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MLA
flayed for manhandling party worker
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 8
The district unit of the SAD (B) at
its meeting held here today criticised the lone SAD (B) MLA from the
district for creating indiscipline, humiliating and manhandling a senior
party worker in a meeting of the party held at Naulakha village and
later getting a case registered against him. It is worth mentioning that
the district unit of the party has started block and circle-level
meetings to mobilise public for a political conference to be held on
June 26 in the district, which would be addressed by the Chief Minister
and other party leaders.
Change
in office timings resented
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 8
A majority of employees in
different government offices resented the orders of the state government
by which office timings would be 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and have demanded that
the earlier timings be restored.
Govt
responsive to people’s aspirations: Garcha
Ludhiana, June 8
The Punjab Minister for Technical
Education, Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, stated that the state government was
observing the current year as ‘development year’ and major thrust
would be given to infrastructure development to speed up the process of
industrialisation in the state.
2
per cent more DA for pensioners
Ludhiana, June 8
The Punjab Government has announced
a 2 per cent increase in dearness allowance for pensioners, family
pensioners and extraordinary pensioners of the state government.
According to a notification of the Ministry of Finance, the dearness
allowance has been increased from 41 per cent to 43 per cent of the
basic pension, with effect from January, 2001. This decision is expected
to benefit about 1.47 lakh pensioners in the state.
1
dies of food poisoning
Khamano, June 8
One farm labourer died and seven
other unconscious after taking meals at Sanghol village, near here.
Village
ponds to be cleaned in the state
Khamano, June 8
A special programme has been
chalked out to clean village ponds in Punjab, with the help of new
techniques. The ponds of Sanghol, Chanarthal and Rurki villages in
Fatehgarh Sahib district have been selected to see the initial results
of the project, which if found successful, will be implemented in all
districts.
Failing
to connect with Connect
Ludhiana, June 8
When the HFCL-Connect launched its
telecom services in the city in November, most of the residents felt
that their communication woes were over. But barely a few months after
the launch, residents have begun to say “privatisation is not always
the best answer”.
Awareness
rally by PSEB
Ludhiana, June 8
As part of the statewide awareness
campaign against massive power thefts amounting to thousands of crores
of rupees, employees of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) held an
awareness rally here today.
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