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Heer from Denmark

While most of Punjabi singers have been making a beeline to Europe to shoot music videos, Anita Lerche, a Denmark-based singer, has chosen Punjab as the new destination for her musical destiny by becoming the first European singer to release her album here. Not only that Anita has rendered songs in Punjab but the two videos of “Heer from Denmark,” her album, have been shot at 65 locations in Punjab.                             Anita Lerche

Colours of numbers
Words fail to say what colours and lines mean. That is why most attempts at explaining painting or sculpture ends up in sound and fury signifying nothing. This is an eyes-first journey, which all can make, but few dare to venture. One can sail through the obvious by habit or rot.

DD’s honourable men
A perfect blend of hard labour, poetic vision and spontaneous flow of creativity has brought laurels and recognition in the shape of coveted Doordarshan National Awards - 2006 for Agya Pal Singh Randhawa and Jaswant Deed, both senior officers of Jalandhar Doordarshan.

Jaswant Deed, Assistant Station Director, (top) and Agya Pal Singh Randhawa, Programme Executive, of Jalandhar Doordarshan Kendra, who were among the honoured at the DD annual award function held at Jalandhar. — Photos by S. S. Chopra

Punjabis stranded in US
As many as 10,000 Punjabis in the USA are not able to return home for the embassy officials there haven’t cleared their papers so far.

PTU youth fest begins Students from 34 colleges affiliated to the Punjab Technical University will take part in a three-day Inter-Zonal Youth Festival to be held at the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology from tomorrow. Giddha dancers in peels of laughter before performing at the zonal girls' youth festival of Guru Nanak Dev University at its regional campus, Ladhewali, in Jalandhar. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

For dating old is gold
Scene-1: A crowded campus of a co-educational college during peak study hours. Few students in the classrooms and library while the lush green garden outside is abuzz with activity. Boys and girls walk past, hand in hand. Some couples sit in the garden huddled close together basking in the sun. Those still single, hunt for a partner, trying their luck on few they like. A few boys stand at crucial points, near the stairs and on the sides of the entrance to various departments, busy commenting on girls passing by.

No takers for fire-safety norms While the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation boasts of one of the best fire departments in Punjab, high-rise buildings in the city, both government and private, continue to violate fire-safety measures with impunity. Two-wheelers parked haphazardly at entry and exit points of the tehsil office in Jalandhar can cause hurdles during a fire. — Photo by S.S. Chopra

Bust stress at home
Eighty per cent of hospital occupancy of patients is due to domestic stress, which, is mostly caused by growing wife –husband conflicts.

Amway holds blood donation camp
The Amway Opportunity Foundation and the Red Cross Society jointly organised a blood donation camp at the Red Cross Bhavan, Lajpat Nagar, Jalandhar, on Tuesday. Seventy Amway distributors donated blood.

Defence Notes
Vajra Sappers celebrates raising day
Vajra Sappers celebrated their 226th raising day in Jalandhar on Saturday. Lieut-Gen Noble Thamburaj, General Officer Commanding, Vajra Corps, and other officers of the Corps of Engineers paid tributes to the Sappers, who died while on duty.

• Cycle Expedition
• Blood Donation
• Sadbhavna Tour
• Rally