Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 05:29 pm:

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HYDERABAD: Director General of Police K. Aravinda Rao has been declared qualified for award of Ph.D by the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University for his thesis 'Epistemological reasoning in Upanishads'.

The viva voce on the single volume thesis submitted by Mr. Rao was held under the chairmanship of university Vice-Chancellor A. Bhumaiah on Saturday. Later, the Controller of Examinations Venkatramaiah notified that Mr. Rao had qualified for the award of the doctorate which would be presented to him at the convocation in July.

Mr. Rao told The Hindu that he had registered for Ph.D under the guidance of Sanskrit professor Sripada Subrahmaniam in 2001. He worked on it studiously till 2004 but his appointment as Additional DGP (Intelligence) slowed down the progress. The past few months had been hectic for him, but he managed to complete it.

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Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 05:05 pm:

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AMALAPURAM: Farmers under the aegis of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh took out a motorcycle rally in 25 villages of Konaseema on Monday to create awareness among the farmers about 'crop holiday,' which the farmers declared voluntarily for the ensuring kharif season. In the wake of absence of Minimum Support Price for paddy in the rabi season, the farmers decided to observe ‘crop holiday' for the kharif season and took out a huge rally in the town last week. The four-day motorcycle rally was aiming at visiting all the villages and interacting with the farmers at their doorstep and explaining them in detail about the decision and its possible outcome.

The rally began at Bendamurlanka village of Allavaram mandal and proceeded towards Gotitippa, Allavaram, B. Ravulapalem, Kunavaram, Uppalaguptam before culminating at Katrenikona. Farmers joined the rally in each and every village and in all over 1,000 farmers participated in the rally. Secretary of the BKS's State unit Mutyala Jameel, and district president D. Nageswara Rao were present. The rally will be taken up from I. Polavaram on Tuesday.

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Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 05:01 pm:

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MAHABUBNAGAR: Farmers went on the rampage at Badepalli in the commercial centre of Jadcherla on Monday and ransacked three pesticide and seed shops. Stocks were looted in the three shops as well as a godown.

The police had tough time controlling the unruly mob which resorted to ‘rasta roko' demanding action against the errant traders who charged above the MRP. Police resorted to lathi-charge on several occasions but senior officers warned them not to precipitate the matter.

The trouble started when a farmer identified as Sankar from Nawabpet went to a shop to buy Bt. Cotton seed. The shopkeeper charged him double the price, but refused to issue the bill for the amount. When he picked up a quarrel with the shop-keeper, he was pushed out. This enraged the farmers who were present in a large number in the area. They went berserk looting stocks from the shops and damaging the shutters. All the traders managed to close the shops but some unwary merchants were caught.

Farmers went on protest till evening when senior officers led by RDO Rajesham, Deputy SP Chennakesavulu and Market Yard Chairman Ramesh Reddy reached the place and pacified the farmers promising to supply cotton seed through the counters at the market yard and initiating action against the errant traders who tried to exploit farmers by charging more.

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