Engg, pharmacy entrance test to be held from June 1-9

Engg, pharmacy entrance test to be held from June 1-9

The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations has announced that the computer-based test (CBT) for admission to engineering and pharmacy courses will be held in various phases from June 1 to 9. The examinations will be held across the State as well as centres in Dubai, Mumbai and New Delhi, according to an official release. The test … Read more

Sarpanch held for carrying liquor bottles illegally in Chittoor

Sarpanch held for carrying liquor bottles illegally in Chittoor

The police personnel with the accused and the seized liquor bottles, at Palamaner on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chittoor Superintendent of Police P. Joshua said that the Palamaner police on February 27 (Tuesday) night arrested K. Prakash Naidu (57), sarpanch of Gollapalle panchayat of Bangarupalem mandal, in the ‘Cattle Faram’ area on the … Read more

Psychotropic drug seized, one held in Auroville

Psychotropic drug seized, one held in Auroville

The Narcotics Control Bureau seized 785 gms of Tramadol, a psychotropic drug in Auroville and arrested one accused from Puducherry in connection with the case. Police sources said the accused S. Manikandan (34) of Orleanpet in Puducherry operated a pharmacy in Chinna Mudaliyar Chavady and allegedly supplied the drugs to various contacts. Following a tip-off, … Read more

19 fishermen from Rameswaram held by Sri Lankan Navy; two boats impounded

19 fishermen from Rameswaram held by Sri Lankan Navy; two boats impounded

Boats anchored in Rameswaram fishing jetty in protest against the arrest of fishermen by the Sri Lanka Navy. File photo | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar In a fresh case of alleged poaching charge, Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 19 fishermen from Rameswaram and Thangachimadam near Neduntheevu in the early hours of Thursday, According to information, … Read more

Free eye camp held

Free eye camp held

Balakrishna Eye Hospital conducted a free camp and public meeting followed by a seminar on Sunday on Get lasik laser – stop glasses.  M. Balakrishna, chairman and director, emphasised the need to treat eye diseases as they could otherwise lead to complications such as loss of sight and inferiority complex. As many as 18 patients … Read more

Republic Day celebrations held at Assembly, Secretariat and HC

Republic Day celebrations held at Assembly, Secretariat and HC

Speaker Thammineni Seetharam unfurling the national flag at the Legislative Assembly on Friday as part of the Republic Day celebrations. The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Legislative Assembly Speaker, Thammineni Seetharam, on Friday observed that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been implementing various welfare programmes for the upliftment of socially and economically backward sections and … Read more

Ranjith Sreenivas murder case: Hearing on quantum of punishment held

Ranjith Sreenivas murder case: Hearing on quantum of punishment held

The Mavelikara Additional District Session Court-I on January 22 heard arguments of the defence side on the quantum of punishment for the convicts in the BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas murder case. Last week, judge Sreedevi V.G. found all 15 accused, belonging to the now proscribed Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political arm Social … Read more

Dangri attack | Juvenile held for ‘harbouring terrorists’

Dangri attack | Juvenile held for ‘harbouring terrorists’

CFPF pickets have been set up in Dangri and at the house of Saroj Bala, whose two sons were killed in the January 1 attack. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD A juvenile has been apprehended for harbouring terrorists involved in the killing of five civilians in Dangri village of district Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir … Read more

Gujarat boat tragedy | Harni lake manager, two operators held

Gujarat boat tragedy | Harni lake manager, two operators held

Bereaved family members perform last rites of one of the deceased persons who died after a boat capsized at Harni lake. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after 12 students and two teachers were killed in a boat accident in Harni lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat, three persons, including a manager … Read more

National conference on aerospace quality held

National conference on aerospace quality held

S. Somanath, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) inaugurated a national conference on Aerospace Quality and Reliability on the topic ‘Human Space Missions and Aircraft-Technology and Challenges’ here on Friday. The conference was organised jointly by the Society for Aerospace Quality and Reliability (SAQR) and the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). Mr. Somanath underlined the … Read more