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Misuse of free rail-travel with one companion by entitled ones

Misuse of free rail-travel with one companion by entitled ones

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There are reports that certain persons entitled for free rail-pass with a companion like even aged freedom-fighters misuse facility of taking one companion along with them free in railway-trains. They reserve berths for two including themselves, and then sell free rail-pass of the companion to other at some discounted price. Railway Board should devise mechanism to prevent such misuse. It can be made compulsory to submit ID proofs of the entitled one and the accompanying companion with signatures while getting free rail-passes. Original ID proofs by both the entitled one and the accompanying companion should be made compulsory to be carried while travelling along with another set of photo-copies which should be got signed before the Train-Ticket-Examiner TTE while checking the rail-pass...
Dug-up historical Chandni Chowk bazar in Delhi require completion on war-footing

Dug-up historical Chandni Chowk bazar in Delhi require completion on war-footing

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1.5 kilometre stretch of historical Chandni Chowk bazar of capital city Delhi is lying dug-up completely for last so many months with renovation-work at cost of rupees 65 crores now been undertaken by Shahajahanbad Redevelopment Board after long 10-years delay. Work initially started at high pace when the project was inaugurated. But pace of work has become very slow causing big problems to residents and traders in Chandni Chowk and surrounding areas. It will be very dangerous in case of any fire-incident in Chandni Chowk or surrounding areas, because fire-tenders and ambulance cannot each the accident-site. Problems for residents can be created in medical-emergencies because of ambulance not possible to reach in the at the area. All concerned authorities should take up the project on w...
Lok Sabha Phase I : 213(17%) contesting contesting with declared criminal cases

Lok Sabha Phase I : 213(17%) contesting contesting with declared criminal cases

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The National  Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1266 out of 1279 candidates, who are contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase I. There are 13 candidates who have not been analysed due to unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report. For the complete report, please go to :  https://adrindia.org/content/lok-sabha-elections-2019-phase-i-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-0   Summary and Highlights   Criminal Background Candidates with Criminal Cases: 213(17%) out of 1266 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 146(12%) out of 1266 have declared serious criminal case...
BJP leader approaches Supreme Court to bring political parties under RTI Act with petition already pending at Apex Court to implement CIC-verdict on the matter

BJP leader approaches Supreme Court to bring political parties under RTI Act with petition already pending at Apex Court to implement CIC-verdict on the matter

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It refers to a public-spirited BJP leader who is also an advocate approaching Supreme Court to put political parties under RTI Act. But already a petition of RTI-activists pleading to implement full-bench CIC-verdict of 03.06.2013 holding six national political parties under RTI Act is already pending at the Apex Court. It is noteworthy that law-making political parties have neither complied with CIC-verdict nor they have challenged it in any court. Even all efforts to amend RTI Act to keep political parties out of RTI Act has not been fruitful. Ruling BJP should become a path-breaker by supporting the petition filed by its own leader for bringing political parties under RTI Act. Rather BJP and central government should approach Supreme Court for an early hearing and decision on two pet...
Bank of Baroda should introduce seven-day per week working after merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with reduced number of branches

Bank of Baroda should introduce seven-day per week working after merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with reduced number of branches

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Bank of Baroda should initiate process of merging nearby small branches of erstwhile Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank into the nearing bigger branch after merger on 01.04.2019 for a drastic cut in useless overheads, rent, salaries and other expenses. Surplus staff available after reduction of number of branches should be better utilised for unique seven-day per week working without any weekly or public holiday by providing two weekly-offs by rotation or by mutual consent amongst employees with bank-services taken as essential services like air, road or rail travel. Already some small private banks have started giving such seven-day per week banking. Thereafter even two-shift banking from 8 am to 8 pm can be started initially in select branches. Such a unique initiative will make public rush to...
नारे विहीन 2019 के लोकसभा चुनाव

नारे विहीन 2019 के लोकसभा चुनाव

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लोकसभा चुनाव के पहले दौर के लिए संपन्न मतदान हो चुका है Iपर इस बार अभी तक कोई नये खास नारे सामने नहीं आये हैं। इस बार चुटीले और तुरंत अपनी तऱफ ध्यान आकर्षित करने वाले नारों का कुल जमा अभाव दिखाई दे रहा है। नारे ही तो चुनावों की जान रहे हैं। नारों के बिना चुनाव का आनंद आधा-अधूरा सा ही रहता है। पिछले 2014 में भाजपा का नारा था- 'मोदी जी आएंगे, अच्छे दिन लाएंगे'। तब भाजपा का एक और चर्चित नारा भी था- "अबकी बार मोदी सरकार'। भाजपा ने 2019 में फिर लगभग इसी नारे को आगे बढ़ाया है। इसबार का नारा है- 'फिर एकबार, मोदी सरकार'। इस बारभाजपा ‘मोदी है तो मुमकिन है’ और ‘भारत नया बनाने दो,मोदी को फिर से आने दो’ जैसे नारे लेकर भी आई है। माकपा ने देश को मोदी सरकार की नीतियों से मुक्त कराने की रणनीति को लोकसभा चुनाव में प्रचार अभियान के केंद्र में रखते हुए ‘इस बार, मोदी बेरोजगार’ नारे को प्रचार का मूलमंत्र बनाया...
Shift UP Roadways bus-stand to give better design to New Delhi Railway Station which is to have a new look

Shift UP Roadways bus-stand to give better design to New Delhi Railway Station which is to have a new look

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New Delhi Railway Station is set to have new look. But whole exercise is just part-utilization of heavily-spent funds till a space occupied by UP Roadways in vicinity of the area is handed over to railways for developing prime-most railway-station of capital city of India really an international look. UP Roadways can be given alternate plot in vicinity of some inter-state bus-terminal in the city. Even now buses of UP Roadways run empty to the area occupied by it in vicinity of New Delhi Railways Station after emptying the passengers at some inter-state bus-terminal. Such a shift will be advantageous to UP Roadways itself because of saving of diesel and staff-hours in uselessly running empty buses to a place most needed to Railways for development of New Delhi Railway Station. Such removal...
चुनावी लोकतंत्र : बस, पांच कदम चलना होगा..

चुनावी लोकतंत्र : बस, पांच कदम चलना होगा..

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पार्टिंयां चुनावों की तैयारी करती हैं. पार्टियां ही उम्मीदवार तय करती हैं. पांच साल वे क्या करेंगी; इसका घोषणापत्र भी पार्टियां ही बनाती हैं. चुनाव किन मुद्दों पर लड़ा जायेगा; मीडिया के साथ मिलकर ये भी पार्टियां ही तय कर रही हैं. मतदान की मशीन पर चुनने के लिए छपे हुए निशान भी  पार्टियों के ही होते हैं. मतदाता भी अपना मत, उम्मीदवार से ज्यादा, पार्टियों को ध्यान में रखकर ही देता है. यह लोकसभा के लिए लोक-प्रतिनिधि चुनने का चुनाव है कि पार्टिंयां चुनने का ? लोगों  को अपना प्रतिनिधि चुनना है. क्या चुनाव से पूर्व कभी लोगों से पूछा जाता है, हां भई, आप बताइए कि किस-किस को उम्मीदवार बनाया जाए ? सोचिए. स्वयं से पूछिए कि इस चुनाव में चुनाव आयोग है, मतदाता है, मतदान की मशीन है; किंतु इसमें लोक कहां है ? लोक-प्रतिनिधियों का चुनाव है, तो उम्मीदवार, चुनावी प्रक्रिया, और तौर-तरीके से लेकर चुनावी एजेण...
सशक्त सेना – सुरक्षित भारत

सशक्त सेना – सुरक्षित भारत

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भारतीय सेना समूचे विश्व की दूसरी बड़ी सेना है और भारतीय सेना का वार्षिक खर्च समूचे विश्व में उसे 5वाँ स्थान प्रदान करता है। वर्ष 2018 में भारतीय सेना का बजट शिक्षा और अन्य कल्याणकारी योजनाओं के बजट का 5 गुना था, फिर भी पाकिस्तान और चीन के साथ लगती सीमाओं पर आये दिन तनाव के दृष्टिगत रक्षा विशेषज्ञों के अनुसार यह बजट और अधिक होना चाहिए। लगभग 3 लाख करोड़ रुपये प्रतिवर्ष सेवा निवृत्त सैनिकों को पेंशन वितरित की जाती है। अब तक भारतीय सेना के लिए रक्षा उपकरण बहुतायत विदेशों से आयात किये जाते थे, परन्तु अब प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के ‘मेक इन इंडिया’ आह्वान के कारण भारत में कई प्रकार के रक्षा उपकरणों के निर्माण प्रारम्भ कर दिये गये हैं जिससे निकट भविष्य में भारत रक्षा उपकरणों का निर्यातक देश बनने की अवस्था में आ सकता है। माॅरीशस, श्रीलंका, वियतनाम तथा संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (यू.ए.ई.) जैसे देशों क...
War Cry in Valley of Kashmir

War Cry in Valley of Kashmir

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The war cry reverberating in the valley of Jammu & Kashmir over the BJP promise to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian Constitution is more a ‘poll campaign propaganda’ than a serious threat to liberate the state from the Union of India. The reference to Article 370 and Article 35A is part of the Election Manifesto of the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections. One should not forget that the National Conference and the People’ Democratic Party are in the fray contesting Lok Sabha election in Jammu & Kashmir. Dr. Farooq Abdullah is in fray from Srinagar seat while Mehbooba Mufti is contesting from Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. Interestingly, the PDP has not fielded any candidate in Jammu region and in Udhampur from where Dr. Karan Singh’s son is in the race as Congress candidate. T...