Sidhu’s city facelift plan ready
Amritsar, June 10 Navjot Singh Sidhu, MP, who had initiated a major project to change the face of the holy city with the grant of Rs 100 crore received from the Punjab government, has planned to make a presentation to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on June 13 to give a complete picture of the project, which would be undertaken to improve the infrastructure of the city. 

Building Care
INTACH denies being approached by SGPC
Amritsar, June 10
Sukhdev Singh, Punjab state convener of the Indian National Trust for Art, Culture and Heritage (INTACH), said the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has not approached conservation experts from INTACH for the conservation of historical buildings belonging to great Sikh history.

My City
‘Chaos rules the roost’
Amritsar, idolised as the “pool of the nectar of immortality” is the holiest of the holy Sikh regimes. Despite witnessing a rapid urban economic growth through planned development of multiplexes on Mall Road and Lawrence Road and residential projects on the outskirts, the city still needs a lot of work to be done in matters relating to public welfare like construction of roads, sewage management and a rapid transport system to name a few.

Theatre knows no boundaries: Raj Babbar
Amritsar, June 10
Theatre has a universal appeal and is not bound by religion or region. This was stated by theatre artiste and film star Raj Babbar at the inauguration of a month-long workshop here on Saturday.

VDSB is commercialising faith: Lal
Amritsar, June 10
A delegation of devotees from the city would visit Katra to protest against the ‘autocratic decision’ of the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (VDSB) to charge fee from the devotees for paying obeisance at Vaishno Devi Shrine.