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150 special children take part in sports meet
Jalandhar, November 6
Fate has been cruel to 13-year-old Manisha. Her
parents abandoned her right after her birth for she
suffered from a problem of outward protrusion of her
chest bones and breathlessness.

Special children participate in a wheelchair race at Trinity College in Jalandhar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Groundwater Table Trouble
MC gets ‘serious’ about rainwater harvesting
Jalandhar, November 6
Taking a harsh decision, the town planning section of the municipal corporation on Wednesday issued directives to the owners of all under-construction commercial buildings coming up in an area exceeding 500 sq yds to install a rainwater harvesting system, failing which they will not be issued a completion certificate.

Vigil On Villains
Plan to install 175 CCTVs in city
Jalandhar, November 6
In an effort to review security arrangements of the city, the city police will shortly install 175 close circuit TVs at various strategic points. The police authorities have even sent a proposal in this pretext to the police department.

Flowery Hat

A man sells artificial flowers on a road in Jalandhar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

	Dialysis machines gather dust November 5, 2008
	Get building assessed or pay hefty fine: MC October 31, 2008
	Fiscal meltdown casts shadow on Divali October 28, 2008
	Flood of ‘dengue patients’ chokes civil hospital October 24, 2008
	Surjit hockey tourney gets scant attendance October 22, 2008
	Doaba, Majha farmers up in arms against govt October 17, 2008
	Fish market parking project dumped October 15, 2008
	Road repair projects may take off by month-end October 10, 2008
	Ban in place, city gears up to kick the butt October 3, 2008
	Kapurthala residents can breathe easy now October 1, 2008

Kapurthala Heritage Fest takes off today
Jalandhar, November 6
The seventh Baba Jassa Singh Kapurthala Heritage Festival will begin tomorrow. The three-day festival, taking place at Jagatjit Palace at Kapurthala from November 7 to 9, will encounter performances by ace artistes.

FM Rainbow to begin SMS service
Jalandhar, November 6
FM Rainbow, the only live channel of
the city, has started SMS service for
the direct participation of the listeners
in live phone-in programmes.


Station director B.C. Panwar addresses a
press conference in Jalandhar on Thursday.
A Tribune photograph

Doc replaces 91-yr-old woman’s knee
Jalandhar, November 6
Dr Harpreet Singh, joint replacement surgeon at Orthonova Hospital, Jalandhar, added another feather to his cap by performing a rare knee replacement operation on 91-year-old Kirpal Kaur.

Sports
Sangha to accompany hockey team to Pak
Jalandhar, November 6
International hockey umpire G.S. Sangha has been deputed as umpire to accompany the India Junior U-21 hockey team which would be playing a test series of five matches in Pakistan.

Young World
City students get martial arts training in USA
Jalandhar, November 6
A nine-member team of students of classes V to XII of Police DAV Public School attended an international martial art training camp at Mesa, Phoenix, USA.