Mixed fortunes for USA in World Team Cup Wheelchair Tennis

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ALPHEN (NETHERLANDS), MAY 30
Third seed Russia and runners-up Spain qualified for the junior events final of the 2014 BNP Paribas World Team Cup Wheelchair Tennis Tournament being played here from May 26 to June 1. In semi-finals, Spain blanked holders Netherlands by 3-0 and Russia overcame spirited United States by 2-1.
Russia took the lead through Ildus Shaikhislamov who beat Casey Ratzlaff (USA) 6-0 6-1. The lead was neutralised by Chris Herman (USA) who defeated Artur Saitgareev (RUS) 6-3 6-4. However, Russian pair of Artur Saitgareev and Ildus Shaikhislamov beat American duo of Conner Stroud and Chris Herman 7-5 6-3 to clinched a final berth with 2-1 margin.
However, USA prevailed over Russia by 2-1 in the Women’s World Group – Pool B rubber. Kaitlyn Verfuerth outplayed Russian Polina Shakirova 6-0 6-0 and Emmy Kaiser toiled to edge out Russian Liudmila Bubnovsa in three set 6-0 4-6 6-3 to give USA a 2-0 lead. Polina Shakirova and Liudmila Bubnova beat Emmy Kaiser and Kaitlyn Verfuerth of USA 6-4 1-6 [10-8] in the doubles.
Results: Men’s World Group - Pool A: FRANCE (1) bt POLAND 3-0 (Frederic Cattaneo (FRA) d. Albin Batycki (POL) 60 60, Nico Peifer (FRA) d. Kamil Fabisiak (POL) 62 60, Frederic Cattaneo/Nico Peifer (FRA) d. Tadeusz Kruszelnicki/KamilFabisiak (POL) 75 60).
Men’s World Group – Pool B: NETHERLANDS (2) bt AUSTRALIA 3-0 (Tom Egberink (NED) d. Ben Weekes (AUS) 76(3) 63, Maikel Scheffers (NED) d. Adam Kellerman (AUS) 63 46 75, Maikel Scheffers/Tom Egberink (NED) d. Adam Kellerman/Ben Weekes (AUS) 60 61).
Men’s World Group – Pool C: GREAT BRITAIN (4) bt AUSTRIA 3-0 (Dave Phillipson (GBR) d. Josef Riegler (AUT) 63 61, Gordon Reid (GBR) d. Martin Legner (AUT) 61 60,
Gordon Reid/Marc McCarroll (GBR) d. Martin Legner/Josef Riegler (AUT) 60 62).
JAPAN (3) bt ARGENTINA 2-1 (Takashi Sanada (JPN) d. Ezequiel Casco (ARG) 60 61, Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) d. Takuya Miki (JPN) 64 64, Takashi Sanada/Satoshi Saida (JPN) d. Gustavo Fernandez/Ezequiel Casco (ARG) 76(6) 63).
Women’s World Group – Pool A: CHILE defeated KENYA 3-0 (Macarena Cabrillana (CHI) d. Jane Ndenga (KEN) 60 61, Francisca Mardones (CHI) d. Phoebe Masika (KEN) 60 60, Macarena Cabrillana/Maria Paz Diaz Obregon (CHI) d. Rahel Akoth/Jane Ndenga (KEN) 61 61).
Women’s World Group – Pool B: USA bt RUSSIA 2-1 (Kaitlyn Verfuerth (USA) d. Polina Shakirova (RUS) 60 60, Emmy Kaiser (USA) d. Liudmila Bubnovsa (RUS) 60 46 63, Polina Shakirova/Liudmila Bubnova (RUS) d. Emmy Kaiser/Kaitlyn Verfuerth (USA) 64 16 [10-8].
Women’s World Group – Pool C: THAILAND defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 2-1 (Chia-Yu Lu (TPE) d. Wanitha Inthanin (THA) 64 64, Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) d. Yi-Shan Wu (TPE) 62 61, Wanitha Inthanin/Nongnuch Roswan (THA) d. Yi-Shan Wu/Chia-Yi Lu (TPE) 60 62).
Women’s World Group – Pool D: KOREA, REPUBLIC bt COLOMBIA 3-0 (Myung-Hee Hwang (KOR) d. Johana Vega Martinez (COL) 75 67(5) 61, Ju-Yeon Park (KOR) d. Angelica Bernal (COL) 61 61, Ju-Yeon Park/Young-Sook (KOR) d. Angelica Bernal/Johana Vega Martinez (COL) 76(4) 62).
Junior Event (Semifinals): RUSSIA bt USA 2-1 (Ildus Shaikhislamov (RUS) d. Casey Ratzlaff (USA) 60 61, Chris Herman (USA) d. Artur Saitgareev (RUS) 63 64, Artur Saitgareev/Ildus Shaikhislamov (RUS) d. Conner Stroud/Chris Herman (USA) 75 63).
SPAIN (2) bt NETHERLANDS (1) 3-0 (Felix Garcia (ESP) d. Diede de Groot (NED) 76(7) 67(3) 60, Martin de la Puente (ESP) d. Carlos Anker (NED) 61 62, Martin de la Puente/Felix Garcia (ESP) d. Mitchel Graauw/Diede de Groot (NED) 62 62).
Junior Event – 5th/6th place play-offCHILE bt GREAT BRITAIN 2-1 (Alexander Cataldo (CHI) d. Nicholas Smelt (GBR) 62 61, Luz Esperanza Merry (GBR) d. Brayan Tapia (CHI) 60 61, Brayan Tapia/Alexander Cataldo (CHI) d. Nicholas Smelt/Luz Esperanza Merry (GBR) 64 57 [10-3].
Junior Event – 7th/8th place play-offMALAYSIA bt TURKEY 3-0 (Mohamad Firdaus Ibrahim (MAS) d. Oguzhan Gunes (TUR) 60 61, Nazri Jefri (MAS) d. Ayse Gul Zararsiz (TUR) 60 63, Nazri Jefri/Mohamad Firdaus Ibrahim (MAS) d. Ayse Gul Zararsiz/Tayfur Abbasogullari (TUR) 60 60).
Men’s World Group 2 - Pool A: BRAZIL bt MALAYSIA 3-0 (Carlos Santos (BRA) d. Arriffahmi Zaquan Arrifin (MAS) 63 61, Daniel Rodriguez (BRA) d. Abu Samah Borhan (MAS) 61 62, Daniel Rodriguez/Rafael Medeiros (BRA) d. Abu Samah Borhan/Arriffahmi Zaquan Arrifin (MAS) 62 62).
Men’s World Group 2 – Pool B: BELGIUM bt SRI LANKA 2-1 (Upali Rajakaruna (SRI) d. Mike Denayer (BEL) 75 61, Joachim Gerard (BEL) d. Gamini Dissanayake (SRI) 61 60, Joachim Gerard/Mike Denayer (BEL) d. Gamini Dissanayake/Upali Rajakaruna (SRI) 62 61).
Men’s World Group 2 – Pool C: SPAIN bt SWITZERLAND 3-0 (Alvaro Illobre (ESP) d. Raphael Gremion (SUI) 63 64, Roberto Chamizo (ESP) d. Daniel Pellegrina (SUI) 16 75 62, Alvaro Illobre/Martin Varela (ESP) d. Daniel Pellegrina/Raphael Gremion (SUI) 63 62).
Men’s World Group 2 – Pool D: ITALY bt CANADA 2-1 (Joel Dembe (CAN) d. Luca Arca (ITA) 64 75, Fabian Mazzei (ITA) d. Philippe Bedard (CAN) 63 46 75, Luca Arca/Fabian Mazzei (ITA) d. Philippe Bedard/Joel Dembe (CAN) 63 62).

　

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CM lauds contribution of religious organisations

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RAKBA (LUDHIANA) MAY 30
          Lauding the role played by the religious organizations in the overall development of the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that due to this important contribution Punjab has emerged as a frontrunner state in the country.
          Addressing the gathering during a religious congregation here at Dham on the birth anniversary of Sri Satguru Lal Dass Ji Maharaj Bhuri Wale today, the Chief Minister said that Punjab was land of great Gurus, Saints and Seers who had propagated the message of communal harmony, love and brotherhood in the every nook and corner of the world. He said that it was a matter of great pride for them that the religious organizations have not only played a pivotal role in the spiritual development of the people but they have also been instrumental in the social service of the masses.
          Lauding Vedant Acharya Swami Sri Chetna Nand Ji Bhuriwale the present Chief of the Dham, the Chief Minister said that under his dynamic leadership the religious organization was playing a key role in disseminating education to the youth of the area. Recalling his long association with the organization, Mr. Badal also announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh as a humble contribution of the state government for the valuable educational services rendered by the organization.
          On the occasion the gathering was also addressed by Vedant Acharya Swami Sri Chetna Nand Ji Bhuriwale.
          The Chief Minister was accompanied by Cabinet Minister Mr. Sharanjeet Singh Dhillon, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries Chaudhary Nand Lal and Mr. NK Sharma, Lok Sabha MP Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra and MLA Mr. Manpreet Singh Aiyaali.   

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Badal gives green signal to install five multi-crop drying centres

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 29
In a big leap forward towards promoting crop diversification in the state by facilitating the Maize cultivators to avail better value of their harvest, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has given his nod to set up five multi-crop Drying centres with small Maize Dryers to ensure remunerative value of farmer’s produce by reducing its moisture content.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr. Badal cleared the proposal this morning at his office. The spokesperson further said that these multi-crop drying centres would be set up a cost of Rs 5 crore each and would have four dryers with six ton capacity. The operational capacity of these centres would be 24 ton per batch. As per the decision of the state government these Centres would be set up in Focal Point Phuglana or Kangmai in Hoshiarpur district, Additional Yard Market Kapurthala and at new grain markets of Bhogpur (Jalandhar), Macchiwara (Ludhiana) and Nakodar (Jalandhar).
Pertinently, the state government has already set up two big Multi-Crop Drying Centres at Sub Yard Saila Khurd and Nawanshehar with the capacity of 64 ton each. The mega Maize dryers installed in these centres had the capacity of 16 ton each. However realising well that the small maize dryers would be more efficient and useful for the small and marginal farmers, the Chief Minister had underscored the need to cater their specific needs.
It must be recalled that Maize was amongst the crops having high moisture content value far above the specifications laid down by the Government of India. Normally, Maize crop have 24 percent or more moisture content which could now be reduced to 12-14 percent after drying it with the help of Maize drier plant. Traditionally, the farmers used to Dry Maize in their fields before marketing but now with the adoption of intensive cultivation he has to sell it immediately after the harvest to arrange the inputs for the following crops. Henceforth these centres would be beneficial for the farmers to get remunerative return on their produce on one hand besides promoting the state’s ambitious crop diversification program on the other.
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CM approves mega food park in Ludhiana

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 28In a bid to give major fillip to state’s Crop diversification program, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today gave in principle approval to the proposal of Punjab Agro Industries Corporation to establish a Mega Food Park at Ladowal in Ludhiana district over an area of 100 acres thereby promoting Food Processing Industry in the state.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Chief Minister, while presiding over a high level meeting here at his residence late last evening, directed the Managing Director (MD) Punjab Agro that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) regarding the proposed Food Park be finalized at the earliest for submitting it to the Ministry of Food Processing, Government of India. The total cost of this project was estimated to be about Rs. 150 crore.
Deliberating upon other details of the project, Mr. Badal also directed the concerned authorities to complete the entire plan along with getting requisite approvals simultaneously, within three months. He also directed to finalize a policy in this regard for allotting land sites in this Mega Food Park to genuine companies, which would firm up big investments in a time bound manner.
The spokesperson further informed that in order to tap the huge potential of Fisheries in the state, the Chief Minister also gave approval to establish two new Ultra Modern Fish markets at Amritsar and Bathinda on the pattern of already approved at Ludhiana. He also asked the Fishery department to tie up with national level players for promoting fishery in the state as the farmers of the state could be immensely benefitted from it. He further directed the Fishery department to send group of Fish farmers from the state in batches to National Fish Training institutes like Central Institute of Fish Training, Bhubaneswar for enhancing their skills.
In another significant decision pertaining to the establishment of Maize processing Cluster in the state, the Chief Minister asked the department to identify a large chunk of land besides working out a comprehensive plan for it. Taking a stock of two multi juicing plants of Punjab Agro at Hoshiarpur and Abohar, Mr. Badal expressed satisfaction over the operational schedule of these plants to produce juices of Kinnow, Pear, Water Melon, Guava, Litchi, Carrot and Amla etc.
In order to give boost to the marketing of Kinnow, Mr. Badal asked the Punjab Agro and Horticulture Department to tie up with key players like Walmart, Cash and Carry and others for benefitting the farmers by ensuring remunerative price of their produce. He also directed the department to launch a vigorous advertising campaign for proper marketing of Kinnow fruit from the state across the globe.
Mr. Badal also assured the Horticulture department that every Horticulture seed farm would be strengthened and upgraded by equipping them with all modern facilities to produce quality seed. He also directed the department for the promotion of high density Horticulture farming along with drip irrigation facility, which would help in bailing out the farmers from the current agrarian crisis.
Prominent amongst those present in the meeting included Financial Commissioner Development Mr. Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr. SK Sandhu, Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry Mr. G Vajralingam, Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Gaggandip Singh Brar, Secretary Food Processing Mr. DS Grewal, and Secretary Agriculture and MD Punjab Agro Mr. KS Pannu besides Director Animal Husbandry and Director Fishery.

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CDR delegates visit KCPS for `Cultural Evening’

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AMRITSAR, MAY 26

 Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR) delegates who are participating in three-day long educational conference in the city visited Khalsa College Public School (KCPS) for a `cultural evening’. They enjoyed the musical presentation of traditional Punjabi dance and singing by the students of the school and artists from music department of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU.

 CDR Director Sushoba Barvey along with delegates from Lahore and Mumbai said it was rare treat to have glimpses of Punjabi culture as she narrated the aim of the organization to promote peace and harmony among nations through dialogue and education. KCPS Principal Dr. Sarvjit Kaur Brar welcomed the guests and the delegates during the program.

 

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Punjab Govt declares "Congress Grass" as noxious weed

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 22
In a bid to check the degradation of the natural eco system, the Punjab Government, on the directions of the Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has issued a notification declaring the parthenium weed also known as 'Congress grass or carrot grass' as noxious weed under the provisions of "The East Punjab Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1949".
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that the notification mandated that every occupier of land would take measures to eradicate this weed and prevent its spread or reappearance. This notification would remain in force till December 31, 2015.
It may be recalled that this weed has been not only degrading the natural eco system in state but was also a potent cause of various diseases in humans and animals.  After declaration of this weed as noxious through this notification, any land owner would be duty bond to carry out preventive or remedial measures to control the weed, failing which he was liable to be convicted with punishment. The punishment under the Act could be up to a sum of Rs. 250 or in default to a simple imprisonment up to a period of one month.

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Phillaur submits resignation on moral grounds

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 22

The Toursim and Jail Minister Mr. Sarwan Singh Phillaur today personally met the Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal and submitted his resignation on moral grounds this morning, as some news reports regarding one of his family member were being published by a section of media from last few days.

Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr. Phillaur urged the Chief Minister to accept his resignation immediately to uphold the highest moral ethics in politics as well as to maintain the dignity of the office held by him. In his resignation letter, Mr. Phillaur, while terming these news items as totally baseless, misleading and absurd, reiterated that he and his family had always stood firmly in his social and political life as a votary for honesty, transparency and high moral values as propagated by the Shiromani Akali Dal. 

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister forwarded the resignation of Mr. Phillaur in original to the Punjab Governor Mr Shivraj V. Patil with a request for its immediate acceptance.

 

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Kiran Bedi launches Special Scholarship Scheme for girls

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 15
 Dr. Kiran Bedi, 1st Women IPS Officer of India today launched a special scholarship scheme for girl students at Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh. Mr M K Sharma, GM, Dena Bank was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges presided over the event.
 Aryans association with Kiran Bedi has entered in 5th year. On this occasion, Aryans has decided to give scholarship to 25 meritorious girls. As per the scheme, 5 girls having more than 90% marks in 10th/10+2 would get 100% Scholarship, whereas for 20 girls having more than 75%, half of the fee will be waived off and the other half will be financed in shape of Education Loan by Dena Bank. Kiran Bedi also launched a Toll Free Number 1800-30000-388 where students can get registered.
 Dr Kiran Bedi visited 3 different Aryans functions. She addressed over thousand students in Ambala at Lord Mahavir Jain Public School in the morning. Then she addressed around 5000 students at Aryans campus in the afternoon where she also distributed scholarship letters to few meritorious students selected under various schemes. She also addressed the eminent personalities of Chandigarh and Media at PHD Chamber, Chandigarh later on.
 Dr Kiran Bedi said that “I am pleased that my association with Aryans has entered into 5th year. Aryans has fulfilled all of its commitments in last 4 years. Now Aryans is launching a project especially for girls. And my full support is with Aryans for this project.”
 She further said that she is pleased to know that out of the MBA/BBA students she selected 4 years back, some are doing jobs and some are doing Post Graduation at Aryans themselves without putting burden on their parents.
 Mr M K Sharma said that Dena Bank will provide every possible help to the selected girls. These students will be given Education Loans at a very low rate of interest.
 Dr Anshu Kataria while giving more details about the scheme said that any Indian student can apply for this scheme. He said that as maximum as possible students should apply for this scheme. The entire selection procedure would be completed in one month.
 While addressing the Aryans students, Dr Bedi said that the existing students should help other needy students after completing their studies.
 Also present on the occasion were Mr A K Gandhi, President, CMA; Dalip Sharma, Regional Director, PHDCCI; Mr R C Pahooja, Deputy Director, PHDCCI; Ms Surjit Kaur, Assistant, PHDCCI; Advocate B D Girdhar; Dr Suresh Aggarwal; Mr Pankaj Aggarwal; Sh Sumit Govil; S Ranjit Singh and many others.
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Badal bats for healthy and pro-people journalism

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 15
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the media to give fairly good coverage to the agriculture and agro industry, which had been overlooked during the past due to excessive coverage to the political scenario in the states as well as country, to check the trend of constant decline in agriculture growth.
Addressing a gathering on the function especially organized to commemorate 15th anniversary of the Chandigarh Edition of the Hindustan Times here today, the Chief Minister lauded this prestigious newspaper, which has its roots in the legacy of Shiromani Akali Dal as it was founded by the legendary freedom fighter and founding father of Akali movement and Shiromani Akali Dal Sardar Sunder Singh Lyallpuri besides this newspaper also played a stellar role in the national freedom struggle. Highlighting the importance of media in the current scenario, the Chief Minister said that it could play a vanguard role in putting the staggering agrarian economy on a strong pedestal by publishing success stories of progressive farmers to enthuse the fellow farmers especially the small and marginal ones to follow their suit. He said that it was ironical that the country's peasantry especially the Punjabi farmers had made our nation self reliant in food production but today they were passing through a very difficult phase. Mr. Badal said that nearly one lakh farmers have abandoned farming due to negligible returns on it or squeezed margins of profit. Henceforth he said that it was a high time for the media both electronic and print to come forward in bailing out the distressed peasantry by highlighting their hardships and grievances on one hand besides publishing agriculture development oriented stories on the other to boost their morale, which he termed would prove to be a laudatory step to transform their destiny, with humble cooperation of the newspapers.
Likewise, the Chief Minister also urged upon the media to give considerable coverage to the economic and industrial development to boost the sentiment of youth, who were quite depressed for being grappled with the unprecedented unemployment across the country. He said that the media could also make enormous contribution towards popularizing the concept of skill development at the grass root level to encourage the youth especially with rural background for roping them in various skill development schemes so that they could either be gainfully employed or initiate self employed ventures.
Commending the Hindustan Times for pursuing healthy practices in journalism, the Chief Minister said that he was indebted to the media for realizing us our follies and mistakes and also acting as an eye-opener for the government to take corrective measures to serve the state and its people in the right earnest. At the same time, Mr. Badal asked the media not to indulge in unhealthy criticism because healthy criticism was always welcome but on the contrary criticism just for the sake of criticism was not only undesirable but also highly deplorable and against the ethics of journalism.
While appreciating the editorial skills of the Senior Resident Editor of Hindustan Times Mr. Ramesh Vinayak, the Chief Minister said that he was a seasoned journalist with deep understanding of the socio-economic and political aspects of the country in general and of the region in particular. He said that the team of Hindustan Times led by Mr. Vinayak has been instrumental in rendering valuable services to the states and its residents in the region by highlighting their genuine problems and local issues to their satisfaction.
Earlier the Chief Minister accompanied by Mr. Ramesh Vinayak also released "The Faces of Success"- a compendium on the success stories of the eminent personalities in different walks of life from the region.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by his Advisor on National Affairs and Media Mr. Harcharan Bains, MLA Manoranjan Kalia, his Principal Secretary Mr. SK Sandhu, Special Principal Secretary Mr. Gaggandip Singh Brar and Director General of Police Mr. Suresh Arora.

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Chhina releases newly edited `Niti Bachan’ book

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AMRITSAR, MAY 13
Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) honourary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh today released Giani Dit Singh’s `Niti Bachan’ books’ fresh edited version, compiled by renowned Sikh affairs writer Dr.Inderjit Singh Gagoani. The book contains 175 `Bachan’ (directives) as per Sikh philosophy which are relevant in the daily life, said Chhina.
He said Giani Dit Singh was a respected personality who remained Editor of Khalsa Akhbar, Lahore and was Professor of Religion at Oriental College Lahore apart from being founder member of KCGC. ``The books written by him had been of utmost interest in the past’’, said he congratulating Dr.Gagoani for the efforts to re-produce the book in a fresh form.
Dr.Gagoani said that Niti Bachan gives messages of making our lives meaningful by following the path of righteousness and spiritual ways and guiding us through the challenges of life.

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VC Brar presides over Students Council Oath Taking Ceremony

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 AMRITSAR, MAY 13

 Guru Nanak Dev University vice chancellor and educationist Dr.AS Brar today presided over the oath taking ceremony of the new Students Council at Khalsa College Public School (KCPS). Dr.Brar who addressed the students and congratulated the Council’s members on being elected said that quality education and knowledge based society panacea of all the problems in society.

 He motivated the students to work hard and inculcate discipline in life.

He encouraged the students to be inquisitive in life and excel in their chosen fields. He told them to be all-rounder, bring laurels to their institution and be responsible citizens of their motherland since students of today are future citizens of tomorrow. In the presence of KCPS Principal Dr. Sarvjit Kaur Brar, he honoured Head Boy, Sahilpreet Singh, Head Girl Anureet Kaur, House Captains, members of Advisory Committee, Academic Prefects, Discipline Prefects, Cultural Prefects, Sports Prefects, Literary Prefect, Community Development Prefects, Magazine Prefects and took a pledge from them that they will perform their duties sincerely for betterment of their school.

 Principal Dr. Brar congratulated the members of student council and encouraged them to put in their sincere efforts for the betterment of their Alma-Mater. She said that Students Council plays a significant role in inculcating sense of responsibility & belongingness along with instilling lot of organizing abilities, leadership quality among students. She also thanked Prof. A.S. Brar for sparing his valuable time & blessing the students.

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Khalsa College for Women gets Rs. 1.85 crore UGC Grant

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Amritsar, May 5

 Khalsa College for Women (KCW) will start two new bachelor degree professional courses namely Retail Management and IT and Fashion Styling and Grooming from current academic session. This has been facilitated by University Grants Commission (UGC)’s special grant of Rs.1.85 crore to the College for the purpose.

 KCW Principal Dr.Sukhbir Kaur Mahal stated in a press statement that UGC has sanctioned the grant for the new courses which would be helpful to the students who want to pursue the courses which otherwise were available only in the big cities. She said the grant will be available jointly to PG Department of Computer Science & PG Department of Commerce.

 ``It is matter of great pride that our College, which is a premier education institution for the girls in the region, had been issued the huge grant. These two departments which will run the new courses jointly are already running five master degree programs M.Sc. (IT), M.Sc. (CS), M.Com, PGDCA, PGDFS and a large number of  bachelor degree programs including BCA, B.Sc. (IT), BBA, B.Com (R) and B.Com (P).

 Dr.Mahal said Fashion Styling and Grooming course will be initiated at PG Department of Fashion Designing, already successfully running B.Sc Fashion Designing.

 

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Gurpurab of Guru Arjan Dev celebrated at Khalsa College

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AMRITSAR, MAY 2
 The 'Gurpurab’ of fifth Sikh master Guru Arjun Dev was celebrated at historic Khalsa College’s Gurdwara amidst religious devotion and fervour. The students from Khalsa College Public School (KCPS) recited Gurbani and an Ardas (prayer) was performed, remembering Guru’s message of sacrifice and righteous living. Khalsa College Governing Council joint secretary Sukdev Singh Abdal bestowed `Siropas’ (robe of honour) upon students performing `kirtan’ and asked the people to follow the path shown by the great Gurus.
 College’s Professor Inderjit Singh Gagoani narrated the life history and the message of the Guru and how he sacrificed his life for the right cause. KCGC office bearers including SS Mannan , SS Principal Dr.Daljit Singh, Principal Sukhbir Kaur Mahal, Principal Dr Sarvjit Kaur Brar , DK Sandhu, Gurinderjit Kamboj, Dr. Amarpal Singh,   and others were present during the religious celebration.
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