Counselling for medical colleges will be at Patiala on July 15

Patiala, Jul 6 (UNI) Counselling for admissions to the medical colleges in Punjab will be held at Patiala on July 15.

Informed Dr Ravi Inder Singh Ravi, Vice chancellor of BABA Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) here today.

He said that the counselling in private colleges for Government as well as management quota will be taken place during central counselling of BFUHS. The Punjab government has amended it earlier notification on Thursday regarding it, he added.

He said that they have caught 25 impersonators and cancelled the candidatures of 296 candidates as they have failed to prove their identities in Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET) test held on June 22.

The date for identification was extended to 04.07.2008. However 296 candidates have not come forward for identification, hence their candidature stands cancelled and the previous provisional result is also hereby cancelled. The varsity decided to display the merit of only those candidates who have cleared the test and have submitted proper identity proof.

''The university is not responsible for the candidates who have not come forward with proper identity proof. The university cannot wait any longer,'' said the vice chancellor.

Out of the 8,178 candidates who had applied for the PMET, over 7,903 appeared for the test on June 22.

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