Sharma retires as college principal

Pathankot: “If you give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This is what education is. It is what survives when what has been learned gets forgotten,” said Dinesh Sharma, when he retired as principal of the prestigious SRPA Adarsh Bhartiya College, Pathankot. Sharma served the college for 39 years in various capacities. He was given an emotional send-off by SDM Arshdeep Singh Lobana, acting principal Dr Vinod Dogra and other members of the teaching and non-teaching staff. In a brief but impressive speech, Dr Sharma told students, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. The main purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Its other purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” TNS

GSPL officials meet AIT chairman

Amritsar: Officials of Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL), which is laying gas pipeline network in the city for the last several months, held a meeting with Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) Chairman Dinesh Bassi here on Saturday. The company had earlier laid the gas pipeline within the Municipal Corporation area. Now the company will lay the gas pipeline in the areas under the Amritsar Improvement Trust. In this regard, AIT Chairman Dinesh Bassi said after completion of the work, the trust will not let them dig the roads at any cost. TNS

Mobile seized from jail

Amritsar: A mobile phone was seized from a prisoner identified as Paramjit Singh of Bhoore Gill village. According to the Jail authorities, the mobile phone was seized during a surprise checking on Friday. The police have registered a case under Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prisons Act against him. TNS