Punjab General News
Seeking ‘justice’, woman faints at CM’s function
Monday, 20/04/2015
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Ferozepur : A woman, Nanko Bai, who has been seeking Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s intervention in a land matter, fell unconscious near the stage after nobody paid heed to her grievance at the state-level function held to mark the 124th birth centenary of Dr BR Ambedkar here today.
SAD-BJP alliance forgets promise to double old-age pension to Rs 500 - Neighbouring Haryana has raised it from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200 a month
Monday, 20/04/2015
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Jalandhar : While neighbouring Haryana has increased the old age pension from Rs1,000 to Rs1,200, the Punjab government has even failed to hike it to Rs500 (from Rs250), as promised by the ruling SAD-BJP coalition in its manifesto during the 2012 Assembly elections.
Activists burn CM’s effigy at suicide spot
Monday, 20/04/2015
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Jalandhar : The Dihati Mazdoor Sabha today burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for the alleged failure of his government to deliver a paltry old age pension to Dhilwan-based Somnath, which resulted in his death.
Suicide bid by old man sign of frustration against govt: Cong
Monday, 20/04/2015
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress has blamed the state government for an octogenarian rickshaw-puller’s setting himself ablaze at Dhilwan near Kapurthala on Saturday for a small monthly pension of `250.
83-YR-OLD SETS SELF ABLAZE FOR `250 PENSION
Sunday, 19/04/2015
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KAPURTHALA: Depressed over not having received the government’s old-age pension for the past six months, an 83-year-old rickshaw-puller set himself ablaze on Saturday outside Punjab National Bank at Dhilwan, 25 km from here.
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