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Anti-Telangana protests rage across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema

August 9, 2013
antiHyderabad, Aug 9: Protests continued across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the ninth day against the Congress' announcement favouring bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state.

Though several "pro-united" Andhra Pradesh outfits announced a break to the protests due to Ramzan today, rallies, sit-ins, human chains and fasts continued at several places in both the regions.

Leaders protesting against the Congress decision continued today, with former minister and MLA Dharmana Prasada Rao offering to quit his post.

Though protests across both regions against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh have been by and large peaceful, statues of national leaders have been desecrated several times.

The police has warned that desecration of statues would be dealt with sternly. Protests and other modes of agitation by pro-united Andhra Pradesh supporters were organised in other parts of the non-Telangana regions also.

Thousands of employees from Government departments took out a rally in Anantpuram town, which also saw relay hunger strikes by people from various walks of life.

Normal life was thrown out of gear in Srikakulam district due to the ongoing anti-Telangana agitation. Relay hunger strikes, forming of human chain, rallies, burning of effigies were witnessed today in the district.

Business establishments and schools were shut and studnets took out rallies to oppose divison of the State.

Commuters faced a tough time as most of the RTC buses were confined to depots and private operators had also stopped their services.

Advocates, Government employees, teachers and workers participated in the agitation in Srikakulam district. The agitators demanded resignation of all elected representatives. with the support of students and youngsters in a large number.

In Kadapa district, a weaver, Kaki Venkateswarlu (58), died of heart attack as he was apparently anguished and depressed over the state's bifurcation, police sources said.

Rallies, dharnas, cooking food on roads, relay hunger strikes and burning of effigies marked the anti-Telangana agitation in Kadapa district. Effigies of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party General Secretary Digvijay Singh and TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao were burnt at several places.

Speaking in Vijayawada, former Legislator and staunch supporter of Samaikhyandhra Adusumilli Jaya Prakash appealed to the people of Andhra Pradesh to boycott Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's August 11 rally in Hyderabad.

Modi's party, BJP, a strong supporter of separate Telangna, has adopted double standards on formation of new states, he alleged.

Meanwhile, agitations in support of united AP continued for the ninth day in the coastal Krishna district and Vijayawada.

TDP leader and former Home Minister K Siva Prasad visited a relay hunger strike camp of students at Siddhardha Law College in Vijayawada.

East and West Godavari District Lawyers JAC Convener Muppalla Subba Rao alleged that the State Government is registering non-bailable cases against the agitators.

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July 7,2020

New Delhi, Jul 7: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued revised guidelines regarding the conduct of terminal semesters and final year exams by Universities and educational institutions. It has been suggested that exams may be completed by September in online or offline modes.

Releasing a statement, the UGC said it accepted the recommendations suggested by the expert committee. "In continuation to earlier Guidelines issued on 29.04.2020 and based on the Report of the Expert Committee, the UGC Revised Guidelines on Examination and Academic Calendar for the Universities in view of COVID-19 Pandemic were also approved by the Commission in its emergent meeting held on 6th July 2020," the statement read.

The Commission further said that while it was important to safeguard principles of health, safety and equal opportunities, it was also very important to ensure academic credibility, career opportunities and future progress of students.

"The Commission approved the recommendations of the Expert Committee regarding the conduct of terminal semester(s)/ final year(s) examinations by the universities/ institutions to be completed by the end of September 2020 in offline (pen & paper online/ blended (online + offline) mode," it added.

The UGC also said that if required it would also issue relevant details related to admissions and academic calendar in the universities and colleges. It asked the students to adopt the latest guidelines and complete the terminal semester or final year exams accordingly. 

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February 12,2020

New Delhi, Feb 12: Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal was on Wednesday elected as the leader of AAP legislative party, a day after he led the party to an emphatic victory in the Delhi Assembly elections.

Kejriwal was elected as the AAP legislative party leader during a meeting called by him with the newly-elected party MLAs. The meeting was held at the AAP chief's residence.

Atishi, AAP's winning candidate from Kalkaji constituency said after the meeting, "It is definitely a validation of the work that has been done by AAP in the last five years, be it education, health care, water or electricity."

Kejriwal is slated to take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third time at Ramlila Maidan on February 16.

AAP galloped to a landslide victory by winning 62 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections in the face of a high-voltage campaign by the BJP, which fielded a battery of Union Ministers and Chief Ministers in its electioneering, spearheaded by Home Minister Amit Shah.

The BJP marginally improved its tally, managing just eight seats from its 2015's tally of three seats. The Congress, which drew a blank in the previous elections, failed to open its account yet again.

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April 6,2020

New Delhi, April 6: India recorded the highest number of 704 positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.

With these new cases, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India have now climbed to 4,281.

Total deaths stand at 111 including 28 new deaths. So far, 318 COVID-19 patients have been cured across the country.

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