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AUTA submits memorandum to Council Chairman

Visakhapatnam, Mar 5 (UNI) Andhra University Teachers Association (AUTA) today submitted a memorandum to Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Council Chairman K C Reddy requesting implementation of recommendation of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to increase the age of super-annuation of all university teachers to 62 years.

An Association press release here said, the AUTO demanded that the pension for university teachers be computed at the age of 60 years based on the recent High Court judgement, delivered in the case of one of the university Professors to grant pension based on last month's pay to his service.

The Association also requested the state government to calculate pension for university teachers at 60 years at the time of super-annuation and extension of revised gratuity and commutation rules to all the university teachers on par with the state government employees.

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Punjab govt asks for industrial incentives for border areas

Chandigarh, Mar 16 (UNI) The Punjab government has urged the Union government to provide incentives to the industrial units in border and sub mountaineous areas of the state on the pattern of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. In a communique sent today to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, state Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal pointed out that this incentive could give a fillip to industrial development in the state. Regarding other pending issues with the Centre, Mr Badal urged.....

TDP stages dharna

Chittoor, Mar 5 (UNI) Lashing out at the state government for failing to get adequate allocations for the state in both railway and general Budgets, Telugu Desam Party activists observed dharnas in front of the Railway stations at various places in Chittoor district today. About 50 TDP activists led by district Telugu Yuvuta General Secretary Sridar Varma and district party Secretary B V Ramana gathered at the Railway station and staged a dharna for more than half an hour in Thirupathi......

Standing crops in about 60,000 hec affected by rains and hail

Hoshiarpur, Mar 16 (UNI) G S Sandhu, Financial Commissioner (Development), Agriculture Department, Punjab today said the recent torrential rains and hailstorm have destroyed or damaged standing crops, especially wheat, in an area from 55,000 to 60,000 hectares in the state. Out of this area, the major damage to the standing crops had occurred due to hailstorm in Ferozepur, Ludhiana and Patiala districts, Mr Sandhu told media persons here. According to the preliminary reports, the standing crops between 70 per cent to.....
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