Jammu, March 25 -- The daily-wagers are on a protest since Friday, demanding the regularisation of their services. On Sunday, they extended their strike by another 72 hours.

Police cane-charged protesting daily-wagers of the public health engineering (PHE) department and foiled their march to the civil secretariat in Jammu on Monday.

The daily-wagers are on a protest since Friday, demanding the regularisation of their services. On Sunday, they extended their strike by another 72 hours.

Raising slogans against lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, chief minister Omar Abdullah and the BJP, the daily-wagers managed to breach the first layer of barricades near the MLAs' hostel. They ran towards the secretariat but a posse of policemen prevented...