Andhra Pradesh

Briefly

New GM for SBH

HYDERABAD: Dilip Mavinkurve on Monday took charge as General Manager of State Bank of Hyderabad. Before joining the bank, he was General Manager in the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur. Mr. Manikurve joined State Bank of Mysore as probationary officer in 1973. - Special Correspondent

Manmohan to visit VSP

VISAKHAPATNAM: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will spend two hours in the city on May 20 morning to lay the foundation for the second phase of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP). He will participate in the foundation laying ceremony from 11 a.m. to noon and will leave for Delhi by the IAF Boeing at 12.30 p.m. - Special Correspondent

150 taken ill

Sangareddy: Over 150 people including 50 children fell sick after consuming food at a wedding in Siddipet on Sunday night. Guests who had their dinner at the Madina function hall started complaining of nausea. All of them have been admitted in local hospitals. Doctors said they were all out of danger. - Staff Reporter

Farmer ends life

KURNOOL: A farmer Bala Giddaiah (39) committed suicide at Sarparajapuram in Veldurthi mandal of Kurnool district on Monday. Debt problem was said to be the cause of the extreme step. - Staff Reporter

Advance supplementary

HYDERABAD: May 20 is the last date for remittance of the SSC advance supplementary examination fee by the failed candidates to the heads of schools concerned. The examinations are to be held from May 29 to June 10. The fee for recounting of marks per subject is Rs. 150, while the exam fee for three subjects and below is Rs. 90. For over three subjects it is Rs. 100. - Special Correspondent

ECET-FDH on May 18

TIRUPATI: The Engineering Common Entrance Test for diploma-holders (ECET-FDH) for 2006 will be conducted across the State from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 18. ECET-FDH regional coordinator N.C. Eswar Reddy announced that duplicate hall-tickets will be issued at the test centres on May 16 and 17 on payment of Rs. 30 and production of two photos. - Staff Reporter

150 houses gutted

Srikakulam: In a major fire accident in Panjangi village near Amadalalvalasa on Sunday night nearly 150 houses were reduced to ashes in a matter of a few hours. Property worth Rs. 50 lakhs was destroyed and one person was injured. On Saturday night in another fire in Lumburu near Palakonda more than 50 houses were gutted. - Special Correspondent

Raghuveera on tour

HYDERABAD: Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy on Monday morning left on a three-nation tour covering Italy, the Netherlands and Egypt, leading a delegation of senior officials and scientists. - Staff Reporter

Paddy procurement

HYDERABAD: The Government decided on Monday to procure paddy from Karimnagar, Krishna and Nalgonda districts through self-help groups, on the lines of maize purchased under the Indira Kranthi Pathakam. - Staff Reporter

Office-bearers elected

HYDERABAD: R. Ranga Rao, Director, Drugs Control Administration, is new president of Andhra Pradesh branch of Indian Pharmaceutical Association. The other office-bearers are: P. Khadgapathi (vice-president), K. Tata Rao (general secretary), B. Prabha Shankar, N.S. Yadav (joint secretaries) and K. Subba Reddy (treasurer). - Special Correspondent

Course in herbal biotechnology

TIRUPATI: Kuppam-based Dravidian University is planning to offer an M.Sc course in herbal biotechnology from 2006-07. Certificate courses in yoga and physiotherapy are also being planned. Given the huge demand for such specialists in Bangalore, which is just across the border from Kuppam, the university expects a large number of aspirants for the course. - Staff Reporter

Revenue employees' novel protest

CHITTOOR: Revenue employees attended to their duties wearing black badges here on Monday in protest against the suspension of two employees for not issuing ration cards to political leaders at Palamangalam. Siva Kumar, president of the NGOs' association, said they would boycott BPL centres which issue ration cards. -Correspondent

Office-bearers elected

Madanapalle: Ramachandra Rao was elected president of the Andhra Pradesh Pensioners' Association Madanapalle unit. Peddi Raju was elected associate president, Narayana, vice-president, Suryanarayana Rao, assistant secretary and Guru Murthy, treasurer. - Correspondent

6-hour power cut in rural areas: discom

MADANAPALLE: In the rural areas six-hour power cut and in the urban areas only two-hour shutdown is being implemented, according to CMD of southern distribution company K. Gopal Reddy. He urged farmers not to raise kharif crop now. He later inspected the sub-station at Punganur. - Correspondent

CPI workers arrested

ADILABAD: The One Town police on Monday arrested 10 CPI workers on the charges of trespassing and obstructing Government officials from discharging their duties. A complaint was lodged by Depuy Executive Engineer of Housing Corporation Alim Bin Yahya. The workers allegedly used vulgar language. The police used mild lathicharge to disperse the workers. - Staff Reporter

Lok Adalat today

ADILABAD: A mega Lok Adalat will settle land acquisition cases pertaining to the Senior Civil Judge's Court, Adilabad, on May 16 and 17 at 12 p.m. at Nyaya Seva Sadan, court complex here. A Bench, comprising K.V. Vijaya Kumar, II Additional District and Sessions Judge, P. Mohan Singh and Bipin Kumar Patel as advocate members, was constituted for this purpose. - Staff Reporter

Naidu for Medak

Sangareddy: Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu will attend the two-day Medak district level functionaries meet in Narsapur on May 21 and 22. The meeting will be held on the premises of Deccan Foam and Plastics opposite, BVR College of Engineering. Senior party leaders Manik Reddy, Batti Jagapathi and Suddala Devaiah visited the venue on Monday. - Staff Reporter

Culture change management

Sangareddy: Medak SP P.V. Sunil Kumar inaugurated training programme on culture change management for DSPs and CIs of Medak police at MNR Medical College conference hall here on Monday. The training is part of the ongoing ISO certification process for the district police. - Staff Reporter

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