Plot Problem
Property dealer accused of land grab
Amritsar, June 3
A property dealer has been accused of grabbing a chunk of prime land at Gumtala village on the Amritsar-Ajnala road. The property dealer has allegedly turned the plot into a park and is not allowing the real owners to enter the area.

School Buzz
UP excels in jump rope tourney
Amritsar, June 3
Uttar Pradesh secured the first position, while Punjab were the runners up at the National Level Jump Rope Championship 2008 which concluded at DAV International School here. The Delhi and Goa teams finished third and fourth, respectively.

‘Kick the butt, reduce heart disease risk by 30 pc’
Amritsar, June 3
Hundreds of patients in and around the city were examined at the three-day free heart and multi-specialty check up camp organised at Fortis Healthworld here.

School gives ‘home’ to poor families
Amritsar, June 3
The keys of some newly constructed houses at Dhanoya Khurd village, near Attari, were handed over to three families living in utter poverty by the management of St Francis School, here recently.

Bulbs that rear grapes
Amritsar, June 3
Known for his innovative ideas, local resident Jagmohan Kanojia, a kite maker by profession, has created a unique module to save bunches of grapes from insects and flies by growing them inside a hollow electricity bulb. Talking to The Tribune, Kanojia said he put the bunch inside a hollow electricity bulb when they were small and just starting to grow. He said flies and insects destroyed lot of his fruits and sucked their juice.



City resident Jagmohan Kanojia and his ‘big idea’. — A Tribune photograph

Candlelight march to remember Deshpande
Amritsar, June 3
The Folklore Research Academy (FRA) organised a function in the memory of veteran Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande here today. Veteran journalist Kuldeep Nayar was the chief guest on the occasion. He said the candlelight vigil programme to be organised at the Indo-Pak border on the midnight of August 14 would be dedicated to Nirmala Deshpande this year.

Ration distributed among widows
Amritsar, June 3
Chinmaya Mission here organised the 71st widow ration distribution function at bhavan’s SL Public School in which chief commissioner of income tax Sunil Chopra and his wife Vinita, director-general of income tax investigation, presided over.

City girls shine in CBSE essay contest
Amritsar, June 3 Two city school girls made Amritsar proud by getting gold medals in an all-India essay competition conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The laureates are Amninder Kaur and Ramneek Dhillon.