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Civic body staff shot dead in Kulti

Javed Rahaman, a land dealer and employee of the Asansol Municipal Corporation posted at the Kulti Borough office, was shot dead last night when two assailants opened fire on him at close range in Neamatpur, under Kulti police station.

Coping with the stress of layoffs

I was not familiar with the concept of “layoff” when I was in India. My father used to work in a jute mill and occasionally faced “lock outs” which meant that gates of the mill were locked by the company and no employee was allowed to enter the premises and work; they did not get paid either.