Governing council of press club installed

CHANDIGARH: Sufi songs, a performance by a local band, besides presentations by comedians regaled the members of the Chandigarh Press Club and their families following the installation ceremony of the newly elected members of the governing council of the club here on Monday evening.
All the nine members of the governing council headed by Sukhbir Singh Bajwa as president and Nalin Accharya as secetary general formally took over the reins of the club.Punjab's public relations minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia was the chief guest, while Chandigarh mayor Raj Bala Malik was the guest of honour at the function organized in the club lawns.
The outgoing president, Naveen Grewal, elaborated on the achievements of the club during his two- year tenure.
The cultural programme began with a solo performance by Naresh Jacob, who is a part of a local band and ended with the rendering of songs by Sufi singer Payaaz. Beside Bajwa and Accharya, rest of the members of the governing council who took over included Manveer Saini, Nisha Sharma, Ramesh Handa, Vikrant Parmar, Khushal Lalli, Avtar Singh and Jaswant Rana.