Deepak Kamboj

The meeting between qualified but unemployed teachers and state education minister Vijay Inder Singla and education secretary Krishan Kumar remained inconclusive on Friday. In two-hour-long meeting, though the education minister gave verbal assurance of sympathetically looking into their demands, he did not give any written assurance.

That political and police establishments have remained considerate to different Shiv Sena leaders can be gauged from the case of a Jalandhar based Shiv Sena leader who was booked for staging an attack on himself on February 16, 2016. The SAD-BJP government had paid Rs 1.

ETT protester Surinder Pal Singh of Gurdaspur, who had been sitting atop a mobile tower in Patiala for 135 days, scaled down the tower on Sunday as the state government met protesting teachers’ demands, including notification for new ETT posts.

Police in Patiala booked over 100 Unemployed TETpass ETT Union members in Patiala on Saturday after lathicharging them. Police resorted to the action to prevent protesters from marching to the CM’s residence.

Five unemployed teachers were injured and two jumped into the Bhakhra canal in Pasiana to escape as police cane-charged them to foil a protest march here on Sunday.

Over a dozen unemployed teachers protesting outside Sangrur residence of cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla were injured as the police tried to dispel them with force.

To Intensify Stir If Govt Fails To Pay Heed To Their Demands

The family and relatives of an activist of save the girl child campaign won't accept any customary "shagun" (gift) and dowry from the bride's parents on his wedding.