2 AP KURNOOL TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2019

RTC staff to turn govt employees EAMCET to be held from April 20 from tomorrow APSET: Verification Transport Minister Perni Nani from Jan 5 says stern action will be HANS NEWS SERVICE taken against pvt bus operators who charge Visakhapatnam: Certificate Education verification for the examina- exorbitant fares during Minister tion of State Sankranthi festival Audimulapu Eligibility Test (APSET)- Suresh releasing 2019 will be held from Janu- HANS NEWS SERVICE the schedule ary 5 to 8. of various APSET member-secretary Amaravati: Following the merger of AP- common K Srinivasa Rao in a state- SRTC with the State government, the entrance tests ment said eligible candidates RTC employees will become govern- in Vijayawada should come to the coun- ment employees with effect from Jan- on Monday selling centres with original uary 1. The dream of 54,000 employees certificates. of APSRTC will come true with the New S He released the schedule of been allocated to Andhra Uni- Counselling centres have Year ushering in hope and joy, Minister APCETS to be held ahead various common entrance tests versity and the university will been facilitated for the pur- for Transport and I&PR Perni of TS entrance tests which will be conducted in AP conduct the examination on pose at the Online Admis- Venkataramaiah (Nani) said here on S APECET will be held here on Monday. He informed May 9. sion Centre, located oppo- Monday. Congratulating the RTC staff that AP-EAMCET will be con- He announced that AP LAW- site Andhra University on the occasion, the Minister said Y S on April 30 ducted in the State from April CET will be held on May 8 and Distance Education Centre, Jagan Mohan Reddy had seen the tra- S LAWCET to be conducted 20 to 24 and JNTU- K will or- SK University would organise AP Helpline Centre, ANU vails of the RTC staff during his State- ganise the examination, the entrance test. APRCET will Canteen upstairs in Guntur, wide Padayatra and had then taken a on May 8 APECET will be conducted on be organised by SV University SKD University at Mahatma decision to ameliorate the lot of the em- S All the common April 30, 2020. in the month of October and the Jyotirao Poole Building, ployees, though many felt that it was The Minister released the date of test will be announced Anantapur, HoD of Zoology- not possible to do so. entrance tests will be common entrance tests sched- later. Sri Venkateswara University, The Minister said stern action would conducted online ule for 2020-21 academic year. All the CETs will be con- Tirupati. be taken against private bus operators S Speaking on the occasion, he ducted online and the results, Candidates are advised to who charge more during the Sankranthi Education Minister A said that the schedule was pre- counselling, certificate verifica- bring required documents, festival. He said people can call Suresh says DSC‐2020 pared for the convenience of tion will also be conducted including date of birth cer- 8309887955 to complain against pri- notification will be students and without any clash through online process. tificate, PG provisional cer- vate operators who charge exorbitant with the national and other The Minister said that the tificate, PG marks lists, four fares during the festival. With reference issued by January end States’ schedule. conveners of the Common En- passport size photographs. to criticism that even the RTC was in- The Minister said the AP- trance Tests will be announced creasing the fares during the festival, he HANS NEWS SERVICE ECET will be conducted on in a week time. He assured that into the irregularities and funds said there would be no increase in reg- April 30, 2020, by JNTU- Anan- all the common entrance tests diversion allegation in the AP- ular buses, but it was being done only Vijayawada: Education Minister tapur. APICET has been allot- will be conducted transparently. SCHE and will receive the re- in the case of special buses that are Audimulapu Suresh said that ted to SV University and the test He said that the DSC -2020 port within a month. likely to be plied during the season. Andhra Pradesh Common will be held on April 27. notification will be announced The government will soon On the attack on some mediapersons Entrance Tests for admission He said APPGECET has been by the end of January after fill up the vacant posts of Assis- during the farmers agitation in capital into various courses will be allocated again to Andhra Uni- clearing the legal issues. He tant Professors and Professors Amaravati region, the Minister said it conducted a few days prior to versity and it will be conducted stated that they appointed a in various universities, the was unfortunate that the scribes them- TS-CETs. from May 2 to 4. APEDCET has One-Man Committee to probe Minister said. selves were not coming forward to con- demn it. He said when wrong news is published against the government and when a rejoinder is given, it has to be published by the media. If not there was a provision to file a defamation case. Jagan should seek fresh mandate While the media had created a furore over the government move, it was un- fortunate that it was not reacting to an attack on a woman journalist. on shifting of State capital: Naidu S Points out that the issue was not mentioned in the YSRCP manifesto ahead of 2019 elections S Visits arrested capital farmers at district jail in Guntur HANS NEWS SERVICE

Guntur: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu demanded that Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to seek fresh mandate on shifting of State capital. He recalled that the YSRCP did not men- tion in its election manifesto about capital shifting and now the Chief Minister has been trying to shift the State capital from Amaravati. Naidu termed it as a wrong move. TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu speaking to reporters in Guntur city on Monday Naidu consoled the farmers sent to jail for protesting against the shifting of State views of the people of the State if they re- capital Amaravati and expressed his soli- quired three capitals. Naidu demanded that COURT GRANTS BAIL darity with them in Gun- Jagan make an announcement stating that TO FARMERS tur district jail. he would not shift the State capital from Speaking on the occa- Amaravati and conduct inquiry into insider HANS NEWS SERVICE sion, he made it clear that trading. the Chief Minister had no He found fault with the government for Guntur: A Mangalgiri court on Monday power to shift the State arresting farmers who were protesting on granted bail to six farmers arrested on capital Amravati. He roads opposing the shifting of capital. charges of attacking a television reporter asked if the Chief Minis- Naidu alleged that Jagan was trying to cre- after hearing the case and stated that ter can shift the High ate differences among people of different there was no evidence for the charges. Court. regions in the State. Though the police registered the case Naidu said that he was The TDP chief said that except YSRCP, against the farmers under , sections deal- making all efforts to con- all the political parties were in favour of ing with attempt to murder, the court did tinue State capital in continuing the capital in Amaravati. not take it into consideration and made Amaravati and came Naidu said Amaravati Parirakshana it clear that there was no evidence for it down heavily on the YS- Samithi will continue its agitation under and granted the bail. RCP government for do- justice is done to the capital farmers. Police arrested the farmers for al- ing nothing to develop Pointing out that Prime Minister Naren- legedly attacking the media in the state the State during the last dra Modi had laid the foundation stone for capital. The farmers expressed ire at the seven months. the construction of Amaravati, he said suf- police for entering into the houses at He said the govern- ficient land was available for the develop- night for arresting them. ment should take the ment of capital city. Oppn misleading people State govt to launch door on CAA, says GVL delivery of sand on Jan 2 HANS NEWS SERVICE S Pilot project to be introduced in Vijayawada: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha mem- ber G V L Narasimha Rao made it clear that S To be extended to East and West Godavari districts on Jan 7 the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was S Project to be launched in remaining districts by Jan 20 not against Muslims or any other community in the country and alleged that the opposition Amaravati: The State government the sand, without giving scope to parties were indulging in false propaganda has decided to provide facility of anybody to misuse the sand with on the law. door delivery of sand to con- vested interests. Speaking to media here on Monday, sumers across the State through The government has found that Narasimha Rao said the BJP was conducting AP Mineral Development Corpo- at 13 stock points, the sand was be- meetings across India to explain to people the ration from January 2, 2020. ing misused by vested interests objective of CAA. He said the Congress, TMC, The pilot project will be intro- who have been repeatedly apply- Left parties and other parties were misleading duced in Krishna district and later ing for the sand on the website. the people on CAA thus instilling a sense of panic it will be launched in East and From now onwards, the AP- and insecurity among the minorities and weaker West Godavari districts along with MDC will ensure proper supply of sections. He said the opposition parties Con- Kadapa on January 7. The facility the sand. At the same time, the gress and Left had earlier demanded that the will be extended to remaining dis- government will collect the citizenship should be given to the minorities tricts by January 20, said Minister money for transportation from who came from Pakistan, Bangladesh and for Mines Peddireddy Ramachan- the consumers and will give it to Afghanistan but now the same parties were op- dra Reddy at a press conference at the transporters. He said that the posing the CAA. He said the NDA government the Secretariat on Monday. Chief Minister directed to main- would not snatch away the rights of people, par- Earlier, the Minister attended tain sand for more than four ticularly of any religion. a review meeting which was months in advance. Government On capital controversy, he said Centre had no presided over by Chief Minister aimed to maintain stock of 60 lakh say in deciding capital but stressed that farmers YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. tonnes for four months in the en- who had given lands for the capital should get He further explained that the suing rainy season. justice. “Why should farmers lose for someone’s government has taken the deci- At present, 9 lakh tonnes of mistake?” he said. sion to ensure speedy supply of sand is available.