Punjab Politics News
Power corp JEs to strike work on October 18
Tuesday, 16/10/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121016/punjab.htm#10
Patiala : Junior engineers (JEs) working with the two power utilities in Punjab have decided to launch a protest to impress upon the state government to accept their long-pending demands. The JEs said their demands had not been met despite assurances by the managements of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL).
Amarinder: I got threat call for opposing Bluestar Memorial
Tuesday, 16/10/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121016/punjab.htm#3
Chandigarh : Punjab Pradesh Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh today said he had received a threat call from Germany for speaking out against the Operation Bluestar Memorial at the Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar.
Punjab Roadways reels under losses
Monday, 15/10/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121015/punjab.htm#14
Ropar : Even as the state government has increased bus fares by around 20 per cent, there is hardly any initiative to cut costs as far as the loss-making Punjab Roadways and Punbus are concerned.
Dalits protest non-disbursal of grants
Monday, 15/10/2012
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Sangrur : Members of the Dalit community today burnt an effigy of the Punjab Government to protest against the non-issuance of benefits of various social welfare schemes, including Shagun and Atta-dal schemes. The protest was held under the leadership of Congress leader Poonam Kangra at the traffic lights chowk here.
70% of youth in Badal village hooked to drugs: Bittu
Monday, 15/10/2012
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Patiala/70-of-youth-in-Badal-village-hooked-to-drugs-Bittu/SP-Article1-944536.aspx
Furthering the political rhetoric over drug abuse in Punjab, Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Sunday challenged Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal to get a drug use survey conducted in his native village Badal: "He will find out that more than 70% youth are hooked to drugs. If that's not true, I will quit politics."
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