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September 27, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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‘Revenue laws discourage corporate farming’ Ahmedgarh, September 26 He said, “Our farmers are getting nominal subsidy on agricultural inputs, whereas American farmers are getting subsidy to the tune of 33 per cent. Further the present revenue laws also discouraged corporate farming because small farmers apprehended land snatching if they gave their land to big landlord for share cropping”. He said that benefits of modernisation and technological advancement could be reaped by working collectively. Regarding the paddy procurement, he said the quality of paddy this year was much better than last year. The corporation will purchase 7.25 lakh tonnes of paddy during the current season in comparison to 5 lakh tonnes paddy purchased last year. |
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Students not to obstruct Kisan Mela Ludhiana, September 26 They said they would, however, protest peacefully at the mela. The authorities had organised several rounds of meetings with these students yesterday to pacify them. The meetings bore fruit and the students decided to protest peacefully instead of obstructing the mela. The students had threatened that they would boycott the mela and stall the sale of seeds to farmers coming from all over the state. The students were protesting against the government who had assured them that the posts of agriculture teacher in schools would be advertised soon, but had failed to do so even three months after the demand was made. |
Employee moves HC against PAU Ludhiana, September 26 The name of Mr Gopal Dass, an Accounts Officer of the university, was recommended by a selection committee for the post of Comptroller two months ago, but the Board of Management (BoM) of the university had not cleared his appointment and given another extension to the retired Comptroller, Mr S.K. Bhatia of PAU. The petitioner has submitted that in his case the Vice-Chancellor had recommended his name for the appointment to the BoM and the matter was included in the list of agenda of the board. He has further submitted that since he fulfilled the qualifications and experience for the post and his selection was as per the university statutes and his name had been recommended by a high power selection committee, but the board rejected its recommendations without assigning any reason. He also said before the meeting of the board he came to know that certain persons were lobbying against him and had approached the members of the BoM. He further stated that he belonged to the reserved category of Scheduled Castes and had risen from the ranks by virtue of his hard work only. He has further mentioned that his name was duly recommended by the selection committee and he had all educational qualifications and requisite experience and though it was correct that mere selection may not confer a right to get appointment, yet “when a selection has been validly made after considering the cases of all the eligible candidates how can a selected candidate be denied appointment?”, he questioned. The petitioner has requested the court to look into the matter and issue a writ quashing the decision of the BoM, direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner as Comptroller and permit the petitioner to discharge duties as Comptroller and be restrained from filling up the post by way of deputation or re-employment. His case will come for hearing on October 20. |
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PCCTU
flays govt’s ‘rigid attitude’ Ludhiana, September 26 Stating this in a press note, Prof K.B.S. Sodhi, president of the union, said this was decided by its members after a meeting with Mr N.K. Arora, Chief Secretary, Punjab, yesterday. He said contrary to the expectations, they were told that the Finance Department of the Punjab government had yet not taken its decision regarding implementation of their pension cum gratuity scheme, covering of unaided posts and unaided colleges in the 95 per cent grant in aid scheme. Condemning the rigidity shown by Mr K.R. Lakhanpal, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Finance, PCCTU office-bearers have called upon the district presidents to lead delegations to ministers and MLAs in their respective districts all over the Punjab to expose the ‘‘discriminatory policies’’ of the Finance Department.
Professor Sodhi said as per the plan, court arrests and traffic blocking programmes would be held at Amritsar, Ferozepore and Patiala on September 28, October 5 and 12, respectively. These would be followed by state-level rallies in the constituencies of Finance Minister and Chief Minister on October 19 and November 7, respectively. |
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Inter-school contests held Ludhiana, September 26
At Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Millerganj, schools falling in Ludhiana West Zone participated. Students from 11 schools of the district participated in which Shingara Singh from Government Senior Secondary School, Dhanansu village, was declared first. Amit Singh from Everest Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, stood second and Jaspreet Singh from Government Multipurpose Senior Secondary School, Cinema Road, was chosen third. In the skit contest, students from Ramgarhia Girls’ Senior Secondary School, were the lone participants. The team which staged the skit titled, “Dukh Sukh”, was declared first. Judges at the school included eminent artists, including Dr S.N. Sewak, Ms Amrita Sewak, Mr Mota Singh, Mr Harminder Singh and Mr Parminder Singh. At Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar, five teams participated in the skit contest. The team from Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Senior Secondary School presented the play, ‘Itehaas ke Panne’ and the team from Kartar Singh Dukki Senior Secondary School, Ltala village, staged the play, ‘Sher-e-Punjab Ranjit Singh’. As many as 11 students of the school participated in the painting contest. |
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Abolition
of road tax on buses sought Ludhiana, September 26 A meeting of nearly 25 principals was held at Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, and various problems being faced by them were discussed. Principals said since they were doing their utmost to spread education among the children of the state, the government should favour them by abolishing road tax on their buses. They also demanded that bus passes should be given to their students travelling within 25 km radius of the schools. Water and electricity charges taken from the affiliated schools should be on domestic basis rather than on commercial basis, they said. Besides, Mr Rajinder Sharma, president of the association, said the board had laid down very strict conditions on affiliated schools regarding land for the institutes. He said in some cities where the land was not easily available, the area covered by the upper storeys should also be included. He said the limit of the land for senior and senior secondary schools should be reduced to six kanals. |
Elite label fetches art its market Ludhiana, September 26 Small-scale potters of the city keep waiting for customers the whole day. When a customer comes, they do not succeed in selling their products at the desired prices. The mindset that these potters succumb to bargaining after initially demanding huge prices is proving their nemesis. On the other hand, the same work of art fetches any price in the designer showrooms. The mindset is that the costlier the product one buys, the higher the person’s social status is. Customers who ask the potters to reduce the prices and blame them of charging high prices buy the same artifacts at higher cost from showrooms. A person fond of pottery items says the showpieces lying on the shelves of an interior designing shop immediately catch attention, but in a potter’s shop he has to search for the desirable item. Mr Mohamad Unus, a potter and supplier of pottery items, says shopkeepers who buy pieces from them sell the same pieces without any alterations with an increase of Rs 20 to 25 in the prices. The piece which he sells for Rs 60 is sold for about Rs 80 in a big shop, he adds. The potters make pots with prices ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 400. They bring the required material for this from Moga, Kapurthala and Delhi, and sometimes import it. They have to pay transportation charges, octroi and expenses of securitymen and drivers and have to bear breakage charges. They pay Rs 17,000 to Rs 18,000 per trolley of soil. With one trolley of soil they can make 100 to 150 pieces. They also need money for kiln. Many students readily pay high fees to learn pot painting. When it comes to buy a pot from the potter, they hesitate to spend much money on it. Many times, potters get only the cost price. The real artists and the men behind the curtain seek recognition from art
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Surjit Pattar’s book lauded Ludhiana, September 26 He said eminent writers and poets like Mohan Singh, Kulwant Singh Virk, Gulzar Singh Sandhu, Ajaib Chittarkar, Krishan Adeeb, Sant Singh Sekhon, Gurmail Chand, Himmat Singh Sodhi, Rama Rattan, S.N. Sewak and S.S. Dosanjh had reached the pinnacle of their creative potential during their association with this university in different capacities. |
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A rare feat in stitching Ludhiana,
September 26 It can be worn as a bermuda, a short-sleeve shirt, a full-sleeve shirt and as three kinds of jackets. The beauty of this garment lies in the fact that for converting it into another garment no stitching is required and it can be done within a few minutes. Mr Pawan Kumar wants to have his name included in the
Guinness Book of World Records. He has been corresponding with the publishers of the book in this regard. Earlier, too, he had stitched a jacket that could be worn in six different designs. He has also designed a jacket that can have 9800 different combinations. Twenty-seven-year-old Pawan has rejected many offers received from overseas as he first wants his name to be published in the
Guinness Book of World Records. His has some other amazing feats to his credit, such as stitching of a night suit which is only two inch in size and a jacket which is only half-an-inch in size. |
SDP School win baseball title Ludhiana, September 26 In the final,
SDP School outclassed Ramgarhia School 15-10. In softball (boys), SDP
School defeated AS Senior Secondary School, Khanna, to bag the
title.
Cricket trials The Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA)
will conduct trials to select the district team (u-16) here at the
Arya College for Boys ground on September 29 at 2.30 pm, according to
Mr Vinod Chitkara, honorary general secretary, LDCA. Players born on
or after September 1, 1985, are eligible for the trials. The selected
players will represent Ludhiana in the Punjab State Inter-District
Cricket Tournament for M L Markan Trophy to be organised by the Punjab
Cricket Association. |
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