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CHANDIGARH, Feb 11: The nation-wide protest by the Akashwani Announcers' Association entered its sixth day today. The announcers are prot...

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CHANDIGARH, Feb 11: The nation-wide protest by the Akashwani Announcers8217; Association entered its sixth day today. The announcers are protesting the non-maintenance of pay parity among some cadres of programme staff and programme announcers of the Prasar Bharati. A delegation of the local unit presented a memorandum in context of their demands to Satya Pal Jain, the local M.P.

 

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