Vyas Samman for Govind Mishra
The Vyas Samman -- instituted by the K.K. Birla foundation -- for 198 has been awarded to Govind Mishra, the author of Paanch Aangan Wala Ghar. The award of Rs 2.5 lakhs is given for outstanding work in Hindi literature published during the last ten years, and will be presented to Mishra by Union Home Minister L.K. Advani on December 20.

Ice games at Appu Ghar
Appu Ghar has now introduced Ice Games at O.Y.S.T.E.R.S., where four acres of the water park have been blanketed with ice for winter sports. These include sledding, skiing, ice boating -- where you can row through a river full of icebergs, and, bowling on ice.

Electricity supply to be affected
Due to some maintenance work electricity supply will be affected from 10 am to 5 pm on December 8 in Ramesh Nagar No. II, D block Raghubir Nagar, Tagore Garden, Arvinda Marg, Tikona Park, MMTC, IIT Katwaria Sarai, Shivalik Park, Sarvodaya Enclave, Brij Puri, Fatima Nursery, Chand Bagh, Khazuri, Munga Nagar, Mustafa Bagh, part of Yamuna Vihar, Ghonda Chowk, Ganwani Marg, Vijay Park, Karawal Nagar, Bhagirathi Vihar, A Block Gokulpuri, Mohan Park, Babarpur, Jai Prakash Nagar, Kartar Nagar, Subhash Mohalla, Wazirabad No 1, Shastri Park, Bhajanpura Water Treatment Plant.

DDA engineers to go on mass leave
The engineers of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) have decided to go on mass casual leave on December 10 and also hold a demonstration at the DDA head office, Vikas Sadan, to press for their long pending demands. General Secretary of the DDA Engineers' Association Param Yadav said that their demands, including cadre review, had not been implemented despite assurances by the management nearly two years ago. The DDA engineers had resorted to a 20-day-long strike in March 1997 and withdrew it only after the authorities promised to implement them within six months.