4-day national livestock meet in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government would host the four-day National livestock Championship staring from January 8, 2015 at Sri Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Sri Mukatsar Sahib. Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Sikander Singh Maluka has directed the Zila Prishads, Block Samitis and Panchayats to ensure active participation from across the state. He has also asked them to organise rapid awareness campaign in order to encourage and motivate people to participate in the event. He also said that the Government has already initiative various types of rural fairs including cattle fairs and district milk yielding livestock competition.
Punjab Milkfed procures over 291l milk in Sept
Chandigarh: Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Federation limited (Milkfed) procured 291.37 lac kg of Milk from 6,318 societies of the State in September this year. A spokesperson of Milkfed said daily average milk procurement of the Milkfed was 9, 84,000 kg in Punjab. Milkfed was also taking care of animals, especially milch animals and 60,627 sick animals were treated through 625 First Aid Centres and 1,165 Veterinary centers of Milkfed. The spokesperson said that cattle feed, mineral mixture, lick brick and fodder seed was sold by the Milkfed to the tune of 4516 metric tonnes, 11,475 kilograms, 111 and 59,232 kilograms respectively to the milk producers. It has also sold 53.1 metric tonnes of ghee through societies in the State.
Two sentenced for 10 years in Drugs case
Chandigarh: The court of ADJ, Sirsa, RP Goyal has sentenced Satish Kumar of Bathinda and Sewak Singh of Maur Mandi to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed fine of `one lakh each for illegal possession of narcotic drugs Diphenoxylate Tabs and Spasmoproxyvon capsules. On the basis of information, the FDA team and police recovered huge quantity of the two drugs from both the accused in a car at Kalanwali on March 29, 2011 and both were arrested on the spot. After the trial, the court held the accused guilty on November 19 and sentenced them to imprisonment on Saturday.
Self-Development Programme starts at PU
Chandigarh: Striking a balance amongst various dimensions of our lives is one of the key concerns of each individual today. In an initiative to answer these concerns, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies (ICSVS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh in collaboration with U-Connect Initiative of Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM) organised an innovative course – ‘Self Development Programme’ (SDP) at PU. Vice Chancellor Arun K Grover inaugurated the course on Saturday at the ICSSR complex. Grover expressed his joy to be a part of the ceremony and mentioned how it had motivated him towards introspection. He spoke about the significance of the programme in contemporary context and the relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s teaching in current times. General Harbhajan Singh (Retd.), Zonal in Charge SRCM, acquainted the audience with the SRCM and told how the organisation was aimed at promoting spirituality and was open to people from all cast, creed, colour, religion and nationalities. He also he stressed that along with physical and mental dimensions it was essential to focus on the spiritual development. He quoted poets and preachers to stress on the idea of rising above religion to reach to God. Secretary, Shri Rama Krishna Mission Ashram, Chandigarh, Swami Satyeshananda shared with the audience the ancient wisdom and Swami Vivekananda`s motto of freedom from all organic limitations to be able to contribute positively towards the society.
Bansal Classes launch study centre
Chandigarh: Bansal Classes one of the oldest institutes in IIT-JEE and Pre-Medical test prep segment launched its Chandigarh study centre on Saturday in Sector 34. The center will be conducting an open session for students on 23 November where students can join and ask for their doubts related preparations of IIT-JEE, AIPMT and other entrance examinations. Ambrish Kumar Tiwari, IT & legal Head, Bansal Classes, said that to have its centre in Chandigarh was long awaited. He said Chandigarh has produced various rankers and IIT selected students and as per the demand of time it is a part of long term strategy to come down to city and provide best education to students under its flagship courses. Tiwari said their overall objective will be to have quality education for each and every student and they are committed for this. “To execute our promises for Chandigarh we are prepared to put large level resources and send best faculties and administrative resources from Kota,” he said.