From today, ‘buta prasad’ for women in SGPC gurdwaras
Amritsar, August 26
It’s a unique endeavour aimed at addressing two serious issues plaguing Punjab. To raise awareness on environment and female foeticide, the state government and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) have collaborated with a corporate house for a novel project ‘Nanhi Chhaan’, wherein saplings would be gifted to women devotees visiting the Golden Temple.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, will launch the scheme in the holy city today. — A Tribune photograph

Protest against auction of green belt goes on
Amritsar, August 26
Despite a vociferous protest and agitation by various NGOs and environmentalists, the Punjab government, through PUDA, today went ahead with the auction of 5.54 acres of prime land dotted with hundreds of century-old trees in the Vidhya Sagar Institute of Mental Health.

Congress grass: City to be
weed-free by 2009
Amritsar, August 26
Moving ahead with its “Save the environment” campaign, the district administration has decided to make the city congress grass-free by 2009.


The district administration has launched a vigorous drive to remove the obnoxious weed.

Hope shines on Vidya Mandir students
Amritsar, August 26
A new chapter opened for the students of Citizens Forum Vidhya Mandir, a school for wards of the victims of drug addiction, when Canada-based Parvasi Media group today adopted 38 students for giving them financial grants for quality education.

Campus Buzz
Japanese fellowship for varsity scientist
Amritsar, August 26
The Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) has offered its highly post-doctoral fellowship to Dr Navdeep Singh Sodhi, reader in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU).