Hyderabad, Oct 5th: The Andhra Pradesh government has renamed Kadapa district as Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy district in memory of the former chief minister who died in a helicopter crash last month. The government Monday issued the order renaming Kadapa, the native district of Rajasekhar Reddy. YSR, as the late chief minister was popularly known, died in a helicopter crash in the dense forests in Kurnool district on Sep 2 while he was on his way to Chittoor district to launch a government program.
The cabinet meeting, chaired by YSR's successor K. Rosaiah, on Sep 3 had decided to rename Kadapa after the popular leader. Kadapa, earlier known as Cuddapah, is one of the four districts in Rayalseema region of the state. This is the fourth district in the state to be named after former chief ministers or deputy chief ministers or other leaders.
Last year Nellore district was renamed Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu Nellore district after Potti Sriramulu, who died after a hunger strike in 1952 to demand a separate state for the Telugu-speaking people. Earlier, Ongole district became Prakasam when it was named after Tangaturi Prakasam Pantulu, chief minister of Andhra state before it became Andhra Pradesh in 1956. Ranga Reddy district, which was carved out of Hyderabad district, was named after K.V. Ranga Reddy, a former deputy chief minister.
Tributes paid to Pithapuram Raja Posted on 06-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 5th: Rich tributes were paid to Sri Raja Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rao Bahadur, the erstwhile Maharaja of Pithapuram, on the occasion of his birthday, at the P.R. Government (Autonomous) College here on Monday. The faculty, staff and old students of the college have also celebrated ...
GVK & QS team up on Clinical Trial Posted on 06-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 5th: GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO), Asia's leading integrated research services provider, and Quantitative Solutions (QS), a modeling and simulation (M and S) consultancy to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, announced a strategic partnership to develop and market clinical trial ...
Crackers-Traders to follow measures Posted on 06-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 5th: Officials directed manufacturers and traders of crackers to strictly follow the suggested safety measures and rules, so that fire mishaps does not take place due to illegal storing and manufacturing of firecrackers which endangers the lives of innocent people. Due to illegal storin...
Flood damage at Rupees 12,225 crore Posted on 06-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 5th: The damage caused by unprecedented floods in Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh, rated as the 'once in a millennium catastrophe', has been initially estimated at Rupees 12,225 crore. Chief Minister K Rosaiah urged the Centre to declare the disaster as a ''national cal...
Collector’s plea for relief Posted on 07-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 6th: Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) chairman and East Godavari district Collector Mr. Gopalakrishna Dwivedi appealed to the people to support flood victims in the neighboring districts. In an official release, the collector stated that people who want to extend help to the victims of f...
Students asked to focus on research Posted on 07-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Oct 6th: Former vice chancellor of Acharya N G Ranga University, Prof M V Rao today advised the directors of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) and other university teachers to give major thrust to research and individual patents instead of contenting themselves with...
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