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Test for post of civil judgeMUMBAI, September 20: Maharashtra Public Service Commission will hold a screening test for recruitment to the...

Test for post of civil judge

MUMBAI, September 20: Maharashtra Public Service Commission will hold a screening test for recruitment to the post of civil judge jr division and judicial magistrate first class in Mumbai on October 4, 1998. Admission letters have already been dispatched to all admitted candidates for the screening test. Those who do not receive the admission letter by September 30, 1998 may obtain the duplicate admission letter on September 30 and October 3 from the office of the MPSC, Bank of India building, M G Road, Mumbai provided their names are included in the list of admitted candidates.

WR to run 26 specials to Ajmer

Western Railway will run 26 special trains to Ajmer between October 15 and 31 on the occasion of the 786th Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.He was speaking at a function held at the Bandra Terminus on Sunday to mark the renaming of the Bandra-Bikaner and Bandra-Jaipur trains as the Ranakpur and Aravali Express respectively. Naik said thatspecial trains from various parts of the country had also been planned to facilitate pilgrims of the Urs. Special trains to Lahore and Bangladesh were also under consideration, he stated. Naik said that the railways were endeavouring to improve conditions at the Bandra Terminus railway station. Keeping in view the limitation of the Mumbai Central Terminus, Bandra would be developed to accommodate 24-coach trains.

Course on study of environment

Envirovision Training and Information Services is conducting a three-month correspodence course leading to specialisation in Environmental Journalism. The medium of instruction will be in English and Marathi. This course will cover the fundamentals of environment and ecology and other related major issues. Those interested may send a self-addressed and stamped envelope size 12cm x 26cm with Rs 3 postage, bio-data with a passage of 200 words on why you would like to do the course. The address is: Nirmal, Tal. Vasai, Thane- 401 304.

Thomas Cook travelaward

Thomas Cook Travel Scholarship Award 1997-98 has been bagged by Archana Desai from the Sophia Shree Basant Kumar Somani Memorial Polytechnic, Mumbai. The scholarship is awarded to students of a few travel and tourism institutions in the country, who have secured the highest aggregate for the academic year in the discipline. The scholar will be provided an on-the-job training for a year at any of Thomas Cook8217;s 42 branches.

Vaze College8217;s annual fest

V G Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce at Mulund has announced preparations for their annual inter-collegiate fest Dimensions 988242; to be held in mid-December. Students interested in participating in the events can call on 5671422/5671223. Fax : 5647334. E-mail: ketsdimensionshotmail.com.

Meet on US schools, colleges

The Indus Foundation Inc., promoters of 3100 American schools, colleges and universities, will be conducting a one-to-one student meetings/interviews on October 10, 1998 at 10 am at the BharatiyaVidya Bhavan, Chowpatty for admissions to these educational institutions. For registration contact Compliments India: A-6, 1st floor, Matrukrupa, 405, Baburao Parulekar Marg, Off Gokhale Road S, Dadar West, Mumbai 8211; 400 028.