Ludhiana, November 7
Students of the Khalsa College for Women won 31 prizes in various events at the recently concluded youth festival at the Ramgharia College for Women. The college bagged 15 first prizes, six second prizes and 10 third prizes in various events. In some of the categories, the students made a clean sweep by winning majority of the prizes.

Prize distribution: The prize distribution and cultural function was organised at New Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines. As many as 54 meritorious students were awarded by Sunil Maria, president of the managing committee, Balraj, secretary of the managing committee, and S.P.Mandal.

Students of different age groups and classes presented various cultural items and enthralled the audience. Sarswati vandana, Assamese dance, dandia, bhangra, rajasthani dance were the main items. The tiny tots of primary section also staged colourful items. Monika Sharma, principal of the school, read out the annual report.

Inter-college debate: SDP College for Women organised an inter-college debate competition yesterday in the college campus. The competition was held in the memory of late Om Prakash Gupta, a freedom fighter, social worker and philanthropist. Dr Vinay Arora, dean, academics, planning and development, research coordination, Panjab Technical University, Jalandhar, was the chief guest.

The topic of the debate was “Minimum educational qualification should be compulsory for Political Leaders”. Seven teams from different colleges took part in the competition. Ginni from GCW got the first prize while Shalini from SDP College and Shivani from GNG College bagged second and third prizes, respectively. The overall trophy was awarded to Pratap College of Education.

Cultural show: Dr Sarita Aggarwal, convener of commerce and management club of Kamla Lohtia S.D. College, organised a cultural programme on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, here today. The students presented solo songs, group songs, dancer, bhangra, skits and histrionics. Prof Rajesh Marwaha, head of P.G. department of commerce and management, appreciated the efforts of the students. He said this club was playing an important role in bringing out the hidden talent of the student.

Principal Deepak Kaushal appreciated the efforts of Prof Sarita Aggarwal, Prof Rajesh Marwaha, head of department, and their team members for organising this event. Prof Manoj Arora and Prof Monika chopra, organisers of the club, presented the vote of thanks.

Freshers’ night: Hostel fresher’s night of GNKCW was held here last evening. Gurbir Singh Sarna, general secretary, Amrit Sarna, Harbhajan Singh and Dr Manju Chawla, principal of the college, lit the inaugural lamp.

Gurbir Singh Sarna was the chief guest. The function included classical and western items. Hostelers clad in sarees and lehangas sashayed down the ramp.

Lovneet Kaur, Navreet, Gagan deep, Raman deep , Anureet and Sukhpreet were the winners of the modelling contest.

Art carnival: A two-day exhibition to mark Diwali was inaugurated at Master Tara Singh College here today. This exhibition was organised by the collaborative efforts of fine arts and fashion designing departments under the supervision of faculty members of both the departments.

Decorative candles, candle stands, floating diyas, bags, Jewellery, bed-sheets and sarees vied for attention from the onlookers at the exhibition. The items showcased in the exhibition bore testimony to the creative urges of the students.

Blood donation: A blood donation camp was organised at the regional centre of Panjab University here today. More than 50 students donated blood. Dr Kamaljit Singh, director, was the guest of honour.

Honoured: The association of the PSEB affiliated schools Punjab (Regd) had honoured Dr Dalbir Singh Dhillon, chairman, Punjab School Education Board, at Everest Public senior secondary School, Moti Nagar here today. Hakam Singh Giaspura, mayor, MC, Ludhiana was the chief guest. Various problems faced by the affiliated schools were discussed.

The problems like Special Road Tax, Internal Assessment, Up-gradation of schools, Migration Fee, Area of Land for Affiliation discussed.

Ludhiana, November 7
To celebrate the festival of lights and sweets, the boys and girls at the hostel of Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College organised a function in the college campus. The decor and the atmosphere created for the event had sparkling candles, glittering diyas, strings of colourful lights, rangoli and the upbeat mood of the students, all complimented the soul of this festival.

Chairman of the college, Baba Jaswant Singh inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. He congratulated the students on their efforts to keep up the cultural heritage.

Dr Vivek Saggar, vice principal, extended Diwali greetings to students and faculty members.

The evening turned out to be a bouquet of entertaining performances by both girls and boys hostelers. Maintaining the traditional fervour of the event, the interns also performed dance on punjabi songs.

The surprise element of the evening that mesmerised all was the punjabi medley presented by the first year NRI students.

As Diwali celebrations are never complete without crackers and fireworks, the cultural program was followed by spectacular fire works.