New Income tax code

New Direct Tax Code: Pay less in taxes from April 2011 The Cabinet has cleared the Direct tax code and will be introduced in Rajya Sabha, and referred it to a select committee, during the monsoon session.The new provisions under the Direct Tax Code are as follows:• Tax for income between Rs. 2 lakh - Rs. 5 lakh: 10% • Tax for income between Rs. 5 lakh - Rs. 10 lakh: 20% • Tax for income over Rs. 10 lakh: 30%The limit for exemptions for salaried people...

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Snehapookkalam- at Kozhikkode

‘Snehapookalam’ in the Guiness BookAug 21, 2010 ‘Snehapookalam’, a joint venture of Kozhikode District Administration and District Tourism Promotion Council has found its way to the Guinness book of World Records as the world’s biggest floral carpet.Spread over a massive 17, 622 square feet, the carpet was made with creativity supported by 25 artists. The carpet had set a world record. The previous record was set in 2008 at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor stadium...

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Mamata-spenting national exchequer

Frequent flyers on Mamata’s behalfPublished: Monday, Aug 23, 2010, 23:00 IST By DNA | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA In Mamata Banerjee we have the ultimate immovable object. Whether it’s her stance on Maoist leader Azad’s killing — where she became a major embarrassment for the Congress party –— or her unwillingness to step out of West Bengal to run the Indian Railways, she won’t budge. This dogged stubbornness has been useful all these years, when...

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Collision averted.

THE HINDU Monday, Aug 23, 2010Collision between trains averted Ananya dutta KOLKATA: A major train accident was averted at Sankrail station in West Bengal's Howrah district on Sunday as two trains coming in opposite directions on the same line stopped just short of a collision. The incident that occurred about a month after the July 19 train collision at Sainthia that claimed over 60 lives was followed by violent protests at Sankrail station with...

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AILRSA- PUNE Div Organisational Meeting

AILRSA Pune divisional organisational meeting will be held at Priyadharsini Hotel, MIRAJ on 25.08.10 from 10 hours. Secretary General Com. MN Prasad, Bobay Divisional Secretary Com. Badgujar,Com. PCL Pathy, Com. VB Kalawant, Com. VIjayan will atte...

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Automatic Doors

Railways likely to install automatic doors in trainsKumod Verma, TNN, Aug 19, 2010, 03.47am ISTPATNA: The railways is mulling over a proposal to install automatic door closing system in all mail and express trains with an aim to prevent mishaps on running trains. The new system will be on the pattern of Metro train doors which have automatic door system from safety point of view. According to a Railway Board official, the railway ministry has taken...

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Mathrubhumi News- English-18.09.10

Plight of loco pilots Have anyone heard about authorities demanding death certificate when an employee failed to attend duty due to his father's death. A loco pilot recently had such a misfortune. The father of a loco pilot, having more than 23 years of service in the Salem division, died when he returned from duty. The loco pilot immediately called the office to intimate the death news. When he reached the office after a week, completing all rituals,...

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Mathrubhumi News -English

No end to rail woes When trains ply irrespective of days and nights, no railway gates or gatemen guard the 16,976 level crossings. Such incidents become news only when there are casualities. Sometimes trains ply on wrong tracks, sometimes with no proper signals and sometimes through faulty lines. Except railway officials, none would have any knowledge about it. Like vehicles plying on roads, the train driver alone cannot be held responsible for averting...

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Mathrubhumi news-English version

Beware! railway is sleeping When train accidents keep increasing at an alarming rate in the country, there are 86,108 posts lying vacant in the railway security section. The vacancies are in the running staff section like loco pilot, station master and opertaing staff sections. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) have recommended filling up of all posts directly relating to security. Due to shortage of sufficient staff,...

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Vacancies in Running staff

Reply Given to Com.P Rajeev MP by Sri Muniyappa There are approximately 7190 vacancies of loco pilots and 89024 vacancies in safety categories on Zonal Railways as on April 01, 2009.Loco pilots on Indian Railways are classified as 'Continuous' and are statutorily required to work for 54 hours a week on an average, in a two weekly period of 14 days. The rostered hours of this category of employees has, however, been fixed at 104 hours in a two weekly...

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Press report-Hubli Division earnings.

SWR's Hubli division freight earnings up Our BureauMangalore, Aug. 16The Hubli division of the South Western Railway (SWR) zone recorded freight earnings of Rs 1,017.97 crore in the first four months of the current financial year as against Rs 797.8 crore in the corresponding period of previous year, registering a growth of 27.6 per cent.Quoting Mr Praveen Kumar Mishra, Divisional Railway Manager, Hubli Division, a press release said here that the...

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Notice prepared by SR for Convention

Dear Locomen,As a result of our continuous agitational programmes for the past two years and Mass NH agitational call by Joint Action Forum of Mumbai on Jan 26th 2010, Fast Tract Committee was constituted. This FTC has submitted its report on June 14th. FTC report has not analysed the grievances of Loco Running Staff. It is prepared with preoccupied mind to fulfil their ill motives. They have not accepted any of our justifications. FTC is misinterpreting...

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Shortage of LP

Railways short of drivers, yet doesn't use all the ones it hasSrinand Jha, Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, August 10, 2010Derailments and collisions are a regular hazard for the Railways and its passengers. Most are blamed on human error — mistakes by drivers, who often plead fatigue. Case in point, the July 19 Uttar Banga-Vananchal Express collision in Bengal that left 63 people dead. With a shortage of 17,000 drivers, fatigue is a big problem for the...

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Notice of National Convention at Kalyan

Notice for CWC Meeting following with national Convention1. As we have decided in last CWC Meeting the National Convention of Loco Running Staff will be held at Kalyan in Mumbai Division of Central Railway on 31st Aug’ 2010 from 9:00 hrs. The CWC members, Zonal Committee members, Branch Secretary and President along with other members of Loco Running Staff must attend, so, that we can decide our future course of action, if our demands remain unsolved....

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Photos of Dharna in front of DRM office Salem

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Mass Dharna in front of DRM SALEM

MASS DHARNA BEFORE DIVISIONAL OFFICE SALEM A mammoth protest dharna was organized before the Divisional Office Salem against the atrocities and anti labour activities of the new Sr.DEE/OP/SA Mr.V.K.Manoharan by the Divisional Committee of AILRSA/SA/DVN. The first among the worst and innumerable modification which he emphasizes as that followed in his parent Division Nagpur from which he was being transferred was the forcible eviction of the...

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Regional Convention at BZA

SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONVENTION AT VIJAYAWADA The central working committee of All India Loco Running Staff association has conducted the Locomen’s South Regional Convention at Vijayavada on 03.08.10 at Tadikonda Ramulu Kalyana Mandapam, Poornandampet. The convention is preceded by a mass rally – procession by large number of Running Staff from the convention hall Railway station – DRM Offices. The convention was inaugurated by Com. P. Madhu, ex...

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Air Coditioned CAB - Press report.

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Railways have decided to introduce air conditioning facilities in locomotives to reduce fatigue level of loco pilots and improve their efficiency. The decision comes in the backdrop of a host of safety-related features being planned by Railways, which is yet to recover from the Sainthia train accident on July 19 that claimed 66 lives. According to a Railway official, the move to air condition the cab area inside the locomotives...

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