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PAU, Pak varsity to sign pact on agriculture
Amloh, September 4 After the agreement, students from both universities will exchange their experiences with each other. Pakistan is ahead of India in the yield of cotton and
kinnoo, whereas India is far ahead in the yield of wheat. The views were expressed to mediapersons at Dharamgarh village, near here, by a team of experts from PAU yesterday. They pointed out that the university organises 10 kisan melas in a year across the state to create awareness among the farmers, but still some farmers do not follow the guidelines of the university, which need enforcement through the government on the lines of the USA and Haryana, which never allow advance transplantation of paddy. The recommendations of the university will reduce the cost of inputs, provide higher yield, save depletion of sub-soil water and reduce pollution of environment. The university will help the farmers to reap the benefits of technological development and globalisation of agricultural trade. Earlier, a team comprising of Dr S.S. Gill, Director of Extension Education, Dr
G.S. Chahal, Dean, College of Agriculture, Dr S.P. Mehra, Additional Director of Extension Education, PAU, and Dr Satpal Saini, Deputy Director, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Fatehgarh Sahib visited the model farm of progressive farmer Balbir Singh Jaria of Dharamgarh village. Mr Jaria has set an example in the area in the field of diversification of crops and had drawn maximum yield along with improvement in the soil health. Multi-utility benefits are drawn from the farm products to meet the family requirements of fruits, pulses, and vegetables, etc, which are grown without using pesticide sprays. Farm scientists saw the green fodder plots of maize-millet (mix), guinea grass-518, Napier Bajra PBN233, millet, basmati, jaltar crop. Mr Jaria said the paddy crop has been transplanted as per the recommendations of PAU ie green menure
(jaltar) was sown to provide strength to soil health and was ploughed soon before the transplantation of paddy. It saved extra irrigation and fertilisers. In the second plot, paddy was transplanted after multicuts of berseem BL1 and BL42. This process also provided nitrogen to the soil. In the third experiment, after the wheat crop, moong SML668 and mash 1008 were sown, which matured in 70 days, the same plot was used for paddy and green fodder. In this way one extra crop was harvested besides improvement in soil health. Mr
Jaria, with the consent of his neighbour, planted 400 “Burma-Dake” trees on the boundaries dividing their fields without any loss to the crop, it will fetch money to both the farmers besides improving the environment. He also used
neem-coated urea, according to the chart provided by the university, to avoid extra use of urea in his fields, which reduces the chances of evaporation of nitrogen. In a plot turmeric, guava, banana, lemon, sataber
bhet, antmool and bhrami booti have been planted near the tube well. Onions transplanted on crinkles were found healthier than the onions transplanted on a plain plot. The university experts also visited the sale counter of Mr Jaria at Amloh. He told the team that he had never sold his farm produce in the market during crop season.
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Teacher with a mission
Ludhiana, September 4 Sukhdev Singh (53) is acting Principal of Manak Majra Government Senior Secondary School, near Khanna. He has brought laurels to his school for the second time as he was earlier awarded a state award in 1992-93 when he was the Headmaster of the same school. Born in Bhattian village, Sukhdev studied in village schools, graduated from Arya College and completed his Master’s degree in History from Gursur Sudhar. He went on to do BEd but his urge to harness knowledge goaded him to complete his Doctorate and MEd from Punjabi University, Patiala. His teaching career started as a social studies master in 1978 in Guru Gobind School, Khanna. In 1989, he joined as acting Principal of Government High School Manakpur (Samrala). He was appointed lecturer in Jandiala in 1995 and he later moved to Payal. Currently, he is the acting Principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Manak Majra, Khanna. Talking to Ludhiana Tribune, he said the school was in a shambles when he joined the school. But he resolved to make it an outstanding school. As result of his personal interest and involvement of his staff and community members, the school now has a library and Internet facility. Children have been provided with a water-cooler. A generator and a submersible pump have also been installed at the school. Out of the 420 students, 256 belong to the Dalit community. Students from 10 villages come to study in this school. Sukhdev Singh said: “I am totally against tuitions. If students take tuitions, it reflects poorly on the teachers. I motivate teachers as well as students so that there is no room for tuitions.”
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Teachers’ Day celebrated
The teachers in turn offered them sweets and made them play all day long. A declamation recitation competition was also held. Dr Kiran Bains, Associate Professor of the College of Home Science, PAU, was the guest of honour. She was accompanied by Mrs Gagan, an artist by profession. Prizes were also given to the students. These were as follows: Teej celebrated:
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Ramgarhia college gets excellent result
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, September 4 Mandeep Kaur got the first position in the college securing 821 out of 1000 marks. Jaspreet Kaur secured the second position in the college securing 817 marks and Kamaljeet Kaur stood third in the college securing 799 marks. The principal of the college congratulated the faculty and students of the department. Welcome party: The Young Scientists Association of GGN Khalsa College organised a welcome party for freshers here yesterday. Students presented songs, skits and dance items in a cultural programme.The programme was inaugurated by the Principal of the college Mr Tarlochan Singh. It was well compered by Prabhjot Kaur and Rahul Arora of B.Sc III. Amit Mittal was declared Mr Fresher, Jagdeep Singh first runner-up and Kulwant Singh and Deepak shared the second runners-up title. Vanamahotsava: The Eco Club of Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women observed Vanamahotsava by planting medicinal and aromatic plants on a newly acquired land at Chhawni Mohalla here yesterday.In his keynote address, chief guest Mr Paramjit Singh Sibia, Chairperson, Ludhiana Improvement Trust, stressed upon the need for preserving ecological balance by planting more and more trees. Speaking on the occasion, Principal Dr Madanjit Kaur Sahota said in a mad race for power and prosperity, people seemed to have forgotten that nature and its resources were vast but limited. Dr Narinder Pal Kaur, an eminent environmentalist, dwelled upon the curative and nutritive properties of home-made herbal recipes. While proposing a vote of thanks to the chief guest, Mr Swaran Singh, president, Managing Committee of the college, opined that environmental pollution was a man-made disaster as the prevailing dismal scenario was the inevitable consequence of senseless and callous obliteration of forests. The chief guest donated medicinal plants and aromatic herbs. Workshop: A workshop on banking procedures was organised for the students of the Commerce Department of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, on September 2 and 3. The motive of the workshop was to make students aware of the practical implementation of banking techniques and procedures.
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Declamation contest
Jagraon, September 4 As many as 26 students from 13 schools participated in the contest. The teams of Lajpat Rai Girls School, Swami Roop Chand School and Sanmati Vimal Jain School bagged first, second and third positions, respectively.
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Reliving the pangs of Partition
Ludhiana, September 4 Probably that explained the presence of hundreds of people at the Balraj Sahni open-air theatre in Punjabi Bhavan, where “Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhiya, O Jamian He Nahin” was staged, on Saturday night. The play was presented by the Rangmanch Rangnagri group. Tarlochan Singh appears to have put in a lot of hard work to make the Asgar Wajahat’s play a reality on stage. The outstanding performance of Pritpal Chahal, who played the role of the protagonist, a Hindu woman, was appreciated by the audience. Equally important was the role of a politician, Yakub Khan, played by Hardeep Singh. The play tries to portray the basic human nature that transcends the petty and sectarian mindset. It revolves around the Hindu woman who gets stuck in Lahore at the time of Partition while all her family members go missing. She prefers to stay back than move to India. Her palatial house is allotted to a Muslim family, which had moved from Lucknow. Initially, the family resists her presence in the house. But in due course, all family members get attached to the woman. She becomes a family member. However, some self-serving politicians and “maulvis” do not like the presence of a Hindu woman in the house of a Muslim family. But the family resists the pressure. The director of the play, Tarlochan Singh, maintained that the play had tried to portray the pain of the people of the two countries who had lost their near and dear ones and had been trying to reconcile with the harsh realities of life. The play has already been staged more than 500 times, each time attracting large audience.
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Nutrition week
Ludhiana, September 4 The function was attended by Mr Gurcharan Singh, Child Development Project Officer, Dr Rajinder Gulati, Medical Officer, ESI Hospital, Ludhiana, and Dr Sanjeev Goyal, Medical Officer, Government Hospital, Malerkotla. About 200 Anganwari workers and students were given knowledge of diseases caused due to malnutrition.
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Everest school lift overall trophy
Ludhiana, September 4 In the girls section, Everest Public School emerged winners in the u-19 category as well as open section while in the boys section, Everest Public School romped home victorious in the u-19 and open category. Meanwhile, in the Seven Super Cricket Tournament, Ryan International Public School clinched the title in the u-16 and 19 years categories. Mr R.K. Mishra, Chief Manager, State Bank of India, gave away prizes to the winners. Mr Rajinder Sharma, Director of the host school, and Dr Varinder Singh Virdi, president, Ludhiana District Throwball Association, were also present on the occasion. Results: girls (u-19) — Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Dyal Public School 2 and Sargodha School 3; (u-16) — Dyal Public School 1, Everest Public School 2 and Sargodha Dchool and 3; (open) — Everest Public School 1, Dyal Public School 2 and Kalgidhar Public School 3. Boys (u-19) — Everest Public School 1, Government Senior Secondary School 2 and Sargodha School 3; (u-16) — Nankana Sahib Public School 1, Dyal Public School 2 and Ryan International Public School 3; and (open) — Everest Public School 1, Government College 2 and HVM School 3. Super 7 Cricket (u-19) — Ryan International Public School 1, Dyal Public School 2 and Everest Public School 3; (u-16) — Ryan International Public School 1, Everest Public School 2 and Dyal Public School 3; and (open) — Everest Public School 1, Evening Christian School 2 and HVM School 3.
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Sunil, Salil star in MC Club’s win
Ludhiana, September 4 Batting first, Municipal Corporation Club made 170 runs all out in 24.3 overs. The main contributors were Salil Kaushal and Sunil Sharma. Sunil’s 50 runs were studded with nine boundaries and he faced deliveries while Salil’s innings of 51 runs included seven fours. The pair also figured in a 51-run partnership for the second wicket. Other notable scorer was Anil Singla who contributed 20 runs. For Raman XI, Vikas took three wickets for 30 runs and Raman claimed four for 38. Raman XI, in reply, made 107 in 19 overs. Only Aman put up some
resistance before Municipal Corporation Club’s bowlers. He made 42 runs and no other batsman could reach double figure. For the winners, Salil Kaushal excelled with the ball taking four wickets for 20 runs while Deepak and Sunny Dutt grabbed three and two wickets each conceding 30 and 22 runs, respectively.
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KVM School cricketers reach final
Ludhiana, September 4 The match was played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University ground, here today. In the -final to be played tomorrow, Kundan Vidya Mandir School will take on Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU. St. R.K. Anand School won the toss and elected to bat. Barring Shivam Passi, they failed to cope up with the accurate bowling by KVM School bowlers. Shivam scored 44 runs while no other batsman could put up any
resemblance of resistence. Their innings folded at 70 runs in the 20th over. For KVM School, Rebant and Salil Verma were the pick of bowlers scalping two wickets each conceding four runs each. Abhijit, Akhil Aggarwal, Parth and Jatinjit grabbed one wicket each. Kundan Vidya Mandir School surpassed the St. R.K. Anand School’s total in 13 overs after
loosing just two wickets. Abhinav Bhatia remained unbeaten on 32 runs which contained four boundaries while Akhil Aggarwal made 25 off 27 balls including three hits to the fence. Shivam Passi of St. R.K. Anand School was a successful bowler chipping in both the wickets for 20 runs.
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Ludhiana team for Katoch Shield
Ludhiana, September 4 The names of the players are: Luv Abhlish, Gaurav Marwaha, Karan Goel, Salil Kaushal, Ashish Vinayak, Jasdeep Singh, Dushyant Kohli, Ashish Sehgal, Chinton Sehgal, Gaurav Kumar, Tarun Passi, Tarun Bawa, Gagandeep Dhand, Yogesh Kumar and Sanjay Kumar. Mr Balkrishan Sharma has been appointed manager of the team.
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