SGPC urged to set up conservation centre to preserve heritage
Amritsar, April 24
Various experts and heritage lovers urged the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee to set up Guru Ramdass Urban Welfare & Aesthetical Conservation Centre comprising of conservationists and heritage experts for renovation or development of historical gurdwaras.

He returns with a smiling heart Amritsar, April 24 Mohammed Mudassar Bhatti is a relieved man today. Nearly a month ago, the Lahore resident had arrived in the holy city, looking for a treatment for his ailing heart. Back home, the doctors had diagnosed him with severe artery blockage and recommended a bypass surgery. Lahore man Mohammed Mudassar Bhatti was successfully operated at Amritsar hospital

City gears up for b-day Amritsar, April 24 Brij Bedi, president, Citizens Forum, has appealed to the people to lend a helping hand to the new DC and SSP to make the city a prosperous and clean. He said that these officers should take action against the people who defaced the town with vulgar poster and graffiti. Citizens Forum chief Brij Bedi asks shopkeepers to keep a check on encroachments. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Tightening Screws
Drug peddling : Now, tabs to be kept on cop-smuggler nexus
Amritsar, April 24
Alarmed over the increasing incidents of drug-peddling in the border districts, the Punjab police has decided to keep a tab of those cops suspected to be part of nexus with the drug peddlers.

Farmer suicides: Book goes to root of problem
Amritsar, April 24
“Forced Fall - A Case of Punjab Farmers” the book analyses the problem behind farmers’ suicides from different aspects based on data collected from various affected families from three different agro-climatic regions of Punjab.

Zenith 2007: Springdale kids put up a brilliant show

Amritsar, April 24 Springdale Public School held its prize distribution ceremony ‘Zenith 2007’, in which 180 students were awarded for academic brilliance, 58 for sports merit and 20 students got special merit awards which included many international categories. Students of Springdale school present Saraswati Vandana during the prize distribution ceremony in Amritsar on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Kids have rollicking time
Amritsar, April 24
Six-year old Manpreet Kaur of Class I and seven-year old Mannan Monga of class II jointly bagged the honour of ‘Best Sportspersons of Year’ at the awards presentation ceremony of Shri Ram Ashram Public school.

Stop killings at border, Pak editor asks Kalam
Amritsar, April 24
In an appeal to the President of India, B.S.Goraya, editor of ‘Punjabi Monitor’ magazine, a six-monthly pamphlet on Sikh shrines in Pakistan, has demanded that youth trying to illegally cross over to Pakistan should not be shot down by the Border Security Force but should be dealt with a humanitarian approach.

World Wars: Book throws light on role of Sikhs
Amritsar, April 24
Remembering the contribution made by the Sikhs during the two world wars, a book titled ‘How Europe is indebted to the Sikhs’ penned down by Bhupinder Singh Holland, seeks to reveal little known facts about the two world wars with the help of documents and newspaper cuttings.

‘Labourers are better paid than medical interns’
Amritsar, April 24
Students of the Government Medical College have demanded increase of stipend given to interns. In a memorandum submitted to the DRME, the students’ body said the stipend of interns is Rs 2,400 per month and it has not been hiked since 1990. The daily comes out to be Rs 80 per day, which is much lower than what a labourer earns.

Tech update for surgeons from region
Amritsar, April 24
Surgeons from different parts of the region were informed about the latest techniques in anesthesia at the national seminar on ventilation update organised by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, in collaboration with Amandeep Hospital at Amritsar Convention Centre.

315 patients examined
Amritsar, April 24
As many as 315 patients were examined for eye and chest diseases at a free camp at Guru Gobind Singh Charitable Trust Hospital, Fairland Colony. The camp was organised by Ravinder Singh of R.S. Rice Mills in memory of Panth Rattan Bhai Jasbir Singh.