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Proud parents on cloud 11
Ludhiana, November 11
Finally the date of 11:11:11 has made many couples crazy for having their baby on the day. A few wanted it due to its uniqueness while others wanted to share their baby’s birthday with Aishwarya Rai’s baby.
Blessed one Kirti Bansal, who has been blessed with baby boy at a private hospital in Ludhiana on Friday. tribune photo: himanshu mahajan
Once a hero, now a pauper
 Ludhiana, November 11
Once he used to rule the turf of Dhudike Kabaddi Stadium, Moga, but on November 4 a cop turned down his request and did not allow him to enter the stadium during the World Cup Kabaddi match.
Keepa, who was in the city for his treatment, said he along with his family would camp the city on November 19, a day before the World Cup Kabaddi final, to project the fate of injured kabaddi players to fans.
Kuldeep Singh Keepa held by relatives to sit on a wheel chair in Ludhiana. photo: inderjeet verma
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Children dressed as politicians celebrate Children’s Day at St Xavier Playway School in Ludhiana on Friday.
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Controversial cop booked for assaulting wife
Ludhiana, November 11
The controversial cop SI Dilpreet Singh, who was already facing a disciplinary action for firing in the air at hill resort near Shimla during the new year eve celebrations, has courted yet another controversy after he was booked by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) police for allegedly assaulting his wife and snatching her gold ornaments.
Never-say-die attitude keeps them going
Ludhiana, November 11
Sole thing that keeps them going is their never say die attitude. Disability is their worst enemy. They have to wage a battle against it everyday they wake up with and win over.
Veterinary hospital building sans facilities
Jagraon, November 11
Tall claims by Gulzar Singh Ranike, Punjab minister for animal husbandry, fisheries, dairy development and welfare of schedule castes and backward classes; for improvement in the infrastructure of veterinary hospitals,
Jagraon, fall flat as the hospitl still lacks basic facilities required for treatment of
animals.
Old furniture and cement bags in the sterilisation room at Veterinary Hospital, Jagraon, on Friday. A Tribune photograph
‘Punjab to soon have cultural policy’
Ludhiana, November 11
The SAD government in 2007 had announced that a cultural policy to ensure proper preservation and development of Punjabi culture would be framed. But it seems the policy would need another session to come into force, said Hira Singh Gabria while addressing a press conference. The conference was organised to inform about the inauguration of the “Ishmeet Singh Music Institute”.
Rs15 lakh given to 1,008 meritorious students
Ludhiana, November 11
The Nehru Sidhant Kendre Trust, an NGO, today distributed an amount of Rs 15 lakh among 1,008 meritorious students of various schools and colleges of Ludhiana in a function here
today.
Police still groping in dark
Ludhiana, November 11
It has been two days since the police booked a doctor in a medical negligence case, which resulted in the death of a 45-year-woman, and the cops are still groping in the
dark.
Couple has every reason to cheer
Doraha, November 11
“We had never imagined such an alignment of ones on our anniversary,” expressed the happy-go-merry couple, as they celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary today i.e.
11/11/11. Nirdosh Kaur, an associate professor in political science at Amardeep Singh Memorial College,
Mukandpur, was married to a school principal, Rajinder Singh Gill, on November 11 in
2000.
Couple Nirdosh Kaur and Rajinder Singh Gill
Girl child born at 11.11 am
Jagraon, November 11
At a time when there was a rat race among couples to have a baby born on this special day i.e. November 11, here was a couple that was blessed with a girl child on this special day. What makes the birth of this girl child more special is the fact that the baby was born at 11.11 am
today.
Jang Singh and Daljit Kaur with their newly born daughter in a maternity hospital in Jagraon on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Award came as surprise, says Dr Thomas
Ludhiana, November 11
Although I have received many awards for my achievements, the prestigious “Sat Pal Mittal National Award-2011” has come up as a big surprise to me. This was said by Dr Abrahim G Thomas, director CMC,
Ludhiana, after receiving this award here today at the Nehru Sidhant Kender, which was conferred upon him by the Nehru Sidhant Kender
Trust.
Dr Ibrahim G Thomas and A Balakrishanan (extreme right) with their awards in Ludhiana on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
South America’s folklore
comes alive
Jagraon, November 11
A delegation of Ecuador artistes put up a spectacular display of folk traditions from South America, leaving students and spectators spellbound with their mesmerising dancing skills and artistic reflections during the Punjab International Folk Festival (PIFF) organised by the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council (PCPC) at GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, near Jagraon
yesterday.
Rangoli, classical dance dominate Day I
Ludhiana, November 11
The Punjab Technical University (PTU) organised Inter-Zonal Youth Festival at a management college here
today. PTU has more than 400 colleges affiliated to it throughout Punjab that are divided into four zones and after completion of the inter-college youth festivals, all zones will send first and runners-up teams for the final Inter-Zonal Youth
Festival.
Students perform bhangra during the Inter-Zonel Youth Festival at the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology in Ludhiana on Friday. A Tribune photograph
20 days on, no saplings planted
Ludhiana, November 11
Government College for Women is waiting for appropriate season to plant 50 saplings announced by an MP, Harsimrat
Kaur, as the authorities destroyed a few saplings by rolling out a carpet on “Mela Dheeyan
Da.”
Textile units turning eco-friendly: Study
Ludhiana, November 11
The growth of city-based textile industries has close linkage between use of advanced technology, cluster development, favourable socio-economic environment and work culture, including easy accessibility of unskilled and skilled
labour. At the same time, success of a majority of local textile-based industrial units is also attributable to good environment
practices.
DC suspends clerk
Ludhiana, November 11
Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner, Rahul
Tewari, suspended a clerk working at Sub- Registrar (Central) office today.
4 of family share same birthday
Doraha, November 11
Four members of Kaushal family of Doraha celebrated their birthday today i.e.
11/11/11.
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in a dock, with a controversy over disrespect to the Tricolour erupted during the visit of Punjab Governor, Shivraj Patil at the school here today.
