PMET RESULT
They are second time lucky 
Deepkamal Kaur

Ludhiana, June 30
Try, try again. This holds true for a number of candidates who appeared for the Punjab Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET) conducted by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences yesterday. Though they failed in their attempt last year, they did not give up and devoted one full year to self-study and private coaching. Their efforts finally bore fruit when they got good ranks in the same test this year, the results of which were declared this morning on the Internet.

The list has several students who did not make it last year but have done fairly well in the examination this time. On the top is Roohi Chopra, last year’s passout from DAV Public School who has got the fifth rank in the state. Sonia Gupta, another dropper, holds 12th rank. Ramanjit Singh Sidhu, who is also a second time candidate and old student of DAV Public School, gets the 58th rank.

Similarly, Gurvir Singh, a last year’s passout from Guru Nanak Public School, has obtained the 172nd position. Isha Dhingra, also a dropper, holds the 176th rank. Samridhi Kaura, an old student from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, has got the 201st position. All these students now have a chance to get admission in medical colleges of their choice.

Besides such students, others who have been able to able to make their mark in the very first attempt include Rohit Rampal, a student from DAV Public School, who stands on the seventh position. Vikas Gupta, also a student from the same school, holds the 12th rank. He, however, has already taken admission in Government Medical College, Sector, Chandigarh, through his rank in the CBSE-PMT.

Deepak Madaan from BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School has secured the 58th position. Reema, from DAV School, has obtained the 78th rank. The 79th rank has gone to Karan Josan of Guru Nanak Public School. On the 91st position is Jeevanjot from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar. The 141st rank has been shared by four students — Gurpinder Singh from Guru Nanak Public School, Navneet Kaur from DAV Public School, Rupneet Kaur from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School and Simranjit Kaur from Government College for Women.

Likewise, the 172nd rank has been shared by two students. They are Surbha Singh from BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School and Ravi Karan Sehgal from Kundan Vidya Mandir. Similarly, Sheenam Sharma, a student of Tagore Public School, Harsha Gupta from Kundan Vidya Mandir and Samridhi Kaura from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, have shared the 201st rank.

Ankur Wadhera from Kundan Vidya Mandir, who had earlier obtained the second rank in entrance test to Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, has got the 225th rank. Danish Katuria from DAV Public School has obtained the 255th position.

Talking about her success, Deepika says that she wants to become a cardiologist. She said her first preference would be taking admission to Government Medical College at Patiala. Sheenam would also try to seek admission to the same college or in Amritsar. 

Girls outshine boys in BA III exam
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 30
The results of BA final examinations conducted by Panjab University are out and girls have outshone boys in obtaining top positions. Shivani Mahajan of the SDP College for Women has stood first in the college by securing 1850 out of 2400 marks while Monica has been placed in the second position with 1749 marks and Neha in the third position with 1745 marks. The topper in the Arya College for Women is Megha Goyal. She has scored 1822 marks. In the second position is Tarandeep Kaur with 1789 marks and the third slot goes to Neeta Devi with 1784 marks.

Sonali Jain of the Khalsa College for Women has stood first in the college by obtaining 1792 marks, while Siddarishti Jain is second with 1775 marks and Shilpa has got 1752 marks to be third while Komaljit has secured 1747marks.

In the Government College for Women, Deepti has secured 1774 marks while Sukhmani got 1769, and Sapna 1762 marks.

In the Master Tara Singh College for Women, Tamanna obtained 1770 marks whereas Anu Sharma of Ramgarhia Girls College got 1684 marks and Gurpreet obtained 1662 marks.

From the Arya College of Boys, Inderjit Singh got 1650 and the second position was bagged by Inderjit with 1588 marks and Tarun Thapar got 1533 marks. In the SCD Government College for Boys, the toppers are Hitesh Kumar and Sandeep Singh Saini with 1567 marks, while Rupinder Singh obtained 1558 marks and Vineet got 1545 marks to be placed at the third position.

About 40 students who had taken functional English as their subject are agitated as Panjab University has withheld their results of BA III examinations. One of the affected students said that the university had misplaced nearly 200 answersheets of the functional English paper and for this reason their result has not been declared. These students want to be given provisional admission till their results are out.

CULTURE

Bhangra team back from Russia
Asha Ahuja

Ludhiana, June 30
“When you landed in Russia the weather was cold, but your bhangra and the enthusiasm, and warmth of your colourful dresses has made the weather warm.” These words were uttered by Yuri Gorianouv, president of the International Festival for Folk Arts and Folk Crafts, in Novgarad city of the Russian Federation in praise of the performance of Indian bhangra team.

The local bhangra team had gone to Russia to perform at the International Festival for Folk Arts and Crafts organised at Novgarad earlier this month.

This was disclosed by the bhangra team of a local manch that returned to Ludhiana after 20 days of hectic performance in various cities of Russia. The bhangra team visited the country at the invitation of the Cultural Ministry of Federation.

The Indian team’s performance was applauded and senior officials of the federation honoured the artistes. The public also enjoyed and danced with the Indian artistes on the stage. Russian print and electronic media highlighted the Indian show with one newspaper terming it as ‘historic’.

Artistes not only performed on the stage and in the auditoriums but also in the open — road crossings and streets of towns and villages. The Indian team displayed its art in a dozen or more shows daily from June 5 to 9.

They also joined a special camp in the city of Arbhagalsk in which three dozen artiste groups from Europe, Turkey, Portugal, Finland and other countries also took part.

Which impressed the Russians as well as non-Russian participants was how Indians performed in bare feet and clad in a single shirt and chadra with so much vigour and enthusiasm. Their colourful costumes and smiles were the focus of attraction wherever they performed. The instruments of bhangra artistes — khuda, kato, chhika, bugchu, chimta and dhol charmed the crowds.

And what impressed the Indian artistes was the high standard and quality of auditoriums and stages and consciousness of the Russian society towards the preservation of their heritage.

Mushaira held in memory of sant
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 30
The management committee of the Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission organised a mushaira, Yaad-e-Darshan, in the memory of Sant Darshan Singh at Nehru Sidhant Kendra yesterday night. Kirpal Ashram also helped the mission in organising the mushaira. It continued till late hours.

The mushiara began with the lighting the traditional lamp in the memory of Darshan Singh by Mr Om Parkash Munjal, co-chairman of Hero Industries limited. S.K. Chitkara’s poem “Zazba-e-dil ko kabi amal mein lao to sahi, apni manzil ki taraf paanv badhao to sahi” set off the mushaira. It was followed by Manmeet Singh Meet’s ghazal “Mere sheeshe se na mango janu-e-nafrat ki sharab, mere sheeshe mein to ulfat ke siwa kucch bhi nahin”.

Rajinder Nath Rehbar, Mitter Nakodery, Shad Bilgavi, Dr Harbans Singh Matharu, Dr John Akbaar Rahi, Pooran Ehsas, D.K. Sachdeva Mufalis, Gurcharan Narang, Saagar Syalkoti, G.D. Jalota, Om Dutt Sharma and Rekha Shubanam also presented their couplets and entertained the audience.