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Union Minister opens blood bank

TIRUPATI: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi has inaugurated the Sri Venkata Sai Charitable Trust Blood Bank and Transfusion Centre in Tirupati. She said the trust would be doing justice to its existence only when it provided blood to as many poor and needy as possible. Among the other participants were the local MLA, M. Venkatramana, Director of the SVIMS superspecialities hospital, Dr. G. Subramanyam. - Special Correspondent

Mega ritual at Srisailam

KURNOOL: Mahakumbhabh-ishekam will be performed at Srisailam between April 8 and 13, according to Executive Officer S. Shivakumar. The mega ritual is being performed for seeking universal well-being. Sacred water from the Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Bhima, Kshetra, Chandrabhaga, Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri, Tungabhadra, Pennar and Swarnamukhi is procured for the ritual. - Staff Reporter

RTC official transferred

KURNOOL: Regional Manager of APSRTC M. Prabhakar Reddy has been transferred to Hyderabad as Chief Marketing Manager and P. Seshagiri Rao from Chittoor posted to Kurnool, according to a press note. - Staff Reporter

Health Supervisor in ACB net

HYDERABAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Thursday arrested a Health Supervisor working in S.V.R. Ruiya Government General Hospital at Tirupati, C.N.S. Raju, at his residence on charge of receiving Rs. 2,000 bribe from a complainant. He tested positive when subjected to a chemical test and was being produced before the Special Judge for ACB cases in Nellore, according to a press release. - Staff Reporter

Maoists kidnap 9

KHAMMAM: Nine Salva Judum activists were reportedly kidnapped by Maoists from Dondra village in Kunta sub-division of Chattisgarh. The village, 12 km away from Chintoor in Khammam district, was one of the strongholds of Maoists. - Staff Reporter

3 of family end lives

VIZIANAGARAM: A pushcart vendor Shiek Madina (35), along with his wife Ramalakshmi and three-and-a-half year-old son Naveen allegedly committed suicide at his rented residence in Bondaveedhi here, according to the One Town police. One reason for the extreme step could be the heavy debt the couple accumulated after taking money from a daily financier. - Correspondent

Support for SBI stir

KADAPA: Employees of other nationalised banks might go on strike expressing solidarity to striking SBI employees, All-India Bank Employees Association leader Murali said here on Thursday. - Staff Reporter

Pharma cultural meet

WARANGAL: The State pharma mega cultural meet `RECIPE 2K6' will be held on April 8 and 9 at the University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences on the Kakatiya University campus. Nearly 1,000 students from all over the State are expected to participate. - Staff Reporter

Cockfights: SIs warned

Kakinada: East Godavari SP V. Naveen Chand has instructed SIs to come down heavily on gambling, cockfights and recording dances warned them of departmental action in case of non-compliance of the orders. - Correspondent

Man electrocuted

Sangareddy: Migrant welder Elugondula Dhanunjayya (18) who volunteered to help decorate the temple for Ramanavami celebrations was electrocuted in Kowdipally on Thursday when the metal dhwajastambham fell on the nearby electric line. - Staff Reporter

150 sheep perish

Sangareddy: Drinking water from the pond during the hot summer day proved fatal for 150 sheep in Damarachervu village of Ramayampet mandal bordering Nizamabad on Thursday. - Staff Reporter

Ramanavami greetings

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has greeted people on the occasion of Sri Ramanavami on Friday. "Sri Rama will remain a symbol of justice, moral and human values forever," he said. . - Special Correspondent

Survey on 2-way line

Rajahmundry: Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation Managing Director Ravindranath and his team have taken up a fresh look into the proposed two-way road along with four-lane bridge which is going to come up between Kovvuru and Rajahmundry. The team on Thursday met Roads and Buildings Minister Jakkampudi Ramamohana Rao. Mr. Ravindranath explained about the old proposal, which would be taken up after a survey. - Staff Reporter

Major fire accident

NANDYAL: There was a major fire accident in a transport godown at Balaji Complex in Nandyal on Thursday. The loss was over Rs. 25 lakhs and short circuit was said to be the cause of the accident. - Staff Reporter

Women vent their ire

KURNOOL: Women, led by the CPI(M), staged a demonstration with empty pots at the panchayat office at Aspari in Kurnool on Thursday and later ransacked furniture. They complained that they have been facing water problem for the last three months. Officials promised to ensure supply through tankers. - Staff Reporter

STA reconstituted

HYDERABAD: The Government has reconstituted the State Transport Authority (STA) for two years with Special Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary as chairman, Transport Commissioner as member and Joint Transport Commissioner and Secretary, STA, as member-secretary. G. Nagi Reddy of Proddatur in Kadapa district and Taher Bin Hamdan of Sirikonda in Nizamabad have been roped in as non-official members. - Staff Reporter

Uproar over Collector's transfer

ADILABAD: A host of Dalit, BC, ST and minority organisations unitedly gave a call for Adilabad bandh on April 10 to pressure the State Government to stall the transfer of the Collector R. Subba Rao. There has been speculation in the press about the impending transfer.

At a press conference here, Dalit leaders Bharat Waghmare and Ratnazade Pragnya Kumar under the banner of SC, ST, BC, Minority Aikya Vedika said a Praja Pradarshana (public demonstration) would be held in the town on April 14.

Rama Navami celebrations

KARIMNAGAR: Sri Rama Navami, celestial wedding of Lord Rama and Sita, was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety in Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanams in the Vemulawada temple town and other Siva temples in the district on Thursday. Pilgrims thronged the temple town to witness the celebrations.

Ph.D awarded

WARANGAL: M Rajitha, assistant executive engineer of Panchayat Raj Department was awarded PhD by the National Institute Technology (NIT) for her thesis titled `Development of performance based design and appraisal of steel fibre placed in critical regions of rigid pavement.'

Rajitha is the first woman engineer of PR Department in the State to earn a doctorate. e.

Superspeciality medical camp

KARIMNAGAR: The Chandramma Memorial Trust in collaboration with the Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Nagunuru village of Karimnagar mandal, is organising a mega super speciality medical camp in the interior Konaraopeta mandal headquarters on Sunday.

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