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Two engineering students drowned?

VISAKHAPATNAM: Two engineering students from the city were feared dead when they were washed away in Chapparai waterfalls near Araku Valley on Sunday.

Srikant, 21, and Sandeep, 23, third year IT students from Gayatri Engineering College, went on a picnic along with six other students on four bikes. Srikant and Sandeep fell into the waterfalls accidentally.

Efforts were on to fish out the bodies. - Staff Reporter Slain naxal identified

ADILABAD: The woman naxalite killed in Saturday's encounter near Mamidiguda was identified by the police as Portheti Laxmi alias Padmakka, a district committee member, who carried a reward of Rs. 3 lakhs on her head. She was the wife of Chippakurthi Ravi, commander of Mangi dalam. She had joined the movement 12 years ago and was involved in 17 cases including eight murders. - Staff Reporter

8 held, arms seized

NALGONDA: Eight persons belonging revolutionary parties were arrested and four weapons were recovered from them.

Presenting them before the media, Hyderabad range DIG R. Eswar Reddy said the police on a tip off that some extremists were moving in the district to extort money from contractors and traders, chanced upon the eight persons when they were harassing contractors and traders. - Staff Reporter

Maoist surrenders

Srikakulam: Secretary of the Kondabaridi Area Committee of the CPI (Maoist) Prakash alias Kiran alias Kune Kondandam (26) surrendered at the office of SP Manish Kumar Sinha here on Sunday. Prakash had joined the movement in 1996 and participated in several offences including the attack on TDP leader and Srikakulam MP Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu in 1994. He carried a reward of Rs. 1 lakh on his head. - Special Correspondent

Farmer electrocuted

Sangareddy: Thirty-five-year-old Ramulu of Singatam village in Gajwel mandal was electrocuted on Sunday while trying to switch off the pump in his farm.

According to the police Ramulu was watering his field when he touched the wires connected to the starter that was lying on the wet ground. - Staff Reporter

Charred to death

NIZAMABAD: An octogenarian woman, Lakshmi Bai of Choutupally village under Kammarpally police station limits, was burnt alive following a electrical short circuit at her house late on Saturday night.

According to information reaching here, she was alone in the house when the accident occurred.

The neighbours came to know about it only the next morning. - Staff Reporter

IMA office-bearers

KHAMMAM: The general body of the Khammam branch of the IMA held here on Sunday unanimously elected Y. Ramadevi, gynaecologist, its president and R. Sateshbabu, psychiatrist, its general secretary, according to a press release. - Staff reporter

Book released

Kakinada : S. Jagadesweri, retired professor of Rangaraya Medical College, released the book titled `Narayaneeyam' authored by Kasibhotla Satyanarayana at a function held under the aegis of Venugopala Sanskrit Prachara Sabha here on Sunday. - Correspondent

Training camp

Kakinada: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan Additional Project Director D.N. Murthy has said if women were saved from trafficking, the spread of AIDS could be effectively prevented.

Inaugurating a training camp for Nehru Yuva Kendra volunteers on Saturday, he said creation of awareness on AIDS was the need of the hour.

- Correspondent

Woman ends life

Kakinada: Pasupuleti Veera Venkata Lakshmi, 30, who was married three months ago, reportedly committed suicide at her house in Doollavari lane in Rangaiah Naidu street on Saturday. - Correspondent

Tax hike

KADAPA: Seven municipal councillors of Rajampet Municipality have warned that they will launch a mass movement if enhanced house and water taxes are not rolled back. Addressing a meeting under the leadership of Rajampet mandal president P. Subba Naidu, they appealed to Municipal Commissioner Sarma to reduce taxes. -Staff Reporter

Kabaddi tourney

TIRUPATI: Charita Reddy and Geetha Sushmita, students of Ravindra Bharati School, Tirupati, have been selected for the State-level sub-junior Kabaddi tournament to be conducted at Chirala from October 23. - Staff eporter

Talk on `Vagyakaras'

TIRUPATI: A lecture on `Vagyakaras of India' was delivered by Dwaram Lakshmi, head of SPMVV's Music and Fine Arts Department, at the premises of Srivari Kalakshetra Dance and Music Institute here on Sunday. -Staff Reporter

Book release

ANANTAPUR: A book with the details on Mahatma Gandhi's life was released here on Sunday, commemorating centenary of `satyagraha' launched by the Father of the Nation. - Staff Reporter

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