The services of safai karmacharis appointed on contract basis in urban local bodies
in the UP will not be terminated, says a circular issued by principal
secretary, urban development Pravir Kumar to all district magistrates,
municipal commissioners and director, local bodies. It has been
clarified in the circular that the government order (GO) issued on July
23 regarding immediate termination of services of contractual employees
appointed in an irregular and arbitrary manner in urban local bodies
will not cover the contractual safai workers.

Fishermen body demands SC status:

National Association of Fishermen at a
national meeting held here on Sunday has demanded Scheduled Castes (SC)
category reservation for Nishad, Bind and Kashyap communities. National
chairman of the association GK Bangi has accused Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party
of misleading Nishad, Bind, Kashyap, Dhiwar, Kahar, Manjhi, Turaha,
Godia, Rajbhar and Prajapati communities in the name of providing them
SC status.Rich tributes paid: Senior officers of the regional
headquarters of Indo-Tibet Border Police Force (ITBPF) have paid rich
tributes to Dr Fauzia Turk, medical officer, ITBPF, who died recently.
She was posted at 42{+n}{+d} battalion of the force in Lucknow. She had
joined the ITBPF as medical officer on July 27, 2010 and in a very short
time earned laurels for being an efficient officer in the medical
field.People remember Janeshwar Mishra: Krishna Kutumb Media
(Trust), a socialist social service organisation, paid rich tributes to a
great socialist thinker and a source of socialist movement late
Janeshwar Mishra on Sunday. Convener of the organisation Suresh Krishna
Yadav speaking at a function said that it is the duty of every person
who believes in socialist ideology to strengthen the socialist movement
in the country help the SP government to fulfil its commitments made to
the people of the state.