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PAU discusses beekeeping with farmers Ludhiana, May 19 Dr Pardeep Kumar Chhuneja, entomologist (honey bees), warned the beekeepers against the misuse of chemicals and antibiotics in honey bee colonies. He also discussed the effect of changing weather conditions on beekeeping. Dr G.S. Gatoria, senior entomologist, spoke on maintaining larger colony strength for increasing honey production. He also discussed the use of feeding pollen substitutes to honey bee colonies. Dr G.S. Saini, Professor of Extension Education, urged the beekeepers to organise themselves with regard to marketing problems. The beekeepers decided to blacklist anyone found stealing honey bee colonies. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by president Hardev Singh Ghanaur, secretary of the club. He said the next meeting would be held on June 2 at the same venue. |
CBSE schools prepare calendar of events Ludhiana, May 19 A badminton tournament will be held at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, from August 25 to 27. BCM School will also host a lawn tennis meet from October 6 to 8 and a basketball championship from November 18 to 20. A volleyball tournament will be held at Guru Nanak Public School from October 14 to 16. A three-day athletics meet will be held from November 2 at GGN Public School. A series of inter-school cricket matches will be held at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar, from November 22 to 25. A roller skating tournament will be held at Guru Nanak International Public School on November 6. A chess competition will be held at Kundan Vidya Mandir from January 5 to 8. An inter-school dance contest will be held at Guru Nanak Public School on August 31. Inter-school fine arts events will be hosted by Shivalikwala Doon School on October 12. A quiz competition will be held at GPS School, Mandi Gobindgarh, on October 19. A declamation competition for Punjabi speakers will be held on November 8 at Sant Kirpa Singh Seva Panthi Public School, Neelon. A declamation contest in English will be held at Greenland School on November 30. Hindi speakers will compete in a declamation contest to be held on December 4 at DAV School, Phillaur. During the meeting, the principals also discussed the positive outcome of the introduction of courses in stress management, disaster management and compulsory environmental studies. They also appreciated the board’s decision to do away with school bags for children up to Class II. The principals also lauded the role of board to launch an Olympiad in informatics. |
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Summer job concept catching on LUDHIANA: Now that the examinations are over, students can look for avenues to make some money to buy that music system, tennis racquet or computer they always wanted. While students in metros can find a plenty of jobs in fast-food joints, trade fairs, exhibitions, marketing, telemarketing agencies, and call centres, etc., these are relatively hard to find in the city. The prime requirement of any summer job advertised is that the applicant should be smart and have good communication skills, which include speaking English fluently. Unfortunately, most local students lack in such skills. Moreover, in Ludhiana, very few banks, newspapers or other companies offer summer jobs. But it is also a fact that many youngsters do not even want to do such jobs. It is against the culture of the city to take up small jobs as most children feel that parents have to support them. Parents, especially the rich ones, on their part feel that their wards should not work for a “measly few thousand”. However, this trend is changing and college students are now beginning to look for jobs to make some money of their own. While a few summer jobs are advertised, many are publicised through the word of mouth. So those keen to augment their income, have to remain alert. Local newspapers also use the services of students in different fields of marketing. A manager in a newspaper says they are hiring students for marketing in large numbers. Their responsibilities include institutional sales. The students are used for group representation, door-to-door marketing or offering new schemes. They also conduct surveys about readership. Telemarketing is another field that has jobs for students, though not in large numbers. In this, students have to make phone calls to push products. While filling scoops of ice-cream in cones may be tiring, if you manage to get a job in a fast-food joint run by an MNC, the remuneration can be good. Even in pizza centres, some jobs are available. Enterprising students who have talents like dancing, glass or fabric painting, cooking, start classes for others. Rashmi and her friend Chitra held dance classes in a hired room. After paying the rent, they were able to save a cool Rs 5,000. Similarly, Surbhi Gulati, with her friend, earned a good amount from cookery classes. Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director of the Punjab College of Technical Education, says, “Some of our students teach at computer centres, while others are doing summer jobs as part of their studies and earning as they learn.” Says Mr Pratap of a computer centre, “Due to the heavy rush of students during the summer break, it becomes necessary for us to recruit young instructors, they make excellent teachers.” |
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Admission cell at management institute Ludhiana, May 19 Dr R.S. Gupta, director of the institute, said the cell would provide career counselling to students aspiring to get admission to the MBA or MCA courses. He said this was being done in the light of the recent declaration by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) that only those students should be admitted to these courses who appeared and passed MAT/CAT or MET conducted by designated Central or state agencies. Dr Gupta said he would himself act as coordinator of the cell. Other members of the faculty, including Ms Navneet Kaur, Ms Roopam Mahajan and Ms Puneeta Jain, all from the Management Department, and Mr Rajeev Jindal, Ms Raman Bagga and Ms Navneet Walia, all from the Computer Department, would assist him in managing the cell. “The institute is also planning to start a free coaching programme from May 24 for students aspiring to take admission to these courses. Coaching will be based on the structure of entrance test, MET-2004, to be held in June by Punjabi University,” said Dr Gupta.
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Programme for docs on anaesthesia Ludhiana, May 19 The meeting was chaired by Dr
G.L. Goel, Director, Health Services, Punjab, and attended by other senior officers of the Department of Medical Education, Government of Punjab, Chief Medical Officers, regional health consultants of the programme, besides in charges of all programme study centres of Punjab, principals and senior faculty members of IGNOU. It was also decided that special training programme would be organised to impart training to doctors of district level hospitals. It was also decided that the existing network of IGNOU health science programme in Punjab should be further expanded. It was also agreed upon that IGNOU should develop a certificate course in anaesthesia so that shortage of anaesthetists can be taken care of. Special emphasis has been laid on health education programme in the context of Punjab. The university has opened study centres for postgraduate diploma in maternal and child health, health and hospital management, geriatric medicine,
BSc(N) and a number of diploma courses on health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS.
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KCW girl tops
BBA II exam Ludhiana, May 19 Aiana Sadana bagged the fifth position by securing 76.90 per cent marks. Students of the college have also excelled in the BBA I examination. Sakshi Malhotra secured the
third position in the university by securing 77.7 per cent marks, while
Sarika Khurana bagged the eighth position by securing 75.73 per cent marks. |
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Lecture on antibiotic resistant bacteria Ludhiana, May 19 Dr Sidhu laid stress on the problem of development of bacterial resistance in food and clinical environments resulting from the non-judicious use of disinfectants and antibiotics in the Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, which was attended by the faculty and students of various departments of the university. |
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Class VIII topper Ludhiana, May 19 |
Life term for killing father, brother Ludhiana, May 19 Delivering the verdict, Mr J.S. Bhatia, Additional Sessions Judge, held it had been proved beyond any doubt that Kuljit Singh (42) killed his father, Mangal Singh, brother, Baljit Singh, and caused injuries to his mother, Nasib Kaur. Keeping in view the gravity of offence the judge declined the plea of leniency raised by the accused. The accused was booked under Sections 302 and 324 of the IPC at the Jagraon police station on November 15, 1998, following the statement of Maghar Singh of Kaunke Kalan village (brother of Mangal Singh). The complainant had stated that a day before the incident he had gone to meet his brother. He stayed there for the night. On November 15, around 9.30 am, he was sitting with the family of his brother when the accused came out of his room and said to his father that he was giving his earnings to Baljit Singh. He insisted that he should also give money to him. On this, Mangal Singh said he was not in a position to give money to him. Moreover, he was living separately and he should earn his livelihood at his own. The accused said he would teach a lesson to him (father). Thereafter, he went inside his room, brought a ‘kirpan’ and started inflicting blows on the person of his father. When Baljit Singh tried to save his father, he was also attacked, added the complainant. The complainant said when he and Nasib Kaur (mother of the accused) tried to catch hold of the accused, he gave a blow of ‘kirpan’ on the palm of his mother and fled from the spot. Later, Mangal Singh and Baljit Singh died. However, during the trial, the accused pleaded not guilty. He claimed the case had been planted against him in connivance with his mother and the complainant. But he could not produce any evidence in support of his contention. Rejecting the plea of accused, the judge remarked that it could not be imagined that the mother of the accused would falsely depose against him just because of strained relations. Convinced with the evidence produced by the prosecution and forceful arguments of the Additional Public Prosecutor, the court held the accused guilty and announced the sentence. |
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The highway to hell Ludhiana, May 19 The play was wonderfully written and directed by Rahul da Cunha. The Durga Das Foundation and Spice Telecom presented the play, along with the media sponsor, The Tribune. The play opens in a room of a seedy hotel located along the Pune highway. Three young men are holed up there as they are scared, tired and on the run. In a fraction of a second, their life has undergone a horrible change. As they are driving down, they see something that looks like a body. Two friends get out of the car to investigate and one returns while the other one, Baboo Dholakia, is brutally stabbed by assailants. The sack was placed on the road as a ploy to get them out of the car. Bugs Bhargava Krishna, who plays Niki, one of the three friends, acts brilliantly. He stammers and does it very naturally. He is the one who suffers guilt pangs and does not want to leave his friend lying dead on the highway when the other two plan to run away before the police traps him. During an interrogation by his friend, he recounts how only Baboo was stabbed while he was left unscathed. The feeling of bonhomie among old friends, revealing each others’ shortcomings, sharing their childhood memories with nostalgia, their guilt feeling over the stabbing of their friends, and ultimately, betrayal — the play covers the whole gamut of emotions. The dialogues have a lot of humour, though these are mostly of the bawdy kind. The set of the seedy hotel room is very authentic, and the Mumbaiya language is spiced up with a lot of four-letter words. |
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