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Sandhu meets PAU experts
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 29
Punjab Financial Commissioner (Development) R.S. Sandhu visited Punjab Agricultural University for discussing the strategies to be adopted for managing the mealy bug in cotton and citrus crops and late blight disease in potato with experts.

Sandhu expressed concern about the incidence of mealy bug on cotton and late blight of potato. The experts shared that the mealy bug appeared on cotton in a few pockets in Ferozepur (Abohar), Muktsar (Malout) and Bathinda (Sangat) district in 2006. 

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Amanjot wins folk song contest
Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 29
Hundreds and girls and boys from 14 colleges of Moga- Ferozepur zone of the Punjab University, Chandigarh, exhibited their art during the second day of the Diamond Jubilee Youth and Heritage festival that commenced at Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Narangwal, yesterday. Deepak Manmohan Singh, dean, languages and Satinder Kaur Dhillon former, dean, education, Punjab University were the chief guest. The function was presided over by Gurdial Kaur Khangura a congress leader.

Balbir Singh and H S Gosal, secretary and principal of the college welcomed and thanked the guests.

Results were as follows:

Folk Songs (Women): DMC Moga, DRV Jagraon, and GTB Dakha

Folk Dance: Government College DHudike, BKS Muhar, RSD Ferozepur,

Mehndi Application: Rajvinder Kaur GNC Narangwal , Priya Mittal DMC Moga, Rupinder Kaur DAV Jagraon

Phulkari Bagh: Gurmeet Kaur DMC Moga, Madhu Balla RSD Ferozepur

Pakhi (Fan) Harjit Kaur DMC Moga, Ramandeep Kaur GNC Narangwal, Gurpreet Kaur GNC Moga

Crochet Work: Jagroop Kaur DMC Moga, Paramjit Kaur GNC Narangwal, Kailash Rani RSD Ferozepur

Kinniting : Simerjit Kaur GTB Dakha, Tanvi Sharma RSD Ferozepur Neeru Science College Jagraon.

Dasuti: Jasvir Kaur DMC Moga, Jaswinder Kaur Science College Jagraon.

Sandeep Kaur Muhar BKS Colege Muhar, Satwant Singh Dhillon of Science College and Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu of RSD Ferozepur were adjudged outstanding folk dancers.

Classical Vocal: Science College Jagraon, RSD Ferozepur

Gazal: Palwinder Singh of GHG Sudhar, Jaspreet Kaur of Science College Jagraon and Lakhvir Singh of Law College Dharamkot , Swaran Singh of GN College Narangwal and Shakkena Beghum of GTB Dakha .

Folk Song: Amanjot of GHG Sudhar 1, Rajbir Singh of DAV Jagraon and Kuldeep Kaur of BKS Muhar 2, Tejinder of GNC Moga and Jaspreet Kaur of Science College Jagraon 3.

Tabla: Surinder Pal Singh of GHG Khalas College Sudhar 1, Gaganjot Kaur 2. Toombi: Rajbir Singh of DAV Jagraon 1. 

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