Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to Jagan Mohan Reddy

Widening its probe into the finances of YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to him in connection with the money laundering case against the MP.

The Enforcement Directorate has asked Jagan, son of former A P Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, to send an authorised person who has his power of attorney to submit documents and answer questions on his behalf at its headquarters in Delhi on or before November 28.

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against him and is also probing alleged contravention of foreign exchange rules in his financial transactions and investments, sources said.

The Enforcement Directorate action comes days after the CBI had searched various premises belonging to him. The CBI, which has also registered a case against him, had called him recently for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam.

 The agency is said to be probing alleged nexus between Jaganmohan and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy who owns Obulapuram Mining Company. The case was registered after Enforcement Directorate conducted a probe to trail the funds pumped by the Kadapa MP and his associates into the companies owned by them.

Telangana employees call off 42-day-old strike

HYDERABAD: Government employees in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Monday night called off their 42-day-long strike for a separate Telangana state.

Leaders of Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee (TEJAC) decided to call off the strike following talks with chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

Over 400,000 employees, who were on strike since September 13 as part of a people's strike to demand the creation of a Telangana state, will return to work from Tuesday

The chief minister agreed to all nine demands of the employees. The government and TEJAC leaders signed an agreement after several rounds of talks during the day.

The government agreed to treat the strike period as special leave and to pay the salaries by approaching the high court to seek exemption from "no work no pay" rule as a special case.

It also accepted the TEJAC's demand to withdraw cases booked against striking employees and reinstate those removed from service.

The government agreed to form a committee to monitor implementation of Government Order 610 relating to repatriation of employees belonging to other regions of the state.

 Rail services across Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh will come to a standstill from Friday night as trains scheduled for the weekend have been cancelled in view of the two-day blockade by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC). 

The rail blockade, the second in less than three months, will snap the link between Hyderabad and other destinations in south and north India. The rail transport between Telangana and two other regions of the state will also be paralysed.

The South Central Railway has announced cancellation of 55 express and 176 passenger trains over the next two days.

The cancelled express trains include all the trains running between Hyderabad and Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Patna, Rajkot and Balharshah.

 
Routes of 63 trains, including 33 express trains, have been cut short.

The authorities have also announced that 55 trains will be diverted and four rescheduled.

The trains diverted and those whose routes have been cut short include those originating in either north India or other parts of south and passing through Telangana.

Some long-distance trains scheduled to depart Friday and coming to Hyderabad or passing through the region have been cancelled. They include New Delhi-Secunderabad, Patna-Secunderabad and Kakinada-Secunderabad express trains.

 
The train blockade called as part of the indefinite 'people's strike' for separate statehood to Telangana will add to the woes of the commuters as state-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses remained off the roads in the region for the fifth day Friday.

The twin cities of Hyderabad-Secunderabad will be the worst hit as even auto rickshaws will go on a two-day strike from Friday midnight.

The rail blockade has also forced the South Central Railway to cancel all 222 MMTS (Multi-Modal Transport System) services or local trains in the twin cities and 102 DHMU (Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit) trains in other parts of Telangana.

This will be the third rail blockade called by Telangana groups this year and the second in less than three months.

The train services were paralysed March 1 while the railways had cancelled 43 trains as a precautionary measure March 10 in view of the 'million march' in Hyderabad. Another blockade was observed July 14.

Police also arrested Telangana Lecturers Forum president K. Venkataswami and TRS leader T. Harish Rao briefly, even as T-agitators intensified the strike. 

Condemning the arrests, TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao accused Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy of trying to suppress the movement with brutal force.

He dared the T-ministers to dislodge the CM if they were sincere about T. arlier, Mr Rao and Prof Kodandaram along with hundreds of activists watched Poru Telangana movie produced/ directed by R. Narayanamurthy.