200 farmers attend PAU training camp
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 9
As many as 200 members participated in a training camp organised by the Directorate of Extension Education, PAU, at Kairon Kisan Ghar here today. The event was sponsored by Nagarujna Agrichemicals for members of the Punjab Kisan Club.

Welcoming the participants, Dr Harmel Singh Atwal said paddy straw could be cleared by spreading it in cattle sheds and using it as a fertiliser. It could also be sold to the power-generating unit at Jalkheri village near Patiala. PAU scientists had developed a machine for chopping straw, but being costly it was beyond the reach of a large number of farmers. So it could be purchased by a group of farmers or societies.

Dr Daljit Singh, an expert on vegetables, talked about the marketing system of vegetables. He said two methods-low tunnel and high tunnel-could be used for sowing the nursery plants of chilli CH-3, brinjal BH-1, BH-2 and tomatoes. In the case of the former, polythene bags could be used for maintaining temperature for the plants even at night time while in the latter process, the plants could be covered with a long sheet of polythene and these vegetables were ready within 25-30 days, benefiting the farmers.

Commenting on organic farming, Dr Viraj Bery, said in case of organic farming, no insecticide, pesticide, weedicide and chemical fertiliser was used. The weeds were rooted out manually and the crop being of good quality, fetched a higher price.

Dr Manish Anand, area manager of the company, said deficiency of zinc and potash in the soil could be overcome by super-zinc sold by the company. Dr N K Sharma, zonal development manager of the company, said the produce point prepared by the company destroyed the weeds- gulli danda and wild oat-without damaging the crop. It could be used on the pea crop also, he added.

Mr Baldev Singh Landha proposed a vote of thanks and Mr Hardev Singh, secretary of the club, said the next meeting of the club would be held on December 2 at 10 am at Kairon Kisan Ghar. 

SC/BC teachers to stage dharna near CM’s house
Our Correspondent

Amloh, November 9
The SC/BC Teachers Union of Fatehgarh Sahib district at a meeting held here yesterday, decided to participate along with their families in a dharna to be staged on November 21 in front of the residence of Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab. The meeting was presided over by the state vice-president of the union, Mr Karnail Singh Gobindgarh.

Among others, Mr Jaswant Singh, Mr Parmajit Singh, Mr Sardara Singh and Mr Amarjit Singh addressed the meeting. They were critical of the Chief Minister for not implementing the 85th Amendment of the Constitution for promotion of SC/BC employees of all caders at all stages.

Youth festival concludes with dances
Our Correspondent

Doraha, November 9
The third and fourth day of the Punjab University Zone-A Youth Festival being organised at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, remained occupied by various types of dance, songs and instrumental music items.

On the third day of the festival, the morning session was presided over by Mr Dilbag Singh, SP (D), Khanna Police District who had appreciated efforts of the college for holding the programme and encouraged students to make culture a part of life. In this session, giddha, bhangra, group dances, classical dances, were organised.

In the evening function was presided over by Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Member of Parliament. Poem-recitation, debate and elocution were highlights the evening. The Principal of the college, Mr Jaswant Singh Gill welcomed the guestes and vote of thanks was proposed by Mr B.S. Pangali, General Secretary, College Management Committee.

On the fourth day, the stage was occupied by all musical by items, including shabad bhajan, group singing (Indian), group singing (Western Light music) (Geet, gazal, folk song) orchestra (Indian), Music vocal, western (solo) classical music, vocal and instrumental music. The chief guest for the occasion was Mr Tejinder Singh Dhaliwal, SDM (Payal). He congratulated the prize-winners.

The results of items are drama, Guru Nanak National College, Doraha won the first position of their drama ‘Sarhaddan hor vi ne’. Arya College, Ludhiana, was declared second for their play ‘Jalta hua rath’ and the third position was won by KLSD College, Ludhiana for ‘Unlypia’. The individual first, second and third positions were secured by Ekta of KLSD College, Ludhiana, Karamjit Kaur of GNN College, Doraha and Rajinder Singh of Arya College, Ludhiana, respectively.

Histrionics, Kulwinder Singh of GNN College, Doraha, Manisha of Arya College, Ludhiana and Nirmal Singh of SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana were placed on the first, second and third position respectively.

Quiz-competitions: SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana, secured the first position. The second position was won by A.S. College, Khanna, and the third place was accorded to KLSD College, Ludhiana.

Classical dances: Nitika Singla of Arya College, Ludhiana, Vijeyta Lakhanpal of SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana, and Jaspreet of GP College, Alour musical were placed on the first, second and third positions, respectively.

Group dance: SCD govt. College, Ludhiana, was placed first and individual prize was won by Vijeyta Lakhanpal of SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana.

The second position in group dance was secured by GNN College, Doraha, and the second individuals prize was won by Sunita of the same college. Again Arya College won the third position and individual prize was secured by Sonia Thakur of the same college.

Bhangra that was performed in the afternoon was won by GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, which was placed on the first position. The second position was secured by SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana, and the third position was won by GNN College, Doraha. The individual positions were secured by Baljit Singh of GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, Bhupinder Grewal of SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana and Gopal Sharma of Arya College, Ludhiana, who won first, second and third positions, respectively.

SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana, secured first position in Giddha. The giddha teams of GNN College, Doraha and Arya College, Ludhiana were placed second and third, respectively. Karamjit Kaur of GNN College, Doraha, Harmandeep of SCD Govt College, Ludhiana and and Rajnesh of A.S. College, won the first, second and third position, respectively.

In poem recitation, Mandeep Singh of GNP College, Doraha, was placed first, Paramjit Singh of AS College, Khanna, and Bikramjit Singh of GP College, Alour, was placed second and third, respectively.

In debate, Ginni Ghai of SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana, Paramjit Singh of A.S. College, Khanna, and Param Jain of PU, Regional Centre, Ludhiana, secured the first, second and third positions, respectively.

Elocution: Ginni Ghai of SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana got first position. The second position was won by Kamal Puri of A.S. College, Khanna, and Sandeep Kaur of Malwa College, Bondli, (Samrala) secured the third position.

Shabad: The first position was secured by SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana. The team of GN College, Doraha won the second position. The third position was secured by GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana.

From Schools & Colleges
Giddha team excels at youth festival
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 9
The giddha team of the Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT) won second position in the third annual PTU-inter zonal-youth festival, held at DAVIET, Jalandhar.

The team comprising Sarabjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Sumit, Rajwant Kaur, Shavinder Kaur, Ripu Daman, Manjeet Kaur, Parminder Kaur, Harpreet Kaur and Gurpreet Kaur won accolades and applaud from the audience.

Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Deputy Chief MInister and Minister for Technical Education, Punjab, was the chief guest on the occasion. The function was presided over by Dr S.K. Salwaan, Vice-Chancellor of the PTU.

Director of the Institute Mr Kuldip Singh and Coordinator Mr G.S. Dua have congratulated the participants on their success.

Shastri Public School organises annual function 

Annual prize distribution function was organised in Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Public High School here. Mr Vijay Kumar Chopra and the Education Minister, Mr Harnam Dass Johar, were the chief guests. Puneet Sharma of Class IV along with Mangla Charan chanted Ganapati and Saraswati vandanas. The students of Class XII performed Kathak dance.

Principal Pam Ratan Sharma read out the school’s annual report. The school also honoured its old students like Lucky Sabarwal, Narender Rishi, Chandersin, Vipin Bansal, Seema Jindal, Rajiv Sharma and Rohit Sharma. The students of Class X, who obtained more than 85 per cent marks, were honoured on the occasion.

About 250 students who excelled in cultural activities and 30 teachers were given cash awards.

The children staged a skit on female foeticide and performed Giddha and Bhangra.

Anti-corruption rally

Students of Kundan Vidya Mandir organised anti-corruption rally to commemorate the Vigilance Week. NCC cadets of the school along with their officer Ved Prakash took out the rally through Dandi Swami and Fountain Chowks, Rose Garden and DMC. The rally was flagged off by the school Principal, Mr S.C. Saxena, and Lt Col H.S. Sohal, Commanding Officer, 3rd Punjab NCC .

Lifts trophy

At an inter-declamation contest organised at Shivalik Public School , Roop Nagar , KVM, lifted the running trophy. The contest was organised in the memory of Hareetika Bhandari. Twelve schools participated in the contest.

Aneesh Bhatia of KVM spoke on the topic 'how much money does a man need?'. He bagged the first position. His counterpart Mehak Wadehra spoke in Hindi on the topic 'rajnatik pradushan mein panpta loktantra'.She was declared 2nd. Poorva Bhatia of their team spoke in Punjabi and she bagged the third position.

Amloh: The annual prize distribution function of Amloh Public High School Machhrai Kalan was organised here. Mr S.P. Goel read the annual report of the school and thanked the people of the area for their cooperation, for the development of the school.

Mr Hari Singh Virk, President, SAD, circle Amloh also addressed the function. The school children presented Gidha, Bhangra, skits, Choreography and other items. Mr Ram Saran Sood, former Principal who was the chief guest, said that the school provided quality education at reasonable expenses to the students of the rural area.

He congratulated the students for their achievements. He gave away prizes to the participants in cultural programme and the students who got first two positions in their respective classes.

Poster-making competition

The Malwa Central College of Education for Women organised an Inter-school poster making competition for school students here today. The competition was divided into three age groups of 9-12, 13-15 and 16-18 years. The theme were varied like Children Day, Keep CIty Clean, Peace, Population, National Integration, Female Foeticide, Criminalisation of Politics, 400 years installation ceremony of Guru Granth Sahib and Beautification of your city.

Eighty students from 17 different schools of the city participated in the competition. The programme was aimed at developing a linkage between schools and teacher-training institutes through such programmes. The results are as under :

Age group (9-12) years :

1 Chirag Jain (DAV Public School), 2 Angad Kalra (Sacred Heart Convent School) and 3 Surabhi Goel (BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary school). Consolation prize : Tushar Chabra (Sacred Heart Convent school).

Age group (13-15) years:

1 Rajdeep Kaur (GGN Public School ), 2 Gaurav Uppal (DAV Public school), 3 Milanmeet Kaur (DAV Public School). Consolation prize : Deepinder Kaur (Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School).

Age group (16-18) years :

1 Arun (DAV Public School), 2 Manjot Kaur (GGN Public School), 3 Pushpinder Kaur (Blossom English High School). Consolation prize prize : Shibangi (KVM).

Dr Pardeep Kapoor, president, Lions Club, Ludhiana, gave away the prizes to the winners.

Fancy dress competition

The Blue Bells Playway School in Haibowal Kalan organised a fancy dress competition in which tiny-tots, attired in colourful dresses and other accessories, participated enthusiastically. Ms Harwinder Bhalla, principal of the school inaugurated the function.

Master Ritwik, who performed as a thirsty crow, won the first prize. Other notable performers were Mannat (brinjal), Tania (old woman), Yogita (Sone pari), Harray (McDonald ), Harleen (fish) and Parneet (butter fly) among the girls whereas Aniket Maini (zebra), Ansh (Britisher), Daanish( police man), Uday Verma (Mahatma Gandhi) and Bhuwan (Pandit Nehru) among the boys drew applause. Consolation prizes were given to all the participants.

Seminar

A seminar on Ethical Hacking was organised at the Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT) for the students of BCA and MCA by Dr Debasis Nayak from Asian school for Cyber Laws, Pune, here today.

The seminar was divided in two sessions. In the first session, the concepts of internet, e-commerce and e-governance were discussed. Mr Nayak told about e-commerce technologies evolving it the modern world and how it was being misused or illegal purposes.

In the second session, Dr Nayak explained the concepts of hacking, e-mail, spoofing, SMS spoofing and cyber crimes. He emphasised the need for securities against these cyber crimes and their usage in the coming IT future. He also focussed on future prospects and career opportunities in field of ethical hacking with specific reference to the security and usability of e-commerce. 

Shiv Batalvi nite organised
Our Correspondent

Mandi Gobindgarh, November 9
Shiv Batalvi nite was organised on Sunday by the local Natak Kala Sangam at the outdoor stadium. Around a dozen poets recited the poems and songs of Batalvi. The function was presided over by Mr Joginder Pal Singla, President of the local municipal council. Mr Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Parliamentary Secretary (Home and PWD), was the chief guest.

The inaugural song 'Ki puchdey ho hall gariban da' was presented by Gurnam Singh from the PSEB, Patiala, Prince of Mandi Gobindgarh sang 'Mai-ni-mai mei ik sikra yaar banaya'. Prof Narinder Kumar, Atul, Inderdeep Kaur Patiala, Banka Rangla, Mandeep Mathi, Pawandeep Khanna, Gurpreet Singh, Narinder Kumar, Bedi Mena, Bahdar Betaal, Bhag Sandal, Mandeep Kaur, Aishilash and Balli Patiala were among the poets who enthralled the audience.