Over 1,600 needy students given scholarships in Jalandhar
Scholarships were distributed to over 1,600 needy students of different schools on Sunday by Shri Ram Navmi Utsav Committee, Jalandhar.
At a special function, school bags containing items such as shirts, notebooks, books and sports kit were also distributed among the students.
Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of Newspapers, is president of the committee.
A medical camp was organised and a team of doctors conducted medical checkup of students at the event.
Students enthralled the gathering at DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology at Kabir Nagar here with their dance performances.
Addressing the gathering, Punjab cabinet ministers Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Balbir Singh Sidhu and Sunder Sham Arora exhorted the youth to come forward for preserving rich cultural legacy of the state.
They said there is a need for making concerted efforts towards this direction and that the need of the hour is to develop good habits among the children which will make them ...