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aid were organised in 49 villages by the district programme officer, she added. OCMC staff seek regular jobsHoshiarpur: Municipal Corporation (MC) employees led by Kulwant Singh Saini, General Secretary, Punjab Municipal Corporation Employees Federation and Karanjot Adia, president, Safai Karamchari Union, Municipal Corporation, Hoshiarpur, presented a demand letter to Mayor Surinder Shinda on Thursday. In the memorandum, employees demanded regularisation of the services of sewermen and sweepers. They said the proposal number 53 dated September 16 has been approved by the Local Bodies Department hence, after completing the process of the MC, the sewermen and sweepers should be confirmed. It was also demanded passing a resolution to regularise the temporary employees of all remaining branches of the MC, it should also be sent to the local government department so that before the implementation of the electoral code of conduct, all the employees of the corporation could be regularised. OCPunish Lakhimpur perpetratorsGarhshankar: The dharna by Joint Farmer Front under the leadership of Bakshish Singh Dayal and Jarnail Singh Fatehgarh Sahib, continued on Thursday, in front of a corporate company’s centre at Garhshankar. Addressing the protesters, Comrade Darshan Singh Mattoo and vice president of Kul Hind Kisan Sabha, Punjab, vice president of Janwadi Stree Sabha, Punjab Subhash Mattu, the struggle would continue till all three agricultural laws were repealed, guarantees were given to MSP and the accused of Lakhimpur Kheri violence were punished. OCNew services at Sewa KendrasHoshiarpur: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Apneet Riyat said two new services related to the Culture and Tourism Department have been included in all Sewa Kendras of the district. Applicants can now apply for these services at their nearest service centre. The DC said the farm tourism and bed and breakfast homestay services will now be available at the Sewa Kendras of the district. She said the fee for new services has been fixed at Rs 50. The government fee for gold category of both these services has been kept at Rs 5,000 and for silver category at Rs 3,000. The DC told that the applicant himself can apply for these services by visiting the link https://eservices. punjab.gov.in through online medium sitting at home or can apply with necessary documents in the service centers of the district. He said that the applicant is not required to submit any documents in any office. OCTwo killed in road accidentsHoshiarpur: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in the district. The first accident took place near Bheekhowal village on the Hoshiarpur-Dasuya road. Nirmal Singh of Dasuya said the Hariana police that he, along with his son Gurjit Singh, daughter-in-law Sarmeen Kaur and granddaughter Sargun, was coming from Hoshiarpur at around 8:15 pm last night. When they reached near Bhikhowal village, their car met with an accident with a canter. His son Gurjit Singh died while the others were injured in the mishap. The police have registered a case against the accused canter driver Jasveer Singh of Sherpur Pakka village under Sections 279, 304-A, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC. In another accident, a woman was run over by a canter while she was standing on the roadside along with her husband on the Baddoan-Poh road. The Mahilpur police have registered an FIR against an unidentified driver. OCOne booked for abducting minorHoshiarpur: The Bullowal police have booked a minor boy of Nasrala village for luring a minor girl away on pretext of marriage. Her mother complained to the Bullowal police that her daughter was a student of Class IX in a local school. She said the accused lured her daughter away on pretext of marrying her when she had gone to school on October 18. The police have booked the accused under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC. OCIllegal mining: 2 trailers seizedHoshiarpur: After on a tip-off, the Sadar police raided the Bassi Ghulam Hussain village and seized two tractor trailers of sand used in mining. The police have registered an FIR under Section 379 and Mining and Minerals Act against unidentified accused. OC

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2021-10-22

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