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2-day kisan mela concludes
Ludhiana, September 24 Addressing the audience, Dr Aulakh advised farmers to diversify for the conservation of natural resources. He said farmers had purchased agricultural literature worth about Rs 3 lakh. He added that seeds of different crops worth Rs 43,02,090 were sold on the first day of the mela. He appealed to farmers to bring forth their problems without hesitation so that these could be solved properly. Dr Govinder Singh Nanda, Director, Research, appealed to farmers to sow the crop varieties recommended and avoid private agencies. Dr Amrik Singh Sandhu, Director, Extension Education, told farmers to participate in the kisan melas to be held at Bathinda and Gurdaspur on September 28 and 30, respectively. He said women could play an important role in bringing about diversification. The first prize winners were M/S Bains Farm, Shadipur, Jalandhar, in ‘bhindi’, Dosanjh Agricultural Farm, Jagatpur, in ‘karela’, ‘ram tori’, ‘halwa ‘kaddoo’, ‘mitha’ and malta, Jaspreet Singh of Galib Khurd in ‘ghiya kaddoo’, Manmohan Singh of Hodle Kalan, Mansa, in chillies, Amrik Singh of Dalla, Jalandhar, in brinjal and papaya, Sandeep Singh of Lohran Majra in radish, Sukhdev Singh, Naseeranwal, in cowpea, Gurmeet Singh Sohi of Nathalpur in ‘arbi’, Paramjit Singh of Jalvehri Gehlan in lime and lemon, Sarwan Singh Chandi in ‘anar’, Ramandeep Singh of Bairon Kangri in marigold and tuberose, Kamaljit Singh of Dayalpura Bhaika in rose, Balwinder Singh of Pandori Nijran in maize and Jaspreet Singh of Galib Khurd in ‘moong’. The second prize winners were Gurcharan Singh of Punnawal in ‘bhindi’, Kamaljit Singh of Dayalpura Bhaika in ‘karela’, Gurmeet Singh Sohi of Nathalpur in ‘ghiya kaddoo’, Dosanjh Agricultural Farm, Jagatpur, in chillies, Jagtar Singh of Biron ke Kalan in brinjal, Iqbal Singh of Gumti Kalan in ‘halwa kaddoo’, Manjit Singh Ghuman of Nagra in cowpea, Gurwinder Singh of Bairon Kangri in papaya and marigold, Ajay Singh of Chananwala in malta, Balwinder Singh of Dada in ‘mitha’, Karamjit Singh of Tungan in lime and lemon, Sanjam Partap Singh of Chananwala in ‘karonda’, Jasbir Singh of Bairon Kangri in tuberose, Gurmeet Singh Sohi of Nathalpur in rose, Kuldip Kaur of Cheema Kalan, Jalandhar, in maize, and Bachhittar Singh Garcha, Deh Kalan, in soybean. Special prizes were given to Jinder Singh of Sandhuan in green onion, Gurvinder Singh of Bairon Kangri in cauliflower, Jaswinder Singh Khijrabad in ‘hara dhania’, Jaspreet Singh of Galib Khurd in onion and Gurmit Singh Sohi of Nathalpur in cucumber. Consolation prizes were given to Avtar Singh of Boongra in onion pickle and Kulvir Singh of Shaidpur in sugarcane. In the Home Science College competition, Jasvir Kaur of Gagkalan was first in use of leftover knitting yarn while Manjit Kaur of Atiaina was second. Suman of Akkuwal was first in diya decoration while Gurdip Kaur of Akkuwal stood second. Paramjit Kaur of Ghungrana was first in salad-making and Gurdev Kaur of Gagkalan was second. Daljit Singh of Phullanwal was first in painting competition in the 10 to 14 years’ age group while Rajni of Anandgarh stood second. |
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Harvester
use at night banned
Ludhiana, September 24 The meeting was attended by Ms Simranjot Kaur, DFSC, Mr R.S. Pandher, Chief Agriculture Officer, and Dr I.K. Garg, Head, Farm Power and Machinery Department, PAU. He said it was a general practice that the harvester operators with the intention to harvest more area operate late in the night and early morning when the moisture content was high. And as a result the rate of breakage of grain increased. The Deputy Commissioner asked the DFSC to direct all foodgrain agents in the mandis to immediately inform the administration, in case paddy was damaged and was below specification. He further advised the harvester operators to cooperate with the administration, so that no farmer faced harassment in the mandis. Mr Verma asked the Chief Agriculture Officer to direct his field staff to also keep a watch on the operation of the harvesters and immediately report the violation of the direction.
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Call for more research on Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Ludhiana, September 24 Ms Varinder Sandhu, niece of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, will preside over the function and give away the prizes to the winners of a state-level essay writing competition organised by the manch, in which 91 students from various colleges and universities of Punjab had participated. Shashi Kumar of the Department of Hindi, Panjab University, Chandigarh, won the first prize, the second prize was shared by Kamal Puri of
A.S. College, Khanna, and Ramadeep Kaur of Modi College, Patiala, while the third prize was bagged by Poonampreet Kaur of Modi College, Patiala. Top essays of the students would be published in a booklet form to encourage students to articulate their sentiments and thoughts on Shaheed Bhagat Singh. The manch also decided to invite proposals for generating authentic and original literature on the martyr and his comrades. Research scholars were requested to submit their proposals. The president of the manch, Prof
A.K. Maleri, and the general secretary, Mr Jaswant Zirakh, said the manch would honour two persons for showing exemplary courage in the face of hard situations. Dr Dharamvir Gandhi, a cardiologist, would deliver the keynote address at the function. On September 27 and 28 the manch would organise an inter-school declamation contest at Punjabi Bhavan. The District Education Officer (S) has issued instructions to all schools of the district to participate in the contest. An exhibition on revolutionaries of the Ghadar movement would also be organised. A booklet containing two articles of Shaheed Bhagat Singh would also be released.
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From Schools & Colleges
Ludhiana, September 24 Priyanka was third with 627 marks, Parveen fourth with 611 marks, Monika fifth with 608 marks and Harpreet sixth with 602 marks. Twentythree students got first division. Teachers’ strike:
Teachers of non-government colleges went on strike after the second period here on Friday and sat on dharna in their colleges to protest against the inordinate delay by the government in accepting their demands. In colleges where house examinations were being conducted, teachers boycotted examination duty in the second session. The strike had been called by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union (PCCTU). The union was sore at the delay in the release of the grant for the second quarter of the current financial year and arrears to the tune of Rs 14.4 crore. Lecture: Workshop: Teachers’
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Release arrears, demand
teachers Doraha, September 24 Teachers of the A.S. College for Women, Khanna, Malwa College, Bondli-Samrala, Arya College for Boys, Ludhiana, Kamla Lohtia College, Ludhiana, and GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, participated. Their demands included the restoration of 95 per cent grant in aid, implementation of pension-cum-gratuity scheme and lecturer designation to DPEs and librarians.
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Agri-library in village
Ludhiana, September 24 KRIBHCO has purchased a set of all PAU publications and one cupboard which will be presented to the library. Mr Balwinder Singh Brar, Area Manager of KRIBHCO, Mr Gurbhajan Gill, Editor of Changi Kheti and acting president of the Punjabi Sahit Akademi, will be the guests of honour. The academy has also donated 251 books to the library. Ms Balwinder Kaur, sarpanch of the village, will preside over the function. Dr Gulzar Pandher said the library would continue purchasing all PAU publications. Mr Kamaljit Singh, arhtiya, will purchase books for the library. Students will be honoured for academic achievements by Sant Baba Mann Singh, Siarh.
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Poetry on computer
Ludhiana, September 24 Zafar’s presentation included“Kuch kavitavan iss taran”.He claims that this style is the first in any language. Zafar presented some of his poem before friends and writers in Canada last month.His friends were all praise for the presentation. Six Canadian channels telecasted his presentation , while seven radio stations interviewed him. When asked about inspiration, he replied: “I felt that the computer was taking over a major part of student’s time. The children were not reading books and culture of reading was vanishing rapidly. So I devised the way which reaches the children very effectively. Moreover, the writers too cannot ignore the technical developments in the era of information technology. Electronic media is not only meant for obscenity and consumerism and can be effectively used for literature” The poet has made use of his photographs in visuals. Mr M. Dewan, Mr Navdeep Singh and Mr Vivek Singh have lent him technical assistance.
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