Tarn Taran Diary: School students excel in cultural activities

Tanveerjot Kaur, a student of Class 8 at Punjab Children’s Academy (PCA), Tarn Taran, has excelled in cultural events at the national level. Recently, Tanveerjot Kaur was part of the TV reality show ‘Kisme Kitna Hai Dam’ Season-10 that achieved success. Another student of PCA in the field of music, Karamanpreet Singh Mom, was also declared a winner after four rounds, competing against singers from three states of the country. These two students of the institution participated in the competition in different categories of the TV reality show. Sandhya Khanna, Principal, PCA, said that Tanveerjot Kaur secured second position in the 80 metre hurdle race in the national level competition and with her remarkable achievements, entered her name in the book of School Games Federation of India. It is worth mentioning that Tanveerjot Kaur had earlier won the Best Athlete Award in the state-level games. Harmanpreet Singh, Director, PCA, said that the institution has high hopes from the hard work being done by Tanveerjot Kaur and Karamanpreet Singh as they have outshone others with their performances.

DTF pleads case of women teachers on poll duty

Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF), Punjab, has taken duty in panchayat elections very seriously and demanded tight security for the teachers and the other staff. The DTF said that it is elections where maximum muscle power is used and there are chances of a tiff taking place. Partap Singh Thathgarh, district president of DTF, said that the organisation, in a memorandum submitted to the district authorities, presented certain demands for consideration. Partap Singh Thathgarh said that the DTF has stressed on leniency towards women teachers in assigning election duty. He said that widows, women infected with chronic diseases, mothers who have little kids and pregnant women should not be given any assignment. The DTF has also stressed on deputing women staff at polling stations that are near their residence and arranging for counting of votes at the block level. After the election material is deposited, arrangements should be made to drop the women staff home. The DTF said that sometimes due to local level conflicts, the demand for recounting is repeatedly raised, just to harass the polling staff and there must be some strict rules in this regard. DTF leaders said that these issues should be implemented not only in the district but at the state level also to ensure free and fair panchayat elections.

Red Ribbon Club holds meeting to create awareness about HIV/AIDS

The Youth Services Department organised an advocacy meeting of Red Ribbon Clubs of the district at Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sarhali, to create awareness about their activities. The representatives of different clubs including Red Ribbon nodal officer and the peer educators from colleges, participated in the meeting. Kulwinder Singh, Deputy Director, in his address laid stress on arranging maximum number of programmes regarding the activities of Red Ribbon Clubs. He said that Red Ribbon Clubs create awareness about HIV/AIDs, ill-effects of drugs and avoiding used syringes for administering injections. The clubs of the district have established their contacts with colleges, nursing and technical institutions to deliver their message in a planned manner. Preet Kohli, Assistant Director, spoke of other activities of the clubs. Dr Jasbir Singh, principal of the host college, said in his address that the Red Ribbon Club of the college remains active the whole year and educational competitions are held to generate information about the goals of the club. Balwinder Singh, NSS coordinator, Dr Bhagwant Kaur, Prof Jaspal Singh, Prof Paramveer Singh, Prof Jaideep and Dr Sumi Arora were among those who addressed the gathering and called for the common man to take a keen interest in the activities of the club. Grants \too\ were distributed among the programme officers and club representatives. It was released by the head office. The officers of the department and office-bearers of the club were honoured on the occasion for their remarkable performance.