Andhra Pradesh

Briefly

Results released

WARANGAL: Kakatiya University Vice-Chancellor V. Gopal Reddy has released the results of BA/BCom I/II Year SDLCE examinations on

Monday. Of the total candidates who appeared for the exams, 26 per cent passed BA I Year, 33 per cent BA II Year, 20 per cent B.Com. I Year, 37 per cent B.Com II Year, according to Additional Controller of Examinations G. Dayakar. - Staff Reporter

Workshop

WARANGAL: An NGO -- Ayurvedeeya Arogya Samrakshana Samstha -- is organising a seminar on `Integration of Ayurveda and Allopathy - present need of public health care' from February 10 here. Samstha general secretary T. Venu Gopal said the seminar was being held in association with Kakatiya Medical College, Government Ayurvedic colleges of Warangal and Vijayawada and National Medical Association and about 800 professionals from different parts of the country would take part.

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Seminar on education

KARIMNAGAR: Vivekananda Degree and PG College in collaboration with the Forum for Higher Education is organising a seminar on `Emerging trends in higher education on its college premises on January 12. - Staff Reporter

Selected for youth fete

KARIMNAGAR: NSS volunteers of Government Junior College for Boys (Arts and Commerce), Karimnagar town have been selected to participate in the Kakatiya University level youth festival for their outstanding performance in cultural events and social work. A volunteer Shyam Sundar was selected to participate in the national integration camp. - Staff Reporter

Congress cheated Muslims: TDP

Sangareddy: Telugu Desam Party general secretary Yousuf Ali has alleged that Congress, which has a history of fanning political communalism is set to deceive the minority community once again. Addressing the press on the sidelines of the Medak district level extended meeting here on Monday Yousuf Ali asked the community to support TDP that strives for real development. - Staff Reporter

MRPS bicycle rally

KADAPA: Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) activists took out a bicycle rally at Mannur Mdigapalle in Rajampet on Monday and appealed to people of the community to make Madiga Kurukshetra Mahasabha at Hyderabad on January 21 a grand success. MRPS State convener Velakacherla Sivaiah, who led the rally, decried the Government's apathy towards Madiga community. - Staff Reporter

Directive to constables

KADAPA: Forty stipendiary constables of Andhra Pradesh Special Police selected during 2005 should appear before APSP XI Battalion Commandant on January 16 along with their original certificates, according to a statement issued by the APSP XI Battalion Commandant on Monday. They should report for the nine-month induction training at the 12th Battalion of APSP at Nalgonda on January 17. - Staff Reporter

Lok Satta office-bearers

TIRUPATI: A. Nageswara Rao has been unanimously elected honorary president of Lok Satta's Tirupati unit. The office-bearers include B. Buchi Reddy (president), D. Raghava Reddy, M. Muddukrishnama Raju, T. S. Tirumala and C.S. Manjula (vice-presidents), V. Neelakanteswara (secretary) and L. Srinivasulu (coordinator). - Staff Reporter

Road to be laid

Nellore: The Venkatachalam-Krishnapatnam road near Muttukuru of Nellore town is to be laid at a cost of Rs. 29 crores. According to information, work on the four-lane road will be taken up shortly. Staff Reporter

Award for drivers

MADANAPALLE: In connection with the Road Safety Week at B. Kothakota RTC depot cash awards were given to bus drivers.

Drivers — S. V. Ramanappa and B.S.R. Reddy were presented Rs. 1,250 and Rs. 1, 000 respectively. - Correspondent

Two die of diarrhoea

VIZIANAGARAM: Two persons died of diarrhoea and 38 more living in and around Bobbili were affected, for reasons still unestablished by municipal officials. Though officials ruled out contamination of water and poor sanitary conditions and attributed the outbreak to consumption of meat, unofficial sources pointed out that reckless dumping of garbage on the banks of river Vegavathi and also at Bojarajupuram water works by Salur Municipality was the reason for the epidemic cases. Correspondent

Two farmers electrocuted

Nellore : Two farmers, V. Rosi Reddy (35) and L. Venkateswarlu (31), were electrocuted on Monday when they went to the fields to provide water to crops and came in touch with a live wire. The victims belonged to Pedduru village of Jadavaripalle panchayat. Police are investigating. Staff Reporter

4 held for rape of minor

ADONI: Four persons were arrested in connection with the rape of a minor girl at Indira Nagar Colony in Adoni town on December 15. The accused were identified as Eeranna, Deva, Kuthi Eeranna and Sekanna. Staff Reporter

Five-year-old dies in suicide pact

Sangareddy: Admonished by the village elders and husband Kishan Nayak, a 28-year-old woman Sakkubai took poison and administered it to her two daughters killing one of them. The mother and her one-year-old daughter are struggling for life at the Sangareddy Government Hospital.

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Report sought

HYDERABAD: The Government has called for a report from the revenue and irrigation authorities of Chittoor district regarding the Palar river which flows into Tamil Nadu in light of the objection by Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to the construction of a reservoir in Andhra Pradesh. Special Correspondent

276 pass Forest Range Officers test

HYDERABAD: A total of 276 candidates have passed the written test conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission for recruitment as Forest Range Officers in the AP Forest Service. The results have been released here on Saturday. Special Correspondent

Five die in accident

Sangareddy: Three persons returning to Mumbai after a visit to Hitec City in Hyderabad died on national highway nine on Monday when their Toyota van rammed into a parked truck under Chiragpalli police station limits of Zaheerabad mandal. In another accident, two persons died and 20 others were hurt when a private passenger bus from Bangalore to Hyderabad collided with a lorry near Manopad crossroad, 25 km from Kurnool. Staff Reporter

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