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Joshi, police cross swords again 
Amritsar, September 26
Ruling party MLA Anil Joshi and the district police have again crossed swords, creating an unsavoury situation in the holy city, which is considered as one of the most vulnerable cities of the state from the security point of view.

Multi-slice spiral CT scan to be part of GNDH
Amritsar, September 26
Multi-slice spiral CT scan would soon be part of the government-run Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. Significantly, the charges of scanning would be much less than the market rates and even than in Government Medical College, Patiala, and Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot.

Awareness seminar against TB
Tarn Taran, September 26 The district unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) organised an awareness seminar against TB here in association with the health department .

Christians condemn protest on ‘Changai’ sabha
Amritsar, September 26
Irked over the hue and cry raised by various Hindu organisations over the holding of the “Changai” sabha here, various Christian associations have urged the Hindu groups to participate in the meeting to see for themselves whether Christian organisations were indulging in conversion or not.

Badal proposes, bureaucracy disposes
Amritsar, September 26
Even as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had announced exemption of entertainment tax on Punjab Naatshala in June this year, the bureaucracy failed to implement the decision even after three months.


Students of various schools participate in an awareness rally against drug abuse, organised by the Punjab Women Yoga Association, in Amritsar.
Students of various schools participate in an awareness rally against drug abuse, organised by the Punjab Women Yoga Association, in Amritsar. Photo: Vishal Kumar 

EARLIER EDITIONS

Ex-DGP, police academy director made PPPWS patrons
Amritsar, September 26
Former DGP M.S. Bhullar and director of Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, Rajdeep Singh Gill, have been nominated as patrons of the Punjab Police Pensioners Welfare Association (PPPWA) at a meeting held here.

Thai teacher in city to trace roots of her father
Amritsar, September 26
Unaware of her father’s roots in the holy city, a Thai teacher has landed here to trace her father’s relatives and his landed property which he had abandoned to migrate to Thailand after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.

Great Indian Laughter Challenge-IV finalist Bharti Singh. Theatre fraternity backs holy city’s humour girl
Amritsar, September 26
Bharti Singh, who created a record of sorts by reaching the grand finale of the Great Indian Laughter Challenge-IV being telecast on Star One, is a versatile theatre artiste.The city girl made a mark in the field of humour and laughter, a field hitherto considered as the domain of men.
Great Indian Laughter Challenge-IV finalist Bharti Singh. A Tribune photograph

School Buzz
Alpine school win third position in AISSCE Sports
Amritsar, September 26
Students of Manav Public School carry the picture of Shaheed Bhagat SIngh in a special programme organised to mark the birth anniversary of the great martyr in Amritsar Students of Alpine Public School today returned after securing an overall third position in the AISSCE north-west region sports held at the university campus of Jaipur in Rajasthan. The school won two gold medals and eight silver medals. The school basketball team won a bronze medal.
Students of Manav Public School carry the picture of Shaheed Bhagat SIngh in a special programme organised to mark the birth anniversary of the great martyr in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Oldest employee of GND varsity resigns
Amritsar, September 26
Jasbir Singh, secretary to vice-chancellor and the oldest employee of Guru Nanak Dev University, resigned after putting in 39 years of service here on Thursday.

Teachers protest lecturer’s transfer
Tarn Taran, September 26
The Adhayapak Dal, Punjab, organised a dharna in front of the office of the district education officer (secondary) here today to protest against the transfer of a woman lecturer of Government Secondary School, Patti.

Jalandhar girl wins inter-college debate contest
Amritsar, September 26
Priya Kanda of the Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, won the Guru Nanak Dev University inter-college debate competition on cooperation here on Thursday.

Harkrishan school wins folk song contest
Amritsar, September 26 Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School (SGHSSP), GT Road, won both the junior and  senior categories of the Sahodaya schools folk song competition held on the school premises in which more than 30  students from CBSE schools participated.

Poor sanitation disturbs Mission Aagaaz
Amritsar, September 26
Taking a dig at the working of the sanitary department of the municipal corporation, Mission Aagaaz urged the commissioner to take urgent measures to direct the sanitary inspector at Ram Bagh to clear the area surrounding his office of garbage.

Woman lights father’s pyre 
Tarn Taran, September 26
In a bid to transform the man-dominated rituals, Baljit Kaur lit the pyre of her father Kirpal Singh (83) who died here on September 23.

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