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News THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013
CIVIC ISSUES
GHMC shutdown threat, union summoned
In a show of solidarity, all the floor leaders of the civic political parties have lined up behind the commissioner in taking stern action against the TRS-affiliated GHME Union which is threatening to suspend civic works. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com
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he labour commissioner, who has notified of the Union’s arm-twisting tactics and he has served the Union with summons. The Union has to present itself before the Commissioner on June 17 Consequently, the Union is caught on a cleft-stick. If it goes with the strike plan from tomorrow, stern action stares at it and if it withdraws the stir plan it loses its face. The Commissioner, who held a meeting with the agitating Union leaders at his chamAROUND THE
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All floor leaders endorsed the decision of Commissioner. At the meeting, we discussed about alternative arrangements for sanitation and emergency services. Diddi Rambabu Congress floor leader
ber for more than an hour yesterday made it clear to its president, U Gopal and others about the consequences of carrying forward their protest plans. According to the Floor leaders of various political parties, who held meeting on this issue with Mayor and Commissioner and other officials, all corporators cutting across party lines have thrown their weight behind Commissioner’s decision. Soon after the Commissioner met the Union leaders, the floor leaders met and discussed the issue. They were of the opinion that yielding to Union threat at this time of monsoon was antipeople and it should not be allowed. “All floor leaders endorsed the decision of Commissioner. During the meeting, we discussed about alternative arrangements for sanitation and other emergency services. Special trucks will be made available for garbage and disposing of wastage,” said Diddi Rambabu, Congress floor leader. Meanwhile, the GHMEU which is supporting the ‘Chalo Assembly’ clarified it will be taking up the agitation on June 15, so as not to overshadow the greater cause of Telangana. Speaking to Postnoon, U Gopal said that he will be holding a meeting with office bearers of the Union today to decide the
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n a separate meeting, Srinivas Goud, JAC secretary general and Telangana Gazetted Officers Association president has called upon all the employees of GHMC to support the ‘Chalo Assembly’. The CPI affiliated, AITUC leaders Esa Ratnam and P Raju, Municipal JAC, chairman, T Yadaiah, BJP-affiliated BMS vice president Ravi Kumar and several other pro-Telangana employees associations in GHMC pleged their support. “We are not afraid of arrests,” said Srinivas Goud.
form of agitation to be taken up. “About 300 of us will accompany the march of Chalo Assembly. Because of this we will be taking up GHMC strike on June 15,” he said. Explaining about the meeting, the president of GHMEU said that the Commissioner maintained that he got an assurance from Municipal Minister about the issue, who ensured settling the matter in six months. “The Commissioner wants us to backtrack but there is no written assurance from Minister on this. How come we believe that this issue related with thousands of employees, will be solved in next six months,” says Gopal.
TAKING CHARGE
Girl dumps alcoholic groom KENDRAPARA (ODISHA): In a bold step, a bride refused to marry her groom who arrived at the wedding venue in an inebriated state at Chapalli village . The 22-year-old bride did not turn up at the mandap when the bridegroom was found allegedly in a drunken state during the marriage procession on Monday. “We have received information about the incident. But no complaint has been received in this regard. Still we are inquiring into it,” sub divisional police officer Nrusingha Charan Swain
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said. Angry villagers detained the bridegroom Pravat Mallick, 26, along with his relatives, and let them off after they apologised. “She has set a precedent. It is a message for all alcoholics. The bride and her parents deserve praise for taking such a bold step,” former Mahakalpada Panchayat Samity chairman Balaram Parida said.
POWER TO EVES ‘The next Lama could be a woman’ AROUND THE
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SYDNEY: The Dalai Lama waded into Australia's bitter gender war Thursday, saying his successor as the spiritual leader of the Tibetans could be a woman. "If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful, then automatically a female Dalai Lama will come," he told a press conference in Sydney to launch a 10-day tour of Australia. The exiled 77-year-old was questioned about the gender conflict reignited by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week. He replied that the world faces a "moral crisis" of inequality and suffering and needs leaders with compassion. "In that respect, biologically, females have more potential," the Dalai Lama said. "Females have more sensitivity about others' well-being.” "In my own case, my father, very short temper. On a few occasions I also got some beatings. But my mother was so wonderfully compassionate." Labor leader Gillard claimed on Tuesday that the conservatives would marginalise women and set back abortion laws if they win national elections in September. On Wednesday she accused opposition leader Tony Abbott of a pattern of misogynist behaviour, sparking angry recriminations. The Dalai Lama, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who fled the Chinese rule over Tibet in 1959 for the safety of India, is due to speak in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Darwin.
Females have more sensitivity about others' wellbeing. In my own case, my father, very short temper. On a few occasions I also got some beatings. But my mother was so compassionate. Dalai Lama Tibetan spiritual leader