Hyderabad

Ministers in the Cabinet of N.Chandrababunaidu have begun vacating their residential and official accommodation in Government premises at Kundanbagh, Banjara Hills and the Secretariat.

Hyderabad

The AICC leadership is believed to have cleared the names of 22 MLAs for the State Cabinet as proposed by the Chief Minister Dr.Y.S.Rajasekharareddy. Dr.Reddy met AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday when he is reported to have discussed and almost finalized the list of ministerial probables.

An official press release quoted the Chief Minister as saying that when a separate ministry was constituted at the Centre for disinvestment there should be no hesitation to create additional ministries in the State to keep up promises made to people.

Visakhapatnam

Two employees of Rural Electrical co-operative society in Paravawada of Visakhapatnam V.Demudu, assistant engineer and V.Ramu, assistant lineman were arrested by the ACB officials on the charge of accepting Rs.10, 000/- bribe from a complainant on Monday. Both the employees tested positive during a chemical test and will be produced before the Special Court for ACB cases, Visakhapatnam according to a press release.

Rajahmundry

Alleging 'sexual harassment' by two top officers of the Godavari Gramena Bank on the office premises S.Vasantakumari working as a cashier in the same bank has demanded a thorough enquiry into the incident and 'justice' so that working women would feel confident of going to their workplace.

Addressing a newsperson at Rajahmundry Press Club on Monday, she made a complaint against a top official of the Godavari Grameena Bank to Andhra Bank, which is the sponsored bank, the latter had threatened to take disciplinary action against her for lodging complaints against the top official. She lodged a complaint with the police and she was writing to the National Commission and State Women's commission for 'justice'.

Hyderabad

The Telugu Desam will not join the BJP's proposed countrywide protest if Sonia Gandhi becomes Prime Minister as people have rejected the TDP's stand on the foreign origin issue. In an informal chat with reporters, senior TDP leaders and politburo members maintained that though the TDP continued to be with the NDA, their party was not concerned with the allegation being planned by the BJP.

Hyderabad

The meeting of the Communist Party of India State Council and Executive will be held here in the first week of June according to S.Sudhakar Reddy in a press release issued on Monday. The executive would meet on June 4th and 5th and the council on June 5th to 7th. The party's national council/executive would meet in Delhi from June 10th to 13th.

Hyderabad

The written examination conducted by the State level Police Recruitment Board as part of the re-scheduled selection process of constables in the categories of civil, armed reserve and APSEP will be held on June 13th according to a press release issued by the board on Monday.

Visakhapatnam

Sunday's well marked low-pressure area over the Central Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression on Monday morning and subsequently intensified into a cyclone storm by afternoon according to a special weather bulletin issued by the Cyclone Warning Centre here on Monday evening. Under its influence, rain or thundershowers are likely at many places over north coastal Andhra Pradesh with heavy to very heavy falls at one or two places.

Hyderabad

The APCLC has appealed to the PWG to respond positively to the State Government's initiative to hold discussions with extremists. In a Statement here on Monday, the APCLC president Subhash Chandra Bose and the general secretary S.Seshaiah have welcomed the moves of the Government.

Guntur

The Guntur MP-elect Rayapati Sambasivarao has announced donation of one month's emoluments that he receives as an MP for the waiver of electricity dues of the farmers in the State according to a statement issued on Monday.

Guntur

The bad luck for Telugu Desam Party also continued in the Guntur Municipal Elections when it lost majority. Of the 50 seats, 21 corporators from TDP and 5 from BJP won. With support from others, TDP got a strength of 30 seats. Congress of the other hand won 22 corporators and one from the United Communist Party of India corporator.

Khammam

The TDP leadership extended monetary help of Rs.1 lakh to the parents of a party activist who died of heart attack after hearing about the party debacle in the coal town of Kothagudem.

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17 May 2002
Highlights: EAMCET 2002 Results announced

17 May 2003
Highlights: CLP Leader sufferers from sun stroke

17 May 2004
Highlights: AICC clears Ministers for YS Rajasekhara Reddy's team?

17 May 2005
Highlights: Heat wave claims ten in the State

17 May 2006
Highlights: Prime Minister to inaugurate Urban Renewal Mission

17 May 2007
Highlights: CPM Activists occupied 30 acres of land