14 Tuesday Apr 2015
Posted in General
I had gone to Kannur yesterday, 12th April 2015, to attend the Marriage Reception of Sneha, daughter of Com. K.Mohanan, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Kerala Circle with Vishnu.The Reception was well organised. Met the Bride and Bridegroom and conveyed Best Wishes in person.
It was also an occasion to meet a large number of BSNL workers as also many other comrades whom I knew and had not seen for a long time. This was a time for meeting and talking with all of them.
13 Monday Apr 2015
Posted in Obituary, Tributes
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Respectful Homage to Bharat Ratna Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and the saviour of the Dalits in the country on his 124th Birth Anniversary, 14th April 2015!
13 Monday Apr 2015
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More than 1000 persons were murdered at Jallianwala Bagh maidan on 13th April 1919 who have come to attend a protest demonstration against the arrest of leaders of the freedom movement. The shooting and killing of the innocent people were ordered by the British General Dyer. This is the 100th anniversary of that massacre, which shook the entire world. They were martyrs of the freedom movement.
Red Salute to the Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh!
12 Sunday Apr 2015
Posted in PSU
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The latest reports indicate that Air India, which was in serious loss in gradually coming out of it. A report in the Economic Times states:
“After a streak of losses, Air India had reported a net profit of Rs 14.6 crore in December last year, from a loss of Rs 168.7 crore in the corresponding period of 2013.
Besides, it has also managed to reduce its losses from as high as Rs 7,599 crore in fiscal 2011-12 to Rs 5,490 crore in financial year 2012-13 and a further down to Rs 5,388 crore in FY-14, respectively.”
Congratulations to the workers and the management for the effort to save the PSU. Hope it will come back to financial viability soon.
It is to be remembered that the role of the Air India in evacuating persons from the war fields of Yemen as also From Kashmir, Uttarakhand etc. during natural calamities has been widely appreciated.
12 Sunday Apr 2015
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee which inspected the Taj Mahal has found that the White marble Taj Mahal is gradually turning in to yellow and that black spots are seen in the four towers surrounding it.
There is no doubt about. I remember seeing the Taj Mahal for the first time in 1966, if I remember correct. It was when returning from the All India Conference held at Lucknow. I had seen the Tajmahal one year back also. The difference was clear. The white colour of the marble has changed towards yellow. There were a lot of water in the Jamuna. Now it is only like a dirty water stagnant-pool.
The Parliamentary Committee stated that it will recommend immediate necessary action to restore the Taj Mahal. The carbon remission has to be reduced, experts have to be put in charge etc.
It is necessary that the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world and a heritage centre has to be saved. The Central and State Governments should take immediate action.
12 Sunday Apr 2015
Posted in General, WORLD NEWS
Panama City, Apr 11 : US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro stood near each other at a Summit of the Americas, marking a major milestone in their efforts to end decades of animosity.
Obama and Castro, separated by the presidents of Ecuador and El Salvador, stood in the second of three rows at a Panama City convention center yesterday as the country’s national anthem was sung.
The sight of Obama and Castro in the same room instantly became a potent symbol of their bid to renew diplomatic ties that were severed in 1961. It was the first time that a Cuban leader attended the summit in its 21-year history.
Both smiling broadly, Obama and Castro had arrived separately for the two-day summit’s inauguration.
The 30-odd leaders were then heading to a seaside dinner in a complex of ruins dating from the era of the Spanish conquistadors.
Obama and Castro met once before, when they already shook hands at Nelson Mandela’s funeral in December 2013. But US officials said the widely-anticipated discussion would take place today. (AFP)
12 Sunday Apr 2015
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners, Pension
The sustained efforts on the part of the AIBDPA with the DOT and BSNL for settling the pension cases urgently have got some results. Now the DOT and BSNL both has issued orders and directions to the CGMs/CCAs for early settlement of the pension cases. The Circle secretaries of AIBDPA and BSNLEU are requested the pursue the case at their level so that the remaining. The orders are put in the websites of BSNLEU and AIBDPA.
11 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
” Consolidate the organisation; Do not divide and fragment it”.
11 Saturday Apr 2015
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” The mass orrganisations and the Party that are built up must be able to withstand the fire of repression to which the government continuously subjects them and the peoples movement.” – Jalandhar Party Congress Resolution – 1978 ( after Emergency)
11 Saturday Apr 2015
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The temples, the respidences of gods, are huge depository of gold, tons and tons of them. There is no correct inventory or estimate of them. How much of it is looted is also not known.
The Thiruvananthapuram Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple, Tirupati Balaji Temple are known to have hundreds of tons of gold valued at lakh of crore of rupees with them. Now another temple has come in the lime light.
Sidhi Vinayak Temple in Mumbai is stated to have 158 tons of gold worth Rs.417 crore.
What these offerings to God are being utilised for? Centuries back, the invaders ransacked the temples and took all valuables. Now who is going to loot – the government, the former kings or the present owners.
One thing is clear.It is not the god who is interested; but the man. There is no limit to greed.
