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17 Sunday A
18 Sunday - Treasures
From The Connections:
A letter to you — you in the year 2025
As the last weeks of summer begin, we’re aware that a new year is upon us. Sure, the new calendar begins on January 1, but we all know that Labor Day is the real day of transition each year: the beginning of a new school year, the gearing up of a new programming cycle for businesses and organizations. A letter to you — you in the year 2025
At the beginning of the fall term at a New England high school, the school’s minister offered this first assignment:
Delhi Transport Corporation, ex-staffer in 41-year fight over 5-paise loss
DTC in 41-year-long battle over 5-paise loss|
NEW DELHI: Delhi Transport Corporation incurs a loss of about Rs 1,000 crore annually. Its rickety and unreliable fleet is an embarrassment for the capital. Yet, in a bizarre instance of enforcing accountability and making one pay, it has been fighting a case against a former employee for causing it a loss of five paise, 41 years ago! It is anybody's guess how much the corporation has spent from the public exchequer in keeping the man, who is now 70, down. The man at the receiving end is Ranvir Singh, a conductor, who faced a flying squad of ticket-checkers in 1973 in a bus going towards Mayapuri. The overzealous checkers found that he had charged a woman passenger only 10 paise for a trip when the actual fare was 15 paise. Singh realized the enormity of this lapse when the squad decided that he had cheated the corporation and had been negligent.
A departmental inquiry was conducted and the verdict delivered. Singh was found guilty of causing a loss of 5 paise to the public exchequer and his summary dismissal from service was ordered in 1976 on the grounds that he was a repeat offender.
Singh challenged the DTC decision before a labour court, arguing he had been victimized.
The court ruled in his favour in 1990, directing DTC to reinstate him with full wages. It found the punishment handed out by DTC disproportionate to the "crime".
But the transport body was unrelenting. Instead of honouring the labour court verdict, it decided to approach the Delhi high court in appeal. It maintained before the HC that no leniency can be shown to an employee who cheats the government of revenue, and urged the court to uphold its probe panel's decision. However, it got no sympathy from the HC which threw out its appeal in 2008, nearly two decades later. While Singh demanded post-retirement benefits and back wages, DTC continued to oppose any relief. After suffering a setback before the HC, the corporation chose to appeal once again, this time by way of a review petition before Justice Hima Kohli.
Arguing that an employee who cheated the government can't be allowed to go scot-free, DTC has in the process spent much more and forced Singh to do the same. It is also challenging Singh's demand for back wages though the latter has got some partial relief. Claiming that Singh's past record contains adverse entries, the corporation has accused him of allowing ticketless travel to several passengers and justified his sacking.
In its latest affidavit filed before Justice Kohli, DTC has indicated its resolve to punish him. Filed through standing counsel Sumeet Pushkarna, the affidavit informs the HC that the corporation stands by its decision to dismiss Singh and won't give him back wages. The HC will take a call on Singh's fate on August 12, when it considers DTC's affidavit and review petition.
A departmental inquiry was conducted and the verdict delivered. Singh was found guilty of causing a loss of 5 paise to the public exchequer and his summary dismissal from service was ordered in 1976 on the grounds that he was a repeat offender.
Singh challenged the DTC decision before a labour court, arguing he had been victimized.
The court ruled in his favour in 1990, directing DTC to reinstate him with full wages. It found the punishment handed out by DTC disproportionate to the "crime".
But the transport body was unrelenting. Instead of honouring the labour court verdict, it decided to approach the Delhi high court in appeal. It maintained before the HC that no leniency can be shown to an employee who cheats the government of revenue, and urged the court to uphold its probe panel's decision. However, it got no sympathy from the HC which threw out its appeal in 2008, nearly two decades later. While Singh demanded post-retirement benefits and back wages, DTC continued to oppose any relief. After suffering a setback before the HC, the corporation chose to appeal once again, this time by way of a review petition before Justice Hima Kohli.
Arguing that an employee who cheated the government can't be allowed to go scot-free, DTC has in the process spent much more and forced Singh to do the same. It is also challenging Singh's demand for back wages though the latter has got some partial relief. Claiming that Singh's past record contains adverse entries, the corporation has accused him of allowing ticketless travel to several passengers and justified his sacking.
In its latest affidavit filed before Justice Kohli, DTC has indicated its resolve to punish him. Filed through standing counsel Sumeet Pushkarna, the affidavit informs the HC that the corporation stands by its decision to dismiss Singh and won't give him back wages. The HC will take a call on Singh's fate on August 12, when it considers DTC's affidavit and review petition.
Sudaneese Woman - Found the Treasure
Pope blesses woman who was sentenced to death over faith
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican. AP
Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman sentenced to death for refusing to denounce her faith in Sudan, met Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday.
By Josephine McKenna and Philip Sherwell
She arrived in Italy to jubilant scenes following intense international efforts to free her.Ms Ibrahim and her husband, Daniel Wani, personally thanked the pontiff for his support.The Pope, in turn, thanked her for her courage and staying true to her Christian faith throughout her almost year-long ordeal.Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, described the half-hour meeting as "calm and affectionate" and said that the Pope wanted it to be a "gesture of support to all those who suffer for their faith, and living in difficult or restrictive situations".
Celebration
Pope Francis met the couple at his residence after Ms Ibrahim (27), her husband and their two young children made a surprise arrival at Rome's Ciampino airport early yesterday on an official Italian government aircraft.
She was accompanied by Italy's deputy minister for foreign affairs, Lapo Pistelli, who flew to Sudan to collect her late on Wednesday."Today we are happy, this is a day of celebration," Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, said as he greeted Ms Ibrahim.Mr Pistelli first met Ms Ibrahim two weeks ago at the American embassy in Khartoum.She and her family had sought refuge there after a failed attempt to travel to the US following her release from prison, where she had given birth to a daughter, Maya, while shackled two months ago.
The authorities claimed she was travelling on fake documents, an allegation she denied.Mr Pistelli said her passport was only returned on Wednesday afternoon and she was informed she could leave.Elshareef Ali Mohammed, a lawyer for the family, said: "They were so very happy when they knew they would finally be leaving Sudan. It has been incredibly difficult for them all."He said that news of their departure was kept secret from almost everyone in case it impeded their departure."Nobody from the government knew until the plane had taken off, except the minister of foreign affairs. And I expect he told the president," said Mr Elshareef.Believe"We didn't dare believe it was actually going to happen until the plane took off."
Ms Ibrahim disembarked from the plane carrying Maya in her arms accompanied by her son Martin, 18 months, and her husband, who has US citizenship. They are expected to travel to his home in New Hampshire in the coming days.She was sentenced to hang for refusing to renounce Christianity after her Muslim father claimed she had abandoned Islam and committed adultery with her Christian husband. Mixed-faith marriages are not recognised in Sudanese courts.Ms Ibrahim insisted that she was raised a Christian by her Ethiopian Orthodox mother after her father left them when she was a young child.The case drew international outrage and the death sentence was overturned last month.Sudan's ambassador to Rome, Amira Daoud Hassan Gornass, said Khartoum had agreed to Ms Ibrahim's departure with her Sudanese passport "after all the accusations against her were withdrawn". (© Daily Telegraph, London)
Irish Independent -
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican. AP
Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman sentenced to death for refusing to denounce her faith in Sudan, met Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday.
By Josephine McKenna and Philip Sherwell
She arrived in Italy to jubilant scenes following intense international efforts to free her.Ms Ibrahim and her husband, Daniel Wani, personally thanked the pontiff for his support.The Pope, in turn, thanked her for her courage and staying true to her Christian faith throughout her almost year-long ordeal.Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, described the half-hour meeting as "calm and affectionate" and said that the Pope wanted it to be a "gesture of support to all those who suffer for their faith, and living in difficult or restrictive situations".
Celebration
Pope Francis met the couple at his residence after Ms Ibrahim (27), her husband and their two young children made a surprise arrival at Rome's Ciampino airport early yesterday on an official Italian government aircraft.
She was accompanied by Italy's deputy minister for foreign affairs, Lapo Pistelli, who flew to Sudan to collect her late on Wednesday."Today we are happy, this is a day of celebration," Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, said as he greeted Ms Ibrahim.Mr Pistelli first met Ms Ibrahim two weeks ago at the American embassy in Khartoum.She and her family had sought refuge there after a failed attempt to travel to the US following her release from prison, where she had given birth to a daughter, Maya, while shackled two months ago.
The authorities claimed she was travelling on fake documents, an allegation she denied.Mr Pistelli said her passport was only returned on Wednesday afternoon and she was informed she could leave.Elshareef Ali Mohammed, a lawyer for the family, said: "They were so very happy when they knew they would finally be leaving Sudan. It has been incredibly difficult for them all."He said that news of their departure was kept secret from almost everyone in case it impeded their departure."Nobody from the government knew until the plane had taken off, except the minister of foreign affairs. And I expect he told the president," said Mr Elshareef.Believe"We didn't dare believe it was actually going to happen until the plane took off."
Ms Ibrahim disembarked from the plane carrying Maya in her arms accompanied by her son Martin, 18 months, and her husband, who has US citizenship. They are expected to travel to his home in New Hampshire in the coming days.She was sentenced to hang for refusing to renounce Christianity after her Muslim father claimed she had abandoned Islam and committed adultery with her Christian husband. Mixed-faith marriages are not recognised in Sudanese courts.Ms Ibrahim insisted that she was raised a Christian by her Ethiopian Orthodox mother after her father left them when she was a young child.The case drew international outrage and the death sentence was overturned last month.Sudan's ambassador to Rome, Amira Daoud Hassan Gornass, said Khartoum had agreed to Ms Ibrahim's departure with her Sudanese passport "after all the accusations against her were withdrawn". (© Daily Telegraph, London)
Irish Independent -
17 Sunday A - Treasure
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I believe we human beings have a perception problem. We often think we have the proper perspective on an issue when in fact we are way off.
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