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Pran passes away at 93 in Mumbai

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Mumbai, 12 July: Legendary actor Pran, loved and feared in equal measure by moviegoers for his roles in Bollywood hits like  Milan, Madhumati and Zanjeer, passed away at a suburban hospital here this evening at the age of 93.
“He died after a spell of prolonged illness,” his daughter Pinky told PTI.
The veteran actor, who played villain and character roles with elan and was conferred the country’s highest cinema honour — Dada Saheb Phalke award — in April, was admitted to Lilavati hospital a month ago.
“He was not keeping well, he was very weak. His health was deteriorating,” she said. The funeral will be held tomorrow noon at Shivaji Park in Dadar.
Pran acted in over 350 films and left his imprint as a villain with powerful roles in films like Kashmir ki Kali, Khandaan, Aurat, Bari Behen, Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai, Half Ticket, Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim and Don. Born on 12 February in 1920 in old Delhi, Pran was educated at places like Kapurthala, Unnao, Meerut, Dehradun and Rampur as his father Lala Kewal Krishnan Sikand was in government service.
Initially, Pran wanted to become a photographer but destiny had different plans for him.
A chance meeting with a film producer got him his first break in Punjabi film Yamla Jat in 1940.
There was no looking back for the actor after that as he went on to star in films like Chaudhary (1941), Khandan (1942), Kaise Kahun (1945) and Badnami.    pti

Students attack 5-yr-old in school

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Paralakhemundi, 12 July
In a sensational case,  two students tried to slit the throat of a Class 1 student at the Aliganda Mission School, about 15 km from the Adava Police Station in Mohona Block .
Five year old Runa Nayak is the son of the Zilla Parishad Vice-chairman Bimbadhar Nayak.
Runa is new to the school having joined just a week ago.  Today, two boys called him to the school field.  Suddenly one of the boys caught hold of Runa while the other tried to slit his throat with a sharp blade. The cries of the victim made the attackers flee from the spot and a bleeding Runa was rushed to the Adava hospital. His condition is said to be safe and stable. The injured boy who managed to speak, failed to give a proper description of his attackers . “I do not have any enemies, nor would anyone want to harm a 5 year boy in such a manner. The school authorities and the police are inquiring into the case and we hope that the attackers will be nabbed,” said Mr Nayak. 

Computating intelligence

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Workshop on CI and research problems
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Bhubaneswar, 12 July
 Advancements in the field of computational intelligence (CI) and challenges for researchers figured at a day-long workshop jointly organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers   (IEEE) Computational Intelligence Society and the SOA University here today.
IEEE,  is the world&’s largest professional asso  ations held at the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), faculty of engineering of the SOA University, which was the second in a series of four such national level workshops being organised in the country this week.
Major constituents of Computational Intelligence are neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy systems and hybrid intelligence systems. The plenary lectures were provided by Prof. Hisao Ishibuchi, Vice-President for technical activities, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Prof. Chin-Teng Lin, Editor IEEE and Prof. N R Pal, the organisation&’s Vice-President for Publications.
Prof. Pal explained what ‘computational intelligence’ was all about saying it could resolve complex real-world problems which traditional approaches could not.
Prof. Ishibuchi threw light on ‘evolutionary computation’ while Prof. Lin discussed ‘fuzzy systems’.

Odisha briefs

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Hashish seized: The Mohona Police have again intercepted a vehicle carrying around 1 quintal of ‘ganajai’ (hashish) , and have arrested three persons in this connection . The seizure is worth more than one lakh rupees, informed Mohona IIC Binoya Prakash Minj. All the  arrested are  local youths and  have confessed that they were carrying the contraband to  Berhampur.     sns

Duped in the desire to be docs

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fake agencies cheat, promising seats in medical colleges
GURVINDER SINGH 
gurvinder@thestatesman.net 
KOLKATA, 12 JULY
Miss Indrani Saha (name changed)  who stays at Manipur received a text on her cell phone on 30 June promising her admission in KPC Medical College at Jadavpur. 
She immediately rang up the number from which the message had come. The person on the other side promised her admission on payment of Rs 12 lakh.He said he was calling on behalf of an agency Career Guidance. 
Subsequently, the 19 year-old girl landed in the city with her father and brother on 9 July. As per the deal, she deposited Rs 7 lakh to the agency’s office at Sarat Park in Kasba with the rest of the amount to be paid after her name appeared in the merit list of the college. 
But her name didn’t appear on the list next day and when she went to the agency’s office at Kasba, it was closed with the cell phone of the owner switched off. 
The girl then realised that she has been duped. The girl left the city with a heavy heart yesterday after registering a complaint at Kasba police station. A boy from Tripura complained of loosing Rs 5 lakh to the same agency. These two cases are just the tip of an iceberg.  The cell phones of the medical students in the city are constantly flooded with such messages promising admissions with a minimum capitation fees.“It is very strange that how the fraudsters get our cell numbers. It seems that a big racket is working behind it in connivance with people who are employed in universities and medical colleges,” said a medical student on condition of anonymity. 
The management of KPC Medical College whose name was been dragged in the recent case cited helplessness in checking such incidents. 
“We have already issued advisories in the newspaper and informed police after similar cases were reported last year, but it is sad that people continue to befooled by swindlers,” said Mr Joydeep Mitra, CEO of the college.  “Students should immediately report to the police station soon after receiving the fake messages as quick action can help us to trace the culprit,” said a senior police official of Lalbazar.

Mishra hits out at TMC’s ‘flawed’ policies

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Haripal, 12 July
The opposition leader today in a meeting at Haripal, Hora ground lashed out at the wrong policies of the TMC government.
Today in an election meeting at Haripal the opposition leader Dr Surjyakanta Mishra came down heavily on the wrong policies of the present TMC government,  and blamed them for pushing the state towards anarchy. The complete breakdown of law and order in the state  was the fallout of the wrong policies.
Dr. Mishra said that the Left Front believed in decentralization of power and said, the real administrative power should  be vested at the grass root level. The introduction of panchayat system in the state was the greatest achievement of the Left regime.
He criticized the functioning of the present TMC government and said the government had achieved nothing positive for the welfare of the common people on the contrary it had compounded their misery.
On the employment scenario, Mishra said that the flawed policies of the government had forced existing industries to move out of the state. This had dwindled employment opportunities for the state’s youth.
Mr. Mishra said that the state under the TMC dispensation had achieved the dubious distinction leading in crimes against women among all Indian states.
It had achieved the first position in ‘market loan’, which the Left Front government could not achieve in 34 years.
Mr. Mishra emphasized that a State could not function properly  if all power was vested in a single individual. He said that ministers had been reduced to mere puppets. The real power was with the TMC supremo who kept the real power with herself.
Mr. Mishra urged the people to vote for them and thereby strengthen the panchayat system.

SC refuses to hear Tytler’s plea

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New Delhi, 12 July 
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain Congress leader Mr Jagdish Tytler’s plea seeking a stay on an order of the trial court, directing the CBI to conduct further probe into his alleged role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
A Bench headed by Mr Justice P Sathasivam said the apex court should not interfere in the matter at this stage as the case is pending in Delhi High Court which is scheduled to hear it on 18 September.
Sensing the mood of the Bench, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi agreed to withdraw the petition which was allowed by the court.
The High Court had refused to stay the probe saying: “Only investigation is ordered and this court will not stop the investigation.”
Mr Tytler had, on 30 May, moved the High Court challenging the trial court order, setting aside the CBI’s closure report giving him a clean chit in the 29-year-old case and directing the probe agency to examine eye-witnesses and people claiming to have information about the riots.
According to PTI, Mr Tytler, in his plea before the High Court, had said the trial court order is contrary to the scheme of code of CrPC. The method and mode of investigation by a probe agency is the absolute prerogative of the agency and it is not for the court to direct the agency on which witness it should examine, he had said. The trial court’s order of further investigation had come on a plea by the riot victims against the CBI giving a clean chit to Mr Tytler and filing the closure report.
The CBI had sought dismissal of a plea filed by a victim before the trial court, saying the probe has made it clear that Mr Tytler was not present on 1 November, 1984 at Gurudwara Pulbangash in north Delhi where three people were killed during the riots in the aftermath of assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.  Mr Tytler’s alleged role in the case was re-investigated by the CBI after the magistrate court had, in December 2007, refused to accept its closure report.
The CBI had again given a clean chit to Mr Tytler on 2 April, 2009, claiming lack of evidence against him in the case. On 27 April, 2010, the magistrate accepted CBI’s closure report in the case against Mr Tytler, saying there was no evidence to put him on trial.

Court rejects CBI’s plea to put Radia CD on record

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press trust of india
New Delhi, 12 July 
A Delhi Court today dismissed the CBI’s plea seeking to place on record a CD of former corporate lobbyist Nira Radia’s taped conversations and the transcripts of her calls purportedly pertaining to radio waves allocation.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini dismissed the plea, saying that it seems that the agency is not “much serious” about its petition as it has not provided certain documents to the accused.
“In view of the failure of the prosecution to supply annexure ‘A’ to the aforesaid letter to the accused, it has not pressed the application seriously.
“Since the application has been vehemently opposed by the defence as well as complete application has not been supplied to the defence and the prosecution itself does not appear much serious about the application, the same deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed,” the court said.
It said: “The (plea for) filing of the CD on record has been vehemently opposed by the defence on various grounds including that the same would prejudice the defence as the same is being attempted to be placed on record belatedly, when the accused have already disclosed their defence.
“It is further submitted that this CD cannot be taken on record through an incomplete application as annexure ‘A’ of the aforesaid letter has not been supplied to them,” the judge said.
The court said the CBI had not supplied to the accused the annexure ‘A’ to the letter dated 20 May 2010, which was received by it from the Income Tax Department having the details of intercepted
calls stored in a USB hard disk.
During the brief arguments today, Special Public Prosecutor U U Lalit told the court that he is unable to supply the documents as it contains other details which are not relevant to this case and “cannot be disclosed in the interest of security of the state”.
The court dismissed the plea and asked the agency to proceed with the ongoing trial. “The plea is dismissed,” the judge said, adding, “How many applications will you (the CBI) move? Let the case proceed.” 
The court, however, allowed CBI’s separate plea for recalling prosecution witness Mr Nitin Jain, whose statement has already been recorded.
The CBI had moved the plea to recall Jain on the ground that there “appears to be slight inconsistency” in his testimony regarding the cut-off date.

Asian Voices

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More hours for spiritual growth ~ The Brunei Times
In Brunei, Ramadan is a period where time seems to slow down. Government offices and public services operate and ends earlier from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The private sector also makes its own adjustments to allow Muslim staff to go home earlier in order to prepare for the breaking of fast with their families.
What is the rationale of these reduced hours? We have to remember that there is no lunch break, and Muslims who fast take their first meal of the day very early before sunrise. Therefore, they are already up and about very early before performing their solat subuh or dawn prayer. In the early mornings, fasting Muslims are still energetic; so it makes sense to work as early as possible and through the lunch hour. There should not be a drop in productivity. In fact, Muslims should be even more focused as they do not have to think about what to eat at mid-day or for some, for mid-morning break.
Apart from experiencing how the poor feels not having enough to eat, fasting allows one to have better spiritual focus. Ramadan, is after all, a month where special prayers such as the tarawih, are performed, and many Muslims make extra effort to read the Quran, aiming to complete it before the first of Syawal.

’02 was ‘absolutely right’, says Modi

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New Delhi, 12 July
Gujarat Chief Minister and the BJP’s national election campaign committee chief Narendra Modi today set off a political storm by saying, among other things, that he had done “absolutely the right thing” during the 2002 anti-Muslim Gujarat riots and that he is a “Hindu nationalist”. 
Mr Modi drew fire from a slew of political parties, ranging from the Congress and the SP to the Left and the JD-U, who were especially incensed by his comment ~ when asked, during an interview with ***Reuters news agency, whether he regretted the 2002 riots ~ that even if a “puppy comes under the wheel of a car”, one feels pain.  Attacking Mr Modi, some of these parties condemned him for using such an analogy, alleging that he was seeking to compare the Muslim community with dogs. They also questioned how Mr Modi could lead a secular country like India when he is defining himself in narrow, communal terms.  
The BJP dismissed the allegations as unfounded and baseless, asserting that Mr Modi’s comments had been “distorted and misinterpreted” with an aim to “appease a particular community”.  The Congress and the SP, however, insisted he should apologise.

Bail plea of Singla, six others rejected

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UDAYAN KISHOR
udayankishor@thestatesman.net
New Delhi, 12 July
A city court today said the menace of corruption has affected the country for many years and the mindset of ‘right connections’ and ‘sifarish’ for getting one’s work done by jumping the queue or obtaining a contract or tender without deserving it by paying a bribe, needs to to be changed by sending a strong message to such elements of society.
Making these observations, the court dismissed the bail plea of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla and six others in the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery case, as they can tamper with the evidence or influence witnesses, if released on bail.
The court added that courts of law are neither caged nor parrots who will take any charge-sheet filed before them, while dismissing the contentions of the defence counsel that CBI has filed the charge-sheet under pressure and has let off the real culprits. 
On the defence’s contention that the CBI has filed the charge-sheet in a hurry only to ensure that the accused do not get bail, the court pointed out, “The argument rather amuses me, as to whether they want to argue that the CBI should themselves have ensured grant of mandatory bail to the accused by not filing the charge-sheet?”
 “It is strange that in this case when by their efforts they succeeded in filing the charge-sheet in time, they are being questioned.”
Besides Singla, special CBI judge Swarana Kanta Sharma also dismissed bail pleas of suspended Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar, MD of Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Pvt Ltd Narayan Rao Manjunath and alleged middleman Sandeep Goyal, saying they were the main players who hatched the
conspiracy. 
“I have carefully gone through the intercepted conversations between Sandeep Goyal, Manjunath, Vijay Singla and Mahesh Kumar… After going through the same, I am of the opinion that a perusal of the conversation between the above mentioned accused and their conversation with other co-accused, clearly points out that they are the main players of hatching the conspiracy and ensuring that it is executed and taken to its logical end,” said the court.
Apart from the four accused, the court rejected bail pleas of Rahul Yadav, Samir Sandhir and Sushil Daga, who all were arrested in May.
While passing any order, the court said, it remains aware that if the high and mighty should not escape the law due to their position, there should not be instances when they should be targeted only because they hold a high position or are related to a person holding high position.
The court also said Mr Bansal, who has been made a witness in this particular case by the CBI, will be examined at the appropriate stage of trial.

Mursi supporters, rivals rally in Cairo

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press trust of india
Cairo, 12 July
Supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi launched rival protest rallies today, the first Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, as the deeply polarised Arab nation remains on edge after nearly 100 people were killed in violence earlier this week.
Mr Mursi’s supporters chanting anti-military slogans gathered in their thousands in eastern Cairo to call for his reinstatement.
After Friday prayers, Muslim Brotherhood supporters said they would head for the presidential palace and the Republican Guard headquarters, where they believe 61-year-old Mursi, the country’s first democratically president is being held.
Mr Mursi’s opponents whose mass protests led to his removal by the military last week, are expected to gather at the iconic Tahrir Square.
Reports yesterday also said prosecutors are planning to investigate allegations that Mr Mursi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders escaped from jail in 2011 with the help of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Mr Mursi’s supporters have been staging mass protests throughout the week near the Presidential Guard barracks in eastern Cairo, where they believe he is being held.
The focal point of the protest is the Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque, where they are camping out around the clock in their thousands, BBC reported.
The Brotherhood is not planning any marches but organisers hope a massive turnout will show support snowballing in their favour. Thousands came for midday prayers outside the mosque today despite the heat and lack of food and drink, in what is expected to be a full day of protests.

Snowden seeks asylum in Russia

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Moscow, 12 July
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden today told rights activists he would seek asylum in Russia, in his first encounter with the outside world since becoming marooned at a Moscow airport three weeks ago.
The meeting at Sheremetyevo airport with rights groups and lawyers appeared an attempt by Mr Snowden to find a way out of an increasingly difficult situation as he seeks to escape US espionage charges for leaking sensational details of widespread US surveillance activities.
Participants, including representatives of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, told reporters after the meeting that Mr Snowden told them he
wanted asylum in Russia since he could not fly out of the country without travel documents.
They also said that the 30-year-old had vowed not to harm the United States, apparently in response to a key Kremlin condition that he stop leaking damaging information about Washington’s spy programme.
Mr Snowden has been holed up at the airport’s transit zone since arriving on a flight from Hong Kong on 23 June before his US passport was revoked.
Human Rights Watch representative Tanya Lokshina told reporters agency Mr Snowden said “he wants to stay here”.
He has applied for asylum in 21 countries. Moscow said last week that Mr Snowden had withdrawn his application for asylum in Russia after learning it was conditional on not harming US interests.

Not afraid of terror threats, says Malala

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press trust of india
UNHQ, 12 July
Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai today told the UN that she would not be silenced by terrorist threats, as she gave her first public speech since being shot in the head by the Taliban.
“They thought that the bullet would silence us, but they failed,” Malala, who turned 16 today, said at the UN General Assembly as she appealed to the international community to put in greater efforts to get children into schools.
“Lets pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in life, except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, courage and fervour was born,” she said in her speech that saw many standing ovations.
To mark her birthday, the UN has declared 12 July as ‘Malala Day’. At the heart of ‘Malala Day’ is a call to improve the lives of some 57 million unschooled children by improving education access by 2015.
Malala became a global icon for girls’ education after being brutally attacked by Taliban militants while on her way to school on 9 October, 2012. The Taliban said they shot her because they opposed her efforts to promote girls’ education.
They have made it clear she remains a potential target. She was flown to the UK for life-saving treatment and still lives there, but the attack has greatly boosted her campaign for greater educational opportunities for girls.

Paris accident

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Paris, 12 July: France’s interior minister said at least 7 people are believed dead and several injured after a packed passenger train derailed outside Paris.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls told reporters that the casualty toll could rise.  The train was carrying some 385 passengers when it derailed at 5:15 p.m. (1515 GMT) and crashed into the station at Bretigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris.     AP

EDUCATIONAL

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UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI

Faculty Councils for Post Graduate Studies Admission Notification
ADV. NO.: 12/13
Applications in prescribed forms are invited for admission into Master of Fine Arts in Painting for the Session 2013-14 (Total Seats = 12).
Eligibility: Candidates must have passed 4 years Bachelor of Fine Arts / Visual Arts (BFA / BVA) Degree Course with specialization in any discipline from any UGC recognized University. Employed candidates must apply through proper channel. Selection for admission will be on the basis of merit. Marks / Grade of the qualifying exam. including performance of the written and interview tests will be taken into account.
Application form along with Brochure & three parts fee payment Challan can be downloaded from the University website (www.klyuniv.ac.in) from 15th July, 2013. Application fee of Rs. 200 is to be deposited at any branch of State Bank of India using the three parts fee payment Challan. The downloaded filled-in application form along with University copy of fee paid Challan & self-attested testimonials should be submitted to the respective Department within 15th to 25th July, 2013 (except Saturday, Sunday & University holidays) between 11-00 a.m. to 3-00 p.m.
Reservation of seats as per State Government Rules.
Last date for receiving of application forms: July 25th, 2013.
Dr. Pinaki Chattopadhyay
Secretary
Faculty Councils (P.G.)
(B0001)

C20246

GUEST LECTURER
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates of Music for the post of Guest Lecturer within 24-07-2013. Eligibility as per UGC norms.
Teacher-in-Charge
Nahata JNMS Mahavidyalaya
P.O. Nahata, Dist.
North 24 Pgs., Pin-743290
Ph.: 03215-253267    
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UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

A walk-in interview for selection of one Project Fellow in the research project entitled “Microbial remediation of chromium and development of enzyme sensor” funded by the University Grant Commission under the guidance of Prof. Priyabrata Sarkar, Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, C.U. will be held on 18th July, 2013 at 12 noon.
For details visit website: www.caluniv.ac.in
Secretary UCSTA, C.U. (B0005), C20248

UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Second Floor of Hardinge Building
87/1, College Street,Kolkata-700073
Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication ADMISSION NOTICE, Session 2013-2014
Applications are invited from Graduates (any stream, age limit 35 years) for admission to the one year PG Diploma Course in Mass Communication. There are 70 seats. The selection will be through admission test (objective type). The date of admission test is 11th August, 2013. The list of successful candidates will be published on 27th August, 2013. The admission will commence from 29th August, 2013. Classes will  begin from 16th September, 2013. The course fee Rs. 12,000 (Rupees twelve thousand) only. The reservation of seats for SC / ST / PH categories will be as per Calcutta University rules.
Forms will be available from the Calcutta University Sales Counter on payment of Rs. 200 from 15th July to 7th August, 2013. The last date of submission of application form is 7th August, 2013. The Application Form and the other information can be downloaded from the official website of Calcutta University: www.caluniv.ac.in Downloaded application forms completed in all respects along with the proof of payment of Rs. 200 (Rupees two hundred) only by C.U. Challan will be received in the office of the concerned department. For further information call: 2219-4081. Prof. Dr. Tapati Basu, Coordinator
P.G. Diploma in Mass Communication,Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Calcutta (B0003)      C20253

UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Department of Journalism & Mass Communication,
Hardinge Building, Second Floor, 87/1, College Street, Kolkata-700073
NOTICE FOR ADMISSION TO M.A. COURSE IN JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION
(SESSION: 2013-14)
Applications are invited for admission to the abovementioned course.
No. of Seats: 85 (including all categories).
Direct Admission: A maximum of fifty-one (51) seats will be allotted for Direct Admission (i.e. exempted from Written Admission Test). Honours Graduates in Journalism & Mass Communication (in the system of 10+2+3) under Calcutta University are eligible to apply for Direct Admission. The merit list of the deserving candidates selected for Direct Admission be made on the basis of marks obtained in the Honours subject (Journalism & Mass Communication).
Admission through Written Admission Test: Thirty-four (34) seats (including a maximum of 05 seats reserve for Working Journalists) will be filled through a Written Admission Test. Honours Graduates (under 10+2+3 system) in any discipline/successful candidates in Communicative English (Major) from any recognized University (age within 30 years as on 01-06-2013) / Working Journalists (preferably Honours Graduates from any recognized University with 3 years experience in any media and within 35 years of age as on 01-06-2013) are eligible to apply for admission through Written Admission Test.
How to Apply: Prescribed Application Forms for all categories are available at the University Sales Counter, College Street Campus, Kolkata-73 from 15th July to 31st July, 2013 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Price of the Application Forms: (a) Eligible candidates may obtain the Application Forms for selection through the Written Admission Test on payment of Rs. 400 (Rupees four hundred only). (b) However, Honours Graduates in Journalism and Mass Communication who are eligible for Direct Admission, as stated above, may obtain prescribed Application Forms on payment of Rs. 50 (Rupees fifty only) on production of Honours Part-III Mark Sheet.
Last date for submission of duly filled-in Applications (for all categories): 31st July, 2013. The duly filled-in applications (for all categories) along with the requisite enclosures are to be submitted to the Office of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. Admit Cards for the Written Admission Test will be distributed from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Date of Written Admission Test: Sunday, 4th August, 2013 at 2 p.m. Venue: Asutosh Building, Calcutta University, College Street Campus. Pattern of Test: MCQ Test on OMR sheet with 150 questions each carrying 1 Mark. Marking will be made in black colour ball point dot pen. Award of Marks: For each correct answer 1 Mark, for wrong answer Minus 0.5 Marks and not attempted 0 (Zero) Marks will be awarded. If there is a Tie Marks obtained the Written Entrance Test amongst the candidates than the candidates with less negative marking will be placed in higher position in the merit list than the other candidate. Duration of Test: 90 (ninety) minutes. Syllabus of Admission Test: a) General knowledge (b) Current Affairs (c) Media Related Topics (d) Basic knowledge of Computer (e) Reasoning Test (f) Flair for English Language.
Publication of the List of Selected Candidates: (a) The Merit List of the deserving candidates selected for Direct Admission as stated above will be published on 2nd August, 2013. (b) The Merit List of the deserving candidates selected through Written Admission Test will be published on 21st August, 2013.
Admission for all categories will commence on 22nd August, 2013.
Classes to Commence: On 9th September, 2013.
N.B. Reservation for the SC/ST/Physically Handicapped candidates as per rules and University norms. The SC/ST candidates would write “SC/ST candidate” on the top of his/her Application Form and they must attach attested photocopy of SC/ST certificate from the office of the S.D.O.
Physically Handicapped candidates must mention the words “Physically Handicapped” on the top of his/her application form and must attach a certificate from the Competent Authority.
For further information you may contact the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (Phone: 033-22194081). All concerned are also requested to visit the University website (www.caluniv.ac.in). All notices regarding selection (admission test/admission etc.) are put up on the Notice Board of the Department and the University is not under any obligation to send such information to any individual candidate.
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Secretary, Faculty Council for PG Studies in Education, Journalism and Library Science
University of Calcutta (B0002)         C20255

 

SITUATION VACANT

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UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

87/1, College Street
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Applications are invited from the interested candidates to fill the post of “(1) Deputy Inspector of Colleges, (2) University Engineer, (3) Sports Officer, (4) Assistant Registrar (Records & Statistics) and (5) Superintendent, Calcutta University Press. For details see the website at “www.caluniv.ac.in”.
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