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BKU to hold anti-WTO rally on November 18
Ludhiana, November 9 Stating this here today, the BKU president Mr Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, and general-secretary, Mr Manjit Singh Kadian, said the memorandum to be submitted to the Prime Minister would be signed by 10 lakh farmers from across the country. The signature campaign for this purpose was being carried by farmers’ organisations throughout the country, including Punjab. “All the district units of BKU are reaching out to the farmers to secure their signatures on the memorandum against WTO regime and the respective district presidents will submit signatures of at least 5000 farmers from each district to the state president of BKU in the state committee to be held here on November 10,” said the union functionaries. According to Mr Lakhowal, the BKU would urge the Prime Minister to lead the developing countries in taking up the matter of granting hidden subsidies to farmers by the developed countries. The heavily subsidised farm production in developed countries was posing a grave danger to the agricultural produce in the third world countries, rendering them uncompetitive in the global market. The BKU leaders maintained that if this imbalance was not effectively tackled, the farm economy of India was bound to face a stagnation with the direct result that farmers would continue to be crushed under debt burden and farming would no longer remain economically viable. The union would also emphasise upon the government to continue the policy of minimum support price of agricultural produce and further that the support prices of different crops should be determined on the basis of wholesale price index to sustain the farm economy.
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Youth fest brings forth students’ talent
Ludhiana, November 9 The day was dedicated to competitions of Indian orchestra, quiz contests (both preliminary and final), instrumental music and giddha. More than 300 participants from 10 different zones of Punjab showcased their talent. The chief guest for the day was Mr J.R.Singhal, MD Eastman Cast and Forge. The function started with the lighting of ceremonial lamp by the chief guest alongwith Dr S.M. Kant, Director, Youth Welfare Department, PU, Chandigarh and the Principal, Ms Harmit Kaur. Many eminent personalities from the field of education also encouraged the students with their presence. In his address, Dr Kant entreated the participants to take part in various competitions with a healthy spirit. He said the festival provided a platform to the talented artists for whom competitions were just a means of improving their performance and youth festivals should not be considered as battlefields. While addressing the participants, Mr Singhal expressed his pleasure at the talent among the youth. He said, alongwith talent, hard work and dedication also went a long way in propelling a person towards success. He congratulated all the prize winners and encouraged others to continue with greater zeal and dedication. Ms Sukhreet Kaur, a participant from Chandigarh, said youth festivals played a very significant role in students life. “You make a lot of friends during the festival and there is always a healthy interaction. You feel sad while parting with the new friends,” she said. The results are as follows: Orchestra Indian, the team of DAV College, Hoshiarpur, was declared the winner. MTS Memorial college was second and SGG Janta College, Raikot, came third. The students of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women were the winners of quiz. SCD Government College came second while DAV College, Abohar, was declared third.
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PAU youth festival from today
Ludhiana, November 9 Dr. l.S. Brar, Director, Students’ Welfare, said the festival would begin on November 10, with a debate and declamation contest at the Students’ Home. On November 11 competitions in painting and cartoon making would be held. Poster-making and collage competition are scheduled for November 12, while competitions for toy making and creative writing, will be organised on November 13. Dr Brar said eminent artists from various fields would be invited during the competitions for live interaction with students. Dr Brar further said the youth festival with full festivity would begin with a cultural procession of the students of various colleges on November 16. The students, attired in cultural costumes, will assemble at the flag post at 10 am that day and will go round the university and finally assemble at the Open Air Theatre, where the festival will be formally inaugurated by the Vice - Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh. The festival will conclude with a prize distribution function on November 18.
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UGC seminar to be held at Guru Nanak Girls College
Ludhiana, November 9 The seminar will begin with a welcome note by the Principal, Dr (Ms) Charanjit Mahal followed by the inauguration by President Guru Nanak Education Trust. A renowned scholar Mr Satinder Singh Noor, former professor and Head, Department of Punjabi, Delhi University will present a keynote address. On the first day, Dr Nahar Singh, Professor and Head, School of Punjabi Studies, Panjab University Chandigarh, Dr Paramjit Singh Sidhu, Professor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Dr Jagbir Singh, Professor and former Head, Department of Punjabi, Delhi University and Dr Rajnish Bahadur Singh, Department of Punjabi, DAV College, Jalandhar will present their papers. On the concluding day, Dr Satish Verma, Dr Surjit Singh, Dr Devinder Singh, Dr Sujit Singh Bhatti and Dr Devinderjeet Kaur will present their papers. The seminar will mainly focus on the changing trends in Punjabi literature.The series will prove beneficial to the Post graduate students of Punjabi literature, according to an official press release.
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Springdale students educated on dental care
Ludhiana, November 9 According to Ms Avinash Kaur Walia, Director of the school, the students accorded a warm welcome to the team of doctors. The dental experts made an effective audio-visual presentation on oral health and preventive measures against dental decay and diseases. The presentation evoked a huge response from the members of school management, staff and students. Dr K.B.S. Kuckreja from the district branch of the Indian Dental Association dilated on the prevalence of several dental problems and their treatment on this occasion. A colourful cultural programme was presented by the students which was well-taken by the visiting team of doctors and other guests. Ms Sandeep Rikhi, Principal of the school, expressed gratitude to the dental experts on behalf of the teachers and students for the camp.
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Mita Pandit enthrals students
Ludhiana, November 9 She has the unique distinction of being the first woman musician in the family. Mita’s voice wove magic over students and though students were not very familiar with classical music, they enjoyed the performance. The rendering of the traditional tappa was a thrilling item in the concert. Her album ‘Footsteps and Tansen” has been released by Music Today. At the age of 15, she was awarded “the golden voice of India” award.
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Students apprised of traffic rules
Ludhiana, November 9 He told the students that it was necessary to adopt traffic rules on roads to make life safe. The school principal, Mrs. Aneeta Kundra also inspired the students to apply traffic rules in day to day life. Declamation
contest
Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle organised a declamation contest, poem recitation competition and on-the-spot slogan writing competition at Gurdwara Guru Hargobind Sahib Sidhwan Kalan, Ludhiana. Four students of Baba Isher Singh (N) Senior Secondary Public School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana, participated in which Kiranpreet Kaur of IX(C) got III prize in
poem recitation competition. Jasmine Grewal of X C got consolation prize in declamation competition, Bhuprinder Singh of IX and Gangandeep Matharoo of XI Science got consolation prize in on-the-spot salogan writing competition. KVM school
Action song competition was organised by the KG section of KVM Civil Lines, Ludhiana. The students sang different kinds of songs. In Group A, Lovisha Saluja of LKG-B stood firstwhile Virdhi Khullar of LKG(D) stood Ii and Ritvik of LKG-E was placed at the third position. There was a tie between Kavisha Walia of LKG-E and Prabal Jain for consolation prize. In Group B, Vaibhav Perival of UKG-D stood first, Adhyan Chopra, UKG-C stood II and Vaibhav Sharma and Eveneet of UKG A got III prize Shristi of UKG-B won consolation prize. Exhibition
An exhibition was organised under supervision of the Principal, Mrs Aneeta Kundra, of Baba Isher Singh (N) Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar. Baba Harbhajan Singh Ji (N), Kalaren was the chief guest of the exhibition. Baba Ji was given a warm guard of honour by the school band. Mrs Adarsh Kundra, retired Principal, SAN Jain Senior Secondary School, Daresee Ground, made judgement for English section. Social Studies Mistress, Mrs Aarti, came from Arya Senior Secondary School. Mrs Kiran Gupta (Bio Lecturer) from Govt College and Mrs Satwant Kaur (Physics Lect ) from PAU gave their judgement on the models prepared for Science and Maths section.
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Inter-school colouring contest
Ludhiana, November 9 The results are: Playway: Amisha, Holly Hock (1); Simran Puri,Holly Hock (2) and Jasleen, Chanda Mama (consolation). Nursery: Mahim, BVM School, (1); Pratyoosh, BCM School (2) and Rohit, DAV Public School (3) and Gagandeep, Sacred Heart School and Pranjal, DAV Public School (consolation). LKG: Ishpreet, BCM School, (1) Inder, GGN Public School (2) Hardik Grover, Nankana Sahib Public School (3).
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LMA conducts seminar
Ludhiana, November 9 Dr Raj Agrawal, Head, International Business, Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM), spoke about the need to simplify procedures in exports. He spoke about modalities for negotiations in the WTO conference and extent and timing of entering international commitments. Dr Neeraj Varshney, OSD to Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), spoke about India’s intense competition with other developing nations in the area of agriculture, food and textile. Mr Kamal Wadhera, general secretary, LMA, and Mr M.C. Munjal, president, LMA, were also present on the occasion.
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25 schools participate in youth fest
Ludhiana, November 9 Inter-school declamation contests, slogan-writing and poetry recitation competitions were organised. Nintynine students from 25 schools participated in these competitions. The judges were Satnam Singh Saurpuri, (Director, Youth Services), Dr Tejinderpal Singh, Joint Director), and Prof Sarwan Singh (Deputy Director, Youth Service). Harkirat Kaur, office secretary, shared her views on purpose of holding such competitions. Mr Sohan Singh (USA)was the chief guest and he gave away the prizes to the winning students. President Sohan Singh of Gurdwara Sahib Singh Sidhwan thanked the chief guest.
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