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ISRO congratulated

HYDERABAD: Governor Rameshwar Thakur congratulated ISRO scientists for the `spectacular success' of the launch of PSLV - 27 on Wednesday. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu also hailed ISRO's achievement. . - Special Correspondent

Passport: verification certificates sought

HYDERABAD: Applicants for passports under Tatkal scheme have been asked to submit verification certificates from competent authorities in duplicate. An official release said the applicants should indicate full name, designation and address of the certifying authority. - Special Correspondent

BJP demand on land distribution

HYDERABAD: State BJP president B. Dattatreya on Wednesday urged Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to convene an all-party meeting for overseeing the distribution of assigned land. In a letter to Dr. Reddy, he wanted all-party committees from mandal to State level to be set up. - Special Correspondent

`Ratha Sapthami'

Tirumala: The annual `Ratha Sapthami' ( Surya Jayanthi ) festival will be observed at Lord Venkateswara temple here on January 25. The processional deity of Lord Malayappaswamy will be brought out in a grand

procession on seven different vahanams. In connection with this the TTD has cancelled all arjitha sevas inside the temple. - Staff Reporter

`Girijan utsav'

HYDERABAD: The first-ever weeklong `Girijan utsav,' which began at Shilparamam here on Tuesday is to be replicated in Visakhapatnam by Ugadi, Tribal Welfare Minister D.S. Redya Naik has announced. He said the festival would later be organised in Tirupati. - Special Correspondent

CPI (M) on IIT

HYDERABAD: B.V. Raghavulu, State CPI (M) secretary, has suggested that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy reconsider the Government's decision on the location of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Medak district. In a letter to Dr. Reddy on Wednesday, he sought an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. - Special Correspondent

Decision on minority institutions hailed

HYDERABAD: The All-India Muslim Educational Society, headed by former Minister Bashiruddin Babukhan, has hailed the State Government's decision giving full freedom to minority institutions to admit only minorities, that too on the basis of merit. - Special Correspondent

Ryots protest against poor power supply

ANANTAPUR: Irate farmers vexed with erratic power supply even during the spells assured by the electricity officials laid a siege to the AP Transco sub-station at Yellanur in the district on Wednesday. They also locked up the officials for a couple of hours. They lamented that their crops and orchards were withering due to erratic power supply to the farm sector. - Staff Reporter

SI suspended

KADAPA: Badvel Urban Sub-Inspector Vinay Kumar Reddy has been placed under suspension for unduly delaying registration of a case on a recent group clash in Poolabavi street in Badvel town.

The court ordered an enquiry into the delay in booking the case. The SI was suspended following an enquiry by OSD of Kurnool Rajasekhar, who confirmed delay in registering the case. - Staff Reporter

Pongamia seed price enhanced

KURNOOL: The procurement price of Pongamia bio-diesel seed has been increased to Rs. 10-a-kg from Rs. 6, according to a press release issued by Vice-Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Oilseeds Growers Federation T. Radha. Unemployed youth were asked to come forward to raise plantations. - Staff Reporter

Red sanders seized

ANANTAPUR: The police seized a lorry-laden with red sanders during vehicle checking on Tadipatri-Gooty road near Bandarlapalli in the district on Wednesday. The illegal forest produce was being taken towards Gooty. The lorry driver and cleaner abandoned the vehicle at the checkpost. - Staff Reporter

Rs. 1.36 cr. released for pensions

KADAPA: Collector M.T. Krishna Babu said on Tuesday that Rs. 1.36 crores has been released for disbursing pension to 66,952 beneficiaries in Kadapa Municipal Corporation, six municipalities and 40 mandals for December.

Appointed to BJP national council

TIRUPATI: Mallarapu Venkata Subramanyam (M.V.S. Mani) of Tirupati has been appointed member of the BJP's National Council. A Dalit and PG from SV University, he took active part in all the agitations and programmes of the party. - Special Correspondent

Vijayashanti to call on fluorosis victims

NALGONDA: Talli Telangana founder Vijayashanti will visit some fluoride-affected villages in Marriguda and Nampally mandals on Thursday and interact with the villagers, according to Fluorosis Vimikthi Porata Samithi convener Kanchukatla Subhash. She would halt for the night at Rajapet thanda near Marriguda before leaving for Hyderabad. - Staff Reporter

Lifer for double murder

Sangareddy: The Judge of Fifth District and SC and ST Court D. Chiranjeevi Babu has sentenced R. Kistaiah of Raikode to life imprisonment besides levying a penalty of Rs. 10,000 for the murder of his sister Radhaboina Padma and her sister-in-law Golla Ranemma. According to a press release, the court delivered the judgment after hearing 20 witnesses. Kistaiah committed the double murder following a land dispute with his sister. - Staff Reporter

Executive engineer in ACB net

ADILABAD: An Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) team led by Karimnagar DSP M. Laxminarayana and Adilabad CI M. Kiran Kumar on Wednesday trapped Suddavagu project Deputy Executive Engineer Venkataramana while accepting illegal gratification from a sarpanch.

Funds released for teachers' pay

HYDERABAD: School Education Director P.Krishnaiah has issued orders releasing Rs.83 crores as grant for meeting the salary needs of aided and municipal teachers for the fourth quarter.

He also released Rs.25 crores as grants for the salaries of the non-teaching staff of Zilla Parishad high schools.

Stress on HIV awareness

Kakinada: AIDS is deadly but at the same time manageable like any other disease, according to Thota Narasimham MLA Jaggampet and DCC president. Participating as chief guest at the seminar on AIDS organised jointly by the Directorate of Filed publicity wing, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, ICDS project Peddapuram and District AIDS control society at P. Rayavaram village on Wednesday, he said creation of awareness was the only way to control the dreaded disease. - Correspondent

PDSU plea

Kakinada: The PDSU city unit at its meeting here on Wednesday with K Dharma Reddy in the chair expressed concern over erratic power supply and plight of students. It urged the authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply from four am to six am and 5 pm to 10 pm keeping in view the plight of students. - Correspondent

MLA offers shramadanam

VIZIANAGARAM: K. Veerabhadra Swamy, MLA, offered shramadanam and cleared garbage at Kataveedhi in the 6th ward here on Wednesday. He asked opposition leaders to either join him or offer shramadanam on their own. The ward councillor and others participated. - Correspondent

Restoration of

tank sought

Srikakulam: In a representation to the Joint Collector, Veerabrahmaiah, a number of villagers from Tallavalasa in Laveru mandal requested steps for restoration of a thoroughfare and village tank which was closed by a private person who had purchased lands there. - Special Correspondent

Interactive service

VIZIANAGARAM: Chairman and Managing Director of Eastern Power Distribution Company Praveen Prakash formally inaugurated the interactive information system through cable network for the benefit of power consumers here on Wednesday. - Correspondent

Lifer for killing father

ELURU: District judge K.V. Giridharan on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to Karri Venkanna Babu, 20, a resident of Jeelugumilli mandal, for killing his father Mukkaiah alias Tammaiah.

According to the prosecution, Mukkaiah was axed to death in January, 2006. - Staff Reporter

Two knocked down fatally

VIZIANAGARAM: Two unidentified persons and two buffaloes were knocked down fatally reportedly by an unidentified vehicle on Ramabhadrapuram-Salur Road under Salur town police station limits in the early hours of Wednesday. While one person was killed on the spot another died at K.G. Hospital in Visakhapatam where he was admitted by a constable on night patrolling, K. Sivunnaidu, head constable said. - Correspondent

Stress on HIV awareness

Kakinada: AIDS is deadly but at the same time manageable like any other disease, according to Thota Narasimham MLA Jaggampet and DCC president. Participating as chief guest at the seminar on AIDS organised jointly by the Directorate of Filed publicity wing, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, ICDS project Peddapuram and District AIDS control society at P. Rayavaram village on Wednesday, he said creation of awareness was the only way to control the dreaded disease.

MLA offers

shramadanam

VIZIANAGARAM: K. Veerabhadra Swamy, MLA, offered shramadanam and cleared garbage at Kataveedhi in the 6th ward here on Wednesday. He asked opposition leaders to either join him or offer shramadanam on their own for a clean town.

Two knocked down fatally

VIZIANAGARAM: Two unidentified persons and two buffaloes were knocked down fatally reportedly by an unidentified vehicle on Ramabhadrapuram-Salur Road under Salur town police station limits in the early hours of Wednesday. While one person was killed on the spot another died at K.G. Hospital, K. Sivunnaidu, head constable said. - Correspondent

Stress on HIV awareness

Kakinada: AIDS is deadly but at the same time manageable like any other disease, according to Thota Narasimham MLA Jaggampet and DCC president. Participating as chief guest at the seminar on AIDS organised jointly by the Directorate of Filed publicity wing, Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, ICDS project Peddapuram and District AIDS control society at P. Rayavaram village on Wednesday, he said creation of awareness was the only way to control the dreaded disease. - Correspondent

PDSU plea

Kakinada: The PDSU city unit at its meeting here on Wednesday with K Dharma Reddy in the chair expressed concern over erratic power supply and plight of students. It urged the authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply from four am to six am and 5 pm to 10 pm keeping in view the plight of students. - Correspondent

MLA offers

shramadanam

VIZIANAGARAM: K. Veerabhadra Swamy, MLA, offered shramadanam and cleared garbage at Kataveedhi in the 6th ward here on Wednesday. He asked opposition leaders to either join him or offer shramadanam on their own. The ward councillor and others participated. - Correspondent

Restoration of tank sought

Srikakulam: In a representation to the Joint Collector, Veerabrahmaiah, a number of villagers from Tallavalasa in Laveru mandal requested steps for restoration of a thoroughfare and village tank which was closed by a private person who had purchased lands there. - Special Correspondent

Interactive service

VIZIANAGARAM: Chairman and Managing Director of Eastern Power Distribution Company Praveen Prakash formally inaugurated the interactive information system through cable network for the benefit of power consumers here on Wednesday. - Correspondent

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