Andhra Pradesh

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Market panel office ransacked

ANANTAPUR: Enraged farmers ransacked the office of agriculture market yard at Tadipatri on Thursday. They were angry about inordinate delay in distribution of Bengalgram seed. In another incident in Tadipatri, a councillor and contractor scuffled on the street following an altercation. - Staff Reporter

Girl student ends life

MAHABUBNAGAR: A 10th class student Sirisha (16) committed suicide by consuming pesticide in her house on Wednesday night at Turkadinne in Kodair mandal. According to information, Sirisha was allegedly tortured by a degree student for the last two years. - Staff Reporter

Tribal student dies of injection reaction

ADILABAD: Kodapa Laxman, 23, a tribal degree final year student belonging to Jendaguda of Ichoda mandal, died at the District Headquarters Hospital on Thursday. His death was attributed to reaction of an injection given by a quack from Narsapur. - Staff Reporter

Plea to reconsider move on assigned lands

HYDERABAD: The Mala Mahanadu has urged the Government to reconsider its decision to amend the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act of 1977, saying it will affect the interests of 30 lakh Dalits. Its president J. Prabhakara Rao told reporters here on Thursday that there was no clarity in the proposed amendment. - Special Correspondent

`CPI(M) not averse to supporting CPI'

TIRUPATI: State CPI(M) secretary B.V. Raghavulu on Thursday said that the party was not averse to extend support to the CPI in the election to the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constitency. He said the Left parties were in touch with each other on the issue. - Special Correspondent.

Weaver's death probe

KURNOOL: A team of officials led by Assistant Director of Handlooms Dolaiah and Mathews, MRO, enquired into the death of weaver N. Venkateswarlu at Kodumur on Thursday. The weaver owned four looms but his debts mounted to Rs. 2 lakhs, it is said. - Staff Reporter

CPI dharna against police lathicharge

TIRUPATI: Traffic was disrupted at the busy Nalagu Kalla Mandapam here on Thursday when CPI activists held a rasta roko protesting against the police lathicharge on demonstrators agitating for house sites at Vedanthapuram village on Wednesday. They demanded the arrest of a constable for hitting party town secretary on the head. - Special Correspondent

Congressman killed

KURNOOL: Congress supporter K.B. Nagappa (40) was hacked to death by some assailants at Chinnamariveedu in Gonegandla mandal of Kurnool district on Thursday. Old enmity was said to be the reason for the murder. - Staff Reporter

TDP teachers' cell

HYDERABAD: N. Damaneswara Rao has been chosen president of the newly-constituted Telugu Nadu Teachers' Association, the teachers' cell of the TDP. Others nominated were: K. Madhusudana Rao, K. Tirupalaiah and M. Chandrasekhar, associate presidents, and N. Rama Rao, general secretary. - Special Correspondent

Polytechnic counselling

HYDERABAD: The second round of counselling of ANGRAU and Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University in polytechnic courses in agriculture, horticulture, seed technology and poultry will be held on October 9 at College of Home Science, Saifabad, at 10 a.m. There are 36 seats in polytechnic courses. - Staff Reporter

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