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Fabulous offer to

Lord Venkateswara

TIRUMALA : A Chennai-based devotee on Tuesday donated a `Satari' made up of gold to Lord Venkateswara here.

The devotee, who wished to remain anonymous, handed over the fabulous offering to the temple authorities. The total weight of the offering is half a kilogram.

In another donation, a Bangalore-based devotee, Anantaramu, handed over a demand draft for Rs. 5.42 lakhs. - Staff Reporter

Two youths found

dead on railway track

Kakinada: Two youths were found dead on the railway track near the Pithapuram level crossing on Tuesday.

The name Maniraju was tattooed on the left hand of one of them. The Tuni railway police registered a case. - Correspondent

Jailed for abusing

in name of caste

Sangareddy: The court dealing with cases related to SCs and STs on Tuesday convicted Samala Mallaiah of Gatlamalyal village of Nangunoor mandal for abusing one Illaiah in the name of case on July 17 last year. Special judge D. Chiranjeevi Babu sentenced him to undergo imprisonment of five years and pay a fine of Rs. 6,000. - Staff Reporter

Elected IMA State

unit secretary

Kakinada: G.S. Murthy, president of the Kakinada city IMA, has been elected general secretary of the Indian Medical Association State unit. The election of Mr. Murthy was announced at the State executive meeting of the IMA at Eluru on Sunday. - Correspondent

National award for

Navodaya vidyalaya

Kakinada: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Peddapuram, near here, has secured national award of Rs.5 lakhs as it stands second among all the Government-run schools across the country in e-literacy.

The school has already been selected at State-level as the best performing vidyalaya for third computer literacy excellency awards. N.S. Reddy, Principal of the school, received the awards from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at a function held in New Delhi on December 7. -Correspondnet

Literary feat

HYDERABAD : The Andhra Pradesh State Cultural Council will organise a week-long `Ashtavadhanam' in a literary tribute to `avadhanis' Kopparapu Brothers from December 16 to 22 at Ravindra Bharati here.

`Avadhanis' -- Madugula Nagaphani Sarma, Garikapati Narasimha Rao, Gandluri Dattatreya Sarma, Rallabandi Kavitha Prasad, Ashtakala Narasimha Sarma, Kadimella Varaprasad, Kota Lakshmi Narasimham and Vaddiparthi Padmakar -- will participate in the event. - Special Correspondent

Ganja plants

destroyed

WARANGAL: Excise personnel raided the ganja fields and destroyed 1,375 plants worth Rs. 3 lakhs in Sangarajupalli and Pulukurthi in Atmakur mandal.

Four persons - G. Ramesh, I. Babu Rao, P. Suresh and I. Chennaiah - were arrested in connection with it while five others managed to escape. - Staff Reporter

Change in AIDS

helpline numbers

HYDERABAD: The numbers of the Andhra Pradesh AIDS Control Society's helpline have been changed to 27714881 and 27714355, according to K. Padmavathi, Deputy Director.

Phone directory

in CD format

HYDERABAD : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Tuesday announced the availability of telephone directory with yellow pages in CD ROM format, corrected up to August 15, 2005, at its office in Suryalok Complex, Gunfoundry.

A press release said the CD could be bought for Rs.40 from office of the Principal General Manager, Hyderabad Telecom District. More details could be had over the phone Nos. 23236485, 23231288 or 23230548. - Staff Reporter

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