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Right time to sow paddy
Ludhiana, May 11 Research scientists have advised farmers to go in for seed treatment before sowing to save the crop from primary seed-borne infection. Fields should be ploughed taking advantage of the recent rain, as it will help in reducing weed problem, particularly of perennial weeds. The university has already launched a
campaign to create awareness and educate the farmers about benefits of delayed transplantation of paddy and it should not be done before June 15 to save water. PAU agrometerologists have, in a statement
said, that cotton sowing had been delayed considerably due to the non-availability of canal water and farmers as such could not follow the recommended package of
practices. Field reports from Krishi Vigyan Kendra and district extension specialists reaching PAU indicate that sowing of cotton was slow and staggered. PAU’s word of caution for cotton growers is “avoid sowing cotton in this month, follow clean cultivation and destroy weeds ‘kanghi and preeti’. Sunflower growers should ensure regular, adequate irrigation and not allow the crop go thirsty at the flowering, soft and hard dough stages. Farmers should grow non-leguminous crop mix of maize and cowpea for nutrients. There are reports of viral attack on muskmelon in Kapurthala, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur. This is more on early sown crop. Farmers must watch out for aphid and its vector and keep it under control during crop season and spray for downy mildew, whose incidence is increasing.
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Unemployed ETT teachers hold protest
Ludhiana, May 11 Today’s protest was against the impossing of Section 309 IPC against a regular teacher Mr Balwinder Singh, who is on an
indefinite fast in support of unemployed ETT teachers. Along with Mr Balwinder Singh, four unemployed ETT teachers are also on fast in Sector 17, Chandigarh. Mr Balwinder Singh has been admitted to the PGI as his condition was stated to be serious. The other four teachers have been admitted to General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh. The leaders said that they wanted Section 309, IPC, to be withdrawn against Mr Balwinder Singh. Their other demands include regular employment through the Education Department and not through panchayats withdrawal of false cases against the teachers . Meanwhile Mr Charan Singh Sarabha and Mr Jagmail Singh of Nijikaran Virodhi Front and Mr Hardev Mullanpuri and Ramandeep Singh of the Democratic Employees Front have also joined them in the protest.
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PAU staff hold rally against non-payment of salaries
Ludhiana, May 11 Addressing the rally, Mr D PM president and Mr Amritpal general secretary said , in spite of decision of the Supreme Court directing the Punjab Government not to interfere in the internal administration of the university the audit wing of the Finance Department of the Punjab Government was continuously interfering by raising unnecessary objections on the decisions of
the Board of Management, the competent authority of PAU. It is worth mentioning here that employees had to fight for 63 days in 1996 against the negative attitude of audit wing. Union leaders warned the audit wing to release salaries, allowances, wheat-loan immediately without any objection, otherwise union will be with no alternative other than to resort to acute agitating union leaders also
emphasised to resolve the issue of pension, LTC and other demands submitted to V C through demand charter which include more than 50 demands relating to the employees. The rally was also addressed by Dr A S Sohi, president, PAU Teachers Association and Mr Hardev Ghalot general secretary, PAU Fourth Class Workers Union.
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Cultural events mark Nurses Week celebrations
Ludhiana, May 11 The chief guest at the function, Ms Triza Jeewan, vice-principal of the College of Nursing, Christian Medical College and Hospital, gave away prizes to the winners of the competitions in rangoli, salad preparation, hair-styling and mehandi applying, which were organised during the week. Noted industrialists H.D. Dumra was the guest of honour on the occasion. Dr Wahegurupal Singh, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, dwelt upon the significant role of nursing. He asked the nursing students to serve humanity with selflessness, dedication and commitment. Principal of the School of Nursing Anitha Ashok gave a brief introduction about the institution while the Superintendent, Nursing, Ms Chakravarty, unfolded the theme of the week. Ms Rupinder Deol, adviser, Staff Nurses Association, was also present on the occasion.
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Hectic activity by NSS volunteers
Shivani Bhakoo
Ludhiana, May 11 During the camp, a lecture on personal hygiene and nutrition were delivered by Ms Soni and Ms Gupta, respectively. Ms Neelam Nayyar made the students aware of the rising problem of sexual harassment and AIDS. A workshop on computers was organised in which special emphasis was laid on the use of Internet. Hobby classes like fabric painting, glass painting, mural painting, soft-toy making, flower making, pot making etc are also being conducted in the camp. These activities will be followed by a workshop on nature cure, yoga, lecture on blood donation, survey of adjoining area, a trip to PAU, Rose Garden, Govind Godham, etc. The volunteers were whole-heartedly participating in all the activities during the camp and were looking forward for the upcoming activities. GNIMT students shine
Students of the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Gujarkhan Campus, have exhibited excellent performance in academics once again. As per the results declared by Punjab Technical University (PTU) recently, BBA III semester students of GNIMT have shown extraordinary performance in the odd-semester examinations held in December 2005. All students who have passed got first divisions and 53 per cent among them passed with honours by scoring more than 70 per cent marks. Chetanveer Singh bagged the first position by securing 86.7 per cent marks. Manpreet Kaur got second position with 86.5 per cent marks, Neha Mahajan bagged the third position with 86 per cent marks. Ekta Arora secured the fourth position with 84.7 per cent marks and Icchdeep Kaur stood fifth with 84.2 per cent marks. Congratulating the students, their parents and faculty on this remarkable achievement, Dr (Col) Singha, Director, GNIMT, said such a performance was indicative of a high degree of commitment on the part of students as well as faculty. Farewell to passing out students
The junior students of the college gave a warm farewell to final year students of MSc (IT) and BCA. This year, the farewell party was organised with a purpose. The chief guest on the occasion was Dr R.K. Jindal from PAU. Apart from drinking, partying and enjoying, the students were presented with a seminar on future prospects after graduate and post-graduate programms in computer education.
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Pool party at BCM School
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, May 11 It was a fun-filled activity that brought a good change in their monotonous routine. One of the parents, Mrs Deepali Bansal, opined that such leisurely activities were a must for the kindergarten students and these not only teach them to mix up with their peer groups but also help them express themselves in a natural way which enhances their personality. The Principal of the school, Dr Vandana Shahi , said that such recreational activities are a part of the school curriculum and a teacher can peep deeply into a child’s psychology while observing her pupils at play. Inter house quiz contest
An inter house quiz contest of students from Classes IX to XII was held at Spring Dale Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana in which students from Rose House, Lotus House, jasmine house and Lily house took part. The contest consisted of five rounds — question round, pass round, buzzer round, continue round and musical round. Each participating team gave a tough time to its opponent team. Lotus House emerged as a winner team followed by Rose House, Lily House and Jasmine House. Supervisor Avijit Jana acted as a judge, Mr Arvind as the scorer. Principal Sandeep Raikhi and headmistress Kamalpreet congratulated the winner team, Lotus House, and its in-charge, Mr Satinder Singh. Investiture ceremony
An investiture and oath-taking ceremony for forming prefect council at KVM, city branch, was held here today. Ashutosh Dixit was chosen the school captain, Savleen Takkar as vice-captain, Karan Jain was made the house captain of Gandhi House, Vinit Jain of Nehru House and Pulkit Dhanda of Tagore House and Sparsh Thaman was nominated sports captain. The investiture ceremony was followed by oath-taking by the chosen prefects, captains and house captains. The chosen leaders took the oath to carry out their duties diligently, honestly and without any favour or malice. The Principal, Mr S.C. Saxena, presided over the function. He also appealed to the students to be sincere, dutiful and unbiased in their work and duties. The headmistress, Mrs Namita Raj Singh, congratulated the students.
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Metal piece removed from base of skull through nose
Ludhiana, May 11 CT Scan of the face of the patient showed a shrapnel, lying very close to the brain. It travelled through the eye to lodge itself partially in posterior ethmoidal sinus and after eroding the base of the skull, was peeping inside the brain. To prevent the impending life threatening infection, it was decidied by the doctors to operate upon him and remove the object. An innovative approach by a minimally invasive technique was planned by Dr Narinder Verma, senior consultant ENT surgeon for the required surgical procedure. A 4 mm endoscope was passed through nose and under video guidance along with other state-of-the- art equipment, available in the hospital, the object was removed without any incision or blood loss. The patient was discharged a day after. According to Dr Verma, these foreign bodies could be removed with endoscopes, which provided an e access to these areas. Through endoscopic surgery, the cumbersome open surgery and its associated risks could be avoided and the patients discharged with minimum discomfort and hospitalisation..
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5.39 lakh children to be immunised against polio
Ludhiana, May 11 Giving more details, Dr Kuldip Kaur Sahni, District Immunisation Officer, said 1200 polio booths would be set up in the city limits and another 900 in the rural areas and other towns of the district. The polio booths will be manned by some 8000 volunteers, drawn from government offices, medical, dental and nursing colleges, as well as NGOs. In addition, the department had established 75 check posts on highways and railway station to cover the travelling children while 100 mobile teams of volunteers would go round the slum areas and other localities through door to door visit to ensure complete coverage of eligible children under the immunisation campaign.
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Neuro-surgeon attends global conference
Ludhiana, May 11 In his presentation, Dr Sobti, a former Head of Department of neuro surgery at the DMCH, focused on ways to protect the damaged brain.
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