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Fest: Participants allege partiality
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Teachers’ memo to CM
Brucellosis on rise in cattle
Channel boom fragments viewers
More seats for SAD youth wing: MP
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Fest: Participants allege partiality
Jalandhar, November 24 The resentment brewed when participating teams felt that it was the host team which was being awarded most of the prizes while some of the good teams were being left out. While team members of the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College of Engineering and Technology (BBSBCET), Fatehgarh Sahib, returned their medal for one-act play on the stage itself alleging partiality, disheartened students of the Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE), Baddowal, did not take part in the last few events, including quiz and debate. The resentment grew so much that the Director of PCTE, Dr K.N.S. Kang, said he had decided that his students would not take part in the festival from next time as the judges invited for various events were “incompetent”. A participant of the college said: “Our friends who won prizes at the national level were rejected at the zonal level which we believe was due to wrong and impartial judgment.” Harpreet Singh Sandhu, a student of the BBSBCET, lamented that he was surprised to see that none of the judges for vaar singing had a professional background in the field. He said the giddha team performed the best but a team that made many technical mistakes was awarded more marks. He added that his team would accept medal only when the judgments would be revised. The other teams alleged that some of the colleges had hired professional coaches simply because they had contacts with judges and could make an influence. While the issue was hotting up, the PTU Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.K. Salwan, tried to pacify the teams but to no avail. Later, they held a meeting and announced a special prize to the BBSBCET which helped the team calm down a bit. The team also stood second with 56 points, but far behind the first overall prize winning host team with 106 points. The third prize was shared by the Lovely Institute of Management, Phagwara, and the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Ludhiana. Results of the contests:
Mimicry: DAVIET (1), and Indo-Global College of Engineering, Abhipur (2); Mime: Lovely Institute of Technology, Phagwara, (1) and Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (2); Skit: DAVIET (1) and Punjab College of Technical Education (2); Quiz: DAVIET (1) and Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moga, (2); Punjabi folk song: DAVIET (1) and PCTE (2); Classical vocal song: Lovely Institute of Management, Phagwara, (1) and PCTE (2); Vaar singing: Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Ludhiana, (1) and Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology (MIMIT) (2); Debate: BBSBCET (1) and DAVIET (2); Painting: Ramgarhia Institute of Engineering and Technology, Phagwara, (1) and PCTE (2); Collage making: Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering and Technology (GGSCET), Talwandi Sabo, (1), and DAVIET, and Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute Management and Technology (GGNIMT) 2; and Poster making: GGSCET (1) and DAVIET (2). |
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BBK DAV College wins inter-college trophy
Amritsar, November 24 In the painting competition, Shikha of the BBK DAV College for Women won the first position, while Palvi Aggarwal of KMV, Jalandhar, and Supidto Ghosh of DAV, Amritsar, were second and Salu Arora of BBK DAV and Vinod of the Khalsa College of Education, Amritsar, were third. Swati of BBK DAV was declared first in the gate designing competition, while Shaveta Julka of the APJ College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, was second and Mandeep of APJ College, Jalandhar, third. The others results are: Folk art exhibition: Traditional Utensils - HMV, Jalandhar; Household activities: GRD College for Women, Phagwara; Weapons; RRMK Arya Mahila Mahavidyalia, Pathankot; Phulkari; Hindu Kanya College, Kapurthala; and wooden box and agriculture implements: KMV, Jalandhar. |
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Teachers’ memo to CM
Batala, November 24 |
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Kar sewa for a cause
Khadoor Sahib, November 24 The devotees, the rich and the poor, assembled in the morning and perform kar sewa till the sunset. Everyday hundreds of devotees reach the spot on various modes of transportation, including tractor-trailers and trucks, from their villages and towns and perform the dawn-to-dusk sewa. Even some physically challenged are part of the sewa. “The kar sewa which started in the first week of January will continue till the completion of the building,” says Baba Sewa Singh, Chief Organiser, Kar Sewa Khadoor Sahib. The centre is being constructed on four acres near Gurdwara Tappiana. “The aim of setting up the centre is to bring education at the doorstep of the residents of this remote village. It will be a significant education source for students, teachers, scholars and the common man. The museum will be a storehouse of educational and historical information,” says visionary Baba Sewa Singh. Explaining the rationale behind setting up the centre, Baba Sewa Singh says a training centre will be set up where IAS and IPS aspirants will be given training to compete in exams. Similarly, the rising drug cases is a matter of concern among the youth. For this, a centre to educate the common man, particularly the youth, will be set up, besides establishing a library. The Kar Sewa Khadoor Sahib is already running three educational institutes in the village. These are Sri Guru Angad Dev College, Sri Guru Angad Dev BEd College and Baba Gurumukh Singh Uttam Singh Senior Secondary School. The centre will also house a multimedia Sikh museum, besides promoting gurmukhi script, Punjabi, training of preachers and ragis.
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Brucellosis on rise in cattle
Nawanshahr, November 24 At Kathgarh 32 persons were also screened for brucellosis, out of which two brucellosis positive cases were found by the experts from the Department of Veterinary Public Health Department, PAU, Ludhiana. According to Dr Kulwant Singh, president, district unit of the Punjab State Veterinary Officers Association, the bacterial infection is communicable from cattle to the humans. People can be infected by using milk which has not been boiled. The disease may sometimes appear as flu like conditions. Diagnostic tests are routinely done in the Department of Veterinary Public Health, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana. The Department of Animal Husbandry has launched a campaign for testing buff bulls in the state. Programme
The youth club of BLM Girls College in collaboration with SPIC MACAY organised a programme here on Friday. Artistes of SPIC MACAY – Rekha, Anshi, Roze Khan, Babu Khan, Jete Khan, Surabh Nath, Seru Khan, Amad Khan, Bhutte Khan and Dilawar Khan – enthralled the audience with Rajshathani songs and dances. College student Chhavi also presented a Rajasthani dance. |
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Channel boom fragments viewers
Jalandhar, November 24 The keynote address was given by Mr Rajesh Turakhia, CEO, Maya Entertainment Ltd, Mumbai. He showed various slides of 3-D effects used in movies and made everyone conversant with the use of multimedia in films, advertisements, medical field, designing, Internet and games. Mr Ashok Ogra, Director, Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, spoke on “Emerging media landscape”, while Mr Melwiin Fernandes, a sound engineer from New Delhi, spoke on recording and dubbing and production of music albums, commercial advertisement films and animations. |
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More seats for SAD youth wing: MP
Jalandhar, November 24 Terming the Chief Minister’s on-going Vikas Yatra as “drama”, Mr Dhillon asked him: “Where was he for the past four and a half years?” |
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