Andhra Pradesh

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Congress activist

shot dead

MAHABUBNAGAR: Rafeeq (25), Congress party activist and follower of Jupally Krishna Rao, Kollapur MLA, was shot dead by CPI (Maoists) last night at Bommanapally village in Achempet mandal. According to police around 10:30 p.m. Rafeeq was summoned by the Maoists to Bommanapally village shot dead. Maoists branded him as a police informer. Correspondent

Home guard killed

WARANGAL: N axalites belonging to the Janashakthi group shot dead a home guard in Katapur village of Tadvai mandal late on Wednesday night.

According to the police, a group of naxals went to the residence of L. Jagadish Kumar and woke him up. He was asked to come out of his house and even before he realised who they were, the naxals fired two rounds at his neck killing him. Staff Reporter

Arms dump unearthed

VISAKHAPATNAM: An arms dump of Maoists was unearthed near Yerravaram village of Gudem Kotha Veedhi mandal in the district by the special party police on Thursday.

According to Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Vineet Brijlal, the police party found one .303 rifle, two SBBL guns, two SBML guns, three electrical detonators, etc. Special Correspondent

Landmine defused

Srikakulam: A landmine, reportedly planted by Maoists at an interior place near Bhamini, 70 km from here, was defused by the bomb disposal squad on Thursday. According to the information reaching here, a small board informing that a bomb was planted was erected at the place. Special Correspondent

Dies in fire accident

NIZAMABAD: A one-year-old child Susheela was burnt alive and her 12- year-old sister Doli sustained severe burns when a thatched hut in which they were living was destroyed in fire at a hutment near a sugar factory at

Posanipet village under Sadasivnagar police station limits this afternoon.

Staff Reporter

`Dhanurmasam' festival

TIRUMALA: The month-long `Dhanurmasam' will be observed at the famous Hill temple of Lord Venkateswara, Tirumala, from Friday. During the festival, Suprabhata seva will be dispensed and the auspicious `Thiruppavai' will be sung in the early hours. Staff Reporter

Makthal MLA takes oath

HYDERABAD: Chittam Rammohan Reddy, the newly elected Congress legislator from Makthal in Mahbubnagar, was administered the oath in the Assembly on Thursday. After taking the oath, he met Speaker K. R. Suresh Reddy, Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and Leader of the Opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu and other floor leaders. Special Correspondent

Adulterated zinc

sulphate seized

Kakinada: Minister for Agriculture Raghuveera Reddy has said that the Agricultural Department special squads have found zinc sulphate allegedly adulterated with magnesium and other materials by `Revati' company. He told newsmen here on Wednesday that the district administration had submitted a report confirming adulteration of zinc sulphate. Correspondent

Dharna against late

running of train

Nellore: Irate Government employees staged a dharna at the railway track, near Bogole on Thursday to mark their protest against the alleged enormous delay in movement of Krishna Express, causing inconvenience to them everyday. Staff Reporter

Journalist honoured

Sangareddy: R. Balaji, Special Correspondent of The Hindu-Business Line, Chennai, received the outstanding journalist award under the millennium ICRISAT science awards series 2005. ICRISAT Director-General William Dar handed over a memento to Mr. Balaji at a function on Thursday. Staff Reporter

Awarded Ph.D

ELURU: P. Govardhan Ramanujam, a lecturer in the Department of Management Studies of Dr C.S. Rao PG Centre, Sri Y.N College at Narsapur, has been awarded Ph.D. by Andhra University for his thesis titled "Marketing of healthcare services-A study of selected corporate hospitals in Hyderabad''. - Staff Reporter

Aurobindo Society

State conference

ELURU: Sri Aurobindo Society will hold its XI State conference here on December 18 and 19, according to its Eluru centre chairman A.V.N. Raju and secretary P.C. Swaroop.

High Court Judge L. Narasimha Reddy will inaugurate the conference while M.R. Raju, Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S.A. will speak on '"Importance of Sri Aurobindo's teachings in the present millennium'' on the concluding day. - Staff Reporter

Vijaykumar Reddy sworn in

Nellore: Anam Vijayakumar Reddy, MPTC member of Nellore rural mandal, has been sworn in as Chairman, Board of Trustees, Sri Vedagiri Lakshminarasimhaswamy temple, Narasimhulakonda, near Nellore, at an impressive ceremony at the temple, on Thursday. He is the brother of Nellore MLA Anam Vivekananda Reddy and Rapur MLA A. Ramanarayana Reddy. His another brother A. Jayakumar Reddy, is a corporator in Nellore.- Staff Reporter

Small newspapers

association started

KURNOOL: Kurnool District Small Newspapers Journalists Association was formed with N. Chandra Reddy as president and G. Eresh General secretary, according to a press note.

WTO meet opposed

Nellore: Functionaries of Progressive Democratic Students' Organisation, Nellore, burnt an effigy of World Trade Organisation (WTO), here on Thursday, opposing the proposed inclusion of education and other sectors within the gambit of WTO.

A bandh was also observed in some educational institutions.

- Staff Reporter

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