In Brief

Engine detached from running train
The engine of a passenger train,which had left the Ambala Cantonment station for Saharanpur,was detached from the bogies after the coupling — which attaches the engine with the bogies— broke near the Tandwal station,about 10 km from here, on Saturday. The engine had proceeded less than two kilometres,leaving behind the bogies. After noticing the fault,the driver got the engine back to Tandwal,where it was attached with the train. However,as the coupling again broke after travelling a brief distance,the train was halted outside the station,leaving the passengers stranded for hours in the scorching sun. A few days ago,an express train had changed its course when it was signalled to proceed on a wrong route to Delhi instead of the Saharanpur line.

National conference on global trends
A two-day national conference on global trends in mechanical engineering began at Rayat-Bahra Institute of Engineering and Biotechnology (RBIEBT) in Sahoran village near here on Saturday. Dr Buta Singh,Dean Academics,Punjab Technical University,Jalandhar,was the chief guest. While addressing students,he spoke on topics like entrepreneurship,self employment and emerging technologies in mechanical engineering. He also highlighted the importance of novelty in research by young scholars. “Every field of mechanics requires research. Rather than merely taking up jobs,engineering students can turn entrepreneurs and give jobs to others.”

Job fest held at Mohali institute
A mega job fest Lakshya 2010 was organised at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Institute of Information Technology and Research (SASIITR) on Saturday. A large number of students of engineering,MBA,MCA,BBA,BCA,BSc (IT) and BCom from various institutes of the tricity and neighbouring states participated in the job fest. As many as 20 companies like HCL,HDFC Standard Life,IDS InfoTech,Gold Finch,India Infoline,Tata Business Systems,OSSIM,Karvy Associates,A1 Technology,IFBI and Egon Religare arrived to recruit candidates.

Fortis to provide blood to 10 haemophiliacs
Fortis Hospital announced on Saturday that it would provide free blood to 10 underprivileged haemophiliac children. On the occasion of World Haemophilia Day,hospital director Col Harinder Singh Chehal (retd) said: “We are glad to be able to offer some assistance to the underprivileged children and help alleviate some of their suffering.” Dr Kuldeep Singh,head,Department of Transfusion Medicine,said,“Haemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder that prevents clotting. In such cases,it becomes even more important that advanced techniques are used for processing/screening of the blood to be used for transfusion.”