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EAMCET hall tickets

HYDERABAD: Hall tickets for students appearing for EAMCET-2007 have been despatched by post. Those who have not received hall tickets can log on to www.eamcet2007.org by entering the application number or registration and download the hall ticket. The downloaded hall ticket must be attested by a gazetted officer. - Special Correspondent

Info on ICET

HYDERABAD: ICET-2007 hall tickets have been despat-ched to the candidates. More information can be obtained from the Osmania University websites: www.osmania.ac.in, www.uceou.edu and http://202.63.117.101, according to the ICET Convenor D.N. Reddy. - Staff Reporter

Celestial ritual

TIRUMALA: The three-day annual Padmavati Parinayotsavam will be held from April 25. In connection with the festival, the temple management cancelled Arjitha sevas on all the three days. However, desirous devotees can take part in the annual fete on payment of Rs.5.000 on which five persons will be allowed. On the concluding day, the lord will be taken out on his celestial Garuda Vahanam. - Staff Reporter

Bank zonal manager

HYDERABAD: P.V. Raveendran has taken over as Zonal Manager, Central Bank of India, Hyderabad, in place of K.A. Somayajulu, who has been transferred to Chennai zone.

He has wide experience in the banking sector having worked in the country and abroad, after joining the bank in 1973 in Chandigarh, according to a release. - Special Correspondent

NGRI gets ISO nod

HYDERABAD: The NGRI has been awarded the ISO-9001:2000 certificate. The certificate is for basic and applied research, among others, for exploration of hydrocarbons, engineering geophysics, assessment and management of groundwater resources, etc.

It will be valid till January 29, 2010. - Special Correspondent

APCC's gesture

HYDERABAD: The APCC has decided to extend free legal aid to Dalits fighting atrocities against them.

A sub-committee of the APCC which met here on Tuesday decided to hold regional seminars to enlighten people about the provisions of law against such atrocities. - Special Correspondent

German firm's pact

HYDERABAD: Schott Solar GmbH, a Germany-based leading player in solar electricity business, has entered into an agreement with city-based Premier Solar, a module manufacturer.

Schott Solar will supply thin film raw plates from Jena in Germany to Premier Solar that will, in turn, convert them into several local customer products, according to Premier Solar MD C. Saluja. - Special Correspondent

Medicare expenses

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Teachers' Federation has appealed to the Government to double the medical expenses limit of retired employees to Rs.2 lakhs. K. Venugopal, president, and S.K. Zilani, general secretary, criticised the Government for limiting the expenses to Rs.1 lakh. - Special Correspondent

Temple ritual

TIRUPATI: `Maha samprokshanam' will be performed at Sri Kalyana Venkateswara temple in Chalapathy Padmavathipuram (opposite Padmavathi flour mill) on Renigunta road here for five days beginning April 19.

Tridandi Sri Ranga Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamy of Kakinada will grace the occasion and perform the purification ritual that makes the temple eligible to be thrown open to public. Programme details can be had from the founder trustee of the temple K. Ramakrishna Rao at 225 3545.— Staff Reporter

Mala Mahanadu

stages protest

KADAPA: Mala Mahanadu functionaries staged a dharna on Kadapa tahsildar's office premises on Tuesday demanding abolition of Madanmohan Poonj Commission to study SC classification in view of the Supreme Court striking down the classification.

Mala Mahanadu district president G.V. Ramana asked the Government to take over assigned lands and allot three acres of cultivable land to each SC family.— Staff Reporter

Auto driver murdered

NANDYAL: An autorickshaw driver Kishore (20) was stabbed to death at Government Degree College Grounds in Nandyal on Monday night. Old enmity was said to be the cause of the ghastly act. The police are investigating.— Special Correspondent

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