Kakinada, May 17th: Following the orders given by district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi, the Sri Lankan refuges that were rescued by the local fisherman last month were sent back to Chennai on Sunday by local police. The Lankans lost their way while traveling from war-torn Mullaitivu to Rameswaram. Out of the 21 who started at Sri Lanka, 10 lost their lives on the high seas due to starvation and dehydration. The remaining were brought to Uppada coast which is 16 Km from here. The victims were shifted to Kakinada Government hospital for treatment.
The refugees will be handed over to the commissioner of the rehabilitation, Government of Tamilnadu. According to the doctor of the general hospital, the condition of all the refugees was serious at the time of admission into hospital but now they recovered after treatment and declared nothing serious about their lives. The woman who was admitted in the intensive care unit also recovered from the shock and was discharged from the hospital on Sunday. The ten members include 4 women and a year old child.
Hyderabad, May 17th: Out of the 30,000 government teachers who were recently promoted as school assistants and head masters, nearly 3,000 of them will get reversion orders as they failed to prove that the degree certificates submitted by them were genuine. The department is yet to verify the certif...
Hyderabad, May 17th: Health officials have found two persons with swine flu symptoms on Sunday. These people were among the 144 passengers who flew from US on Emirates flight that arrived Shamshabad airport on May 13. According to the officials the blood samples of the suspected were sent for tests...
Kakinada, May 17th: District Revenue Officer (DRO), Mr. M. Mohan Raju ordered the concerned officers of education department to make arrangements for conducting intermediate advanced supplementary exams in the district. According to the Board of Intermediate Education the exams are scheduled to be ...
Hyderabad, May 16th: Congress retained power both in the state as well as in the center by winning 157 out of 294 seats in the Assembly and contributing 33 Lok Sabha seats to the party at the center in the results announced by the election authorities on Saturday. The pre-polling promises of the opp...
Hyderabad, May 18th: Terrorists attacked capital city on Monday evening resulting in the death of a home guard and causing severe injuries to a constable. The incident took place at Falaknuma substation while the cops were on duty as a part of security picket at Nagulkunta in Falaknuma. The attack ...
Colombo, May 18th: LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was shot dead by Sri Lankan Special Forces on Monday. Prabhakaran was shot dead as he tried to breakout from the army encirclement. According to a military spokesman, Prabhakaran and his top aides were driving in an armed plated van accompanied...
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