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City welcomes 2009 with zeal
Jalandhar, January 1
Party lovers from across city gathered at various hotels and clubs to celebrate the New Year. People rocked the dance floor on the tunes of hit numbers till late night. Almost all the hotels were jam-packed on the occasion.
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| TV actor Sonia Kapoor dances as pop singer Baba Sehgal involves crazy fans during his performance on the eve of
New Year at Club Cabana near Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Pawan Sharma |
Meter Shifting
Forum dismisses residents’ plea
Jalandhar, January 1
A case filed by residents of Chhoti Baradari, Phase-II, here seeking restrain against the Punjab State Electricity Board from removing or changing or shifting their electricity meters through the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has got dismissed through a recent order.
PAP men laugh their way to ’09
Jalandhar, January 1
While some residents of the city organised dance parties at different places and several others offered prayers at religious places to welcome the New Year, the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) chose a novel way to celebrate 2009.
PAP personnel dancing on dhol beats. A Tribune photo |
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Two in illegal police custody, alleges CPI (ML ND)
No information, claims SSP
Jalandhar, January 1
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist New Democracy) levelled serious allegations against the Jalandhar police that it had picked up two persons from Mehsampur village falling under Phillaur police station on December 19 and kept them in illegal custody for about two weeks.
DD programme on Guruta
Gaddi celebrations
Jalandhar, January 1
Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar under its ongoing Guruta Gaddi Divas celebrations would launch its seven-series programme “Guru Manyo Granth” on January 5 in its studio. The two-hour programme on the highlights of Sikh religion would be broadcast during the regional transmission.
New phone plan for BSNL customers
Jalandhar, January 1
The BSNL Punjab circle has launched some schemes for specified period for prepaid mobile customers.
Medi‘CARING’ about people
Charitable organisation ‘Manav Sehyog Society’ reaches out to the needy
It delivers where the government fails. Though very few people know that the medicines they get almost free of cost have nothing to with the government, charitable organisation ‘Manav Sehyog Society’ hardly bothers about the credit.
When Ken comes hunting
Jalandhar, January 1
On the last evening of the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, 2008, I notice a bunch of foreign tourists busy shooting videos and listening to it very intently. I think of getting to know their side of the story. How did they like the festival?
Delhi resides in him
Jalandhar, January 1
Wearing a “tehmat”, he sits in his hotel suite visited by mellow, misty morning sunlight. None of the I’m-the-artist-air around. A student researching raag Khamaj visits him and he does his utmost to guide her into the world of Hindstani classical music.
Young World
Belle show at Lovely varsity
Jalandhar, January 1
The Department of English, Lovely Professional University, organised a belle
programme, a play, a talk show and a seminar on “Nobel prizes in literature”. The belle presentations featured feminine characters of the 18th and 20th century novels “A Doll’s House” and “The Rape of the Lock.”
Preserving art of shehnai, the Gaikwad way
Jalandhar, January 1
Representing the rich tradition of shehnai, Pramod Prabhashankar Gaikwad’s name is synonymous to the cascading renditions of the auspicious musical instrument, the mention of which has been made in our Vedas.
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