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Ten minutes of madness
Ludhiana, February 26
Those were the ten minutes of madness on the Mall Road last night when Bollywood filmstar Fardeen Khan arrived here to promote Provogue products. Although late by two and half hours, the fans waited for him with patience and curiosity.
Actor Fardeen Khan being escorted out of a showroom in Ludhiana. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Widow in red tape mesh
Ludhiana, February 26
Red tape is the culprit here again. Even though a year has passed ever since her husband passed away, Ms Tripta Devi has not been able to retrieve the pension dues of her late husband from Punjab Agricultural University, where he worked for over 35 years.

Paddy relief disbursed
Ludhiana, February 26
The government has disbursed paddy drought relief to farmers of the state at the rate of Rs 20 per quintal. The Central Government had announced a relief of Rs 20 per quintal for paddy to compensate the farmers of the country following drought-like conditions in various states during the last paddy season.

Protest against bottling firms
Ludhiana, February 26
Activists of the Ludhiana Sewa Sangh, led by their president Suresh Gupta, held demonstration against multinational bottling companies for allegedly setting harmful and substandard bottled mineral water to people. They emptied the contents of the mineral water bottles on the road.

Hoteliers thank Jagmohan for revival of tourism

Ludhiana, February 26 Mr Rajinder Kumar, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India, hosted a reception here for Mr Jagmohan, Union Minister of Tourism, and declared him ‘tourism man of the year’. In his welcome address, Mr Rajinder Kumar said: “We have often heard that Mr Jagmohan is a right man at wrong place. Mr N.S.Nanda, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Punjab, welcomes Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Mr Jagmohan, at a function. — A Tribune photograph

Date for refresher courses extended
Ludhiana, February 26
The deadline for doing refresher courses, compulsorily required under the career advancement scheme for the teachers of the agricultural universities has been extended up to December 31.

COMMUNITY

Give clemency to Bhullar, says Badal
Ludhiana, February 26
“I am willing to talk to anyone where the issues facing the people of the country, the state and the Sikh panth are concerned,” says SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal. He was in the city to attend the bhog ceremony of the daughter of party vice-president Amarjit Singh Bhatia here today.

SAD, Congress head-to-head 
Doraha, February 26
The election campaigns of the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal for the March 2 Payal Nagar Council elections are in full swing. The contest is between the SAD and the Congress in all 11 wards here, except Ward 7, where the contest has became triangular, with the coming in of an Independent candidate.

86 file papers  for civic poll

Power consumers plead their case
Ludhiana, February 26
Consumers, both commercial and domestic, are sore at the frequency and quantum of power hike following the formation of the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC).

Dreams cost him his son
Ludhiana, February 26
After an agonising wait of about two months, a farmer’s family at Dhamnewal village of this district has realised that it would not be possible to perform the last rites of their son, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Hong Kong early this year, over here.

READERS WRITE
Rose Garden no more the same
I visit India every year from England to stay with my parents, who live near the Rose Garden. I have fond childhood memories of growing up in the city and going for a walk in the Rose Garden at around 7 a.m.

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PIMT fest today
Mandi Gobindgarh,  February 26
The Punjab Institute of Management and Technology (PIMT) will organise the ‘PIMT Hero Honda Aaftab 2003’ festival tomorrow. The festival of cultural, literary and management events, which began as an intra-college function, has grown into an inter-college event.

CULTURE

Tributes paid to Sahir Ludhianvi
Ludhiana, February 26
Rich tributes were paid to Ludhiana’s most popular poet Sahir Ludhianvi at a function titled “Dhavani organised yesterday at Punjabi Bhavan. Participants recited ‘Sahir’s poetry. Chaman Lal Chaman, a renowned literary figure from the USA, was the guest of honour.

SPORTS

Harpreet, Gagandeep best athletes

Ludhiana, February 26 Harpreet Kaur of the M.Ed course and Gagandeep Kaur of the B.Ed course were declared the best athletes in the two-day athletics meet of the Malwa Central College of Education for Women here today. In the annual meet, more than 250 students of the college took part in track-and-field and fun events. Students of Malwa College of Education take part in an athletics event on Wednesday.—  A Tribune photograph