The Hindu : Briefly

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Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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Malpractice case

NELLORE: Only one case of malpractice pertaining to Intermediate examination was reported on Monday in Nellore town. No case of malpractice has been reported with respect to the SSC examination.

SVU alumnus' gesture

TIRUPATI: B. Ramamoorthy an alumnus of Sri Venkateswara University, who now resides in the US, has donated Rs.18,000 towards the medical expenses of G. Bhargavi, a local girl suffering from brain tumour. Dr. Ramamoorthy, who came to know of the issue from the internet edition of The Hindu, sent the amount to S. Jayarama Reddy, president of the SVU College Old Students Association (OSA), who in turn, arranged to present the amount to the girl. The cheque was handed over to Bhargavi by the SVU vice-chancellor, P. Murali.

Ugadi kavi sammelanam

MADANAPALLE: The Madanapalle Writers Association recently convened an `Ugadi kavi sammelanam' in which 22 poets from various places participated. The State second prize winner at the Bhagavatha Padya competitions held in this month, Praveena (10), was honoured on the occasion.

Training classes

KURNOOL: The District Cooperative Officer, I. Ramadevi, on Monday inaugurated training classes to increase awareness on the Cooperative Act among cooperative employees. The training is to be held in three phases. Officers of the rank of cooperative sub-registrar to typist have been enrolled for the training.

Holiday sought

KURNOOL: The General Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Bank Employees Federation, B.S. Rambabu, has urged the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh to declare Sriramanavami (March 30) a holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act.

Need to increase water storage capacity stressed

HYDERABAD: The expert on water, T. Hanumantha Rao, has said that the proposed river linking project may not meet the popular expectation that it has raised and called for an alternative approach of increasing water storage capacities.

Delivering the keynote address at the `World Water Day' celebrations here on Monday, Mr. Rao argued that it was pointless to divert flood flows from the Ganges to Mahanadi and Godavari during the monsoon, as all these rivers had flood flows during monsoon. Flood flow diversion from one river would fall into another similarly flooded river while the need was to ensure minimum flows in the river during the dry season to provide drinking water and sustain the ecology of these rivers. For this it was necessary to have storage reservoirs in large numbers. Earlier, the Chief Secretary, Mohan Kanda, highlighted the centrality of water to human lives. Clean drinking water and timely water for irrigation had already become hot political topics and arenas for competition, disputes and conflicts.

Congress decision to field Rahul Gandhi welcomed

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress has hailed the party high command's decision to field Rahul Gandhi, from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

In a statement, the Youth Congress leaders -- Soma Sree Rama Chakravarthy, C. P. Madhusudhana Rao, B. Navin Nischal and Kola Anand -- said not only the Youth Congress activists but others too would be happy at the decision of the All India Congress Committee president, Sonia Gandhi, to field her son Rahul Gandhi.

Marketing department purchases tomato stocks

HYDERABAD: The Marketing Department has purchased 2,000 tonnes of tomato in Chittoor district at the rate of Rs. 1.50 per kg and has sent the stocks to Nellore, Prakasam, Krishna, Guntur, Nalgonda and Hyderabad districts and also to neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

M. Jagadeeswar, Chief Executive Officer, Rythu Bazars, said in a press release on Monday that the stocks were being purchased since March 9 to rescue farmers in distress who have been affected by falling prices of the commodity because of a steep rise in production. He said that tomato was being procured in Tirupati, Kalahasti, Chittoor and Erpedu areas through DWCRA women. It was being supplied to schools for the mid-day meal scheme and to Social Welfare hostels.

Garuda bus service

NIZAMABAD: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Nizamabad region is introducing non-stop Garuda air-conditioned luxury bus service from Nizamabad to Hyderabad from Tuesday. The APSRTC Nizamabad Regional Manager, John Bhaskar, said the bus leaves Nizamabad at 1 p.m. and reaches Hyderabad at 4 p.m. The bus will leave Hyderabad at 9 a.m. and reach Nizamabad at 12 noon. The fare for adults is Rs. 160 for children Rs. 120. Passengers travelling by the AC bus will be provided daily newspapers and mineral water bottles free of cost. The bus is equipped with audio and video facility and takes three hours to reach Hyderabad, he added. The APSRTC Ranga Reddy region will also operate the service on the Hyderabad-Kakinada route from March 23.

The tariff for adults is Rs. 455 and children Rs. 340 on the Hyderabad-Kakinada service. Reservations can be made at Mahatma Gandhi bus station, Jubilee bus station, Dilsukhnagar bus station and at all authorised ticket-booking agents. Further details can be had on the following telephone numbers - 24740407, 24619262.

Farmer commits suicide

Cuddapah: A farmer, Gajjela Vijayabhaskar Reddy (37), committed suicide by consuming poison near the Gangamma temple near Peddajutoor village in Vemula mandal on Monday. According to the police, Reddy in a suicide note left behind, said he was ending his life due to withering away of crops and for not being able to repay mounting debts and that none was responsible for his death. Reddy said that he had sunk 10 borewells by borrowing money to save crops in his three acre land, but the crops dried up leaving him no option but to end his life, the police said. The farmer's relatives found him lying near the temple with blood oozing out of his mouth and rushed him to hospital where he was declared brought dead.

`National artiste' honour for musician

VISAKHAPATNAM: All India Radio has chosen Well-known Carnatic musician, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, for the conferment of the `National Artiste' honour. In a statement on Monday, the Station Director of AIR, Visakhapatnam, Y. Gangi Reddy, said that Nedunuri would be among the 23 senior maestros who would be given the award, comprising prize money of Rs. 1 lakh and a memento, to mark the golden jubilee of the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan. Chairman of the Press Council of India, K. Jai Chandra Reddy, will present the awards to the artistes at a function in Hyderabad on Monday next.

People's War bandh complete

Rajahmundry: Normal life was affected in the agency mandals of Addateegala, Rajavommangi, Y. Ramavaram and Ramapachodavaram as also in the sub-plan areas of Yeleswaram in the East Godavari district on Monday due to bandh call given by the People's War. Most of the hotels, shops and other business establishments remained closed. In Y. Ramavaram the `shandy day' was not observed. According to Satyanarayana, DSP, Rampachodavaram, there were no untoward incidents. In Yeleswaram the bandh was complete as shops, business establishments, educational institutions and banks remained closed. The RTC services too were cancelled. According to the police, some PW members on Saturday evening put some burning tyres on the national highway-5 in Chinnampeta, leading to disruption of traffic.

Christian organisations lobby for TDP ticket

Hyderabad: Intense lobbying is on by various Christian organisations to field Basa Krupanandan, Director, Andhra Pradesh Minorities Finance Corporation, as the Telugu Desam Party candidate for the Sanathanagar Assembly seat. His name figures among the eight candidates recommended by the All-India Christian Council leaders for a party ticket during their recent meeting with the TDP president, N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Heat wave persists in Telangana

Hyderabad: Heat wave conditions continued over parts of Telangana for the fifth day on Monday, especially in Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy and Warangal districts, as the dry upcountry winds were unrelenting. Dry weather prevailed in the State causing no change in maximum day temperatures. The day temperatures were above normal in Rayalaseema and at many places in coastal Andhra and Telangana. Adilabad and Nizamabad recorded the highest day temperature at 43 degrees C. On Tuesday, there will be mainly sunny weather in the State.

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