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PAUTA poll goes off peacefully Ludhiana, August 28 The voting ended peacefully by this afternoon and the results were yet to be declared till this report was filed. After several days of campaigning, the political battle narrowed down to lectures by the different contestants at the Pal Auditorium. The lectures began at 11 a.m. and continued for about two hours. The contesting groups listed their respective achievements and failures. They also distributed pamphlets deriding the rival. The most surprising part of the lectures and the pamphlets was that Brar-Batra group had toned down their criticism of the Vice-Chancellor. The Brar-Gupta group had fielded 15 candidates and the Brar-Batra group had fielded only 13 candidates. No nomination paper was filed by any independent candidate. For the executive posts, the Brar-Batra group had fielded Dr R.S. Brar for president, Dr H.S. Baddesha for vice-president, Dr S.C. Sharma for secretary, Dr B.S. Bhullar for joint secretary and Dr J.L. Sharma for treasurer. Opposing them in the fray were the candidates of Brar-Gupta group. They included Dr Hari Singh Brar, Dr A.S. Joshi, Dr M.L. Gupta, Dr Ramesh Kumar and Dr A.S. Sohi for the post of president, vice -president, secretary, joint secretary and treasurer, respectively. All candidates except Dr Sohi had been fielded by the Brar-Gupta group last year. Dr B.D. Sharma and Dr Anupam Singh of outstation Research centres, representing the Brar-Gupta group, were elected unopposed. Mr Sarabjeet Singh of the College of Agricultural Engineering was unanimously elected councillor. The candidates for councillors’ posts fielded by the Brar-Gupta group were Dr S.S. Thind, Dr L.B. Rishi, Dr Jagjit Singh, Dr (Ms) J.K. Sangha, Dr K.S. Sandhu and Dr Rajandeep Singh Sekhon. The candidates from the Brar-Batra group who filed nominations for councillors’ posts include Dr K.N. Sharma, Dr Satish K. Gupta, Dr (Ms) V.K. Randhawa, Dr J.R. Kaushal, Dr M.S. Aulakh, Dr S.K. Sharma and Dr V.K. Vashisht. Interestingly only two women candidates contested the elections while they had 40 per cent of the total votes. According to the returning officer, the total votes in the PAU are 1285, while around 100 scientists are said to have gone abroad. He also said the PAU was trying to declare the results of the elections as soon as possible. |
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Inter-school
multimedia contest held Ludhiana, August 28 Students from 10 schools of New Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Ludhiana participated in the contest. The presentations were prepared by the students in ‘power point’ and ‘macromedia flash’ programmes and recorded on CDs which were played on computer and presented on big screen in the school auditorium. The students had to choose from any of the five topics, ‘Addictions-alcohol, drugs and tobacco’, ‘HIV/AIDS’, ‘Pollution - air and water’, ‘Corruption as a vicious circle’ and ‘Empowerment and role of women in India’. The presentations comprised text, pictures and sound with recorded narrations. Abhishek Rayasam, Manish Chaudhary and Dhruv Malhotra from Maharaja Sawai Mann Singh Vidayalya, Jaipur, in their presentation on ‘HIV/ AIDS’ highlighted the causes of the disease. They said 90 per cent of cases occurred due to sexual contact with HIV-infected persons, six per cent people got infected due to reuse of syringes and needles, three per cent people got the infection following blood transfusion and organ transplant and the rest got affected due to other reasons. They said fever and diarrhoea for over a month, cough and swelling of glands were some common symptoms of AIDS. Radhika Rai, Heena Chaudhary and Gaurav Mathur from the same school gave a presentation on ‘Corruption as a vicious circle’ in which they revealed how doctors, politicians and others were involved in corruption cases. They said that they pretended to be very loyal and committed, but were involved in organ selling and killing of known personalities. They said in most of the cases such persons did not have any record of more than 90 per cent of their assets. Shbeg Singh Grewal, Prabhjot Singh and Navreet Kaur from Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, made a presentation on ‘Pollution-air and water’ in which they highlighted various causes of pollution, like burning of fossil fuels, forest fires and other reasons. They also focussed on the blackening of the Taj Mahal, accidents due to smog and rise in ocean level due to global warming. To explain the effects of water pollution, they presented the pictures of Bhopal oil spill and its effects on marine life. They also highlighted how the use of pesticides, weedicides and fertilizers resulted in water pollution. Amit Chawla, Sonal Gupta and Harshdeep Singh from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, gave a presentation on ‘Addictions- alcohol, drugs and tobacco’ in which they gave the causes, effects and solutions to various types of addictions. They revealed how emotional and financial upheaval forced several people to get addicted. They said intake of alcohol affected nervous and digestive systems and resulted in high blood pressure and liver inflammation. They said in 30 per cent cases cancer occurred due to smoking. Another team from the same school, comprising Sahil Goyal, Rohan Monga and Raunaq Singh, made a presentation on ‘Pollution -air and water’ in which they explained the ill- effects of CO, NO2 and sulphur oxide on the body. They said awareness campaigns should be launched to make people aware about the pollution menace. Anurag Mahendru and Mohit Jindal from the host Kundan Vidya Mandir gave a presentation on ‘Pollution - air and water’ in which they highlighted effects of global warming, industrial wastes, urban waste and oil spills. Illustrating the changes in the Taj Mahal due to acid rain, they showed how the symbol of love has transformed into a symbol of pollution. With catchy slogans, sounds and songs, they kept the audience engrossed. Preeti Lamba and Mithila Sharma from the same school gave a presentation on ‘Empowerment of women’. The team of Piya Kishore and Sonam Mahajan from Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, clinched the first prize, Preeti Lamba and Mithili Sharma from the host school won the second prize and the third prize went to Aditya Oberoi and Ashwin Garg from the Vasant Valley School, New Delhi. Anurag Mahendru and Mohit Jindal from the host team won a consolation prize. Dr R.P. Singh, Principal, Guru Nanak Engineering College, was the chief guest. Judges on the occasion were Mr A.K. Sangal, Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the REC, Jalandhar, Mr Kuljeet Singh, MD, Bhogal Exports, Dr Rajeev Gupta, Editor of Meditrack, and Dr H.S. Sehgal, a professor from Punjab Agricultural University. Ms I. Kumar, Principal of the host school, appreciated the efforts of the students. |
PSEB fined for installing dead meter Ludhiana, August 28 Moreover, the forum quashed the demand raised by the board for Rs 21,097 from the consumer and asked to raise the demand on the basis of demand and load factor taking into consideration the sanctioned load. According to the complaint, the consumer was paying his bill regularly till 1997. He stated before the forum that the meter installed at his house was changed in 1997 and till then there was no dues balance against him. After two years, the board raised a demand of Rs 21,097 from him for a period from July, 1993, to March, 1999, the complainant added. It was alleged by the consumer the illegal demand was raised without issuing prior notice to him. He maintained that the meter had remained dead from the date of installation despite knowing the fact the PSEB raised the demand. The PSEB pleaded that the meter was installed in September, 1988 and it became dead soon after at the reading of 10 units only. After that it was changed in March, 1997 and the account of consumer was overhauled for the period from July, 1993 to March, 1997 at the average consumption (941 units) during May, 1997 to March, 1999. The PSEB maintained that the account of consumer could not be overhauled for the period from August, 1988 to May, 1993 due to non- availability of the record. It further stated that on the request of the consumer the matter was referred to the Dispute Settlement Committee (DSC). The board disclosed that after a deposit of 33.33 per cent of disputed demand, the DSC had upheld the demand and allowed the payment of the balance amount in six-monthly installments. The board further disclosed that it was found after the checking of the load on August 9, 2000, that the connected load was 9.506 KW against the sanctioned load of 7.700 KW. It said that the load surcharge was also recoverable from the consumer. The forum observed that according to documents produced by the PSEB, the meter remained dead from 1988 to 1997. The forum held that installing a dead meter was clear deficiency on part of the PSEB. The forum had also said that overhauling of an account on the basis of consumption recorded after a period of eight or nine years of the installation of meter was not reasonable. “Moreover, as per the rules of the PSEB, whenever a meter became dead, it has to be changed immediately”, the forum added. |
A touch of realism Sahnewal, August 28 The play revolved around the life of a debt-ridden farmer forced to sell his wife due to poverty. The theme of pitiable womanhood was realistically conveyed. The performers were Baljinder Sonia, Rajbir Bains, Ravinder Sangar, Daljit Singh and Kiradeep
Sabbi. A show on the theme Partition and unification of India and Pakistan was also staged. Among those who were honoured on the occasion were Satpal Joshila, writer, Hansa Singh Bias, dramatist and director, Gurpreet
Kaur, culturalist, Jarnail Gogo, producer, and Warinder Mankoo, writer. The event was inaugurated by Mr Gurdeep Singh, president, Dr Ambedkar Club. Jathedar Santa Singh Umaidpuri, Chairman, Market Committee Sahnewal, Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Director, Markfed, Mr Amarnath Koomkalan, Mr Tarsem Jodhan, a former MLA, Mr Shamsher Singh Kaile, President , Nagar Panchayat, Sahnewal, Mr Dharam Singh, a former president, Nagar Panchayat, and Mr Ramesh Kumar Pappu, a former president, were the guests of honour. |
This national champ yearns for more Ludhiana, August 28 Punjab champion in
senior badminton section, Najma gives full credit of her success to
her parents for their never ending support. “I could do nothing
without my parents’ encouragement.” she said. She is grateful to
her elder brother and guide Mohamad Vasir, national-level player of
badminton, for training her. Najma started playing badminton in her
childhood. While studying in Kanya Senior Secondary School,
Malerkotla, she participated in Sub-Junior National Badminton
Championship at Mumbai in 1992 and bagged the third position. This
achievement gave her recognition in sports and also gave her
inspiration to achieve more. In 1995, once again, she participated
in the Open National Badminton Tournament in Mizoram and won the
championship. She kept on working hard for further achievements. She
got the reward for her hard work when she won the Women Festival
Championship in 1995. She grabbed the women’s championship
consecutively in 1998,1999 and 2000. This year she was declared as the
All-India Badminton Champion. She feels really good about her past and
present achievements. But wants to achieve more to make the nation
proud of her. Najma is quite satisfied with the facilities her
college is providing her. Her stay in college hostel and studies are
for free. The expenses are borne by the college management. According
to her, all staff members are very cooperative and helpful to
her. She goes to the Shastri Hall for practice. Mr Gian Inder Singh
is her coach. The only irritant that Najma feels is less support from
the government. “One box of shuttlecock costs Rs 850 and this lasts
only for a week and one racket costs Rs 3,000. All these expenses have
to be borne by the players themselves. All those who can not afford
big money have to suffer.” said Najma. Another feather in the cap
of Khalsa College for Women is Sangeet Matharoo, a student of BA -II
year. Sangeet is a player of basket ball and net ball. She started her
sports career with net ball .Sangeet was the part of the runners up
team in International Net Ball Tournament at Hong Kong. She then
started taking interest in basket ball and cricket because very less
facilities for net ball are available in the state. She was part of
the winner team in 2000 in the Inter-College Cricket
Championship. Sangeet was also in winning team of basket ball for the
years 1995,1996 and 1997. She wants to be an IPS officer and has her
role model in the super cop Kiran Bedi. She is thankful to her school
principal Parveen Bhardwaj who gave her an award of Rs 25,000 last
year for her good performance. |
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