Sidhu moots development authority plan
Amritsar, March 27
The Confederation of Indian Industry today backed the idea of setting up a development authority here for the planned growth of the city.

Nankana Sahib to have eye hospital
Amritsar, March 27
Medical experts of India and Pakistan have joined hands to set up an eye hospital in Pakistan.

Mice in bank’s plot Amritsar, March 27 Only a pied piper can possibly bring an end to the woes of residents of Pawan Nagar, who have been troubled by hundreds of mice. The rodents have dug burrows in the vacant plots on the main road and feed on heaps of garbage that is dumped there everyday. A mouse waits for his kin to come out from a burrow at a bank’s plot near Pawan Nagar in Amritsar. — Photo by Rajiv sharma

Just a thought
In Punjab for a living
The hope of crop stands desolate under the starry sky. Warm air cracks earth under Ramdeen’s feet. He turned 20 during the rains which passed his village by for the third year in a row. He has been borrowing to buy seeds and sowing those in time. But clouds come and go without sprouting the seed.

Musical journey with a comb
Amritsar, March 27
For Sahan Bajala, his comb is his saxophone. With a piece of polythene wrapped over the comb, he can produce tune of any high-note song. The moment he starts playing ‘baharon phool barsao’, the small room in his Power Colony residence echoes with mesmerising musical notes. Singing Mohammad Rafi’s songs is his other obsession.

Bajala creates music with a polythene piece wrapped on a comb. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

New surgery for arthritis patients
Amritsar, March 27
The minimally-invasive quadriceps-sparing total knee replacement surgical technique has come as a boon for arthritis patients, said Dr Manuj Wadhwa, an orthopaedic with Fortis Hospital and Escorts Heart and Super Specialty Institute.

Need to evolve new hybrid paddy, says Dr Khush
Amritsar, March 27
Internationally renowned rice breeder Dr G S Khush, a former research director at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, felt the need to evolve a new hybrid rice-paddy variety in order to sustain the requirements of rice in the world.

Convocation in jail Amritsar, March 27 The Adult Continuing Education and Extension Centre, which was established by the GNDU in the Amritsar Central Jail, would organise its first convocation in collaboration with the university for inmates who passed their certificate and diploma courses, said Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, SSP Gurdaspur and Batala. VC Jai Rup Singh honours Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh at Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Rare surgery
Amritsar, March 27
The leg of a 26-year-old Jammu resident was successfully rejoined by a team of specialist doctors at a private hospital in Amritsar.

Human rights discussed
Amritsar, March 27
A legal and constitutional provision to safeguard human rights of common man so that it could reach the lower strata of society is need of the hour. These views were expressed by the experts participating in a seminar on “Human Rights and Duties Education” organized by political science department of Khalsa College, Amritsar.

Plea for heritage cell in SGPC
Amritsar, March 27
The Punjab Heritage and Education Foundation, an NGO, has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) to set up a heritage cell in Amritsar.