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Vets lock PAU Thapar Hall
Ludhiana, September 14 The protestors staged a dharna in front of the building and raised slogans in favour of their long pending demands. Addressing the gathering, Dr Harbans Singh Dhalla, co-ordinator, of the Ludhiana unit of the Punjab State Veterinary Officers Association (PSVOA), demanded to fill in the vacancies which were lying vacant for some time. Later, a delegation led by Dr Bhalla met Dr K.S. Aulakh, VC of the PAU, who assured them that he would arrange their meeting with the Chief Minister, Capt Amrinder Singh, Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister for Animal Husbandary, Punjab, and even with the Australian High Commissioner for opening of new avenues for the vets. The agitators asked the authorities if the vacancies were not filled up in due course of time, then they would be forced to adopt aggressive methods including gherao, march to Chandigarh, rasta roko and even stage march in Garhshankar and Kapurthala which are going to the byelections.
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Hindi Divas observed
Ludhiana, September 14 Mr Surinder
Dawar, who was the chief guest on the occasion, inaugurated an exhibition of paintings and postal stamps showing the long march made by Hindi. Mr Dawar later lighted a lamp after which students of the college performed Saraswati Vandana. Dr Narrotam Sharma of Central Malwa Training College delivered an address on the importance of Hindi Divas and the 125th death anniversary of great Hindi poet Munshi Prem Chand. Later, a chorus was sung and a poem on Hindi was recited by students of the college. Girl students of Malwa Training College presented a mini-play based on the novels written by Munshi Prem Chand. Students of the
GCW, with their faces painted like Tricolour, presented a captivating dance performance to the accompaniment of Vande
Mataram. It was widely appreciated by the audience. Mr Yash Pal Bangia, general secretary of the Panjab Hindi Parishad, in his address said the parishad had pledged to make efforts towards getting Hindi its due place in Punjab along with the mother tongue Punjabi. Later, teachers, successful contestants, heads of the participating educational institutes and students were honoured. The post graduate department of the local SDP College for Women celebrated the Hindi Divas here today. A large number of students participated in the programme which highlighted the importance of the Hindi
Language. The participants recited poems, made speeches and presented choreography and skits to mark the occasion. The star attraction of the function was a choreography ‘Hindi Bhasha ki Jai’. Speaking on sthe occasion, Ms S. Verma, Principal of the college, urged the students to use Hindi in daily work and promote the
langauge. Ms Veena Gian Mann, Head of the Hindi Department thanked the participants. Ms Verma gave away prizes to the participants.
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Mobile library service launched
Ludhiana, September 14 Dr Jaswant Singh is settled in the USA in Michigan. He has set up the Anant Memorial Charitable Trust in the memory of his father .Earnings from a small piece of land in the village also go for the library service. Dr Jaswant Singh who was a lecturer in the local Malwa Central Training College earlier, tells that it was his dream to serve the people of Punjab after retirement and impart them education through library services. At Ludhiana, he was teaching geography and school administration. The aim of the service is to educate children about what library service is and how to use this service and to promote literacy and decrease the dropout rate in schools. This was also aimed at providing a model for local governments (panchayats) to see the role of the public libraries. There are about 1600 books, magazines and other forms of education media available in the mobile van with two computers. The mobile library has cost Rs 22 lakh and the recurring expenditure every year will be about Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh. The first book mobile service was started on November 2003 last year on the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev. Dr Jaswant Singh says, “We are launching this service on the guidelines UNESCO”. Dr Jaswant Singh, who left for Canada in 1964, taught social studies and Canadian history in Canada and in 1970 he got a scholarship from the Canadian Government for studies in the library science at Michigan University where he did his Ph.D in library administration and settled there. In 1983, he returned to India and got a job in Punjabi University as a Reader but had to resign in 1986 and went back to the USA. Before leaving for the USA, he decided to launch library services in Punjab and asked the Punjab Government to enact a law of Punjab Public Library Act.
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Workshop on syllabus revision
Ludhiana, September 14 The syllabus of the subjects of teaching of Punjabi, teaching of Geography, teaching of Economics, teaching of Fine Arts and teaching of Agriculture was revised by these experts and the subject teachers from various colleges. Principal of the college Dr Jagjit Singh Brar welcomed the delegates and inaugurated the workshop and provided formal instructions to the participants.
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City shuttlers excel
in all-India tournament
Ludhiana, September 14 According to Mr Gianinder Singh, senior badminton coach under whose watchful eyes, these promising lads undergo training here at the Shastri Hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex, in the doubles final (u-13), Raj Kumar, student of VIII Tagore Public School and Pranav Chopra of DAV Public School BRS Nagar prevailed upon the pair of B K Nandgopal from Andhra Pradesh 15-13 and 15-8 to clinch the issue. However, in the doubles final (u-16), the city pair failed to come up with terms against their
experienced opponents and second seed duo of Assam, Sauranjan and
Dibyajoti. Raj Kumar and Gurbax Singh of Tagore Public School lost it tamely 4-15 and 4-15. Similarly, in the singles final ( u-13), Raj Kumar, after storming his way to the title clash encounter, went down fighting to Saurav Verma of Madhya Pradesh 4-15 and 9-15. Mr Gianinder Singh expressed confidence that the lads were definatley do the city in particular and the state in general proud during the forthcoming National Badminton Tournament
scheduled to be held in Chandigarh next month.
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