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The protest, organised to demand the fulfillment of a electoral promise by the Congress to increase ASHA workers’ salaries from Rs 9,750 to Rs 18,000, turned violent when police intervened.

Monday’s unsavoury events during the protest by ASHA workers was just one in a long list of women taking to the streets in protest against the policies, initiatives and approach of the Congress government.

Rama Rao visited the injured ASHA workers including Raheembi and Santhoshini who suffered severe injuries in the police assault and are undergoing treatment at Osmania General Hospital on Tuesday.

Furious over the way they were treated by police personnel, ASHA workers demanded unconditional apology from Sultan Bazaar ACP and CI, accusing them of misbehavior and verbal abuse.

The BRS leaders demanded for immediate release of the arrested ASHA workers, quality treatment for the injured and also action against the police officials responsible.

A city based advocate filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the alleged inhumane behaviour of two officials of Hyderabad police during the Asha workers protest at Koti on Monday.

The injured ASHA worker is receiving medical attention from the health care workers in the emergency medical wing.

Demanding to fulfill the promise, Asha workers came to Koti to stage a protest and the police personnel who sensed law and order issue, stopped them and took several protesters into preventive custody.

Asha workers met Harish Rao at his office and complained to him about the delay in the release of salaries.

Collector Koya Sree Harsha informed that 130 deliveries were done in MCHC during the last six months

Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar advised students not to be decisive by getting trapped in the conspiracy of opposition on the Agnipath scheme.

Not only residents, but also ASHA workers, teachers, health assistants, employees of Panchayat and revenue departments were now relying on the boats to discharge duties at the villages.

Collector Koya Sree Harsha instructed the health staff to identify each and every pregnant woman and complete 100 percent ANC registration.

The superintendent requested the public to 08732-226246, 87126 59906 for any help.

Interacting with job aspirants who came to meet him at Telangana Bhavan here, he said the previous BRS government took a decision to amend GO 46 following requests from the aspirants, but could not take any action due to the election code.

The protesters demanded the government to pay salaries on the first of every month which was done during the previous BRS government tenure.

The State cumulative rainfall from June 1 to 8 is 47.7 mm against the normal rainfall of 22 mm with a deviation of 117 percent, Telangana Development Planning Society said in its report on Saturday.

The Centre must take the right lessons from Niti Aayog’s report which shows that nothing has changed on the ground in terms of cancer screening

Special Officer to the district Bharati Hollikeri said the administration mechanism was ready to extend all support to the public

Health Minister, T Harish Rao, who distributed the appointment letters to ASHA workers, announced that from this month the telephone bills of 27,000 ASHA workers in Telangana will be paid by State government