Gurdaspur: Despite his late father's advice to keep journalists at an arm's length, the exigencies of political life have forced Navjot Singh Sidhu to do so otherwise. In the fall of 1978 when 14-year-old Sherry, barely 4'-9" tall in socks, scored an unbeaten 69 against Delhi while playing for the Punjab U-19 team at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, he was surrounded by hordes of reporters. The Punjab team's manager was his father late Bhagwant Singh Sidhu. The father counseled the son to stay away from media men because "no matter what, you will always be misquoted". Navjot took this advice to his heart and for the entire duration of his 16-year-long cricketing career, he did not mingle with reporters. So much so, on foreign tours he would not even read the newspapers. All this changed in 2004 when he became an MP. Ever since then, Sherry is keen to have the media at his side, and on his side. The man has surely changed with the changing times!
Capt's helping hand for ex-cadet
Chandigarh: Reacting to a Twitter message from a former Chief of Army Staff, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has directed the Department of Sainik Welfare to provide a motorised cycle to Shubham Gupta, a former National Defence Academy (NDA) cadet from Bathinda who had injured himself during his swimming lessons at the academy in 2012 and had to quit. The CM responded to a Twitter post by Gen VP Malik, who had tweeted on Friday that "Shubham Gupta is from Bathinda. May I request Capt Amarinder to do something, urgently". General Malik had responded to a post by Ankur Chaturvedi on March 18 in which he had said "What a shame! A young boy all of 19 years who dons the uniform to serve the nation, gets injured on duty and is left quadriplegic! His request for something as basic as a motorised wheel chair is being denied!!"
Kansal is rotary governor
Sangrur: President of Sangrur Industrial Chamber Ghanshyam Kansal has won election of the district rotary governor of 2023-24 of 3090 rotary district. The 3090 district includes eight districts of Punjab, four of Haryana and two of Rajasthan. The voting took place online. Kansal said of the total 99 votes, he got 64 while his opponent got 35 votes.
Women acheivers adorn walls
Faridkot: To sensitise visitors of various government departments in Faridkot for a gender-equitable society, the walls of the district administration complex in Faridkot have been painted with many famous women faces and messages to save the girl child. "Imagination has been used to highlight the importance of the issue. No visitor to the government offices can remain unaffected by some of the moving depictions," said Vimal Kumar Setia, Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot.
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