CR officers threaten stirOfficers affiliated to the Central Railway Promotee Officers' Association have threatened to go on a relay fast from July 27 if their demands for parity in pay and other issues are not met. The association had earlier submitted a memorandum to the Central Railway's general manager, K B Sankaran, last month highlighting the employees' problems.BCL's scholarship schemeThe British Council has introduced a scholarship scheme for students of Goan origin under the De Souza Trust. Preference will be given to candidates below 35 years. For details, call on 2823530 elected to MBMCThe Sanj Loksatta' newspaper's Bhayander correspondent, Asif Shaikh, has been elected councillor of the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Council (MBMC) in the polls held on June 11. Sheikh is the youngest councillor in the MBMC. He defeated his nearest candidate, ex-sarpanch and former councillor Shashikant Shah, by one vote.Indo-Sri Lankan photoexhibitionThe Sri Lankan Consulate, in collaboration with the Indo-Sri Lanka Society, is organising a three-day photography exhibition titled `Images of Sri Lanka and India' from July 10 to commemorate 50 years of independence of India and Sri Lanka. The exhibition will be inaugurated by former sheriff Jehangir K Nicholson at the Y B Chavan Centre on July nine. The exhibition aims to create awareness on recent developments in the two nations and promote goodwill and friendship between them, said a press release.
