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Dairy, poultry farmers to be honoured
Ludhiana, March 15 The Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mr. Justice Vijendra Kumar Jain and Vice-Chancellor Dr VK Taneja will confer the award along with letter of appreciation and a shawl at the opening ceremony. Director, Extension Education
GADVASU, OS Parmar, said the award was instituted in 2003 by the then chief minister. Khaira was chosen for his excellent efforts in dairy as he is rearing 173 cross bred dairy animals and producing 12 quintals of milk from 60 lactating crossbred cows daily. Recently in the dairy show organised at
GADVASU, his HF bull got first position and cow got second position in breed category and in milk competition another cow got fourth position. Farmers from different places often visit the farms of Khaira and Sidhu to learn about the improved dairy and poultry farming practices in view of their excellent achievements.
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Menace of copying under check: DEO
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 14 According to district education officer (DEO) Sangrur Gurmel Singh, no incident of mass copying had been reported by any flying squad that had been continuously keeping a vigil on the functioning of centres conducting Class X and XII examinations. Besides, cluster in charges were also alert to check the use of unfair means by students at the centres. “Besides making arrangements according to the norms laid down by the board authorities, we have impressed upon the heads of respective institutes, the majority of whom are controllers also, to discourage the use of unfair means,” said Gurmel Singh. Referring to investigations during surprise checks, principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Badwar, Rishi Pal claimed that no objectionable material was found in any of the centres checked by them during past days. Rishi Pal claimed that a change in mindset of the staff deputed at the centres had been observed after a large number of erring teachers were suspended by the education authorities two years ago.
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Function for deaf and dumb students held
Mandi Gobindgarh, March 15 Gobindgarh council Jagmeet Singh Sahota inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp. Dr Zora Singh, chairman of Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes and Shalini Gupta, director of the DBIMCS presided over the function. Dharam Raj, principal, Mahant Ganga Puri Badhir Vidyayla Khanna spoke on the problems of deaf and dumb students. Various competitions in painting and quiz competitions were held and the winners were awarded prizes. Quiz Competition - Sukhdev Lalit Kumar, Mahant Ganga Puri Badhir Vidyayla Khanna was declared first, Krishan Gurwinder Singh, Manas Badhir Vidyayla Mandi Gobindgarh declared second. Painting competition —Amanpreet Singh of Khanna bagged first position, Goldy Singh of Mandi Gobindgarh was declared second and Davinder Singh of Khanna was declared third. Children also performed dance and skits. The chairman announced two schemes for the deaf and dumb students, in which, the Institute will provide free coaching .
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PAU Kisan Mela to focus on ecology
Ludhiana March 15 Aulakh said that many ecological constraints currently prevailed in Punjab agriculture. The productivity of major crops had slowed down and the paddy-wheat system had started showing the signs of fatigue. The environmental crisis had eclipsed sustainability, livelihood and prosperity of the state, he pointed out. Aulakh said intensive cropping (cropping intensity 188%) had made the soils nutrient-deficient. Majority of the paddy residue (18mt) and wheat (3.9mt) was burnt in the fields posing a serious environmental threat to the state. Expressing concern over exhausting ground water aquifers, he lamented that serious imbalance had developed between the rate of water recharge and its withdrawal. Water table in the central districts fell at the rate of 54cms per year between 1993-2003, 69cms. in 2003-04 and rose to 74cms. in 2004-05. More than 10 per cent of centrifugal pumps in Central Punjab had become dysfunctional requiring replacement by submersible pumps. Aulakh remarked that shifting the date of plantation and sowing short duration varieties of rice could arrest decline in water table. Water could also be saved through diversification in favour of less water requiring crops.
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Buy books at your price!
Ludhiana March 15 Dosanj said literature was the only way to bring the society back on right course. Dosanj started his "readership movement" on January 1, 2005, in the memory of Dr M. S. Randhawa, when he felt that the rising prices of literary books and lack of their sales in small towns and cities were taking people away from literature. He started this movement with Rs one lakh from his pension fund and moral support of his wife Amrit Dosanj. As the movement grew other like minded people joined in. Notable among those were Navneet Bhandari, Simarjit Bains, Jagjit Singh Ghungrana, Jatinder Pal Saluja, K.K. Bawa, and Asha Dosanjh who helped monetarily. Also worth mentioning are the writers such as Gulzar Singh Sandhu, Mohan Bhandari, Davinder Daman, Sidhu Damdami, Dalbir Singh, Rama Ratan, Dharampal Singal, Tara Singh Alam, Janmeja Johal, Satyanand Sewak, Surjit Patar, who contributed with their books. Secretary of PAU Welfare association, Iqbal Singh Kang said the "Readership Movement" had set foot in its third year and that from now onwards at every Kisan Mela, books worth Rs 10,000 would be donated by the association. Dosanj informed that Jagdish Singh Garcha, a senior Shiromini Akali Dal leader, will inaugurate the book stall at Kisan Mela on March 17 at 10 am, after which book lovers would be able to buy their favourite books at the price of their own liking.
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Kitchen contests at Kisan Mela
Ludhiana, March 15 A drawing competition on the theme Save Trees, Save Environment will also be held for children in the aged between 8 to 12 years on the first day of the mela. The College will also hold exhibitions on in-house pollution and its control, time and labour saving tools and appliances, decorative material for homes, food hygiene and sanitation, dietary management of diarrhea and diabetes, use of natural dyes for saving environment etc.
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Painting
exhibition
Ludhiana, March 15 Paintings and artifacts made by the students depicted colorful aspects of all walks of life. Sehaj path was also organised to mark the end of the academic session. Hira Singh Gabria gave away prizes to 775 winners of various competitions held during the previous session. A youth club was also inaugurated.
— TNS
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ICFAI’s job fair from March 17
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, March 14 The job Fest. will be held in the GNIMT Campus and shall be inaugurated by Mahesh Munjal, president, Ludhiana Management Association (LMA). Approximately 35 companies have confirmed their participation. The job offers will be both in manufacturing and service sectors. Career preparation: An orientation programme on career-preparation skills sponsored by the Centre for Adult Continuing Education and Extension, Punjab University, Chandigarh, will be held in L.R. DAV College, Jagraon, tomorrow.The workshop will focus on the skills of personality development, communication skills, CV writing and facing an interview. The resource persons will be P.S. Kang, project officer, centre for adult continuing education and extension, PU, Chandigarh, Prof B K Ghai, Dr Namrata Sharma and Dr Anil Salwan. This workshop is being co-ordinated by Prof Anuj Kumar Sharma and Principal, Dr Brahma Ved Sharma is the director of the workshop. Crescendo-2007: Crescendo-2007, a grand fiesta of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT) will be held on March 19, 2007.K J Singh, joint commissioner, income tax,would inaugurate the festival. The prize distribution ceremony would be presided over by Hira Singh Gabria, minister for printing and stationery, Jail, tourism and cultural affairs. Crescendo has been a great success since its inception. It is the only festival that has the perfect blend of cultural, literary, professional and fine arts events. The continuous success of Crescendo has encouraged the students and the management of the institute to host it this year also. Over 40 colleges have been invited from all over Punjab to participate in this extravaganza during which GGNIMT would be a host to more than 21 cultural, literary, professional and fine arts events. Cultural activities would include Giddha, Bhangra, Sargam, Fashion Show, Skit etc. Sell it, Mock Press Conference, Group discussion would be a part of literary events. Fine arts category includes Rangoli, Flower arrangement and sketching. Professional events would include quiz, system analysis and design and debugging. Farewell party: The students of BA, B.Com, BCA-II of Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women bid adieu to their respective seniors, at a farewell function held in the college premises here yesterday. The students presented a cultural programme and they also welcomed the principal Dr Vandana Maini.The students also honoured Sushma Saini, lecturer in English, who will retire this year. The students of BA-III participated in modelling and Richa was crowned Miss Farewell by the Principal Ms Harneet Kaur, Ms Sakshi Jain were selected first runner up, second runner up respectively. Principal Maini wished the students a bright and prosperous future. The students enjoyed the function whole-heartedly.
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FCI badminton meet Anil Datt
Ludhiana, March 15 In other matches, Hoshiarpur proved too good for Kapurthala whom they blanked 3-0 while Amritsar players registered an identical win over Bathinda. Gurdaspur defeated Faridkot 3-1 and Patiala beat Chandigarh (Divisional Office) 3-1. In the women's section, teams from Chandigarh regional office and Chandigarh divisional office faced no challenge from their respective opponents and entered the semi finals. Chandigarh regional office beat Hoshiarpur 2-1 while Chandigarh divisional office outnumbered Patiala 2-0. Earlier, Sandeep Gosain, district manager, FCI, Ludhiana and secretary, Zonal Sports Committee, FCI and a bronze medalist in the Asian games inaugurated the tournament.
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Sports meet opens with football match
Ludhiana, March 15 "Sports inculcates the spirit of discipline, obedience and self restraint. On play ground one learns the art of cooperation, team work, sense of duty and determination," the chairman said on the occasion. Principal Dr (Col.) Rana V.K said sports helps in physical as well as mental development of an individual. Also present on the occasion were Kirpal Singh, vice chairman Piara Singh
(M.D), Dr Vivek Saggar, vice principal and other faculty members. The inaugural ceremony was followed by an exhibition match of football between the faculty and interns, in which the latter emerged winners. Tug of war game between female faculty members and the interns was won by the interns. Interns also won the tug-of-war against the faculty members. Natasha won the mehandi design competition followed by Mandeep and Pooja Bansal at second and third positions from BDS first year. Navpreet Virk and Neha won honours in the flower arrangement and shared the first prize. Lemon and spoon races were won by Ranjeet in girl's section while Sanam won in the boy's section. In the three legged race - Neha and Aditi finished ahead of others among girls while Gurinder and Harpreet bagged the title in the boy's section.
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