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Boy dies as egg gets stuck in gullet

ADILABAD: R. Shravan Kumar, a class VII student of Mallampet school in Kotapalli mandal on Tuesday, died after an egg got stuck in his gullet. According to information, Shravan had eaten the egg as part of the mid-day meal at school. The parents of the deceased have demanded compensation. - Staff Reporter

Death sentence

ADILABAD: Adilabad First Additional Sessions Judge D. Minni Dhanalaxmi on Tuesday sentenced N. Srinivas Goud of Dharmaram village of Jannaram mandal to death for murdering his wife Sarala. The latter was burnt alive by the accused on January 7, 2004 for failing to bring dowry. - Staff Reporter

Lovers' bodies found

Sangareddy: Bodies of lovers - Neerudi Manjula (16) and Chepuri Srinivas (22) - were found in a well at Brahmanapalli village of Toopran mandal on Tuesday. According to the police, parents on both sides had objected to their marriage. Though the police registered a case of suicide, they are also investigating other angles. - Staff Reporter

Celebration meets

HYDERABAD: The Congress-affiliated Andhra Pradesh MPTC Members Federation has resolved to hold district and State-level conventions between February 20 and 25 to celebrate the recent success of Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) members in resolution of their demands. - Special Correspondent

Exam on March 3

HYDERABAD: The written examination for post of junior assistant in the Board of Intermediate will be held on March 3 at nine centres, as notified earlier, according to an official release. Hall-tickets will be sent to the candidates shortly. - Special Correspondent

SSC valuation

HYDERABAD: School Education Director P. Krishnaiah on Tuesday agreed to a suggestion by the Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee of Teachers' Organisations to deploy secondary grade and grade-II pandits for SSC spot valuation. - Special Correspondent

Tribals kill man

KHAMMAM: A group of tribals killed one Veeraiah, 55, a man from their own community suspecting him of sorcery at Chagarapalli village of Velerpadu mandal on Tuesday. According to reports, the villagers hunted down Veeraiah with bows and arrows attributing the death of two ailing persons to his sorcery. - Staff Reporter

Genco projects

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Tuesday asked the Genco to race against time to complete its pipeline power projects. He held a meeting here to review the progress of these projects. - Special Correspondent

Workshop conducted

TIRUPATI: APIIC and APITCO conducted a workshop here on Monday to create awareness on the facilities for entrepreneurs who would come forward to set up base at Gajulamandyam Industrial Park. — Staff Reporter

SKU spot valuation

ANANTAPUR: Sri Krishnadevaraya University will conduct spot valuation of degree examinations at two more centres from the next academic year. The new centres will be the Government Degree Colleges at Hindupur and Nandyal. — Staff Reporter

Kotla's statue washed with milk

KURNOOL: Congress leaders led by DCC secretary M. Sudhakar Babu gave milk bath to the statue of Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy at Kodumur town in Kurnool district on Tuesday to symbolically purify the statue in the wake of criticism of Kotla family by MLA M. Sikhamani. — Special Correspondent

Homoeopathy camp

KADAPA: Some 600 persons were treated at a free Homoeopathic medical camp organised by the Lions Club and the Junior Doctors Association of Homoeopathy (JUDAH) at Kalakshetram and Queen Mary's school here on Monday. -Staff Reporter

YSR to visit Krishna district

VIJAYAWADA : Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will visit Krishna district on February 10 to participate in several programmes and development activities. He will arrive at Pallipalem of Kruthivennu mandal around 11.30 a.m., where he would inaugurate a bridge constructed across Upputeru. On arriving , Dr. Reddy will attend a programme to mark launch of adoption of small temples. - Staff Reporter

`Water health centre' to be opened

ELURU: Water Health India, an NGO, will launch a `water health centre' at Pedapadu in Eluru rural mandal on Wednesday at 9-30am.

Congress local MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao will inaugurate the centre while local MLA Maganti Venkateswara Rao, Tralance Addy, and President & Chief Executive Officer, Water Health International (WHI), Ashok Gadgil, will attend. - Staff Reporter

Woman, daughter charred to death

Kakinada: Two tribals -- Kakuri Lakshmamma, 26, and her two-year-old daughter Nandini -- were charred to death when the hut in which they were fast asleep caught fire due to sparks from oven in the tribal habitation of Chinthakarrapalem of Y. Ramavaram mandal in the wee hours of Tuesday. -Correspondent

CPI protests against price rise

Kakinada: People in large numbers, owing allegiance to the Kakinada area committee of the CPI, staged a rasta roko protesting against the spiralling prices at the Indrapalem locks centre here on Tuesday.

Earlier, led by CPI area secretary T. Madhu, the demonstrators took out a protest rally in the city. - Correspondent

Teacher's exhibit bags first prize

Kakinada: S.S. Bhavani, physical science teacher of Nehru convent school has bagged he first prize to the `teacher exhibit' at the five-day south zone educational and science fair held at Hubli in Karnataka.

Staff of the school complimented the teacher. - Correspondent

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