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Articles by Rameshinder Singh Sandhu
My husband, my biggest support
Shilpa Shetty can be safely referred to as the jack-of-all-trades, with her strong and vivid personality and her professional life, which has been packed with variety.
Updated on May 27, 2014 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Soha Ali Khan on her role in upcoming 1984-riots film 'October 31st' and more
When Soha Ali Khan got into movies at 25, her mother, Sharmila Tagore, and brother, Saif Ali Khan, both Bollywood celebrities, disagreed with the choice but the student of history had lost interest in the banking job, and a special film, later, was to take her to her first love.
Updated on May 24, 2014 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Tigers in local zoo waiting for companions
The death of two tigresses named ‘Mohini’ and ‘Elaichi’ in Ludhiana Zoo in October 2013 had kicked of f a controversy over the cause behind the death of two big cats within 48 hours. While sources had alleged that bad meat served to the tigresses was the reason behind t hei r deat h, t he z oo authorities maintained that they died due to old age.
Updated on May 22, 2014 05:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
PAU scientist creates medicinal cloth for asthmatics
To naturally help asthmatic patients and those suffering from severe joint pain, Devinder Kaur, 42, a senior scientist and professor at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has created a medicinal fabric through her research that she carried out for three years (2009-2011).
Updated on May 22, 2014 07:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
PAU takes up theatre to create awareness on agriculture across state
Eleven students from different departments of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in collaboration with United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF) have started using theatre as a platform to educate farmers across the state.
Updated on May 19, 2014 11:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Amid rising materialism, PAU course aims at instilling moral values in students
Not many people know that at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), it is obligatory for the new students to join the course on human values that aims to fortify the minds of students with moral values and optimism. It has proved to be not only interesting, but also meaningful.
Updated on May 19, 2014 01:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
For better price, sow different rice
Economists and experts at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have advised farmers in northern states to sow diverse varieties instead of just one, as that will maintain the demand-supply balance and prevent heavy losses. Most farmers in the ricegrowing states sow Punjab PUSA Basmati 1509 to cater to the demand from the Middle East, Europe, and the US.
Updated on May 19, 2014 10:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
My kids are getting inspired by my work: Susanne Roshan
Sussanne Roshan, who recently split from husband Hrithik Roshan, chooses to evade queries about the couple’s impending divorce
Updated on May 18, 2014 05:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, New Delhi
For better price, sow different rice
For the rice season that has almost arrived, the economists and experts at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) advise farmers across north India to sow diverse varieties instead of just one, as that will maintain the demand-supply balance and prevent heavy losses.
Updated on May 18, 2014 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Work helps me move on, says Suzanne
Talking to Suzanne Khan reminds one of the words of Hollywood actor Bette Davis, who once said, “It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.”
Updated on May 17, 2014 07:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Harvesting restricted to 7am-7pm
Deputy commissioner (DC) Rajat Agarwal has restricted wheat harvesting to between 7am and 7pm. The order will be applicable till June 28. Aggarwal said the harvesting of wheat was usually carried out round the clock.
Updated on May 07, 2014 02:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Batalvi will continue to live forever through his poetry
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet, literary critic and philosopher once said, "Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order". And when it comes to best words and haute verse, the name of world renowned poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi from Batala stands at the pinnacle.
Updated on May 06, 2014 03:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Library at Sahitya Akademi boasts of rare literature books
The reference and research library of Punjabi Sahitya Akademi (PSA) at Ferozpur Road stands out from an ordinary library and is a house to over 45,000 books which exhibits varied ethos of Punjabi language and culture, thanks to its management and members who are guided by 84-year-old librarian Prem Singh Bajaj.
Updated on May 06, 2014 12:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Opened in early 70s, agri varsity’s Parker House in appalling shape
Punjab Agricultural University’s (PAU) guest house ‘Parker House’ that once provided its services to one and all, especially when it was opened in the early 70s, is lying highly ignored for the past many years.
Updated on May 06, 2014 12:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
2-year delay in publication of PAU magazine upsets students
Members of the Young Writers Association (YWA) of Punjab Agricultural University are dismayed over the two-year delay in publication of the annual ‘PAU Magazine’. Director of students welfare Ravinder Kaur Dhaliwal had earlier stated the magazine was delayed due to the parliamentary elections and would likely be out by the end of April. However, despite numerous efforts by the students, who number over a hundred, to get the magazine released, it appears they will have to wait for some more time.
Updated on May 02, 2014 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Weather delays wheat harvest
Due to the inclement weather in the past few months that brought along intermittent rainfall, hailstorms and strong winds across the state, harvesting of wheat has been delayed by 15 to 20 days. A visit to the local new grain market located at National Highway 1 revealed that farmers were anxious over saving their crop.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 12:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Election fever catches city youth
The 2014 general elections fever seems to have gripped everyone, including the younger generation, across the colleges and universities of the city.
Updated on Apr 25, 2014 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
All that I am today, is because of Salman: Zareen Khan
The charm of Punjabi cinema has slowly, but surely smitten our Bollywood actors. Joining the sea of stars taking the route to Punjab is the barely two-film old stunner Zareen Khan.
Updated on Apr 20, 2014 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Jazzy B fails to fall in line over apology
Though three of the four Punjabi pop singers -Gippy Grewal, Diljit Dosanjh and Harbhajan Mann, who figured in a TV commercial lauding the Shiromani Akali Dal's policies, apologised on Facebook three days ago following an uproar among their fans, Bhangra singer-songwriter Jaswinder Singh Bains, more popularly known as Jazzy B, continues to remain the exception.
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Punjabi stars get mixed reactions from public for supporting SAD
Some famous personalities of the Punjabi music and film industry, who have been humming tunes in favour of political party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) through commercial advertisements on television have been getting mixed bag of reactions, especially from the youth and on social networking platforms.
Updated on Apr 18, 2014 05:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Looking at the brighter side
Recently, I was transferred to Ludhiana from my hometown, Amritsar. I was looking forward to new experiences, and I shared the news with my friends and relatives. To my shock, they rolled out many discouraging tales about Ludhiana.
Updated on Apr 17, 2014 08:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh
Kids, not parents, must make a career choice
Like every year, as the examination season culminates it leaves the mind of most students in a muddled state especially if they have appeared for Class 10 or 12 exams. Reason: Either they fail to understand their interest or they are forced to opt for a career of their parents’ choice.
Updated on Apr 16, 2014 10:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
My father played a vital role in boosting my talent: Harshdeep Kaur
American lyricist EY Harburg once said, ‘Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.” Harbrg’s words came to life when noted Bollywood and Sufi singer Harshdeep Kaur performed live in Ludhiana on Saturday to mark Baisakhi.
Updated on Apr 14, 2014 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu
My saris salute simplicity: Mandira Bedi
Ever since her demure debut in TV serial Shanti, Mandira Bedi hasn’t left a single stone unturned to prove her versatility — from acting to anchoring to modeling. Now, the pretty damsel is ready to embark on a new artistic journey, that of designing saris.
Updated on Apr 14, 2014 11:15 AM IST
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Drawing strength from failures
Actor Anupam Kher, known to inspire the young with his book and life story, chose to began with a William Hamilton quote, when in Ludhiana over the weekend. “On earth, there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind.”
Updated on Apr 10, 2014 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh
PAU students irked by begging menace
The menace of beggars is on a rise, not only in the city, but also on the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus. Students claim that they have been facing trouble in the university for the past few months, but all their complaints to the authorities concerned have fallen on deaf ears.
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 12:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Kher stages play on his life; audience left spellbound
It was a rare opportunity for the denizens here to witness the live performance of veteran actor Anupam Kher, who staged an autobiographical Hindi play, 'Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai' inspired the audience to never 'give up' in life and overcome all odds and hurdles with audacity and smile.
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 06:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Strict entry rule at PAU irks visitors
Entering the campus of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) from its main gate has become a complicated and an irking process as the authorities have made it mandatory for visitors to deposit their identification cards and explain the reason of visit.
Updated on Apr 06, 2014 10:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
Chandigarh was always on Kirron's mind: Anupam Kher
Unlike other Bollywood actors who contest in various elections, win and thereafter forget about their constituencies, Kirron Kher -- the BJP candidate from Chandigarh -- will stay back in City Beautiful if she is elected from the parliamentary seat.
Updated on Apr 05, 2014 04:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Ludhiana
It’s the time to disco: Diljit Dosanjh
No celebration in Punjab is complete without his songs. Today, he is even touted as one of the best actors of Punjabi cinema. He continues, however, to live on like your average ‘desi jatt’.
Updated on Apr 04, 2014 02:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh