Kakinada, Dec 28th: The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) plans to bring about more awareness among the general public on the importance of alerting them about the public servants involved in graft to help keep tab on corruption. The ACB joint director, Mr. A.R Srinivas said that they were planning to bring out posters and paste them at government offices and at the public places on the functioning of the ACB and need to alert them. He said that they were also planning to publicize through slides in film theaters.
The ACB official maintained that the conviction rate was nearly 65 percent in the cases booked by the ACB against the public servants and claimed credit stating that Andhra Pradesh was relatively better than other states in proving the charges of graft against the officials in the courts. Admitting that though the corruption was growing up the number of cases being booked against the corruption officials was relatively low, he said and added that the number of officials who were punished on the charges of graft from Nellore and Visakhapatnam districts was low.
The ACB official maintained that the conviction rate was nearly 65 percent in the cases booked by the ACB against the public servants and claimed credit stating that Andhra Pradesh was relatively better than other states in proving the charges of graft against the officials in the courts. Admitting that though the corruption was growing up the number of cases being booked against the corruption officials was relatively low, he said and added that the number of officials who were punished on the charges of graft from Nellore and Visakhapatnam districts was low.
TD leader ends life Posted on 29-Dec-2009
I Polavaram, Dec 28th: Telugu Desam party state organizing secretary and in charge of Mummidivaram Assembly constituency in East Godavari district, Nadimapalli Srinivasa Raju, 39, committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Muramalla village in the early hours of Monday. He is survived b...
OU students fast over Telangana Posted on 29-Dec-2009
Hyderabad, Dec 28 : Tension prevailed at Osmania University here as a group of students Monday launched a fast unto death, hours after some of their colleagues on hunger strike were shifted to a hospital by the police. A large number of policemen in riot gear surrounded the Arts College building on t...
'Sanskritika Vaibhavam' from Jan 1 Posted on 30-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 29th: The Abhyuadaya Foundation, a cultural organisation, is organizing a 14-day cultural festival --'Sampradaya Sanskritika Vaibhavam'-- from January one to 14 to mark its tenth anniversary.Foundation Founder-Chairman Badam Madhavarao told the press here on Tuesday that several...
Complete projects in time: MP Posted on 30-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 29th: Kakinada MP and minister of state for defence, M.M Pallam Raju directed the concerned officials to complete the welfare schemes and projects by the end of the financial year. Participating in the VMCs meeting at the Zilla Parishat Hall here on Tuesday, the MP asked the officials t...
Recession affects sale of vehicles Posted on 30-Dec-2009
Kakinada, Dec 29th: The global recession has greater impart on the sale of motor vehicles. According to the deputy transport commissioner, RTA, Mr. Praveen Rao the total number of motor vehicles that were registered at the RTA in the district till the end of 2009 were 5.65 lakh. Of them 4.75 lakh wer...
Babu and KCR met Governor Posted on 30-Dec-2009
Hyderabad, Dec 29th: Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu on Dec 29 met Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, who was sworn-in as the Governor on Dec 28. Telangana Rashtra Samithi President K Chandrasekhar Rao, along with the Chairman of the Joint Action Council, spea...
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