PPCC seeks relief for employees
Ludhiana, January 22
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has welcomed the withdrawal of exim forms, waiver of penalty on water and sewerage bills, enhancement of honorarium of chowkidars in villages from Rs 400 to Rs 600 and extension of the Kanya Jagriti Jyoti Scheme to all Scheduled Caste families with two girls. It has urged the Punjab Government to improve the lot of working classes, including government employees and factory workers.
Badal asked to
declare Panthic agenda
Ludhiana, January 22
Prof Darshan Singh, a former Jathedar of Akal Takht, has
asked Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), to
declare the Panthic agenda of his party as Lok Sabha elections are round the
corner.
Sehajdhari body chief flays SGPC decision
Ludhiana, January 22
The Sehajdhari Sikh Federation has flayed the decision of the SGPC to ban Sikh singers with shorn hair and trimmed beards from reciting Gurbani.
Dr Paramjit Singh Ranu, national president of the federation, said the SGPC had failed to perform its primary duty of ‘dharam
prachar’.
Sena to unfurl Tricolour
in Srinagar
Ludhiana, January 22
The Shiv Sena (Hindustan) would hoist the National Flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day in symbolic opposition to militant outfits operating in the valley. The party activists would commence a rath yatra to Srinagar from Patiala on January 23 morning.
Lok Bhalai Party to contest six LS seats
Ludhiana, January 22
Ruling out the prospect of any alliance with the ruling Congress or the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine, the Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) has decided to strengthen the third front in the state. The party has decided to contest six Lok Sabha seats in the forthcoming general elections scheduled to be held any time now.
Recruitment rallies from Jan 25 to Feb 9
Ludhiana, January 22
For the selection of soldiers GD (Mazbahi and Ramdasia) from Punjab, eight recruitment rallies will be held from January 25 to February 9 in different cities. This was stated today by Col B.S.
Bisht, Director, Recruiting, BRO, Ludhiana, in a press release.
Roadways workers stage dharna
Ludhiana, January 22
After holding protest rallies on the last two days on the call given by the Joint Action Committee of the Punjab Roadways, the roadways employees today staged a dharna at the General Bus Stand demanding immediate acceptance of their demands. Earlier, the protesting employees, from 11 different bodies of the roadways workers, held a gate rally at the workshop.
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