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Mulazam Morcha employees hold rally
Tarn Taran, September 19
Hundreds of employees under the banner of Sanjha Mulazam Morcha hold a rally here today against the unannounced financial emergency debarring employees from withdrawing their salary and other withdrawals.

I’ll contest from Gurdaspur, says Vinod Khanna
Pathankot/Gurdaspur, September 19
Former union minister and actor Vinod Khanna visited to the twin towns of Pathankot and Gurdaspur, both of which form the part of Gurdaspur Parliamentary seat, of which he has remained a three-time Member of Parliament (MP).

Rs 10 lakh donated to charitable trust
Nawanshahr, September 19
Simardeep Singh of New Delhi has donated a sum of Rs 10 lakh to Guru Nanak Mission International Charitable Trust at Nawangran-Kulpur in the district on Thursday.

Migrant labourer killed in mishap
Tarn Taran, September 19
An unidentified migrant labourer (16) was killed in a road accident near Chabal, 16 km from here last evening. The Chabal police has lodged a report under Section 174 of the Cr.P.C.

Electrician commits suicide
Phagwara, September 19
In a shocking incident, Pawan Kumar, an electrician, working in Lovely Professional University committed suicide by jumping before a running train near Bone Mills Chaheru on the Phagwara-Jalandhar rail section last evening. Financial crisis were said to be the cause of suicide, the railway police said. — OC

Mulazam Morcha employees hold rally
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, September 19
Hundreds of employees under the banner of Sanjha Mulazam Morcha hold a rally here today against the unannounced financial emergency debarring employees from withdrawing their salary and other withdrawals.

Employees from the education, health, irrigation, besides workers of Mid-Day meal, and ASHA workers participated in the rally.

Jarmanjit Singh, state president, Mulazam Manch, Punjab, while addressing the workers flayed the state government for its unplanned and unnecessary expenditure.

The Morcha in the rally asked the government to fill all vacant posts besides promotions for the better performance of the departments.

The workers also marched in the town and presented a memorandum to the district authorities.

 I’ll contest from Gurdaspur, says Vinod Khanna

Pathankot/Gurdaspur, September 19
Former union minister and actor Vinod Khanna visited to the twin towns of Pathankot and Gurdaspur, both of which form the part of Gurdaspur Parliamentary seat, of which he has remained a three-time Member of Parliament (MP).

At a press conference here, he stated that he had absolutely no intention of shifting his loyalties to the neighbouring Lok Sabha seat of Amritsar. “I will contest from Gurdaspur. Some of my detractors in the party are floating rumours that I may be shifted to Amritsar. During my three terms as MP, I have worked hard for the people of this border district. Several new bridges over the Ravi and Beas rivers came up during my tenure. It was due to my efforts that Gurdaspur was connected with mainline Punjab through the bridge built on the Beas river near Mukerian,” he said. — TNS

Rs 10 lakh donated to charitable trust

Nawanshahr, September 19
Simardeep Singh of New Delhi has donated a sum of Rs 10 lakh to Guru Nanak Mission International Charitable Trust at Nawangran-Kulpur in the district on Thursday.

The trust has been founded by octogenarian social worker Baba Budh Singh Dhahan for providing better healthcare and education facilities to the residents of remote and backward Kandi and beet area falling in Nawanshahr, Ropar, Hoshiarpur districts of the state and adjoining area of Himachal Pardesh.

A state of art multi-specialty hospital is being set up on the Garhshanker-Anandpur Sahib highway. The trust has recently started the first phase of the hospital. Baba Budh Singh Dhahan, Balbir Singh Bains, Sushil Kaur, Raghubir Singh and other office-bearers of the trust, have lauded the gesture of the philanthropist. — OC

Migrant labourer killed in mishap
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, September 19
An unidentified migrant labourer (16) was killed in a road accident near Chabal, 16 km from here last evening. The Chabal police has lodged a report under Section 174 of the Cr.P.C.

The deceased was sitting at the top of the stone loaded trolley after seeking lift from the driver. The labourer was buried under the tractor-trolley when it turned turtle on the way.