Banks to shut down operations across country on Dec 21
Udupi, Dec 19: Seeking fulfillment of their various demands and to solve their problems, All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOC) has called for a banks strike across the country on December 21.
Syndicate Bank Officers Association national president and AIBOC joint general secretary U Shashidhar Shetty told reporters here on Wednesday that “we have been protesting against the atrocities on bank officials across the country and we are also opposing the unilateral decision to cut the medical facilities for the bank officers”.
Demands
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Complete mandate should be implemented
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11th second pay agreement should be implemented
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Salary of the employees should be revised shortly and completely
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To balance the work, five-day working week should be implemented
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Reforms in family pension and revision in retired bank employees pension
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Priority for basic bank business and ban on selling non-banking products
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Abolish new pension scheme and implement suitable pension scheme
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Removal of disparity in all facilities including pension between regional and nationalized banks
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Merger of Vijaya, Dena and Bank of Baroda banks should be cancelled
Shankar Kundapur of Syndicate Bank, Rakesh of Canara Bank, Avinash of Vijaya Bank, and Jayaprakash of Corporation Bank were present at the press conference.
Five days holiday: Close your bank transactions by Thursday
As the banks will remain close for another four-five days after all India bank strike, customers should think of completing all banking transactions on Thursday. The bank officers association has called for a strike on Friday, Saturday (Dec 22) is the last Saturday of the month, Dec 23 is Sunday, Dec 25 is Christmas holiday and UFBU bank has given call for strike on Dec 26 and on that day, it is unlikely to open the banks. So, the banks will operate only on Monday, December 24.
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Vartha Bharati awarded St Paul’s National Media Award for Excellence in Digital Journalism
Bengaluru: Vartha Bharati was honored with the St Paul’s National Media Award (SPNMA) 2025 for Excellence in Digital Journalism at a ceremony held on March 14, 2025, at St Pauls College, Bengaluru.
The award was presented to Abdussalam Puthige, Chief Editor of Vartha Bharati, in recognition of the media house’s contribution to digital journalism.
The event was attended by Prof. B K Ravi, Vice-Chancellor of Koppala University, Dr. Mamatha B R, retired IAS officer and State Information Commissioner, Ayesha Khanum, Chairperson of Karnataka Media Academy, Rev. Fr. Dr. Thomas M J, Chairman of the SPNMA Awards Committee and Principal of St Pauls College, and Dr. Prashanth Venugopal, Award Committee Coordinator and Head of Journalism & Mass Communication at St Pauls College.
