সোমবার, ১৪ মার্চ, ২০১৬

Taxi Strike For Two Days in Kolkata

Kolkata: Passengers to suffer trouble as Taxi’s go for two day strike in Kolkata and Howrah demanding relief from police torture and several other issues.  AITUC controlled Kolkata taxi operators union and West Bengal taxi operators co- ordination committee has called for taxi strike on Monday and Tuesday.
The Demand made by Taxi union to call for strike is to stop police torture on them and several other issues. Taxi drivers will also march a protest rally from College Square to Dharmatala’s Y Channel. But taxi owners won’t participate in this rally.
General Secretary of the Operators Union, Noul Kishore Srivastav has said, we have appealed SITU and several others to support our strike. They have supported us. Luxury Taxi will also support our strike.
Situ leader Anadi Sahoo has said, we are supporting the protest. But right now there are polls and Exams hence I had told them to postpone the Strike. But Bengal Taxi association has said that there is no question of strike, the taxis will run as usual. But we will see to that there is no destruction.

শুক্রবার, ১১ মার্চ, ২০১৬

13 Killed In Brazil Mudslide

Sau Paulo: Brazilian officials say mudslides and flooding caused by heavy downpours have killed at least 15 people including a 4-year-old boy in low-income neighbourhoods on Sao Paulo’s outskirts.

Capt. Marcos Palumbo of the Sao Paulo Fire Department told reporters that mudslides destroyed several houses, killing nine people in the city of Francisco Morato and four in Maripora where another eight people are reported missing.

Two people drowned when they were swept away in floodwaters, one in Guarulhos and the other in Cajamar.

The heavy rains that began on Thursday night shut down Sao Paulo’s International airport for six hours.

Images aired by television stations showed cars covered by water in Francisco Morato and Maripora as well as in parts of Sao Paulo.

The rains also halted commuter train service for several hours.

Army Undertakes Camel Safari

New Delhi: The Indian Army flagged off a Camel Safari Expedition in the Thar Desert in the general area of Bikaner on 11 March 2016. The expedition team comprises of officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and twenty soldiers and plans to cover a total distance of 200 kms over a period of 10 days from 11 to 20 March 16.

The expedition would traverse the border towns of Ranjitpura, Manganwala, Ballar, Dantor, Siyasar, Khajewala, Kundal, Khaliqwali, Gharsana & Anupgarh. A Medical Camp will also be organised by the team en route where free medical check-ups will be conducted by a team of Army Doctors.

The aim of the expedition is to promote a sense of adventure by Army personnel and show case Army as a way of life to locals. The expedition will also motivate local youth to join the Army, besides promoting goodwill amongst the locals.


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