Saturday, June 30, 2007

WANNA KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ANDHRA PRADESH RIGHT NOW? HERE'S A NEWS CAPSULE

# The Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal on Friday stayed the Chief Secretary’s orders for sending non-local employees of Hyderabad Collectorate back to their native districts. The tribunal’s order came a day ahead of the deadline fixed by the Government for repatriation of non-local employees in tune with GO 610.

# Heavy rains across India on Saturday left thousands of Hindu pilgrims stranded in Kashmir and disrupted public transport in Mumbai, while at least eight fishermen were feared drowned off the stormy Andhra coast.

# In an effort to bring down the prices of essential commodities, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekahra Reddy today directed the Civil Supplies Department to conduct raids against hoarders and black marketeers.

# Around 11,500 farmers have committed suicide in different parts of India in the last six years, most of them due to their inability to pay debts, says a new study that indicates the problem is bigger than what has been reported so far. The study, carried out by a conglomerate of voluntary groups called the National Social Watch Coalition (NCWC), says that in Andhra Pradesh, 1,126 farmers ended their lives in 2004.

# President A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday took the audience at a function in Hyderabad by surprise when he began his speech in the local language Telugu.

# The last two weeks have been an expensive one for vegetarians. At all the main mandis, the Bowenpally market yard, rythu bazaars at Kukatpally and Mehdipatnam, the prices of vegetables have skyrocketed.

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