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341 home science students get degrees

Canadian High Commissioner to India Lucie Edwards addresses graduates during the convocation of the College of Home Science in PAU on Wednesday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Ludhiana, November 3 The Canadian High Commissioner to India, Ms Lucie Edwards, has said women have not benefited from the Green Revolution and great care must be taken to involve them and look after their welfare in future developments. She said educated women could play an important role in the development of the country and the uplift of the society.

15 pc fall in Indian emigrants to Canada
Ludhiana, November 3
A perusal of the annual report on immigration tabled in Canadian Parliament shows that the number of Indian immigrants recorded a fall of 15 per cent in 2003.

Students, teachers to detect leprosy cases
Ludhiana, November 3
A campaign on leprosy is being launched through school students and teachers. As many as 52,000 questionnaires were being circulated in the first phase. To chalk out the detailed programme, a special meeting of the District Leprosy Society was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner, here today.

Dawar sues Gosain
Ludhiana, November 3
The ongoing tussle between the Parliamentary Secretary (Housing and Power), Mr Surinder Dawar, and a former Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Mr Satpal Gosain, moved a step ahead today, with the filing of a defamation case by Mr Dawar against Mr Gosain.

16 make it to final of Miss Punjaban contest
Ludhiana, November 3
Sixteen participants have made it to the final of the Miss Punjaban contest organised by the Sabhyacharak Sathh, Punjab. They will now be judged by a jury comprising Preeti Sapru, Dr Sunita Dhir, Harbhajan Mann, Gill Surjit and Shafiq Butt (from Pakistan).

Education camp winners awarded
Ludhiana, November 3 The first state-level education camp was organised by the Punjab Rural Education Promotion at Baba Isher Singh (N) Senior Secondary Public School, BRS Nagar, has concluded on Monday.

• DEO for a day
• LIC staff strike work

COMMUNITY

Service units welcome date extension
Ludhiana, November 3
Service providers have heaved a sigh of relief with the last date of getting registered for service tax has been extended by a month. “We are expecting the confusion over issues like the inclusion of job work to be cleared this month,” said Mr Inderjit Singh Navyug, vice-president, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings.

Vigilance Bureau organises seminar
Amloh, November 3
A seminar in connection with Vigilance Awareness Week was organised at the market committee complex here today. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sandeep Hans, SDM, Amloh, said Vigilance Awareness Week was being observed to make people aware of the functioning of the Vigilance Bureau.

Man with a mission Ludhiana, November 3 His mission is to serve society—whether being in service or out of it. Mr Yash Paul Ghai served students with dedication and earned their goodwill for more than 40 years. After retirement, he has been serving society as additional general secretary of the Punjab Government pensioners Association and director of the Public Cause, a social organisation that seeks justice for the downtrodden.

Yash Paul Ghai

Tewari’s UK visit from Nov 6
Ludhiana, November 3
Mr Manish Tewari, secretary, All-India Congress Committee, has been invited by the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to visit the UK from November 6 to 12.

Appointment of farm director hailed
Ludhiana, November 3
The Punjab Assistant Agricultural Engineers-II Association, has welcomed the decision of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, for appointing a technocrat, Mr Balwinder Singh Sidhu, as Director of Agriculture.

Boogie Woogie on Nov 14
Ludhiana, November 3
Put on your dancing shoes and enter the Boogie Woogie, a dance competition to be organised on November 14 (Childrens’ Day) . The dance competition will be held in the Nehru Sidhant Kendar and is being organised by JSR Productions.

CRIME

25 boxes of liquor seized
Jagraon, November 3
Narinder Singh alias Nanda of Rangian was arrested by Inspector Amarjit Singh and the police seized from him 25 boxes of country liquor brand Malwa No I. The Dehlon police has registered a case under section 61.1.14 of the Excise Act.

BUSINESS

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From Schools & Colleges College students donate blood Ludhiana, November 3 A voluntary blood donation camp was organised by Dayanand Medical College and Hospital at RSD College in Ferozepore on the occasion of the 84th foundation day of the college. Students of Sacred Heart Convent School, Urban Estate, make rangoli at a competition in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

PCTE rated A grade by survey
Ludhiana, November 3
The Punjab College of Technical Education has been ranked the best B-school of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir in a B-school survey conducted by Business India. The PCTE has been rated A grade.

TAC Gallery is 1-year-old Ludhiana, November 3 TAC Art Gallery in Rajguru Nagar which came into existence a year ago, provides the right ambience for art lovers of the region. Karuna Mohindra and her husband Dinesh Mohindra , who came to Ludhiana from Delhi, realised that the city had excelled in every field except art.                                                                      Karuna Mohindra

Danger of food additives
Ludhiana, November 3
During festival days the demand for sweets is high. Those having artificial colours attract everybody. But these are synthetics chemicals and is used mostly in foods of low nutritional value (candy and sweets). Colourings can lead to hyperactivity in sensitive children.

PET TALK
Bitten by your own dog?
Don’t be fooled into thinking that your pet won’t ever bite you. Nearly half of the dog-bite cases are caused by the family dog. Thereafter, most owners never regain confidence and love for a pet that bit them.

SPORTS

District athletics meet begins Ludhiana, November 3 The four-day Ludhiana District Athletics Meet for boys and girls in the age groups of under-14, 17 and 19 being organised by District Schools Tournament Committee began at Guru Nanak Stadium here today. Mr Sohan Lal Lotey, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana inaugurated the meet. An athlete clears the bar in high jump at Guru Nanak Stadium in the under-19 category at the Ludhiana District Athletics Meet in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

NRIs to set up sports academy Ludhiana, November 3 A world-class sports academy will soon come up in Punjab following an initiative taken by some non-resident Indians (NRIs). It will be set up at a cost of about Rs 22.5 crore. The entire amount will be raised by NRIs. Mohinder Singh Gill, a former Olympian, looks at his portrait that was unveiled at the Reflexions Health Club in Majestic Park Plaza, Ludhiana, on Wednesday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

‘Free sports bodies from politicians’
Ludhiana, November 3
Renowned athlete of yesteryears Mohinder Singh Gill said here today that sports bodies in the country needed to be liberated from political bosses if we wanted to excel in international competitions.