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Sameer Kumar Sharma The Indian Express Group

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Linguistic pursuits

Wednesday 29 April '09

Language is her nemesis and Nisha believes English gives her the strength to express herself in the best possible way.
Timely action could have saved victims: Health department

Saturday 25 April '09

The three victims, who reportedly consumed contaminated street food on Tuesday evening, could have survived had they received timely medical attention.
Use of sulphuric acid in street food to be blamed?

Friday 24 April '09

Contaminated food is one of the greatest health risks for the residents of the city and Tuesday’s deaths have raised some pertinent questions on the unhygienic conditions under which street food is sold.
Two die, over 30 taken ill after eating ‘contaminated’ golgappas

Thursday 23 April '09

Two persons died and about 30 were taken ill, a couple of them seriously, after they ate ‘contaminated’ golgappas sold by a street vendor at Jagirpur village and Amarjit Colony on the Rahon Road last evening.
Harbinger of change

Wednesday 22 April '09

As a dozen terrorists went on a rampage in Mumbai’s posh areas last year killing over 150 people in coordinated attacks on Taj Mahal Palace...
‘Wheat allergies leading to blurred vision’

Saturday 18 April '09

Come the harvest season and farmers throng Eye departments in hospitals complaining about what they term “wheat allergies”.
To sir, with love

Friday 17 April '09

The 20-kilometre journey he undertakes every day to his school has never tired him. Harjinder Singh, a computer teacher at a government school in Abbuwal, is happy to bring a change, however small, into the lives of some 100-odd rural students.
No jobs here, students rush to foreign shores to pursue higher education

Thursday 16 April '09

Economic downturn is making it difficult for colleges to place their students, but they are now ready with the damage-control plan.
Legacy of the British Raj

Tuesday 14 April '09

Housing the vision of Dr Edith Mary Brown, over a century-old building of the Christian Medical College and Hospital have stood the test of time, emphasising the importance of medical care to the needy.
‘Region needs a dedicated cancer care centre’

Sunday 12 April '09

It comes as no surprise to the people in the region when a train carries the cancer patients from the Bathinda cotton belt to Bikaner, who want to avail themselves of the best treatment in the dedicated cancer centre in Rajasthan.
Consigned to oblivion

Sunday 12 April '09

Over the years, the city has seen various infrastructrual developments and its look has undergone a sea change in its road designs with authorities constantly vowing to give it a new makeover, run a metro service in the years to come and what not.
Students, alumni up in arms against college

Saturday 11 April '09

Embroiled in controversy over the non-payment of compulsory stipend to interns, the first-ever convocation of the Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College...
No hunger for fame, she sings for divine connection

Thursday 9 April '09

The limelight of reality shows serves as a strong impetus for most aspiring singers today. But Manpreet Kaur, first runner-up in Awaz Punjab Di, sings for a different reason-the search for purity in music.
Courtesy Tarksheel, many pledge to live after death

Monday 6 April '09

As 55-year-old Malkiat Kaur’s death in nondescript village Athoor near Jagraon became the first in the village where no cremation was held, Tarksheel Society, Punjab, celebrated it with pride when it donated the body to the Christian Medical College and Hospital for research purposes.
Blood bank

Monday 6 April '09

During the days of terrorism when there was hatred and bloodshed across the state, many turned into outlaws and took to guns.
Parents erupt in joy

Sunday 5 April '09

It was a joyous reunion for the emotional parents of the newly born as they embraced their five-day old boy at the Civil Hospital today, two days after he was stolen from the maternity ward of the hospital.
‘In India, brain stroke preys on the youth’

Saturday 4 April '09

Brain stroke, the second largest cause of death in the world after cancer and the third largest killer in India (after heart attack and cancer), strikes Indians at a comparatively younger age than their counterparts in the West.
‘Creative, critical thinking should go hand-in-hand’

Friday 3 April '09

“The possible solution to various issues including ragging in educational institutions lies in ‘caring thinking’ which is at present missing in our education system. Our present system is haunted by the apparition of Macaulay’s Minute of the 1830s.”
Beware of driving if you are epileptic: Expert

Thursday 2 April '09

“Unlike strict rules that are followed in the Western countries, most of the patients suffering from epilepsy start driving before they are cured of the problem,” said Dr Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, at the Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, today.
Twin task

Monday 30 March '09

Whenever city-based entrepreneur Ranjodh Singh sets out on a tour to explore new business avenues in the world...
Rags to stitches

Sunday 29 March '09

The death of 19-year-old medical student Aman Kachru of the Rajendra Prasad Medical College at Tanda in Kangra on March 8 exposes the vulnerability of freshers.
Selling the fitness mantra

Monday 23 March '09

The biggest problem in life is that we tend to live either in the past or in the future and that leaves us with no time to live in the present.
Little Mermaid to fund treatment of leukemia patients

Thursday 19 March '09

For the last two months, about 80 students of the Christian Medical College and Hospital have been going through endless hours of rehearsal for the stage musical 'The Little Mermaid' in the city to make it a success.
Tinsel town calling

Wednesday 18 March '09

The Voice of India fame has made her famous in the state but she says she is still the girl next door.
‘Pneumonia is still a deadly killer in India’

Monday 16 March '09

About 75 pediatricians from across the state brainstormed today to discuss the preventive measures to be taken to fight pneumonia which according to the UNICEF data claims more lives in children below five years of age than any other illness.
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