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Centre's stand

NEW DELHI: Alleging that the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre deliberately took a weak plea of violation of "archival Central Civil Services Conduct Rule" as the basis for the proposed dismissal of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Venugopal, the Medicos Forum for Equal Opportunities has said "the Government should have instead taken a serious view of his role in the anti-reservation agitation".

Medicos Forum for Equal Opportunities convenor Vikas Bajpai said: "These acts on the part of the Government put a question mark over its commitment towards upholding the Constitutional provision for reservations. We have decided to prepare a detailed account of the ways in which Dr. Venugopal abetted and supported the anti-reservation agitation that has led to deepening of caste tensions and divisions at AIIMS. This will be distributed to all the MPs before the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament."

CBI conducts raids

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has conducted raids in three States against a District Youth Coordinator of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Documents pertaining to investments worth crores of rupees have allegedly been seized.

Simultaneous raids were conducted in Delhi, Haryana and Chhattisgarh on Monday after the CBI registered a case against Balbir Sharma, the NYKS District Youth Coordinator for Raigarh, under Sections 13 (2) and 13 (1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

It is alleged that between February 2002 and May 2003 Balbir Sharma had got about Rs. 2 crores deposited in his and his wife's bank accounts in Delhi. Also, he allegedly acquired a property worth Rs. 1.25 crores on upmarket Aurangzeb Road in the name of a Kolkata-based company named Prithvi Traders Limited, of which he is director.

Sharma had joined NYKS, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, in 1989.

Spotlight on health issues at workplace

New Delhi: Health issues at workplace were discussed at a seminar on the occasion of National Occupational Day (July 9) here. Rajiv Garg, secretary, Indian Association of Occupational Health, Delhi State, in his opening remarks said that many of the illnesses, injuries, musculo-skeletal disorders were preventable at workplace if proper precautions were taken.

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