IT Chandigarh

Chandigarh: The local police booked a private TV channel and three persons for allegedly showing an unauthorised video of the “kidnapping” of a Panchkula resident.

According to sources in, a case of revealing the identity of the victim (228-A), defamation (499), and criminal conspiracy (120-B) under the provisions of the IPC and Sections 6 and 8 of the Indecent Representation of Woman Prohibition Act, 1986, has been registered against the private TV Channel.

Sanjay Bhardwaj of Sector 2, Panchkula, who earlier worked with the TV channel, and an NRI from Karnal, Prashant Arora, and his father have been booked on a complaint by the victim’s father, a resident of Sector 10, Panchkula.

The victim’s father lodged a complaint with the police after an acquaintance of his saw indecent clippings of the victim on the private TV channel on June 22 and 23. Defamatory language was used against her. He brought the matter to the notice of the victim’s father, who reported the matter to the police. The police registered a case on Monday.

The police said the victim’s father had earlier lodged a complaint against Bhardwaj on May 27, 1999, alleging that the latter had raped his daughter after kidnapping her. A case was registered against Bhardwaj. On the contrary, Bhradwaj claimed that he had married the girl. The case is pending trial in a local court.
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All-India Meet

Chandigarh: The All-India Mayors’ Conference became a bone of contention between the mayor and commissioner at the finance and contract committee meeting here today. The meeting will be held again tomorrow to take a decision on the matter.

It is learnt that the commissioner is not too keen to go ahead with the conference,

considering that till date only 43 confirmations have been received for the conference, scheduled for the first week of December. The expenditure for the conference is expected to go up to Rs 20 lakh.

The commissioner at the meeting held that at least 70-80 mayors should confirm their participation before going ahead with the conference.

The mayor was hopeful that more confirmations would come in.

Other issues on the agenda were given the nod, including rough estimates for widening V-6 roads in Sectors 10-A and 44-D, strategic action plan for a 24-hour water supply in Chandigarh and providing streetlights for internal roads of Dadu Majra.
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PU mulls speed humps

Chandigarh: A student of the department of political science escaped with minor injuries when he was hit by a speeding car on the Panjab University campus. The incident took place at 2 pm. Neeraj, a resident of Hostel No. 3, was crossing the road when he was hit by a speeding Ford Ikon driven by a girl student of the UIPS.

The accident brings into focus lack of traffic management on the campus and non-adherence of rules. There are no defined speed limits for the internal roads in the university. Also, in the absence of speed humps, especially in front of hostels, the students drive up and down, brake-free, making it hazardous for pedestrians.

Says Akhil, a student of the department of chemical engineering: “Mostly, car drivers move around at speed on roads, caring little for those walking.” Immediately after the incident, the dean of student welfare announced that they would make three speed humps on the road in front of the hostel.

Source: TNS

* Decides to intervene in DAV staff-management tiff
* Revokes the suspension of two professors

Chandigarh: The Panjab University syndicate today approved a seat for the single girlchild for admission to each course in the university, provided she is otherwise eligible for the same.

The syndicate also decided to intervene in the long-drawn battle between DAV employees and the management. While deciding to give a decision on the issue of deduction of provident fund and encashment of earned leave by December 8, it discussed measures to improve the process of re-evaluation and revoked the suspension of two professors.

The vice-chancellor, Dr R.C. Sobti said he had visited New Delhi twice recently and met G.P. Chopra, president DAV College Managing Committee, who had assured him that they would consider the issue favourably.

The syndicate accepted the report of Tarsem Bahia.The committee was formed to suggest measures in improving the re-evaluation process. During its last meeting, the committee had recommended that the head examiner should call a meeting of sub-examiners and instructions about the markings of answer books be discussed in detail. The committee also recommended that the period for preserving answer books should be reduced to eight months for undergraduate courses The syndics revoked the suspension of Prof Jagmohan Singh and Prof Ranjab Garg of Malwa College, Bondli Samrala, who were suspended due to an internal dispute in the college. The syndicate granted provisional extension of affiliation for MFA (I and II) to Government College of Arts, Sector 10, and some other colleges in Punjab.
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