduce the inconvenience to the consumers, who have to wait for long hours due to manual process of accepting cash at the bill collection centres. The task of conducting a feasibility study and developing the software has been given to the Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh. The PEC has issued computerised bi-monthly bills in Sectors 6, 7, 12 and 15 on a trial basis. The process of issuing the computerised bills in the entire city will begin when computers are installed at the billing-cum-cash collection centres, one each in Sectors 8 and 10. An official of the Public Health wing of HUDA said, apart from reducing inconvenience to consumers, computerisation would drastically cut paper work involved in the job. The primary objective of the project, said the official, was to simplify the process, reduce errors and collect information about defaulters. At present about 25 persons are posted in the water billing section. They include billing clerks, meter readers, bill distributors and other allied staff. Moreover, with at least 20, 000 connections — domestic, industrial and commercial — and the number is likely to multiply in the coming years due to rapid urbanisation in the sectors in Panchkula Extension and in Mansa Devi Complex, the existing staff appears to be insufficient to handle the work. Sources said computerisation of water billing, being done by the HUDA for the first time, would also check unethical practices. An employee of the HUDA had recently forged water bill receipts in Karnal. The officials said while
PEC had been entrusted with the task of preparing the
software, the equipment would be procured through
HARTRON. At least two computers would be installed at
each of the bill collection centres in the next two
months. |
HC
reserves order on helmet issue CHANDIGARH, July 27 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court today reserved order on an application originally preferred by Mr G.S. Tohra in his capacity as President of the SGPC but later replaced by Bibi Jagir Kaur seeking exemption from the mandatory use of helmets by Sikh women. In his application, Mr Tohra had stated that the use of helmets by Sikh women was against the Sikh tenets. Mr Justice Swatantar Kumar, before whom the case came up for hearing, however, directed that all directions, particularly in relation to zebra crossing, marking on roads, school buses, attendants in school buses, red lights, flags, hoardings and demarcation of “no overtaking zones”, which had not been stayed, “shall be enforced and implemented without any delay.” The Judge ruled: “I clarify that persons not provided with official cars but using private cars can use black films of requisite thickness and colour strictly subject to the condition that the Director-General of Police issues a certificate to that effect giving the number of the car.” Earlier, counsel for Punjab, Haryana and the Chandigarh Administration submitted that some persons otherwise entitled to the use of black films for security reasons in the wisdom of the state still could not use the same as it was allowed only on official cars. The Judge observed that
accepting the common request of the respective states and
the Chandigarh Administration the court was inclined to
grant extension for the implementation of various
directions. The Chief Secretaries of the respective
states, the Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator, the
DGPs of Punjab and Haryana and the Inspector-General of
Chandigarh had been directed to file compliance report
within one month, as prayed. |
New phone
billing cycle begins CHANDIGARH, July 27 — A new billing cycle for telephones in the city, Panchkula and SAS Nagar, besides the outlying exchanges has come into force. Delivery of the first lot of bills under the revised tariff and new formula for rentals recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already started. Subscribers connected onto levels 60, 61, 64, 26, 73, 56, 22, 70, 72 and 77 will now be billed according to the new date July 18, while the bills will be payable within 21 days, as was the practice earlier. Subsequent bills will be issued on a bi- monthly basis calculated from July 18. Similarly, the bills for subscribers connected on levels 65, 66, 68, 71, 78, 54, 74, 55, 67, 57, 58 and 69 besides the exchanges in Sohana, Mullanpur, Maloya, Zirakpur, Khuda Lahora, Khuda Alisher, Kharar, Landran, Dera Bassi and Manauli will be issued on August 18. Subsequent bills will be issued on a bi-monthly basis calculated from August 18. However, subscribers connected onto these exchanges will have to pay a three-month bill for the first time as the bills in their case will be for calls made between May 1 and July 31. For those subscribers whose bills have been issued on July 18, calls made within a two-month period from May 1 to June 30 will be charged. In both cases of both billing cycles, calls made from March 16 to April 30 have already been billed and charged through supplementary bills sent on June 1 and July 1, respectively. Telephone rentals that previously used to be charged at a fixed rate in advance will now be charged along the ongoing billing cycle, while the amount will vary according to the number of calls made by the subscriber. Since the department had collected rentals in advance the amounts will be adjusted and the excess will be charged along with the first lots of bills. In case of Chandigarh,
the minimum rental will be Rs 360 and it will increase to
Rs 500 in case the subscriber make more than 400 calls.
In case of SAS Nagar and Panchkula subscribers, the
rental will be Rs 275 with the second slab being of Rs
369 if the user makes more than 400 calls. In case of
rural telephones installed in an area that does not come
under any Notified Area Committee or the Municipal
Corporation the rental will be Rs 100. |
Martyrs’
bodies despatched CHANDIGARH, July 27 — The mortal remains of Naib Subedar Rajbir Singh and Lance Naik Vijay Shukla, both belonging to 12 Jat Regiment, were despatched to their native places in Uttar Pradesh after according a guard of honour at the N Area here this morning. The valiant soldiers had attained martyrdom in the Turtuk area yesterday. The bodies were airlifted from Thoise today. The body of Naib Subedar
Rajbir Singh was sent to his native village Rajgaon in
Aligarh district while that of Lance Naik Shukla was
despatched to his village Pithipur in Pratapgarh
district. Wreaths were laid on behalf of Chief of Army
Staff, Chief of the Air Force Staff, GOC-in-C, Western
Command, and Colonel Commandant of the Jat Regiment. |
Fashion
show today PANCHKULA, July 27 — About 10 Indian models addressed a press conference at a resort in Panchkula today, where they would take part in a fashion show tomorrow, organised by the National Institute for Fashion Design. The fashion show, titled ‘Around the World’, would feature garments designed by the students of the institute. The models included Madhu Sapre, Mehar Bhasin, Shweta Menon, Shefali Talwar, Joey Matthews and Rakshanda Khan. It was Madhu Sapre who set the ball rolling for the press conference. Answering to the query of whether the Indian models had arrived on the worldwide modelling scene, she said, “The last two to three years have seen the Indian models finally getting recognition on the international scene as well. Before that, only fair skin or blue eyes were the norm of the modelling industry. Since the scrawny look of a model is considered no longer ‘in’, the Indian look is gaining acceptability”. There was a denial of the statement that Indian designers copied designs from the West. The models said no designs were original, since all of them were influenced by something all the other. Said Madhu Sapre, “There could be a time when the West could have alleged that but today we could say that our sari, our salwar kameez and our bindis and mehndi are being used by the designers in the West”. Taking up the issue of the legacy of the Indian fashion industry, other models gave the names of Abu Jani and Manish Malhotra, who were making it big in the fashion industry abroad. Most models were quite vocal about the trend of joining the film industry after getting into modelling. Though Shweta Menon, who starred in ‘Ishq’, ‘Bandhan’ and ‘Shikari’, failed to say much except that joining films only was a matter of choice, both Mehar Bhasin and Rakshanda Khan said, “Actors and actresses of Bollywood now have to compete with models, because thanks to the media, the models today are as much stars in their own rights as them”. Madhu Sapre added, “It is a matter of making money. As models, one gets used to a certain amount of money and also a kind of lifestyle. So if one gets a chance to make more money that what one is getting, then why not. But models sometimes cannot really fit into the conservative format of a Hindi film heroine because of certain limitations like being taller than most men in the industry or even having very Western look.” The other models who
would walk the ramp in tomorrow's fashion show included
Sietu Kumar, a Miss-India finalist, Malika Mathur, Sapna
Kumar and Ayesha Prem. |
Nagar
panchayat to impose octroi ZIRAKPUR, July 27 — The Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat will impose octroi on various goods from next week. The panchayat has submitted a proposal to the department of Local Government, Punjab. Almost 80 per cent of the plans have been completed under the nagar panchayat master plan. The authorities have also completed demarcation of Wards in seven villages which have been merged to form this township. According to Mr Surjit Singh, Administrator, nagar panchayat, will charge octroi according to the norms of the state government. The panchayat will also impose development charges on all the construction activities in the town and the money collected will be spent on the development purposes. The nagar panchayat has decided to put up eight octroi posts on the roads leading to Zirakpur. The proposed check posts will be on the Zirakpur-Chandigarh road, Zirakpur-Patiala road, Bhabhat link road, Bartana-Panchkula link road at Haryana border, Dhakoli barrier, Harmilapnagar near Industrial Area in Panchkula and at the local bus stand. For the formation of the nagar panchayat’s civic body, a meeting of the Administrator, Executive Officer, a representative of the Deputy Commissioner, the Sub- Divisional Magistrate, and the local MLA will be held. Objections will be invited from the general public regarding the election to the body. Finally the election will be held as per the instructions of the Local Government, Punjab, Election Cell. The panchayat will hold elections in various wards (11 to 13) to elect the panchayat members. The Administrator said
the panchayat office had started functioning regularly
and the government had also appointed staff to accelerate
the working of the panchayat. The Executive Officer would
hear public grievances till the civic body came into
existence. |
10 lakh
tonnes of wheat released CHANDIGARH, July 27 — The Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs has decided to release 10 lakh tonnes of wheat for sale to roller flour mills, atta chakkis and bread manufacturers under OMSS (D) through various outlets of the Food Corporation of India on 'first come first served' basis. According to Mr D.P. Reddy, Senior Regional Manager, Food Corporation of India (FCI), Punjab, for the state of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, a quantity of 23,000 metric tonnes and 1,000 metric tonnes of wheat, respectively, has been allotted. The price notified under
this scheme is Rs 690 per quintal in respect of North
Zone. The detailed terms and conditions can be had from
the District Manager, FCI. The minimum quantity to be
sold is 10 metric tonnes.
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One
remanded in police custody KHARAR, July 27 — Mrs Neelam Arora, Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, today remanded Ved Parkash, an Assistant working in the office of Additional Registrar Cooperative Societies, Patiala, who was arrested by a flying squad of the Punjab Vigilance Department yesterday while allegedly accepting bribe, in police custody till July 29. Mr K.S. Brar, Assistant
Public Prosecutor and Mr Harjap Singh, DSP Vigilance,
told the court today that the accused was arrested after
he demanded Rs 1000 as bribe from a person for getting a
club registered. They said the accused was arrested by
the flying squad red-handed. The police has registered a
case under the Anti Corruption Act. |
Decision
awaits implementation CHANDIGARH, July 27 — Since its formation over two and a half years ago, the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) has passed a number of resolutions aimed at raising resources, but their implementation leaves much to be desired. The resolution for levying a fee on the storage of construction material, passed at one of the meetings last year, still awaits implementation. The resolution, aimed at generating resources for the fund-starved civic body by imposing a fee on the owners storing construction material and going in for new construction and additions and alterations in the municipal limits, was supposed to be effective from August 1 last year. The civic body had fixed the rate of Rs 1,000 for the first six months in the case of new construction up to 1,000 square feet with Rs 250 for the subsequent period. Similarly, Rs 2,000 for six months in the case of new construction above 1,000 square feet was proposed to be levied with Rs 500 for the subsequent period. For additions and alterations Rs 250 (up to 1,000 square feet) and Rs 500 (above 1,000 square feet) were proposed to be charged. At the meeting it was decided that applications for the grant of permission for storing the material would be taken at complaint centres of the corporation. Since the setting up of the compliant centres had further been delayed, nobody knows when the MCC will start levying the fee for the storage of building material. In fact, the MCC had made a provision for the imposition of a penalty on persons storing material without permission. A fine equal to double the normal charges was proposed by the Finance and Contract Committee of the civic body. With no check on the storage of building material by the corporation, the material lie dumped on roads and open spaces in different parts of the city even after several months of the completion of the construction work. This, besides being a
source of inconvenience to the residents, also had an
adverse effect on the condition of roads, particularly
during the rainy season when water accumulates on the
roads. |
HUDA may
resume demolition drive PANCHKULA, July 27 — With the 15-day public notice to the residents to remove hedges, fences, grills and tow walls from road berms in front of their houses in the township ending on July 31, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is likely to restart the demolition drive in the first week of August. Earlier HUDA has set June 30 as the deadline for the removal of hedges but extended it to July 31. Officials of HUDA said the demolition drive, which was carried out in Sector 6 earlier, would be resumed after getting the certified copy of the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The copy has now been procured by HUDA. The High Court in its orders has directed the Haryana Government and HUDA to conduct an inquiry into the cases of encroachment on open spaces made by residents in the past 20 years and to fix responsibility of officials responsible for the neglect. HUDA has been directed to remove malba. The cost of removing the malba shall be realised from the violators. Formulation of a policy to remove congress grass and other hazardous wild growth from open spaces has also been sought by the court. Meanwhile, Mr B.L.
Tandon of the Resident Welfare Association of Sector 4,
has urged HUDA to withdraw the public notice. He said
HUDA had so far failed to maintain open spaces. He said a
meeting of the Residents Welfare Associations was being
held to discuss the issue. |
Rush for
bus passes CHANDIGARH, July 27 — With the commencement of the new session in schools, colleges and university, students have started visiting the counters set up at the local bus stand for making bus passes. However, the rush of bus pass seekers is likely to pick up in the first week of August when students start going to their respective educational institutions. The CTU authorities have set up two counters at the Inter State Bus Terminus for making pre-paid concessionary bus passes, one for males and the other for females. Local students can get bus passes by paying a monthly fee of Rs 35 for all routes. For getting this, they have to get the application form verified from the institution where they are studying and submit an attested copy of the ration card along with a photograph. However, those commuting from Panchkula and SAS Nagar are required to pay 25 single fares, which means they will have to pay one way even as they commute both ways. Most of the students are coming for renewal of their passes, which are reviewed after three months. Those keen on getting new passes will start coming from the first week of August. While the counter for men has people standing in queues, there is no such rush at the counter for women. The teachers and other government employees are also getting their passes made by paying 30 single fares and they also have to specify the route on which they will be availing themselves of the CTU bus service. The same has to be verified by their respective organisations. The persons who are keen to get the general passes made can also do so by depositing a fee Rs 200. This pass is valid for all routes and all days, including holidays. Mr Balbir Singh, Station
Suprintendent, said nearly 60 to 70 per cent of the
persons who come to these counters were fresh bus pass
seekers. The number of persons going in for these passes
was more among boys than girls. He added that more staff
had been put on duty at these counters when the rush
picked up. |
Anti-helmet
protests continue CHANDIGARH, July 27 — There has been no let up in the ongoing agitation in support of the demand for withdrawal of the order on compulsory wearing of helmets by both women drivers and pillion-riders of two-wheelers. The Shiromani Akali Dal and the coordination committee of various Sikh committees led by the Sikh Nari Manch held separate protest processions. The local unit of the SAD held a meeting at the Sector 28 gurdwara before the start of the procession. The Dal activists blocked vehicular traffic at Transport Chowk and in front of a newspaper office in the Industrial Area before moving to Madhya Marg where they held a rally in front of the Government Press building. The agitators demanded immediate withdrawal of the helmet order. Mrs Harjinder Kaur, a former Deputy Mayor and President of the manch, announced the suspension of the agitation for the time being following an assurance from the Inspector-General of Police that no Sikh woman would be challaned from tomorrow. Instead, the police would guide masses about the safety rules. The Sikh bodies, she said, would continue to fight their legal battle. A public meeting would be organised by the committee at Sector 17 tomorrow to apprise the people of the new decision of the Administration. Meanwhile, the local unit of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal has urged Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh badal to impress upon the BJP-led government at the Centre to get the instructions on the compulsory wearing of helmet withdrawn. Mr Dharam Paul Gupta, President of the local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, in a letter to the Union Home Minister has said that the helmets order was becoming a contentious issue and the local unit of the BJP was also joining hands with the protesting groups. He said that the unit was of the firm opinion that the women, especially Sikh women, should be granted exemption from wearing helmets. The Khalsa Conference,
the Punjab State Mulazam Dal and Mr Hardeep Singh, an
SGPC member from SAS Nagar, also demanded the immediate
withdrawal of the order on helmets. |
SNIPPETS 35 diarrhoea cases reported MANAULI (SAS Nagar), July 27 — Several villages in the periphery areas face the threat of water-borne diseases and viral fever following the recent spell of rains. More than 35 cases of diarrhoea and viral fever have been reported at the rural dispensary of Manauli which covers eight villages, according to a survey by The Tribune. At Mullanpur- Garibdass village government dispensary, the doctor refused to give the position with regard to malaria and other seasonal diseases. Residents of several villages said the authorities should keep an eye on the sale of cut fruit in the rural areas. A member of a village panchayat said the villagers were facing the constant threat of an epidemic in the absence of attention to cleanliness in the rural areas. Residents protest against eviction PANCHKULA, July 27— Residents of Chandi Mandir (Gate No 1) have protested against their eviction initiated by the Forest Department. Claiming that they had been granted stay by a local court against the eviction, the residents alleged that the department was trying to dislodge them from the place where they had been living for a long time. The residents met officials of the district administration in this regard. They alleged that the Forest Department was getting the land evicted for a religious sect. An official of the Forest Department said the land was being evicted as per the procedure. The religious sect had given land to the Forest Department at Raipur Rani in lieu of the land at Chandi Mandir after seeking the requisite permission from the Central Government, they added. SBI employee donates month's
salary CHANDIGARH, July 27 — As a salute to the Kargil heroes, Mr Jagdish Kapoor, President, Capital Beoparis Association, today handed over a cheque for Rs 50,000 to Mrs Vineeta Rai, Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator, towards the Army Central Welfare Fund. The money has been collected from shopkeepers of Sector 19. The Sector 40-C Welfare Association MIG (I) Houses has sent a draft for Rs 21,000 to the fund. Mr S.C. Jindal, an employee of the Industrial Estate (Phase I) branch of the State Bank of India, has donated his entire month's salary of Rs 10,187 to the Army Central Welfare Fund. Mrs Baljeet Kaur, a social studies teacher of the Sector 10 Government Model Senior Secondary School, has donated Rs 10,000 from her savings to the fund. She presented a cheque for this amount Mrs Vineeta Rai here. Resentment among parents of SC
students CHANDIGARH, July 27 — Resentment prevails among parents of some students aspiring to get admission to various polytechnics in Punjab. Seats meant for the SC category students having passed their matriculation examination from outside the state have allegedly been thrown open for the general category candidates by the Punjab State Technical Education Board during the ongoing admission process. A number of parents alleged that as that the board had thrown open the 15 per cent quota meant for the scheduled caste candidates to the general category candidates, the prospects of their wards for getting admission into these institutions had dimmed. “As we fall in the 15 per cent quota for other states, we had a limited chance for out of it 15 per cent seats were reserved for the scheduled caste category. With this step we have hardly been left with any choice but to compete with the general category candidates,” lamented Mr Jatinder Singh, father of one such candidate. Similarly, Mr Raghbir Rai, father of another candidate, demanded that the seats for reserved category should not be thrown open to general candidates as rightful candidates were deprived of their due. He demanded that seats which thrown open should be converted into reserved ones. The Secretary of the board was not available but the Controller of the board, said the admission process was still on for the reserved category. He denied that any reserved category seats had been thrown open for the general category students. Bal Khalsa march organised SAS NAGAR, July 27 — A Bal Khalsa march “Sadi vi Suno” was organised here today on the birth anniversary of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh. It was dedicated to the heroes of Kargil. Organised by the National Society for Child Artists in collaboration with the Punjab School Education Board, the march drew hundreds of children. Led by Bal Panj Piaras, the march, which was flagged off by the SGPC President, Bibi Jagir Kaur, from the campus of the education board, will terminate at Anandpur Sahib. The children left in buses for the holy town. The expenses were borne by the education board. Bibi Jagir Kaur said during his lifetime Guru Gobind Singh sacrificed his four sons and earlier, at the age of nine, his father, which must not be forgotten by children today. She regretted that young Sikhs were following the wrong path succumbing to drug use and disobeying parents. She appealed to the children participating in the march to take a pledge to follow the teachings of religion and be obedient to parents and teachers. She said the SGPC would give certificates to the participants. She announced an aid of Rs 50,000 to the Society of Child Artists. The speakers included Dr Kehar Singh, Chairman of the education board, Mr Ajit Salani, Chairman of the society and Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, Chairman, Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School, Sector 15, Chandigarh. Mr Riar announced a grant of Rs 11,000 to the society. 25 children to be adopted CHANDIGARH, July 27 —The Mata Gujri Nivas, run by the Nishkam Singh Welfare Society, has decided to adopt 25 children of the Kargil martyrs. According to Mr A S Jassal of the society, the nivas is located on the Kharar-Morinda Road, near Khanpur village. It has been involved in the welfare activities since 1984. At present, an old-age home and an orphanage are already functioning from the Khanpur building constructed over an area of one acre. At present there are 12 old persons and 53 children in the nivas. Mr Jassal said that the trust would provide all facilities to the children of those Kargil heroes who had laid down their lives in the defence of the country. College admissions continue PANCHKULA, July 27 — With admissions to most of the undergraduate classes having commenced at Government Degree College in Sector 1 here, there seems to be a wave of excitement among students, especially the newcomers. The maximum enrolment has been done in the arts stream where there was no limit on the number of seats. The cut-off percentage in the stream was 40. There has been an increase of about 15 per cent in the number of students enrolled in BA (I) this year. As many as 350 students have been enrolled to the class so far and admissions to the second and final years will continue. The commerce stream has been an attraction for many students. For the 60 B.Com seats, the applicants were almost four times. Although the cut-off percentage for B.Com was initially 45, yet some students with 70 per cent marks were denied admission due to the limited number of seats and the selection being made on merit at the end . The science stream was also a favorite among students, especially girls. But some had to be contented with other streams due to the limited number of seats. The cut-off percentage for the stream was 55. The classes have started and ragging has been witnessed on the college campus. Lawyers, typists to get space PANCHKULA, July 27 — The district administration has decided to allot proper space to typists, advocates, document writers and stamp vendors attached with the revenue court of the tehsil office here. According to the information available, to regularise the working at the revenue courts a test was held for the typists and another would be held soon. The typists who pass the
test would be allowed to function from the courts. So far
the persons providing services from encroached upon space
behind the mini-secretariat had been demanding proper
sitting place. |
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