Lohri brings warmth to people ties
Dehradun, January 12
Uttarakhand Punjabi Bhaichara Sabha, in assistance with the culture and linguistics department of Punjab, organised a Lohri ‘mahotsava’ in Dehradun today. Inaugurating the cultural festival at Gurdwara Race Course grounds, Punjab education and linguistics minister Dr Upinderjit Kaur called for better coordination between Punjab and Uttarakhand while stressing on frequent staging of such cultural programmes. She said these would pave way for development initiatives between the two states.

Crime Fall
Our strategies paid off:IG
Dehradun, January 12
Concerted efforts by the state police saw the crime rate come down in 2008. The police formulated various strategies to nab offenders, said IG, Law and Order, MA Ganapathy.

This winter, pamper your hair & skin
Dehradun, January 12
The city has not experienced winter rains till now and the weather is getting extremely cold and dry resulting in chronic problems like hair loss and skin dryness. With lot of hair and skin troubles large number of people are heading towards beauty clinics to get over with for their problems.

A woman gets hair treatment at a salon in Dehradun. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir 

‘Maroj’ , a legacy celebrated
The festivities of Christmas and New Year are not over yet! At least, not for people in Jaunpur-Jaunsaar, where the gala mood spills over to the month of January (Maagh) when the ‘Maagh Mela’ or ‘Maroj’ is celebrated with élan each year. People here have been celebrating ‘Maroj’ since ages to kill the ennui of winter caused by lack of work in the fields.

Hot Pursuit

To enjoy the winter sun, Uttarakhand DGP has shifted office to the lawns in Dehradun.  Tribune photo: Anil P. Rawat