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13 teachers honoured

HYDERABAD: Thirteen teachers including one from Kadapa and two from Ranga Reddy district were honoured by the Citizen's Council of Andhra Pradesh, a voluntary organisation, on Tuesday to mark the 118th birth anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. - Special Correspondent

Radhakrishnan remembered

Hyderabad: The APCC celebrated the birth anniversary of former president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan at its headquarters here on Tuesday. PCC president K. Keshava Rao garlanded the portrait of Radhakrishnan and recalled his services to the nation. - Special Correspondent

Teachers flay State

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Teachers' Federation has expressed its displeasure over the postponement of the State-level teachers' felicitation programme organised by the Government on Tuesday. They criticised the administration for reducing the `gurupuja' ustav to a formality. The real tribute to teachers would be an attractive pay package and enhancing their social standing, the leaders stated. - Special Correspondent

Office bearers elected

HYDERABAD: Challa Venkateswara Prasad of Andhra Pradesh is the new president of the Travel Agents' Association of India (TAAI) for 2006-07. He was unanimously elected at the conclusion of the 55th convention of TAAI on Sunday. The other office-bearers are Rajinder Rai (vice-president), Shubada Joshi (secretary) and Sunil Kumar (treasurer). - Special Correspondent

Hostellers fall ill

ADILABAD: Sixty-two inmates of Left Pochampad girls hostel in Nirmal mandal took ill on Monday night following suspected food poisoning. According to reports, the girls complained of dysentery and vomiting after supper. - Staff Reporter

Naxals surrender

WARANGAL: Five naxals belonging to CPI (Maoist) and one from Prathighatana group surrendered before the police in the presence of Superintendent of Police M.S. Ravindra on Tuesday. - Staff Reporter

Yoga championship

HYDERABAD: The Warangal district unit of the State Yoga Association will conduct its 20th inter-district yoga championship from September 7 to 10 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Hanamkonda. The association can be contacted on phone no. 94401-91179 or 24605847 for details. - Special Correspondent

Court seeks report

HYDERABAD: A Division Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday called for a report regarding groundwater and availability of water to people around bottling plants of Cola companies. The case has been adjourned to October 9. - Legal Correspondent

Jagruti from Thursday

HYDERABAD: Home Minister K. Jana Reddy will inaugurate Jagruti, the first-ever workshop for spouses of police leaders in the State on Thursday. - Staff Reporter

Nominated to panel

NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh K.S. Rao has been nominated to be on the Lok Sabha Rules Committee. The Eluru MP has been nominated to the panel by Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. - Special Correspondent

Temple to stay closed

TIRUPATI: In view of the lunar eclipse on September 7, sevas and rituals in the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara have been either cancelled or rescheduled. According to a TTD communique, the temple will be closed from 6.30 p.m. on September 7 to 1.40 a.m. the next day. - Special Correspondent

Sirimanotsavam

schedule

VIZIANAGARAM: Sri Pydithalli Ammavari Devasthanam has announced the schedule for the annual Sirimanotsavam of the goddess.

According to temple executive officer Subba Lakshmi and chief priest B. Byragi Naidu, the jaatara will begin on October 9 with Tholellu celebrations and Sirimanotsavam on the following day.-Correspondent

Two die in road

accident

Srikakulam: Two persons, one of them an RMP, were killed on spot and another was injured when a lorry hit their two-wheeler in Kanchili mandal near Sompeta on Monday night.

- Special Correspondent

Rythu bazaar

to get facelift

Kakinada : The Rythu bazaar in the city would be modernised at a cost of Rs.10 lakhs and tenders are invited for execution of works, according to C. Sudersan Reddy Joint Collector. Addressing traders and officials here on Monday, he said, Rythu bazaar would be given a face-lift by improving the drainage system and renovation of the sheds. — Correspondent

Relief measures reviewed

Srikakulam : Minister for Marketing Botsa Satyanarayana would review relief and rehabilitation measures for flood victims in the mandals of G.Sigadam and Ponduru, forming part of Chipurupalli Assembly segment represented by the Minister, at MRO office in Ponduru on Wednesday.

RTC staff stage dharna

ELURU: Employees of APSRTC here on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the district Collectorate under the banner of APSRTC National Mazdoor Union in protest against the reported plans of the government to `weaken' the corporation.

They demanded the repeal of the controversial GO 94 which seeks to privatise a major chunk of RTC routes. They also expressed their protest against the proposal for a joint survey by the district Collector and the RTC top brass on viability of operating RTC buses on certain routes in terms of revenues.- Staff Reporter

Rythu bazaar

to get facelift

Kakinada : The Rythu bazaar in the city would be modernised at a cost of Rs.10 lakhs and tenders are invited for execution of works, according to C. Sudersan Reddy Joint Collector. Addressing traders and officials here on Monday, he said, Rythu bazaar would be given a face-lift by improving the drainage system and renovation of the sheds. He warned traders the administration would come down heavily on those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities. — Correspondent

Relief measures

reviewed

Srikakulam : Minister for Marketing Botsa Satyanarayana would review relief and rehabilitation measures for flood victims in the mandals of G.Sigadam and Ponduru, forming part of Chipurupalli Assembly segment represented by the Minister, at MRO office in Ponduru on Wednesday. The Minister would also provide compensation to the flood victims. — Special Correspondent

Medical camp

Kakinada: As many as 370 students of the two social welfare hostels in Ananda Nilayam along the Pithapuram road here were screened for various ailments and administered medicines at a medical camp organised by the Durga Somu Prasad Charitable Trust on Tuesday.

Participating as chief guest, Collector M. Subrahmanyam has complimented Somu Prasad, chairman of the trust, for donating the required medicines. - Correspondent

Trust's gesture

Kakinada: The St Paul's Trust, Samalkot, has distributed rice, dals, edible oil and blankets to over 300 families of the HIV-positive who were affected by the recent floods at a programme held here on Tuesday.

K.I. Jacob, chief of St Paul Trust, presided. - Correspondent

LLB counselling today

Tirupati: The Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) has asked women candidates, who have opted for 3-year/5-year LLB courses at its law department during the LAWCET-2006 counselling, to report Wednesday at the department premises with their allotment letters.

— Staff Reporter

LLB counselling today

Tirupati: The Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) has asked women candidates, who have opted for 3-year/5-year LLB courses during the LAWCET-2006 counselling, to report Wednesday at the department premises with their allotment letters.

Candidates seeking hostel accommodation will have to bring a DD for Rs. 3,000 towards caution deposit, drawn in favour of: The Registrar, SPMVV. — Staff Reporter

Free meditation training programme

TIRUPATI: The Institute of Sri Ramchandra Consciousness (Imperience) will be conducting a free training programme in Telugu on `Pranahuthi-aided meditation' at its premises on Kapila Theertham Road here on Saturday and Sunday. More information can be had on 0877-2230431 and www.sriramchandra.org. — Staff Reporter

Groundnut crop damaged

CHITTOOR: Groundnut sown on 74,000 hectares of land against normal crop area of 1.56 hectares in the district has been damaged due to the dry spell prevailing for the past 40 days, according to a survey conducted by teams comprising employees of agriculture, revenue and statistical departments, said Ramachandram, Joint Director, Agriculture, addressing a press conference here on Tuesday. — Correspondent

Boy killed in accident

NANDYAL: A 12-year-old schoolboy, Chandrasekhar, was run over by a tractor at Pedakottala near Nandyal on Tuesday. — Staff Reporter

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