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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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March 12,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Imarti Devi, who recently resigned as Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday said that she was happy with Jyotiraditya Scindia's decision to join the BJP.

Imarti said: "All 22 MLAs are here (in Bengaluru) on their own. We're happy that Scindiaji has taken this decision. I'll always stay with him even if I had to jump in a well."

"When we were in the Congress, Kamal Nathji never heard us," she said.

Another rebel leader and former minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia said: "Betrayal is not done by Jyotiraditya Scindia. Instead, betrayal was done by the Congress and Kamal Nathji."

"Congress betrayed the people of Madhya Pradesh. We are with Jyotiraditya Scindia," he said.

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May 1,2020

Sangod, May 1: Claiming that "drinking alcohol will surely remove coronavirus from the throat", Congress MLA from Sangod, Bharat Singh Kundanpur, has in a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged the reopening of liquor stores in the state, which have been closed in the wake of nationwide lockdown.

"When coronavirus can be removed by washing hands with alcohol, then drinking alcohol will surely remove virus from the throat," Kundanpur wrote in his letter dated April 30.

He also alleged that the sale of illegal liquor and bootlegging had become rampant in the state due to the closure of liquor stores during the lockdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on March 24 announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown was later extended till May 3.

As many as 2,617 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Rajasthan, as per the latest update by the state Health Department.

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March 5,2020

New Delhi, Mar 5: Retirement fund body EPFO on Thursday lowered interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.5 per cent for the current financial year, said Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Thursday.

The EPFO had provided 8.65 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2018-19 to its around six crore subscribers. The decision was taken at a meeting of the the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) apex decision making body -- the Central Board of Trustee.

"The EPFO has decided to provide 8.5 per cent interest rate on EPF deposits for 2019-20 in the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) meeting today," Gangwar told reporters after the meeting here.

Now, the labour ministry requires the finance ministry's concurrence on the matter. Since the Government of India is the guarantor, the finance ministry has to vet the proposal for EPF interest rate to avoid any liability on account of shortfall in the EPFO income for a fiscal.

The finance ministry has been nudging the labour ministry for aligning the EPF interest rate with other small saving schemes run by the government like the public provident fund and post office saving schemes.

The EPFO had provided 8.65 per cent rate of interest to its subscribers for 2016-17 and 8.55 per cent in 2017-18. The rate of interest was slightly higher at 8.8 per cent in 2015-16.

It had given 8.75 per cent rate of interest in 2013-14 as well as 2014-15, higher than 8.5 per cent for 2012-13.

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