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BKU demands hike in MSPs Ludhiana, October 10 An emergent meeting of the union, held here today with Mr Ajmer Singh Lakhowal in the chair, made a strong case for announcement of support price of rabi crops without any further delay because the sowing was about to commence. The MSP of wheat on the basis of price index worked out to be Rs 985 per quintal, that for sugar cane at Rs 143 per quintal and oil seeds Rs 2,860 per quintal. Mr Lakhowal, while reminding the government of its commitment to provide adequate power supply for agriculture sector, demanded that a minimum of 12 hours uninterrupted power supply be ensured for tubewells for at least one month when the sowing operations were at its peak. Similarly, sufficient water should be released in the canals for irrigation purposes. The meeting termed the release of Rs 52 crore towards arrears of sugarcane growers out of a total of Rs 126 crore as most unsatisfactory. “The government will do well to make sure that the balance amount of arrears is paid to the farmers within the current month itself.” The BKU expressed its dismay over the crashing prices of cotton and urged the government to initiate remedial measures so that the farmers could get remunerative prices for their produce. It suggested that the Cotton Corporation of India and Markfed be asked to enter the market and purchase cotton in order the stabilise the prices. According to Mr Lakhowal, there was widespread resentment among the farmers over slack procurement of paddy in the markets. The meeting described the decision of the Punjab State Electricity Board to release 25,000 power connections as an eyewash and discriminatory against the farmers. The government should effectively intervene and prevail upon the PSEB management to clear the entire backlog of power connections for the farm sector till April, 2004. It also wanted the PSEB to provide power connections for drip irrigation and sprinklers on priority basis and restore 75 per cent component of subsidy
installation of these irrigation systems. The union further demanded that tubewell connections disconnected by the Punjab State Tubewell Corporation for non-payment of power bills, be immediately restored and round-the- clock power supply be made available to domestic feeders in rural areas at par with other towns and cities. |
Neha shines in inter-school science fair Ludhiana, October 10 Neha had recently won the first prize in the district-level science seminar contest organised by the District Education Department on the theme of “Powered flight — A century of innovations and future of aviations”. She also participated in the state-level contest held last month and won the second prize. During the science fair at Doraha, students from government, aided, recognised, affiliated as well as private schools of the Payal tehsil were eligible to participate. In the chart-making competition, Neha was followed by Gurleen Kaur from her school who shared the prize with Manpreet Kaur from Saraswati Modern Senior Secondary School, Doraha. The third prize was shared by Sandeep Kaur of Guru Gobind Singh School, Malaud, and Kuljinder Singh of Guru Nanak Model School, Doraha. In the quiz competition, Neha shared the first prize with her team-mate Nancy Kapila. The second prize was won by Monika and Sarabjeet of Government Girls High School, Payal. The third prize was shared by Sukhwant Kaur and Gurdeep Singh of Nankana Sahib Public School, Rampur, and Pritpal Kaur and Ramzan Mohammad of Government Senior Secondary School, Katani Kalan. For the model-making competition, the main theme was “Science and technology in the changing world”. However, the contests were held under six sub-themes, namely biotechnology, food and agriculture, energy, information technology, industry, and transport and communication. Two categories were formed for the contest, first with students from Classes IX and X (secondary group) and the second for students of Classes XI and XII (senior secondary group). Among the participants in the secondary group, Neha stood first in the sub-theme, biotechnology. She was followed by Amarinder Kaur of Government High School, Payal. For the same sub-theme, Amarjeet of Guru Nanak Model School stood first and Rupinder Kaur from the same school got the second prize. Under the sub-theme, “Transport and communication”, Gurleen Kaur of Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, bagged the first prize. She was followed by Manpreet of Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Malaud, and Simran of Guru Nanak Model School. Under the same sub-theme, Manvir Kaur of Guru Nanak Model School, Doraha, won the first prize in the senior secondary group. Under the sub-theme, industry, Manjit of Government Girls’ High School, Payal, bagged the first prize. She was followed by Puneet from Guru Nanak Model School, Doraha, and Sarabjit from Government Girls’ School, Katani Kalan. Under the same sub-theme, Iknoor from Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School, Doraha, won the first prize in the senior secondary group, followed by Harjaspreet Kaur from Government Senior Secondary School, Siar. Among the participants in the secondary group, Rahul from Guru Nanak Model School, Doraha, stood first in the sub-theme, information technology. He was followed by Harpreet Kaur from Guru Harkrishan Public School and Gulshan from Government Senior Secondary School. For the same sub-theme, Akash Garg from Guru Nanak Model School, Doraha, stood first and Aman Sharma from the same school got the second prize. Among the participants in the secondary group, Nancy Kapila from Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, stood first for the sub-theme, energy. She was followed by Jatinder Singh from Government High School, Dekhowal, and Sapna Jindal from Saraswati Modern School, Doraha. For the same sub-theme, Amarinder from Government Senior Secondary School, Siar, stood first, Rupinder from Guru Nanak Model School got the second prize and Rahul Pahwa from the same school was declared third. Under the sub-theme, “Food and agriculture”, Rajvir from Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School, Doraha, bagged the first prize. She was followed by Inderjeet Kaur from Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, and Jaspreet Kaur from Government School, Malaud. Under the same sub-theme, Manpreet Kaur from Guru Nanak Model School, Doraha, won the first prize in the senior secondary group, followed by Dharminder Singh from the same school. Schoolteachers also participated in two contests — teaching aids and extempore. In the teaching aids contest, Ms Kamaljit Mangat from Government Elementary School, Nizampur, stood first and Ms Manvi Mohan Mohindra from Guru Nanak Model School stood second. In extempore, too, Ms Kamaljit Mangat stood first. The second prize went to Ms Suman from Nankana Sahib Public School, Rampur. The third prize went to Ms Manvi Mohan Mohindra from Guru Nanak Model School.  |
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COLLEGES Ludhiana, October 10 The participants marched to Mini-Secretariat. They met Mr Rahul Bhandari, ADC, who praised the efforts of students in drawing the attention of the public towards the increasing pollution in the city. He offered full co-operation of the district administration in this regard. The students halted near Bharat Nagar Chowk traffic lights and urged the commuters to get the engines of their vehicles checked for pollution. They also talked of the pollution caused by paddy burning and polythene bags. Ms Satveer Kaur, a lecturer of the college and coordinator of the Eco Club, guided the volunteers along with executive members of the club. Extension
lecture An extension lecture was organised for students of BA part III, Punjabi MA part I and part II at Ramgarhia Girls College here today. Dr Tejwant Singh Gill, a retired Profossor of Guru Nanak Dev University, talked to the students about the basics of Punjabi culture. The Principal, Ms Harmeet Kaur, welcomed him and Dr Jagdish Kaur from Punjab Agricultural University. Dr Jagdish Kaur talked about poets like Bulle Shah, Shah Mohammad and Puran Singh, besides contemporary poets like Surjit Patar and Dr Harbhajan Singh. Award for college The International Institute of Education and Management, Delhi, has selected the Malwa Central College of Education for Women, Ludhiana, for the National Gold Star Award. The college Principal, Dr Ravinder Kaur, has been selected for the lifetime achievement award. The award will be presented on November 21 in New Delhi. The college has received a letter from Mahan Vir Tulli, chairman of the institute, in this regard. Seminar NSS units of GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, in association with the Block Development Department, Sadhar, organised a seminar on “Rural development and environment protection” here today. Mr Mohinder Singh, District Development Project Officer (DDPO), Ludhiana, inaugurated the seminar, while Mr Manjit Singh Khattra, Director, GHG Khalsa Colleges presided over it. Mr Harkamaljit Singh, BDPO, Sadhar, highlighted the various schemes undertaken by the block. Mr Surjit Singh, Sarpanch of Patti Dhaliwal, Sadhar, talked about various problems facing the village community. Prof Gurdev Singh, Dr Swaranjit Singh, Prof G.S. Mastana and Dr Rajinder Singh presented their papers highlighting environmental concerns, common diseases and social evils. NSS programme officers Prof Major Singh and Prof Ranjit Jiwan Kaur, over 200 panches, sarpanches, staff members, community leaders, and NSS volunteers participated in the seminar. Mr Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal, Chairman Block, Samiti Sadhar, was also present. A condolence resolution was passed on the demise of Harbhajan Halwarvi, a renowned poet and journalist. IT seminar at GNE CMS Computer Institute, Feroze Gandhi Market,
organised a seminar on ‘Computer networking as a career option and the role of international certifications’ at Guru Nanak Engineering College here yesterday. Addressing the students, Mr Shailesh Sharma from the institute, said even though there seemed to be a worldwide recession in computer related jobs, there existed a definite crunch of IT jobs in the software development sector. Ms Princy Thomas, also from the CMS, talked about the scope of international certifications like MCSE, CCNA, Linux+, A+ and CCNP acting as tools of measure the ultimate caliber of a person available in the field. Ms Thomas said after taking the courses, students must get themselves tested from authorised testing centres, providing testing facilities for the products of prestigious vendors like Microsoft, IBM, Novell, Cisco, CompTIA, Ericsson, etc. |
JE acquitted in graft case Ludhiana, October 10 An FIR was registered against him under Section 7, 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act on June 4, 1998, at Vigilance Bureau police station, Patiala, on the complaint of one Rattan Singh. The prosecution had claimed to have arrested him red-handed. The complainant had stated to the DSP, Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana, that the accused was posted as J.E in PSEB at Machhiwara. The JE said that there was power cut. But the complainant and his neighbours were running motors by using capacitors. So he will challan them and they would be fined and their connections would also be disconnected. Thereafter, he demanded Rs 500 per motor as illegal gratification. The information was given to the Vigilance Bureau, they laid trap and apprehended the JE while accepting money. However, the accused not pleaded guilty and claimed that complainant was accustomed to committing power theft. Once he had checked his connection and the complainant was fined by the PSEB for committing theft. Due to which, the complainant was having grudge in his mind and implicated him falsely in this case. The accused proved this fact by producing official witnesses. Apart from it, he also proved that even in 2000, the complainant was fined by the PSEB for committing power theft. Prosecution has failed to prove its charge beyond reasonable shadow of doubt and the defence plea of accused seems to be more probable’’, observed the judge while acquitting the accused. |
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Undertrials abuse cops at court complex Ludhiana, October 10 The undertrials alleged that policemen were allowing only those relatives or friends to meet them from whom they had taken bribe. When this correspondent reached the spot, the undertrials were seen openly abusing the policemen. The policemen tried to pacify them but the undertrials continued using foul language against them. However, the policemen deployed at the “bakshikhana” refuted the allegations terming these as baseless. The melee continued for over 20 minutes. A few days back, a similar scene was witnessed in the new courts complex when undertrials threw sewerage water on policemen. |
Bajwa’s book released Ludhiana, October 10 |
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