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Arunachal to release 3 per cent additional DA

Itanagar, Mar 9 (UNI) The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to release additional three per cent Dearness Allowances(DA) and equal percentage of Dearness Relief(DR) to its employees and retired employees respectively.

The decision to this effect was taken in a cabinet meeting here yesterday, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Gegong Apang, state government spokesman, who is also Resource Department Minister Tako Dabi, told media persons here today.

With this addition, the new DA and DR would be 24 per cent of the basic salary, he disclosed adding, the decision was taken keeping in view the contribution of the government's employees.

Mr Dabi, however, did not mention the month from which the new DA and DR would be applicable.

Meanwhile, the Minister informed that the cabinet has also decided to ban all forms of on-line lotteries, run by private organisations in the state, particularly in Tawang district.

The government also directed the concerned district administrations to take appropriate actions to bring an end to online lotteries and other forms of gambling, he said.

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UP polls: Change of guard of top bureaucrats in the offing

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Election to Bajpur seat to be held on March 25

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A boy killed in Jharkhand

Chatra, Mar 9 (UNI) A 15-year-old boy was killed after falling from a bus near Ramnarayan Singh college under Hunterganj police station area in Jharkhand's Chatra district today. Police said the boy, identified as Nand Kishore Thakur, a standard IX student, was sitting on the top of the vehicle. He was on his way to a sports event in the district. Police had seized the vehicle. UNI.....
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