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104 Ambulance service launched

SANGAREDDY: Collector Peeyush Kumar on Sunday called upon the people to use the services of ‘104 Ambulance services’ that would be made available in the villages from this month. After formally launching these services at Sangareddy, Mr. Peeyush Kumar said that these ambulances stored with medicines will meet the requirement of about 100 patients.

PR for CBI probe into scams Special Correspondent - Photo: G. Krishnaswamy Seeking intervention: PR president Chiranjeevi meeting Governor N.D. Tiwari in Hyderabad on Sunday.

HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi has urged Governor N.D. Tiwari to intervene and direct Government to order inquiries by the Central Bureau of Investigation and sitting Supreme Court judge into the murky affairs of the Satyam and its other companies.

Leading a party delegation and calling on the Governor at the Raj Bhavan here on Sunday evening, Mr. Chiranjeevi also wanted the enquiry to look into the allegations of financial irregularities and violation of fiscal laws by Jagathi Publications owned by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s son Y .S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Heritage Foods, run by former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s wife N. Bhuvaneswari.

Submitting a memorandum, the Praja Rajyam chief said the State was now confronted with an extraordinary crisis, the gravity of which was sought to be downplayed by the ruling party, while the Leader of the Opposition was himself engulfed by charges of corruption. He said that in what was a scale of unprecedented proportions, the unholy ruling party - corporate nexus, fuelled by greed for personal aggrandisement, was pushing the economy to the brink of collapse. The situation needed immediate attention and steps to contain and undo the serious damage, he added. Mr. Chiranjeevi urged the Governor to invoke constitutional authority vested in him to order judicial enquiry on the issue.

Muslims urged to shed ‘minority syndrome’

Special Correspondent

Hyderabad: K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, asked Muslims to shed the ‘minority syndrome’ and consider themselves as the second largest majority of the country. A change in their mindset was necessary for the community to look ahead, he said.

“Muslims ought to define their role in the democratic set-up – how they can empower themselves and contribute to society,” Mr. Khan said. He was taking part in the felicitation function organised in connection with the release of former Calicut University’s Vice Chancellor, Syed Iqbal Hasnain’s book, ‘Muslims of North India Frozen in the Past’, here on Sunday. Addressing a galaxy of Muslim intellectuals, Mr. Rahman said Muslims were excelling individually in different fields but collectively they were not able to achieve much. He cited the example of the Lingayat community in Karnataka and said a mere 16 per cent population had 38 per cent representation in the government. There were religious differences and economic disparities in the community but it believed in consensus and hard work.

Mr. Rahman complimented the good work being done by MESCO and Madina Educational Society and said these institutions had not developed by favouritism but by determination. Similarly, the Nadwa had set up the Integral University in Lucknow. There was no point getting bogged down with Jamia, Hamdard, minority character, Urdu or Babri Masjid. “This is an era of comparison. Don’t shut your eyes to what is happening around,” Mr. Rahman told the community.