Punjab General News
Jobless man sets self ablaze at SAD venue - Member of Unemployed Linemen Union admitted to civil hospital with 6% burns
Thursday, 15/01/2015
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MUKTSAR: An unemployed lineman set himself ablaze outside the venue of the political conference of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on the occasion of the Maghi mela here on Wednesday. Members of the Unemployed Linemen Union had gathered to protest against the state government for failing to employ them as linemen.
AAP pitches itself as ‘real’ contender - MEASURING UP Targets 2017 polls to topple SAD-BJP, leave Cong behind; for Delhi, urges supporters to hit campaign trail
Thursday, 15/01/2015
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MUKTSAR: A frontal attack on chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for “nepotism” prevailing in the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), digs at the Congress as a “failed and fragmented” opposition, and dubbing the BJP as “a communal party flaring up religious conversions” — speeches from the stage of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at the historic Maghi Mela here sought to pitch it as a worthy contender for power in Punjab.
Unemployed linesman attempts self-immolation
Thursday, 15/01/2015
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Muktsar: A 36-year-old unemployed lineman was booked for making an attempt to immolate himself after he set himself on fire at the entrance of the SAD rally on Malout road on The incident occurred when Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was enlisting the pro-employees initiatives taken by the state.
School strike: Capt forms committee
Wednesday, 14/01/2015
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Sangrur : Chairman of the General Gurnam Singh Educational Trust Capt Amarinder Singh today formed a four-member committee to resolve the crisis that has hit a school run by the trust here. Employees of General Gurnam Singh Public School are on strike since January 7. The panel formed by Amarinder Singh includes three trustees of the trust.
Youth Cong’s ‘Kisan Satyagraha’ from today
Wednesday, 14/01/2015
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Jalandhar : The Punjab Youth Congress has decided to start ‘Kisan Satyagraha’ to protest against the Union Government for introducing the Land Acquisition Ordinance, 2014, from Wednesday.
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