Gujarat cracks down on striking medicos
The Hindu
Govt. terms agitation over rural service bond, pay illegal
Taking a tough stand against protesting resident doctors, the Gujarat government on Friday termed the ongoing strike called by 2,000 resident doctors of six government medical colleges as “illegal”, and threatened to invoke the Epidemic Diseases Act if they do not return to work immediately. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who also handles health portfolio, termed the agitation by the resident doctors as “illegal” and said the government will initiate stringent actions if the doctors did not return to duty. The agitating resident doctors, most of whom have recently finished their post-graduate training, are from government-run medical colleges of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.