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March 7, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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BARNALA KAPURTHALA KHARAR
LUDHIANA FOUNDATION
DAY: Punjab National Bank, Jawaddi branch, celebrated its 22nd foundation day recently. On this occasion, Mr K.I. Singh, regional manager, said, “PNB has been awarded best trophy by the government for issuance of maximum number of Krishi Cards to farmers in the country”. He said the bank would issue one lakh card in the state of Punjab this year. While narrating the salient features of the PNB Krishi Cards, he said the farmers having a minimum irrigated land of one acre were eligible under the scheme. “The loan limit of Rs 30,000 to Rs 3 lakh has been increased to Rs 5 lakh,” he added. NEW
COURSE: A new vocational course on ‘Foreign Trade Practices and Procedures’ has been started for degree students at Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Civil Lines, under a special scheme of the UGC. In this regard, a three-day workshop was inaugurated on Tuesday by the Small Industries Service Institute (SISI), Ministry of Small Industries, Agro and Rural Industries, Government of India. Experts from the SISI, banking and export units took part in the workshop. Mr Bharat Bhushan, Deputy Director, SISI, said the course would enable the students to take up assignments in the industry. Prof Parneet Singh, coordinator of the course, and Prof Rattan Singh Birdi were also present on the occasion. ‘SIROPA’
REFUSAL CONDEMNED: The Indian Ex-Services League (Punjab and Chandigarh) has criticised the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for its refusal to offer ‘siropa’ to the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, when he visited Darbar Sahib immediately after assuming office. In a statement here on Tuesday, Lieut-Col C.S. Dhillon,president of the league, said refusing ‘siropa’ to the Chief Minister was against Sikh traditions and seemed to be the handiwork of those few who could not help being biased despite being elected members of the supreme religious body. Expressing doubts as to whether this was a collective decision of the executive of the SGPC or a whimsical act of an individual, he observed that all the same the decision lacked wisdom and had been resented by all the Sikhs. The league demanded that the SGPC should probe the incident. EXHIBITION: Shri Gyan Sthal Mandir Sabha would hold an exhibition of handicrafts prepared by its students on the occasion of Mahila Divas on Friday from 10 am to 6 pm, said a press note here on Wednesday. Ms Sudesh Chopra, wife of Vijay Kumar Chopra, Editor-in-Chief, Hind Samachar group of newspapers, would preside over the function and inaugurate the exhibition. CONDEMNED: The Shiv Sena (Tangri) held a meeting at the local Gur Mandi on Tuesday and unanimously condemned the communal killings in Gujarat. The meeting called upon the Prime Minister to bring culprits to the book at the earliest failing which the Shiv Sena would launch an agitation. The meeting also observed silence for two minutes to pay homage to GMC
Balayogi. GURMAT
SAMMELAN: A four-day ‘gurmat sammelan’ held at the Gurmat Vidyalaya, Gurdwara Sant Ashram, New Shastri Nagar, in connection with the annual ‘barsi’ of Baba Bhag Singh, concluded here on Tuesday. Bhog of 40 ‘akhand paaths’ was held on the concluding day of the sammelan which was held under the guidance of Baba Gurmit Singh and Baba Manjit Singh. Prominent among those who attended the sammelan were former jathedar of Akal Takht, Mr Darshan Singh, Bhai Harjinder Singh (Srinagar), Bhai Manjit Singh (Mumbai), Bibi Baljit Kaur (Talwara), Sant Baba Sewa Singh ( Rampur Khera) and Sant Baba Jaswant Singh ( Nanaksar). A number of Panthic Morcha leaders , including Mr Surjan Singh Thekedar, Mr Hira Singh Gabria, Mr Kulwant Singh Dukhia, Mr Harish Tandon and Mr Ranjit Singh Dhillon, were also honoured on the occasion. NAWANSHAHR PATIALA PAINTING
COMPETITION: Punjab National Bank on Wednesday organised a painting competition at the Government Polytechnic for Women here. Veer Kaur secured first position, Purpreet Kaur second, and Amita Saini was adjourned third. CONDEMNED: The Chairman of Ex-servicemen Cell, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr Zorawar Singh, on Wednesday criticised the SGPC authorities for denying ‘Siropa’ to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and his wife Ms Parneet Kaur, MP, during their recent visit to Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar. Mr Zorawar Singh attributed the denial to vested political interests. He requested the Sikh sangat to take concrete steps to ensure that such incidents were not repeated. He further said the Congress should reverse its earlier decision of not contesting the SGPC elections. PHAGWARA OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local branch of the Bharat Vikas Parishad : president — Mr Rakesh Gupta; and secretary — Mr Swatantar Kumar. SAMANA
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AMBALA KILLED: One person was killed in a road accident last night on GT road near Ambala City. According to police the deceased was hit by some unidentified vehicle. The body was sent to local civil hospital for post mortem. PRIZE WINNERS: Two students of Tulsi Public School, Ambala City, have won the second prize in the third all-India competition of working scientific models on renewable energy sources held at New Delhi. Rachna Kashyap and Shivani Sharma, both of Class IX, won the second prize out of 170 working model entries. The competition was organised by the National Foundation of Indian Engineers with the cooperation of the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources. The working model of Tulsi Public School student showed how electricity can be produced from kitchen waste. The students were awarded a certificate of merit by Secretary, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Mr P.M.
Nair. GRAM SACHIV WELFARE ASSOCIATION: The election of the Gram Sachiv Welfare Association, Haryana, will be held in two phases. Mr Raj Kumar, officiating vice-president of the association, said elections would first take place at block and district level and thereafter, the election for forming the state executive will be held. In the first phase, elections will be held at Ambala, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Jind, Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad and Gurgaon. In the second phase, elections will be held at Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Sirsa, Rewari, Faridabad, Mahindergarh, Jhajjar and Rohtak. RS 6.68 LAKH RECOVERED: The Superintendent of Police, Mr Sandeep
Khirwar, said on Wednesday that Rs 6.68 lakh had been recovered from thieves during February. Mr Khirwar said the police had solved eight house break-in and seven robbery cases during the past month. He said 250 kg
Lahan, 58 bottles of country made liquor and 3065 country liquor pouches were seized. Under the NDPS Act, 34 kg chura post and 10 gram charas were also seized while 71 gamblers were nabbed and Rs 18.505 recovered from them, according to a press note.
SIRSA HISAR PROCESSION: Members of the local unit of the Sarv Karamchari Sangh took out a procession in the town in protest against the Union Budget here on Tuesday. They raised slogans against the NDA government. Mr R.C. Jagga, secretary of the sangh, termed the Budget as anti-people. KILLED: A young priest, who was injured in a road accident last week, died here on Tuesday. According to the police, Banwari Lal, a priest of the local Bishnoi mandir, was returning from Sirsa when his motorcycle was hit by a vehicle near the Housing Board Colony. He was admitted to a local private hospital. YAMUNANAGAR WORKSHOP: A workshop on “Personality development and communication skills” was organised by Maharaja Agrasen College and the Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology at Jagadhri on Tuesday. Mr Anup
Goswami, Chief Manager, and Mr Bal Krisan Sharma, Senior Executive, Vardhman Spinning and General Mills Ltd, Ludhiana, were the resource persons.
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Rare archaeological find in HP HIMACHAL PRADESH is known for its natural beauty and “devi-devtas”. Chamba is one of its districts where old temples, bronze sculptures and rich culture have been saved. A rare image of Kartikeya has been discovered at Mulkihar, about 65 km north-east of Chamba town. The image has an interesting tale as Dr Vogel, an eminent Ideologist, had in 1908 recovered from this site a stone inscription in the Sharda script containing an invocation to Kartikeya as a warlord and “conqueror of enemies”. The site of the discovery is the local Rana’s castle, now in ruins, which was once near the boundary of the erstwhile states of Chamba and Basholi and had been a witness to many a bloody battle between the two states. The inscription is defaced and is kept at the Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba. Kartikeya, the son of Shiva, is a warrior par excellence and “commander-in-chief” of the army of gods. He developed six faces to suck the milk of six “krittikas” who brought him up as a child hence his name. In the present image his six faces are arranged in two rows. He is shown seated on a mounted peacock with one leg folded. According to Mr S.M. Sethi, former Curator of the Himachal State Museum, Shimla, the image is traced to the 12th century A.D., as the inscription contains the name of Vijay Varman, who ruled Chamba at the time. According to Mr Sethi, the date tallies with the palaeographical evidence afforded by the Mulkihar inscription. Technology pool for farmers In an unique endeavour of its kind, the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Bhaddal, near Ropar, has established a technology pool to help farmers of the surrounding areas in the diversification of crops. Under this programme, a seminar on exploratory studies of herbs for farming and ayurvedic medicines, was organised at the institute. At the seminar, experts from agriculture universities, pharmaceutical and ayurvedic institutes and industry participated. The experts expressed their views on various topics, ranging from the use of herbal plants to their commercial cropping and marketing. Prof K K Bhutani from NIPER, Mohali, addressing the gathering, stressed the need to accelerate the working of the medicinal plant board. The board should be given more powers and funds to boost commercial cropping of medicinal plants. The cropping the would also help in conserving the bio-diversity of the area, he said. Dr S S Saini from Punjab Agriculture University shed light on the comparative economics of traditional crops vis-a-vis medicinal plant. He stated that commercial cropping of medicinal plants was about three times more profitable than traditional crops. However, still the farmers were not opting for cultivation because of the lack of government policy. The government should evolve a support price mechanism for medicinal plants. Dr Raj Kumar, principal of the Dayanand Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar, pointed out that about 150 medicinal herbs could be cultivated in Punjab on a commercial scale. These herbs were commonly used in pharmaceutical and ayurvedic industries and if grown on a mass scale could give a boost to the state’s agriculture economy. Later talking to newsmen, Mr Gurcharan Singh, Chairman of the IET, s aid the institute had established a technology pool about two years ago with the aim of developing the surrounding areas. The seminar was the first step to help the farmers of the surrounding areas to diversify crops. Besides organising interactions between the farmers and experts, the institute has also established a medicinal chemistry department on the campus. The department would develop models of modern and commercial farming for farmers and urge them to adopt these models. Girl’s performance does Nahan proud Meenal Pant (13), a student of Class VIII of DAV Public School, Nahan, is the only student who represented DAV institutions spread all over the country at a national-level science seminar organised at Mumbai. She got the chance after securing the first position at the state-level declamation contest on “Bio-Technological Revolution, Benefits and Concerns” held by the SCERT at Solan. She had topped the block level and district declamation contests on the subject. She had got the first position in the declamation contests on “Ideal Family” and “Women’s Empower-ment” and second position on topic “Environmental Pollution” organised by Interact Club and Rotary Club respectively. she also topped in poetry recitation contest organised by the Languages Department. Meenal is sore that the HP Government takes little interest in providing incentives to students taking part in national contests while students from other states get help and incentives. She says that her parents and teachers have provided help and encouragement to her to work hard. Contributed by Swaran Deepak Raini, Lalit Mohan and S R Pundir
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