WB halves water charges for rural people
Amritsar, November 7
Lakhs of consumers in Punjab would get a cumulative concession of several crores as the World Bank has decided to reduce 50 per cent charges on the water charges under its potable water project scheme in the state.

Budding Artistes Tiny tots stage ‘The Kings’ Amritsar, November 7 Tiny tots of various schools enthralled the audience gathered at Punjab Naatshala with live performances during staging of play “The Kings” here on Thursday evening. A delightful debacle of two very unlikely kings, the play inspired the children to become self-dependent and confident in their life. Children enact a play, “The King”, at Punjab Naatshala in Amritsar on Thursday evening. — Photo by Vishal Kumar

Two get burns as LPG cylinder bursts
Amritsar, November 7
Two persons, including a woman, got serious burn injuries after a pipe got disconnected from an LPG cylinder in a dhaba resulting in bursting of two gas cylinders near the civil hospital area late last evening.

Medical education to improve under Shergill: PSMDTA
Amritsar, November 7
The Punjab State Medical and Dental Teachers Association on Friday welcomed the appointment of Dr S.S. Shergill, former head of department of orthopaedics, PGI, as vice-chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.

Traders up in arms against parking fee move

Amritsar, November 7 Shopkeepers of the Nehru Shopping Complex at Lawrence Road protested against the proposed move of the Improvement Trust to levy parking fee on all vehicles entering the complex.
Shopkeepers protest against the improvement trust for auctioning a parking place in Nehru Shopping Complex in Amritsar. — Photo by Vishal Kumar

Erring confectioners face action
Amritsar, November 7
Much to the chagrin of the health department, a majority of the sweet samples collected prior to Divali by it from famous confectioners and sweetshops in the city were found to be spurious with reports finding dead insects, synthetic colours and foreign objects in them. The sweets were declared unfit for human consumption.

Campus Buzz
GND varsity prof to visit Germany
Amritsar, November 7
Dr Sukhwant Singh Bindra, professor, department of political science of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), will visit Johnass Guttenberg University, Mainz, Germany, as a visiting professor for three months from November 11.

From School
Senior Study School holds annual function
Amritsar, November 7
Tiny tots of Senior Study School, Amritsar Cantonment, left the audience spellbound with their performances at the annual function held on the school premises recently.

Personality development camp
Amritsar, November 7 Students of Citizens’ Forum Vidhya Mandir of the Maqboolpura slum locality were being given the right kind of exposure in the two-day personality development camp being held at Badhani under the aegis of Punarjyot to equip these children with learning so that they may face the challenges that future has in store for them.

Free vocation training for unemployed youth
Amritsar, November 7
Col Kuldeep Singh, Commandant C-Pyte Camp, today announced a special one-month training camp for providing vocational coaching in the field of electrician, electronics and welding course to educated youth.