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August 31, 2001
A Rythu Sadhassu was held at the DART Center in Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam today.

August 25, 2001
The Visakhapatnam Police have arrested Dr. Ellen Paul alias Parviraj in night near Vijayanagaram. Mr. Parviraj who was actually an Australian was living in the country for the past 25 years without any citizenship.

August 24, 2001
The Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Mr. N N Jhu visited the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam.

August 23, 2001
Veteran Cricket Sri C V Suryanarayana is dead. He is 72. Sri Suryanarayana played as an opener for the Vizag Veteran Cricketers Club during 1963-70.

August 20, 2001
Sri Vijay Narayan Tripathi took over as the new DRM of the SE Railway Waltair Division. Sri Tripathi joined the Railways in 1974.

August 18, 2001
Mayor Ms. Rajana Ramani returns back after her visit to Japan.

August 17, 2001
A Special team of Police from Visakhapatnam left for Kathmandu as a part of their investigation in Mr. R B Singh case in which confidential information about Indian Defense were believed to be leaked.

August 16, 2001
Two War Ships INS Tarasa and INS Kulish joined the Indian Naval Fleet at Visakhapatnam Eastern Naval Base. The warships were soon to be commissioned to the Navy.

August 14, 2001
TDP working at its best to bring funds to the drought hit state
MP Mr. Yerram Naidu said that the State Government has been working on at its best to see that Center to be generous and provide funds to the drought hit state. He also said that Rs. 100 Crores will be required by Visakhapatnam Port Trust for modernisation works and that the project is with 3 Ministerial Department. He also felt of the need for a Express train running between Visakha - Chennai. He spoke with the press in Visakhapatnam today.

August 13, 2001
AISF takes on demonstration before Vizag Collector Office
Members of AISF and students of various colleges has held a demonstration today opposite the District Collector office's at Visakhapatnam against the Government's decision to increase the fees and allowing more and more seats in minority colleges.

August 12, 2001
Forest Minister Sri Ch Ayyannapatrudu monitored the counseling procedure of EAMCET 2001 at Visakhapatnam. He expressed satisfaction at the procedure. Visakha-1 MLA Mr. K Haribabu was also present along with him.

August 10, 2001
Prisoner tries to comitt suicide
A Prisoner at the Visakhapatnam Central Jail tried to kill himself by hanging. The Police immediately stopped him and he was rushed to the King George Hospital.

August 8, 2001
Dr. B N Singh, Director and Managing Director of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant inaugurated a website of the CISF unit of the VSO.

August 7, 2001
Visakhapatnam Municipal Commissioner Sri Sanjay Jaaju said that a special drive should be brought about as a year long project to educate women on breast-feeding milk and its uses.

August 2, 2001
India's premier War Ship - INS Virat reached Visakhapatnam as a part of its excise operations. INS Virat which is based in Mumbai has recently undergone repairs in Goa and reached the Eastern Naval Headquarters here in Vizag.

August 1, 2001
Parcel Bomb blast in Vizag
Visakhapatnam Rural APSRTC Chief Inspector and his wife were injured when a Parcel containing a bomb exploded all of a sudden at his house. Commissioner of Police Sri A K Khan, Sniffer Dog and Experts of the Clues Department immediately rushed to the spot. Investigation is on.

July 31, 2001
Vizag Mayor to participate in International Mayors Conference

Mayor Mrs. Rajana Ramani to take part in International Mayors Conference to be held in Nagasaki, Japan between 7 - 9 August 2001. Mrs. Ramani is the first Mayor to take part in this International Conference from Andhra Pradesh.

July 28, 2001
Paderu RTC Deport not to be privitised
Sri RP Singh denied that APSRTC is going to privatise Paderu Depot which is incurring huge losses during the past few years. He said that the looses of APSRTC has been coming down from Rs. 213 crores last year to Rs. 100 Crores by the end of the year.

July 27, 2001
The Board Meeting of Road Transport Corporation, Visakhapatnam was held at Police Officers Club today.

July 21, 2001
Anti-Corruption Bureau raided houses of Visakha Tribal Welfare Deputy Engineer. Homes of his relatives and his home at Jaami were also being raided simultaneously. The raid took place from 6 AM till afternoon.

July 19, 2001
Prof. P Adeswara Rao of the Hindi Department of Andhra University was chosen for the Acharya Ananda Rishi Sahitya Puraskar for his creative writing in Hindi

July 14, 2001
About 150 houses were guttered in a fire accident at Indira Nagar Colony near Railway New Colony. About Rs. 3 Lakh rupees property was lost in the accident.

July 13, 2001
Senior Congress Leader Sri Dronam Raju Satyanarayana said that TDP went on many illegal means in various constituencies in local elections. He said that no one reported to the police on the incident of gifting of sarees to women during elections. Rs. 50 and Rs. 100 were given to ladies and men respectively and that Liquor was served.

July 10, 2001
The Andhra Pradesh Government is upgrading the Finger Prints Department with full-fledged computerisation. This was stated by Inspector General ( Computers ) Mr. SV Ramana Murthy in Visakhapatnam.

July 9, 2001

Engineering College for Paderu - says Sri Naidu

TDP Party President Sri Chandrababu Naidu campaigned in Visakhapatnam and West Godavari today for the local TDP candidates. Speaking at a public meeting, Sri Naidu said that electing a TDP candidate in their place will allow the TDP led state Government to easily interact and get funds for the center. He promised that Engineering College will be setup in Paderu agency area. Speaking at a campaign at Warangal, he said that Swarnandra was only possible by the TDP Party. Minister Mrs. M Manikumari, Visakhapatnam MP Sri MVVS Murthy also participated in the meeting.

July 7, 2001
The Results of BCET 2001 - the Entrance exam for BCA Programme in Andhra and Nagarjuna Universities was announced today. The results were announced by Prof. C V Raghavulu at the Andhra University today. Ms. A Keethi, Mr. Ch Naryana Kiran, Mr. Pavan Kumar were toppers in the exam. The Counseling will be held at Vijayawada and Eluru during last week of this month.

June 29, 2001
The Vizag Journalists Forum paid rich tributes at the sudden accidental death of Andhra Prabha sciber Sri N Babji Raju.

June 26, 2001
A Fire brokeout to a dry grass weeds in the HPCL area in late night hours which soon spreaded. Fire fighter services were quickly deployed and the fire was put under control in 3 hours. Tension among people began with Fire engine sirens.

June 25, 2001
Andhra University Dept. of Horticulture organised a Workshop on Dry Flowers & Dry Fruits. District Collector Sri J S V Prasad was present as the Chief Guest.

June 22, 2001
Commissioner of Police Sri A K Khan said that a Special Enquiry team will be setup into the investigation on Nookambika Finance Chit fund which has duped some of its investors.

June 12, 2001
Chief Minister Sri Chandrababu Naidu visits Visakhapatnam and took part in Women Meet at Port Stadium.

June 11, 2001
Mr. A Brahmaiah - Additional Registrar for Co-Operative Societies visited Maharaja Co-Operative Bank and reviewed the recovery ratio and the performance of the bank.

June 6, 2001
Andhra University Common Entance Test 2001 Examination for Entrance Examination in PG Courses began at various centers in the city today.

June 5, 2001
Minister for Forests Mr. Ch Ayyannapatrudu said that the there was only little response for the Animal Adoption Scheme being implemented by the Government to meet the financial requirements of the Zoological parks in the state.

June 4, 2001
About 30 huts were guttered in a fire accident in 24 Ward at about 3 PM this afternoon.

June 2, 2001
Police switched to Lathi Charge when the Grama Sabha at Visakhapatnam 2nd Ward tuned violent. Demonstrators and women blocked the authorities from moving out. One Women Contestable was inured and was rushed to King George Hospital.

June 1, 2001
Commissioner of Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Sri Sanjay Jaju said that the Corporation is in the process of putting the defaulters list who have failed to pay the Property tax in time at its website.

May 31, 2001
PCC President Sri M Satyanarayana asked the Congress members not to make any more mistakes and stay united at a Congress Members meet in Visakhapatnam. Earlier Mayor Mrs. Rajana Ramani garlanded to the potrait of Sri Rajiv Gandhi. Sri T Subba Rama Reddy, Sri Sabbam Hari, Sri Gudivada Gurunadha Rao and other leaders also spoke at the meet.

May 28, 2001
Six members of a family comited suicide by consuming poison due to their failure to pay loans and debts.

May 27, 2001
Chief Minister Sri Chandrababu Naidu said that the notification for the Panchayat Elections will be released on June 15th and the elections would be held in the 1st week of July. Chief Minister earlier visit at Visakhapatnam Airport to take part in the TDP Mahanadu programme.

May 26, 2001
Urban & Rural Members of the Telugu Desam Party met in Visakhapatnam and discussed and confirmed 9 projects. Minister Sri Devendar Goud said that many of the projects were allocated for Visakhapatnam and that many of these have already been in execution state.

May 25, 2001
A de-bricking machine crashed in the Blast Furnace II at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The blast furnace accidentally fell from a height of 20 mts.

May 24, 2001
A Meet on "Godavari Waters" was held at the VJF Press Club in Visakhapatnam. Senior Leaders Sri Dronam Raju Satyanarayana, TDP MLA's N Ghanata Srinuvasa Rao and P Varalakshmi, Mayor Mrs. Rajana Ramani, Sri Manam Anjanelyulu, G Gurunadha Rao, Narasinga Rao and others spoke and discussed on the problems and actions to be taken to resolve the problem.

May 23, 2001
An Official release from the CM's Office said that CM will be holding all the official works during his visit to Visakhapatnam from Visakhapatnam only. CM will be attending the Mahanadu programme for three days between May 27 - 29 and he will be going through the official works during evenings and nights. Even the Talk to CM programme being broadcaster by Aakasavani and Doordarshan will be, for this time, broadcasted from Visakhapatnam only.

May 21, 2001
Visakhapatnam recorded the highest temperature in 23 years. The temperature reached 41.6 degrees while the highest ever recorded is 44.9 degrees on 19 May 1978.

May 20, 2001
Two Engineers of the AP Transco in Visakhapatnam were caught by Anti-Corruption Bureau for accepting money for official favours rendering.

May 19, 2001
Home Minister Sri Devendar Goud inaugurated a website - MahanaduAccomidation.com on Mahanadu programme of Telugu Desam Party to be held at Visakhapatnam. He said that the party will debate on various resolutions being passed. He said that a Photo exhibition on Sri NT Rama Rao and various Cultural programmes will be organised on the day.

May 10, 2001
Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Standing Committee meeting met today and approved purchase of Equipment worth 35.62 lakhs to Public Health Department.

May 9, 2001
The Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company made Rs. 18 Crores of Profit for the year 2000-01. This was announced by Mr. Y Gopalakrishna - Managing Director in a press release. The EPDC will be covering the Electricity needs of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East and West Godavari Districts.

May 8, 2001
PCC staged a Rastha Rokho at Maddilipalem in Visakhapatnam.

May 7, 2001
Lumbini Festival - the Tourism festival that highlights the Buddhist locations in Visakhapatnam has concluded. Minister for Forests Sri Ayyannapathrudu, MP's and MLA's and other dignitaries were present in the valedictory function.

May 6, 2001
The latest Tiger Cencus have counted 7 tigers and 13 panthers in Narsipatnam Forest division in Visakhapatnam.

May 5, 2001
Chief Minister Sri Chandrababu Naidu, Home Minister Sri Devendar Goud, Speaker Mrs. Prathiba Bharathi, Minister for Municipal Administration Sri MVH Farooz, Minister for Major Irrigation and Medium Irrigation, Sri M Venkateswara Rao, Mayor Mrs. Rajana Ramani visited Visakhapatnam on their way to the Marriage function of Sri. K Achunayudu held at Srikakulam.

May 3, 2001
Registrar of Andhra University Sri J M Naidu inaugurated an exhibition of Handicrafts and home-made items made by trained students of Jana Shikshana Sanstan in the JSS Mela that began today.

May 1, 2001
DRM of Railways Sri Padhe inaugurated the 21st All India Major Ports Football Championship at Port Diamond Jublee Stadium .

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