04 Tuesday Feb 2014
Posted in General
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The unfortunate incidences of attack on the North East youngsters are increasing in Delhi. The latest is the death of Nado Tania, a young student, due to beating by some shop keepers.
These are unacceptable in a civilised society. The Central and state governments have to move fast and acct fast to give confidence to the NE people. The culprits should be booked and punished.
The secular and democratic content of the Republic is to be ensured.
04 Tuesday Feb 2014
Posted in General Elections 2014
The Election Commission has called an All Party Meeting on 4th February to brief about the general elections to be held in April-May 2014 and also to seek opinions on the conduct of the election.
The Left Parties and certain Regional Parties like AIDMK, SP, JDU etc. are expected to utilise this opportunity for holding meeting among themselves for a viable alternative against the BJP and Congress.
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in Corruption, General
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Delhi AAP Government has today cleared the draft of the Jan Lok Pal Bill,which it has promised will be brought without delay. The bill will cover from the Chief Minister to the Group D employees.
But the moot question now is, whether the government will be able to continue to pass the bill with the dissenters threatening to withdraw support.
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in 2G Scam Corruption, Telecom
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The spectrum auction today saw aggressive bidding by the telecom operators. After 7 rounds of bidding, the government has already ensured about Rs. 42,000 crore. There are still more circles for which the auction is to take place.
The bids have reached more than 44% of the bid price as per reports received.
Those who criticised CAG for calculating the loss in 2G auction at 1.76 lakh crore can think again. Spectrum is costly, very costly.
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners
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Comrade V.A.N.Namboodiri, Advisor, AIBDPA and Patron, National Co-ordination Committee of Pensioners Association (NCCPA) will start for Barcelona (Spain) tonight to attend the Foundation Conference of Trade Union International of Pensioners and Retirees to be held on 5th and 6th February 2014. He is expected to return by 8th February.
He will represent both AIBDPA and NCCPA, two biggest organisations of Central Pensioners in India, with a membership of more than one lakh.
We are happy that an International Organisation of Pensioners and Retirees is being formed. The TUI (P and R) will be part of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), which is the militant International Organisation of the workers.
Best Wishes for the success of the Conference!
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in General
CPI(M) and CPI has clinched electoral alliance in with AIADMK in T.Nadu. The CPI leaders yesterday and CPI(M) today met Jayalalitha and agreed to fight the general elections together.
CPI(M) general secretary Comrade Prakash Karat expressed the hope that the alliance between the AIADMK and the Left will perform strongly in Tamil Nadu and contribute to the success of the alternative front at the national level.
Announcing the decision to face the Lok Sabha polls along with the AIADMK, Comrade Prakash Karat said a substantial number of non-congress and non-BJP parties with substantial support across the country would join the alliance.
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in Telecom
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The National Commission has upheld the decision of the State Commission imposing penalty for pesky calls on the customers.
The National Commission upheld the State Commission’s order imposing a penalty of Rs 25 lakh each on Airtel and COAI. Similarly, penalty of Rs 12.5 lakh each on ICICI Bank and American Express Bank was also upheld. This penalty would go to the state consumer welfare fund.
This is a good decision. The customers are unnecessarily troubled and harassed by these unsolicited calls and messages.
02 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in Uncategorized
The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the order of the telecom tribunal dismissing the pleas of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Loop and Idea for a stay on spectrum auction which is starting tomorrow and extension of their licences by another 10 years.
However, in an extraordinary urgent hearing on Sunday, a bench comprising justices A. R. Dave and S. A. Bobde admitted the appeals filed by Airtel and Vodafone challenging the January 31 order of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
“The appeal is admitted and hearing is expedited,” the bench said after the Centre opposed the appeals saying “any observation from you (apex court) can scare away other bidders and can take away the vibrancy of the spectrum auction”. (Courtesy: Business Line)
02 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in General
The absence of the ruling party Congress and main opposition party BJP in the meeting conducted by the Law Commission on 1st February at New Delhi to discuss about electoral reforms is highly inappropriate. The meeting has been called by the Law Commission as
perthe guidelines of the Supreme Court.
Legal luminaries such as Soli Sorabji and TR Anthyarjuna attended the meeting along with Law Commission chairman Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and former chairman Justice BP Jeevan Reddy.
The Left Parties, Biju Janata Dal and some other parties attended the meeting. Some of the issues in the agenda was about the expense of candidates, eligibility of the criminally convicted candidates etc.
It is not known why Congress and BJP did not attend. Is it whether they boycotted or is there any other reason?
EW DELHI, FEB 1:
Major national and regional parties, including the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party, gave a miss to the Law Commission’s one-day discussion on electoral reforms. The meeting held here on Saturday was focusing on the methods to decriminalise politics.
In the six national parties, only CPI(M) and CPI attended the meeting. Biju Janata Dal was the only major regional party and was represented by MP Pinaki Mishra.
The Commission had started the process after the Supr
01 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in General
The “Save Kerala March”, a campaign intended to focus the important issues of the people of Kerala and exposing the anti-people policies of the UDF Government was inaugurated from the Vayalar Martyrs Memorial near Alapuzha. Comrade S.R. Pillai, PB Member, CPI(M) inaugurated the March by handing over the Flag to Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan, State Secretary, who is leading the March. The March will cover all the districts in the state. The March will focus on the development needed and such other programmes to save the state from ruin, due to the anti-people rule of the UDF.
