Teachers at government colleges are up-in-arms against the Department of Higher Education (DHE) for its alleged ‘lethargic’ attitude towards their issues pertaining to senior selection grade, promotions and online transfer policy. All Haryana Government Teachers’ Association (AHGTA), a body elected by regular teachers, has decided to stage a day-long dharna near Shiksha Sadan, head office...
the SKM leaders held a meeting at Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib to discuss the problems being faced by the farmers across the state. Baldev Singh Damheri said that the Union government implemented three black laws to put pressure on the farmers, but due to the farmers’ protests, the government had to withdraw them. He added that...
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which spearheaded a protest against the now-repealed three farm laws, on Wednesday announced a three-day protest starting November 26 to press the Centre to accept their pending demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP. Farmers will hold an agitation against the non-acceptance of their pending demands, Which include the withdrawal of...
Members of the Punjab School Education Board Employees Union today took out a protest rally from the PSEB office to Phase-VII to demand advance amount for textbook printing and tuition fee of classes V to VIII for the last four-five years. The protesting employees also staged a demonstration near the board gate and criticized the...
Farmers of the area under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab, lodged a strong protest on Tuesday against the dumping of dead animals on NH-54 at the space meant for a green belt near Piddi village. Fateh Singh Piddi, Supreem Singh and other KMSC leaders led the protest. The farmers of the...
A protester said they were facing several hardships as there was no dumping site in Gidderbaha. The sanitation workers have also not received their salaries for the last four months. Gidderbaha Sweepers’ Union chief Rajesh Kumar said: “Earlier, we used to dump garbage of Gidderbaha in Malout but now the Malout Municipal Council has stopped...
Outsourcing employees of the Civil Hospital organised a one-day sit-in in front of the office of Senior Medical Officer (SMO) here today. They were demanding release of their salaries not paid for the last five months. The protesters said they would intensify their agitation if salary was not released immediately. Harbans Singh and Jinder Kaur,...
The Punjab Border Area Kisan Union has appealed to the State and Union Government to accede to the demands of farmers who have their land across the fencing on the Indo-Pak border. Raghbir Singh Bhangala, state president and Surjit Singh Bhura, vice-president of the union, informed here today that farmers owning land across the fencing...
A series of sit-in started by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) outside Gurdwara Ber Sahib in Sultanpur Lodhi entered its second day here today. The protesters are questioning the role of the police and blaming them for firing gunshots inside the premises of Gurdwara Akal Bunga Sahib on...
Employees of the Health Department today staged a massive protest outside the civil surgeon’s office here in support of the ongoing strike by ministerial employees in the state. Members of health employees’ unions such as the Medical Laboratory Technicians Association, Multipurpose Health Supervisors Union, Multipurpose Health Workers Union, ANM-LHV Union, Staff Nurses Union, Class Four...
Punjab Roadways employees are an irked lot after private bus operators of Himachal Pradesh have been allowed to ply their buses in Nangal and Anandpur Sahib “at the cost of state government-run buses”. The employees said they would resort to agitation from next week if the permission to HP bus operators was not withdrawn. Authorities,...
The family of a 21-year-old youth, who was allegedly done to death on the intervening night of December 3 and 4, staged a protest at Sector 25 today, causing traffic chaos in the area. They demanded immediate arrest of three of the four accused named in the FIR. 2 murders in a week, chowki head...