Amravati situation under control: Minister
The Hindu
85 held in Amravati, Nanded after violence; Section 144 in Pune rural
The situation in Amravati district and other parts of Maharashtra was under control, State Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil said on Sunday.
Mr. Walse-Patil said the motive behind the rallies called by certain organisations which and a heightening of communal tensions in some cities would be probed. He added that no casualties have been reported from Amravati where a curfew has been imposed and Internet services suspended.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.