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Red cards: The wait is killing, say ‘84 riot victims
Jalandhar, February 21
Jagdish Singh, a tailor, migrated to Jalandhar from Kanpur after the 1984 riots but has not been able to procure a red card till date. Though he has been meeting the officials concerned again and again, nothing has materialised.

Self-employment: MSME keen on training youth
Kapurthala, February 21
An awareness programme for self-employment opportunities under industrial motivation campaign was organised at ITI institute here today.

SPARKLING SKY: Buta Mandi area of Jalandhar was decked up like a bride to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidass on Thursday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra

Sleazy MMSes
Boyfriends can land you in trouble, SP warns girls
Jalandhar, February 21
The recent case of making a blue MMS secretly of a girl at a photo studio on the Ladowali road is a lesson for all those girls who easily fall prey to the allurement of their boyfriends.

Nearly 240 persons die in road accidents every year in Jalandhar. Half of them lose their lives for want of timely medical aid. Family of one such victim starts an NGO on his first death anniversary
So that it’s never too late 
Jalandhar, February 21
Known orthopaedic surgeon Dr Shubhang Agarwal wants that no accident victim should die due to lack of timely intervention as his father Bhupinder Agarwal succumbed to his injuries after his car collided with a bus coming from wrong side in Khamano on Chandigarh road on February 21, 2007.                                       Bhupinder Agarwal 

Kosovo independence
Jalandhar, February 21
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has hailed the independence of Kosovo from Serbian rule. Daljit Singh Bittu, chief of a faction of the SAD (A), said it would set a precedent for all those people who were struggling for independence under similar circumstances around the world. 

For this painter, pen’s mightier than brush Jalandhar, February 21 She is a painter sans palette and a brush. Devinder Makkar’s secret is a kit of six pens. The artist from Patiala was here to exhibit her paintings at Virsa Vihar on Thursday. Devinder Makkar shows her creation at an exhibition in Jalandhar on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Young World
Warm send off to HPSSS seniors
Jalandhar, February 21
The class X and XII students of Hemkunt Public Senior Secondary School ( HPSSS) were given a farewell by their junior classes. Jaspreet Kaur and Daya Singh of class X were declared “Ms Hemkunt” and “Mr Hemkunt,” respectively.

Veterans vie for TT titles
Jalandhar, February 21

The 15th National Veteran Table Tennis Championship being organised by the Punjab Table Tennis Association began at the Corporation Table Tennis Hall here today. The venue turned out to be a meeting place for the veterans who gathered from across the country for this four-day-long event. Players from different states in action during the 15th National Veteran Table Tennis Championship in Jalandhar on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma