Kakinada, Jan 24th: The sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a forest checking officer, while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a timber depot owner at the office of Forest department here on Sunday. The ACB DSP, Mr. Sriramachandra Rao, told reporters here that K. Venugopala Rao, native of Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari, runs a timber depot at Draksharamam in the district.
Before Sankranthi festival, the officer, K. Bhaskara Rao, raided the depot and seized the records from the shop. The officer collected Rs 10,000 as a fine from the depot owner and issued a notice too. However the officer asked the owner to collect the records from the office by paying a bribe of Rs 5,000. Then Venugopala Rao informed the matter to the ACB officials here.
According to the ACB directions, Venugopala Rao gave the money to the officer at the office here on Sunday morning. Soon the ACB officials nabbed the officer red-handed. He would be produced at the ACB court in Visakhapatnam.
Before Sankranthi festival, the officer, K. Bhaskara Rao, raided the depot and seized the records from the shop. The officer collected Rs 10,000 as a fine from the depot owner and issued a notice too. However the officer asked the owner to collect the records from the office by paying a bribe of Rs 5,000. Then Venugopala Rao informed the matter to the ACB officials here.
According to the ACB directions, Venugopala Rao gave the money to the officer at the office here on Sunday morning. Soon the ACB officials nabbed the officer red-handed. He would be produced at the ACB court in Visakhapatnam.
Panel to review water supply Posted on 25-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 24th: The East Godavari district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi said that a special committee with the joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar as head would be constituted for studying the progress of supplying water from Yeluru reservoir to the selected farm lands for paddy crop in R...
TD blames Congress for hiked prices Posted on 27-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 25th: The opposition Telugu Desam Party on Monday blamed the congress-led UPA at the Centre and the Congress Government in the state responsible for the abnormal hike in prices of all essential commodities. Led by the TDP floor leader in AP Legislative council Dadi Veerabhadrarao, TDP l...
3G mobile services from BSNL Posted on 27-Jan-2010
Rajahmundry, Jan 26th: For the first of its kind BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) is going to launch its 3G mobile services in district by the end of this month. It is a long wait for customers to have value-added services from BSNL which is postponing the date. Initially Rajahmundry and Kakinada ...
TTD excess gold in national banks Posted on 27-Jan-2010
Tirupati, Jan 25th: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), like every year, is planning to deposit their excess gold offerings by devotees in Sri Vari hundi across the world, in nationalized banks in the country. Over 60,000 pilgrims visit the world famous Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala dai...
Decrease in red gram price Posted on 27-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 26th: With the arrival of new crops and efforts put by the administration there was a reduction in the price of red gram in the last one week bringing a great relief to the customer to some extend. The price of the essential commodity has raised upto Rs 90 a kg in the last year. This re...
Republic Day celebrated Posted on 27-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 26th: The 61st Republic Day was celebrated at the Police Grounds here on Tuesday amid singing of National Anthem and patriotic songs by the students of various schools in the city. The East Godavari District collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi unfurled the national flag and took the s...
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