Vadadora Beat

Students force faculty to closeAgitating student union leaders forced the authorities of the Faculty of Commerce, M S University to close...

Students force faculty to close
Agitating student union leaders forced the authorities of the Faculty of Commerce, M S University to close it for a day on Monday. They were demanding the faculty grant admission to students who had secured less than the cut-off percentage of 46.

Faculty Dean B S Patel, however, told Express Newsline, 8220;Since we have already decided not to grant admissions to any more students, we cannot consider their demands.8221;

Suspended
District Development Officer Anju Sharma on Monday suspended H C Tadvi, an extension officer of Pavijetpur, for dereliction of duty during the recent gastroenteritis outbreak there.

Seminar today
UNICEF, the State government and the Vadodara Municipal Corporation will on Tuesday organise a Dissemination Seminar for Multi-Indicator Cluster Study for Vadodara Urban Slums8217; as part of its earlier Bal Mitra Vadodara8217; at the Conference Hall of Narmada Nigam Guest House from 10 a.m. Mayor Bharati Vyas will inaugurate the function.

Discussion
Sudipta Kaviraj of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, will hold a question-answer session on The Nation-State in India8217; on Tuesday in the Seminar Room of the Department of Political Science, MSU, from 11.50 am.

Rotary lecture
Ashok Abhyankar, Chief Medical Superintendent, Rotary Haria Hospital, Vapi, will present an audio-visual programme on Paul Harris: A Street Visionary and Founder of Rotary International8217; to members of Rotary Club of Jawaharnagar on Tuesday at Hotel Surya Palace at 8 pm.

Services offered
The Baroda Welfare Services Trust has offered to convey grievances of the city8217;s telephone subscribers to the Department of Telecom. Subscribers with complaints can write to the trust at Post Box No 2512, Vadodara- 5.

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PTA election
Hasmukh M Pathak of the city8217;s Jeevan Sadhana School has been elected Secretary of the Private Teachers8217; Association.

BSP dharna
The city unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party will stage a dharna here on Wednesday in protest against the rising prices of essential commodities.