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Farmers' to boycott mandis
Ludhiana, April 15 The unions have called for boycott of mandis against the government's decision to import wheat from abroad. The farmers are holding that the import of wheat in the country at this stage, when godowns were full was unnecessary. Various political parties, including the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), have supported the farmers' call for boycotting mandis. The import of wheat from abroad will hit the domestic farmers as it would keep the prices low. The farmers said flying squads had also been constituted to monitor the boycott at all mandis across the state. They claimed that theywere themselves keen to voice their protest against the wheat import by organising boycott of government mandis.
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Students told to follow teachings of gurus
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 15 Addressing a gathering of students and teachers at Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Mr Darshan Singh claimed that Sikh Gurus, Dalit leaders and Jesus Christ had advocated universal brotherhood and demanded equality of rights for everyone irrespective of caste and creed. Mr Darshan Singh said, “Leaders of all religions and sects had been teaching methods of pursuing a pious and peaceful life and they had proved that hatred and jealousy had dislocated human sanctity,” emphasized Mr Singh. On the need of strict rules and regulations Mr Darshan Singh said, “We failed to understand that our religious leaders had edified those secrets of life hundreds of years ago that were being made basis of rulings of the respective courts.” Quoting couplets from various religious books, he maintained that restrictions on the sound level, drugs and addictions and evils like dowry and bride burning had been warned against by the saints and preachers, hundreds of years ago. Ms Kamla Devi Sharma, director of the school and Mr Devinder Singh spoke on the occasion.
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BCA, MCA students attend seminar
Ludhiana, April 15 Mr Sandeep Sharma, Professor, Computer Science Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, was the resource person. Explaining the C programming language, Mr Sharma said it was like Pascal or Fortran where the programmes were structured by defining and calling the functions and the programme flow was controlled using loops. He also discussed the concept and features of C++ in comparison to the C language. He explained that C++ was a super set of C and any C++ compiler would compile C code. He also explained the different object-oriented features attached with the language. The second part of the seminar focused on the concept of pointers used in C++.
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Teachers' bodies to intensify struggle
Ludhiana, April 15 The district president of the union, Mr Paramjit Singh Mann, in a press note issued here has condemned the Education Department for not filling job vacancies . He said the authorities were needlessly delaying court proceedings and, thus, were denying job opportunities to these teachers. He added further that the government wanted to give jobs to BEd teachers. According to a ruling of the Supreme Court the vacancies could be filled only by ETT teachers. He said they were not against BEd teachers, but first the jobs should be given to the unemployed ETT teachers. The government had said there were only 400 vacancies whereas 5,850 unemployed ETT teachers were without jobs. He also alleged that Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab, and Mr Pratap Singh Bajwa, PWD Minister, were filling vacancies in their own districts so that in the coming Assembly elections they could find favours with the masses. If the government was serious, they would finish court cases and employ ETT teachers. Mr Piara Singh Dhillon and Mr Charan Singh Sarabha of the front also stated that the merger of primary schools with middle and high schools would render 15,000 head and centre head teachers jobless . They were displeased with this decision and would hold a rally on April 17 and 21, in front of the Mini Secretariat, and present a memorandum of demands to the District Education Officer.
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Desh Bhagat Institute holds convocation
Ludhiana, April 15 Dr S.K. Salwan, Vice-Chancellor, PTU, was the chief guest. Dr Zora Singh, chairman of the Desh Bhagat group of institutes, was also present along with other distinguished guests. Mr Zora Singh welcomed the chief guest and Principals of other colleges. He gave a brief introduction of Dr Salwan as a technocrat, an eminent educationist and a winner of prestigious awards like the Vijay Rattan award. Ms Shalini Gupta, Director of DBIMCS, welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries on behalf of the staff members and students. She then read out the annual report of the institute. "We have adopted two villages, Saunty and Narayan Garh, for educating their uneducated youth and women free of cost. We took up a mass plantation drive to mark the World Forestry Day. Likewise, we are taking up many other social and educational projects in future. Every year our students are recruited by blue chip companies on an average salary of Rs 10,000 per month," said Ms Gupta. Dr Salwan conferred degrees on about 200 graduates and post graduates. He appreciated the efforts of the students and teachers in winning laurels and attaining high positions. He also appreciated the efforts made by the institute on social and cultural fronts. He awarded prizes to students who had achieved excellence in academics. The college magazine “Excelsior-2006” was also released on the occasion.
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Girls’ admission to A.S. School
opposed
Khanna, April 15 The decision, when put up in the general house annual meeting in 2004, was rejected unanimously. But when the people saw a banner inviting girls to take admission in the boys’ school, it became talk of the town because the House had never reverted its decision.
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Pharmacists plan rally
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 15 Mr Zora Singh, a former president of the district unit, said the activists had shown overwhelming enthusiasm towards the action plan. Various speakers, including Harnek Singh, Major Singh, Bharat Bhushan and Manjit Singh, claimed that the activists were determined to continue the struggle till their demands were accepted.
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Free medical check-up camp today
Ludhiana, April 15 Mr Johar said the purpose of the camp was to provide healthcare to the needy.
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Banks holds Run-for-Fun
Ludhiana, April 15 According to Mr G.S. Rawat, cluster head of the Ludhiana branches of the bank, they took advantage of the occasion to make the public aware of the Miracle Credit Card scheme that has been launched in collaboration with the Art of Living. The scheme has been started to contribute towards the education of orphaned. Participants were given prizes by the bank.
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