Andhra Pradesh News on May 20, 2001

Vijayawada Police arrests 4 in connection with sellings of Human Organs

The Vijayawada Police arrested 4 people in connection with selling of Kidneys and other human organs. The police said that it seems these people are actually brokers and have links with Doctors and Nursing Homes. It is believed that these people sold organs to Chennai and Delhi based people.

The World Bank team that is visiting Andhra Pradesh went to Ranga Reddy district and monitored the activities there.

Mr. Mohd Jani - Convenor of All-India Minorities Forum announced that the state level Minorities Convention will be held in Guntur on June 1st and 2nd.

A Candle Light show on AIDS was held all over the state. The light show is to mark the World AIDS Candle Light Day. A Special month long AIDS campaign was initiated by Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society.

Chief Minster Chandrababu Naidu visited the 100 Day celebrations of the film Narasimhanaidu in Vijayawada. Unofficial reports says that the Chief Minister is getting ready for the Panchayat elections and that an official release of the notification will roll out by the end of the month.

The CPI(M) criticised the Government on their attitude of not conduction the Panchayat Raj elections in time.

An encounter between the Police forces and Naxals was held in the Illendu areas of Khammam district. The police fires 50 rounds at the Naxals.

Convenor of ECET said that the Hall-tickets for the exams were released and asked the students to ask for a duplicate hall-ticket if they have not already received them.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is going to Delhi to participate in the Conference of Chief Ministers on Monday. It is expected that he is going to raise questions on the WTO agreements and their adverse effects on the Indian Industry.

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

Minister of Endowments Sri D Sivaramaraju unveiled a 36-foot Hanuman Statue at Ibrahimpatnam in Karimnagar district.

May 20 in History

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20 May 2001
Highlights: Vijayawada Police arrests 4 in connection with sellings of Human Organs

20 May 2002
Highlights: Mini Mahanadu of TDP begins

20 May 2003
Highlights: CLP Leader asked to take 4 days rest

20 May 2004
Highlights: PWG threatens renewed violence

20 May 2005
Highlights: New IG to oversea Penukonda by-election

20 May 2006
Highlights: Chief Minister inaugurated Maa Mahamaya Industries

20 May 2007
Highlights: CM calls for All-Party meeting on SC categorization