Hyderabad, Aug 5th: Banking operations will come to a standstill for two days from Thursday with the United Forum of Bank Unions, representing about eight lakh employees and officers, deciding to go on strike. About 50,000 employees and officers in 26 public sector banks in the state will go on strike, affecting operations in nearly 10,000 branches. In fact the customers will face a tough time till Monday, with Saturday a half-day and Sunday a holiday.
There was heavy rush at the ATMs of PSU banks such as Andhra Bank, SBI, SBH, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank and Canara Bank on Wednesday evening as customers withdrew money as precautionary measure. However, officials said that there was no need for panic as customers will be able to use ATMs of private banks such as ICICI and Axis Bank. The union has rejected the wage revision offered by the Indian Banks Association on August 4. Convener of UFBA-AP Branch, Mr. K. Koteswar Rao, said that the pension scheme offered by the government was not acceptable though they offered a wage increase of 17.5 percent, which is higher than its earlier offer of 13 percent.
Hyderabad, Aug 5th: The Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy created a flutter in political circles on Wednesday saying that the actor and Telugu Mahila president, Ms Roja, had expressed an interest in joining the congress. He said that some middlemen had approached him and informed that Roja ...
Kakinada, Aug 5th: The East Godavari district administration initiated steps to meet the situation that arose out of poor rainfall in district in present rainy season. A special contingency plan is being implemented to meet the situation. It was noticed that the rainfall in present season fell shor...
Kakinada, Aug 5th: With the drastic raise in tur dal prices, the East Godavari administration has initiated steps to sell the same at reduced prices. The Joint Collector for East Godavari and collector for civil supplies, Mr. Kona Sasidhar, conducted a meeting with representatives of dal mills and wh...
Hyderabad, Aug 5th: A 13 year old girl was tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday taking the total number of infected cases in the state to 68. The girl was a resident of Hyderabad and contracted the flu from her father who had earlier tested positive. He was treated at Chest Hospital, Erragadda....
Hyderabad, Aug 6th: For the time being the state government has asked the schools to collect the fee fixed in the previous academic year until the District Fee Regulatory Committee (DFRC) approves the revised fee for this year. The government has issued orders on Thursday evening restructuring fee in...
Ongole, Aug 6th: Two persons died and four other were injured in an explosion at a crackers unit in Ongole on Thursday. The incident occurred at Satyam crackers company situated on the Guntur Road near National Highway 5 when seven workers of the unit were working at 12 noon. Sources said that the bu...
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