Kiss, Mr Hiss Mahashivratri was celebrated with great fervour in the city. — Photo by Vishal Kumar

In Playful Mood Students of Sri Guru Harkishan Public School perform during their annual day function. — A Tribune photograph

MC to script a tech-happy tale
Amritsar, March 7
Having drawn flak from the ministry of local bodies for not implementing the e-governance project, the municipal corporation has decided to expedite the process of making its departments tech savvy.

Gang of auto-lifters busted, army man nabbed 
Amritsar, March 7 With the arrest of one person, district police today claimed to have busted a gang of vehicle lifters. The accused has been identified as Army jawan Kulwant Singh, resident of Indira Colony, Kot Khalsa here. Kulwant, who was posted at Baramulla sector, has been absent from his duty for the last seven months.

‘Hazur Sahib projects to be over by Oct 31’
Amritsar, March 7
A simple presentation of the ongoing projects at Takht Hazur Sahib, Nanded, situated on the banks of the Godavari, given by P.S. Pasricha, former DGP, Maharashtra, and chairman of the Takht Hazur Sahib Management Committee, elicited a big response from the Chief Khalsa Diwan - the oldest Sikh institution here.

City lecturer gets prestigious Green School award
Amritsar, March 7
Manisha, a lecturer in mathematics at Government Secondary School, Town Hall, won the Gobar Times Green School award by the centre of science and environment, ministry of environment and forest, New Delhi, for winning the eighth position in the country on an environment project submitted to the ministry.

Campus Buzz
Globalisation, inequalities go hand-in-hand: Experts
Amritsar, March 7
“There has been an accentuation of inequalities after the initiation of globalisation. India might have billionaires but there has also been an increase in slums in the emerging cities. The people belonging to the middle class are one of the most spoilt ones in the world.”

Vishal adjudged best NCC cadet
Amritsar, March 7 Vishal Sharma, a cadet of 2 Punjab Naval NCC Unit and student of DAV College here, was adjudged best naval NCC cadet and IIIrd best NCC cadet out of 18 NCC directorates which participated in the Republic Day Parade this year.

DPS tiny tots take a trip to fantasy land
Amritsar, March 7
Tiny tots of Delhi Public School presented a colorful dance-drama during their annual day function. The play, "When magic lamp changed hands", was conceived by Sangeeta Singh, principal of the school.