A revenue official, who visited a village in the Faridkot district of Punjab, was held hostage by a group of farmers. Farmers agreed to free the official only after getting written assurance from the administration.
The arrested government employees were identified as Tarun Ch. Morang, Head Assistant of the Office of the Superintending Engineer, Lakhimpur Water Resources Circle and Samarjyoti Saikia, UDA, Office of the Superintending Engineer, Lakhimpur Water Resources Circle.
There is still no clarification on the severance payout for staff laid off in the country. These layoffs are a part of a global restructuring ordered by the social media platform's new owner Elon Musk.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told media that primary schools in Delhi will remain closed from Saturday till the pollution situation improves in Delhi-NCR.
The farmers demanded a written assurance of no challan over the burning of their stubble and said that the official will not be set free until their demands are met.
Elon Musk will start laying off Twitter employees on Friday. As per an unsigned internal memo seen by The Verge, Twitter employees were notified in the email that the layoffs were set to begin.
A probe will be conducted to ascetrain how the gangsters got the phones despite strictness in the jail and the guilty employees will not be spared at any cost, the police said.
The fire reportedly broke out around 4:30 am in the kitchen store room on the top floor of the Hotel Vrindavan Garden situated on Mathura Vrindavan Road. Two ambulances and two fire tenders were rushed to the site of the fire.
Delhi-NCR [India], November 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): As we come out the pandemic, new concepts of work culture are emerging across the world, including in India. Though some forward-thinking companies had all along been exploring 'work from anywhere' (WFA) practices, the pandemic-induced lockdowns
Several images and videos went viral on social media in which two men carrying boxes were seen standing near the entrance of Twitter's San Francisco building, claiming to have been laid off by Elon Musk.