Date:02/09/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/02/stories/2005090210370400.htm

Teachers' union seeks revised schedule

HYDERABAD: State Teachers' Union, Andhra Pradesh (STUAP), has urged the Government to issue a revised schedule for transfers, promotions and recruitment of teachers.

In a statement here on Thursday, the STUAP president P.Subba Reddy and general secretary A. Anantharumulu, said that they had represented to the State Election Commissioner A.V.S. Reddy that municipal elections were not an impediment and that the schedule which was issued before the notification should be implemented.

-Special Correspondent

SEC amends

notification

HYDERABAD: The State Election Commission amended the notification issued earlier and added Janata Party with the symbol Haldhar within wheel to the list of political parties notified for municipal elections, according to an official press release issued here on Thursday. - Special Correspondent

Drama festival from January 18

ONGOLE: NTR Kala parishad will hold its seventh State-level annual drama festival at Ongole from January 18 in three categories--Pauranika

padyanatakam, social play and social playlet.

Entries should reach Gandla Venkatarao, office in-charge, NTR kalaparishad, Tata buildings, Ongole - 523001 by October 31.

- Special Correspondent

- Staff Reporter

VSP achieves record

sales turnover

VISAKHAPATNAM: Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) has created a record by achieving a sales turnover of Rs. 985 crores -- the highest ever for any August month since its inception.

According to a press release by VSP the plant registered a growth of 63 per cent over Rs. 601 crore-turnover during the corresponding period of last year. With this, the cumulative sales turnover between April-August 2005 zoomed to Rs. 2,946 crores, a growth of 8.75 per cent over the corresponding period of last year. - Staff Reporter

Plea to fight civic

polls unitedly

Hyderabad: K. Narasimha Reddy, president of the Janata Dal (United), Telangana unit, and P. Janardhan Reddy, its national executive member, in a statement here on Thursday appealed to the socialists and protagonists of Telangana to unitedly fight the municipal elections.

- Special Correspondent

Congress activist

done to death

NALGONDA: A Congress activist, Bachhu Venkateswarlu (45), was hacked to death by his rivals at Karivirala Kothagudem in Tungaturthy mandal on Thursday, according to the Suryapet DSP, Ashok Reddy.

- Staff Reporter

Counselling for

ANGRAU courses

HYDERABAD: Counselling for admission into under-graduate courses of B.V.SC &AH, B.Sc (Ag), B.Sc (Hort), B.F.Sc, B.Sc. (CABM) and B.Tech (Food Science) of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) under defence quota will be held on Thursday and under physically handicapped quota on Friday at the college of Home Science in Saifabad.

- Staff Reporter

Janashakti naxalite

surrenders

KHAMMAM: Sujatakka alias Saggani Sammakka, dalam commander of the CPI (ML Janashakti) surrendered before the police in Manuguru on Thursday.

-Staff Reporter

Moderate rain

forecast

HYDERABAD: There was rain at a few places in Coastal Andhra on Thursday and it was isolated in Telangana and Rayalaseema.

Kavali recorded a rainfall of 4 cm; Nagarjunasagar, Rajahmundry 3 cm each; and Atchampet and Dummagudem 2 cm each.

The weather forecast for Friday is that light to moderate rain is likely at a few places in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Rain would be isolated in Telangana. - Special Correspondent

Janata Dal (S) to contest 14 seats

KADAPA: Janata Dal (Secular) will contest 14 corporator seats in Kadapa Municipal Corporation its district President, K. Subbarayudu Achari, said on Thursday. The party would also contest from two wards each in Rajampet and Pulivendula municipalities and one each in Proddatur, Rayachoti and Jammalamadugu, he told the district committee meeting here. Party candidates would file nominations on September 4 and 5 and undertake canvassing from September 7, he said.- Staff Reporter

Inter-caste marriage

performed in Kadapa

KADAPA: Inter-Caste Couples Association on Thursday performed inter-caste marriage of a railway employee of Gooty, O. Sardar Vali, with a Scheduled Caste girl, Kamala, at the DRDA meeting hall here. The AIR in charge Station Director S. Vijayasarathi, Deputy Director of Social Welfare R. Venugopala Rao and ED of SC Corporation M. Revathi and others blessed the couple.

Workshop on

nutritious diet held

KURNOOL: The Project Director of Indira Kranti Pathakam (IKP) Wilson Babu asked the ICDS and anganwadi workers to educate the poor to prepare nutritious diet. Addressing a meeting after inaugurating a workshop here on Thursday, he said 55 per cent of children were suffering from malnutrition in society. The Head of community medicine, Niranjan Paul, said majority of women in rural areas were suffering from malnutrition. The PD, Women and Child Welfare, Nirmala, and others were present.- Staff Reporter

Seven held for

various offences

Nellore: Around seven persons were arrested by district police on Thursday in connection with various offences.

While at Kuditipalli village of Manubolu mandal, two persons were rounded up in connection with a clash, at Jagadevipet area of Indukurpet mandal, one person was taken into custody for allegedly harassing a woman.

Probe ordered into alleged rape of tribal

ADILABAD: The Adilabad Superintendent of Police Kripanand Tripathi Ujela on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the alleged gang rape of a Gond tribal from Dandepalli mandal. He assured a group of tribal organisations of arresting the seven persons allegedly involved in the incident if they were found to be guilty prima facie. The girl, who was also presented before the SP, belongs to Mukhasiguda. Tribal organisations demanded Rs. 5 lakhs compensation, a Government job and 5 acres of land to the victim. The tribal leaders also met the district Collector R. Subba Rao.

LIC to organise

golden jubilee fete

WARANGAL: Commemorating the golden jubilee year, the Divisonal Office of LIC of India launched week-long celebrations here on Thursday. District & Session Judge G. S. Basha inaugurated the celebrations. Senior divisional manager P. Subbarami Reddy said flag hoisting, oath by employees, quiz competition, cycle rally, tree plantation, blood donation camp, a survey on public perception about LIC and others form part of the celebrations.- Staff Reporter

Hindi fortnight

celebrations at NTPC

KARIMNAGAR: The NTPC, Ramagundam is celebrating Hindi fortnight from September 1 to 14 at its township. At the inaugural function, the general manager, I. B. Pandey, urged employees to use Hindi in all official dealings. He said that the use of Hindi would promote unity in diversity.

In order to promote Hindi, the NTPC has decided to conduct various competitions for the employees and their families. - Staff Reporter

Janashakti member

surrenders

NALGONDA: The Zonal Committee member of Janashakti, Allavula Veeramallu alias Shyam reportedly surrendered before the Superintendent of Police Bhagwat here on Thursday.

Shyam, who hailed from Kokkireni village of Munagal mandal, joined the Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU) in 1994.

Safety awareness

campaign

KARIMNAGAR: NTPC, Ramagundam, has launched an intensive safety awareness campaign to educate employees to wear personal protective equipment such as safety shoes, safety belts, etc, at work place. A campaign has also been launched on wearing helmets while riding two-wheelers, according to the General Manager, I.B. Pandey.

-Staff Reporter

Chronic TB patient jumps to death

Kakinada: Chronic TB patient Thota Apparao (31) allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a dried up well in Kummarilova village of Tuni rural mandal in the wee hours of Thursday. He received multiple fractures and died instantaneously. The Tuni rural police retrieved the body and sent for a post-mortem. A case is registered. - Correspondent

Housing corporation official in ACB net

HYDERABAD: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested K. Rambabu, Work Inspector working in the Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation, Sithanagaram, Vizianagaram, on the charge of accepting Rs.1,000 bribe from a person to do an official favour. He allegedly demanded the bribe to identify a beneficiary in the bank to get an amount of Rs.10,000 released for construction of a house under the rural permanent housing scheme. He was arrested, according to a press release here. - Staff Reporter

Congress MLA's son files papers

Srikakulam: Boddepalli Ramesh, son of Congress MLA Boddepalli Sathyavathi, was among the candidates who filed their nominations for the post of ward member in Amadalalvalasa Municipality on Thursday. In all, 16 candidates filed their nominations. The break-up is: Srikakulam-six, Amadalalvalasa - eight and Itchapuram-two. - Special Correspondent

22 nominations filed

for civic polls

Kakinada: A total of 22 candidates filed their papers on the first day of the nominations for the Kakinada Municipal Corporation on Thursday. Of them, 11 were from the Congress, one from the BJP and 10 Independents. - Correspondent

Hindi fortnight celebrations launched

VISAKHAPATNAM: Hindi Fortnight celebrations for 2005-06 were inaugurated at the Eastern Naval Command by Command Engineering Officer S.S. Lal. He stressed the need for increased use of Hindi in office correspondence. Senior Rajbhasha Officer of HPCL T. Mahadev Rao was the special invitee. Command Hindi Liaison Officer S. Sridhar detailed the steps being taken to promote Hindi. Various competitions and workshops will be conducted during the fortnight. - Staff Reporter

Convention on Polavaram project

ELURU: The Andhra Pradesh Rytu Coolie Sangham will organise a convention on "The Polavaram Project-problems and alternatives" at YMHA Hall here on Thursday at 11 a.m., according to its spokesperson, M.S. Nagaraju. M. Dharma Rao, a retired chief engineer in the Irrigation Department, will deliver the keynote address while Yerneni Nagendranath of Rytanga Samakhya, Kolli Nageswara Rao of the CPI-affiliated Andhra Pradesh Rytu Sangham and his CPI-M counterpart, Sarampalli Malla Reddy, will speak. - Staff Reporter

World Coconut Day today

ELURU: The World Coconut Day will be observed at IADP Hall here on Friday under the aegis of the Coconut Development Board. Anil Punita, Commissioner, Department of Horticulture, will attend the programme. The Commissioner will hold a technical session on promotion of coconut in this connection. - Staff Reporter

Filing of nominations

ELURU: Filing of nominations began on Thursday on a sluggish note in West Godavari district with 23 nominations filed in various municipalities and Eluru Municipal Corporation (EMC). Eight nominations were filed in the EMC while nine in Bhimavaram, two in Narsapur, three in Tanuku and one in Palacole. Of the seven municipalities and one municipal corporation in the district, as many as three municipalities — Tadepalligudem, Kovvuru and Nidadavole — did not receive even a single nomination on the first day. The phase of filing of nominations is expected to take another two days to gain momentum. - Staff Reporter

Call to suspend

anti-naxal squad SI

ELURU: The Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Samithi (KVVPS) district committee on Thursday appealed to the police higher ups to suspend the anti-naxal squad SI, M. Anjaneya Swamy, for allegedly abusing and torturing a Dalit woman at Makkenavari Gudem in T. Narasapur mandal recently. The KVVPS district convener, Manchella Isac, alleged that the SI had sided the victim's husband and harassed her in a bid to settle a family dispute in his favour. - Staff Reporter

Protest by TDP cadre

KHAMMAM: The Telugu Desam Party district leadership incurred the ire of the party workers for its omissions and commissions in its first list of nine candidates announced for the Khammam municipality on Thursday. The party district unit office witnessed unruly scenes. Some of the workers lodged their protest over what they called the wrong selection of candidates by hurling chairs as well as abuses in the meeting hall. They took strong exception to the decision to nominee Karnati Krishna, a former councillor from 16th ward in the town. - Staff Reporter

Janata Dal (S) to

contest 14 seats