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| PNB officers, staff hold protest dharnas Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 13: A massive dharnas were staged by the office bearers of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) Staff Union (AIBEA) and.....more Ware House
traders Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 13: Traders Federation, Ware House, Nehru Market Jammu, held.....more Motul
Lubricants Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 13: One of the oldest and most trusted lubricant brand in the world, Motul......more 25 lakh scholarships for minority students in 11th Plan NEW DELHI, Mar 13: The Government will next month launch a scheme to give 25 lakh scholarships to school students.....more |
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bn during 11th Plan NEW DELHI, Mar 13: Public sector oil companies would invest Rs 229,071.5 crore in oil and gas exploration.......more Efforts being made to expand operations at old airports: Patel NEW DELHI, Mar 13: In a bid to resolve the airport employees’ agitation, Government today said old airports in Hyderabad ........more Installation of communication system recommended in panchayats NEW DELHI, Mar 13: A government committee has recommended that Rs 60000 crore be spent over the next three years ....more US allays fears of cut in visas CHENNAI, Mar 13: The US today allayed any fears of a cut in the number of visas to ....more |
PNB officers, staff hold protest dharnas Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 13: A massive dharnas were staged by the office bearers of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) Staff Union (AIBEA) and All India PNB Officers’ Association at Bank’s Zonal office at Jammu and Regional Office Srinagar. Dharna was a part of the ongoing nation wide agitation against the dictatorial attitude of the Chairman and Managing Director of PNB, launched by Joint Action Committee of majority organizations of workmen and officers. The agitation is against denial of mandate of IBA for next wage revision; Shortage of staff; Shrinkage of promotion opportunities; Unilateral restructuring of Bank against the interests of employees and officers; Vindictive and biased attitude of management in staff welfare; Attempt to under-value the contributions of majority organizations; Outsourcing of core banking activities; and Unilateral manpower planning in the Bank. Ashwani Pardhan, general secretary PNBSU and convenor of Joint Action Committee, V K Dutta, president AIPNBOA Jammu along with Satish Khajuria, assistant general secretary, AIPNBOA, J&K, informed that as a part of this agitation, a similar dharna would be held in front of Head Office of PNB at New Delhi on March 21 and employees and officers of both the organizations would observe one day strike at All India level on March 31, 2008. Ware House traders hold meeting Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 13: Traders Federation, Ware House, Nehru Market Jammu, held a meeting of office bearers under the presidentship of Romesh Chander Gupta to deliberate on the rising prices of essential commodities including food grains, for which traders are blamed by general public. The speakers in the meeting sought to make the record clear that it were not the traders, but the Government as well as Multi-national companies responsible for the rising costs of items of daily needs. Besides president Romesh Chander Gupta other office bearers of the Federation, Kriti Kumar, Ravi Gupta, Anil Gupta, Sham Langer and Naresh Gupta, stated that their duty was only to maintain the supply line of Food Grains to the nook and corners of the State, which job the traders have been accomplishing with honesty. They said due to the rising cost of Petroleum products there was no stability in cost factor. They added that Wholesale Mandi is 90% dependent on the goods coming from outside the State. All the members expressed their view that if they get the goods on low cost they would sell the same on low cost. Motul Lubricants launched in Jammu Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 13: One of the oldest and most trusted lubricant brand in the world, Motul Lubricants today launched its products in a function held here. President Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ram Sahai presided over the function wheras MLC Tarlochan Singh Wazir was the chief guest on the occassion. Speaking on the occasion, vice president, Business Development of the company, NC Mittal and local Area Sales Manager, Sandeep Singh said that Motul engine oils have the approval of most of the international OEM's worldwide namely Mercedes, Ben, BMW, Volkswagen, Porsche, Ford, Renault, Cummins Volvo, Suzuki and Yamaha. Meanwhile, area manager of the company for J&K and Punjab Mr Sandeep Singh spoke about the product range and benefits of the same to the gathering. |
25 lakh scholarships for minority students in 11th Plan NEW DELHI, Mar 13: The Government will next month launch a scheme to give 25 lakh scholarships to school students belonging to the minority communities. A Centrally-sponsored scheme of pre-matric scholarships has been approved for eligible students of class I to X belonging to the minority communities, Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay said in a reply in the Lok Sabha today. He said it was proposed that 25 lakh scholarships would be given during the 11th Five Year Plan and 30 per cent of these would be earmarked for girl students. A tentative provision of Rs 1,400 crore has been made for the scheme in the 11th plan period and the programme will be implemented with effect from April one this year, the Minister said. The scheme would be implemented through State Governments and Union Territory (UT) Administrations, with the funding to be shared between the Centre and the states in the ratio of 75:25, while 100 per cent financial assistance will be provided to the UTs. Students with not less than 50 per cent marks in the previous final examination, whose parents’ annual income does not exceed Rs one lakh, are eligible for the scholarship, Antulay said. Rejecting the criticism from BJP Members in the House that the scheme would divide the country into majority and minority sections, Antulay said, "It is their duty rather, they think, to divide the country... The UPA Government has tried to assimilate all sections. No section, on the basis of caste, creed or religion, should be deprived." Antulay said agreements have been signed with some states, including Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal for implementation of the scheme. There were some heated exchanges between the Opposition and the Treasury benches when Congress MP Sachin Pilot charged BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Chhattisgarh were not keen on implementing the scheme. To a query on whether 50 per cent of the scholarships could be reserved for girls, he said it was a suggestion for action. (PTI) |
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Efforts being made to expand operations at old airports: Patel NEW DELHI, Mar 13: In a bid to resolve the airport employees’ agitation, Government today said old airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore were not being closed down and that efforts would be made to expand operations there. "The (existing) airports are not being closed down. They will be used for general aviation (apart from defence purposes and national emergencies). "Keeping in mind the interests of all sections, we will try to find a way out of the legal problems in the future, speak to the operators (of the greenfield airports). We will try to expand operations at the existing airports. But no immediate solution is possible," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told reporters at the Parliament House. However, he said it was difficult at this moment to give any commitment in this regard. He also urged the employees, who are on a ‘non- cooperation movement’ since yesterday to protest the closure of the two existing airports, to withdraw their protest action in the interest of the nation and the travelling public. The term ‘general aviation’ denotes non-scheduled operations of private aircraft or chartered services in which small planes are generally used. Under the agreements entered with the private parties which are building and operating the new airports at the two cities, the government has to close down commercial flight operations in the old ones. Referring to the two airports on which the Airports Authority Employees Joint Forum is conducting the agitation, Patel said there was "nothing to worry about the future of the employees. There future will be secure. New airports have to be constructed in national interest." The Minister also said that the inauguration of the Bangalore airport had been delayed by one month due to certain "technical issues". "Though radars and air traffic control equipments have been installed, there are some technical issues. Keeping in mind these problems, we have decided to delay its launch by one month," Patel said. On the new Hyderabad airport which is to be inaugurated by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi tomorrow, he said it was "fully ready, though there is a problem of connectivity (between the airport and the city). But infrastructure has to be built in long-term national interests." He said the decision to construct greenfield airports at Hyderabad and Bangalore was taken by the NDA Government. "We are continuing the same. Nothing new has been done." The demand for general aviation was growing leaps and bounds and several orders were being placed for small jets and private aircraft, he said indicating that the high growth of general aviation could help expand operations at the old Hyderabad airport. (PTI) |
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