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Celebrating the Christmas season, Lions Club of Pune Majestic brought the lights in the lives of the hearing and speech impairedchildren of YMCA Garland Craig Memorial School.

Christmas bash
Celebrating the Christmas season, Lions Club of Pune Majestic brought the lights in the lives of the hearing and speech impairedchildren of YMCA Garland Craig Memorial School. The Lions club distributed the hearing aids for the children. President of Lions club G P Nair and secretary Major Matthew Oommen, were present at the event, which took place on December 19. Nair handed over the first instrument to Deepak Londhe, general secretary of YMCA. Lion Major Matthew Ommen gave the Christmas message during the function. Every year, the Christmas programmes are arranged for physically handicapped children in which the children enjoy themselves by dancing and performing in front of their parents. The club is planning to give some more instruments to the school said Nair. Also the director of the club, Lion Col. Ravindranathan was present on the occasion.

Celebrating humanity
When festive spirits soar high, Rotary Club of Pune also did join it but with a cause. In their rocking New Year bash, at Corinthians club, the club roped in names like DJ Frankie and Santosh Shetty’s troupe.

Lokesh Arya, director, Rotary Club of Pune North East, says, “The idea behind organising the event was to welcome the New Year in a responsible way. Where we not only have fun but also feel responsible towards the society. So we thought that from all the funds that will be collected here, one part would be given to the family members of deceased policemen, who died in Mumbai terror attack. The proceeds from the show will also go to various social causes supported by the trust for the community.” The trust has been performing different programmes over the years now like giving credit to women entrepreneurs, supporting leprosy homes, schools for physically challenged, orphanages and old – age homes.

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Donation passes for this bash are available at all Pizza Hut outlets, Ayur Core outlets and at Yash motors along with the Corinthian.

Let’s join hands
The junior college students organised peace rallies to mark a month of Mumbai terror attacks. Standard 12 students Ram Agarwal, Harsh Agarwal, Kunal Chaddha, Sunny Lamba, Manish and Tejas came together to condemn the terror attacks and appealed for peace in the country. The peace rally was carried out on December 26 from 6pm to 8pm. The rally started from Bhau Patil Poad, Pune IT Park and culminated at ITI road in Aundh. Around 300 to 350 people participated in it. People held candles in the rally along with various banners and placards with peace messages. Public was informed about the rally by distributing about 2000 hand outs

A court in Antwerp passed the order initiating the formal process of bringing Choksi back to India. But, he still has options to challenge the order passed by the lower court.

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Mehul Choksi, a fugitive diamantaire wanted in India for a Rs 13,000 crore loan fraud case, has been cleared for extradition by a court in Antwerp, Belgium. The Indian government has assured that Choksi will be held in a specific jail complex and provided with basic amenities if extradited. Choksi's extradition proceedings have advanced in Belgium and he has the option to challenge the order.

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