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This is how we honour freedom fighters
Jalandhar, February 19

Call it lack of civic sense or dereliction on the part of the municipal authorities, the area around the statue of freedom fighter Gopal Singh Qaumi (1897-1975) in Rainak Bazaar here has been virtually converted into a garbage dump.

The area around the statue of freedom fighter Gopal Singh Qaumi at Rainak Bazaar has been virtually converted into a garbage dump. —  Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Dexterous doc: His hands surely talk
Jalandhar, February 19
Jatinder Pal Singh is a doctor by profession but a painter by heart. A well-known laparoscopic surgeon at Dr Shangara Singh Hospital on Link Road here, Dr Jatinder Pal Singh often manages to spare time for his childhood passion for painting.

DC gives nod to rural health panels
Kapurthala, February 19
Deputy commissioner J.M. Balamurugan has given his nod to set up 545 rural health and sanitation committees in the district under the national rural health mission. In a press note, an official spokesman said here today that the DC had also given approval for appointing 526 ASHA workers in the district.

Dining Den
Southall of Jalandhar

Jalandhar, February 19 For those who love to experiment variety food, city based Vrindavan, a South Indian eating joint, is surely a great option. A name synonymous with the best of South Indian delicacies, people come here from far-flung places to enjoy mouth-watering south Indian dishes like dosa, idli, vada, sambar, uttapam and many more and that too at very reasonable prices.

An NRI family enjoys South Indian delicacies at Vrindavan in Jalandhar. — A Tribune photograph

Young World
‘Dialogue can work wonders for resolving conflicts’
Jalandhar, February 19

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a six-day workshop on ‘Ethics and human values’. Dr HC Rajpal from Punjabi University, Patiala gave a detailed talk on the inextricable relationship between ethics and human values. He asserted that to have harmony in a nation, it is necessary to have harmony at home. Dr Gopa Bhardwaj, psychologist from Delhi University, opined that there are no absolute ethics and rather they are related to our existence. Dr Taruna Chaudhary Dhal from directorate of distance education from Kurukshetra said one should constructively express and regulate feelings. “Human beings have the capability to transcend and love others. One should indulge in dialogue to find solution to problems,” she pointed out.

The Class X and XII students of Rabindra Day Boarding Senior Secondary School, Model Town, get a warm send-off from their juniors. — A Tribune photograph

Truckers to get stickers soon
Jalandhar, February 19
The transport department will issue stickers to truck operators to avoid inconvenience to them while moving within the state. This was stated by Punjab transport minister Mohan Lal at a meeting with truck operators here today. The minister said the truckers would pay a fixed amount and would be issued stickers.   — TNS