0 Introduction of new trains & Extension of existing trains

The Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi today announced introduction of 26 new trains, extension of five existing trains, increase in frequency of two existing trains and introduction of new five sub-urban trains. In case of new trains, they will be flagged off in next 7 to 10 days.Extension and increase in frequency of the existing trains will be introduced with immediate effect, as operationally feasible. 

The list of new trains, extension of existing services etc. is given below:

Sl	Train no. and name
1	12297/12298 Pune-Ahmedabad AC Duronto (Tri-weekly)
2	22209/22210 Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
3	19405/19406 Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (Weekly)
4	12567/12568 Saharsa-Patna Rajya Rani Express (Daily)
5	22101/22102 Manmad-Mumbai Rajya Rani Express (Daily)
6	19261/19262 Porbander-Kochuvelli Express (Weekly)
7	22901/22902 Udaipur-Bandra(T) Express (Tri-weekly)
8	18511/18512 Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express
9	57477/57478 Tirupati-Guntakal Passenger (Daily)
10	58301/58302 Koraput-Sambalpur Passenger (Daily)
11	59425/59426 Bhuj-Palanpur passenger (Daily)
12	66302/66303 Ernakulam-Kollam MEMU (6 days a week)
13	77683/77684 Jalna-Nagarsol DEMU (6 days a week)
14	77686/77685 & 77688/77687 Kacheguda – Nizamabad DEMU (6 days a week)
15	77681/77682 & 77679/77680 Falaknuma-Medchal DEMU (6 days a week)
16	19027/19028 Bandra (T)-Jammu Tawi Vivek Express (Weekly)
17	12293/12294 Allahabad-  Mumbai  AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
18	22454/22453 Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express (Daily)
19	13423/13424 Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (Weekly)
20	12371/12372 Kolkata-Jaisalmer Express (Weekly)
21	22451/22452 Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
22	19407/19408 Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (Weekly)
23	15033/15034 Haridwar-Ramnagar Express (Tri-weekly)
24	66019/66020 Salem-Katpadi MEMU (6 days a week) (Railway Budget 2010-11)
25	66300/66301 Ernakulam-Kollam MEMU (6 days a week) (Railway Budget 2010-11)
26	Introduction of Anandvihar-Kathgodam Shatabdi Express (4 days a week)

EXTENSION:

1. 59803/59802 Nagda-Kota Passenger extension upto Ratlam

2. 19603/19604 Sultanpur-Ajmer Express extension upto Ahmedabad

3. 12965/12966 Udaipur-Gwalior Express extension upto Khajuraho

4. 55007/55008 Hajipur-Thawe Passenger extension upto Kaptanganj

5.12891/12892 Bhubaneswar-Baripada Express extension upto Bangriposi

INCREASE IN FREQUENCY:

 1. 59025/59026 Surat-Amravati Fast Passenger from 2 to 3 days a week.

 2. 15279/15280 Saharsa-Adarsh Nagar Delhi Express from weekly to bi-weekly

SUBURBAN:

1       Avadi-Chennai Beach                         

2       Chennai Beach-Gummidipundi                                  

3       Gummidipundi-Chennai Beach                                   

4       Chennai Central-Tiruvallur                              

5       Tiruvallur-Chennai Central    

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0 Adhoc promotion to PS Group B

Circle Office Hyderabad has issued orders extending the "Adhoc promotion to PS Group B cadre" of the following officers vide CO memo no ST/12-1/Adhoc Gr.B/2012 dated 09.03.2012.

1.Sri S.M.S.S.V.Prasad SPOs Rajmundry (extension given for 5 months)

2. V.Venkateswarlu SPOs Medak Dn (extension given for 3 months)

3. P.Bharatha Lakshmi SPos Adilabad Dn.(extension given for 3 months)

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0 Adhoc promotions to ASP Cadre

Circle office  Hyderabad has issued Adhoc promotions to ASP cadre to the following senior ASPs vide C.O. Memo.No.ST-92/Adhoc/2012 dated 08-03-2012 for a period not exceeding 11 months or joining of regular incumbents in the posta whichever is earlier.

Sl.No.	Name S/Shri	Present post	Region to which allotted
1.	Y. Ramakrishna	IP, Kaikaluru	Vijayawada
2.	P. Komal Kumar	IP, Narsipatnam	Visakhapatnam
3.	DLRSJ Prasuna Reddy	IP, Visakhapatnam Dn.	Vijayawada
4.	D. Siddhardha	IP, Bhadrachalam	Vijayawada
5.	Syed Ansar	IP, Pamarru	Vijayawada
6.	Sisupal Singh	IP(BNPL), Hyd. Stg. Dn.	Kurnool
7.	JNMVR Prasad	IP, RO, Kurnool	Kurnool
8.	P. Venkataswamy	IP, Machilipatnam	Vijayawada

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0 A Brief History of International Women's Day

The idea of an International Women's Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and radical ideologies.

On 8 March 1857, women working in clothing and textile factories (called 'garment workers') in New York City, in the United States, staged a protest. They were fighting against inhumane working conditions and low wages. The police attacked the protestors and dispersed them. Two years later, again in March, these women formed their first labour union to try and protect themselves and gain some basic rights in the workplace.

On 8 March 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights and an end to child labour.

They adopted the slogan "Bread and Roses", with bread symbolizing economic security and roses a better quality of life. In May, the Socialist Party of America designated the last Sunday in February for the observance of National Women's Day.

Following the declaration of the Socialist Party of America, the first ever National Woman's Day was celebrated in the United States on 28 February 1909. Women continued to celebrate it on the last Sunday of that month through 1913.

An international conference, held by socialist organizations from around the world, met in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1910. The conference of the Socialist International proposed a Women's Day which was designed to be international in character. The proposal initially came from Clara Zetkin, a German socialist, who suggested an International Day to mark the strike of garment workers in the United States. The proposal was greeted with unanimous approval by the conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, including the first three women elected to the parliament of Finland. The Day was established to honour the movement for women's rights, including the right to vote (known as 'suffrage'). At that time no fixed date was selected for the observance.

The declaration of the Socialist International had an impact. The following year, 1911, International Women's Day was marked for the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. The date was March 19 and over a million men and women took to the streets in a series of rallies. In addition to the right to vote and to hold public office, they demanded the right to work and an end to discrimination on the job.

Less than a week later, on 25 March, the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took place. Over 140 workers, mostly young Italian and Jewish immigrant girls working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, lost their lives because of the lack of safety measures. The Women's Trade Union League and the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union led many of the protests against this avoidable tragedy, including the silent funeral march which brought together a crowd of over 100,000 people. The Triangle Fire had a significant impact on labour legislation and the horrible working conditions leading up to the disaster were invoked during subsequent observances of International Women's Day.

As part of the peace movement brewing on the eve of World War I, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. Elsewhere in Europe, on or around 8 March of the following year, women held rallies either to protest the war or to express solidarity with their sisters.

With 2 million Russian soldiers dead in the war, Russian women again chose the last Sunday in February 1917 to strike for "bread and peace". Political leaders opposed the timing of the strike, but the women went on anyway.

The rest is history: Four days later the Czar of Russia was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. That historic Sunday fell on 23 February on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia, but coincided with 8 March on the Gregorian calendar used by people elsewhere.

Since those early years, International Women's Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike.

In December 1977 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace. Four global United Nations women's conferences have helped make the demand for women's rights and participation in the political and economic process a growing reality.

In 1975 the UN drew global attention to women's concerns by calling for an International Women's year and convening the first conference on women in Mexico City. Another convention was held in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1980.

In 1985, the UN convened a third conference on women in Nairobi, Kenya, to look at what had been achieved at the end of the decade.

In 1995, Beijing hosted the Fourth World Conference on Women. Representatives from 189 different countries agreed that inequalities between women and men has serious consequences for the well-being of all people. The conference declared a set of goals for progress of women in various areas including politics, health, and education. The final document issued by the conference (called the "Platform for Action") had this to say: "The advancement of women and the achievement of equality between women and men are a matter of human rights and a condition for social justice and should not be seen in isolation as a women's issue."

Five years later, in a 23rd special session of the United Nations General Assembly, "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century" reviewed the progress the world has made towards achieving the goals set out by the Beijing conference. This conference has come to be known as the "Beijing +5" conference. Delegates found both progress and perservering obstacles. The delegates made further agreements to continue carrying out the initiatives of the 1995 women's conference.

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0 NO LEGAL IMMUNITY FOR GOVT SERVANT IN CRIMINAL CASES: SC

New Delhi, Mar 6, 2012 (PTI): A public servant facing charges of corruption, cheating and other criminal cases in the discharge of his or her duties does not enjoy any legal immunity as no prior sanction is required for prosecuting such officials.A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale set aside the concurrent findings of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a sessions court which had quashed the prosecution and summons issued to a Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Gurgaon.Citing the apex court ruling in the Prakash Singh Badal (2007) case, the bench said, “The offence of cheating under Section 420 or for that matter offences relateable to Sections 467, 468, 471 and 120-B can by no stretch of imagination by their very nature be regarded as having been committed by any public servant while acting or purporting to act in discharge of official duty.”While Section 420 relates to cheating, sections 467, 468, 471 pertains to forgery and 120-B applies in cases of criminal conspiracy.
In the present case the official was accused by Omkar, a transporter, of collecting Rs two lakh money from him after impounding his three vehicles and refusing to issue any receipt.
Based on Dhankar’s complaint, judicial magistrate, Gurgaon, on June 2, 2001 issued him summons to face trial under Sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 161 (illegal gratification by a public servant) IPC.
On a criminal revision appeal filed by the official, the additional sessions judge quashed the summons and a single judge of the high court affirmed the order while dismissing Dhankar’s appeal. Aggrieved, he filed the special leave petition in the apex court.

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0 The “Humble” Post Card: The Ordinary “People’s” Communication Mode

One of the leading humor writers in Malayalam – Shri N Goplakrishnan – has defined a cardiologist as one who writes letters only on post “cards”! He describes himself as one of the leading cardiologists in his home town!

            There is a little magazine in Malayalam called “Innu” (meaning “today”) which is published only as a letter card. It has now entered the 30^th year of its publication, with the letter card being posted more than 10,000 subscribers all over the world!!

            Here follows a collection of facts concerning the post card, the letter card and the art and science of Deiltology.

The Post Card

            In official terms, the post card can be defined as a type of open communication written on a card of prescribed size. The common dimensions of the card are 14  × 9 cm.

Post cards are commonly available in two varieties – either as a single card for just sending a communication or as a set of two attached cards – one for the outgoing communication and the other for the receiver of the card for immediately sending a reply. The replier cannot delay the return communication since the card has already been paid for by the initiator of the correspondence!

One of the little known information about the post card is that they can be used for transmission within India only. An individual or institution can also print cards for communication of messages among their staff or consumers. Such privately manufactured post cards should also follow the dimensions of the official post cards. They should not be thinner or more flexible than an embossed post card, and they should have the same size and thickness of embossed post card.

History of Indian Post Card

            The quarter anna post card was introduced for the first time by the Indian Post Office in July 1879. This was meant to provide postage from one place to another within British India. This was the cheapest form of post provided to the Indian people to date and proved a huge success.

The establishment of a large postal system spanning India resulted in unprecedented postal access where a message on a postcard could be sent from one part of the country to another part (often to a physical address without a nearby post office) without additional postage affixed. This was followed in April 1880 by postcards meant specifically for government use and by reply post cards in 1890. The postcard facility continues to this date in Independent India.

Post Cards Elsewhere

            The private postal card was developed by John P. Charlton of Philadelphia in 1861 for which he obtained the copyright which was later transferred to H.L. Lipman. The cards were adorned with a small border and labeled "Lipman's Postal Card, Patent Applied For".  They were on the market until 1873 when the first Government Postcards appeared.

The United States issued pre-stamped postal cards in 1873.  The United States Postal Service was the only one allowed to print the cards until May 19, 1898 when Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act which then allowed private firms to produce cards.  The private mailing cards cost one cent to mail instead of the letter rate which was two cents.  The term "Private Mailing Card" was required to be printed on cards that were not printed by the United States Postal Service.  Only the government was allowed to print the word "Postcard" on the back of postcards.  Private printers used the terms, Souvenir Card, Correspondence Cards and Mail Cards. 

Inland Letter Card

            The Inland Letter card is different from the post card in that here the communication is not open. In order to see what is written one will have to open the flaps of the inland letter card. What is written on a post card can be seen by every one who handles the card.

            Technically, the inland letter card is a communication contained on a sheet of paper with prescribed size & folding. Inland letter card is also used for transmission within India only. For sending messages to foreign countries one will have to make use of special inland letter cards of higher values called the aerogramme.

            The Malayalam magazine Innu (meaning today) is printed entirely on such an inland letter card. It contains every thing from poems to editorials to cartoons to letters to the editor that can be seen in a full size magazine – but in the smallest scale imaginable!! 

Dieltology

Deltiology is the study and collection of post cards. Professor Randall Rhoades of Ashland, Ohio, coined a word in 1945 that became the accepted description of the study of picture postcards.

Worldwide, deltiology is thought to be the third largest hobby after stamp collecting and coin/banknote collecting. Postcards are popular because just about every subject imaginable has been, at one time or another, pictured on a postcard.  History itself can be tracked on postcards, from famous buildings, important personalities, various art forms, and many more subjects like these.

However, Compared to philately (the systematic collection of postage stamps), the identification of the place and time of production of a post card can often be an almost impossible task. This is mainly because postcards, unlike stamps, are produced in a largely unregulated manner.

Because of this many collectors often limit their acquisitions to cards by specific artists and publishers, or by time and location.

One of the most popular specializations in dieltology refers to town views. These refer to actual scenes from a particular town or region. Most of these collectors centre around the views of the town where the collector reside or the town where he or she grew up.

Preserving Your Post Card Collections – Some Tips

·         The major enemies of post cards are fire, humidity, dirt, sunlight, mold, and bugs. It is best to keep your collection safe in a deposit box, that is cool, dry and dark.

·         Do not use albums with plastic sleeves. This Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) substance will cause chemical damage to antique paper if left for long periods of time.

·         If descriptions of individual post cards have to be noted for exhibition purposes it must be ensured that it is done using pencil. Do not use tapes or such material to attach post cards to exhibition panels.

·         When exhibiting old post cards special care has to be taken that they are never exposed to direct sun light. (PIB Feature by Dr. K. Parameswaran.)

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0 Bangalore City Rly Station boasts of BluFI

The Bangalore City Railway Station on Friday became the first in the railway network to offer BluFi, a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that will provide passengers with a wealth of information.

The facility was launched by Railtel Corporation of India in collaboration with TeleBrahma, a mobile advertising solutions provider.

While Telebrahma provides the Bluetooth solution, Railtel offers free Wi-Fi facility.

To get Internet access, passengers should send their mobile numbers through the Wi-Fi registration portal. The passwords would be sent through SMS. A passenger could use Internet for 45 minutes; if he wished to continue, he had to start a fresh session.

 Bluetooth will work on all Bluetooth-enabled mobiles and Wi-Fi will work on Wi-Fi-enabled handsets and laptops.Now onwards,No need for passangers to stay in que and keep ear tight on announcement in BG city Rly station. 

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0 Awards for PLI / RPLI Best performers in AP Circle

Sri D.Sridhar Murthy, DPS Vijayawada receiving Award

 

M.Srinivas, InspectorPosts T.Pgudem Best Performer in RPLI  

Photos of the Felicitation function held at Hyderabad on 29.02.2012

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0 Newly elected body of IP/ASP Association - Activities undertaken

The newly elected body of our association comprising the following made a courtesy call on Chief Postmaster General at Circle office on 27/02/2012.

  1.      G.V.Srinivasulu, Circle President & ASP (Hqrs), Kurnool

2.      Y.Venkateswarlu, AGS & ASP, Siddipet

3.      K.Raghunadha Swamy, Circle Secretary & ASP (Hqrs), Nalgonda

4.      S.Shabbir, former CS & AD (BD&Tech), RO, Hyderabad

5.      S.Prasada Rao, ACS & ASP, CO, Hyderabad

6.      M.Narendra Babu, Org.Secy & IP (BD), CO, Hyderabad

7.      H.Sharat Kumar, Org. Secy & IRM, Z Dn, Hyderabad

 The association gave representations to the CPMG on implementation of CO orders on providing MTS assistance to Sub Divisions in total and providing of better accommodation for Sub Divl offices and Grant of Road mileage on tours.The CPMG positively responded to our requests and agreed to arrange to issue orders positively on the issues raised by us.Click here to view the full text of the representations submitted to CPMG.

 The association also requested CPMG informally to give staff for PLI/RPLI to the Divisions as decentralization of PLI/RPLI to the extent of 80% to the divisions is creating of lot of work pressure on the existing staff and also to grant incentive instead of honorarium which is limited to Rs 4000/- p.a. including all other items of work like working as IO, PO etc., The CPMG asked us to give a proposal on this item to take it up with Directorate.

 A local body meeting was also convened in Hyderabad and the available members from Hyderabad City Region and Hyderabad Region attended the meeting. The available newly elected office bearers introduced themselves to the members and appraised them of the meeting with CPMG and their future course of action.

 The association proposes to give a letter to the CPMG very shortly on the issues concerning PLI/RPLI as above.

 The resolutions passed during the  General Body of our association on 19/02/2012 in which  intervention of CHQ required were sent to the GS for further course of action at the CHQ.Click here to view the letter sent to GS.

 Click here to view the details of Resolutions passed in the General Body meeting .

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2 SP& IPs of Suryapet Dn met with a road accident

SPOs Suryapet and his team met with a road  accident at 0700 PM  on 29.02.2012 on National Highway-9 near Haritha Restaurent which is about three kilometres to Suryapet while returning in Inspection Vehicle from Hyderabad after attending MNOP meeting at Circle Office.The accident was occurred due to hitting the vehicle from opposite direction by an unknown person who died subsequently in the Hospital. Sri Gautam Kumar, IP Suryapet and the Driver  received minor injuries.SPOs Suryapet and  IP Huzurnagar escaped unhurt.The vehicle which was badly damaged was seized by the police.

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