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GURDASPUR NEWS: Govt’s Effigy Set Ablaze
GURDASPUR: Members of several teachers’ unions, including Democratic Teachers’ Front, ETT. Teachers’ Union (Jammu), Sikhya Karmi Union, Punjab, and Computer Teachers’ Union (Substitute Group), burnt an effigy of the Punjab government at the Post Office Chowk and held a rally at Nehru Park in support of their demands on Teacher’s Day here on Sunday.... »
Badal: SAD-BJP Marriage Forever
GURDASPUR: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has reiterated that the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance is ever lasting. Addressing a press conference at the residence of-local MLA Gurbachan Singh Babbehali, 5 km from here, on Tuesday, he said, “I often say that relations between the SAD and the BJP are that of... »
Now, State MLA’s To Get Salary Hike
GURDASPUR: The Punjab government is to introduce a Bill to raise the salary of MLAs in the Vidhan Sabha session starting on September 24. Justifying the proposed increase, Punjab Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon on Monday said an MLA in the state got Rs 4,000, which was one-third the monthly salary of a Class IV... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: New Sports Policy Soon
GURDASPUR: The Punjab Cabinet at its next meeting is expected to clear a sports policy for the state. This was stated by Punjab Minister for Information and Public Relations Sewa Singh Sekhwan after inaugurating a four-day “Babbehali Chhinjh” (wrestling extravaganza) at Babbehali village, 5 Ian from here, on Saturday. The new policy would aim... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: 43 Teachers Get The Sack
GURDASPUR: The Rural Development and Panchayats Department Director has terminated services of 43 teachers, working under Zila Parishad, whose ETT diplomas were found fake during verification. Gurdaspur Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Jaswinder Singh Ramdas said a three member investigation team headed by him was formed about two months back to verify ETT diploma certificates... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: Rs 315- Cr Package For Mill
GURDASPUR: The Centre on Wednesday announced a Rs 315-crore package to revive New Egerton Mills at Dhariwal. This was stated by Gurdaspur Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa after a meeting of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises in New Delhi. The package would ensure payment of dues of the 970 employees of... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: Parents Protest Over Poor School Results
GURDASPUR: About 200 parents of students staged a dharna before the principal’s office at Government Senior Secondary School, Harpura Dhandoi, in the district on Thursday in protest against the school’s poor results. Earlier, they held a rally at Adda Harpura Dhandoi and raised slogans against the Prinicpal and the staff. Addressing the dharna, Harpura... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: Abducted 4-Yr-Old Rescued
GURDASPUR: Timely action by police rescued a four-and-a half-year-old boy of Kaler Kalan village under Dhariwal police station within hours after he was allegedly abducted by two co-villagers on Sunday. SSP Lok Nath Angra handed over Bikramjit to his parents at their house in Kaler village in the presence of villagers. Angra said Tota... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: GNDU Urged To Review Fee Hike
GURDASPUR: Guru Nanak Dev University Associated Colleges Management Association has urged the university to review the proposed fee hike, saying it would deny needy students in rural areas the opportunity to get higher education. The association said the university charges 30-40 per cent of the fee collected by associated colleges besides the Rs 500... »
GURDASPUR NEWS: Railways Survey Team In Gurdaspur
GURDASPUR: A Five-member team of top Railway Officials, on Thursday, visited Qadian and Beas towns to access the economic viability of the proposed Qadian –Beas rail link. The team comprised Chief Commercial manager Col Buta Singh, Chief Engineer, Survey, R.K.Sarkar, Deputy Chief Engineer, Survey, V.S.Chaudhary, Chief Technical Inspectors Ashok Kumar and Arun Kumar. Congress... »
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