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teachers' dharna outside garcha's house ludhiana: more than 500 college teachers, on tuesday, held a dharna outside the house of minister for technical education jagdish singh garcha,here, in protest against the ''non-implementation of the pension-cum-gratuity scheme for the last five years. ''while the decision for the implementation of the scheme was cleared by the punjab assembly five years back, the finance department has been giving excuses and looking for reasons for not implementing it, said prof satish sharma, member of the panjab university senate.sanitation problems worsen in ambala ambala:citizen council of ambala chairman dr n c jain said the ambala sadar area was heading towards an out-break of diseases.he alleged that drains were over flowing and garbage was heaped everywhere in the city, emitting a foul smell. he said most of the 'safaikaramcharis' remained absent from duty. complaints to the municipal council had gone unheeded. rs 1.75 lakh stolen at bus terminus unidentified persons stole a bag containing rs 1.75 lakh from a passenger at the isbt, ambala cantonment. jai ram of sabri village lodged a complaint on december 3 night but no clue has been found so far. three commit suicide in bathinda district bathinda: three persons, including a student, allegedly committed suicide in the district, on tuesday. according to sources, while a girl of nathana and a boy of tungwali committed suicide as their parents did not allow their marriage, a school going boy of bathinda town ended his life by consuming poison for unknown reasons.