Punjab Politics News
One-third posts of teachers lying vacant in Punjab schools
Friday, 10/08/2012
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Ferozepur: With about one-third vacant posts in the Punjab Education Department, the status of education system could be gauged, said president of Punjab Education Reforms Committee Jaswant Singh Gill and state spokesman Raj Kishore Kalra.
Punjab fast shedding the rural tag: Census
Friday, 10/08/2012
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Chandigarh: Fast shedding its rural tag, Punjab has begun to wear an increasingly urban look. The urban growth has outpaced rural growth. This noticeable bias in the border state’s growth towards urbanization has been revealed in the rural-urban population report of Census 2011 released here, on Thursday.
Without local funds, govt schools face financial crisis
Friday, 10/08/2012
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Patiala:Punjab government’s decision to not charge government school students a nominal amount of Rs 90 per month has led to a severe shortfall in local funds in all government schools.
Farmers protest over lack of power supply
Friday, 10/08/2012
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Patiala:Expressing resentment over the shortage of power supply, hundreds of farmers today held a protest outside the office of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited demanding a power supply for eight hours to the agricultural sector.
SAD has left farmers in a lurch: Cong
Friday, 10/08/2012
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Chandigarh: Congress legislators today condemned the Shiromani Akali Dal for deserting drought-hit farmers. In a joint statement issued here today, party legislators Laal Singh, Parminder Singh, Brahm Mohindra, Gurkarit Singh and Tarlochan Singh Sundh said instead of the ruling party leaders flying abroad at this crucial juncture, the MLAs said the Akali leadership should have been focussing on the problems of farmers.
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