Clean sweep by SOPU-INSO alliance in Panjab University polls

October 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - More than 10,000 students at the Panjab University here got an insurance cover of Rs.200,000 at a petty premium of Rs.50 per year after the varsity signed an agreement with a private insurance company, an official said Monday. As per the agreement, every student will pay an annual premium of Rs.50 and the insurance will cover the hospitalisation charges, accidental risks, among others.

September 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Chandigarh Police have made elaborate security arrangements for the Panjab University Campus Students Union (PUCSU) elections Friday, officials said Thursday. "To keep an eye on any anti-social elements, our officials will be deployed at various sensitive positions of PU.

August 31st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Poll fervour is gripping the Panjab University (PU) campus, as student elections draw near. Political parties are throwing the rule book out of the window as they splurge to woo young voters.

August 21st, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK-Congress combine Friday bagged all the five seats for which by-elections were held Aug 18. While DMK added Bargur, Cumbum and Illayangudi constituencies to its tally, the Congress candidates won the Tondamuthur and Srivaikundam seats.

July 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Students and faculty at Panjab University, one of India's oldest varsities, are pulling out all stops to help harried admission seekers, many of whom hail from outside Chandigarh. From downloading forms to giving guidance to flashing information on an LCD screen, they are doing it all in the sweltering heat.

July 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The faculty and students of Panjab University, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was both a student and a teacher, Monday hailed the budgetary grant of Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million) to the cash-starved institution. Many said they were grateful to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as well as Manmohan Singh for coming to the aid of one of India's oldest universities, set up originally in Lahore.

July 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A wave of cheer and hope went out among faculty and students at Panjab University Monday as the union budget announced a grant of Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million) for the fund-starved varsity, which is one of India's oldest. Many were grateful to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as well as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is an alumnus of the university and also taught there.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday announced a grant of Rs 500 million (Rs.50 crore) for Panjab University in Chandigarh, the alma mater of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "I announce a grant of Rs 50 crore for Panjab University," Mukherjee said in his budget speech.

June 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Panjab University will offer free education to students suffering from thalassemia from the next academic session, an official said here Tuesday. "The Panjab University senate has already passed the proposal of free education for children suffering from thalassemia.

June 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Practising racial tolerance and treating foreign students to some good old Punjabi hospitality - that's how the students of Panjab University (PU) are setting an example amid reports of alleged racist attacks on Indians in Australia. Nearly a dozen students from countries like Afghanistan, Yemen, Canada, Iran and Nepal participated in the lunch Tuesday that was organised by Students' Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), a students' political party.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Monday exuded confidence that the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by it would come back to power in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. 'With a clean sweep in Delhi, a Congress-led UPA government is certain,' Congress spokesperson Veerappa Moily told the media here.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party, which leads the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Monday said it was confident that riding on the agenda of development it would make a clean sweep in Delhi in the Lok Sabha polls. 'The Congress will have a clean sweep in Delhi and in other states like Rajasthan, the 2008 (assembly) elections will be repeated,' party spokesperson Veerappa Moily said while addressing the media in the national capital.

April 16th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here Thursday that the Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala will make a clean sweep in the Lok Sabha elections.

January 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Panjab University (PU) signed an agreement on academic collaboration with the University of Western Australia (UWA) Wednesday. 'This collaboration will include both the staff and student exchange programmes and will facilitate the exchange of technical knowhow between the two institutions,' said B.S.

December 27th, 2008 CHANDIGARH - Panjab University here has been asked by the consumer forum to refund fees of Rs.154,000 to a management student, who opted out of the course in 2007 after he found the university's campus in Ludhiana not up to the mark. The district consumer disputes redressal forum Saturday directed the university to refund the amount to Ankit Gupta, who had enrolled in the MBA course in 2007, but opted out within a few months.