Andhra Pradesh

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First woman Chief of Customs

HYDERABAD: Jasdeep V. Singh, an Indian Revenue Service officer of the 1975 batch, is the first woman Chief Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax in Hyderabad Zone. Mrs. Jasdeep Singh began her career in Vadodara as Senior Superintendent of Customs and Central Excise in 1977. - Staff Reporter

Shot by naxals

MAHABUBNAGAR: Two activists of CPI (Maoist), including a woman cadre, shot and injured a Congress party worker, Alwal Reddy (35), near Ambatpally village in Lingal mandal of the district on Monday. Mr. Reddy, whose condition is said to be critical, has been shifted to NIMS in Hyderabad. - Correspondent

Coal worker killed

KARIMNAGAR: A coal worker was killed and another injured when the roof of Singareni Collieries Company Limited GDK 9 incline underground mine of Ramagundam region caved in on Monday. The mishap occurred when the coal workers were trying to fix a roof support pillar. - Staff Reporter

Weaver ends life

KARIMNAGAR: A powerloom weaver of Sircilla committed suicide on Monday by consuming pesticide. Reports said B. Anjaneyulu (25) had bought a trolley-auto by incurring huge debts. Recently, his auto was seized by the RTA. He was forced to borrow more money to get his auto released. Unable to clear the debts, he ended his life. He is survived by his pregnant wife. - Staff Reporter

Farmer commits suicide

ANANTAPUR: Crop failure and mounting death have led to the suicide of a farmer in Manesamudram village of Hindupur rural mandal. - Staff Reporter

Four boys drowned

KURNOOL: Two children were drowned in a pond at Kothacheruvu in Dhone mandal of Kurnool district on Sunday. When a group of children got into the pond for bathing, a boy, Kamabagiri, got stuck in quicksand. Another boy, Madhusudan, who rushed to his rescue was also drowned.

Staff Reporter from Kakinada says two boys, Nedunuri Suresh (7) and Nedunuri Bhanu Prasad (8), were drowned while bathing in a village tank in Tottaramudi on Sunday. - Staff Reporter

Sarpanch abducted, assaulted

Srikakulam: Sasanapuri Anand, sarpanch of Battili village, who was abducted at gunpoint by an unidentified person around 7 a.m. on Monday near Sitampeta, was released by his abductor near a garden in Puliputti by evening. However, he was thoroughly beaten up.

The police say it may not be the work of Maoists.

Satyagraha centenary

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee celebrated the centenary of `Satyagraha' on Monday by paying floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. PCC president K. Keshava Rao recalled the greatness of the Mahatma and asked people to emulate his ideals. - Special Correspondent

Office-bearers elected

HYDERABAD: Govindarajulu, Principal District and Sessions Judge, East Godavari district, is the new president of Andhra Pradesh Judicial Officers' Association. The other office-bearers are: K. Bhavani, Dasaramaiah, K.Narasimha Rao (vice-presidents), K. Ravinder Reddy (general secretary-cum-treasurer), Chakradhara Srinivas. K, Krishnappa, K. Saimohan (joint secretaries). - Special Correspondent

NCC camp begins

KURNOOL: The Combined Annual Training Camp of NCC started here on Monday. The camp would be on till September 22. A total of 550 cadets including 130 girl cadets will attend the camp from Mahabubnagar, Kurnool and Anantapur districts. Col. V. K. Seth was named its Commandant. Staff Reporter

Fire breaks out in biomass power plant

KURNOOL: A fire broke out in the biomass-based power plant on the outskirts of Kurnool city on Monday. The fuel dump in the yard caught fire. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and extinguished the flames. - Staff Reporter

Home Minister, DGP to visit Kadapa

KADAPA: Home Minister K. Jana Reddy and Swaranjit Sen, DGP, will address the 49th Andhra Pradesh State Police Duty Meet at the District Police Office here on September 13.Mr. Reddy will inaugurate Kadapa II Town police station building and lay foundation stone for a police station and police quarters on Kadapa-Rayachoti road. Staff Reporter

Campaign vehicle flagged off

KADAPA: Minister for Information and Power Mohd. Ali Shabbir and Advisor to Government K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao on Monday flagged off `prachara ratham' near DCC office here. The campaign vehicle would propagate the Congress Government's welfare schemes and would appeal to people to participate in a public meeting to be addressed by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at Kadapa on September 27. Staff Reporter

Medak MLA's house burgled

Sangareddy: Burglars entered the rented accommodation of Medak legislator P. Sasidhar Reddy during the early hours of Monday and decamped with a TV set and valuable utensils in Medak town. According to the police, the theft was committed in the MLA's IDSMT Colony residence. The MLA was not in the town. - Staff Reporter

Book released

AMALAPURAM : `Padmabhushan' M. Balamuralikrishna recently released `Sankeertana', a compilation of devotional songs by poet Rekapalli Srinivasa Murthy, in Chennai recently.

Rotary Youth Festival

Rajahmundry: On the occasion of Rotary Youth Festival, Rotary Club of Rajahmundry conducted elocution and essay writing competitions for about 300 students on Sunday in junior and senior divisions. Rotarians Pattapagalu Venkatarao, Sunkara Ravikumar, N.V. Appa Rao, Keerti Lakshmi, and K. Rajakumari participated as special guests in the inaugural function. Prizes will be distributed on September 20.

Port employees stage dharna

Kakinada: Port employees owing allegiance to AP Port work charged employees union staged dharna in front of the Collectorate here on Monday protesting against non-payment of recurring deposit to them even after six months of the due date. They raised slogans denouncing alleged non-cooperative stance of the officials and vowed to intensify their stir till justice was done to them.

Award for student

Kakinada: M. Divya BSc Biotechnology second year student of V S Lakshmi women's Degree College has secured first prize in poster presentation competition on ` Bio-active natural products' at the National level seminar conducted by the Vignan school of PG studies, Guntur and presented with the `Young scientist-Vignan Puraskar award', according to V Sandhya, College principal. Similarly Biochemistry lecturer of the College Mohammed Sheriff also has secured the first prize in paper presentation on `Bio-active natural products' at the national seminar.

- Correspondent

Free coaching

Srikakulam: The District Youth Welfare Department will give free coaching for written examination and physical fitness training to candidates appearing for the BSF constables examinations. Interested candidates should report at the Kodi Ramamurthy stadium near Dr.Ambedakar Auditorium by 10 am on Tuesday, according to a press release by the Chief Executive Officer.

Students boycott classes

Kakinada: Students owing allegiance to PDSU boycotted their classes and staged protest demonstration in front of the PVR Trust degree college and Andalamma junior College here on Monday raising slogans demanding settlement of the students' problems. - Correspondent

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