Camp: A medical camp was organised at DAV Public School here on Wednesday. A team headed by the Medical Officer, Civil Dispensary, Mohali, Dr Vidhi Chand examined students from Nursery to Class X. The students were vaccinated against diptheria and tetanus. The Principal of the school, Mrs Jaya Bhardwaj, advised students to avoid junk food.
Organised: An Inter-Bank Hindi Prashn Manch was organised jointly by Punjab and Sind Bank and Indian Overseas Bank on Wednesday. The programme was
inaugurated by the Zonal Manager of PSB Chandigarh, Mr Harinder Pal Singh and the Chief Regional Manager of the IOB, Mr. P.K. Chaturvedi. The Zonal Manager of the PSB (Haryana) was the special invitee. About 30 participants from 15 banks participated. Ms Suman Sharma and Maya Sharma of the Bank of India bagged the first position. The second and third position went to Vimal Tripathi and Navin Rai from NABARD and Udai Kumar Shetty and Usha Narang respectively. Two consolation prizes were given to Ms Ravinder Kaur and Neeraj Sharma of OBC and Ms Vandna and Pradeep Kumar of Bank of Baroda.
DOCTOR AWARDED: Prof R J Dash, former head, Department of Endocrinology at the PGI, has been awarded fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London. Prof Dash is one of the seven overseas professors who were presented this award by Prof Carol Black, president of the college at a special meeting earlier this month, where his achievements were described “ahead of times.”
FELICITATIONS: The Art Foundation, Jammu, will felicitate M.L. Koser and Shobha Koser for their contribution to the field of art and culture. The organisation will also confer the title of “Tandav Samrat” and “Abhinaya Samaragi” on M.L. Koser and Shobha Koser, respectively. The titles will be conferred on the couple at a special function to be organised in Jammu on July 25.
MEETING: A meeting of the Employees Cell of the local unit of the BJP was held in BJP office (Kamlam), Sector 33, here today, to analyse the Budget. The meeting was presided over by Mr Jagdish Bajaj, president of the cell, while Mr Yash Pal Mahajan, president of the party, and Mr Satya Pal Jain, former MP and member of the National Executive of the BJP, were also present in the meeting. The members criticised the Budget presented in the Lok Sabha. Mr Bajaj appealed to the Union Finance Minister that all shortcomings and deficiencies in the Budget should be looked into again.
PROTEST: Students of Sri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, continued to protest against the suspension of the two senior students for allegedly ragging their juniors. The students met the Panjab University Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, on the issue and also highlighted that the fee charged by the college from the second year students was much more than the first year students. However, it is learnt that the university officials expressed their helplessness in solving the matter.
DISTRIBUTED: Rajasthan Parishad, Sector 33-A distributed stationery items among 500 students of Little Flower School, Mani Majra on Tuesday. The President of Rajasthan Parishad, Mr Gopal Das Bagri promised to provide books, uniforms and fees to needy students and advised them to take keen interests in studies.
GRATITUDE TO PGI STAFF: A resident of Sector 21, Panchkula, Mrs Veena Rani, has expressed her gratitude to the staff of the new OPD in the PGI for returning her lost purse. The purse was misplaced more than a fortnight ago and contained Rs 4,700. The staff members returned the purse to the owner after finding it lying in the new OPD block.
