Haryana gets its first woman mayor
Chandigarh: Renu Dabla has become the first woman Mayor of Municipal Corporation, Rohtak. Renu Dabla has been elected from ward number 4 of the Municipal Corporation. She was elected Mayor unanimously in meeting of the councilors held at Rohtak on Tuesday. The election for 20 wards of the corporation was held on June 20 and councilors were for the same. The State Election Commission, Haryana has already declared that a women belonging to Scheduled Caste would be the first Mayor of Municipal Corporation, Rohtak. The Commissioner Rohtak Division, Suprabha Dahiya has been appointed the Returning Officer for the elections of the Mayor.
Govt declares holiday for voting Today
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has declared July 3, 2013 a paid holiday in all the shops and commercial Establishments in the State under second provision to sub section (1) of section 10 of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 to enable the workmen working in shops and commercial establishment to exercise their franchise in the Gram Panchayat Elections to be held on the same day. A spokesman of Punjab Government said that Punjab Government has also declared Wednesday the weekly paid holiday for all factories where Wednesday is not an off day within the State in lieu of their Normal weekly holiday to enable the workmen working in the factories within the State to cast their vote in the Gram Panchayat Election.
senior citizens attend lecture on spinal degeneration
Mohali: Over 100 members of the Senior Citizens Association of Mohali attended a lecture on "Spinal Degeneration Due to Aging" at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali on Tuesday. The key speakers at the event were Dr Deepak Bhasin, Senior Consultant, Pulmonology and Dr Prakash Singh, Senior Consultant, Neurosurgery who spoke at length on breathing disorders and spinal aging in the elderly.
‘Kamra Inlay’ substitutes reading glasses
Chandigarh: The Grewal Eye Institute on Wednesday introduced a revolutionary technique that can help one to read clearly without glasses. The ‘Kamra inlay’ is implanted in the centre of cornea either through lasik process or other processes recommended by eye surgeon and it is totally safe without the use of any bandages or stitches. “Kamra Inlay is a proven process to give one visual freedom from those reading glasses which are sometimes hard to find. The best thing about this is that anyone who might have gone through a lasik before also can get this implantation done without any second thoughts,” said Dr SPS Grewal, CEO, Grewal Eye Institute. Dr Pat lydon of University of California visited Grewal Eye Institute to become a guiding light about the whole process of Kamra Inlay.
Career in Event Management lures students
Chandigarh: Event Management, which until recently was considered to be the part of a broader Mass Communication program in India, has gradually started being recognised as a separate study program and post high school many students are taking it as a lucrative career option. With the meteoric rise in the number of big events in the country and abroad, the demand of trained professionals in this field have has gone up spectacularly.
Govt school gets new block to ease pressure
Chandigarh: New block of Govt. High School, Hallo Majra was inaugurated by KK Sharma, Adviser to Administrator UT, Chandigarh on Tuesday. Earlier, the school building of Govt. high school hallo Majra had nine rooms and one pre-fabricated shed consisting of seven classrooms. Out of the nine rooms, three are being used as classrooms, six as Computer lab, Staff room, Science lab, MDM room, library and Principal room. This building was not sufficient to accommodate more than 2,800 students enrolled in the School; therefore, the students of class V onward were shifted to Govt. High School Karsan and Govt. Senior Secondary school Karsan.