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Lending colour to patriotic spirit
 Ludhiana, March 29
Patriotic fervour has gripped the city residents, as saffron, white and green dominate the leading parlours and tattoo shops across the city.
howzat!: An ecstatic fan with her nails and hands painted with the Tricolour in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Memories: Sweet & Sour
Ludhiana, March 29
Cricket aficionados are once again caught between the rising and falling adrenaline levels as they wait for the much-awaited "bat and ball battle" between India and Pakistan scheduled to be played at the PCA stadium on March 30.
Foreigners, too, join the party
 Ludhiana, March 29
Fans not just from India and Pakistan but also those from other nations are converging on Mohali to witness the biggest cricketing rivalry of the World Cup.
Geoffrey and George (right) show tickets of the ICC World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan scheduled to take place in Mohali on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Superstitions galore among fans
Ludhiana, March 29
Cricket indeed is a religion in our nation where cricket fans do not even refrain from practising superstitions in order to ensure a win for the Indian team.
Not for weak hearted: Doc
A match between India and Pakistan results in high tension and uncalled for stress and anxiety. Thus, experts feel that people with weak heart should not watch the game at length.
India-Pakistan Encounter
When cricket stars of the yore descended on city
 Ludhiana, March 29
It’s time for Gerish Kapoor, a city-based industrialist, to relive the rare memories of the only visit of an Indian cricket team to the city and believes the current team have the capacity to win the World Cup as they have striking similarities to the 1983 World Cup champions.
File photos from Gerish Kapoor’s collection show Kapil Dev trying his hands at a rifle as his host Gerish.
For cops on duty outside stadium
So near yet so far
Ludhiana, March 29
It is a situation of so near yet so far for over 50 cops of the city, including senior police officials, who were hoping to get a chance to rub shoulders with the players of the Indian cricket team, but much to their disappointment, they have been deputed at a check post just outside the stadium.
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MATCH ON |
From left: Sidhant, Mannat, Tanvi, Abhinav and Rishabh Oswal of Ludhiana flash their tickets to the semifinal match between India and Pakistan at
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Jail inmates offer prayers
Ludhiana, March 29
Prayers are flowing in for the Indian cricket team from all spheres, even from the premises of the Central Jail here.
Duped youth gets back money
Jagraon, March 29
A youth of Jagraon, who was duped of Rs 11 lakh by an NRI girl on pretext of marriage and taking him abroad, yesterday got his money back from the girl’s family with the intervention of Lok Bhalai Party president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia.
GLADA Auction
Only 3 out of 18 plots go under the hammer
Ludhiana, March 29
Public auction of freehold residential plots in Sector 32-A on the Samrala Road conducted by the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) here today turned out to be a damp squib as out of 18 plots offered for sale, only three were sold for a little over Rs 1.34 crore at a premium of just around 10 per cent.
F&CC yields to MLA’s pressure
Sanctions Rs 7.5 crore to Punjab Mandi Board for laying sewerage lines of the civic body
Ludhiana, March 29
Though the Municipal Corporation (MC) officials have hardly bothered about recovering dues of road-cutting charges from those people who damage roads, but buckling under the pressure of a local MLA, the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) has sanctioned a sum of Rs 7.5 crore to the Punjab Mandi Board for laying down the sewerage lines of the civic body.
MC officials discuss a point at the F&CC meeting in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Opportunities for managers discussed
Ludhiana, March 29
The GGN Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT) organised a seminar on “Emerging opportunities for managers in service industry” for BBA and MBA students.
Kolkata-based conmen dupe
city jeweller
Ludhiana, March 29
Two Kolkata-based conmen duped a local jeweller of around 28 tolas of gold and Rs 1.2 lakh.
PAU plant pathologist is DWR project director
Ludhiana, March 29
Dr Indu Sharma, senior plant pathologist (wheat) at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been appointed as project director, Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR), Karnal, by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Paper presentation
Doraha, March 29
A paper presentation contest was organised by the Commerce and Business Administration Club of GNN College, Doraha, today in which a total of 20 students of MCom, BCom and BBA participated.
Placement drive
Mandi Gobindgarh, March 29
Desh Bhagat Engineering College organised a one-day mega job fair here on the campus today.
Four robbers arrested
Mullanpur Dakha, March 29
The police has nabbed four members of a notorious gang of robbers, while they were conspiring to rob a deserted brick-kiln near Pandori village near here this afternoon.
The gang of robbers in police custody at Mullanpur Dakha on Tuesday.
A Tribune photograph
1 booked for duping youth of Rs 2.35 lakh
Jagraon, March 29
The Ludhiana (rural) police today booked one person for allegedly duping a youth of Rs 2.35 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. The accused has been identified as Gurdip Singh, alias
Yodha, a resident of Rajgarh village near Sudhar.
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