ANNUAL FUNCTION: The 17th annual function of Golden Bells Public School, Sector 35, was held at Tagore Theatre here on Sunday. Brig Arjinder Singh, president of the school’s society, inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. The programme began with
Saraswati Vandana followed by a short play, ‘The lion and mouse’ by students of
pre-nursery class students also presented a dance and qawwali.
MOHALI
RALLY: Members of the Punwire employees union on Sunday held a rally at Balongi Chowk. Leaders of the union decided to intensify their campaign to bring out the truth about Punwire. The leaders asked the Punjab Government to live up to their poll promise of reviving the unit.
PSEB
FLAYED: Members of the Phase VI Welfare Society here have condemned the move of the Punjab State Electricity Board to club the electricity consumption bill of various meters in the same house. According to a press note issued by the president of the association, S.S. Bal, the PSEB was harassing consumers especially when the consumers had taken special permission from PUDA to install separate meters.
GRIEVANCES: The Trade Union Council here has objected to the presence of phariwallahas and rehri-wallahas at the weekly kisan mandis here. According to a press note issued by the general secretary of the council, Mr Ramji Dass, the farmers who come all the way from their villages to sell their produce were outnumbered by these vendors in the mandis. He pointed out that Mohali had no Rent Control Act and the administration should implementation of the Act here.
VISIT: A group of 15 teachers and students from Paragon Senior Secondary School here will visit Korea as part of an exchange programme scheduled to begin on February 5. The 10-day trip will entail a visit to Jeong Myung School in South Korea, one of the oldest schools in the country. The signing of an MoU between the two schools will take place on February 9, following which teachers from that school will visit India. According to the school Principal, Mr B.S. Shergill, the trip will give exposure to students and teachers alike and boost chances of closer educational cooperation in near future. The 15-member group of Paragon Senior Secondary School, Mohali that will visit Korea.
PANCHKULA
CELEBRATIONS: As part of the birth celebrations of Satguru Dev Swami Devi Dayal Ji Maharaj, a week-long yoga camp concluded at Divya Yog Mandir at Shivalik Enclave in Mani Majra, near here, on Sunday. According to a press note, a large number of persons, suffering from backache, joint pain, cervical spondylistis, hypertension and other diseases, benefited from the camp. Women, learnt “asanas” for reducing weight and improving their facila beauty through yoga. Children received training in performing “asanas” to improving memory. They were also given tips to keep off tension and strain from their lives.
PROBE SOUGHT: Alleging irregularities in the supply of medicines to Central Government employees, the Panchkula Consumers’ Forum has demanded a high-level probe into the implementation of the CGHS scheme in
Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. In a communication to the Health Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj, the forum alleged that after examination at the PGI, it took at least a week to get medicines from the CGHS Dispensary. Over 8,000 authorised patients registered with the dispensary are getting inferior
medicines, Dr V.P. Dubey, forum president, alleged.
