A group of 11 academics, musicians and former bureaucrats on Wednesday filed a case in the Supreme Court of India, seeking a direction to be given to the Central Government, to stop the supply of arms and equipments by Indian Companies, like the Adani Group, to Israel. The petitioners have stated that, Israel is involved in genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

(The Telegraph dated 05.09.2024)

As regards the requests of JEs for Rule 8 transfer, the Corporate Office has issued clear instruction that, JEs can be transferred from surplus circles to deficient circles. West Bengal is a surplus circle. JEs have applied for transfer from West Bengal circle to other deficient circles like Kolkata and Karnataka. However their requests for transfer are not being processed by West Bengal circle.  This is violation of the instruction of the Corporate Office. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, discussed this issue with Shri S.P.Singh, PGM (Estt.) today. The PGM(Estt.) assured that, needful action would be taken in this regard.

As per the instructions of the corporate office, circle council should function in the corporate office. The PGM (Admin.) is the chairman of this circle council. However, till date, this circle council has not been constituted. Com. P.Abhimanyu, GS, discussed this issue with Shri Sanjeev Tyagi, PGM (Admin.) and with Ms. Anitha Johri, PGM(SR) today and insisted for the immediate constitution of the circle council in the Corporate Office. Both the officers assured that, needful action would be taken for constituting and functioning of the circle council in the corporate office.

17 employees of the Telecom Factory, Mumbai, have applied for appearing in the TT LICE, which is going to be held on 8th September, 2024. However there is no vacancy in Telecom Factory Mumbai. Presently, Telecom Factory, Mumbai, comes under Maharashtra circle. The Maharashtra circle union had referred the issue to the CHQ.  Today, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, discussed this issue with Shri S.P.Singh, PGM(Estt.) He replied that, had these 17 officials been recruited by other units and were deputed to the Telecom Factory, then these officials can appear in the vacancies of the units which recruited them. Otherwise, these officials cannot appear in the TT LICE, since there is no vacancy in Telecom Factory, Mumbai, since candidates can appear in the TT LICE only where vacancy is there in their respective OAs / BAs.

BENLEU, corporate office circle union, held a fruitful circle executive committee today, in the NTR circle union office at Eastern Court. Com.Pankaj Atri, circle president, presided over the meeting. Com. Prem Mohan, circle secretary, welcomed everyone. The meeting is addressed by Com. Animesh Mitra, President and Com. P.Abhimanyu, GS. Both the leaders explained about the present status of all the important issues, including the Wage Revision, Stagnation, BSNL's 4G launching and other issues.  The executive committee members participated in the deliberations and expressed their views on the functioning of the corporate office circle union and also on staff problems prevailing in the corporate office.  The General Secretary replied to the issues raised by the comrades. The meeting decided that, the circle council of the Corporate Office should be formed without delay. The meeting also finalised the list of BSNLEU's circle council nominees. It was decided to frequently hold the meeting for strengthening our union in the corporate office. The meeting ended with vote of thanks by the circle secretary.