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No matter how irrelevant, the Enforcement Wing of the Municipal Corporation during its encroachment drives tends to pick up an assortment of stuff.

Street smart
No matter how irrelevant, the Enforcement Wing of the Municipal Corporation during its encroachment drives tends to pick up an assortment of stuff. From watercoolers to torn posters and utensils, the list is endless. Recently, the staff picked up three plastic chairs from outside a shop in the motor market. The roadside vendors, have meanwhile become smarter as they have started keeping torn posters or clothes outside for easy disposal. To prove their obedience, these vendors waste no second in handing over these cast offs to the MC staff. A penny saved is a penny earned !

For a noble cause
Extending help to the victims of the Bihar flood that devastated the state recently, Subhash Chander, Chairman of the Adhoc Front of the PGI Employees8217; Unions has donated his one week8217;s salary Rs 5,100 for the PM8217;s relief fund. Lets hope some more Subhash Chanders come forward to help the needy.

Lights, Camera, Inaction
It8217;s the college cameraman of MCMDAV College Principal Puneet Bedi, who seems to be her shadow wherever she goes. Recently Bedi went to the Panjab University accompanied by the cameraperson to meet the DSW on some issue pertaining to the college. Evidently obsessed by the principal, the cameraman kept flashing the camera and clicking her. When someone asked the reason behind the 8216;photoshoot8217;, Bedi snubbed the cameraman and told him to stop clicking. 8220;I am not that beautiful that you keep taking my pictures the entire day, smiled Bedi.

Manpower
Haryana Roadways is a perfect example of male domination at key positions among the public sector organizations. Ever since Haryana came into existence in 1966, there had been only one female bureaucrat heading the department. Satwanti Ahlawat was appointed for the post of General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Chandigarh. Not surprisingly, she held the additional charge as General Manager in the 90s only for about three months.

Painted black
8220;A good lawyer is one who knows the law and a smart lawyer is one who knows the Judge8221;, a speaker at the General House of the Punjab and Haryana Bar Association said while addressing the gathering demanding introspection by black sheep among advocates who travel to the other side from the Bar.

Yeh dil maange more
Despite the fact that the financial condition of the Punjab government is in the doldrums, the menu card in the Punjab civil secretariat is improving. Gone are the days when the officers had to satisfy themselves with the traditional lassi. For, they have a new replacement, Diet coke. Moreover, in addition to the mini cheese samosas, for lunch, one can order chicken masala from the main canteen. Who cares for the expenses, its all courtesy Punjab government.