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Punjab Agro begins hyola purchase
Ludhiana, April 13
The Punjab Agro Food Grains Corporation has started the purchase of hyola
(gobhi sarson) as per the agreement with farmers and has set up seven procurement centres in the district i.e. at Ludhiana,
Machhiwara, Samrala, Khanna, Mullanpur, Raikot and Jagraon, where the variety would be purchased at the minimum support price of Rs 1,700 per quintal.
Need of food processing units in Punjab stressed
Ludhiana, April 13
At a meeting with the Ludhiana Management Association, teachers and students of Department of Business Management of Punjab Agricultural University.
Teachers to stop privatisation
of education
Ludhiana, April 13
Mr Pritpal Singh, president of the Punjab Non-Gazetted Teachers Union, and convener of the Elementary/ Primary Sikhia Bachao Front have asked the teachers to get ready for a campaign to prevent the government from privatising education in the state.
PAU convocation on April 15
Ludhiana, April 13
The annual convocation of Punjab Agricultural University will be held on April 15 at 10.30 am at Pal Auditorium of the university.
Ms M.S. Nagarajan, Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi,
will deliver the keynote address and Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor PAU,
will preside over the convocation.
Try to top in IT sector, Pandey tells students
Ludhiana, April 13
Science, Technology and Industrial Training Minister Rakesh Pandey has exhorted students to acquire excellence in their respective streams of technical education so that they could compete to capture enormous job opportunities at the global level, which had been created as a result of advancement in technology.
Schools celebrate Baisakhi with fervour
Ludhiana, April 13
Tagore Vidya Mandir , Punjab Mata Nagar , Ludhiana celebrated Baisakhi by holding a function today. On this occasion, an art workshop was organised in which over 60 students created motifs related to the founding of the Khalsa and the agrarian festivity relating to reaping of wheat crop.
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Students of Greenland Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, present a dance to celebrate the Founder’s Day and Baisakhi on Wednesday.
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President lauds PAU efforts
Ludhiana, April 13
President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has commended the Punjab Agricultural University for developing a technique using slippery band of polythene film to control mealy bug in mango.
Union seeks release of scholarships
Mandi Gobindgarh, April 13
The Scheduled Caste/Backward Class Teachers Union in a memorandum to the government has sought the release of scholarships to SC/BC students for the past two years.
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