Briefly City

Narula and his brother ran after the boy,“But there was another boy waiting for this thief. The duo fled on motorcycle.”

BSP members begin hunger strike
Irked over the “callous attitude of successive governments and the district administration in according due respect to freedom fighters and architect of the Constitution Dr B R Ambdekar”,members of the Bahujan Samaj Party sat on hunger strike on Monday. The members led by senior leader Ramanjit Singh Lali began their hunger strike at Jalandhar Bypass. Lali said,“It has been nearly 15 years now that a foundation stone was laid near the building of Punjab Agro in the city. A memorial was to come up here but till date only a foundation stone stands at this point. We have tried taking up this issue with the district administration but till time no one is ready to listen to us and thus we are forced to take this step.” The leader added,“If the government did not listen to us or the district administration failed to act,this chain hunger strike will turn into fast unto death. We will also block the main roads of the city and bring the entire city to a stand still.”

Students’ counselling cell inaugurated at PAU
Dr Arvind Kumar,Deputy Director General (Education),ICAR,today inaugurated the PAU Counseling Cell,located at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (COAE&T). The Counseling Cell has been set up under the ICAR scheme,“Strengthening and development of agricultural education for counseling of students / tutorials for SC/ST students.” A facility of video-conferencing is also going to be provided in the cell. Dr. Kumar said that counseling plays a positive impact in preparing students for the interviews,group discussions and ultimately getting placed with reputed companies and firms. He appreciated the placement record of the College. Later,Dr. Kumar was shown round the laboratories for training of students created in the College by M/s CLAAS India and M/s New Holland Tractors. Dr. Kumar said that the M. Tech. and Ph. D students should be made aware about intellectual property rights for their innovations,new designs,etc. The Dean,Postgraduate Studies,Dr S K Mann apprised Dr Kumar with the facilities in the University for postgraduate teaching and highlighted the important role that the PAU Counseling Cell,School of Information Technology,Electron Microscopy and Nano-science Laboratory,School of Agricultural Biotechnology are playing in education and training. She presented a memento to Dr. Kumar on this occasion.

World Alzheimer’s Day at DMCH and CMCH
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital today celebrated World Alzheimer’s Day. On this occasion,Dr Navkiran Mahajan,Associate Professor of Psychiatry,said ‘World Alzheimer’s Day’ was the opportunity to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and its impact on our families and communities. The number of persons suffering from dementia is expected to double in next twenty years. A new case of Alzheimer disease is being diagnosed every seventy one seconds in the world. College of Nursing,Christian Medical College and Hospital also organized World Alzheimer’s Day on the theme ‘Dementia’