Hyderabad, Jan 19th: Dejected over the 'inordinate delay' in the formation of separate Telangana state, an MCA student of the Osmania University committed suicide here on Wednesday. The student Venugopal Reddy poured kerosene over his body and set himself ablaze in front of the Tagore auditorium, police said.
Tension gripped the OU campus, with a large number of students boycotting the examinations and staging a noisy protest, demanding that all public representatives from Telangana region first resign and ensure that their resignations were accepted by the appropriate authorities. Telangana JAC leaders, including its convenor M Kodandaram, who rushed to the University to calm the agitated students, appealed to the student community not to take the extreme step of ending their lives. The MCA student hailed from Suryapet in Nalgonda district.
Tension gripped the OU campus, with a large number of students boycotting the examinations and staging a noisy protest, demanding that all public representatives from Telangana region first resign and ensure that their resignations were accepted by the appropriate authorities. Telangana JAC leaders, including its convenor M Kodandaram, who rushed to the University to calm the agitated students, appealed to the student community not to take the extreme step of ending their lives. The MCA student hailed from Suryapet in Nalgonda district.
CM to hold conference with DCs Posted on 20-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 19th: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah will hold a two-day conference with District Collectors from Jan 20 to fine tune the administration and reiterate the priorities of the Government. Revenue Minister D Prasad Rao said the government would lay emphasis on agriculture and '...
Sarpanchs go on Kerala tour Posted on 21-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 20th: Zilla Parishad Chairman Ch S Venugopalakrishna today flagged off the bus taking a team of 33 Sarpanchs of East Godavari District on a study tour of Kerala. The team, during its five-day tour till January 25, would make a comparative study about the functioning of the village panch...
Scholarships yet to be disbursed Posted on 21-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 20th: In a view to encourage the students of SC, ST, BC and EBC categories the government is providing scholarships to the them. But the students are not satisfied with the results as the departments concerned failed to pay the scholarships within the stipulated period. Particularly the...
RTC plans to improve amenities Posted on 21-Jan-2010
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No foul play in YSR copter crash Posted on 21-Jan-2010
New Delhi, Jan 20th: Ruling out any foul play into last year's September 2 helicopter crash which killed then Chief Minister Dr YSR Reddy and four others, the government on Jan 20 said the report on the probe has termed ''loss of control'' as the chief reason behind the tragic inc...
Entrance tests to be delayed Posted on 21-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 20th: The schedule for the Eamcet and other common entrance tests (CETs) will be delayed further as the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) failed to convene a meeting on Wednesday to finalise the dates. The meeting was indefinitely postponed due to the Telangana ...
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