Vadadora Beat

DC holds meetingDistrict Collector Anil Mukim met senior officials to finalise arrangements for the Daler Mehendi musical evening scheduled ...

DC holds meeting
District Collector Anil Mukim met senior officials to finalise arrangements for the Daler Mehendi musical evening scheduled to be held on July 11 to raise funds for the cyclone-affected. Committees have been finalised for various arrangements, while some officials have been asked to generate funds for the cause.

Sanskrit forms
The Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, M S University, has started issuing forms for certificate, diploma, degree and post-graduate degree courses for 1998-99. According to in-charge principal N M Pandey, last date for submitting forms is July 20.

PI’s death
The Vadodara chapter of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties has condemned the death of police inspector Yadav allegedly at the hands of a mob of agitating parents and students in Ahmedabad, but has also expressed sympathy with the issues raised by them.

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HWP function
The Heavy Water Plant, at a function organised on Tuesday, celebrated its achievements and awards given by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and the Gujarat Safety Council towards safety performance in the last more than five years. Chairman and chief executive of the Heavy Water Board, Mumbai S P Mukherjee was the chief guest on the occasion.

Elected
Sharad Mody was elected president of the Exim Club, while Nitin Mankand was elected general secretary. Other committee members include R L Balgi (vice-president), Kamlesh Shah (treasurer) and J M Shukla. Study of theatre
To provide its students an Activity-Based Teaching Learning Process, the Baroda High School has introduced study of theatre and drama during school hours through the Theatre Arts Project. The project plans to create modules especially for and in collaboration with the school.

Cyclone aid
Bjp MP from Vadodara Jayaben Thakkar recently presented cheque of Rs 78,810 to Education Minister Anandiben Patel for the cyclone-affected. The amount was raised by members of the BJP women’s wing in Vadodara.

Eye checking
Social and religious organisation Arogya Mandir, Ellora Park, has offered eye examination and cataract operations at concessional rates to poor patients. A statement said on Thursday that the said special arrangements made under Mandir’s Blindness Control Movement would continue till October 15 at the Mandir’s Haribhakti Eye Hospital.

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Aid for blind
About 100 visually impaired people would be given various useful gadgets at a function jointly organised by the Blind Welfare Council and Rashtriya Andhjan Mandal, Vadodara at Mahadev Desai Anawil Bhawan Hall, Karelibaug, on Saturday. District Collector Anil Mukim would inaugurate the function, while Lions Club district governor Ramesh Prajapati would be the chief guest on the occasion, besides other dignitaries of the city.