Around Town

Minister pays surprise visit to hospital

Haryana Health Minister Rao Narender Singh paid a surprise visit to Civil Hospital,Sector 6,on Thursday. He met a few doctors and asked why certain attendance had not been marked. Singh remained in the hospital for about two hours and checked all departments. He interacted with patients at the registration counter and asked them about the difficulties faced by them. Talking to the media later,he said: “Everything was fine at the hospital. There is inconvenience only due to renovation,which is understood. BPL card holders are getting free medicines.”

‘Allow GPA holders to apply for NOC’

The Property Consultants’ Association,Chandigarh,has decided to meet MP Pawan Bansal to demand that the UT Administration must withdraw the instructions banning the general power of attorney (GPA) holder to apply for a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the sale of any property in the union territory. In a statement issued here,the association said withdrawal of these instructions was a common demand of all residents of the city who were holding GPA in respect of property located in Chandigarh. The association claimed that these instructions were “whimsically” issued in September 2009 by the UT finance department.

Workshop held on resume writing

The placement cell of MCM DAV College for Women,Sector 36,held a workshop on resume writing in which the students were given tips on how to write an effective resume. The speakers highlighted that a good resume worked as the first impression for a potential jobseeker in today’s competitive world.

Cambridge Univ official visits Patiala college

Inderjit Singh Sheera,Director,Human Resource,from Cambridge University,London,visited the College of Management and Technology on Thursday and interacted with the management students and faculty regarding the process of pursuing PhD and MPhil in Cambridge. He shared his experience and motivated the students to do research work in Cambridge. He discussed various scholarship programmes provided by SGPC.

Panchkula school girl brings laurels

Pooja Jaiswal,a student of Class II,Vijay Public Smart School,Sector 17,Panchkula,bagged first position in the drawing competition organised by the District Child Welfare Organisation. She was awarded with a gold medal by Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia at the state-level function held at Yavanika,Panchkula.

SD College to hold career counselling

Aesthesia,the Psychology Club of GGDSD College,Sector 32,will hold a free career guidance and counselling session for students of Class X and XII on the college premises on February 8. All students who are either studying or have passed the two classes can participate in the session. Interested students can get themselves registered on February 5 at the college between 10 am and 1 pm. The counselling procedure will involve psychological testing of the students to gauge their aptitude,intelligence,areas of interest and personality,helping them understand varied career and lifestyles issues.

GGDSD College holds talk on Shakespeare

The Department of English,GGDSD College,Sector 32,organised a talk on “Study of Shakespeare with special reference to The Merchant of Venice” on the college campus on Thursday. Resource person Prof Rana Nayar,chairperson,Department of English,Panjab University,contextualised the study of the plays of Shakespeare for the undergraduate students. In addition to enunciating some lesser known facts about Shakespeare,his life and temperament,he encouraged the students to “analyze and re-read the works of Shakespeare from alternate perspectives and come up with their original interpretations of the texts.” The talk was coordinated by Dr Balraj Thapar,head of the Department of English,GGDSD College.

3 arrested for making fake licences

The Panchkula police arrested three persons from Industrial Area,Phase II,for issuing fake driving licences. Joginder Singh of Chandigarh,and Jaspal and Pankaj of Panchkula used to charge Rs 1,500-2,000 from people for making each driving licence,according to the police. The three were produced before Additional Civil Judge Jaibir Singh who sent them to two days’ police custody.

Tourism fair from tomorrow

India Travel Mart (ITM) will organise an International Travel and Tourism Mart at Hotel Mountview,Sector 10,from February 5 to 7. ITM director Ajay Gupta said the exhibition was being organised in association with Chandigarh Tourism as the host state. The partner states for the exhibition are Uttarakhand,Gujarat,Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir,while the partner countries are Malaysia,Dubai and Thailand. Dr Gulshan Sharma of ITFT College,Chandigarh,said various tourist destinations in the country and abroad would be offered at the mart,adding that the focus was to make travel interesting and hassle-free for people.

Sandhu is Punjab’s Additional Health Director (Dental)

G S Sandhu,a PCMS 1 dentist,was promoted as Additional Director of Health Services,Punjab (Dental),on February 2. He has earlier served as HoD,Dental,for almost 12 years in the UT Department of Health. He had joined service in 1978.