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TNEB contract employees stage demo to press demand

Chennai, Mar 6 (UNI) A large number of contract employees of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and members of the CITU affiliated Central Organisation today staged a slogan shouting demonstration in front of the TNEB's office here, demanding immediate regularisation of all contract employees.

Organisation president S Pancharathnam, who led the demonstration said if the Government failed to concede their demands, they would intensify their stir.

Organisation general secretary S S Subramanian, in a press release said about 23,100 contract employees were working in the TNEB for the past 20 to 25 years and the government had also recognised them as contract employees.

Despite relentless struggle for regularisation, the TNEB and the state government had not fulfilled their just and reasonable demand, he said adding instead of regularising them at one go, the Government had recently announced that the employees would be regularised in a phased manner.

In order to avoid further delay and confusion, the organisation demanded that all the contract employees should be regularised at a single stroke, he added.

With nearly 23,400 vacant helpers post in the TNEB and currently serving 1.83 crore consumers besides an addition of at least eight lakh consumers every year, it was high time that the government regularise the contract employees to ensure better service to the consumers, he added.

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SEC notifies election schedule for Nagar Panchayats

Shimla, Mar 9 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh's State Election Commissioner Rajendra Bhattacharya today notified the election schedule for by-polls to the Nagar Panchayats of Rewalsar in Mandi district, Bhota in Hamirpur district, Ward No three of Nagar Panchayat and Dehra in Kangra district. The nomination papers would be filed on March 19, 20 and 21 between 1000 hrs to 1500 hrs before the officer appointed by the Returning Officer (Deputy Commissioner), she said in a release here. The papers would be scrutinised.....

Auto assn take out procession to press demands

Puducherry, Mar 6 (UNI) The Puducherry Pradesh Autorickshaw drivers and owners association members today took out a procession through the main thoroughfares of the town to press their demands. They were demanding, among other things, provision of Rs 10 crore as grant to the unorganised labourers welfare association and sale of auto spares through the cooperative department. Intending to stage a demonstration in front of the chief secretariate, they took out the procession from the new bus stand. When the procession.....

8 nominations filed for Rajnandgaon bypoll

Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, Mar 9 (UNI) Eight candidates have filed their nominations so far for the Lok Sabha byelection in Rajnandgaon constituency of Chhattisgarh slated for March 29, official sources said. The ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress had announced the names of their candidates yesterday. However, they did not file nomination today and were expected to do so tomorrow. The last date for filing nomination is March 10. The by-poll was necessitated as sitting BJP MP Pradeep Gandhi was.....
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