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Regional potpourri
Batala BATHINDA Book release: A book titled ‘Chuchak Diye Jaiye’ and authored by Dr J.S. Anand would be released on Monday evening at the Civil Lines Club. Anand is principal of the local DAV College. Dr Deepak Manmohan Singh from Punjabi World Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala, who is also the convener of the Punjabi Advisory Board, Bhartiya Sahitya Academy, would release the book. Donation for Ram Bagh cremation ground: During a meeting of the Sanatan Dharam Mahavir Dal held at MSD High School here on Sunday, Tarsem Chand Raman donated a cheque of Rs one lakh for the renovation of the Ram Bagh cremation ground located near grain market. Addressing the meeting, former SAD minister Charanji Lal Garg thanked the donor and appealed to others to contribute for the noble cause. CHANDIGARH
Kapurthala MUKTSAR Police medal for Mandeep: Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Superintendent of Police (SP), has been conferred upon with the President’s police medal on the occasion of the Independence Day. Earlier, Sidhu was bestowed with the Kathin Sewa Medal during the days of militancy in Punjab. At present he is working as SP (Excise) with the Punjab Excise Department at Patiala. Nabha NAWANSHAHR Science test postponed: Director-General School Education Krishan Kumar has postponed the monthly test for science, scheduled to be held in government schools in the state on August 17. Now, the test will be held on August 18. The decision has been taken as in most of the districts, Monday has been declared a holiday owing to the Independence Day celebrations, District Science Supervisor Balihar Singh Bains said in a press release here on Sunday. Ved prachar: The local Arya Samaj organised a Ved prachar and jan sampark abhiyan from Raksha Bandhan to Janmashtami here. Jiya Lal Sharma, secretary of the Arya
Samaj, said under the programme yajnas were
solemnised and lectures held to highlight the importance and relevance of adopting Vedic traditions in life. PATIALA
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Bilaspur NURPUR Free medical check-up: The local unit of the Non-Gazetted Officers (NGO) Employees Federation organised its second annual medical check-up camp on the premises of Arya Government College here on Sunday. A team of specialists from Tagore Heart Care Centre, Jalandhar, examined as many as 275 patients, suffering from different diseases. The patients were provided clinical tests of heart and diabetes free of cost along with free medicines. Sundernagar
Dehradun Arashath is overall karate champion: Arashath won the overall championship award at eight-year age category at the fourth District Karate Championship here today. Tarun won the gold in Kumiti u-5 age group. In Katha boys 6-7 age group, Mohit won the first position while Vinayak grabbed second position. In Kumiti boys category (6-7 age group), Mohit stood first and Vinayak bagged the second position. In Katha boys (8-12 age group), Arashath won the gold medal, Ashwani was second and Pankaj emerged third. Kashipur
Regional potpourri Most of the Farmers in Malwa grow cotton and paddy. But Gurcharan Singh Mann (39) of Tungwali village in Bathinda district, is an exception. He has converted 42 acres of sand dunes, into fish ponds, honey bee farm, mushroom farm, flowering fields, orchards, biogas plant and nursery etc. His farm has been selected under the Punjab Rural Tourism plan, where visitors can have feel of rural Punjab. Mann will be paid for his hospitality. He also motivates farmers and rural youths to get trained and go for diversification in farming and allied ventures. “Farming is good occupation. But,we should be efficient from sowing to selling the produce,” said Mann. Mann’s mantra of success is quality. The diversification is more lucrative than cotton and paddy. ‘Diversification has enabled me to negotiate with those, approaching me for buying fish, honey, timber or other crops,” said Mann. Bee farming got him several awards and certificates. He has 2,000 boxes of honey bees. Later, he started fish farming, orchards and then chose to plant trees, of various species, which bring him good returns. Mann has started growing banana trees in this village of Malwa. He was was given Parvasi Bharti Award by the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in 2005 for diversification. He has fish ponds on 10 acres, orchard on 10 acres, green fodder on five acres, 16 acres are for trees and other crops. The orchard has banana, jamun, amla, ber, guava, pomegranate trees. He is also experimenting to grow apples. Noticing demand for aloe vera, Mann has been sowing its plants in one acre. He has contract with Agmark for turmeric, and red chilly powder, which he sows, grinds and packs under the supervision of Agmark officials. A votary of organic farming, he has installed traditional bell outside his house as he believes the sound of the bell keeps environment free from pollution. Rags-to-riches story of peon’s son Tulsi Ram Gupta (55) son of a peon of Rewari, started from scratch in 1970 and made it big in steel pipes business in 35 years in Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab. Motivated by Goverdhan Das headmaster, Gupta joined Kishan Lal public college but due to poverty left it in 1971. His father sent him to Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab in 1972 where he joined a firm on monthly salary of Rs 200. In due course his father left the job of peon and joined him in Mandi Gobingarh. In 1980 due to poor health Gupta’s father returned to Rewari where he started a tea shop. He died in 1985. Gupta married in 1974. After acquiring tips of business he left his job with the firm and launched “Raj Iron and Steel Sales” in 1978. He started having orders from other states and in 15 years made money and goodwil Gupta set up Ispat Profiles and started manufacturing furniture pipes in 1993. He employs 25 persons in his factory turnover of which is a few crores. Man of simple habits Gupta is grateful to God’s blessings. From his salary of Rs 200 in the beginning he would send 50 per cent to support the family comprising parents, five sisters and a brother. Gupta also arranged for the marriages of his three sisters after his father’s death.in 1985. When his father died in Rewari in 1985, he took his mother to Mandi Gobindgarh . She died in 2001. Gupta and his son manage Ispat Profiles. His two daughters are married. Tulsi Ram donates books and helps poor and bright schoolchildren every year and woollens , shoes and socks to 200 schoolchildren in the Gobindgarh region. Recently he donated a water cooler for his alma mater, Hindu Senior Secondary School, Model Town Rewari. Gupta also donated money for Mahwar Vaish dharamshala in Jiwali bazaar and Nileshwar Mahadev temple in Vaidyawara mohalla Rewari. Contributed by Rajay Deep and Nawal Kishore Rastogi
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Born in 1954 in a Mahawar Vaish family in Vaidyawara mohalla Rewari, he did matriculation in first division in 1968 from Hindu High School, Rewari, where his father Chhabila Ram Gupta was peon.