Sudhir Kumar n Patiala Deputy Commissioner GK Singh on Monday reviewed wheat procurement work in the mandis of Patiala district and lauded the smooth procurement operations in the grain markets. He said 1,15,113 metric tons of wheat had been procur

The students of Punjab University (PU) on Monday demanded that the annual budget of University should be uploaded on the official website to ensure transparency. The National Student Union of India (NSUI) also protested outside the administrative block. Around 25 members of NSUI met Vice- Chancellor, Arun Kumar Grover to submit a memorandum regarding their demand. Brinder Dhillon, member NSUI said, “They have a PDF file of PU annual budget and just need to upload it.” He added, “An incident in Rajasthan University gave us a wake up call .

The students in Rajasthan University were paying `28 for answer sheet while the cost of answer sheet is hardly `11. later, the students of same University came together and demanded transparency in the system.” “We as a student of PU also have a right to know about the annual budget so that transparency is maintained at all levels,” added Dhillon. If annual budget is uploaded on the official website, students will come to know about the utilization of students’ fees, Government grants etc. In 2009, Delhi University (DU) presented its annual budget online on the demand of students. PU Vice-Chancellor has not reacted yet.

Cultural function organised at Aryans Aryans Group of Colleges organized a cultural show Rukhsat at Punjab Kala Bhawan in Sector 16 on Monday. A cultural program was presented on the occasion in which B Tech, MBA, BBA, BCA, B.Ed, Polytechnic students participated. Rakesh Gandotra, Vice President, JK Bank, Chandigarh was the chief guest on the occasion. Professor DC Kataria,mMentor, Aryans Group presided over the event. The function started with a devotional Ganesh Vandana by Faaiz and Group. An array of cultural programs was put up by the students . A comedy dance was performed by Hanan and group.Anshu Kataria, chairman, Aryans Group said that not only academics but co-curricular activities were an integral part of the overall development.Audiences especially enjoyed Bhumro dance presented by Waseem and Group and Dark Monsters Dance by Praveen and Group.

PU organises talk on Adult literacy and Vocational skills The Department of life long learning and Extension, Panjab University will organize Adult literacy Classes for women, school dropouts, neo literates and illiterates on the theme of “Adult literacy and vocational skills” at Dadumajra and YWCA, Sector-11,from April 16. The inaugural ceremony will take place at YWCA, Sector-11 from 11 am-1 pm.