30 Wednesday Mar 2016
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Bombay High Court has observed that women can not be barred from temples where men are allowed. The Division Bench of the High Court With Chief Justice Waghela and Justice MS Sonak stated that any temple or person imposing such restriction can face a six month jail term under Maharashtra Law.
Maharashtra Government should take necessary action in the matter so that women are allowed entrance to Shani temple etc.where women are barred from entering.
30 Wednesday Mar 2016
Posted in General
As per report of New World Wealth, 4,000 millionaires left India in 2015. The destinations seem to be mainly countries like US, Canada etc.
Why they are shifting to other countries? The report does not answer the question. Probably the super rich may be trying for super-rich living of this highly developed countries.
30 Wednesday Mar 2016
Posted in Uncategorized
The National Convention of Workers held at Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi, today, 30 March 2016, has called upon the entire workers to go on one day strike on 2 September 2016 on the demands raised by the Central Trade Unions and on which a strike has already been organised on 2 September last year.
The hall was packed to capacity and many delegates were sitting on the floor or standing. Convention was presided over by a presidium consisting of the President/Senior leader of all the central trade unions, including Coms. A.K.Padmanabhan ( CITU), Amarjeet Kaur (AITUC) and others. Dr. Sanjeeva Reddy (INTUC), Harbhajan Singh (HMS), Gurudas Dasgupta (AITUC), Tapan Sen(CITU) and other leaders addressed. All the speakers condemned the anti-worker policies of the central government and called upon the workers to unitedly to campaign against the same.
The Declaration adopted by the convention decided to organise similar conventions at state/District levels in June- July and Mass Dharna on 9th August 2016. It called upon the workers to organise a massive strike on 2 September 2016 with full participation.
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Patron, Com.P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary and Com.Kuldeep Singh, Asst. Treasurer participated from BSNLEU.
30 Wednesday Mar 2016
Posted in Uncategorized
The EPFO has decided to restore interest on inoperative EPF accounts w.e.f April 2016. UPA government had taken an unjustified decision to stop giving intetest on EPF accounts from April 2011 for which no further contributions were made.
While the present decision is welcome, that is not sufficient. Interest from April 2011 retrospectively should be granted. Then only justice will be meted out to the account holders.
Out of about a total of 15 crore EPF accounts, 9.23 crore are stated to be inoperative according to Labour Secretary.
29 Tuesday Mar 2016
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It is reported in the press today that a Joint General Manager of Public Sector company, HMT, Kanwal Singh Nagi, committed suicide by leaping down from a 45 feet high water tank. It is also reported that he took the extreme step due to financial difficulties, since salary was not received for months. HMT is in loss for some years and the staff are not being paid salary.
Thousands of kisans have been committing suicide in the last few years, unable to repay debts. Now an employee in a PSU has committed suicide.
We express our deep grief and convey our condolences to the bereave family, friends and colleagues. The government should immediately act and give sufficient funds to all loss making PSUs for payment of salaries to the staff.
29 Tuesday Mar 2016
Posted in Uncategorized
The employees of IDBI struck work on 28th March 2016 as per the call of the United Forum of the IDBI Officers and Employees against the anti-worker, anti-Bank attitude of the government. They went on a successful strike against the proposal for privatisation of the public sector banks.
28 Monday Mar 2016
Posted in Corruption
The Special CBI Court New Delhi has convicted the private coal company, Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited and its 2 Directors in the coal scam case. The punishment will be announced later.
This is the first case in the coal scam in which judgment has been pronounced. This clearly proves the charges of a very big scam in the coal allocation and connected matters.
27 Sunday Mar 2016
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated in Assam that the rich who have looted the public sector banks will not be spared. He said:
“You know how the rich have usurped public money. My government has tightened the screws on the bank defaulters. They are sweating due to fear of going to jail and are fleeing. But no one will be spared I am telling you.”
“The money looted from the banks does not belong to the banks but to the poor people of the country and I will ensure that those who looted this money return each and every paise… they have looted the country.”
Assurances and declarations are well taken. But what about action against the culprits? How the biggest defaulter Mallya was allowed to leave India despite clear evidence and cases against him by various government agencies? How Lali Modi was allowed to leave the country?
27 Sunday Mar 2016
Posted in BSNLEU
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The 9th Convention of the Telecommunication Employees Association of Nepal (TEAN) is being held at Nepalganj from 28th to 30th March 2016. Com. Balbir Singh, President, BSNLEU, will be attending the convention as per the invitation of TEAN.
BSNLEU and TEAN have been always in close relationship for the last one decade or more. Both are the biggest unions in the telecom sector in their own countries and share a progressive out-look. They are part of the main stream of the working class. The delegates from TEAN had been attending All India Conferences of BSNLEU and delegates from BSNLEU attending the Conventions of TEAN. As General Secretary of BSNLEU, I have attended these conventions three or four times. I still remember the warm reception they gave to all of us delegates while in Nepal. We have also made maximum efforts to welcome them during their visits to India. Office-bearers have changed on both sides, but the ties remain strong.
Nepal has moved forward from a Hindu kingdom to a social secular democratic republic like India. We welcome the change and congratulate the people of Nepal and TEAN, who contributed for the welcome change.
We convey our Warm Greetings and Best Wishes to the delegates and leaders who are attending the Convention and for the success of the Convention! Let the close relationship continue and strengthen further!
27 Sunday Mar 2016
Posted in General
Universities are the centres of learning where crores of youth of the country learns through hard study, guidance from the elders, discuss on each and every issue critically and expose themselves to the future world. It is a workshop where they train themselves to give the best to the world.
What the central government and certain Hindutwa brigade are trying is to muffle the free speech, independent thought and frighten them to silence. This was never the proud heritage of the country.
This attack on the centres of learning should be reisted and defeated to save our young generation and the future of the nation.
