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YSR greets people on Holi

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has greeted people on the occasion of Holi on March 15.

In a message on Tuesday he said the festival of colours symbolised universal love and hoped that it would bring cheer and prosperity to them. — Special correspondent

Sale of LAWCET forms

HYDERABAD: LAWCET-2006 application forms for both three-year and five-year courses are being sold at e-Seva centres in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Anantapur, Warangal, Tirupati, Guntur and the Twin Cities. The LAWCET-2006 examination is scheduled for June 3. Last date for sale of applications, each costing Rs. 250, is April 15.— Special Correspondent

BCs against fee hike HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Backward Classes Welfare Association has threatened to launch an agitation if engineering college fees were increased to Rs. 35,000 a year from Rs. 22,000.

In a statement here on Tuesday, R. Krishnaiah, president, said if the fee hike would deprive poor and middle class students of engineering studies as they were already facing difficulties in remitting the amounts. — Special Correspondent

CIMAP training

HYDERABAD: The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Boduppal, near here will conduct a three-day training programme from March 16 on "agri business opportunities on important medicinal and aromatic plants". It will be held at the resource centre.

Open to all, the programme can accommodate about 70 persons, a press release said on Tuesday. For registration CIMAP (Tel. 27202602, 27201131) could be contacted.— Special Correspondent

Three children drowned in tank

MADANAPALLE: Three children -- J. Harishkumar Reddy (13) G. Aruna (11) and V. Silpa (8) of Kothapalle of Valmikipuram were drowned in a tank Kothacheruvu nearby Narayanapalle after they got into it on Monday. They were rearing sheep. .— Correspondent

UPSC list out

HYDERABAD: The Union Public Service Commission has announced the roll numbers of candidates who have qualified for interview on the basis of the results of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2005 for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other Central Services Group `A' and Group `B'. The Commission has decided to commence the personality test of the qualified candidates from April 3. The results are displayed at the office of Press Information Bureau, behind Hotel Ayodhya, Lakdi-ka-pool, and also on the website http://pib.nic.in. - Staff Reporter

Talks postponed

HYDERABAD: Discussions between Singareni Collieries workers' organisations and the management with Labour Department officials on Tuesday, in the light of the proposed strike, were postponed to March 20, after discussing 14 demands. The organisations have served notice on the management to go on strike from March 22. - Special Correspondent

Fake naxal held

ELURU: The city police on Tuesday arrested a self-styled naxalite Merla Nagarjuna of Naguladevulapadu in Pedavegi mandal of West Godavari district. According to Superintendent of Police M. Jaganmohan Reddy, the accused had made letterheads in the name of `RK Group' and was allegedly indulging in extortion under the name of CPI (Maoists). Staff Reporter

Rare idols confiscated

GUNTUR: The Guntur district police confiscated three idols of Bhoodevi, Lord Rama and Lakshmana estimated to be 100 years old in the city on Tuesday. While the Bhoodevi idol is made of panchaloha, the other two are made of other metals, Superintendent of Police B. Sivadhar Reddy has said. The three idols were

estimated to cost Rs. 40 lakhs in the international market. - Staff Reporter

Standing commitee

KURNOOL: The Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation was constituted on Monday. Adenna, Venkata Swamy, Sudha, Sai Mahesh of Congress and Ramudu of CPI(M) were elected to the panel. Sriramulu was named floor leader of the Congress. - Staff Reporter

Book released

TIRUPATI: `Seema Bharatham' written by litterateur and specialist in Rayalaseema folklore Pulikanti Krishna Reddy was released on Sunday. TUDA chairman B. Karunakar Reddy released the book. - Staff Reporter

Dharna by councillor

Madanapalle: Councillor of Madanapalle Municipality Sahajeevan Babu on Monday staged a dharna in front of the town bank seeking house tap connections in the Municipality at Rs. 1,200 each. - Correspondent

Free medical camp

Kurnool: The Municipal Corporation will run free medical camps at all wards between March 15 and 19 in view of outbreak of chikungunya in some parts of the city. - Staff Reporter

Martial arts meet winners

Kakinada: Deputy Mayor Arigela Srinivasarao Bunny presented the awards to the winners of Second AP state Martial Arts Open Meet competitions held under the auspices of the Dragon Fist Kung-Fu and Gymnastics Institute here on Tuesday. Chodipalli Venkata Satya Prasad presided. Nulukurti Srinivas, tournament organiser, welcomed the gathering. While Arigela Nookaraju presented the awards to winners of Black Belt, Patri Siddardhi gave away prizes to the winners of Brown Belt and J. Vijayakumar to the Green and Blue Belt victors. Correspondent

GAIL veterinary camp

Rajahmundry: The GAIL (India) conducted another veterinary camp, fifth in row, in Allavaram of Konaseema area on Monday. Narendra Kumar, deputy general manager of GAIL, who inaugurated the camp, said their company, as part of Corporate Social Responsibility, was conducting these veterinary camps through Godavari Association of Embryo Transfer in Cattle, Rajahmundry.

He said that the other four camps conducted in the district were successful. B. Jagdish Rao, General Manger of GSK and doctor A.V. Narasimha Rao, president of GAETIC society participated in the camp. - Staff Reporter

School students' gesture

Kakinada: Students and teachers of Gowtham Model School here have donated Rs.51,000 for the welfare of the aged people. Principal N S Rao presided. Chief guest Somu Prasad handed over the cheque to Helpage India representative K S Vinod Kumar at a function held at the school on Tuesday. - Correspondent

187 grievances received

Srikakulam: More than 50 women from Hayathinagar in the town gave a complaint to the authorities at the grievances cell at the collectorate on Monday, alleging that ration articles were not being supplied at the FP shops. In all 187 grievances were received by the authorities.

Special Correspondent

Cases booked against three youths

Srikakulam: Cases of harassment were booked against three youths -- B.Kiran and A.Bhaskara Reddy of Hayathinagar and Venkatesh of Prakashnagar colony in the town -- on Tuesday. According to Superintendent of Police, A.S.Gurappa, reports of eve-teasing were being received from Srikakulam, Narasannapeta, Kasibugga and Tekkali, Mr.Gurappa said, exhorting girls to report such incidents to the nearest police station or crime stopper or police control room. The name of the complainant would not be revealed, he said, asserting that all cases of eve-teasing would be monitored by him personally. - Special Correspondent

GAIL veterinary camp

Rajahmundry: The GAIL (India) conducted a veterinary camp, fifth in row, in Allavaram of Konaseema on Monday. Narendra Kumar, deputy general manager of GAIL, inaugurated the camp. - Staff Reporter

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