July 6, 1980, Forty Years Ago: Assam Turmoil

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah has asked the Union minister of home affairs, Giani Zail Singh, to prove with concrete evidence the allegations levelled by him against the National Conference that it was having a secret understanding with communal parties such as the BJP. The J&K CM said that Singh was no longer an ordinary Congress worker and he should have used words with care and responsibility. Sheikh said his party never believed in secret understandings or pacts.

Doctors Strike

Normal functioning in all major hospitals in Delhi, other than AIIMS, remained affected following an indefinite strike called by the junior doctors. The striking doctors are demanding increased pay scales, fixed duty hours – 48 hours a week as against the current 70-100 hours – earned, medical leave and better accommodation. Though exact figures are not available it is estimated that operations had come down by more than 50 per cent.

Borg Wins

Bjorn Borg fought off a tenacious John McEnroe and won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title. The victory featured the longest tiebreaker in Wimbledon’s history. Borg’s win took 3 hours and 53 minutes.