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Driver dies as car catches fire

VIZIANAGARAM: A car driver was charred to death and five women escaped with injuries in a freak accident at Rajapulova Junction in Denkada mandal on Monday. Sheikh Abdul Khan (25) of Vizianagaram was burnt alive when the gas-driven car went up in flames minutes after he lost control on a slope and hit a tree. Five students of Raghu Engineering College who were riding in the car were rescued before the car caught fire. - Correspondent

Suicide pact case:

two more die

KURNOOL: Two more victims of a suicide pact at Nandyal died while undergoing treatment on Monday. Renuka Devi (45) and daughter Suma (18) succumbed to burns. Family head and president of Bhadravathi Bhavanarushi Devastana committee Padnabha Rao (50) who attemped suicide along with wife and daughter died two days ago. Letters left by the victims reportedly said they took the extreme step due to harassment by a section of Congress leaders and police. Meanwhile, former TDP Minister N. Md. Farooq has demanded judicial inquiry into the episode. - Staff Reporter

1 cr. donation to TTD

TIRUMALA: A devotee of Lord Venkateswara on Sunday donated Rs. 1 crore to Tirumala temple. The devotee who wished to remain anonymous handed over the cheque to the TTD A.P.V. Narayana Sarma inside the temple soon after darshan. - Staff Reporter

Students taken ill

NIZAMABAD: Fifteen students and a female cook of Sajwidh-ul-Khurana (a madarsa) at Sarangapur under rural police station limits were taken ill after they consumed pudding given by an unknown burqa-clad woman, on Monday. They were admitted to the Government headquarters hospital and discharged by evening. - Staff Reporter

Sonia thanks YSR

HYDERABAD: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has conveyed her personal thanks and appreciation to Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy for the `excellent' arrangements made for the 82nd AICC plenary held here. In a letter to Dr. Reddy, Ms. Gandhi thanked his colleagues and staff for their "untiring efforts in making the event such a memorable one".

JVV team for

science meet

HYDERABAD: Twenty-five representatives from Andhra Pradesh Jana Vignana Vedika will attend the three-day All-India People's Science Congress in Guwahati from February 3. About 300 representatives of organisations such as Delhi and Tamil Nadu Science Fora, Kerala Sahitya Parishath, Assam Science Society, West Bengal Vignan Manch will participate.

Problems confronting education, agriculture, rural development, health and globalisation would be discussed. - Special Correspondent

Scrapping of holidays flayed

HYDERABAD: The Confederation of Intermediate Teachers' Organisations has objected to the scrapping of second Saturdays and summer holidays in Government colleges as announced by D. Chakrapani, Commissioner, Collegiate Education. - Special Correspondent

Notary facility

TIRUPATI: With a view to avoiding delay in the issue of passports in the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Hyderbad, steps are underway to provide notary facility in the office itself for the benefit of the public. - Special Correspondent

Train hits tractor

GUNTUR: A farmer -- Irigineni Hanumantha Rao, 55 --who was going on a tractor to his field was killed when a train hit it at an unmanned level crossing at Mokkapadu village near Rajupalem in Guntur district on Monday. - Staff Reporter

Two killed in accidents

Nellore: Two persons were killed in two road accidents in the district on Monday.

At Venkatagiri, a 13-year old student, P. Venkata Reddy, was knocked down by an autorickshaw. The accident occurred when he was going on a cycle. At Naidupet, one person was killed in a hit-and-run incident. The deceased was identified as D. Gurunatham (30), of Mahalakshmipuram, Sullurpet mandal. - Staff Reporter

Call for higher literacy among Muslims

TIRUPATI: Speakers at a meeting blamed illiteracy as a major reason for the perennial backwardness of the Muslim community.

At the district meeting of Awareness for Integrated Muslim Samaj (AIMS) held here on Sunday, P.A.Rehman stressed the need for Muslims to get educated to become a force to reckon with, both economically and politically.

AIMS president Shamsher Syed, general secretary Syed Shafi Ahmed Khadri, TUDA chairman B.Karunakar Reddy and DCCB chairman A. Rajasekhara Reddy spoke. - Staff Reporter

Positives' network

ANANTAPUR: District Collector Y.V. Anuradha opened Anantha Network of Positives here on Sunday. The organisation works for creating awareness on AIDS and also helps HIV positive and AIDS cases get treatment. She promised cooperation from the district administration in the matter. Joint Collector Shashibhushan Kumar, AIDS coordinator of RDT, Sirrappa, District AIDS awareness coordinator, K. Manoramana and District Leprosy Officer A. Rajaprasanna Kumar were present. - Staff Reporter

Contest during Kadapotsavam

KADAPA: A kavi sammelan, painting, sculpture and cartoon contests will be held during Kadapotsavam here slated from February 9 to 12, its Fine Arts Committee convenor G. Gopal said.

Poets and artistes should enroll their names with the General Manager, Industries Department, by February 4, he said. .

Meanwhile, ZP CEO P. Durga Prasad said the festivities were likely to be held at the Government Arts College grounds, instead of the municipal stadium, Kadapa on Monday- Staff Reporter

Dharna staged CHITTOOR: Members of the AP Dalitha Maha Sabha, the Ambedkar Dharma Porata Samithi, AP Ambedkar Yuvajana Sangam, Ambedkar Dalitha Samithi and APSC Employees Welfare Association staged dharna and rasta roko near the Gandhi statue on Prakasam road demanding withdrawal of G.O.Ms.No.26 which, they said, provided for diversion of funds of Rs. 3687.50 crores from the Social Welfare Department to MLAs towards development of the constituencies. - Correspondent

Eye camp held

KURNOOL: District Blindness Control Society led by secretary P. Sudhakar Rao conducted a special eye camp for leprosy patients at NTR Nagar in connection with Anti-leprosy Day here on Monday. A total of 120 persons were screened for eye problems and over 50 per cent of them had problems.

Glasses were given to 35 patients free of cost. Philanthropist Theresa Gandhi supported the programme financially. - Staff Reporter

Mobile science lab opened

KADAPA: District Institute of Education and Training Principal R. Lokanatham on Monday inaugurated a mobile science lab of Agastya International Foundation at the Urdu upper primary school at Nakkash here.

Municipal Corporator Shamsher assured his cooperation for such programmes. - Staff Reporter

CITU activists stage dharna

VIZIANAGARAM: Centre of Indian Trade Unions, district committee, on Monday staged a dharna at the Collectorate in protest against the amendments being made to Industrial disputes Act.

State CITU secretary Y. Siddaiah, district secretary M. Srinivas and others participated. - Correspondent

One killed in road accident

VIZIANAGARAM: One person was killed and 14 labourers suffered injuries when two quarry lorries while overtaking each other collided and fell on either side of the road near Golapalem under Garividi police station limits at 4 a.m. on Monday. While Pitta Ramu (30) of Avanam village in Bhimili mandal died on way to K.G. Hospital, the other injured were being treated in the local Government hospital, according to Garividi SI

U. Thamma Rao. - Correspondent

Cloth traders' bandh on February1

Rajahmundry: The district cloth merchants association has decided to close their shops on February 1 in protest against levy of entry tax by the State Government and other demands, according to chairman of the association Bommana Rajakumar. - Staff Reporter

CITU protest

Rajahmundry: CITU workers staged dharna in front of Sub-Collector's office on Monday under the leadership of its district president T.S. Prakash. The workers staged dharna for about two hours and raised slogans against the Government, which reportedly failed to implement the labour acts.

In Kakinada too, workers owing allegiance to CITU-led unions staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate

-Staff Reporter

East Godavari tops

in FP operations

Kakinada: East Godavari district has been topping in family planning operations in the State and receiving the first prize during past three years in succession, according to S.S.C. Chakra Rao, District Medical and Health Officer.

He claimed that the district was also leading in receiving the budget incentives by performing family planning operations surpassing the targets in all the Primary Health Centres. - Correspondent

Traffic diversion

Kakinada: Sub-divisional Police Officer S. Baburao said that the traffic was being diverted in the city on different routes in view of the closure of the Railway gate at Perrajupet for urgent repairs till February 3.

Under the diversion notified, he said, all the buses, autos were being diverted from ZP centre via Fellowship centre, Sudha urology centre, night hotel junction, Kondaiahpalem railway gate, Srirama temple, Military road and Purushottam lodge centre to Bhanugudi and from there to RTC bus station complex.

Similarly, all the Rajahmundry non-stop buses are diverted from ADB road via Achampet junction, APSP centre .The Amalapuram non-stop buses, however are allowed to pass through fly over bridge, Bhanugudi junction and from there to RTC bus station complex.

- Staff Reporter

Mahila sangham protest

Kakinada: A group of women, claiming themselves to be sex workers, under the banner of Velugu Rekha Mahila Sangham, a registered body, staged a protest demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on Monday seeking protection to them from alleged police harassment. - Correspondent

Safety council

Hyderabad: The Factories Department, in association with National Safety Council, has organised competitions for schoolchildren, ITI, Polytechnic and Engineering College students and women in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts on Sunday. The competition was held at the Institution of Engineers, Khairatabad. The competition for students was on the theme `Safety - Health - Environment' while essay writing contest for women was on `Domestic Safety', according to a press release. Staff Reporter

Clothes distributed

WARANGAL: The Abhyudaya Seva Samiti, a non-governmental organisation, distributed clothes to the rehabilitated child labour studying in various bridge schools in Warangal town here. MLA B. Saraiah, senior Congress leader B. Prakash and Samiti president M. Parasuramulu and others were present. The speakers exhorted the people to strive to eradicate child labour from the society. In another programme, a AIDS awareness rally was taken out under aegis of Dalit Empowerment and Development Society (DEDS) near Warangal railway station. DEDS secretary I Brahma and others were present. Staff Reporter

Rally for awareness on leprosy

ADILABAD: A large number of school students in Adilabad took out a rally in town on Monday for spreading awareness on eradication of leprosy disease. The rally was organised by the Leprosy Control Department on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary. The rally converged into a public meeting where bed sheets and footwear were distributed to people with leprosy disease. Winners of essay competitions were given prizes. Municipal chairman Digambar Rao Patil was the chief guest while in-charge DMHO S. Narayan Reddy and District Leprosy Officer Samuel Sukumar attended. Staff Reporter

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