ELECTED: The following have been elected officer-bearers of the Property Consultants Association, Chandigarh Mohali and Panchkula: chairman — Mr Mangat Rai Baboota; president — Mr JD Gupta; and vice-presidents — Mr Sudhir Bhasin, Manpreet Singh.
RESIDENTS’ ASSN: Mr Ravinder Singh Virdi and Mr Amarjit Singh Randhawa have been elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the Residents Welfare Association (Government Houses, Type I and III) of Sector 33-A. The other office-bearers are: senior vice-president Mr Harpal Singh Kang — advisor — Ram sarup; vice-president — Mr Gurdial Singh; cashier — Mr Kulwant Singh; auditor — Mr A.P. Verma; organising secretary — Mr Manohar Lal; press secretary — Mr Jai Bhagwan; propaganda secretary — Mr Krishan Lal; joint secretary — Mr Desh Raj; and project director for religious functions — Mr Narinder Singh.
CHECK-UP CAMPS: Mass anti-rabiices vaccination, deworming, anti-tick and general health check-up camp for dogs is being organised by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) at Government Veterinary Hospital, Sector 22 on May 11 from 9.30 am to 1 pm. According to SPCA president Jasbir Ralhan. birth control sterilisation operations will also be performed to check the stray dog population in the city.
EYE CAMP: A free eye and health check-up camp was organised by the Servants of the People Society at Raipur Khurd on Thursday. It was held in collaboration with the Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital’s Ophthalmology Department. As many as 120 patients were examined by Dr Chintan Malhotra and Dr Sonia Bhargava of Sector 32 hospital. Honorary Consultant of the society Dr S. Duggal also examined 38 patients suffering from different ailments. An interactive session was also held by Dr Avnish Jolly. The camp was voluntarily managed by Col M.S. Alagh (retd) and Major A.S. Baidwan (retd), along with Mr N.R. Mittal and Mr S.S. Mann.
OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the All-India Central Ground Water Board, Employees Association, Branch Executive Committee: chairman — Mr Subh Karan Singh; vice-chairman — Mr Bhag Singh; general secretary — Mr Ishwar Das; assistant secretary — Mr Altaf Ahmed; treasurer — Mr Kuldip Singh.
RALLY: A West-East Sadbhavana motor cycle rally will be flagged off at the Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on May 16. The rally organised by the NCC will cover a total of 7450 km to reach its destination, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. En route the NCC cadets will go to the Wagah border near Amritsar and then return passing through Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya. This was informed by Deputy Director, Lt-Col Vipin Bihari of the Directorate of National Cadet Corps Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh).
EXHIBITION: Women empowerment exhibition marked the Mothers day celebrations organised by the Brahma Kumaris Rajyog Meditation Centre in Sector 21 on Thursday. According to centre In charge, B.K. Kusum, the main aim of the programme is to enhance inner beauty through meditation. Mother’s values, virtues and other facets of women power were highlighted through exhibition.
SANGAT DARBAR: Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Jagwant Singh Brar and Superintendent of Police (Operations) N.S. Sekhon on Thursday solved nine of the 66 complaints received at the Sagat Darbar. Inquiries were also ordered into complaints regarding the misuse of funds by the Bhanra village panchayat and the wrong girdwaris done at Chaunth village.
LAURELS: Students of the Guru Harkrishan College of Management and Technology have won laurels for the institution in the MCA first and second year examinations organised by Punjabi University. A college press note said in the MCA second year, four out of the first five positions had been bagged by students of the college with Mini Chopra retaining her top position in the university.
