AWARENESS CAMP: As many as 40 women attended an eight-day awareness generation camp organised by the Society For Social Health, Chandigarh (SOFOSH), in collaboration with the Chandigarh Social Welfare Board (CSWB), at EWS Colony, Sector 52, on Thursday. Ms Agya Rajinder Singh, member of the board, said the camp was organised to make women of slum colonies aware about co-relations of education with women empowerment. The women were also given lectures on topics like legal literacy, diet and nutrition, social welfare schemes, education, physical and mental health, drug abuse and HIV. Ms Kamaljit Saini, president of the organisation and Dr Nareshanand, Director of SOFOSH, also interacted with the women.
ARREST FLAYED: Members of the Shri Brahaman Sabha, Chandigarh, on Friday held a meeting and criticised the arrest of Jayendra Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Peeth, for his alleged involvement in a criminal case. Headed by Mr R.P. Sharma, president of the sabha, the members urged the Hindu organisations to pray for his acquittal. The sabha also asked the organisation to observe fast for one day.
Chetna
march: A former president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee (SGPC), Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, will flag off the mahan alokik chetna yatra from Gurdwara Sant Sar Seva, Sector 38(West), on November 30. The march will culminate at Fatehgarh Sahib after passing through Mohali, Kharar and Morinda, according to a press note.
