Two killed in road accidents

Hoshiarpur: Two persons died in seperate accidents in the district. Amarjeet Singh of Bhagowal village, in his complaint, said his nephew Kuldeep Singh of Jattpur village got seriously injured after his bike collided with a wrongly parked trolley. He died on his way to the hospital. In another case, Gurbaksh Kaur of Khabla village said her husband was going for work at Bhogpur on his bike. When he reached near Nandachor village, a bike coming from the opposite direction hit his bike. He was seriously injured and admitted to a hospital in Ludhiana, where he succumbed to his injuries. A case was registered. OC

Workers seek regular jobs

Jalandhar: Theka Mulazim Sangharsh Morcha held a state-level convention at the Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall on Sunday asking the government to regularise contractual employees in every department. They said on the one hand, the government was making several promises to provide ‘Ghar Ghar Naukri’, while on the other, they haven’t regularised any contractual employee. “The protest will be intensified in the coming days,” the members said. TNS