EDUCATION

HAU centre to give info on market trends
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, October 11
Mr M.K. Miglani, the Vice-Chancellor of the Haryana Agriculture University (HAU) Hisar, today said that the HAU would set up an all-India coordinating centre in Sonepat to provide the latest information on the diversification of agriculture, market trends at national and international levels and research works on cropping pattern.

He was addressing the farmers after inaugurating a one-day mushroom mela, organised by the Agriculture Research and Development Centre, Murthal and National Horticulture Board, Gurgaon in the centre’s complex.

Mr Miglani said it was a golden opportunity for the farmers of the districts falling under the NCR region to make full use of the marketing facilities and opportunities being provided by over one crore population of Delhi.

The Financial Commissioner, Agriculture Haryana, Mr K.S. Bhauria, said with the passage of time, the agriculture market has extended widely at national and international levels and in this era of global competition, the farmers with better qualities and less expenditure would be able to survive.

“The farmers should produce according to the market demands and it has become the need of the hour to adopt modern farming to stay in competition,” he said and exhorted the farmers to adopt integrated farming.

Candidates named for JNU elections
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 11
Parties contesting for the seats in the students’ union of the Jawaharlal Nehru University announced the names of the candidates selected to fight for the central panel here today.

The Students Federation of India (SFI) keeping in with the tradition has fielded one fresh candidate along with the one candidate from the AISF.

The party has decided to field Rohit for the post of president, Ena Panda for vice-president, B Mahesh of the AISF for general secretary and Murtaza Ali Athar for joint secretary. Both Rohit and Ena are being fielded again this year.

The Akhil Bharati Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to field Mukesh Mishra for the post of president, Dhananjay for vice-president, Gautam Chakravarty for joint secretary and Suresh Babu for general secretary.

The National Students Union of India (NSUI), which swept the elections in the Delhi University and is hoping for a similar performance in JNU, has announced Premchand as the probable candidate for the president’s post, Ali Mullah for vice-president, Ninand Shankar Nag for general secretary and Preeti Rekha Gogoi for joint secretary.

The campaigning will officially begin here tomorrow, though the candidates are permitted to meet the students from tonight.

The SFI will carry out a torchlight procession tonight as show of its support, while the ABVP and the NSUI will restrict to individual meeting.

“With the election commission playing a decisive role in the elections, the parties and their candidates cannot flout norms. The rules have to be adhered to,” said a student activist.