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Awareness camp for farmers Ludhiana, December 11 Prominent among those who attended the seminar were Mr Jagpal Singh Khangura, Mr Hardev Singh (USA), Bibi Jagdish Kaur (a sister of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha), sarpanches, panches of area and officials of various departments. Mr Kundan Lal Chawla, area manager, IFFCO, welcomed the chief guest and informed those present about various schemes and products of the corporation. He highlighted IFFCO’s relations with farmers. Dr Harprem Singh Gill, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry (AH), Ludhiana, highlighted various schemes of the department and the Adarsh Gram scheme. A magazine, sponsored by Godrej Agrovet Limited, Uttam Pashudhan, was presented to the chief guest by Dr Harbans Singh and copies of it were distributed to the farmers free of cost. The Deputy Director, Dairy, and Assistant Director, Fisheries, highlighted their departmental activities. Dr Ranjodhan Singh Sahota, a dairy expert from PAU, explained to farmers the management problems of dairy animals. Experts discussed diseases like FMD and HS. They emphasised on getting the animals vaccinated against these diseases. The vaccine is available with the department at subsidised rates. Mr Jagpal Singh Khangura applauded the efforts done by IFFCO and the Animal Husbandry Department in organising the seminar and free treatment camp. IFFCO and Godrej Agrovet Limited provided medicines free of cost at the camp. Pharmaceutical companies like Ranbaxy, Glaxo, Indian Herbs and Indian Immunological provided samples free of cost to the farmers at the camp. Exhibition of good milch and other animals was held and owners of winning animals were presented with steel buckets from IFFCO. Free cattle feed was provided by Ganga Sagar and Khalsa Feed Companies. Mr Jagpal Singh Khangura, Bibi Jagdish Kaur, Hardev Singh (USA) and Kuldeep Singh (SDM) were honoured on the occasion. Others were presented portraits of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha. A colourful cultural programme, including giddha, was presented by students of SKSS International Public school and SKSS Govt Senior Secondary School, Sarabha. Dr Harprem Singh Gill proposed a vote of thanks. |
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Farmers urged to be quality conscious Ludhiana, December 11 This was stated by Mr A.N. Singh Chauhan, MD of Jagraon Cooperative Sugar Mills, after the inauguration of the 14th sugarcane crushing operations which began today after the bhog of akhand path followed by kirtan. The first five farmers bringing cane to the mills were honoured with shawls by Mr Gurcharan Singh Galib, MP. Sant Baba Lakha Singh Ji Nanaksar (Kaleran) performed ardas for the success of the crushing season. Addressing the farmers, Mr Chauhan requested the farmers to become quality-conscious in the light of WTO provisions and plan their farming strategy and crop rotation accordingly. He also emphasised the need for maintaining soil fertility by adopting green manuring and vermiculture. The ground water resources were depleting fast and, therefore, judicious use of irrigation water was of utmost importance. He informed that India accounted for around 16 per cent of the world population but had only around 4 per cent of underground water reserves and 2 per cent of world land mass. “Under this critical situation, we have to ensure to recharge the groundwater and use it very economically and replenish it also,” he said. For making environment green and healthy, Sugarfed was planning to enter into a contract with the Indian Oil Corporation for the production of ethanol and mixing it up to 5 per cent and thus saving huge foreign exchange and at the same time reducing the extent of pollution. He advocated the need for tree plantation and informed about the action taken by the mills in this direction. So far, more than 200 saplings of various plant species — sagoun, jamun, mango, eucalyptus, amaltas, goldmohar and other ornamental/flowering plants and shrubs — had been planted. Mr Galib advised the farmers to supply clean, healthy and mature cane without trash, tops roots and mud to avoid any deduction as per orders of the Sugarcane Control Board. The binding material committees had been formed to inspect, check and record the quantity of binding material in each trolley and ensure deductions accordingly. The farmers were asked to train their harvesting workers to ensure the use of binding material in accordance with rules framed by the Government of India. The concept of zero binding material was advocated and farmers were requested to take maximum advantage of this offer to avoid any deduction on this account. This would help in the production of good quality sugar, which was a requirement of the day, he pointed out. He also informed that for the convenience of the farmers, a new scheme, known as registered cane growers scheme, was launched three years ago. Under the scheme, the farmers were required to get themselves registered and plant cane as per requirements of the mill. This would avoid inconvenience to the farmers in the years of plenty and would also reduce the seasonal fluctuations in the cane availability. The farmers were being advised to plant early maturing varieties to ensure better recovery in early part of the season. All efforts would be made to reduce waiting time in the cane parking yard. Other facilities at the mill included a kisan rest house with light, water, toilet and bathroom facilities. A 24-hour canteen for the convenience of the farmers bringing cane to the mills had been started. A tyre/tube prepaid shop had also been opened in the cane parking yard. In addition to his, the mill had created Farmers Welfare Fund out of the contribution from farmers and would provide financial assistance to them in case of accident of the tractor trailers or loss of life/injuries during the transport of cane to the mills due to an accident. |
Sports Day at Ryan International School Ludhiana, December 11 Speaking on this occasion, Ms Anupama Sapra, Headmistress of the school, informed that special coaching would be provided to the
outstanding students so that they could secure positions at the national and international events. She gave away medlas and certificates to the position holders. Results: (Boys)- group A (I-II) 20m race- Sushant Jain , Gunjeet Singh 2; 60m race- Saransh Sharma 1, Bhavdeep 2; 100m race- Saransh Sharma 1, Bhavdeep 2; potato race- Bhavdeep Singh 1, Harjot Singh 2; under table race 20m- Raghav 1, Navdeep Singh 2; sack race- Ayush 1, Sukhmanjeet 2; three-legged race 20m - Raghunandhan and Sushant 1, Navneet Singh and Navroop Singh 2. Boys group B III to V- 30m race- Sahil 1, Jaspreet Singh 2; three-legged race- Vishal and Pulkit 1, Kaurn Kashyap and Jatin 2; thread needle race- Vishal and Sahil 1, Vikram and Raghav 2; sack race- Sahil 1, Pavneet 2; 200m walk- Gurtej 1, Abhay 2; broad jump- Sahil 1, Chakshu 2. Group C VI to VIII- 100m race- Anish 1, Saurabh 2; 200m race- Sandeep 1, Saurabh 2; 400m race- Sayyam 1, Anish 2; 800m race- Anish 1, Akarsh 2; 1500m race- Akarsh 1, Sakshkar 2; 2000m race- Anish 1, Saurabh 2,; shot put- Anish 1, Navdeep 2; jevelin throw- Taranjot 1, Sandeep 2; discus throw- Anish 1, Navdeep Sharma 2; 4x400m relay- Saurabh, Anish, Sakshar and Inderjit 1, Sandeep, Akarsh, Gagandeep and Mannat 2; 4x100m relay- Himmat, Money, Sayyam and Sahil 1, Nikhil, Sanket, Deanshu, Sukhsham 2; slow cycle race- Money1, Taranjot 2. Girls
group A (I and II)- 20m race- Nitika Rana 1, Yashica 2; 60m race- Sheffali Mehru 1, Sheffali 2; 100m race- Soumya 1, Yashica 2; potato race- Souyma 1, Arshiya 2; undertable
race 20m Soumya 1, Yashica 2, sack race- Soumaya 1, Kiran 2; three-legged race 20m- Soumya and Yashica 1, Arshiya and Surbhi Gupta 2. Group B (III to V)- 30m race- Komal 1, Ritambra 2; three-legged race- Richi and Komal 1, Uma and Malika 2; thread and needle race- Navneet and Ridhima 1, Gurnoor and Tanveer 2; sack race- Komal 1, Sankriti 2; 200m walk- Komal 1, Richi 2; broad jump- Komal 1, Subreen 2. Group C (VI to VIII)- 100m race- Harpreet Kaur 1, Harpreet Rupra 2; 200m race- Mishika 1, Manpreet 2; 400m race- Ruth 1, Aditi Vasudev 2; 800m race- Naina 1, Namita 2; 1500m race- Manpreet Rupra 1, Ruth 2; 2000m race- Aditi Vasudeva 1, Priya Chowdhary 2; shot put- Harpreet Rupra 1, Ruth 2; javelin throw- Harpreet Rupra 1, ruth 2; discus throw- Harpreet Rupra 1, Aditi Vasudeva 2; 4x400m relay- Harpreet Kaur, Megha, Mishika and Sheffali 1, Naina, Auyshi, Ivneet and Manpreet Rupra 2; 4x100m relay- Shefaali, Ivneet Kaur, Mishika and Harpreet Kaur 1, Gurdeep Kaur, Kanika, Purvashi and Nagina 2. slow cycle race- Aditi Vasudeva 1, Megha Rana 2. |
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Govt schools hold exams Ludhiana, December 11 The examinations were conducted smoothly at most of the centres. Question papers printed by the secondary wing of the department were distributed to all centres on Tuesday at Government Senior Secondary School, Bharatnagar. The Elementary Department had directed the cluster heads to themselves set the papers and get these distributed before the stipulated time to all schools falling in the cluster. A visit to government schools at Kundanpuri, Bharatnagar and Jawaharnagar ensured that none of these centres faced any problems during the
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Kids take part in colouring contest Ludhiana, December 11 Around 100 children of the school in the age groups 3 to 5 participated in the event. The children were supplied printing drawing sheets and were made to colour the pictures of mango, apple and brinjal. Mr Rajnish Joshi of the ICICI Prudential said the result of the contest would be announced after three days. Mr Ajay Syal also from the company said this was the seventh school in which such a contest had been organised. He said the series of contest was being organised for making the parents of the kids aware of the innovative policies designed to meet the educational needs of children. |
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Kechit Goyal wins maths test Ludhiana, December 11 Kechit won with a score of 86.75 per cent and was declared “Wizard of the year”. Harpreet Singh of Guru Nanak International Public School, Model Town, attained a score of 80.75 per cent and clinched the title of “Genius”, whereas Amandeep Jindal of DAV Public School got 76.50 per cent and was declared “Ace” in the subject. The next 12 experts chosen by the centre were Abhinav Sood, Navdeep Verma and Gaurav Aggarwal of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar, Avijeet Acharya of USPC Jain Public School, Bhavnesh Jindal from Bhartiya Vidya Mandir, Kitchlu Nagar, Sushant Jhamb, Vishal Gupta and Pulkit Jain from DAV Public School, Vaibhav Goyal and Ravi Chopra from BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Ravijot Singh and Kashish Jasuja from Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, and Shiplum Agnihotri from Tagore Public School. Ms Rima Juneja, vice-president, (Operations), said that separate trophies would be awarded to the three toppers from schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board. In this category, Anurag Sharma of New SMD Senior Secondary School, Shivaji Nagar, has been declared the first prize winner, Ajay Dhingra of St Bawra Public High School is the first runner-up and Himanshu Vasisht of Saraswati Modern School is the second runner-up. The special award for the school with best performance has gone to DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, with 57 students in the merit list, while Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, has won the first runner-up trophy with 38 students in the merit list. BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar got the second runner-up trophy with 29 students in the merit list. In addition, KVM has won the award for maximum participation. Ms Juneja informed that the “Wizard 2003” would be awarded a gold medal and 21” colour TV and sponsored gifts. Genius would be given a silver medal along with a portable stereo and sponsored gifts, she said. Ace would be given a bronze medal, camera and other gifts. In addition, 12 experts would be rewarded with trophies and gifts. The top 270 students would be awarded merit certificates. Also, the toppers of all schools will be awarded trophies. She also informed that the awards would be given to the students at a function to be held in the first week of February 2004 at the Ludhiana Club. |
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School kids take part in rally Ludhiana, December 11 The students raised and carried placards with the messages “Life is precious, be environment
conscious”, “Say no to plastic bags,” “Keep your city clean and green” and “Grow more trees.” While the students were made to participate in a rally meant to spread awareness against the use of plastics, the kids were themselves carrying the plastic bags. Mr Rana K.P. Singh chairman of the board, who was to be the chief guest, failed to reach. In his absence, the rally was flagged off by Mr Malvinder Singh, secretary of the board. Mr Avinash Chander Sethi, District Education Officer (Secondary), and Mr Jagmohan Sharma, President, District Congress Committee, were also present on the occasion. |
Safri Boyz on rampage Ludhiana, December 11 He is in the city to get his latest album ‘Gal Sun Kudiye’ released by Honey Audios, a city-based company. It has eight songs and Balwinder said that songs are being aired on all Punjabi channels and has remained on ‘top of the charts’ for the last few weeks on some channels.”My songs are hits on BBC channels too,” says he. Living in Birmingham presently, he says: “I always love coming back to my roots. We may be staying in England, but our music has used traditional instruments like sarangi, dhol, dhad, flute and algoza. We specially come to India to record these instruments in India as they are not available in England . When we go back, we record western instruments and then synthesis of musical instruments of East and West takes place. Thus people find our music very happening. It is based on beats of bhangra and is very danceable.” He said: “When I reached England, I found that people love dancing and Punjabi music is quite a hit with people. I started looking for people with great penchant for music. Finally , we eight people got together and formed a group Safri
Boyz. Our group plays in universities, colleges, night clubs and auditoriums. We do not like vulgarity in our lyrics and in our videos. Thus entire families can watch our videos together.” He said: “When we come back, we find the present generation of India is more
westernised, love wearing western clothes, like to speak in English, while back in England, we try to maintain our
tradition. We send our children to gurdwaras to learn to learn Punjabi. We want to pass our vast culture and rich heritage to our coming generations and make all the efforts to do so.” Balwinder has performed in Vancouver, Malaysia, Singapore and parts of India. He says,”Our group has got good response where ever it has played. I have done playback singing for some Punjabi films like ‘Sukha’, ‘Ishq nache gali gali’. I would love to continue singing for Punjabi films if given a chance. Our songs ‘Rahe rahe jan waliye’, ‘Ambaran tu aai hoor sohniye’ and ‘Pao bhangra’, have topped the charts of many channels all over the world.” Asked what is the difference between the young people of England and India, he said that in England young people have twinkle toes and can dance the whole night whereas in India, people like to listen to lyrics and do not dance as much. |
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