31- ft Shiva Lingam made of rudraksha beads unveiled

Ahmedabad

A 31- feet 'Shiva lingam'made up of over 20 lakh rudraksha beads was on Sunday unveiled at Kharvel village in Valsad district on the eve of Mahashivratri festival.

Rudraksha beads are vertically lined using threads on a steel frame to construct the mammoth structure, which has a base with a diameter of 16 feet, reports PTI. Building Shiv lingam is an initiative of one Batuk Vyas, a businessman from Dharampur taluka in South Gujarat and the workers collectively put thirty thousand man hours to construct it in six months.

Vyas claimed to have broken his own record of 25- feet rudraksha shiva lingam, which was recorded in the Limca Book of Records ( LBR) last year.

महानगरपालिकांचे निकाल

Clerk arrested for accepting bribe

Indore,Feb 15, 2012(TNN):   The Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday arrested a clerk of Vikram University, Ujjain for allegedly demanding bribe from an employee for settlement of his GPF case.

DSP (Lokayukta) O P Sagoria said that clerk Ashok Chouhan was demanding a bribe of Rs 3,000 for settlement of GPF dues of a retired employee Govind Singh Kushwaha.

“The aggrieved party approached us and we laid a trap to catch the accused red-handed,” said the cop.

He said, Kushwaha went to the clerk to get his work done and handed over a bundle of Rs 3,000 smeared with chemicals. As soon as he accepted the bundle, the accused was caught red-handed. Further investigations are on.

The Form 16 treated as Income Tax Return for salaried individuals with a total taxable income of up to Rs 5 lakh

Varanasi, Feb16, 2012: Salaried individuals with a total taxable income of up to Rs 5 lakh do not have to file income tax returns. However, in case tax payers  want to seek an income tax refund , they will have to file their returns.

In the above case, a salary people has income from other sources like dividend, interest etc.not exceeding Rs.10 thousand  and does not want to file returns, he has to disclose such income to his DDO.

The Form 16 is issued by DDO to salaried employees may be treated as Income Tax Return.

RODak - For DO only

Dak received from Regional office need to be recorded in the RD, NRD and DO registers at DO. The dak to RO need to be invoiced with invoice number and sent to RO. This is just an attempt to computerise these works.

Install the RODak application in the PC. If possible this is to be used only in one computer to make the database not scattered in various PCs.

If RList is installed in that PC you can use portable RODak and create a shortcut for exe file.

Menus:

Configure:

RO Details - Provide your Regional Office details.

Office Details - Provide your office details.

Set Invoice number - This is to set first invoice no.

Branches - Add and delete branches as per your need.

Receipt:

RD - Papers received from RO for which replay is due.

NRD - Papers received from RO for which replay is not due.

DO - DO letters received from RO

Despatch

Despatch List - To record the papers to be sent to RO

Google Input Method: Type anywhere in your language

Google Transliteration IME is an input method editor which allows users to enter text in one of the supported languages using a roman keyboard. Users can type a word the way it sounds using Latin characters and Google Transliteration IME will convert the word to its native script. Note that this is not the same as translation -- it is the sound of the words that is converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. Converted content will always be in Unicode.

Google Transliteration IME is currently available for 22 different languages - Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya and Urdu.

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Installation Instructions

Postaman Exam - Some useful tips to make entries in Postman Book

Disclaimer: - Information provided in this post is compiled by Akula. Praveen Kumar, Medak HO-502110, Andhra Pradesh, for in good faith of Departmental Employees. Author of blog does not accepts any responsibility in relation to the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or otherwise, of the contents.

If any mistakes, Pl feel free to intimate the same to me (09849636361) to update the Post

1) For writing entries in Postman Book, Pl follow the prescribed procedure under P&T Manual / Volume VI, Rule -696

2) Pl doesn’t make Corrections / overwriting in the Postman Book prescribed form. Otherwise you will get less mark for correct entries. Take proper care while making entries.

3) All entries are compulsory. Entries may be made either in English or in Regional language of the state but only international numerals should be used. The entries must be made in the prescribed form only.

Airtel to generate detailed bills for pre-paid customers

NEW DELHI: Telecom leader Bharti Airtel today launched India's first online self care service which will enable pre-paid customers to get itemised bills, manage their account and subscribe to value added services.

"Airtel prepaid mobile customers can visit the new self care website to receive and activate customised offers on 'my airtel, my offer' (MAMO), view tariff and top up options, request for the itemised bill and more," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

Airtel is the first company to come up with this service after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on January 6 issued 'Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, 2012', where it asked operators to provide itemised bills at a price not exceeding Rs 50.

New CPMG taken charge today.

Smt Humera Ahmed Chief Postmaster General Maharashtra and Goa  has taken over Charge today F/N.This Association welcomes and extend full co operation to the new CPMG.

One Day Strike on 28.02.2012

General Secretary’s Desk

One Day Strike on 28.02.2012

The call for Nationwide industrial action on 28.02.2012 organised by all the 15 Central Trade Unions including INTUC, AITUC, CITU, BMS, HMS etc. is the last option since all their avenues of protest like dharnas, demonstrations, rallies and finally the Jail Bharo Programmes besides raising the issues relating to labour and common people at various forums yielded no results. It is rather found that labour was becoming an unwanted agenda for the Governments.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day History and things

There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.

Are you a Facebook criminal?

Business Line : Today's Paper / EWORLD : Are you a Facebook criminal? (For Details Click here)

From file sharing networks to social networks, copyright organisations are going after naive users. Could you be the lawyers' next target?

Your mobile phone is always with you, and uploading photos of a party to Facebook is effortless. It's only later that some people face the nasty shock of legal notices, fines, and expensive lawyers' fees. People in countries around the world are waking up to a whole new side effect of using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other networks. So far, there has not been any reason to think about the legal and financial consequences of posting things online. On any typical Facebook profile, there will be party photos, YouTube videos, or text quoted from the web. These can earn a user warning fines of up to €15,000 says German media rights lawyer Christian Solmecke. He agrees that the feared wave of warnings has not really hit yet, something even other legal experts confirm.

Ways To Prevent SIM Card Misuse

Yesterday when I went to a BSNL Regional Office for replacement of a defective SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) I came across an incident where a Customer is complaining to block his SIM as a thief who has stolen his 20 thousand Rupees phone left away his phone and took away only the SIM with him.

Now the customer is worried what the misshapen might happen. Though the complaint has been taken and recorded I asked the CC if really the SIM will be blocked?

The answer is “They get hundreds of SIM lost cases daily and if they keep on blocking the SIMs it wastes them a lot of time and resources also some mischief people might falsely complain and try to block other people numbers incase if they know their details. So, we don’t usually”.

IPO Examination 2011....result thereof.

It is learnt that, Inspector Posts Examination 2011 result is expected in the next week i.e. 3rd week of this month.

SC/ST, OBC and Persons with Disabilities

Annual Reports regarding representation of SC/ST, OBC and Persons with disabilities in the Central Government Services as on 01.01.2012(Click here for details)

House Rent Allowance (HRA) as per 6th CPC on Government Pattern (BSNL)

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Corporate Office
Bharat Sandiar Bhawan
Janpath, New DeIli- 110001.
(PAT SECTION)

No.1-12/2009-PAT(BSNL)

Dated :  09-02-2012.

To
All Heads of Telecom Circles
All Heads of Administrative Units, BSNL

Sub: House Rent Allowance (HRA) as per 6th CPC on Government Pattern.

Sir,

I am directed to invite your kind attention to this office letter of even no. dated 15.04.2010 on the subject cited above and to say that information is still awaited from meet of the Circles despite a series of reminders dated 01.06.2010, 29.07.2010, 22.06.2011,  22.07.2011 and 09.01.2012.

Harassment in Pension Delivery Function

Bareilly, Feb 13, 2012: Pension takes the form of provision of annuities for the senior population. Historically, old age pensions, guaranteed by a government to its employees emerged in France in 19th century,followed by its introduction in the United Kingdom in 1834 and in Germany in 1873.

The pension system eventually spread to many countries of Europe and North America in the first decade of 20th century. In India, pension for older population was first introduced in 1924, primarily for the government employees under the British colonial rule.

The Government Pension Package

Government pension is granted to a Government employee on his/her retirement from Government service on the basis of length of qualifying service rendered and amount of emoluments last drawn. In the case of appointment in the public service, government fixes an age limit. In certain cases, this age limit is relaxed. According to general recruitment rules, a person can enter into Government service from minimum eighteen years’ age provided that the person has requisite qualification for service.

Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, Solapur

Born On: October 10, 1910
Born In: Sholapur, Maharashtra, India
Died On: December 9, 1942
Career: Physician

No other Indians can claim the kind of adulation and reverence that Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis enjoys in China. A legendary Indian physician, who dedicated his entire life working as a battlefront doctor in China, is indeed a name to reckon with. Applauded for his selfless service that he doled out to the injured Chinese soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Dr. Kotnis' contribution towards humanity is no mean feat. Fondly dubbed as "Black Mother" by the Chinese villagers, Dr. Kotnis role in solidifying relations between China and India has been humungous. During his lifetime, he was voted as one of the ten most influential foreigners. Coming from a family of doctors, Dr. Kotnis always dreamt of becoming a physician. And the War of Resistance gave him the perfect opportunity to make himself useful in the battle field. However, due to inclement weather, inadequate diet, and enormous work strain, Dr. Kotnis passed away at an early age of 32. Read more to know interesting life of the Dr. Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis.

Gist of Cadre Restructuring Proposal of Income Tax approved by DOPT

Mumbai, Feb 11.2012: The Department of Personnel & Training has at last cleared the Cadre Restructuring proposal Income Tax Department. There has been a reduction of 398 posts in the Group-A cadres up to the level of DCIT.
The proposal in   respect of Gr.B & Gr.C has been cleared by the Department of Personnel & Training without any changes.
Now the cadre restructuring proposal is expected to go to the Group of Secretaries and then to the Cabinet for clearance. Once it is passed by the Cabinet, the additional posts created will be allocated charge-wise and notification will be issued.
Promotions/recruitment will take place subsequently. 
The gist of Cadre Restructuring Proposal of Income Tax Department approved by the Department of Personnel & Training is given below.

Rates of room charges of Holiday Homes and Touring Officers Hostel under Ministry of Urban Development - Revision thereof.

MOST IMMEDIATE

No. D-110128/23/82/-Regions (Vol.II)

Government of India

Ministry of Development

Directorate of Estates

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi,

Dated  31st January,2012

Office Memorandum

Subject: Rates of room charges of Holiday Homes and Touring Officers Hostel under Ministry of Urban Development - Revision thereof.

Reference is invited to Directorate of Estates O.M. of even No. dated 30th January 2012 on the above mentioned subject. In this connection it is stated that all visitors to holiday homes and touring officer's hostel/guest house have to pay booking charges as per revised rates. The prospective visitors whose booking have already been confirmed are required to pay the different amount to the caretaker/concerned authority of holiday home and touring officer's hostel/guest house at the time of check in. Further, the prospective applicants are advised that the demand draft towards booking charges for the period w.e.f.1st March 2012 may be sent as per revised charges otherwise their applications will not be entertained and rejected summarily.

                                                                             sd/-
                                                                      (R.N.Yadav)
                                                    Deputy Director of Estates (Policy)