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Preserve ecological balance,
students told
Ludhiana, January 22 Mr Najjar Singh, Senior Environment Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, explained the steps taken by the board in this regard. Ms Manpreet Kaur representative from the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology explained about how it was working in this direction. Students took active part in the
discussion. They were awarded certificates of participation and mementos
were given to the participating schools. The Principal, Mr Raja Singh, thanked the
participants. The students from about 10 schools participated in the seminar.
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Declamation contest on Vivekanand’s birth anniversary
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, January 22 The programme hosted by Ms Kamla Jain was presided over by the president of institution, Mr N. K. Jain. The contest started with the national song, Vande Mataram. Mr S. P. Narula, national convener, Yuva Sanskar, Bharat Vikas Parishad, was the chief guest. Mr N. K. Jain, president, managing committee, DD Jain College for Women, was the guest of honour. The esteemed judges on the occasion were Mr Sanjeev Dawar, Ms Disha Dang and Prof H. K. Gupta. The first prize was bagged by Heena Bedi of BCM College of Education. Gurneet Kaur of Guru Nanak Khalsa College won the second prize and Sonam Handa of Arya College for Women was third. Golden jubilee
The four-day golden jubilee celebrations of Malwa Central College of Education for Women started here yesterday. A series of programmes have been organised to mark the occasion. The celebrations in the morning session started with the lighting of the lamp by the chief guest, Mr Harbans Singh Sekhon, Director, Child Development Centre, Ludhiana, and members of the Khalsa Dewan, Ludhiana. The principal of the college, Dr (Ms) Ravinder Kaur, welcomed the guests. Ms Davinder Kaur Sandhu, vice-principal of the college, gave a presentation on the history of the college. She highlighted the achievements and development of the institution during the past 50 years. A poetic recitation competition for school students was organised. Students from 17 schools of Ludhiana participated. Students recited poems on different evils in society. The judges of the competition were Mr Kulwant Jagraon, Dr Prem Singh Bajaj and Dr Ramesh Inder Bal. The results of the competition were (from government schools): Amritdeep Kaur from Govt Girls Sr Sec School, Bharat Nagar Ist. Gurjant Singh from Govt Elementary School, Badowal, 2nd. Amreet Kaur from Govt Model Sr Sec School, Model Town 3rd. Jaswinder Kaur from Govt Girls Sr Sec School, Bharat Nagar got the consolation prize. In the private schools category: Tarun Chawla from DAV Public School, Ludhiana 1st. Talwinder Kaur from Sikh Girls Sr Sec School, Sidhwan Khurd, 2nd. Neha Arora from BCM School 3rd. Jasleen Kaur from Guru Nanak Public School, Ludhiana 3rd. Anant Deep from DAV Public School got the consolation prize. The chief guest inaugurated a painting exhibition by Bably S.Singh, lecturer of the college. Students from Government Elementary School, Badowal, performed bhangra. Mr Daljinder Singh, manager of the college managing committee, gave away the prizes. In the evening session, “Ghasya Hoea Admi” was performed in the college lawn by Media Artists group and the People Art Theatre, Lehragaga. Dr Ravinder Kaur, principal of the college, was the chief guest for the evening session.
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Exhibition at Saraswati Modern School
Ludhiana, January 22 Different modern techniques and themes were introduced by the students. The concept of organic farming, satellite channels, modern methods of farming and working models were the centre of attraction. The chief guest and parents appreciated their efforts and encouraged them.
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3000 take part in Inter-College
GK Test
Ludhiana, January 22 Prof Rajesh Marwaha, chairman of the society, said about 3,000 students, including students from 16 colleges of Ludhiana, participated in the test. He said in coming years more activities among the college youth would be conducted by the society. He said more emphasis would be laid to divert the youth from drugs and for this special training programmes would be organised in the colleges. Rajat Sood, general secretary, said after 15 days result of the test would be declared. He said those students who would win first three positions in the district would be given cash prizes of Rs 3000, Rs 2000 and Rs 1000 and students who would hold first three positions in their colleges would be awarded. Mrs R K Chabra from Khalsa College, Chetna, Nisha, Deepika, Sokhri, Ratika, Reetu Kashyap, Hitesh Luthra, Suresh Sood, Avtar Singh, Harsh Aggarwal, Racky Sachdeva, Robin Hora and Prince Vohra were present.
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Meditation course from today
Ludhiana, January 22 Giving details, the convener of Health Education Cell, Dr Rajoo Singh Chhina, informed that the six-day course would include discussion on topics pertaining to self-awareness and self-development. He called upon general public, particularly youth, to come forward to participate in the course.
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Woollens, books given to students
Ludhiana, January 22 Speaking at the occasion, organiser of the trust Mr Arun Attri said that the members of the body continued collection of spare woollen garments and other necessities like shoes, socks, caps, blankets and stationery throughout the year. At least 1000 poor and needy students benefitted from the noble deed every year. He said the ashram being run by the trust was imparting primary education. It was also conducting computer training and typewriting courses for the children to enable to gain some employment or supplement family income.
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Gaurav wins declamation contest
Ludhiana, January 22 Gaurav Madaan of Bhartiya Mandir (Udham Singh Nagar) won the first position while Sunyana Arora of BCM Senior Secondary School, (Chandigarh Road) stood second. Tajinder Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls Senior Secondary School got the third position.
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10 paramedics trained by UK expert
Ludhiana, January 22 Mr Gerry Carpinini distributed certificates to the successful candidates at a small valedictory function on Thursday. Mr Gerry Carpinini from West Country Ambulance Services was in the city for past six weeks, imparting training to the selected nurses to staff of the ambulance, mobike and accident rescue services (AMARS) unit of CMCH. Dr Rajeev Kapoor, Deputy Medical Superintendent and Coordinator of AMARS project, disclosed that CMCH had initiated the project in January, 2004. Fifteen paramedics were trained by the team from the Surrey Ambulance Services and the set up was planned in coordination with the National Health Services, the UK. "Under the project, a special three- digit number, 104, has also been assigned for easy access of the service to the city residents. Control room is receiving over 50 calls per week, most of which are cardiac emergencies, traffic accidents or burns and the AMARS team has saved many precious lives. The team has also been conducting road shows in Ludhiana, Khanna and Jagraon to make people aware of the medical issues related to traffic accidents." According to Dr Kapoor, road accidents were the most common causes of road traffic accident deaths. India had the highest accident rate in the world, 142 per 10,000 vehicles, whereas in the European countries it was only 2 per 10,000 vehicles. Thus, traffic accidents presented a real public health problem. But with the right pre-hospitalisation management (care in first one hour of the injury) could help save precious lives and this was the main aim of AMARS unit.
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Samrala sports festival concludes
Ludhiana, January 22 The college ground was packed to its capacity as a very large number of ruralities from the nearby villages and towns had converged to watch top kabaddi teams of the region in action. The spectators also enjoyed the bullock cart races. The main attraction of the concluding day of this three-day event was a air show presented by the Ludhiana industrialist- Manjeet Singh Bhogal. Manjeet flew a tiny radio-controlled areoplane which displayed excellent aerobics. Manjeet displayed a marvellous control over the engine and repeatedly hovered over the spectators at a very low height. The plane showered coloured petals over the spectators which they acknowledged with applause. The famous event at all the rural sports festivals in Punjab -bullock cart race drew maximum attention of the spectators besides kabaddi matches.Whenever a raider made a successful attempt or the stopper succeeded in rocking the rival player, the commentator — Surjit Singh of Samrala summed it in typical Punjabi rural dialect which was appreciated by the spectators. A Punjabi drum beater, present at the venue added colour to the festival. An impressive fire-work was presented at the conclusion of the festival. Mr Malkeet Singh Dhillon (USA), president of the organising association, and Mr Harbhajan Singh, chairman, Transport Association, Punjab, thanked the spectators for extending co-operation in conducting the festival smoothly. Mr Inder Iqbal Singh, MLA from Koom Kalan, Mr Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, former Minister, Punjab, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, former Finance Minister, Punjab, Mr Bhupinder Singh Benipal, ex-chairman, Block Samiti, Samrala, were the prominent personalities who attended the concluding function. A number of prominent persons including sportpersons (present as well as former) of international repute, sports organisers and promoters were present there to experience the excitement of a rural festival. Results: 3000 m for girls- Gurjit Kaur of (Sunam) 1, Amarjit Kaur (Takharn) 2, Harpreet Kaur (Takharan) 3; 5000m (boys): Tejinder Singh (PSEB) 1, Bhupinder Singh (Punjab Police) 2, Tejinder Singh (Tarkheria) 3; 200m (boys): Bhagwant Singh (Payal) 1, Tajneesh (Kharar) 2, Mohit (Ludhiana) 3; 200m (girls): Mandeep Kaur (Jandpur) 1, Harpreet Kaur 2 and Gurjeet Kaur (Sunam) 3. Cycle race: Iqbaljeet Singh (Shapur) 1, Ramandeep Singh 2 and Mewa Singh 3; 800m (girls): Gurjit Kaur (Sunam) 1, Virpal Kaur (Jakahl) 2 and Harpreet Kaur (Takhran) 3; 800m (boys)- Jasbir Singh (PSEB) 1, Balbir Singh (PSEB) 2 and Guriqbal Singh (Ludhiana) 3.
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Punjab win handball, softball crowns
Ludhiana, January 22 In handball final (boys u-14 years), Punjab pipped Delhi 19-15 to bag the title, while in the match to decide the third position, Manipur outnumbered Andhra Pradesh 12-8. In the girl’s section, Punjab faced a stiff challenge from their opponents from Delhi before emerging winners by narrow margin of the two points (13-11). In the match to ascertain the third spot, Maharashtra eves got the better of Haryana who they beat 12-8. In softball Punjab boys made it a clean sweep wrapping up all the three titles. In the u-19 years category, Punjab toyed with Delhi 10-7 to win top honours while in the u-17 years, Punjab proved too good for Chandigarh who they blanked 3-0. In the u-14 years category, Punjab faced a little challenge from Delhi whom they drubbed 7-2 to lay their hands on the title. In the girl’s section (softball), Punjab players beat Madhya Pradesh 14-4 to win the title in the u-19 years category while in the u-17 years, Punjab defeated Delhi 8-2 and in the u-14 years, Punjab routed Delhi 10-0 to bag the title. Mr R. Venkatratnam, Chief Secretary, Education Department, Mr Sadhu Singh Randhawa, DPI (secondary), Mr Jagtar Singh Khatra, DPE, (elementary), Mr Kuldeep Singh Dhillon, chief organiser, Mr Ashok Sachdeva, Deputy Director, Mr Yash Pal Mehra, DEO, Ludhiana, Mr Satish Thakur, AEO, Derozepur, Prinicpal Bachhitter Singh and Mr Sukhdev Lal Khullar were among other prominent persons who were present there today. Other results: Boxing (boys u-14 years)- 42-45 kg- Gaurav of Delhi b Rakesh Uttranchal; 45-48 kg-Bipan of Uttra Pradesh b Kiruba of Tamilnadu; 48-51 kg- Punit Kumar of Madhya Pradesh b Yogender of Madhya Pradesh; 51-54 kg- Narinder Singh of Punjab b Parveen of Madhya Pradesh ; 54-57 kg- Lalit Chand of Uttar Pradesh b Dinesh of Haryana; 57-60 kg- Baghel Singh of Punjab b Robin of Tamil Nadu; 60-63 kg- M A Kumar of Manipur b Deepak of Haryana ; 63.5- 67 kg- Baljeet Singh of Delhi b Manjinder of Punjab; 67-71 kg- Mandeep Singh of Punjab b Rohit of Uttar Pradesh; 71-75 kg- Bipranbir of Punjab b Dinesh of Haryana; 75-81 kg- Parminder of Punjab b Rahul of Chandigarh; 81-91 kg- Mohit of Delhi b Hemant of KVS and plus 91 kg- Rahul b MA Bashith of Andhra Pradesh. Hockey (boys u-14 years)- Punjab b Chandigarh 3-0 and Delhi b Madhya Pradesh 6-2 to enter final while in the girl’s section, Punjab beat Rajasthan 2-1 and Haryana beat Maharashtra 9-0 to secure berths in the final.
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Bachan academy win cricket title
Ludhiana, January 22 The Baba Bachan Singh Academy, batting first, made 145 runs with four balls to go in a 30-over each side final match. The main scorers were Gaurav (35), Bhuvan (27) and Honey (17). Shakun of the Unity Club was the most successful bowler claiming three wickets for 25 runs in his quota of six overs. Ashish and Vicky chipped in with two wickets each for 23 and 26 runs. Then, the Baba Bachan Singh Academy bowlers restricted the Unity Club’s innings to 115 runs in 24.1 overs. Karan Goel and Chinton Sehgal’s efforts with 41 and 26 runs to steer their side to achieve the target were negated by Gauarv of the Baba Bachan Singh Academy who bowled four overs, gave away just 14 runs and grabbed four wicketes. Sanjay took two for 18 runs and helped their side to win the trophy. Gaurav, for his all-round performance, was adjudged the man of the match. Mr Surinder Dawar, Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, gave away prizes.
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Admn gears up for Republic Day function
Ludhiana, January 22 Mr Verma has directed the officers to make excellent arrangements for the function as Capt Amarinder Singh,
Chief Minister, Punjab, would be the chief guest. He said the special attraction at the function would be the tableaux of 14 departments depicting achievements of the government in various fields. The final full-dress rehearsal for the march past and a cultural show would be held on Tuesday. Contingents of the Punjab Police, Home Guards, NCC, Scouts, Girl Guides and ex-servicemen would be followed by the police band in the march past. A mass PT show by students from 35 local schools would be presented besides a cultural programme by the students. The Deputy Commissioner said separate blocks would be earmarked for VIPs,
officers, mediapersons, freedom fighters etc. Mr Verma asked the Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, to ensure the proper cleaning of the ground and all roads leading to the college. Mr Pryank Bharti ADC (D) has been deputed to coordinate with the various departments to prepare tableaux. Tricycles and sewing machines would be presented by the chief guest to the disabled persons and needy women, respectively, on behalf of the District Red Cross Society.
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