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Pending DA: Employees’ front threatens stir
Raj Kumar, along with other leaders of the front, said that their demands include applying the 2.59 multiplication factor for pensioners
The protesters under the banner of Punjab Mulazim and Pensioners Sanjha Front on Sunday threatened to gherao the residences of Punjab cabinet ministers in December if their demands, including releasing DA and 6th Pay Commission arrears, and others are not met. The protesters on Sunday marched towards the office of chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann in Dhuri. Raj Kumar, along with other leaders of the front, said that their demands include applying the 2.59 multiplication factor for pensioners, restoration of the old pension scheme, regularising temporary, outsourced, and listed employees, applying the Punjab pay commission scales to employees recruited after July 17, 2020.
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NAPA urges India, Pak to reopen Kartarpur corridor
The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) expressed concern on Sunday over the continued closure of the Kartarpur Corridor, which was shut to Indian pilgrims in May 2025, after the government of India suspended travel, citing security concerns. In a statement, NAPA said the Kartarpur Corridor, which provides visa-free access to Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, has long served as a symbol of peace, faith, and people-to-people diplomacy between the two nations. The prolonged suspension has caused emotional distress among millions of Sikh devotees across the world, it added.
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