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Sandy, Neelam – Nature shows its anger ?

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Sandy - Neelam storms

This week has seen the fury of the nature through the hurricanes and storm in the Carribean, United States etc by the Sandy and in the east of India by the Neelam. According to the latest news, about 100 people have been killed and thousands of houses and other buildings collapsed, complete failure of electricity and flooding of cities including New York.

The east coast of India, Tamilnadu, A.P. etc. has to face the storm and cyclone named Neelam. This area has always been the victim of such natural calamities due to its particular position. It is reported that some people are dead and missing.

All of us feel the great losses and convey our deep grief at these great tragedies. Our condolence to the bereaved and those who lost their homes and all.

Is the continued storms, sunamis and other natural calamities a sign of the  reaction of the nature to the utter abuse of the nature by the humans? As the scientists and naturalists have been warning, nations and people have to be very careful to save the environment and the nature. Of course, despite all these, there may be natural calamities which can not be avoided.

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Britain starts 4- G Services

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Britain’s first fourth generation (4G) mobile service was launched in 11 cities on Tuesday by the operator EE.

EE, a company formally known as Everything Everywhere, said the 4G service went live in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton, reported Xinhua.

The price is diversified in different plans — 500MB of data would be charged 36 pounds ($58) a month, while more elaborate plans would cost 56 pounds per month with a data allowance of 8GB.

“Today is a landmark day for our company, the UK mobile industry and, most importantly, the country’s business and consumers,” said Olaf Swantee, CEO of EE, in a statement.

Tuesday’s launch is reportedly the first phase of its 4G services. The network will expand by 2,000 square miles every month, both into new cities as well as providing denser coverage in existing areas.

4G technology can deliver internet download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G which helped bring the internet to mobile phones a few years ago.

EE was granted Britain’s first 4G license in August by Ofcom, the regulator for British communication industries. Its rival companies such as Vodafone and O2 are waiting for a spectrum auction scheduled for early next year to launch their own 4G services in Britain. (Courtsey: Hindu)

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Kerala celebrates its 56th Formation Anniversary on November 1

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Kerala formation - EMS

The present Kerala State was formed on 1st November 1956 by merging the princely Travancore and Kochi and the Malabar coast which was under the Madras State. The reconstitution was made on linguistic basis, which was the demand of the people of Kerala. One of the top most leaders who propagated for this was Com. EMS Namboodiripad. He fully justified the demand for “Aikya Kerala”, in his book on the subject and through many articles. The demand of the people was achieved on 1st November 1956. It is history that the Communists won the first election to Kerala State and Com. EMS Namboodiripad became the First Chief Minister of the state.

Best Wishes to the people of Kerala on this Day!

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Organise Casual Contract Labour Day on 1st November 2012

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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BSNL Employees Union in it’s All India Conference at Ludhiana has taken a conscious decision to propagate and fight for the rights of the one lakh and odd casual and contract workers engaged in BSNL. They are being exploited in their wages, social security measures and what not? It is time to see that the injustices meted out to these hard toiling workers are rectified and justice given. It is only with the initiative and full support of the regular employees that they will be able achieve this.

The Ludhiana AIC has called upon all circle/SSA/Branch unions to organise 1st November 2012 as “Casual Contract Labour Demands day”, by holding meeting, giving wide publicity to the demands of the casual/contract workers like Regularisation of casual labour, equal wages and minimum wages, Social security measures like EPF, ESI etc. and also meeting the management for settlement of the demands etc. It is the coterie of the Management-Contractor nexus that is exploiting the low paid workers. Unless strong and sustained agitation takes place, it will be difficult to get justice for these workers.

Organise 1st November in a very effective and successful way.

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UF demands Repatriation/Suspension of GM Ghaziabad

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Surenderpal murder

The United Forum of BSNL Unions have demanded the Communications Minister to immediately repatriate or suspend Adesh Kumar, GM, Ghaziabad in connection with the brutal assault and murder of Com. Surenderpal Singh District Secretary BSNLEU Ghaziabad in the GM office. A letter in this connection was also handed over to Shri Kapil Sibal, When the United Forum Convener, Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri and Com. P.Abhimanyu, GS, BSNLEU met him today, 30th October.

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Jaipal Reddy shifted from Petroleum on Reliance pressure?

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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All the indications on the unceremonious shift of Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy to another low profile  Ministry points to the pressure put on the Prime minister / Congress by the private petroleum companies including Reliance. The Minister had taken a strong stand against the Reliance and other petroleum companies on certain issues safeguarding the interest of the nation.

Is the UPA government become completely subordinate to the interest of the corporates? It seems so.

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The Winter starts in Delhi

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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The winter has entered Delhi in its own smooth way. The night has become cool and pleasant. The temperature in the day has come down. The leaves of the trees have started falling. The students going to the schools in the early morning has started to wear sweaters. The coconut oil has started freezing. Yes, winter has reached Delhi.

This is the time of festivals and Delhites always celebrate festivals in a great way. Welcome winter! But a few days more and it will be severe cold for about two months.

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■Memorandum of ITS Repatriation submitted to Governors, Collectors

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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  • Reports are pouring from many circles about the successful Raj Bhawan / Collect orate Marches and submission of Memorandum to the Governors and Collectors  on the ITS Repatriation issue, to be forwarded to the Prime Minister of India. Massive participation was witnessed in these marches.
  • The is one more programme of action decided by the Forum of BSNL & MTNL Unions/Associations  to focus the ITS Repatriation issue and make the government act on the matter.

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Joint Forum of BSNL & MTNL Unions/Assns meets Minister

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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BSNL -MTNL meets Minister

The leaders of the Joint Forum of BSNL & MTNL Unions/Associations met Shri Kapil Sibal, Communications Minister and presented our strong demand for the early repatriation of the ITS officers from BSNL to DOT, as opted by them. A detailed note on the matter was submitted to him. The Joint Forum demanded that  immediate repatriation should be done failing which all the BSNL absorbed employees also should be taken back to DOT (Government ) Service. The Minister patiently heard the demands and stated that he is aware of the developments and will  look in to the same.

A letter demanding for implementation of the assurances at the time of formation  of the PSUs, special consideration for the financial viability of the BSNL & MTNL, and a copy of the letter sent to the Prime minister were also handed over to the Minister for early decision.

 

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Meeting with Communications Minister

29 Monday Oct 2012

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Kapil Sibal - Minister

The Forum of BSNL & MTNL Unions/Associations will be meeting the Communications Minister, Shri Kapil Sibal tomorrow (30th October ) at 1200 hours.  The meeting was personally fixed by the Minister himself on our request.

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