CULTURE

Amateurs sashay down the ramp
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 21
Some local youngsters were given an opportunity to sashay down the ramp to enable them to gain confidence at a show held here last evening.

A lot of students of the Indo-British Dance Academy performed dances. Tiny tots as young as three years of age performed with elan. Every participant selected popular dance numbers, which were interspersed with fashion rounds.

The final round was the question-answer round, which was conducted by Sukhminder Singh. The questions were interesting and the girls gave good answers. At times the enthusiasm of the audience became overbearing and the answers drowned in the cacophony.

Boys outnumbered girls. Twentysix boys came wearing ‘dhotis’ and ‘duppattas’. They too were asked questions by the anchor.

The chief guest was the IGP, Mr Chander Shekhar. The judge for the show was Jonita Doda, a model and actress.

HEALTH

Kids’ eye problems on rise: doc
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 21
To create health awareness among the general public, the Health Education Cell of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital organised its 29th public health lecture in the Dumra auditorium last evening. The lecture was delivered by Dr P.K. Khosla from AIIMS, New Delhi.

Dr Rajoo Singh conducted the stage and Dr Avasthi delivered the welcome address. Dr G.S. Wander introduced the chief guest to the audience. In his lecture Dr Khosla first explained the working of the eye and throw light on the various common diseases of eye. He said watching TV for long hours could harm the eyes by causing dryness, irritability and fatigue. He suggested that after watching TV and working on computer for half an hour, one should give rest to eyes for a few minutes.

SPORTS

Sports carnival
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, October 21
Karan Bansal defeated Sanjeev Bhalla in the Handicapped Snooker Singles Tournament during the Sports Carnival being held for the members of the Sutlej Club and their dependents here today. Manoj Verma outplayed Romy Malik and Nitin Gupta defeated Pankaj Gupta to enter the quarter-finals.

A double-wicket cricket tournament was also organised at the SD Government College ground. The pair of Harmeet Singh Batra and P.S. Brar won the tournament. In the final, they defeated the duo of Sanjay Gupta and Dinesh Soin by 30 runs.