Hyderabad, February 26:A bandh called today in two towns of Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district protesting the caning and firing of rubber bullets on people opposing the construction of a thermal power plant evoked partial response.
The shutdown in Tekkali and Somapeta towns evoked partial response with only a few shops and business establishments remaining closed, police said.
HYderabad, February 26: After a wait of several years, the South Central Railway (SCR) has at last got a good deal in the Budget.
In all, 28 new services, including a Doronto, a Shatabdi and seven express trains have been sanctioned, against 21 new trains last year.
The Doronto, a tri-weekly superfast train, will run between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad while the Shatabdi will connect Pune and Secunderabad.
Kakinada, February 26: The Aarush Motors, dealer of Mahindra two-wheelers, is conducting a mega exchange mela of motorcycles in the city for three days from Saturday.
The mela will be held on the firm’s premises beside Apollo Hospitals on the Main Road. The firm is offering exchange subvention and free insurance, besides displaying the models ‘Duro,’ ‘Rodeo,’ ‘Flyte’ and ‘Stallio’ of the Mahindra, according to its general manager Md. Tajuddin.
–Agencies
Sangareddy, February 26: Medak district was blessed once again by Union Railway Mamata Banerjee with announcing proposal for survey between Patancheru-Adilabad and Secunderabad– Karimnagar via Siddipet.
This would benefit the district to link the industrial areas like Kallakal and Patancheru to link with national transport network. Similarly, towns like Gajwel, Siddipet, Sangareddy, Jogipet and Medak would also be linked with the railway lines.
Chittoor, February 26: Joint Collector Pradhyumna has instructed Education Department officers to provide desks to students for writing SSC examination without making them to sit on floor. A meeting of the officers concerned was held here on Friday. He asked the officers to procure desks from nearby high schools.
The Joint Collector also asked Transco officials to provide uninterrupted power during the examination hours and RTC officials to run buses for students writing the examination.
Sangareddy, February 26: A British citizen, Mr. Steve, residing in a North American country donated US $ 1,000 to families of persons who committed suicide unable to repay the loans they had taken from micro finance institutions (MFIs).
After going through the reports on the Internet about the suicides in Andhra Pradesh, he contacted a reporter in the district headquarters and sent the money. A charitable trust – (Remilla Suryakantam and Annavadhanulu Charitable and Education Trust -) chipped in with Rs. 6,000 making it a round figure of Rs. 50,000.
Vizianagaram, February 26: Minister for Transport Botcha Satyanarayana has informed students agitating for fee reimbursement that it would take a few more days. Speaking to SFI leaders who called on him at his residence here on Friday, the Minister said the managements must have patience for at least one or two months. When brought to his notice that the college management was collecting Rs. 3,000 towards hostel fee, threatening to close down hostel and prevent those who fail to remit fee from appearing practical examinations, Mr.
Vizianagaram, February 26: Villagers, particularly from Latchaiahpeta, Antipeta and Kinthalavanipeta, are divided over setting up 300 MW thermal power project at Latchaiahpeta in Sitanagaram mandal by NCS Group. A number of men and women under the banner of the SC, ST and BC Ikya Vedika staged a demonstration at the Collector’s office on Friday favouring early clearance for the thermal unit. M. Ananda Rao, the Ikya Vedika convenor, Soru Sambaiah of Bahujan Samaj Party, K. Sriramulu of MRPS led the villagers. Mr.
Vizianagaram, February 26: Arrangements have been made for the second phase of pulse polio programme on February 27, 28 and March 1 and it is targeted to cover 2,63,963 children in the age group of 0-5 years in the district.
On the first day, the programme will be conducted at all the 1600 booths, including railway stations and bus terminals and on the second and third day teams drafted for the purpose would visit door-to-door to immunise left over children, said District Medical and Health Officer U. Swarajya Lakshmi.
Kadapa, February 26: Congress MP of Nandyal S.P.Y. Reddy announced here on Friday that former Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy had agreed to support his son-in-law Sajjala Sridhar Reddy, who is in fray as MLC candidate from Rayalaseema West Graduates constituency and it was morale booster for him.
Sangareddy, February 26: Collector S. Suresh Kumar urged the agitators not to create hurdles for census programme as it was once in a decade exercise and would not be held again.
Hyderabad, February 26: The 13th annual day of Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering (LBRCE) was held here on Friday on a grand scale, with former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly K.R. Suresh Reddy attending as chief guest and complimenting the management for developing an institution of high standards in a backward area.
Vizianagaram, February 26: Jawahar Bala Arogya Raksha, a child health care programme, will be implemented in the district from April 1. As a preparatory to launching the programme which will cover children between 5 and 15 years of age in all government and government aided schools, the Medical and Health Department gave de-worming tablets to 2, 65,148 children out of 2,87,516 in the said age group on Thursday and not a complaint of ill-health was received from any school, said U. Swarajya Lakshmi, District Medical and Health Officer.
Sirkakulam, February 26: Village of Odditandra became a war zone on Friday with police opening fire into the air and fighting a heated battle with farmers and fisherfolk protesting against the super thermal power project being developed in the area.
Facing a hail of stones, cops fired rubber bullets at an angry crowd, demolished the hunger-strike camp at the project site, dragged people out of their homes and beat them up on the streets.
Hyderabad, February 25: The revolt in Libya may be ruling the news wires at present. But for one family in Hyderabad it is a cause for anxiety. Syed Abed Ali, who runs a medical shop in Mehdipatnam might not have faced more testing times with his son Syed Salman holed up in Tripoli, the epicentre of anti-government protests.
Hyderabad, February 25: Saskia Rao-de Haas, a brilliant cellist from the Netherlands has truly introduced a new sound in the world of Indian classical music. She has modified the cello to perform north Indian classical music.
Hyderabad, February 25: After eight days in captivity in deep jungles of Naxalinfested area, R Vineel Krishna is now looking forward for his trip to Hyderabad, in about 10 days from now. Once in Hyderabad, Vinnu, as he is fondly known, is likely to be ”grilled” thoroughly by his family members who are waiting for the limelight over his abduction to fade away, so they can sit with him and share his experience while in custody of Maoists.
“We will be bringing Vinnu to Hyderabad in the next 10 days, once he is declared fit and healthy by doctors there.
Hyderabad, February 25: Even as the uncertainty over separate statehood persists, the IT & ITES sector are multiplying their growth prospects in the state, according to I&T minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah.
“Software exports from the state have grown multifold over the past few years from about few hundred crores to more than `30,000 crore,” he said. IT exports from AP are set to be doubled to about `36,000 crore for the financial year ending 2010-11 from `18,000 crore registered last fiscal. As of December 2010 exports stood at `25,000 crore.
Hyderabad, February 25: Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) chairman Prof M Kodandaram today allayed the fears of non-Telanganites in Hyderabad that the T movement was against people from Andhra region. The Telangana movement is only against some “selfish” leaders who wanted to exploit Telangana region for their benefit, he said and emphasised that they are not against the people of Andhra.
Hyderabad, February 25: The passing away of veteran writer Mullapudi Venkata Ramana (79) in Chennai on Wednesday was mourned by glitterati of the film and literary worlds apart from major political figures like chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu.
Tirupati, February 25: The sixth edition of Kalynamastu, the mass marriage programme conducted by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, will be held across the state simultaneously on May 20.
Disclosing this to mediapersons here today, TTD executive officer IYR Krishna Rao said elaborate arrangements were being made for the prestigious event whose main objective is to facilitate poor people among the Hindus enter into wedlock with the blessings of Lord Venkateswara.
New DElhi, February 25: The issue of separate Telangana again came to the fore in the Lok Sabha today with TRS members forcing a brief adjournment of the House.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and member M Vijaya Shanthi trooped into the well as soon as the House assembled for the day raising slogans for a separate Telangana. BJP members were up on their feet extending support to their cause.
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj was seen on her feet trying to make a point but was not allowed to do so.
Hyderabad, February 25: Former director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology PM Bhargava has appealed to the central government to introduce a bill on Telangana in the current session of Parliament .
In an open letter to prime minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leaders of all political parties, the copies of which were released to the press here today, he said that since the Telangana movement reached a point of no return, the centre cannot go back on the promise it had made on the statehood demand.
Hyderabad, February 25: TRS took serious exception to AP Congress affairs in-charge Veerappa Moily’s comment that only those who did not want Telangana had created trouble in the Lok Sabha.
Guntur, February 25: The Pattabhipuram police arrested a gang of six hired killers. They included Padarthi Kasaiah, Suresh, Sudhakar, Mudamala Samson, Ramesh and Madhu of Karlapadu village in Piduguralla mandal.
According to SP A Ravichandra, all the arrested are brothers. Ramesh and Madhu were accused in the murder of Malladi Srinu of Swarna Bharati Nagar earlier.
On Feb 14, Kasaiah, a driver, stopped his car in front of a mineral water plant at Brindavan Garden Centre.