Sunday,
November 17, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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AMRITSAR DHURI HOSHIARPUR LUDHIANA IDOLS INSTALLED: With the active cooperation of the Bihar Yuva Parishad, an idol of Lord Shiva was installed in the Shri Valmiki Mandir in the Industrial Area A on Friday. A function was held on the occasion which was attended among others by Mr Surinder Bhola, president, Ek Jot Sabha, Mr Rajiv Sharma, Mr Nek Chand, Mr Kuldip Kumar and Mr Arjun Chaudhery. Similarly, an idol of Lord Shiva was installed in the Kali Mata Temple in Rishi Nagar on Thursday. A function was held on the occasion at which the holy flame was lighted by Mr Munshi Ram, Mr Gurcharan Vadhera and Mr Sardari Lal. POOR GIRL'S MARRIAGE: The Maa Bhagwati Club would marry off a poor girl at Gurdwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha in Deep Nagar on November 24, according to Mr Avinash Sikka, president of the club. He chaired a meeting of the club here on Friday which took the decision. The others who attended the meeting were Mr Dimpy Makkar, Mr Harish Goyal, Mr Davinder Kumar, Mr Vinay Dhir, Mr Surinder Gill and Mr Kewal Arora. WIDOW PENSION: The Ludhiana Young Welfare Society, New Cycle Market, would provide relief to more than 100 widows in the form of ration at a function on November 17, according to Mr Rajnish Parbhakar, a spokesman for the society. LECTURE: The Punjab Postgraduate Department of the Government College for Boys and the Punjab Sahit Sabha arranged a lecture by Dr Ajmer Aulakh, noted dramatist and director, on the college campus on Saturday morning. Two plays, ''Baganey Bohr Di Chann'' and ''Jhanaan Da Pani'', were staged which the audience enjoyed and applauded. Talking about the play, Dr Aulakh highlighted the fact that he selected the themes of a common man's life in the village scenario. He talked of life and its problems. The talk was informative and academic in nature and benefited the students. CONVENER: Prof Prithipal Singh Kapur, a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University and a member of the Pay Review Committee of the UGC has been named convener of a committee appointed to assess the performance of Berharmpur University, Orissa and to also examine its proposals for the Tenth Plan. WORKSHOP: A workshop on ''age management'' was organised by the VLCC. The experts gave demonstration of the age reversing treatments mainly collagen-elastic induction and the tightening treatment. They advised a proper clean up and the right approach towards the facial treatment. COMPUTER
CARNIVAL ENDS: The closing ceremony of the first-ever computer carnival was held at Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar. Dr Daniel Abraham, Director, CFC Public School, was the chief guest. The chief organiser, Mr Sanjay Shroff, informed that more than 200 students from 15 schools participated in the three-day event. A multimedia competition, cyber media, was also held and the results are: winners — Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School and the runners-up team was from Tagore Public School, Aggar Nagar. ORAL
HEALTH WEEK: The Indian Dental Association in collaboration with Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd is celebrating oral health week. An inter-school competition was held on Saturday morning at Baba Isher Singh School. Students participated in a beautiful smile contest and on-the-spot painting competitions. PATIALA FESTIVAL: A two-day Regional Youth Festival (Patiala zone) will commence at
D.A.V. Public School, here on Sunday. Different events, including
shabad, bhajan, poetry recitation, group song, folk song and folk dances, will be organised. ACCREDITATION: The DOEACC Society, under the scheme of the All-India Council of Technical education and the Ministry of Information Technology, has accorded a provisional ‘O’ level accreditation to vocational courses wing of Patel Memorial National College, Rajpura. CME SESSION: A Continuing Medical Education (CME) session of the National Neonatology Forum will be organised by the Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, on Sunday. Nearly 800 delegates are expected to participate. A workshop on “Continuous positive airway pressure” will also be Vice-Chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Dr J. S. Gujral, will the chief guest. CAMP: A free acupressure camp will be organised by the Forum for Common Cause, at Gurdwara Nihang Singha, Lehal, on Gurpurb with the help of the International Hospital of Natural Therapies. This was stated by the general secretary of the forum, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu, here on Friday. SUNAM |
AMBALA LECTURE: A lecture was delivered on Saturday by Dr Sukhdev Singh on the role of writer in the modern world. The lecture was organised by the Punjabi Sahitya Sabha at Gandhi Memorial National College. He said: “Understanding of literature is inter-connected with the understanding of society.” He observed that “every individual has a right to freedom of life.” KILLED: A cyclist working in a poultry farm at Nasirpur village, near here, was killed when he fell from his bicycle on the Ambala-Hisar road on Saturday. According to the police, the victim has been identified as Suresh Kumar originally belonging to Nepal.
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