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Soldiers’ sacrifice honoured
A solemn function was organised by the District Sainik Welfare Board and Vajra Corps at the Punjab State War Memorial on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day on Thursday.

Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj, General Officer Commanding, Vajra Corps, intrects with Petty Officer Harbans Lal (retd) after presenting him with a wheel-chair during an Army Flag Day function in Jalandhar on Thursday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra

They give kids motherly love
Mother’s love and care has certainly been the most protective umbrella against any set of adversities. But, even the contemporary fathers can look after their kids with equal love and care. Father’s Day is a celebration to salute such fathers who did not let their children feel the void of motherly love and care. Thirtyfour-year-old Ashok Pandey, a daily-wage earner at Mauli village in Phagwara, is playing the dual role of mother and father for his two sons.

Lifeless almond-eyed women with twisted limbs, reduced to lines and dots in colour blocks take viewers of Pawan Kumar Raparya’s show: “Saga of Life” to our despirited way of life. The show, organised by city-based Artdot, was opened on Thursday evening by Mr Sukhwinder Pal Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner. —  Photo by S.S. Chopra

Dalit Christians resent quota denial
Perturbed over denial of reservation benefits to them, the Diocese of the city have demanded that Dalit Christians should be accorded reservation benefits in Punjab on the lines of states of Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.

Martyrs widows speak
Rajvinder Kaur’s elder daughter Gulgul was three while the younger one Baani was barely four months when her husband, Capt Mandeep, was killed in the Kargil war. “I was married for just five years and it just came as a shock. At that time, I was so shattered that I did not want to live. But when I saw the innocent faces of my two daughters, I realised that I had an important responsibility to shoulder”, she recalled.

Young World
Making dolls out of waste
Eklavya School conducted a workshop on “Learning disabilities and difficulties”. It was conducted by Mr Anuj Dada and Ms Anjali Dada, parents of Dhananjay of nursery. They said autism was a developmental disorder in which children failed to respond to their name and often avoided eye contact with other people.