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Freak death for Sircilla DSP's gunman

KARIMNAGAR: Gunman of Sircilla DSP Potharaju was killed when his AK-47 went off accidentally while he was cleaning his weapon in Sircilla on Tuesday. While cleaning the weapon, his finger pressed the trigger and it went off, killing him instantaneously. He is survived with his wife and two children. - Staff Reporter

Foodgrains' seizure: 79 hoarders booked

HYDERABAD: Officials of the Civil Supplies Department have seized 85,435,17 quintals of foodgrains worth over Rs.18.85 crores following State-wide raids. Cases have been registered against 79 hoarders, according to Civil Supplies Commissioner G.N. Rao. . - Special Correspondent

Telugu Ganga water for textile park?

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has offered to supply water from Telugu Ganga canal and power supply from a dedicated 220 kV feeder to developers of SIMA textile park planned on a 400-acre site at Menakuru in Nellore district. - Special Correspondent

e-booking of coal

HYDERABAD: The SCCL will switch over to e-booking for sale of its coal from March in line with Central guidelines already being implemented by the Coal India Limited. The company is selling 90 per cent of its coal to major users like thermal power stations and cement units. Naidu's plea to Lalu

HYDERABAD: TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to ensure that Chennai-Mumbai train touches Tirupati, Puttaparthi, Kadiri and Madanapalli. In a letter to the Minister, he said these halts would be useful for thousands of pilgrims. - Special Correspondent

Teachers' protest

HYDERABAD: Members of the State Teachers' Union will stage demonstrations in all mandal headquarters on February 27 in protest against the Government's `indifference' to meeting the demands of 70,000 apprentice teachers, according to K. Narasimha Reddy, acting president, and A. Laxman, general secretary. - Special Correspondent

Technology award

HYDERABAD: IIT Kharagpur is inviting nominations for entries to Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology award. They will remain open till April 30. Nomination forms can be accessed on www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/nina.php and www.ninasaxena.com. They can be submitted to The Director, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal-721302 or email at director@iitkgp.ernet.in. - Staff Reporter

Office-bearers

HYDERABAD: T. Vijayalakshmi, president of the BJP women's wing, on Tuesday named State office-bearers with K. Rajakumari as general secretary. Others are: T. Indira, Ch. Hemalata, G. Padmaja Reddy and T. Adilakshmi (vice-presidents), C. Sarada, Leela Suresh, R. Mangatayaru, V. Vanita, V. Pushpalata (secretaries) and R. Lata alias Savitri (treasurer).

Four file papers

ANANTAPUR: Four more candidates filed their nomination papers to the Rayalaseema West graduates' constituency here on Tuesday. Of them, three are from Kurnool district and one from Anantapur. Rayalaseema West graduates' and teachers' constituencies comprise Anantapur, Kurnool and Kadapa districts. — Staff Reporter

Italian professor's lecture

KADAPA: Robert Tuberosa of University of Bologna, Italy, will deliver a lecture on `genetics and biotechnology for sustainable agriculture in drought-prone areas' at C.P. Brown Library here on February 21, according to a statement from Yogi Vemana University. — Staff Reporter

Culvert work begins

KADAPA: CPI(M) city leader M. Papi Reddy on Tuesday launched work on a culvert at Ramakrishna Nagar here with Rs. 1.50 lakhs granted from MPLADs by the party's Rajya Sabha member Penumalli Madhu. — Staff Reporter

Nine file nominations

KARIMNAGAR: Nine sets of nominations were filed by various candidates for the Legislative Council elections from the Karimnagar graduates, teachers and local bodies' constituencies on Tuesday .— Staff Reporter

Ex-gratia announced

KARIMNAGAR: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 25,000 to each of the bereaved families of powerloom weavers, who committed suicide in Sircilla during the period 1997 to 2004.— Staff Reporter

GFCL gesture

MAHABUBNAGAR: As part of its rural girl child education assistance programme, Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (GFCL) on Monday presented the final instalment of cash awards -- Rs. 1,000 to first rankers and Rs. 500 to second rankers -- to 60 girl students of class IX. ZP Chairperson K. Damodhar Reddy presented the awards. — Correspondent

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