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Prizes, college colours for
students
CHANDIGARH,
March 7 — As many as 275 students were awarded
academic prizes and 62 others presented college colours
for their outstanding achievements in sports and cultural
spheres during the 31st annual prize distribution
function of MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36 today.
Best Athlete prize for Sunil
PANCHKULA,
March 7— The prize for the “Best Athlete”
went to Sunil Kumar, a student of BA I, and Ms Parveen, a
student of BA III, in the boys’ and girls’
category, respectively, at a prize distribution function
of the Government College, Sector 1, held at the
premises, here today. Over 40 other students were given
prizes for sports events.
Roll numbers despatched
SAS NAGAR,
March 7 — The Punjab School Education Board has
despatched the roll numbers of candidates appearing in
the matriculation and senior secondary level examination
commencing on March 13 and 18, respectively.
International students’
festival begins
CHANDIGARH,
March 7 — The three-day International Students
Festival, SINM (Students in the New Millenium) —
Ensuring Non-violence got underway on the Panjab
University campus today with representatives of other
countries joining their Indian counterparts in a cultural
procession from Students' Centre to Gymnasium Hall.
HC lawyers go on indefinite strike
CHANDIGARH,
March 7 — Lawyers of the Punjab and Haryana High
Court today went on an indefinite strike to express
solidarity with their Delhi counterparts who had been on
strike for the past several days to protest against the
police brutality on February 24 when they were taking out
a “peaceful” procession.
‘Plaintiffs have no locus
standi'
CHANDIGARH,
March 7 — Seeking directions for rejecting the
complaint against the handing over of Divali gifts by the
State of Punjab, Finance Minister Captain Kanwaljit Singh
has stated that the plaintiffs “have no locus standi
to file the present suit”.
Court of ADSJ inaugurated
PANCHKULA,
March 7—The court of the Additional District and
Sessions Judge was inaugurated at the judicial complex in
Sector 1, here today, by Mr Surinder Singh, District
Judge, Ambala, while Justice J.L. Gupta of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court, who is also the inspecting judge for
the district courts in the township, presided over the
inaugural function. ADJ Darshan Singh took charge at the
function.
Provision store owner sentenced
CHANDIGARH,
March 7 — Holding a Sector 45 provision store owner
guilty of selling food articles without licence after
exposing them to “dust and flies”, UT Chief
Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, today sentenced him
to imprisonment till the rising of the court, besides
imposing a fine of Rs 500.
In custody for forging ticket
CHANDIGARH,
March 7 — An Amritsar district resident, accused of
forging the number on a lottery ticket, was yesterday
remanded to police custody till March 7 by UT Chief
Judicial Magistrate Sant Parkash.
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