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Fire in APSRTC Bus kills 8
8 persons dies of fire when an APSRTC Hi-Tech Bus (AP11Z 387) caught fire at about 12:10 Night near Kurnool. 25 others who were traveling in the bus escaped with injuries. The reasons for the fire were not yet known. A women passenger who was in comma state said that a person was traveling with a kerosene container and intentionally opened and spread it all over the bus and has lit fire. He himself also died in the glares of the fire. The bus is on its way from Hyderabad to Rayachoti (Cuddapah). The exact reasons of the fire were yet to be answered.

A Magistrate enquiry was ordered into the death of 2 dalit youth who died in police custody in Chandrugonda in Khammam district. They were brought to the station following a complaint by a farmer who stated that the youth have stolen his cattle.

Minister for Major Irrigation Mr. K Srihari said that the Government will decide on the compensation that has to be paid to to farmers who opted for water from Nagarjunasagar canal.

PCC says it is against privatization of APSRTC
The Pradesh Congress Committee said that they won't accept the Privitisation of APSRTC. They said that they will strongly oppose if the Government tries to Privatise. M Satyanarayana Rao took part in inauguration of RTC Staff & Welfare union in Hyderabad.

Youth Congress stages dharna for not providing power to the farmers
The State Youth Congress staged a protest in many parts of the state on the 9 hour power cut to agriculture farmers. The sat before the offices of the Electricity Departments in Warangal and Vijayawada.

Tension as Senior Politician brother beaten by police
Tension prevailed in Kakinada of East Godavari district when Police arrested Mr. Adi Narayana who was the brother of Mr. Chilakam Ramachandra Rao. TDP members and supporters staged a dharna. Mr. Adi Narayana was admitted in a hospital later.

FIDE announces list of participants for World Chess Championships
The FIDE announced the list of chess players who will be participating in the World Chess Tournament that will be held this year in Hyderabad. The list included Grand Master Mr. Viswanathan Anand, Pendyala Hariskrishna, Ms. Koneru Hampi among others.

An Executive Engineer of Anantapur Mr. Jayaram Reddy was held by the Anti Corruption Bureau when he was taking a bribe for Rs. 2000 from a councilor.

Adilabad Police suspended two constables who demanded Rs. 2 Lakhs for the last two months from Dr. Ashok and Dr. Ramani in the disguise of Naxals. The constables even tried to attack then with a pistol and made several phone calls. The police authorities got clues from the phone calls and the bullet which came from a service revolver.

A Protest is held in Guntur on the delay in payment of Insurance for those dead in fire accidents. The Insurance Officials promised them that the payments will be done soon.

The UTF staged a protest in front of the DEO office in Hyderabad to solve the pending problems immediately.

The Guntur Police arrested 2 persons involved in the manufacture of pirated CD's.

The Vijayawada Police arrested 6 persons involved in the design and distribution of fake certificates, marks lists and memos. The accused agreed that they sold to 62 people each costing at Rs. 20,000.



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