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Chennai Floods : I ndia P ost customer from A&N I sland find itself in the list of casualty! By Debkumar Bhadra | Musings of an Islander |South Andaman Unprecedented rains, followed by floods, during late N ovember and early D ecember this year wreaked havoc on the residents of the capital city of T amil N adu so much so that a lmost everyone in Chennai, the sprawling city with over 4.6 million people, had been affected one way or the other by the devastating floods caused by torrential rains.  It was reported that incessant downpour in the city   and other coastal regions of T amil N adu have broken records of last 100 years. However two weeks after the city limped backed to normalcy, #indiapost customer from A&N I sland find itself in the list of casualty, thanks to the inefficiency and lethargy of postal authorities. Speed P ost articles that landed at K olkata as early as 3rd D ecember are lying at K olkata for the past more than two weeks wi...

Following is the text of letter submitted to the Deputy Commissioner South Andaman/Excise Officer (HQ) in response to the public notice inviting opinion on the proposed change in bar timings to curb consumption of liquor in A&N Islands. Dear Sir At the outset I would like to place on record my appreciation towards the Chairperson A&N S tate S ocial W elfare B oard for the concern and its effort in curbing consumption of alcohol in these islands by suggesting reduction in business hours for serving liquor in bars in these islands. I would also like to record my sincere gratitude towards the D eputy C ommissioner (S outh A ndaman )/E xcise O fficer (HQ) for putting out public notice through T he D aily T elegrams dated S aturday, N ovember 14, 2015 inviting opinion from the public on the issue. Before going into the issue, I consider it worth making it clear beforehand that I am in favour of the proposed change (reduction) in bar timings. I believe the p...

7th CPC Report : Key Recommendations Image representative of the cover page of the report as available in the 7CPC website The system of P ay B ands and G rade P ay has been dispensed with and new functional levels arrived by merging the erstwhile grade pay with the pay in the pay band has been proposed. All of the existing levels have been subsumed in the new structure; no new level has been introduced nor has any existing level been dispensed with… reads the 880 page report submitted by the commission. The recommendations will translate into 23.55% increase in salary, allowances and pension along with a virtual one-rank-one-pension for civilians. Some 48 L akh serving and about 52 lakh pensioner will be benefitted from the pay revision effective from 1st J an, 2016. Here is the first impression of the recommendations for a civilian employees . .  -         Bands and Grade Pay replaced with new functional levels/pay matrix. ...