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Deliberations on the opening day of the 13th annual conference of the Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA), that began at the Punjabi University’s Senate Hall here today, centered around global financial crisis and its impact on Indian socio-economic and political system.

In his presidential address, noted political scientist and Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jaspal Singh [...]

A UGC-sponsored Women’s Studies Centre was today inaugurated at the University campus here with Vice Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh calling for an active participation of women in all spheres of life to ensure gender equality on political, economic and social fronts.

In his presidential speech, Dr Singh said the Centre should create a ‘pressure group’ [...]

Punjabi University’s Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology organised a lecture on the “Current Global Crisis” by Dr Pritam Singh, Director, Postgraduate Programme in International Management and International Relations at Oxford Brookes University, U.K.

Dubbing the current economic crisis as a crisis of global capitalism, he linked it with capitalist production system and the rampant use [...]

In the wake of rehearsals for the forthcoming lok sabha elections, Punjabi University, Patiala, has postponed examinations of the following classes to be held from April 15 onwards, with centres and time schedules remaining the same as mentioned earlier: B.A. Part I, II and III; B.Sc. Part II; B.Com. Part I, II and III; B.Sc. [...]

The octogenarian poet, famous for his unusual sting as a hallmark of his satirical comedy, Mr Hari Singh Dilbar of Sirsa in Haryana will ultimately get a chance to see himself on small screen. His latent, though long-cherished desire will get materialised with Punjabi University’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh making a formal announcement to make [...]

In its march towards achieving the title of “potential for excellence”, Punjabi University, Patiala, has achieved another milestone with University Grants Commission having sanctioned Rs 1.25 crore for setting up of an Academic Staff College (ASC) on its campus.

Giving this information, Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, said that the major function of the ASC, to be [...]

Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University announced the holding of Punjabi Folk Games Festival every year on a much larger scale to project and promote the rich cultural heritage of Punjab. He was speaking on the occasion of Punjabi Folk Games Festival, organised by the directorate of youth festival on the University campus here [...]

Despite producing of 22 per cent wheat , 12 per cent rice and 13 per cent cotton of the country’s total , the Punjab agriculture is in serious crisis that have pushed 90 per cent farm households under debt, mounting to whooping Rs 26,000 crore said Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) Vice Chancellor MS Kang. [...]

“Punjabi University will start Punjabi Film Festival as its annual feature from the current year on the lines of Aligarh Muslim University, which conducts Urdu Film Festivals on regular basis. It will also properly document Punjabi folk art forms in textual and audio-visual formats and patronize any kind of effort with the objective of promoting [...]

Punjabi University’s Department of Psychology organised a free psychological testing and counselling camp, “Psychofest”, aimed at developing a positive personality and an attitude of wellbeing towards life in its department here today. Workshops on emotional intelligence, interview skills and behaviour modification attracted a large number of visitors to interact with the experts to get valuable [...]

Problems of the day like terrorism , climate warming and emerging political-economic upheavals are assuming monstrous proportion as the religious morality– the groundswell of spiritualism –has failed to keep pace with advancement of science and technology, said Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice -Chancellor, Punjabi University , Patiala. Speaking at the two-day national symposium on ” [...]

The Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jaspal Singh has sanctioned Rs five lakhs to the Department of Punjab Historical Studies for the creation of a “Library and Archival Museum” for the proper preservation of the rare pictures, books, and documents related to the history of Punjab. While inaugurating the newly created Library and Archival Museum [...]

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to field former Punjab governor Lt Gen (Retd.) B K N Chhibber from Amritsar constituency. Chhibber was earlier associated with the Congress.
The BSP, which is headed by Mayawati has announced 12 candidates so far in Punjab. Punjab, which has the highest percentage of dalit population in India gave [...]

Punjab will witness two phase elections with four seats witnessing parliamentary elections on May 7, while the other nine seats going to polls on May 13. Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab will also go to polls on May 13.
The four seats which go to polls on May 7 are
Ferozepur
Bathinda
Sangrur
Patiala
The nine seats which go to [...]

Punjabi University will raise a “commemorative music garden” on its campus to cherish and sustain the memory of noted musicians and music scholars of Punjab, who have done proud to the state by their performances and significant contribution in the field. Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh declared this while presiding over a commemorative function, organized by [...]

An International research project for development of an online Urdu-Hindi machine transliteration and translation system has been granted to Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Professor and Director of Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language Punjabi University, Patiala. The title of the project is “Web based Transliteration and Translation System between Urdu and Hindi Languages”. [...]

The Guru Gobind Singh Department of Religious Studies of Punjabi University, Patiala will be transformed into an “Advanced Centre of Inter-religious Dialogue” for promoting religious harmony. This was announced by Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the University while presiding over a lecture on “Relevance of Lord Mahavira’s Message for Modern Times” in the University’s Science [...]

Experts participating in the two-day symposium on “Phycology in India: Basic to Applied”, being organised by the Punjabi University’s Department of Botany, here today expressed deep concern over ‘molestation’ of environment in a brutal manner by the mankind.

Prof H D Kumar, Professor Emeritus, CSIR, in his presidential address on uses of Phycology, branch of [...]

Punjabi University will soon have two synthetic and two clay tennis courts besides other sports infrastructure. This was announced by the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh while presiding over a two-day national seminar, being organised by the Department of physical Education on “Challenges and Opportunities in Physical Education” here today.

Himself a passionate tennis player, Dr [...]

A workshop on “Miniature Paintings” was organised by the department of fine arts of Punjabi University with the objective of drawing miniature paintings based on various themes of Guru Granth Sahib. The workshop is being conducted under the supervision of Prof M K Sharma, Director, Jawahar Kala Kendra and a former Principal of Art [...]

Workshop on “Application of Statistical Methods in Research”, organised by Punjabi University’s Department of Commerce laid focus on using latest computer packages to facilitate qualitative research in social sciences.

While presiding over the workshop, which concluded here today, University’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh said that research should be made socially relevant and more applicable in nature. [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced the candidature of the Chief Parliamentary Secretary S. Sher Singh Ghubaya from the Ferozpur constituency for the next Lok Sabha elections. S. Sher Singh Ghubaya is sitting MLA from Jalalabad and won by more than 44000 votes in last Vidhan Sabha elections.

Addressing a massive rally here, the announcement [...]

Punjab today signed an agreement with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to implement the priority recommendations of the Master Plan which include issues related to improved tourism organization and governance; the development of a promotional brand, development of tourism circuits and a sound, effective and targeted marketing strategy; and, the development of [...]

“Party will contest upcoming Lok Sabha elections on development issue”, says Shiromani Akali Dal president, MP, Sukhbir Singh Badal. He was addressing media persons after laying foundation stone of the project of restoring the capacity of Ghaggar branch canal and its distributaries at village Kishangarh of the district. He said that state is developing at [...]

The Irrigation Department, Punjab has announced the Rotational Programme for irrigation for the Rabi Season through Canal water from 8-1-09 to 15-1-09. The channels of Sirhind Canal System would run on priority basis from Abohar Branch, Patiala feeder, Bist Doab Canal, Sidhwan Branch and Bhatinda Branch Canal respectively.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of [...]