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National Council Meets on 24th June 2011

21 Tuesday Jun 2011

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The National Council will be meeting on 24th June 2011 to discuss and take decisions on the important demands raised by the Staff Side. This is the first meeting after the V Membership Verification and formation of the New Council. More than 40 items are notified for discussion.
As the Leader of the Staff Side, I met R.K.Upadhyay, CMD BSNL and requested him to attend and address the National Council. Since Director (HR) is the Chairman of the NC, usually the CMD BSNL will not be present. CMD has agreed to attend and address the Council. All the alliance partners in the United Forum are represented in the Staff Side. P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary, BSNLEU is the Secretary, Staff Side.

National Committee of the United Forum of BSNL Unions will be meeting on 23rd June to discuss about the issues included in the National Council and plan the Staff Side strategy.

JAC meets today to take stock of the BSNL situation

21 Tuesday Jun 2011

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The Joint Action Committee of the BSNL Associations / Unions of Executives and Non-Executives will meet at New Delhi to-day, 21st June 2011 to take stock of the present situation of BSNL, review the performance of the Customer Delight Month and also future programmes. The question of extending the CDM also will be discussed.
In this connection, the JAC leaders met the BSNL CMD R.K.Upadhyay on 20th June and proposed many suggestions which were accepted by him. Orders on many of the earlier suggestions have already been issued.

9.5 million additional GSM connections in May 2011

21 Tuesday Jun 2011

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Acording to the Cellular Operators’ Association of India ( COAI), additional 9.5 million GSM connections have been provided in May 2011. The all India GSM connections have accordingly increased to 590.19 million from the earlier month’s 580.66 million. According to COAI, BSNL increased 0.47 million and MTNL 20,604 new connections. Bharti added 2.45 million, Idea 1.80 million and Vodafone 2.44 million lines.
The TRAI statistics for May are yet to be announced.
BSNL market share is again dipping. Has not the Customer Delight Month benefitted BSNL ?

And today, 21st June, is the longest day of the year

21 Tuesday Jun 2011

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As usual the longest day of the year, June 21, has arrived. For all the countries which are lying north of the equator, June 21st is the longest day and to those which are lying south of the equator, this will be the shortest day. In New Delhi the sun will rise at 05.24 hours and will set at 07.22 hours as per concerned authorities.

In the same way, December 21st is usually the shortest day for the the countries north of equator. Let us enjoy the longest day today.

Anti-POSCO agitation gets more and moresupport

20 Monday Jun 2011

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The agitation against land acquisition for the multi-national company POSCO for the steel project in Odisha is strengthening every day. The project is cleared by the Central Government and State Government despite strong opposition from the farmers whose land are being confiscated. Environmental clearance also has been given by the Central Government.
The people, including children and women have been continuing their protest against the project. The people of Odisha has stopped the privatisation of Nalco earlier. I hope that this time also, they will put a stop to the governments’ anti-people move.

‘Time for Rahul to become PM’ – Digvijay Singh

20 Monday Jun 2011

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Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has stated that ‘it is time that Rahul Gandhi became PM’. Congress leaders have started pushing the name of Rahul for the top most of Prime Minister. Is it that Congress wants to get rid of Manmohan Singh who is under cloud of so many mega scams in his Government in which some are coming in his direction? Or is it to curry favour with Rahul Gandhi?

Kanimozhi denied bail

20 Monday Jun 2011

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The appeal for bail submitted by Kanimozhi, DMK MP and KalaignarTV MD Sharad Kumar has been rejected by the Special Supreme Court of Judge today, 2oth June. The judge did not accept the arguments paced by the petitioners.

Left Parties decides movement against corruption

20 Monday Jun 2011

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The four Left Parties viz. CPI(M),CPI, AIFB and RSP, has decided to organise a countrywide movement against corruption demanding immediate measures to curb corruption in all spheres of public life. The demands of the Left parties are:
1. Adoption of an effective Lokpal legislation
2. National Judicial Commission to curb corruption in high judiciary
3. Stringent action against the rampant corruption fostered by the big business-politician-bureaucratic nexus which has led to scandal like 2G spectrum
4. Implementation of electoral reforms including introduction of proportional representation system to check money power in elections.
5. Steps to unearth black money and repatriation of the illegal money stashed abroad.

A massive movement will be organised on these demands from 15th to 21st July 2011 all over the country. During this period the Left parties will picket central government offices, hold demonstrations, dharnas and rallies. A demonstration outside parliament also will be organised during Parliament session.

Surrender of Gwalior Fort and the end of War of Independance 1857-58

20 Monday Jun 2011

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The great saga of the War of Independence came to an end on 20th June 1858 with the surrender of Gwalior Fort to the British. One after another, the leaders of the Indian side were either killed or made prisoners. Before the military might and the shrewd scheming of the British Empire, the Indians could not withstand further. After the heroic fight of more than one year, the war ended with victory to the British.
The British were cruel and vengeful. They hanged hundreds of prisoners, took away the land and forts of the defeated kings and Nawabs and favoured those who supported them.
But the end of the first war independence was not the end. A new struggle has already started. The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885, which started as a moderate organisation, grew in to a mighty force and a sustained struggle started for independence which became successful on 15th August 1947.