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Chief Minister

clarifies on his age

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy is 57 years old and not 58.

Dr. Reddy himself clarified this at a press conference here on Monday when reporters offered him `best wishes on his 58th birthday'. Dr. Reddy said he turned 57.

Responding to a query why he had gone to Goa on his birthday, he said, "To avoid celebrations. Had I been here, it would have been a problem to me and others as well." Instead, he chose to spend time with family at Goa. - Special Correspondent

Parties flayed for

`attacking' SEC

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Revenue Services Association has termed `unfortunate' comments of some political parties on State Election Commission (SEC) regarding the gram panchayat poll notification.

In a statement here on Monday, K. Laxmaiah, president and others said instead of passing comments, political parties could have enrolled voters in advance, since revision of rolls was on since January 1 this year.

- Special Correspondent

YSR hopeful on

Muslim quota

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy is hopeful that something positive will come out on 5 per cent reservation for Muslims, from the full-bench hearing promised by the Supreme Court on the issue.

He told reporters here on Monday that seats in educational institutions reserved for Muslims could be protected for this academic year if the full-bench conducted the hearings speedily. If otherwise, they would face a problem. - Special Correspondent

Maoists gun down

Congress worker

ONGOLE: Maoists shot dead a Congress worker Kotla Nasara Reddy at Gangavaram village of Pullalacheruvu mandal in Prakasam district on Monday.

According to the police, four armed Maoists came to the house of Nasara Reddy at 6.30 a.m. They fired three rounds from close range at Nasara Reddy who was sitting in front of his house. He died on the spot.

The assailants were in the age group of 20-25 years and belong to Chandravanka dalam. They killed Nasara Reddy dubbing him a police informer. - Special Correspondent

ML parties to hold

protests on July 18

HYDERABAD: Six Marxist-Leninist parties on Monday called for Statewide demonstrations on July 18 against price rise, disinvestment and `privatisation' of some PSUs in the State.

Leaders M. Venkat Reddy (MCPI), D.V. Krishna (CPI-ML New Democracy), K. Sridhar (SUCI), N. Murthy (CPI-ML Liberation), I. Ramanna Goud (CPI-ML) and K. Venkateswara Rao (ML Committee) said the parties took the decision to resort to agitation at meeting here on Sunday under the chairmanship of M. Omkar of the MCPI, a statement said. - Special Correspondent

Congress bags

Vizianagarm ZP

VIZIANAGARAM: As expected Congress nominees Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi, ZPTC member from Gurla, and Gulipalli Sudershana Rao, ZPTC member from Komarada, were declared elected chairperson and vice-chairperson of Vizianagaram Zilla Parishad respectively in the elections held at ZP Conference hall here on Monday afternoon. - Correspondent

Two persons die as

Volvo bus overturns

ANANTAPUR: A passenger and driver of a private Volvo bus on its way to Bangalore from Hyderabad were killed and 20 others injured when the bus overturned near Gajarampalli village in Pamidi mandal on the NH-7 in the district in the wee hours of Monday. The driver reportedly was drowsy and shut his eyes for a split second. According to the police, the victims were identified as Vinod Roy (32), a passenger from Hyderabad and Ravindranath Tagore (40), bus driver from Bangalore. - Staff Reporter

Four Janasakthi

naxals held

Sangareddy: The Ramachandrapuram police raided Quarter 4073 MIG in BHEL and arrested four Janasakthi naxals, including Kunja Narsanna (45) alias Chinna Rajanna, a CPI (ML) State organising committee secretary. According to Ranjan Ratan Kumar, the RC Puram CI, the raid was conducted on Monday morning. Janasakthi den-keeper and AIFTU president Lade Mohan (57), his two sons L.Chandrasekhara Prasad and L.Uday, were also arrested. Police confiscated incriminating literature and explosives. - Staff Reporter

Success attributed to

Congress programmes

MAHABUBNAGAR: Speaking to mediapersons at the District Congress Committee office here on Monday, the newly-elected Zilla Parishad chairperson, K. Damodar Reddy, said that the Congress could wrest the ZP from the TDP after a gap of about 23 years because of the development and welfare programmes being implemented by the Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy Government. Earlier, a huge victory rally from the Zilla Parishad office to the District Congress committee office was taken out with bursting of crackers and beating of drums. - Correspondent

Three youth

killed in accident

NALGONDA: Three youngsters were killed when a lorry hit the auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling at Janakinagar stage at Chilukur on Monday.

According to police sources, S.Upender (23), K.Veerababu (23) and K.Prithvi (19), all students, sustained serious injuries when a coal-laden lorry hit their autorickshaw. While Upender died on the spot, Veerababu succumbed to injuries while being shifted to a hospital in Khammam. Inspector Prabhakar said that he had information that Prithvi also died at a hospital in Khammam. The students were on their way to Kodad from Chilukur to get their bus passes. - Staff Reporter

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