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Up, close and personal with Masaba
 Ludhiana, June 12
Masaba Gupta, also known as India's first celebrity love child, found her calling by fluke. What followed was a successful streak with fashion and instant fame, which convinced her."
Fashion designer Masaba Gupta signs autographs for INIFD students
in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
8,500 quintals of ‘expired’ sugar auctioned
Ludhiana, June 12
With the department of health and family welfare giving a clean chit to “expired” sugar confiscated from Seehra village in September last year, the department of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs today auctioned 8,500 quintals of sugar to 17 sugar traders from various parts of the state.
2 injured in boiler blast
Ludhiana, June 12
Two persons sustained minor injuries following a boiler blast at Focal Point here this afternoon.
Religious tolerance stands out in village
Sikhs restore a demolished mosque; hand over keys to a lone Muslim survivor
Ludhiana, June 12
In what could be termed as a fine example of religious tolerance, the Sikh community at Sarwarpur village restored a demolished mosque and handed over the mosque keys to the lone Muslim survivor at the village.
Diabetes among expectant mothers on the rise
Malnutrition in Indian women being one of the major factors contributing to diabetes
Ludhiana, June 12
More than 12 per cent of the pregnant women, who have been diagnosed with diabetes in the year-long clinical study conducted at three hospitals in
Ludhiana, points towards the possibility of Vitamin B12 deficiency,” observes Dr Allan Vaag from Denmark, doing a combined research in India and Denmark.
Paddy cultivation starts, old stock yet to be cleared
Ludhiana, June 12
Even though fresh cultivation of paddy has started in the state, rice millers are yet to clear stocks from storage spaces.
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Students await free textbooks
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 12
Though state-run schools have registered a substantial increase in the number of admissions this year, students have yet to receive textbooks being provided to them free of cost by the state government.
Widow struggles to get land vacated
Raikot, June 12
Baljinder Kaur, a resident of Sudhar village, here has been running from pillar to post to get the possession of a 22-kanal land that has been illegally occupied by the brothers of her late husband.
Birds line up in a field prepared for paddy in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Marriage palaces turn green areas into dumping ground
Ludhiana, June 12
The green belt alongside the Ludhiana-Mullapur Highway is fast turning into a garbage dump, thanks to marriage palaces that are dumping their waste in the forest area.
Cops find it difficult to check vehicle thefts
Ludhiana, June 12
As vehicle thefts are at their all-time high, the police seems to be shrugging off responsibility by expressing its helplessness to safeguard vehicles.
Libra demands increase in paddy MSP
Machhiwara, June 12
Member of Parliament from Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, Sukhdev Singh Libra today said he would soon urge the Central government to increase paddy MSP, as expenses on raising the crop has increased manifolds during the past few years.
Sanik Samachar must carry relevant information: Ex-servicemen
Ludhiana, June 12
The Ludhiana Ex-Servicemen Welfare Society today demanded that Sainik Samachar, a fortnightly magazine of the Sainik Welfare Department which was becoming a mouthpiece for higher-ups and ministers, must carry news concerning the Army.
Jasmeet crowned Miss Ludhiana
 Ludhiana, June 12
Last evening saw beautiful girls and handsome boys on the ramp for Mr and Miss Ludhiana titles.
Out of 21 contestants, Jasmeet Kaur walked away with Miss Ludhiana crown, while
Arjun Vinayak was crowned Mr Ludhiana beating 20 others.
Contestants of Mss Ludhiana beauty pageant strike a pose in the city on Saturday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Kesh, Akashdeep adjudged best cadets
Khamano, June 12
An annual training camp for 500 NCC cadets (both boys and girls) was held at JNV, Farour, under the aegis of 19 Punjab Battalion NCC, Ludhiana, under the guidance of camp commandant Lt Col VK Singh.
Two held for thefts
Ludhiana, June 12
The police has arrested two persons, who had committed a number of thefts outside shopping malls and busy market streets at Ghumar Mandi and Sarabha
Nagar. Further, a shopkeeper, who used to sell the stolen goods, was also nabbed
by the police.
Cops show the seized mobile phones, jewellery and laptops in Ludhiana on Saturday. A Tribune photoraph
Chemist held with psychotropic drugs
Jagraon, June 12
The Jagraon police nabbed a chemist, along with psychotropic medicines.
Dhruv Pandove Trophy
Amrit Pal steers Ludhiana to victory
Ludhiana, June 12
An accurate and consistent bowling by Amrit Pal Singh enabled Ludhiana to overpower Bathinda in the second match of the Punjab State Inter-District U-19 Cricket Tournament for the Dhruv Pandove Trophy being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association at the Punjab Agricultural University campus ground here today.
Saurabh hogs limelight in skating
Ludhiana, June 12
Saurabh Sharma, a Class IX student of Green Land Senior Secondary Public School, Jalandhar bypass, hogged limelight in the recently-held Namwon Korea 2010 Roller Skating Championship in South Korea.
Saurabh Sharma
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