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No pick and choose please, says PU syndicate
Chandigarh, January 21 It was felt by the syndics that a proper system be devised to lay down the criteria for such commendations instead of the pick-and- choose policy being followed by various non-teaching departments. The system laid down should reflect the award amount to be given and should not be an
arbitrary amount of Rs 1100 or Rs 1500 as had been done in the past, demanded the syndics. A member added that the university should also have a system by which punitive actions be taken against employees who failed to do their jobs well. A decision on grant of accelerated and special increments in case of non-teaching employees who had acquired higher educational qualifications during the period of their service was deferred. The syndicate rejected the proposal to reserve seats in colleges for Parsi students. Stating that there was negligible population of Parsis in Punjab, the syndics felt there was no need to reserve seats for them. The syndicate also rejected the claim of the FDO, Mr Ashok Raj Bandari, and the Joint Registrar, Mr H.C. Malhotra for the grant of two increments instead of one already granted for holding posts of higher responsibility and importance than the post of deputy registrar. The Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) resolution regarding use of Canara Bank, Sector 14, also for salary diversion by the university was withdrawn on the grounds that PUTA could not move a resolution in the syndicate. This proposal would have to be moved by a fellow only. The university also disqualified eight students, for a period of five years, who were found being impersonated in the university examinations held in April 2004 and 2005. The proposal to change the rules regarding the rotation of headship of various teaching departments in the university was passed.
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11 SAS institute students on merit list
Mohali, January 21 While Ravjeet Kaur of MCA 2nd semester was at the 8th position securing 90 per cent marks, Anamika Mahajan (MCA 4th Semester) secured the 9th position. Harjot Kaur and Navjot Turna of MBA (2nd semester) are the proud holders of the 9th and 10th positions. BBA aspirants too were not lagging behind. Harneet Sangha and Suman Koul (BBA 4th semester) are at the 3rd and 4th positions in the University Merit list.
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Declamation contest on road safety organised
Chandigarh, January 21
Principal Pahlad Aggarwal welcomed the chief guest, Mr D.S. Bains, Chairman of the NRSC. Mr Aggarwal and Mr Bains spoke on the road safety measures.
Mr Des Raj from Chandigarh Traffic Police recited his self-composed poems on road safety. President of the local chapter of the NRSC lauded the efforts of the college authorities in organising the function.
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Tech learning week: winners honoured
Chandigarh, January 21 As many as 25 best entries from each class were selected on Monday. During the week, students visited a telecom company for hand on experience. On the spot competition was also held in the school computer lab. Current issues like ‘save environment’, ‘peace not war’, and grow more trees were the topics for the competition. Madhavi Bhatnagar, Intel Co-coordinator and Preeti Arora, Koshish Cluster Head, Ludhiana, judged the entries and selected three winners. They also selected the best projects made by teachers.
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ASHRA launches enrolment drive
Chandigarh, January 21 These students would be involved in spreading awareness about human rights and taking up projects for uplift of society. Presentations were given at the college auditorium regarding the functions and objectives of the association. An interactive session was held with the students wherein they discussed their views about human rights. Bhagwant Kaur, president of the association, said the body was an effort made by the students to make positive contribution to society and provide the youth with a platform to voice their views on human rights issues.
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YPS alumnus pens book on love
Mohali, January 21 The book was released by the YPS Principal, Dr Harish Dhillon, who himself is a well-known author at the school yesterday. Anantdeep said the whole idea of lovers meeting in the heaven and discussing the attitude of people towards them was the outcome of the callous behaviour demonstrated by the youngsters these days. He added that he had tried to uplift the honour and dignity of the masters of love explaining the true meaning of ‘love’. “I want to present a new vision of love. Love is a small yet a very meaningful word. It is a blessing in disguise. It is the pivot on which the whole earth rotates. People die for and in love,” he said. “But if this is true then why is there no respect for love in today’s world? Why does everyone take it for granted? Why are there no love stories we hear of as we did in the past? Why true love is no more?” questions the budding writer. Presuming that these days people won’t get time to read a big novel we undertook a small work. “I want to convey a message to everybody. I want people to rise in love rather switching their love like clothes,” he said.
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Teachers’ body hails CM’s statement
Chandigarh, January 21 The leaders said the Chief Minister had repeatedly expressed his resolve to fulfil poll promises made to teachers, however, the rest of the government machinery was not responding accordingly. They said its implementation would take at least 5 months after the notification. So, departments concerned should be directed to pay due attention to the demands of teachers. Meanwhile, two- period strike by the teachers entered its second day yesterday.
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PU Prof throws light on gender bias
Chandigarh, January 21 The lecture was organised by the college’s Department of History in collaboration with women’s cell of the college. Dr Maheshwari gave an illuminating and informative talk on the subject making the students aware of the prevalence of gender bias not only in India but in the whole world. “There is an urgent need to make amends and to empower women so as to develop a healthy and dynamic society which will be a mark of our being civilized,” she said. Earlier Prof Sukhdev Sharma, Head of the Department, introduced the eminent speaker. Prof Madhu Kapoor, in charge, women’s cell, gave a vote of thanks.
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Inter-school competition held
Mohali, January 21 Those who won prizes include: In Group A Muskan from Shemrock stood first, Gursimar from St Xavier’s High School stood second and Harmanpreet from Shivalik Public School stood third. In Group B, Kiranpreet Kaur from AKSIPS stood first, Kalvi Paul from St Xavier’s High School stood second and Aashish Kundra from AKSIPS stood third. In Group C, Mani Kandan from St John’s stood first, Himanshu from AKSIPS stood second and Hardeep from Shemrock stood third. In Group D, Kulwinder Kaur from AKSIPS stood first, Gagandeep from Shivalik school stood second and Gurbaz from St John’s stood third.
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Shailee wins painting contest
Chandigarh, January 21 The following are the winners: Group 1(Class II to IV): Shailee Jain, Hans Raj Public School 1; Vaneeta, DAV Sr Sec School, Sector 8, 2; and Simran, Blue Bird School, 3. Group 2 (Class V to VII): Preeti, DC Model School 1; Jasmeet, Blue Bird School, 2; and Sarabjeet Singh, Moti Ram Public School, 3. Group 3 (Class VIII to X): Pallavi Luthra, DC Model School 1; Deeksha Sood, DC Model School, 2; and Neeru Chauhan, Moti Ram Public School, 3. Pooja, Blue Bird School, Manika Mahajan, Hans Raj Public School, and Savvy Aggarwal from DC Model school got consolation prizes.
The winners were presented with the prizes by the president of the group, Dr V.P. Nagpal.
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‘JOB FEST’ gets rousing response
Chandigarh, January 21 As many as 10 companies participated in the fest, including Ex, Genpact, Wipro, Convergys, Hutch, IDS, AIESEC, Excel Calnet and Max New York Life. The recruitment was based on two to three rounds of selection which involved a general introduction round followed by written and verbal skills and the HR round. The companies offered various opportunities in fields like tele-calling, contact centre, sales-credit, medical related areas, IT, couselling etc. The ‘JOB FEST’ got an overwhelming response with the total registered number going up to 482. Out of these 66 candidates got placement.
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British Council awards certificates
Chandigarh, January 21 Deep Adhikari, head examination services, British Council, New Delhi, gave away the certificates to the students. Fortyeight students have cleared the young learner’s examination. Addressing the students, Mr Deep Adhikari emphasised the important role played by English in this era of globalisation.
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Car trouble: HC comes to UK national’s rescue
Chandigarh, January 21 The travails of Mr Sheikh and his wife, Ms Hasena Sheikh, were highlighted in these columns on May 2, 2005. Initially arrested by the Customs officials at Wagah checkpost in Amritsar on July 19, 2003, for not getting his and his wife’s entry from Pakistan duly registered, the Sheikh couple’s troubles did not lessen even after a lengthy legal battle saw the Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, letting them off. In his order, the Judge held that circumstances showed that “no intentional lapse had been committed by them”. While noting that it was a case of bit negligence on their part, which, technically speaking, amounted to violation of the Foreigners Act, the court also held that they were not indulging in any unlawful activity. In its order dated January 8, 2005, the court also ordered the authorities to return the passports and other documents seized from them. But, that did not end their suffering. For, his costly car — one would have to shell out almost Rs 2 crore to own it in India — was impounded by Customs officials. They asked him to produce the Carnet-de-passage, an official document issued by the UK Government allowing him to take car to other countries, which he did not have. Having failed to convince the Customs authorities about his intention not to sell the car in India, Mr Sheikh finally moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court in September last year. Now, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mr D.K. Jain and Mr Justice Surya Kant has disposed of the plea of the hapless UK citizen to be allowed to take his car if he manages to procure a guarantee from the UK High Commission in New Delhi. In its order, the Bench headed by Chief Justice Jain directed that in case Mr Sheikh furnished the required guarantee from the UK High Commission to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Customs, Amritsar, he would be permitted to re-export his car. Earlier, during hearing, the Bench came down heavily on the attitude of the Customs officials, wondering if rules and statutes were meant to help the common man or harass him. “Rules have a purpose. That purpose should be served. They are not meant to harass people,” Chief Justice Jain remarked during the hearing. Incidentally, in his petition, Mr Sheikh had also alleged that the order of the Commissioner of Customs was a colourable exercise of power and smacked of legal malice. He had also claimed that the officers of the Customs Department were leaving no stone unturned in order to divest him of his state-of-art car at the behest of certain influential individuals, who wanted to possess the car by buying it as customs confiscated goods. Incidentally, following a letter written by British MP James Purnell, in whose constituency the Sheikhs live, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil had assured him that he was getting the matter looked into for appropriate action.
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Appeal against order allowed
Chandigarh, January 21 While allowing the appeal, the Additional District and Sessions Judge has told Col Nijhawan and others not to interfere in the working of the chairman and other office-bearers of Federation of Sector Welfare Associations Chandigarh (FOSWAC). Mr Sanghi and his team were elected for a term of two years in April, 2004, defeating Air Marshal Randhir Singh.
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HC tells SHO to step up probe
Chandigarh, January 21 The direction was issued by the court while allowing petitioner Gopal Krishan of Sector 37-C, Chandigarh, to withdraw his petition in this regard. The petitioner had been allegedly attacked and injured by five persons on November 28, 2004, when he had gone to meet his minor daughter as per court orders. His estranged wife, with whom the daughter lives, was also present. Initially, the police did not register an FIR on Mr Krishan’s complaint. It was only after he moved the High Court that an FIR was registered. In his latest petition, he had prayed that the investigation be entrusted to the SP or some other senior officer as the local police was not investigating the matter. He also prayed that directions be issued to the respondents to arrest the accused.
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CAT pulls up PF officials
Chandigarh, January 21 Without being heard, Mr Rakesh Pal is dismissed within 15 days of submitting of the inquiry report as he dared to speak against the corrupt practices prevalent at the regional office then, Mr Vijay Kumar, the other one is given a clean chit by the Commissioner. While the dismissed supervisor runs from pillar to post to get justice, the other enjoys uninterrupted service at another station. The unfair trail and the harassment faced by the victimised employee, who worked as a supervisor, has come to light after he moved to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) alleging that he was a victim of discrimination as no charge was proved against him. While hearing the case on Friday, the Bench comprising Mr
L.M. Mehta, Member (Administrative) and Mr Jasbir S. Dhaliwal, Member (Judicial), came down heavily on officials in the regional office of the Employees Provident Fund Commissioner for adopting two set of rules while punishing a supervisor and letting off another. Directing the Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund
(EPF) and the Central Provident Fund Commissioner to restore the status and benefit of service to the supervisor, the tribunal has directed the department to comply with its order within a period of three months. In its reply, the department had alleged that the supervisor had participated in a rally against the service rules. He was dismissed from service in 2001, and later given compulsory retirement. The punishment was again modified and his rank was demoted to the rank of an Upper Division clerk (UDC). Representation against the findings of the inquiry at the different levels did not yield any results. After hearing the arguments of both the sides, the tribunal quashed the findings of the inquiry officer, the disciplinary authority and the appellate authority. The applicant stated that during a rally outside the regional office of the Commissioner, he had supported the pension scheme of the government. While Rakesh Pal was dismissed, the inquiry officer, Mr
K.C. Pandey, delayed action against Vijay Kumar and finally he was let off. After repeated complaints at different levels, his punishment was reduced to compulsory retirement in October 2001. The applicant stated that he was victimised and was not given proper hearing. He stated that no allegation against him of calling the officers in EPF corrupt was proved. The tribunal questioned, " How come different findings be recorded on the same set of evidence as recorded by the same inquiry officer in the same rally in which Vijay Kumar had also participated.
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Malkit enthrals audience
Chandigarh, January 21 Other performances included Manik Kohli, a nine- year-old child prodigy on the drum, dance performance by 11-year-old
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Nirmal’s album released
Chandigarh, January 21
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