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Commonwealth writers'

triennial inaugurated

Hyderabad: Nations are not merely pieces of land marked out by lines on the map, but an `emotionally real' entity built through collective imagination, said the Governor, S.S. Barnala, in his inaugural address to the 13th Triennial of Commonwealth Writers here on Wednesday. The theme of the conference is "Nation and imagination: the changing Commonwealth."

Literature, therefore, has a significant role to play in building the nation in the minds of people, he said. While a nation gives a sense of identity as well as economic and political security to its people, aggressive nationalism had caused much havoc through wars and imperial expansions, he noted and called upon the participants of the triennial to bring out the complex and contradictory processes of the `nation'. The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Bruce Bennet from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Telecom preparatory meet ends

HYDERABAD: The second preparatory meeting for World Telecom in Standardisation Assembly (WTSA04), which concluded here on Wednesday, finalised nine common proposals from Asia-Pacific Region for submitting in the World assembly to be held in October in Brazil.

These proposals are related to reforming the standardisation process bridging the standardisation gap between the developing and developed nations. The assembly was organised by the Asia Pacific Telecommunity and more than 80 representatives of 25 countries participated, according to a press release issued by the BSNL here.

Nine held; bombs seized

ANANTAPUR: The district police on Wednesday seized 86 country-made bombs in two places from the `followers' of the TDP leader, K. Suryapratap Reddy, who lost the recent Assembly election from Tadipatri. Nine persons were arrested in this regard.

The Superintendent of Police, Anil Kumar, told newspersons here that acting on specific information a team of police led by the Tadipatri DSP, Ravi Prakash, caught them near Yerraguntapalli village in Tadipatri rural mandal and seized 61 country made bombs.

On interrogation they confessed to the police that the bombs were made by one Gangi Reddy, who died in accidental explosion of bombs on the outskirts of Tadipatri in June. The police also arrested three persons when they were on way to conceal the bombs in Dimmagudi. The police seized 25 bombs there. Based on their confession a case was also registered against Mr. Suryapratap Reddy but he was at large.

Digvijay to participate in `Rajiv palle bata'

Hyderabad: The AICC leader in charge of State affairs, Digvijay Singh, will join the `Rajiv palle bata' programme in Guntur district on August 8. He will reach Hyderabad on August 7 and proceed to Guntur the next morning along with the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

This was disclosed by the APCC president, D. Srinivas, here at a press conference on Wednesday. Mr. Singh will also attend the general body meeting of the PCC on August 9 to mark the Quit India Day and the next day a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). He will leave for New Delhi the next day.

Venkataswamy, VHR meet YSR

Hyderabad: The Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, had a breakfast meeting with the senior Congress MP, G. Venkataswamy, and the Rajya Sabha member, V. Hanumantha Rao, on Wednesday.

Their hour-long meeting came as a surprise to the political observers as Mr. Venkataswamy was nursing a grouse against Dr. Reddy suspecting the latter's hand in the denial of Central Cabinet berth to him. His son G. Vinod, who was given a berth in the State Cabinet, refused to accept it along with N. Rajya Lakshmi, wife of N. Janardhan Reddy, MP. The meeting helped in clearing their mutual apprehensions, it is learnt.

Rural IT centres

HYDERABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology has launched a pilot project for development of Village Information Centres (samadhan kendras) at three places in the country, including the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) here.

The main objective of the programme is to establish a rural IT centre which will cater to the needs of rural population and take the latest technology to farmers, according to the IICT Director, J.S. Yadav.

The CSIR Rural Action Plan has approved the proposal for implementation of `samadhan kendra' through the Federation of Farmers' Association (FFA), Hyderabad, in Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda and Warangal. A kendra was opened on July 21 at Gummadidala in Medak and another will be opened shortly at Mahbubabad in Warangal.

According to him, the FFA is interested in opening 400 such kendras throughout the State.

Assumes office

HYDERABAD: Heeralal Samaria, IAS officer, has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Central Power Distribution Company Limited of Andhra Pradesh (APCPDCL). He has said utmost priority will be accorded to service to consumers, according to a press release.

Allur tense after clash

NELLORE: Tension prevailed in Allur town on Wednesday following a tiff between a police party and an alleged gang of cheating, leading to opening of fire into the air by the former.

According to the police, a search party from Nalgonda district, including an SI, reached Allur on a tip-off that the gang was moving in the area.

When the police party tried to nab the gang members, there was a clash between the two and the former opened fire into the air. The gang members fled the scene.

Woman dies in wall collapse

VIJAYAWADA: A 40-year-old woman died when a wall collapsed on her single-room thatched house at Chuttugunta in the early hours of Wednesday.

The victim, N. Nagaratnam, wife of Veeraswami, a lorry cleaner, was fast asleep when the compound wall of her neighbouring house collapsed. Veeraswamy was away when the mishap occurred. Her neighbours shifted her to hospital where she was declared dead.

2 killed in mishap

ANANTAPUR: Two persons were killed and three others injured when a lorry in which they were travelling hit a stationary lorry from behind near Korrpadu village in Bukkaraya Samudram mandal in the wee hours of Wednesday. The driver and spare driver of the cement-laden lorry travelling towards Anantapur -- Kullayappa and Sivasankar, were killed on the spot. Three passengers sustained injuries.

8 MPDOs transferred

ANANTAPUR: The in-charge Chairperson of Zilla Parishad, C. Obi Reddy, today transferred eight Mandal Parishad Development Officers in the district. C. Suryanarayana was transferred to Yellanur; S. Mahabub Basha to Agali; C. Bhagyamma to Kalyanadurg; V. Ramanjaneyulu to Putlur; V. Vijayalaxmi to Rapthadu; P.V. Chalapati to Pedda Vadugur; V. Shankar to Tanakallu; and K. Vijayaprasad to Gooty.

New panel for Satsangham

TIRUPATI: The Tiruchanur-based Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Satsangham has selected a new panel at a general body meeting recently. The new office-bearers are Ch.C. Prasada Rao (president), M.L. Gupta (vice-president), S. Subbaratnam (secretary), Y.S. Annapoorna (joint secretary) and S. Ravi (treasurer).

Salaries released

CUDDAPAH: The salaries of anganwadi workers and helpers of 13 projects in Cuddapah district were released by the Government, the A.P. Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union district president, I.N. Subbamma and secretary, M. Vijayalakshmi, said on Wednesday.

The anganwadi workers and helpers had not been paid salaries for the last five months due to budgetary control, and though salaries were released, the treasuries were yet to be authorised to pay, they said in a statement.

Blood required

TIRUPATI: A patient, I. Laccha Babu (21), of Kathipudi in East Godavari district, who has been admitted to SVIMS hospital here, urgently requires `B Positive' blood for valve replacement surgery. The hospital has urged donors to come forward to donate three to four units of blood at the hospital.

Science seminar

TIRUPATI: The Regional Science Centre, in collaboration with the district educational officer, Chittoor, is organising a school science seminar at the Tirupati sub-centre level on the topic `Science awareness: needs and prospects' at 10 a.m. on Aug 7 on the centre premises. Interested students studying in classes VIII to X can contact the science centre on phone number 0877-2286202 for more details.

MPLAD fund

for Lions Club

ADILABAD: The Adilabad MP, T. Madhusudan Reddy, has promised allocation of Rs. 1 lakh each from the MP Local Area Development fund for Lions Clubs of Adilabad, Indervelli and Utnoor for taking up programmes like health camps. He was addressing the club members from the three places on the occasion of the joint installation ceremony here on Tuesday night.

He also promised a contribution of 50 per cent matching grant for the home for the aged in Adilabad. The club proposed to build the home at an estimated cost of Rs. 6 lakh.

Shiva Prasad, who was elected president of the Lions Club, Adilabad, also spoke.

Two cyclists die in mishap

NIZAMABAD: Two persons riding a bicycle were killed when a lorry hit them near Khanapur village on Wednesday morning.

According to information reaching here, the victims were identified as Anji (18) of Khanapur and Dukhate Jalwa (50) of Pavan Nagar in Nizamabad town.

House burgled

WARANGAL: Burglars struck at Venu Rao Colony under the Matwada Police Station limits in the town and decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs. 37,000 on Tuesday night.

According to the Central Crime Station police, burglars broke open the house of A. Venkateswarlu and took away gold ornaments, including four bangles and two earrings, from his cupboard.

Barnala coming

MAHABUBNAGAR: Elaborate arrangements are being made for the visit of the Governer, S.S. Barnala to the district on Friday.

According to an official release, the Governor will arrive at Moosapet guesthouse on National Highway 7 from Kurnool at around 10 a.m. After a brief halt he will proceed to Annasagar village, where he will interact with farmers, members of self-help groups and distribute tricycles to the physically handicapped persons.

He will also distribute assets to beneficiaries under DRDA, DWMA and ICDS, besides providing ex gratia to family members of farmers who committed suicide. At the Ambedkar Kala Bhavan in the town Mr. Barnala will inaugurate a conference of the Red Cross. He will leave for Hyderabad at around 3.30 p.m.

TDP protest

Mahabubnagar: Protesting against hike in petroleum products, members of the district unit of the Telugu Desam staged a rasta roko and a dharna in front of the office of the District Collectorate here on Wednesday. The demonstration was led by the former Ministers -- Nagam Janardhan Reddy, P. Chandrasekhar and P. Ramulu. They later submitted a memorandum to the district Collector, M. Jagadeeshwar.

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