Three persons were arrested on charges of bogus voting in elections held in a ward in the Ambarnath Municipal Council today, informed the Thane police. V S Kandekar (30), Prabha K Dedia (38) and G R Patil (32) had resorted to bogus voting in the polls, held in ward number 25. Polling was, though, by and large peaceful, and a turnout of around 52 per cent was reported.

More help for Jaybala Ashar

The Seth Sukhanand Gurumukhrai Trust, a charitable institution, has granted financial assistance of Rs 25,000 for Jaybala Ashar, who lost her legs in a mugging incident inside a train last week. The cheque was handed over to Jaybala by Neera Jain, wife of the trust's chairperson, on Saturday.

Fellowship for journalists

The Humanscape magazine is offering three fellowships to Maharashtra based print media journalists writing in Indian languages to research a public health related topic of their interest. The last date for applications is November 30. Fordetails, contact Jayesh Shah on 6106197.

Mgmt students' seminar

Students of the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management Studies and Research, CBD, Belapur, are organising their annual seminar on November 12 at Taj Mahal Hotel. The seminar, titled `Corporate India - A Kaleidoscope', will cover topics relating to finance, marketing systems and human resources. Contact Darpan on 5518908, Purnima on 5345374 or the college on 7572433/ 7562582.

Cardiovascular workshop today

The Lilavati Hospital is organising a workshop on `Thoracoscopic Cardiovascular Surgery with Ultracision' today in the hospital's conference hall on the sixth floor at 8.00 am. Surgeons Dr Randall Wolf, from the Christ and Jewish Hospital, Cincinatti, USA, and Dr Nitu Mandke will jointly perform a thorascopic cardiovascular surgery, which will be telecast live to participants from the operation theatre.

Art competition for students

Conservation Trust, a voluntary organisation in collaboration with theConsulate of Israel, Shalom Alumni Club, Trailblazers and Nehru Science Centre, is organising Eco-Art, a painting competition for students in four age groups: seven-eight years, nine-10 years, 11-12 years and 13-14 years. The competition will be held on November 21 at Nehru Science Centre, Worli, between 9.30 am and 11.30 am. For details, call on 5381949.

Leader's death anniversary

The second death anniversary of tribal rights activist Madhavrao Kene was held at the Banwasi Vikas Ashram, Talasari, in Thane district today. The chief guest for the occasion was Minister for Higher and Technical Education Dattaji Rane. Others present included former MP Chintaman Wanga, Vishwanath Patil and Narayanrao Marathe.

Kalyan group clocks 30

The Sri Satya Sai Seva Samiti of Kalyan organised the 30th anniversary celebrations at Ram Maruti Hall, Kalyan today. Dr Naresh Chandra, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai, was the chief guest. Others present included Durgesh Chandra, Manager, CenturyRayon and R P Trivedi, Principal of Birla College.