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Junior Doctors call off strike

Hyderabad
The Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Association called off its six-day-old strike on Thursday after giving an undertaking to this effect to the High Court. The medicos’ decision came when a Division Bench, comprising the Acting Chief Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice G.Chandraiah, said it would hear on Monday the writ petition to be filed by them on Friday challenging the Government’s action in not implementing the Jeevan Reddy Committee report. The Counsel for Junior Doctors Mr.B.Tarakaram told reporters that a fresh petition would be filed on Friday urging the court to issue suitable direction to stop admissions in the five medical colleges. The petition would also seek a direction to fill the 25 per cent management quota in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict or by conducting an entrance examination. The medicos will report for duties on Friday morning.

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CBI to probe into Volkswagen deal

Hyderabad
The Chief Minister, YS.Rajasekhara Reddy has decided to seek a probe by the CBI into the Volkswagen car project. He shifted the portfolio of the Major Industries Minister, B.Satyanaraya. The CBI would be asked to investigate generally all issues, including the role of Mr.Satyanarayana and other officials in transactions aimed at persuading Volkswagen of Germany to set up a car factory in Visakhapatnam, he said on Thursday. The probe will run parallel to an investigation by the public prosecutor of Braunschweig, Germany. On the advice of Dr.Helmuth Schuster, head of Volkswagen India till June 15, the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation released the equivalent of Rs.11 crores towards equity participation in Vashishta Wahan Private Ltd., a special purpose vehicle created at the instance of Volkswagen.

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Chief Minister pays tributes to Durgabi Deshmukh

Hyderabad
The Chief Minster, YS Rajasekhara Reddy paid rich tributes to Padama Vibushan Durgabai Deshmukh on her 96th birth anniversary on Thursday. In a press release, he described her as the 'mother of social work in India' a legend in her time, a freedom fighter, able administrator, social performer and a parliamentarian who was a source of inspiration to society because of her Gandhian principles and people oriented services.

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