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Schoolgirl delivers baby

VIZIANAGARAM: Bonela Sarada, a ninth class student of Social Welfare Residential School at Venugopalapuram in Nellimarla mandal delivered a baby girl at Gosha Hospital here around 10.30 p.m. on Thursday. According to the statement issued by her before Joint Collector M. Jaganmohan on Friday, she developed intimacy with her uncle's son R. Sanyasi of Krishnapuram, her native village. The Joint Collector warned the Principal of stringent action if such incidents recurred in future. - Correspondent

Teenager drowned

KADAPA: Seventeen-year-old Shaik Barkath was drowned in a marshy water pool in Mandavya river in Rayachoti on Friday. Six friends of the victim managed to swim to safety and informed boy's father Shaik Abdul Salam. - Staff Reporter

Official in ACB net

KARIMNAGAR: Anti-Corruption Bureau men trapped Karimnagar Joint Sub-Registrar Mohan Rao for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000 from a person for doing official favour on Friday. - Staff Reporter

MPDO suspended

ANANTAPUR: District Collector Y.V. Anuradha suspended MPDO of Chennekothapalli Mahabub Dowla on Friday on the charge of negligence of duties during a gram sabha held connection with Indiramma scheme at Pyadindi village. - Staff Reporter

120 sheep die in fire

VIZIANAGARAM: In all, 120 sheep perished when 25 thatched shelters caught fire at Gollapeta in Srugavarapukota panchayat on Friday afternoon. The cause of fire was not known. - Correspondent

`Go to villages' drive

KADAPA: `Chalo gaon ki ore' (Go to villages) campaign will be launched on March 5 to enlighten rural women on welfare schemes being implemented by the Government, Andhra Pradesh Mahila Commission Director Moole Saraswathi Devi said here on Friday. The campaign was being undertaken jointly by National Commission for Women and A.P. Mahila Commission and awareness would be spread among women by holding sadassus, she told a press conference here. - Staff Reporter

SCR cancels trains

HYDERABAD: The SCR on Friday announced the cancellation due to poor patronage of train no. 761 Aurangabad-Mysore special scheduled to leave Aurangabad on February 12 via Nanded, Secunderabad, Kurnool town and Dharmavaram and train no. 762 Mysore - Aurangabad special scheduled to leave on February 14. - Staff Reporter

Red sanders seized

Nellore: Forest officials of Venkatagiri range seized red sanders worth Rs. 3.50 lakhs. At Paravolu of Venkatagiri, they seized a van, which was allegedly being used to transport red sanders. The vehicle contained 25 logs, valued at Rs. 2.50 lakhs. They also seized red sanders worth Rs. 1 lakh from Velugonda forest of Dakkili mandal. - Staff Reporter

NCC cadets' exam

MADANAPALLE: The practical examination for NCC cadets will be conducted on February 11 at 11 a.m. at B.T. College grounds here, according to Senior NCC Officer N. Muralidhar Naidu. -Correspondent

Office-bearers

KURNOOL: The Pharmacists General Association has elected following office-bearers: M. Brahmaiah (president), M. Narayana (Secretary), G. Satyanarayana and A. Janardhan (vice-president), G. Prabhakar, Iftekar Ahmed (joint secretaries) and K. Krishna Murthy (treasurer). - Staff Reporter

Cash stolen from hundi

KURNOOL: An unidentified gang burgled Sri Kanakadurgamma temple by stealing the cash deposited in the hundi at Budhawarpet on Thursday night. According to reports, the gang broke open the hundi and took away the proceeds.

-Staff Reporter

BC Front yatra

KADAPA: BC United Front party will launch village-level chaitanya yatras from Kuppam in Chittoor district on February 20, its State general secretary A. Mallikarjuna said on Friday.

The yatra was aimed at arousing consciousness among backward classes and gear them up to fight for their rights, he told a press conference here.

-Staff Reporter

Mayor calls for blood donation

KADAPA: Kadapa Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy on Friday called upon people, students and voluntary organisations to donate blood with a humanistic approach.

Speaking after inaugurating a blood donation camp on Kadapa Municipal Corporation premises, he said blood donation would save lives of critically ill persons.

YSR for Vizianagaram on February 12

VIZIANAGARAM: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy is arriving here at 11 a.m. in connection with "Indiramma" gram sabha at Korlam village in Gantyada mandal on February 12. He will plant saplings at Lorlam and inaugurate Akshara Bharati Phase-II programme and 100 per cent electrification of the village— Correspondent

Youth league district meet

Kakinada: The Progressive Youth League (PYL) State unit general secretary M. Hanmesh has advised the youth to fight against the American imperialism and strive for a classless society free from exploitation. Inaugurating the fourth district conference of the PYL here on Friday, he alleged that the UPA Government at the Centre was taking decisions at the dictates of America and the economic policies were influenced by IMF and WTO. — Correspondent

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