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Nod for medical college

HYDERABAD: Nandyal-based Santhiram Medical College (SMC) has been permitted to admit 100 students in MBBS this academic year. The college will be included in the counselling to be organised by NTR Health University in Vijayawada from July 18, according to M. Santi Rayudu, Chairman of the college. - Staff Reporter

Call to bestow forest rights on tribals

HYDERABAD: A round-table convened by the State Girijana Sangham on Sunday demanded that forest rights be bestowed on tribals who had been cultivating lands without determining the cut-off date. According to Sriram Naik, general secretary, the meeting suggested that gram sabhas be empowered to recognise forest rights of tribals.

- Staff Reporter

AISF national seminar

TIRUPATI: A host of issues concerning the educational sector and students would come under sharp focus at the national seminar being organised here by the State unit of the All-India Students' Federation (AISF) on the theme, `UPA Government - Higher Education'. The seminar is being organised in connection with the national-level training classes slated to commence in SV University Senate Hall on Monday with the CPI's National Secretary, D. Raja as the chief guest.

- Special Correspondent

Plea to reinstate

civic staff

HYDERABAD: The State Municipal Workers and Employees' Union has sought reinstatement of engineering contract workers of Anantapur corporation who, it claims, have been removed illegally.

K. Venkateswarlu, president, and P. Bhaskar, general secretary, in a statement said some 300 workers had been serving the civic body for the last 10 years. - Staff Reporter

YSR sanctions Rs. 2.52 crores input subsidy

HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has accorded sanction for a sum of Rs. 2.52 crores towards input subsidy for 11 districts, which were hit by hailstorm this year.

The Chief Minister took the decision following reports submitted by the Collectors of Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Cuddapah, Guntur, Nellore, Nalgonda, East and West Godavari, Anantapur and Chittoor districts. - Special Correspondent

YSR pays tributes

to Alluri

HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, paid glowing tributes to the memory of the freedom fighter, Alluri Seetarama Raju, on his 108th jayanti.

In a message on Sunday, he praised Seetarama Raju for his aggressive campaign to gain freedom and making the supreme sacrifice for the country. "He would remain a model for patriotism and national spirit for future generations," he said. - Staff Reporter

AISF charge

against DME

HYDERABAD: The AISF State council has sought action against the Director of Medical Education (DME) for not allegedly enforcing GO 82, resulting in loss of opportunities to thousands of students to study nursing and midwifery courses.

In a letter to the Chief Minister, G. Eshwaraiah, general secretary of AISF, alleged that the DME and district officials were "misleading" that the admissions at the district-level were limited only to women. - Staff Reporter

APCC panel picks holes in delimitation method

Hyderabad: The Delimitation Committee of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) headed by G. Venkat Reddy, MLA, has decided to jointly pursue the issue of disparities in the proposed delimitation method of constituencies with other political parties.

Mr. Venkat Reddy and other members of the committee met the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, on Saturday to apprise him of the shortcomings in the method.

- Special Correspondent

Free yoga camp

TIRUPATI: Free yoga training classes will be conducted by Pathanjali Yoga and Cultural Development Society at the premises of Saibaba Satsanga Kendram (Bombay Dyeing building), Gandhi road, from July 4. The timings are as follows: 6.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The secretary and yoga master, M. Ravisankar Reddy, can be contacted at 460, Bandla Street, for details.

Appointed

placement officer

TIRUPATI: Nagendra Prasad of the SV University College of Engineering has been appointed the Placement Officer and was assigned the task of helping the eligible students in Computer Science, Electronic and Communication Engineering to get suitable placements. The Principal, N.C. Eswara Reddy, said Satyam Computers, Wipro and TCS have agreed to sent representatives to the campus in August for placement interviews. Bodies found

Nellore: Railway police found the body of an unidentified person, aged about 40, on the track between Chennai and Gudur. The deceased was wearing a red shirt and had a ticket for Chennai.

Police said the body of a person, about 60 years old, was found floating in Pennar river.

College teachers'

meet on July 9

CHIRALA: The conference of the Affiliated College Teachers Association (ACTA-AP) will be held on July 9 and 10 in the premises of the Arts College, Bapatla, according to press release issued by P. Prasad, secretary, BCAS branch unit, ACTA, Bapatla. About 400 delegates are expected to participate in the conference from all over the State. A new executive committee will be elected at the central council conference. Saibabu, press committee in-charge, said that the former MLC, M.G. Manikya Rao, will be honoured on the occasion and Bapatla Education Society president and Guntur District Congress Committee president, Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao, will participate as chief guest. - Correspondent

Army recruitment

rally

HYDERABAD: The Guntur branch office will conduct a recruitment rally from July 4 to 8 at PTC Grounds, Anantapur, to fill some posts of soldier (general duty, non-matric, tradesman, technical, nursing assistant and clerk/storeskeeper) in the army for candidates of Anantapur and Cuddapah districts. Interested persons may obtain details from the Collector, Anantapur/Cuddapah, according to an official release. - Staff Reporter

Press photographers

injured

PALACOLE: A couple of press photographers covering the Chief Minister's Rajiv Nagara Baata programme here on Sunday sustained injuries when they fell from an open jeep in the convoy.

The mishap occurred when the vehicle driver applied sudden brakes. They were given first aid. - Staff Reporter

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