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Andhra Pradesh: Teacher dies of cardiac arrest while teaching in a class

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Amaravati: The spate of incidents of individuals dying of sudden cardiac arrest while attending their daily chores continued in the Telugu states as a school teacher succumbed in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday while teaching children.
The latest incident occurred at a government primary school in Vakavari Palem village of Vetapalem mandal in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh.
According to locals, P. Veera Babu (45) died sitting in a chair while taking a class. As the teacher suddenly turned motionless, the children alerted other teachers in the school.
The teachers called 108 ambulance. A healthcare employee in the ambulance checked the pulse of the teacher but he had already succumbed.
The incident shocked the children. They were not ready to believe that their teacher who was teaching them is no longer with them. The students were seen crying.
Veera Babu used to come to the school from another village.
This is the latest in a series of incidents reported over the last two weeks in Telangana.
On February 28, a man died of cardiac arrest while playing badminton in Hyderabad. Shyam Yadav (38), a private employee collapsed and died on the badminton court while playing the game at Jayashankar Indoor Stadium Lalapet.

On February 25, a 19-year-old collapsed and died while dancing at a wedding of his relative in Nirmal district.
Mutyam, a native of Maharashtra, was dancing at the wedding reception of a relative in Pardi Avillage of Kubeer mandal of Nirmal district.
A 24-year-old police constable died of cardiac arrest while working out at a gym in Hyderabad on February 22.
On February 20, a man collapsed and died during a Haldi ceremony as part of the wedding of his relative in Hyderabad. The40-year-old man was applying turmeric to the groom when he suddenly collapsed and died before he could be taken to a hospital.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 4, 2023
Andhra Pradesh: Massive fire in cable supplier company Tirupati

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Tirupati: Foxlink, cable supplier to global tech giant Apple, halted production after a massive fire broke out at one of its manufacturing facilities here on Monday.
However, there was no loss of life in the incident. Nearly 750 people working at the facility in Jinkalamitta village managed to get out soon after the fire broke out, police said.
Due to fibre, sheets and sponge stocked at the facility, the fire spread swiftly, engulfing the entire facility. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, they said.
At around 1:15 pm, a fire broke out at a Foxlink facility where cables are manufactured, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Renigunta, A Ramachandra
The timely arrival of fire brigades at the spot ensured that the fire remained confined to one shed and did not spread to the other two that house the dining area and kitchens, Ramachandra said.
“The largest shed among the three was charred, while the other two were safe. The largest shed is where all the production takes place,” he said.
The company is yet to lodge an official complaint as it is still estimating the loss in coordination with the fire and electricity departments, he added.
Pictures of the manufacturing facility shared by police showed thick plumes of smoke billowing from the shed.

Established in 1986, Foxlink designs, makes and sells cable assemblies, connectors, power management devices and battery packs to several global tech behemoths.
It is headquartered in Taipei with over 15 design, manufacturing and sales sites across the world.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 28, 2023
Andhra Pradesh: Car crushed by truck, three medical students killed

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Amaravati: Three medicos were killed in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred near Kuppam town when a car in which they were traveling was crushed under a truck after it was hit by another car from behind.
The accident took place on Palamaner Road in Settipalle village on the outskirts of Kuppam.
According to police, the students from PES Medical College were on their way to Kuppam town to attend the wedding of their classmate.
When the car reached near Settipalle village, it was hit by another car from behind. The car in which the medicos were travelling rolled over several times, landed on the opposite side of the road, and got crushed under a lorry coming from the opposite direction.
All three occupants died on the spot. They were identified as Vikas and Kalyan (house surgeons), and Praveen, a third-year student.
Police rushed to the accident site and retrieved the bodies from the mangled car. The bodies were shifted to the government hospital at Kuppam for autopsy.
Former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu, who represents Kuppam Assembly constituency, expressed deep shock over the death of three medicos.

Naidu said it was unfortunate that the young men who had bright futures ahead of them died in the tragic road accident. He conveyed his condolences to the families of the deceased.
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February 26, 2023
New Andhra Pradesh Governor calls on PM Modi

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Amaravati: Newly-appointed Andhra Pradesh Governor Justice (retired) S Abdul Nazeer paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday.
The Governor, a retired Supreme Court judge, also called on former president Ram Nath Kovind as part of a spree of visits in the national capital after the swearing-in ceremony in Vijayawada.
On Saturday, he had called on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar.
Likewise, Nazeer visited Andhra Bhavan in New Delhi, where he was congratulated by officials on assuming the constitutional office.
He succeeded Biswabhusan Harichandan, who was appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh. Nazeer was a part of the five-judge Constitution bench that gave the verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid case, resulting in the 2.77 acre land parcel being given to the temple trust.
Further, he was a member of the bench which upheld the Central government’s 2016 demonetisation, the triple talaq case and the right to privacy as a fundamental right, among others.
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February 26, 2023
Andhra Pradesh: How teachers plotted 2022 leak of Class X papers

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Amaravati: The question paper leak during the class 10 exams in Andhra Pradesh last year had rattled the education authorities with nearly 70 people including 45 teachers arrested for their alleged role in the leak in a few districts.
The management of some private schools in collusion with a few teachers of government schools allegedly tried to help their students score good marks by leaking the papers soon after the papers reached the exam centres.
The teachers on duty at the exam centres allegedly took photos of the question papers and sent them into a few WhatsApp groups within minutes of the start of the exam.
Teachers known to students waited near the exam centres, wrote the answers and sent them back through water boys or others to the teachers inside, who then showed it to the students.
Officials said since question paper leaks before the exams is not possible due to fool-proof measures taken by the Board of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), some unscrupulous elements came out with this new method.
In the past, there were instances of question papers getting leaked before the commencement of the exams.
The SSC exam was held in April-May after a gap of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Over 6 lakh students took the exams.
The leak started with the question paper of Telugu on April 27. Later the question papers of Mathematics and English were also leaked.

The teachers arrested in the case include 36 teachers from government schools. They were booked for criminal breach of trust and under the AP Public Examinations (prevention of malpractices and unfair means) Act 1997.
This was the first time that teachers were arrested under this Act.
“We have taken strict action against those involved. We will take more precautions next time to ensure that such incidents do not recur,” said education minister Botsa Satyanarayana.
The arrests were made in Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool districts. In one case the Kurnool district police had arrested 12 persons including nine teachers.
Police investigations revealed that nine teachers from six schools hatched a plan to get the question paper leaked in a bid to get all the 183 students appearing for the examinations from these schools to pass without any difficulty.
They took the help of a school clerk and crafts teacher in getting the Telugu question paper leaked from Ankireddipalli Zilla Parishad High School from where the question paper was leaked through WhatsApp to other school teachers.
It emerged during the investigation that the school teachers tried to help the students with the answers with the help of the invigilators at the examination centres across the six schools.
The case took a political twist when the police arrested former minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader P. Narayana, founder of the Narayana Group of Institutions.
Narayana was taken into custody by the Chittoor police from his residence in Hyderabad and was brought to Chittoor town.
The Chittoor police had registered a case in connection with the leak of a question paper of the SSC exams. The case was booked after the Telugu question paper was leaked from an examination centre and circulated in a WhatsApp group.
The police had earlier also arrested Balagangadhar of the Narayana group in Tirupati in connection with the same case.
However, a court in Chittoor granted bail to Narayana after dismissing the arguments put forth by the police.
Narayana’s counsel brought to the notice of the court that he resigned from the post of the chairman of the Narayana Group in 2014 and produced evidence in this regard. His counsel told the magistrate that Narayana is currently not involved in the functioning of the Narayana Group of institutions. The police failed to make a case for sending the former minister to judicial custody.
The opposition TDP had condemned Narayana’s arrest and termed it as political vendetta by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government.
TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh termed it an ‘illegal arrest’ and alleged that the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government was victimising the Opposition to cover up its failures. He also alleged political vendetta behind the arrest of Narayana.
However, state government advisor (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said the state sent a strong and unprecedented message that all are equal before the law.
Sajjala said that the action taken against Narayana was after a thorough investigation. He alleged that Narayana turned copying and other malpractices into an organized crime and emerged as a specialist in encouraging mass copying and question paper leaks to break records in achieving 100 per cent pass percentage.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 26, 2023
Gadkari approves highway projects in Andhra, Bengal

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New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned Rs 1,292.65 crore under the Bharatmala Pariyojana for the development of 32 km long 6-lane access controlled greenfield highway from Chandrasekharapuram to Polavaram on (NH-544G) Bengaluru-Vijayawada Economic Corridor in Hybrid Annuity Mode in Andhra Pradesh.
In a series of tweets, Gadkari said the Bengaluru-Kadapa-Vijayawada Economic Corridor starts from Bengaluru STRR which utilises the existing Bengaluru-Hyderabad (NH-44) till the Kodikonda checkpost on NH 44.
Gadkari said thereafter, the proposed Greenfield Economic Corridor traverses from Kodikonda checkpost (Kodur village) on NH-44 (Bangalore-Hyderabad Road) to Muppavaram village near Addanki on NH-16.
He said that from Muppavaram, the alignment utilises the existing NH-16 till Vijayawada.
The entire corridor from Kodikonda checkpost to Muppavaram with a length of 342.5 km is completely a greenfield highway. This stretch in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh is proposed to be developed in 14 packages, he added.
Similarly, the minister approved Rs 410.83 crore for the construction of a 4-lane Raniganj Bypass with a length of 5.26 km on NH-14 (old NH-60) in Paschim Bardhaman district on EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode in West Bengal.
Gadkari said that NH-14 starts from its junction with NH-12 (Old NH 34) near Morgram connecting Rampur Hat, Siuri, Raniganj, Bankura, Garhbeta, and Salbani and terminating at its junction with NH-16 (Old NH 2) near Kharagpur in West Bengal.
The Minister said the entire stretch is a 2-lane one with a paved shoulder configuration.

This corridor is acting as one of the prime corridors for the traffic plying from south Indian states and Odisha towards north Bengal and northeastern states, he added.
Gadkari said it connects many important industrial, religious and agricultural centres such as Kharagpur, Midnapore, Chandrakona Road, Garbeta, Bishnupur, Bankura, Raniganj, Pandabeshwar, Dubrajpur, Suri, Rampurhat, Nalhati, etc.
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February 24, 2023
Hyderabad: CID conducts raid at premises of former Andhra minister Narayana’s daughter

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Hyderabad: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials conducted a raid at the residence of former Andhra Pradesh minister P Narayana’s daughter in Hyderabad on Friday in connection with an ongoing case.
These raids might be connected to the case related to an FIR filed against the former minister for an alleged paper leak case at the Narayana School in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Police registered a case under various sections including 10 AP Public examinations (Prevention of Malpractices), and section 408 (Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
P Narayana is the founder and director of the Narayana Institutions.
In April last year, the question paper for Telugu was allegedly leaked in the school, and when the police found that the teacher clicked a photo of the question paper and shared it over social media, an hour later the exam started.
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February 24, 2023
Former Andhra minister Kanna Lakshminarayana joins TDP

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Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh minister Kanna Lakshminarayana, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last week, has joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Kanna formally joined the TDP in the presence of the party’s national president and former chief minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Naidu offered yellow colour scarf to Kanna to admit him in the party.
A large number of followers of the former minister also joined the TDP with him.
Kanna started from his residence in Guntur with hundreds of supporters. The procession with a large number of cars reached the TDP office at Mangalagiri.
As per the mahuratam, Kanna joined TDP at 2.48 p.m.
Speaking on the occasion, Naidu said that he heartily welcomes Kanna into the TDP fold. He termed this as a good augur for the TDP.
The TDP chief said that Kanna has a special place in state politics. He recalled that the former minister had become active since his student days to come up in politics.

Naidu noted that Kanna was elected as MLA for five terms and also served as minister from 2004 to 2014.
Kanna quit the BJP last week.
The senior leader, who earlier headed the BJP in the state, said that he was resigning due to the state BJP president Somu Veerraju’s style of functioning.
He recalled that he joined the BJP in 2014 and worked as an ordinary worker.
He said, in recognition of his work, the party appointed him state president in 2018.
He claimed that he visited all 175 Assembly constituencies and announced candidates for the 2019 elections.
A five-time state legislator from Guntur district, Lakshminarayana severed his nearly four-decade association with the Congress to join the BJP in 2014, a few months after the elections.
He served as minister and held various portfolios in the cabinets of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, K. Rosaiah and Kiran Kumar Reddy.
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February 23, 2023
TDP chief urges people to ‘save Andhra Pradesh’

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Amaravati: TDP President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday gave a call to the people to join the fight to save the state from the “atrocities” and “destructive rule” of the YSRCP.
In an open letter to the people of the state, he said that the “atrocities” of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) are increasing by the day and “the dictatorial attitude” of Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, is causing a major setback to the democracy.
“The state government is resorting to violent activities, filing false cases and indecent attacks on the leaders of opposition for questioning the anti-democratic tendencies of the ruling dispensation,” he said.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief said that the destruction at Gannavaram is the latest and classic example of this. He alleged that the TDP leaders were subjected to severe torture at Gannavaram and their properties were completely destroyed. The affected TDP leaders are projected as the prime accused and were sent to jail, he said and stated that he is writing this open letter only to bring the facts to the notice of the public.
Expressing great concern that there is no security for the properties of the common man in this dictatorial rule, Chandrababu Naidu said that the properties of the poor which they have acquired after struggling for the whole life are now being illegally occupied by the ruling party leaders.
Atrocities against women are on the rise and the state has now become a platform for harassment of the downtrodden and backward classes, he alleged, adding that a doctor who asked for masks during the Covid time was done to death while a Dalit youth who raised certain questions on the liquor policy of the state was mercilessly killed.
He felt that the Gannavaram violence is only aimed at suppressing the voice of the downtrodden sections who are questioning the failures of the state government. The local YSRCP leaders with the cooperation from some police officials created total destruction on February 20 and attacked the TDP office. This is a well-planned and perfectly pre-designed scheme as the YSRCP activists attacked the TDP leaders under the direct supervision of the local police officials, he observed.
False cases were registered against at least 40 TDP leaders and some of them were subjected to torture in the police station, he said in the open letter. Even some women activists too were subjected to various kinds of torture in the custody.

The TDP leaders were sent to jail by registering cases under various Acts, including attempt to murder and Atrocities Act, he said.
The TDP supremo said that the fight is now between democracy and dictatorship and called upon the people to join him to save the State from this destruction. “It is ultimately the people who will be the victims if they do not come forward to save the state and the future generations,” Chandrababu Naidu concluded.
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February 22, 2023
Andhra Pradesh CM sees off outgoing Governor

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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy gave a warm send-off to outgoing Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and his wife at the Gannavaram airport here on Wednesday.
The outgoing Governor and his wife later flew to Raipur.
On February 12, the Centre appointed Harichandan as the governor of Chhattisgarh.
Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh, AP Agri Mission Vice Chairman MVS Nagi Reddy, Chief Secretary Dr K.S. Jawahar Reddy, DGP KV Rajendranath Reddy, Legislative Council Chairman K. Moshen Raju, senior officials and people’s representatives accompanied the Chief Minister to the airport to see off the outgoing Governor and his wife.
Harichandan, a senior BJP leader from Odisha, had assumed office as governor in July 2019. He had succeeded E.S.L Narasimhan, who had been working as governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice S. Abdul Nazeer has been appointed as the new Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Justice Nazeer, who hails from Karnataka, was on the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court that delivered verdict in Ayodhya case.
He had served as Karnataka High Court judge and was elevated as Supreme Court judge in 2017.

Justice Nazeer was also on the full bench that delivered the verdict on the triple talaq controversy. He was one of the two judges who opposed the majority verdict banning triple talaq.
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February 22, 2023