7,254 seats filled in 1st round of medical counselling
The Hindu
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At the end of the first round of counselling, there were three vacant seats in self-financing dental colleges in the State.
As of Wednesday, all the 5,800 medical seats and 1,454 dental seats had been filled.
A total of 7,254 seats have been filled so far through counselling, the Directorate of Medical Education has announced.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.