Bhadrachalam, April 22: Thirteen-Year-Old Sode Sayamma, a healthy girl, was administered the HPV Gardasil vaccine in August last.
Days later, she died. Her parents Sode Mudiraju and Maremma weren’t even aware of the vaccination. The Class IX girl, a student of the Narsingpet Ashram School in Kunavaram mandal, Khammam district, died an ‘‘unnatural death’’ or so her parents thought.
Hyderabad, April 22: The State government has released a sum of Rs. 133 crore to upgrade the Tirupati airport into an international airport.
Reminding officials of the Infrastructure & Investment Department of the release of this amount while reviewing the progress of infrastructure works here on Wednesday along with Chief Secretary S. V. Prasad, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah wanted them to speed up works relating to upgradation works of Tirupati airport.
Hyderabad, April 22: Three government officers were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and asked to pay fine in Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trap cases.
An ACB court in Visakhapatnam convicted and sentenced the senior assistant in the office of the District Educational Officer, Vizianagaram district, M Ramam, to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 in a trap case, an official release said.
Hyderabad, April 22: They are abused and harassed. They have to choke back their tears and look strong, lest they are misjudged and ridiculed. Their sorrows get unnoticed and they are afraid to cry out for help. Yes, these are men, the silent victims of domestic violence who are desperately trying to make their woes heard.
Hyderabad, April 22: Two persons from Kurnool district were held for trying to sell an antique idol of Goddess Bhoodevi, by the Task Force sleuths.
The duo, who were not aware of the value of the antique piece, planned to sell it for Rs 30 lakh in the city.
The accused were nabbed from the Everest Lodge opposite Secunderabad Railway Station on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as S Madhusudan Reddy alias Babu alias Madhu, a farmer from Velagatur village in Koilkuntla mandal of Kurnool district, and M Rajaram Reddy, a student from Koilkuntla village.
Hyderabad, April 22: Two days after the kidnap and release of a pawn broker’s son at Hayathnagar, police still are clueless about the reasons and persons behind the abduction. More importantly, police are yet to verify the veracity of the claims of the boy, Suraj Singh.
Suraj Singh, a class VII boy from Hayathnagar, was kidnapped by unidentified persons in the morning and later let off at Ibrahimpatnam in the night. The abductors demanded Rs 50 lakh from the boy’s grandfather Bhoor Singh, also a pawn broker, but released him even before the demand was met.
Hyderabad, April 22: Dhabas on the city outskirts wear a deserted look these days, quite uncharacteristic in summer when they are usually flocked by youngsters and families alike for a relaxed evening aimed at pampering their taste buds with some variety dishes and, of course, a liberal flow of their choice spirits. These places, though, were never supposed to serve liquor, they had been doing it on the sly for years.
Hyderabad, April 22: A worried 24-year-old Pavan Kumar spends most of his time following the hourly weather updates from Europe. This Manchester University student on a vacation in the city had booked his flight to the UK for April 18 but has been stranded since, thanks to the volcanic ash clouds in Iceland. “I have course work and a project to submit on May 1. My return is still uncertain and that makes me tense.
Vizianagaram, April 19: Here is a revelation that calls Panchayat Raj Minister B Satyanarayana’s bluff. The minister has been asserting that his Botsa Gurunaidu Education Trust had purchased the 3-acre Yerrabanda tank from a third party but the fact remains that the land in which the tank is situated is classified as `Government Poramboke’ in revenue records.
That means no one can sell it and no one can buy it since it is a government property.
The revenue department, after a thorough verification, has come to the conclusion that the said tank is `Poramboke’.
Warangal, April 19: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders demanded that ongoing Recruitment rally in the city be cancelled and a new one be conducted.
The party activists and leaders staged a dharna alleging that the Army officers have accepted bribes and chosen non-local candidates who attended the interviews with fake certificates.
Later, they submitted a memorandum to Colonel Mathews.
Former MP B Vinod Kumar, former MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar and others led the protest.
Hyderabad, April 19: A dispute over choice of television channel saw two students at the University of Hyderabad sustaining severe injuries when they were attacked with weapons by a group owing allegiance to the ABVP.
University sources said Harikrishna and Harshavardhan were shifted to Apollo Hospital.
Harikrishna’s condition is stated to be critical.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, April 19: The high demand for power in the State continues though the Rabi crop season is coming to an end. The demand- supply gap is of the order of 30 million units, giving no hope of relief to the power supply utilities.
Transco officials estimated in the beginning of this month that by April 20 the Rabi season would end and bring down the demand for power substantially.
Hyderabad, April 19: The Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has a fight on its hands in the biennial election to the State Legislative Council in Ranga Reddy district.
Though it has the numbers to win the seat in the local body constituency, and has cleared a strong candidate, P Narender Reddy, for the seat, it has a formidable opponent in Kasani Gnaneswar of the Congress.
The Ranga Reddy district MLC seat under the local body constituency has 592 votes — 496 MPTCs, 33 ZPTCs, 56 councillors, six MLAs and one MP.
Hyderabad, April 19: The State Government has revalidated grants amounting to Rs 363 crore not drawn by the district collectors in the previous financial year due to restrictions imposed on the treasuries.
About Rs 39 crore was released to the districts, except Hyderabad, in the last financial year to overcome the drinking water problem.
By an order, the government has revalidated the amounts and asked the collectors to draw the money from the treasuries for distribution to the affected areas.
Tirupati, April 19: The operation and maintenance of borewells has become burdensome for the Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC). There are 740 borewells in the temple town, including 420 power and 320 hand bores to supplement the water requirement of the TMC, which supplies 12 mld from Kalyani Dam and 32 mld from Telugu Ganga Water Supply Scheme (TGWSS) to a population of three lakh.
Hyderabad, April 19: Chief Minister K Rosaiah will formally launch Prajapatham at Katarivaripalem village in Challareddypalem gram panchayat in Vetapalem mandal in Prakasam district on Monday.
He will listen to the grievances of the people and set the tone for the programme by motivating the officials concerned to work for on-the-spot solutions.
At a review meeting held today, Rosaiah emphasised the need for officials to serve the poorest of the poor with a human face to ensure that benefits of all developmental and welfare measures reached the needy and genuine beneficiaries.
Hyderabad, April 19: At least 65 people have died in Andhra Pradesh’s heat wave, with temperatures rising to 48 degrees Celsius in weather conditions partly blamed on a government irrigation plan that has led to tree felling.
Officials said most of the victims were the aged, children and the homeless living in bus shelters and other public places. Unofficial reports put the toll at 95, with confirmation of all deaths in the districts yet to be received.
Hyderabad, April 18: Dashing hopes of senior Congress leaders including APCC president D Srinivas and former minister Md Ali Shabbir, the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) has cleared two names MS Prabhakar and Kasani Gyaneshwar for the Greater Hyderabad and Rangareddy district MLC elections.
The third seat would be offered to the Majlis Ittehadule- Muslimeen as part of the agreement between the two parties. The elections are scheduled for May 7.
Hyderabad, April 18: A delegation of Praja Rajyam party led by its president K. Chiranjeevi will meet Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee appointed by the Union Home Ministry for consultations on the situation in Andhra Pradesh during its two-day visit here from April 22.
Nodal Officer for the Committee in the State Rajiv Sharma in a letter addressed to the PR chief on Saturday asked the latter to meet the Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna at Lake View Guest House from 3.30 pm to 5 pm on April 22.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, April 18: In protest against police harassment of youths belonging to majority community after communal clashes, BJP State unit today organised protest rallies and dharnas across the State. Alleging partiality by police in regard to booking of cases and harassing Hindu youths post-communal clashes in the first week of this month, the BJP State unit held demonstrations in front of the district collectorates demanding withdrawal of cases foisted against their workers.
Warrangal, April 18: Minister for Major Irrigation Ponnala Lakshmaiah has distributed 1900 acres of cultivable land to the poor in Mahabubabad division today.
He also reviewed the steps being taken by the officials for resolving drinking water problem in his native constituency during his whirlwind tour in the district. The Minister said that works worth Rs 20.28 crore were taken up in Jangaon for resolving water problem.
Krishna district, April 18: Joy is writ large on the faces of youths in the village, and trepidation on those of their elders.
It is the prospect of jobs aplenty that has the younsters elated, with government issuing orders to the Navayuga Company to take up construction of Machilipatnam Port as lead promoter in place of Maytas, while the fisherfolk who comprise the older members of the community are worried about loss of livelihood. And, in general, the inhabitants are apprehensive about the inevitable displacement.
Hyderabad, April 18: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Congress and main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today strongly condemned Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao’s warning that non-creation of a separate Telangana state would lead to a civil war in Andhra Pradesh and said this was “nothing but blackmailing”.
“This is nothing but blackmailing. KCR is provoking people through such unwarranted claims,” TDP spokesman S Chandramohan Reddy and senior Congress MLA E Pratap Reddy said separately today.
Hyderabad, April 17: Hundreds of constables, appearing for a test to get promoted as head constables, staged a protest at the Police Training College (PTC) at Amberpet here today, alleging that a senior officer, who was posted as an invigilator, abused them in filthy language.
Examinations were being held at all PTCs in the State for constables to be promoted as head constables. The examinations, which commenced yesterday, are scheduled till April 21.
Hyderabad, April 17: A 26-year-old woman from Khammam town, who came to city in search of a job, accompanied by an acquaintance known to her parents, was found murdered in a lodge room at Gowliguda on Friday.
Kalpana, along with Raju, 30, checked into Nandini Residency lodge on Wednesday evening. Police suspect Raju’s involvement in the killing and detained some persons for questioning.
–Agencies