Andhra Pradesh   

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Drug seizure: 2 held

NELLORE: The police have arrested two more persons in the illegal drugs case but the alleged kingpin continues to elude them. With this, the number of arrested persons has gone up to nine. The police sent the six packets of brown sugar and cocaine to the forensic laboratory in Hyderabad for examination.

Warden in ACB net

ANANTAPUR: Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths led by its Joint Director Suryaprakash Rao arrested House Welfare Officer (warden) of BC boys-1 hostel Ramachandra Reddy in his house here on Thursday on the charge of having assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. -Staff Reporter

Engineer suspended

KADAPA: District Collector M.T. Krishna Babu has suspended Subrahmanyam, Assistant Engineer of housing at Duvvur, on the charge of wilful neglect in clearing bills of a group of Indiramma housing beneficiaries at Narayanapalle in Duvvur mandal. - Staff Reporter

Appointed

HYDERABAD: S.N. Harish has been appointed Global Delivery Head of Nipuna Services Ltd, Satyam's BPO arm. Mr. Harish will be assigned to create centres of excellence across all delivery centres, according to a press release. - Special Correspondent

6-hour power cut

Sangareddy: Medak Central discom Superintending Engineer Ch. Ashok Reddy on Thursday said that six-hour power cut for the industrial sector would be implemented from Friday. The decision was taken to facilitate seven hours of power supply to agriculture in two shifts. - Staff Reporter

Drip irrigation

HYDERABAD: Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy on Thursday said that drip and sprinkler irrigation would be taken up on three lakh acres in 2007-08. Mr. Reddy at a meeting approved the action plan for micro irrigation to bring 2.25 lakh acres under drip and 75,000 acres under sprinkler irrigation. Special Correspondent

REC's term loan

HYDERABAD: The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a public sector enterprise, has extended a record Rs. 1,384-crore term loan to Andhra Pradesh power utilities in the last financial year. It has funded Rs. 1,870 crores in the southern zone which is a record in the last 30 years, according to a release here. - Special Correspondent

Pensioners' body

leader passes away

Kakinada: K Durrani, president of the district unit of the Andhra Pradesh Government Retired Employees' Association and also president of the Hindu, Muslim, Christian Samakhya, passed away at his residence on Wednesday night following brief illness.

He was 79 and is survived by seven sons and three daughters. -Correspondent

Special fund for

Vysya students

Kakinada: The district Arya Vysya Maha Sabha has decided to constitute a special fund initially with Rs.10 lakhs for promotion of education among wards of the community.

At a press conference here on Thursday, sabha zonal chairman Vadakattu Nagababu, mandal unit president Gullapudi Babji, Adarsa Educational Institutions chairman Vobilisetti Kanakaraju said that the educational fund would be utilised for meeting the educational needs of poor Vysya students.

Bandh observed at Garividi

VIZIANAGARAM: Traders and mass organisations under the aegis of TDP observed bandh at Garividi on Thursday in protest against incompletion of rail over bridge. Traders closed shops. They also stopped a goods train for five minutes at the railway level-crossing and organised rasta roko there for about 30 minutes. - Correspondent

Seminar on MBA

RAJAHMUNDRY: Visu International Limited will organise a free seminar on `MBA as a career' and `How to crack ICET and MAT' at their office in Kilari Enclave, HDFC Bank building in Danavaipeta from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday.

The highlights of the seminar include 25 mock ICETs, doubt solving sessions and special attention for non Mathematics students. Study material will also be provided at the programme. - Staff Reporter

Fruits distributed among patients

Kakinada: Fruits and breads have been distributed to the patients in the Government General Hospital here on Thursday under the auspices of Pastor Kasi Balaiah president Rashtreeya Christava Parishad Godavari districts unit. Hospital superintendent Suryakumari has complimented the Parishad for the gesture. - Correspondent

Man dies of snakebite

Kakinada: An agricultural labourer-Thumpalla Rajamma (53) died of snakebite while working in the paddy fields in Vemulapalli village under Mandapet police station limits on Thursday. - Correspondent

Not going to quit,

says Deputy Mayor

Kakinada: D eputy Mayor Arigela Srinivas Bunny clarified at a press conference on Thursday that he had no intention of resigning. He said it was natural that differences of opinion were there in every political party. He said he was trying to project united image for the Congress in the Corporation by solving problems. - Correspondent

New office building

KHAMMAM: The CPI (M) Khammam district unit will shift its office to a new building on Friday. The building named Sundarayya Bhavanam will be inaugurated by party State secretary B.V. Raghavulu.

BSNL staff for wage revision

Sangareddy: BSNL Employees Union Medak district branch, in a press release here on Thursday demanded the Union Government initiate the process of discussions for the seventh wage revision board. The union warned the Government of launching an agitation if wage revision was not taken up.-Staff reporter

Palle Nidra from Kangti

Sangareddy: Medak Collector B.Venkatesam will begin the Palle Nidra programme from Kangti on Friday. In a press release here, he asked the other officers to plan their stay only at the gram panchayat, hostel, school or SC ST habitations during their camp in the villages. The officers on Palle Nidra are also supposed to utilise their time in understanding problems of the community by staying close to their natural habitation.-Staff Reporter

BMS meet at Kagaznagar

ADILABAD: The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has convened a national-level meeting at Kagaznagar on March 8 to discuss privatisation of RTC and other issues facing the corporation. BMS central secretary K. Laxma Reddy and other important leaders are likely to attend the meeting, according to Jilkari Pochaiah, district vice-president of BMS and its working president at the Sirpur Paper Mills.-Staff Reporter

SIs' transfers

SANGAREDDY: Medak Superintendent of Police R.B.Naik with the approval of Nizamabad range DIG Anjani Kumar has ordered the transfer of seven Sub-Inspectors. Viswaprasad of DSB headquarters to Patancheru, Md. Shafiuddin of Patancheru to Rajagopalpet, Nagaiah of Rajagopalpet to Siddipet One-town, Ch. Shankar Reddy from Siddipet One-town to Medak town, Nandiswar Reddy of Medak town to Ramayampet, T. Ashok Kumar of Ramayampet to Munipalli and N. Ravi of Munipalli to DSB Sangareddy.-Staff Reporter

Pensioners' body

leader passes away

Kakinada: K Durrani, president of the district unit of the Andhra Pradesh Government Retired Employees' Association and also president of the Hindu, Muslim, Christian Samakhya, passed away at his residence on Wednesday night following brief illness.

He was 79 and is survived by seven sons and three daughters. -Correspondent

Special fund for

Vysya students

Kakinada: The district Arya Vysya Maha Sabha has decided to constitute a special fund initially with Rs.10 lakhs for promotion of education among wards of the community.

At a press conference here on Thursday, sabha zonal chairman Vadakattu Nagababu, mandal unit president Gullapudi Babji, Adarsa Educational Institutions chairman Vobilisetti Kanakaraju said that the educational fund would be utilised for meeting the educational needs of poor Vysya students.

Bandh observed at Garividi

VIZIANAGARAM: Traders and mass organisations under the aegis of TDP observed bandh at Garividi on Thursday in protest against incompletion of rail over bridge. Traders closed shops. They also stopped a goods train for five minutes at the railway level-crossing and organised rasta roko there for about 30 minutes. - Correspondent

Seminar on MBA

RAJAHMUNDRY: Visu International Limited will organise a free seminar on `MBA as a career' and `How to crack ICET and MAT' at their office in Kilari Enclave, HDFC Bank building in Danavaipeta from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday.

The highlights of the seminar include 25 mock ICETs, doubt solving sessions and special attention for non Mathematics students. Study material will also be provided at the programme. - Staff Reporter

Fruits distributed among patients

Kakinada: Fruits and breads have been distributed to the patients in the Government General Hospital here on Thursday under the auspices of Pastor Kasi Balaiah president Rashtreeya Christava Parishad Godavari districts unit. Hospital superintendent Suryakumari has complimented the Parishad for the gesture. - Correspondent

Man dies of snakebite

Kakinada: An agricultural labourer-Thumpalla Rajamma (53) died of snakebite while working in the paddy fields in Vemulapalli village under Mandapet police station limits on Thursday. - Correspondent

Not going to quit,

says Deputy Mayor

Kakinada: D eputy Mayor Arigela Srinivas Bunny clarified at a press conference on Thursday that he had no intention of resigning. He said it was natural that differences of opinion were there in every political party. He said he was trying to project united image for the Congress in the Corporation by solving problems. - Correspondent

New office building

KHAMMAM: The CPI (M) Khammam district unit will shift its office to a new building on Friday. The building named Sundarayya Bhavanam will be inaugurated by party State secretary B.V. Raghavulu.

Pensioners' leader

passes away

Kakinada: K Durrani, president of the district unit of the Andhra Pradesh Government Retired Employees' Association and also president of the Hindu, Muslim, Christian Samakhya, passed away at his residence on Wednesday night following brief illness.

He was 79 and is survived by seven sons and three daughters. -Correspondent

Special fund for

Vysya students

Kakinada: The district Arya Vysya Maha Sabha has decided to constitute a special fund initially with Rs.10 lakhs for promotion of education among wards of the community.

At a press conference here on Thursday, sabha zonal chairman Vadakattu Nagababu, mandal unit president Gullapudi Babji, Adarsa Educational Institutions chairman Vobilisetti Kanakaraju said that the educational fund would be utilised for meeting the educational needs of poor Vysya students.

Bandh observed

VIZIANAGARAM: Traders and mass organisations under the aegis of TDP observed bandh at Garividi on Thursday in protest against incompletion of rail over bridge. Traders closed shops. They also stopped a goods train for five minutes at the railway level-crossing and organised rasta roko there for about 30 minutes. - Correspondent

Free seminar

RAJAHMUNDRY: Visu International Limited will organise a free seminar on `MBA as a career' and `How to crack ICET and MAT' at their office in Kilari Enclave, HDFC Bank building in Danavaipeta from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday.

The highlights of the seminar include 25 mock ICETs, doubt solving sessions and special attention for non Mathematics students. Study material will also be provided at the programme. - Staff Reporter

Fruits distributed

Kakinada: Fruits and breads have been distributed to the patients in the Government General Hospital here on Thursday under the auspices of Pastor Kasi Balaiah president Rashtreeya Christava Parishad Godavari districts unit. Hospital superintendent Suryakumari has complimented the Parishad for the gesture. - Correspondent

Man dies of snakebite

Kakinada: An agricultural labourer-Thumpalla Rajamma (53) died of snakebite while working in the paddy fields in Vemulapalli village under Mandapet police station limits on Thursday. - Correspondent

Three-year-old boy knocked down

KADAPA: A three-year-old boy Babul Reddy was crushed to death under a tractor in Reddivaripalle village in Lakkireddipalle mandal on Thursday. Tractor driver Nagaraju was arrested for negligent driving, Lakkireddipalle sub-inspector Ramanjulu Naik said. - Staff Reporter

Three hurt in

group clash

KADAPA: Three persons sustained injuries when rival Congress and TDP members clashed in Pagidela village in Rajupalem mandal following a minor dispute. Congressmen allegedly attacked TDP members with hunting sickles after the latter removed boulders that blocked a pathway, according to the police. The injured were identified as Jayarami Reddy, Narayana Reddy and Rajeswaramma. They were admitted to the Government Hospital at Proddatur.

Rajupalem SI Ramachandra Reddy registered cases against 24 Congress activists and three TDP members. - Staff Reporter

Posters released

KURNOOL: President of Invitation Committee of Medical Representatives State meet K.J. Reddy, Secretary B.L.N. Sarma and other office-bearers released the posters of the meet here on Thursday. The leaders Srikanth, Venkat, Arif and others were present. - Special Correspondent

Rich tributes paid

to former MLC

KADAPA: Ricih tributes were paid to former MLC Veena Vijayarama Raju. He was regarded as pioneer of teachers' movement, Rayalaseema West (Teachers) MLC P. Subba Reddy said on Thursday. The former MLC was one of the founders of State Teachers Union, he said in a meeting to mark the former's seventh death anniversary. He described Vijayarama Raju as a humble person who and strived for ideals he believed in. - Staff Reporter

CAT card to cost Rs.20 less

Tirupati: As part of the `customer satisfaction fortnight' celebrations that began here on Thursday, the APSRTC management has reduced the price of the CAT card from Rs.200 to Rs.180. S. Dharma Reddy, Regional Manager, Tirupati, has appealed to the commuters to make use of the offer. — Staff Reporter .

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