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  • School Edu Department To Withhold Salaries Of Teaching Staff Evading ATD-2023

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    SRINAGAR: The School Education Department Tuesday said it will withhold salaries of teaching staff who are evading Annual Transfer Drive 2023 despite having more than three years stay period.

    Deputy Secretary to the government has intimated this in a communique to the Director of JK-SCERT, the Director of School Education of both Jammu and Kashmir regions, and Project Director Samagra Shiksha.

    According to the official communique, the Deputy Secretary in this regard has sought detail of employees who, despite having mature stay have not applied for the online transfer-2023.

    It has also sought detail of surplus or attached employees who have not applied for online transfer-2023.

    “Besides, it is also requested not to draw the salary of such eligible employees who fail to apply in online transfer-2023,” the government said.

    Pertinently, in the previous week the School Education Department has decided to act tough against the teaching staff that were evading the ATD-2023.

    The School Education Department had said that it will likely post those teachers in Zone-IV and V who will have stay of three or more years and are trying to evade transfers under ATD-2023.

    Director of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) has said that the teachers who have stay of three or more years will have to apply for the transfers

    “Some of the teachers who have a stay of three or more years have a concept that they will go unnoticed if they didn’t apply for their transfer but I want to inform those teachers that if they didn’t apply for it, they will definitely get transferred to Zone-IV and V,” DSEJ said.

    Earlier, the department in the Annual Transfer Drive announcement has said that eligible employees not applying for transfer despite having a mature stay shall be transferred by the Department anywhere as per the requirement of the Department.

    It also said that the preferences for posting shall be that an employee who is working in Zone-I shall opt for Zone- II, III, IV and V. An employee who is working in Zone-II shall opt for Zone- I, III, IV and V. An employee who is working in Zone-III shall opt for Zone-I, II, IV and V. An employee who is working in Zone-IV shall opt for Zone- I, II, III and V. An employee who is working in Zone-V shall opt for Zone- I, II, III and IV.

    According to the School Education Department, Zone-I falls within the municipal limit of the district headquarters, Zone-II outside the municipal limit upto 20km from the district headquarter, Zone-III beyond 20km to 40Kms from the district headquarters, Zone-IV beyond 40kms and above from the district headquarter and also where a change of residence is required. In addition, those schools where there is no motorable road and walking distance from the nearest motorable road is 7 KMs or more one way—(KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • 8 prison staff suspended over gangster Tajpuriya’s stabbing inside Tihar Jail

    8 prison staff suspended over gangster Tajpuriya’s stabbing inside Tihar Jail

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    New Delhi: The Delhi government’s Prisons department on Friday suspended eight Tihar Jail staff members in connection with the fatal stabbing of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya on the premises, officials said.

    Tajpuriya was killed early on Tuesday allegedly by four members of the rival Gogi gang — Deepak alias Titar, Yogesh alias Tunda, Rajesh, and Riyaz Khan — who stabbed him “92 times”.

    A senior Prisons department official said they conducted a departmental inquiry based on which eight staff members were suspended.

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    The officer had earlier said, “The report was received on Friday and lapses were found on the part of nine staff members. Out of them, seven — three assistant superintendents and four warders — have been suspended.

    “We had a meeting with officials of the Tamil Nadu Special Police and they have also agreed to take departmental action against their personnel.”

    The Tamil Nadu Special Police provides security on the jail premises.

    Sources said Tihar Jail Director-General Sanjay Beniwal met Lt Governor VK Saxena and presented him a detailed report on the stabbing.

    A fresh CCTV video from Tihar Jail emerged on social media purportedly showing Tajpuriya being attacked in front of security personnel as well when they were carrying him away after he was stabbed.

    Tajpuriya was assaulted with improvised weapons by the Gogi gang members inside the high security prison on Tuesday morning. But he was still alive and was being carried away by the prison security personnel when the accused attacked him for a second time, according to the fresh footage.

    The footage shows security personnel were in a corridor when the accused barged in through the door and again attacked Tajpuriya. He could be seen moving his leg in the video, confirming he was alive at that time. In the footage, it appears that the security personnel remained a bystander while the assailants keep attacking the gangster.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Mumbai hotel staff break into a dance to welcome Backstreet Boys

    Mumbai hotel staff break into a dance to welcome Backstreet Boys

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    Mumbai: Members of popular American former boy band ‘Backstreet Boys’, who are all set to start the India leg of its DNA world tour, were greeted by the staff of a Mumbai hotel with a dance on their all-time hit number, ‘Larger Than Life’.

    The band, which has been dishing out hits and setting records since 1993, has been making the wrong kind of news lately because of the sexual assault charges against Carter.

    Carter and AJ McLean, another leading voice of the pop group, were greeted by a swarm of paparazzis waiting to catch a glimpse of the musicians at the airport. The band members were visibly taken by surprise at the reception they got and started recording every moment of their arrival.

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    The group, which was formed in 1993, is in India country for its DNA World Tour 2023. The band will first perform in Mumbai on May 4 after which it will be setting the tone right for the music lovers in Delhi on May 5 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

    The group rose to fame with its debut album ‘Backstreet Boys’ in 1996. They released their second international album ‘Backstreet’s Back’ in 1997 and rose to superstardom with their third studio album ‘Millennium’, anchored by the worldwide hit ‘I Want It That Way’.

    The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making it the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world’s top-selling music performers.

    The band holds the record for being the first group since Led Zeppelin to have its first 10 albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Govt to conduct CBT for 5,204 staff nurse vacancies in Telangana

    Govt to conduct CBT for 5,204 staff nurse vacancies in Telangana

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    Hyderabad: In a move to streamline the process of hiring staff nurses for various sectors, the Health Department has decided to conduct the appointment process online via Computer-Based Testing (CBT). Exam centers have been established in Hyderabad, Warangal, Khammam, and Nizamabad districts, with exams scheduled to take place in the next one or two months.

    The examination paper is being prepared by Medical and Health while the examination will be conducted by Hyderabad JNTU. According to reports, the exam will be conducted in two sessions on the same day. The exam will have a maximum of 80 points, and 20 additional points will be given to employees serving on contract and outsourcing.

    With a huge demand for staff nurse vacancies, there have been 40,936 applications received for 5,204 vacancies so far, meaning eight candidates are competing for each vacancy. The pay scale for these vacancies ranges between Rs 36,750 and Rs 1,06,990, which has made the jobs highly sought after.

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    Candidates have already begun receiving coaching to improve their chances of success. Experts have advised candidates to prepare for the examination curriculum, which includes 14 topics of Anatomy and Physiology, six topics of Micro-Biology, and other areas such as first aid, psychology, sociology, basic principles of nursing, community health nursing, environmental hygiene, health education and communication skills, diet, medical surgical nursing, mental health nursing, child health nursing, midwifery, gynaecological nursing, nursing education, introduction to research, professional orientation and adjustment, nursing administration and ward management.

    Employees working in tribal areas will be allotted 2.5 points for every six months, while those working in non-tribal areas will be allotted 2 points. The online examination process is expected to be beneficial in reducing the time taken for recruitment and increasing efficiency in the process.

    The shortage of healthcare staff is a longstanding issue in India, particularly in rural and remote areas. The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted this issue and increased the demand for healthcare workers.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Dream dinner party guests: Obama, Springsteen and Spielberg delight Barcelona restaurant staff

    Dream dinner party guests: Obama, Springsteen and Spielberg delight Barcelona restaurant staff

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    Staff at a Barcelona restaurant were left amazed when a mysterious last-minute booking turned out to be for the former US president Barack Obama along with film director Steven Spielberg and singer Bruce Springsteen.

    After dining on Thursday evening at the Palace Hotel’s Amar restaurant, the trio posed for a photograph with employees. The picture was posted on Instagram by staff member Pol Perello and captioned: “Pleasures that this job brings you!!”

    Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, along with Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw, were in town for Springsteen’s Friday night concert at Barcelona’s Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.

    The seafood dinner took place after the Obamas’ late night flight to Barcelona, according to Spanish radio network Cadena SER. Amar chef Rafa Zafra said their reservation was made only hours beforehand at the recommendation of famed Spanish-American chef José Andrés.

    “José Andrés called me and told me that it was a very important table, but that we should please not say anything,” Zafra told Cadena SER. “And of course, I began to investigate and saw that Obama was coming, that Bruce had a concert…”

    The group came “tired”, but keen to “try everything”, according to Zafra. During the meal, they “ate a lot” — including oysters, shellfish, and caviar — and “drank a little”.

    “The one who behaved best was the one who had to work today,” Zafra said, referring to Springsteen’s Friday night concert.

    On the group photo, Zafra said: “The security people told us to please not ask them for photos, but just before leaving, Obama entered the kitchen and told us that this had been one of their best meals and if they could take a photo with the whole team.”

    On Friday, Barack and Michelle Obama, accompanied by Spielberg and Capshaw, visited a handful of Barcelona’s landmark cultural sites, local media reported, including the Sagrada Familia and the Moco Museum.

    According to photos and videos shared by Spanish media, the Obamas — surrounded by heavy security detail — strolled around central Barcelona hand-in-hand, occasionally waving at onlookers.

    Spielberg, a longtime friend of Obama’s, has been a fixture at events and holidays with the former president. During his White House tenure, Obama awarded the acclaimed director with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

    “His stories have shaped America’s story and his values have shaped our world,” the then-president said.

    Obama has been friends with Springsteen since the Boss supported him on the campaign trail during the 2008 presidential election. The pair also co-hosted the 2021 podcast series “Renegades: Born in the USA”, in which they discussed their friendship, their families, music, and issues facing America.

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    ( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )

  • Social audio platform Clubhouse lays off over 50 per cent staff

    Social audio platform Clubhouse lays off over 50 per cent staff

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    New Delhi: Popular social audio platform Clubhouse, which gained popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic, has laid off more than half of its staff.

    Founded by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse said it is scaling back by over 50 per cent and “saying goodbye to many talented, dedicated teammates in the process.”

    “We’re deeply sorry to be doing this, and we would not be making this change if we didn’t feel it was absolutely necessary,” said the founders.

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    Those impacted will receive severance and continued healthcare coverage for the next few months.

    “We will pay salaries for the rest of April, plus 4 months of additional severance for all departing employees. This means everyone affected will receive their full salary until Aug 31, 2023,” said Davison and Seth.

    “We will allow everyone who is impacted to keep their company-issued laptops, to help them research and apply for new roles,” added the founders as they plan to build Clubhouse 2.0 with a smaller, leaner team.

    The app was once valued at $4 billion by investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global.

    The company last year laid off a portion of staff as part of restructuring.

    “We need to reset the company, eliminate roles and take it down to a smaller, product-focused team. We believe that a smaller team will give us focus and speed, and help us launch the next evolution of the product,” the founders said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • With limited staff, Indian embassy in Sudan did unlimited work, say evacuees

    With limited staff, Indian embassy in Sudan did unlimited work, say evacuees

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    Mumbai: Despite limited staff, the Indian embassy in Sudan operated round-the-clock to evacuate those stranded in the war-torn country, said some of the people who arrived in Mumbai from the African nation under ‘Operation Kaveri’ mission.

    These passengers, who landed in Mumbai on Thursday, narrated their harrowing experiences of the last seven days.
    Abdul Kadir, a 39-year-old businessman, said after the situation in Khartoum worsened, India’s ambassador B S Mubarak and his team of eight officials worked tirelessly.

    “With limited staff, they did unlimited work,” he said, adding that the Indian embassy was operating 24×7 during this period.
    Mubarak himself was stuck in the worst-affected part of the city, but he was continuously in touch with the staff and volunteers, he said.

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    The ambassador created WhatsApp groups of Indians in each locality and ensured that every person got help, Kadir added.
    Defence attache Gurpreet Singh took risk and brought Mubarak to a safe area, he said.

    Kadir, who was living in Sudan since 2017, said they were used to the tense situation in the country, but this time things took a bad turn unexpectedly, though they were hoping that tensions would decrease in the holy month of Ramadan.

    “Within one hour, the situation went out of control,” he said, adding that they did not get a chance even to buy food and groceries.
    “We got the benefit of being Indians. We were allowed to pass peacefully through numerous checkpoints,” Kadir said, adding that the Indian community at Port Sudan not only opened their homes but also their hearts for the rescued compatriots.

    Another passenger said the situation was very bad, and the work done by the embassy staff could not be described in words.
    “I only pray to Allah that all our stranded brothers and those in the embassy reach home safely,” he added.

    Many people were still waiting for their relatives to reach Mumbai from Sudan. Anita Pandey, a resident of Kalyan, was one of them.

    Her husband had been working as a fitter in Khartoum for the last one year.
    “My husband’s friend told me that he has been rescued and is safe. I don’t know where he is at present, but we are waiting for his arrival….,” Pandey said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul

    UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul

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    More than 100 Nepali guards who risked their lives to protect British embassy staff in Afghanistan before the Taliban seized back control were secretly returned to Nepal against their wishes shortly after being airlifted to safety in the UK, the Guardian can reveal.

    Hundreds of Nepali nationals and a smaller number of Indian nationals who protected key institutions in Kabul were brought to the UK on an RAF flight during the chaotic evacuation of the Afghan capital by western countries in August 2021, as victorious Taliban forces closed in.

    It has now emerged that days after they arrived in the UK, more than 100 of these evacuees were forcibly removed to their home countries even though many had been issued with six-month visas on arrival.

    The Guardian has interviewed some of the deported guards, who believed their lives were in danger in Nepal. Some were forcibly removed from hotel rooms in the UK in areas including Northampton, Reading, Oxford and Swindon before completing what at the time was a mandatory 10-day period of Covid-19 pandemic hotel quarantine for new arrivals in the UK.

    Nepal was designated as a red-list country, with UK government instructions that people should not travel there, when the former guards were flown back in 2021.

    Some have managed to find their way back to the UK since 2021 and have claimed asylum.

    In March, at least 10 Nepali guards who protected the British embassy staff in Kabul and were still living in the UK were arrested in a raid at their west London hotel and detained by the Home Office.

    After the detentions came to light, the Home Office issued a statement saying that the removals of those detained had been paused “pending further review”. It said the evacuees were flown from Kabul as “a gesture of goodwill” with the understanding that they were expected to return to their home countries.

    More than 100 of those forcibly removed from the UK have written to Rudra Dhakal, a British resident of Nepali heritage who is supporting them, with the Home Office, Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence, Nepalese government and UNHCR copied in, in a letter titled “Urgent appeal for further humanitarian protection in the UK”.

    The deported guards wrote: “We were misled by the UK border security force. Therefore they forcefully deported us to Nepal against our will. At the time of our deportation we were never given the choice of staying in the UK for further humanitarian protection.”

    Dhakal, who is continuing to support the guards, said: “These bravest of the brave veterans said they provided frontline security … but they were left behind in the end. They were used as proxies on the frontline of the war.”

    One of those deported is Deepak Punmagar, 42. “We were always under threat in Afghanistan,” he told the Guardian. “We didn’t know if we would survive. When I arrived in the UK I felt safe but I was deported to Nepal on 17 August.”

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    Some of the Nepali guards evacuated from Kabul in 2021 who were doing almost identical work in Afghanistan as those forcibly removed were granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, including two of the 10 arrested in March, who remain in immigration detention.

    Jamie Bell, of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, who is representing some of those currently detained, said: “These brave men were evacuated from Afghanistan and thereafter had their applications for permanent leave prepared and processed in the UK. They were never told of a gesture of goodwill and there was no understanding that they were liable to removal, let alone detained after a morning raid on their hotel. It is deeply concerning now to hear how many have been affected by this appalling situation.”

    A Home Office spokesperson said: “We remain committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan and so far we have brought around 24,500 people to safety in the UK.

    “A number of Nepalese nationals who were not deemed eligible for consideration under ACRS [the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme] were evacuated from Afghanistan as a gesture of goodwill. This came with the understanding that once in the UK, these individuals would arrange and be offered support for onward travel to the country of their nationality.”

    The Nepalese embassy has been approached for comment.

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    ( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )

  • Special forces swiftly evacuate U.S. embassy staff from Sudan

    Special forces swiftly evacuate U.S. embassy staff from Sudan

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    In a statement thanking the troops, President Joe Biden said he was receiving regular reports from his team on efforts to assist remaining Americans in Sudan “to the extent possible.”

    He also called for the end to “unconscionable” violence there.

    About 100 U.S. troops in three MH-47 helicopters carried out the operation. They airlifted all of roughly 70 remaining American employees from a landing zone at the embassy to an undisclosed location in Ethiopia. Ethiopia also provided overflight and refueling support, said Molly Phee, assistant secretary of state for African affairs.

    Biden said Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia also assisted with the evacuation.

    “I am proud of the extraordinary commitment of our Embassy staff, who performed their duties with courage and professionalism and embodied America’s friendship and connection with the people of Sudan,” Biden said in a statement. “I am grateful for the unmatched skill of our service members who successfully brought them to safety.”

    U.S. Africa Command and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley were in contact with both warring factions before and during the operation to ensure that U.S. forces would have safe passage to conduct the evacuation. However, John Bass, a U.S. undersecretary of state, denied claims by one faction, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Security Forces, that it assisted in the U.S. evacuation.

    “They cooperated to the extent that they did not fire on our service members in the course of the operation,” Bass said.

    Biden had ordered American troops to evacuate embassy personnel after receiving a recommendation from his national security team, with no end in sight to the fighting.

    “This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians. It’s unconscionable and it must stop,” Biden said. “The belligerent parties must implement an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and respect the will of the people of Sudan.”

    Sudan’s fighting broke out April 15 between two commanders who just 18 months earlier jointly orchestrated a military coup to derail the nation’s transition to democracy.

    The ongoing power struggle now between the armed forces chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has millions of Sudanese cowering inside their homes, hiding from explosions, gunfire and looting.

    The violence has included an unprovoked attack on an American diplomatic convoy and numerous incidents in which foreign diplomats and aid workers were killed, injured or assaulted.

    An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the embassy as being in Sudan. The figure is rough because not all Americans register with embassy or say when they depart.

    The embassy issued an alert earlier Saturday cautioning that “due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and closure of the airport, it is not currently safe to undertake a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation of private U.S. citizens.”

    The U.S. evacuation planning for American employees of the embassy got underway in earnest on Monday after the embassy convoy was attacked in Khartoum. The Pentagon confirmed on Friday that U.S. troops were being moved to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti ahead of a possible evacuation.

    Saudi Arabia announced the successful repatriation of some of its citizens on Saturday, sharing footage of Saudi nationals and other foreigners welcomed with chocolate and flowers as they stepped off an apparent evacuation ship at the Saudi port of Jeddah.

    Embassy evacuations conducted by the U.S. military are relatively rare and usually take place only under extreme conditions.

    When it orders an embassy to draw down staff or suspend operations, the State Department prefers to have its personnel leave on commercial transportation if that is an option.

    When the embassy in Kyiv temporarily closed just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022, staffers used commercial transport to leave.

    However, in several other recent cases, notably in Afghanistan in 2021, conditions made commercial departures impossible or extremely hazardous. U.S. troops accompanied personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, in an overland convoy to Tunisia when they evacuated in 2014.

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    ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

  • Telangana: TSRTC trains staff, aims to increase occupancy to 75%

    Telangana: TSRTC trains staff, aims to increase occupancy to 75%

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    Hyderabad: Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) managing director VC Sajjanar on Friday said that the company is conducting training for bus drivers and conductors in order to increase the Occupancy Ratio (OR) to 75 percent.

    Sajjanar participated virtually in TSRTC April Challenge for Training (TACT) from the Bus Bhavan in Hyderabad. TACT, which was launched on Friday, is being conducted across various bus depots in Telangana.

    Speaking to the conductors, the TSRTC MD directed them to don a welcoming attitude towards passengers. “Bus conductors and drivers are the brand ambassadors for TSRTC. On-field duties have to be performed carefully. Even small mistakes may lead to damage to TSRTC’s credibility,” he added.

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    “Our work should be passenger-centric. We should never misbehave with the passengers. We should greet the passengers who enter the bus with a ‘Namasthe’ and a smile. Always remember that the passengers have many alternative ways to travel,” said Sajjanar.

    The MD informed us that many changes have been made in the company in the last one and a half years. “There is a lot more to be done and this is why we trying to provide skill development to our staff in the form of TACT. The people of Telangana are encouraging public transportation. The present Occupancy Ratio is about 69 percent and the company hopes to increase it to 75 percent,” he said.

    He informed that about 6000 drivers and conductors have been provided training in Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Secunderabad regions. TSRTC aims to complete the training for all their staff in the next three months.

    TSRTC chief operating officer (COO) Dr Ravinder, executive director of Operations Munishekhar, CPM Krishnakant, OSD Ugander, CTM Vijay Kumar and others participated in the training on Friday.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )