Kakinada, June 8th: Four teenagers died and two more sustained severe burn injuries in a fire mishap that took place on Sunday night at Mayapatnam of Uppada village, about 18 km from here. The deceased were identified as Chokka Sivaiah (15), Osipalli Raju (13), Kandala Raju (13) and Surada Durga Rao (15). The condition of the injured, Chodipalli Ramakrishna, and Gangari Kondanda is said to be critical. They were admitted in Kakinada government general hospital for treatment.
According to sources the incident took place in the early hours due to short circuit that occurred in the house of Chodipalli Ramu. He organizes tuition classes for youngsters in the village. On Sunday night the five teenagers along with Ramu slept in the same room after classes. The false ceiling caught fire and fell on the teenagers that resulted in severe injures and asphyxiation. All the six who sustained burn injuries were shifted to Government hospital in 108. Of them three died in the route and fourth succumbed to burns after he was admitted.
East Godavari superintendent of police (administration), S.J Janardhan and Kakinada sub-division police officer, B. Atchuta Rao visited the place of mishap. They filed the case for further investigation. Kakinada Revenue divisional officer, Mr. G.C Kishore Kumar assured the kin of the deceased and injured persons to provide help from the government.
Rajahmundry, June 8th: The East Godavari district administration has taken up a special drive to enroll kids who have completed five years of age in schools for formal education from June 12 to 27. Under this program nearly 90, 144 children were identified by the authorities. They were making effor...
Warangal, June 8th: A second year MCA student of Varanasi Engineering College in Hyderabad, Mr. D. Devender Kumar committed suicide after allegedly being ragged by his seniors. His body was found on the railway track at Dharmaram near Warangal railway station on Sunday evening. Devender is a native...
Kakinada, June 8th: Students of Aditya Degree College excelled in campus interviews conducted by Vineeth Chemicals on Monday. According to the college placement director, K.V.V.S. Murthy, nearly 150 students from various colleges attended the interviews out of which 35 students from Aditya Degree ...
Nottingham, June 9th: Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 in England after failing to recover from a shoulder injury he sustained during the IPL in South Africa. He will be replaced by wicket keeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik. According to the statement given by BCCI secretary ...
Hyderabad, June 9th: The AP state government has decided to sponsor the pilgrimage to Manasarovar, a holy spot for Hindus. According to the sources it was the finance minister, Mr. Rosaiah who came up with the proposal. He asked the department of culture to handle it. The chief minister, ...
Rajahmundry, June 9th: An auto rickshaw driver died due to the adverse effect of treatment on Tuesday. Angered over the situation, drivers of various other auto rickshaws staged a stir at the hospital demanding to take action on the doctors and to give relief to the kin of the deceased. Issue becom...
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