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In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

  
 Anantapur, India
Anantapur is a district and its administrative city in the southwest of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, on the border of the state of Karnataka.
Spanning an area of 19,130 km², Anantapur District is bounded on the north by Kurnool District, on the east by Cuddapah District, on the southeast by Chittoor District, and on the southwest and west by Karnataka state.
In 1789 it was ceded by Tipu Sultan to the Nizam of Hyderabad, and in 1800 the Nizam ceded the district of Anantapur with others to the British in payment for a subsidiary British force.
creekin.net /c4017-n85-anantapur-india.html   (360 words)

  
 WELCOME TO APCPDCL
Sealed bids are invited from eligible bidders for the work of Conversion of LT net work into High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) for Agricultural feeders in Anantapur Division of Anantapur District on Partial turnkey basis for the works financed by REC Ltd., New Delhi.
Sealed bids are invited from eligible bidders for the work of Conversion of existing LT network into HVDS for Agricultural feeders of Anantapur Division in Anantapur District.
Sealed bids are invited from eligible bidders for the work of Conversion of existing LT network into HVDS for Agricultural feeders in Anantapur District on selected feeders.
www.apcentralpower.com /Downloads/Tenders.jsp   (3348 words)

  
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ANANTAPUR: The third day of the Congress party's Prajahita bus yatra which began in Tadipatri continued to draw huge crowds in Anantapur district on Monday, with several Congress leaders venting their ire at the eight-year “misrule" of the TDP.
ANANTAPUR: The third day of the Congress party’s Prajahita bus yatra which began in Tadipatri continued to draw huge crowds in Anantapur district on Monday, with several Congress leaders venting their ire at the eight-year “misrule and lopsided policies” of the Telugu Desam Party.
Congress leader Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who was present at the press conference, said that Anantapur district was in the grip of severe drought for the past three years and the Congress would announce a special drought-relief package if it is voted to power.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=302123   (1052 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Anantapur police a worried lot
In spite of the recruitment drive taken up by Maoists during the period of the unofficial ceasefire with the Government, their activity was low key in Anantapur district, except for the killing of two persons and torching of a liquor shop in January.
The conclusion of the Tumkur and Anantapur district police that a majority of the participants in the attack belonged to Maoist dalams operating in Anantapur district and their sympathisers has
The possible availability of some of these weapons with the dalams operating in Anantapur has forced the police to be on their guard.
www.hindu.com /2005/02/14/stories/2005021407750500.htm   (538 words)

  
 ANANTAPUR - Online Information article about ANANTAPUR
The district of Anantapur was constituted in 1882 out of the unwieldy district of Bellary.
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In 1789 it was ceded by Tippoo to the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ALM_ANC/ANANTAPUR.html   (322 words)

  
 ez2Find : Regional : Asia : India : Andhra Pradesh : Districts : Anantapur
A study of maternal mortality in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Health Organization (WHO) in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh...
meeting at a regional office of his Telugu Desam Party in Anantapur town, said district police superintendent S.R. Praveen Kumar...
ez2find.com /dir/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Andhra_Pradesh/Districts/Anantapur   (331 words)

  
 Shankar Srinivas's Blog - Shankar Srinivas web blogs, Shankar Srinivas blogger in India
Anantapur district alone was supposed to have had more than 40 pure strains of fowl.
Many are unaware that Anantapur district had more than 300 to 400 traditional varieties of rice at one time and almost none of them are sure how, where and when they were grown.
Penukonda, situated 70 kms south of Anantapur town and 140 kms north of Bangalore, was the summer capital of King Krishnadevaraya over 500 years ago.
www.sulekha.com /column.asp?cid=221312   (3173 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Kurnool News : `Saibaba promised aid to bring Godavari water to Anantapur'
Mareppa said a group from Anantapur district, led by the Water Canal Project Society, surveyed the course of the canal, which originates at Bololi in Maharastra and passes through 550 km in Nizamabad, Medak, Ranga Reddy, Mahabubnagar and Kurnool districts before entering Anantapur.
325 crores for diversion of Godavari water to the perennially drought-hit Anantapur district.
According to the Minister, the 325-crore project would be completed in a year if GI metal angular soft shutter technology was adopted.
www.hindu.com /2004/11/18/stories/2004111805410300.htm   (186 words)

  
 Anantapur News
ANANTAPUR: For the modernisation of the high-level canal (HLC) in Anantapur district, Rs 500 crore was allocated, revealed Panchayat Raj Minister JC Diwakar...
Sunitha was elected to the Assembly from Penukonda constituency in the faction-ridden Anantapur district in a byelection held on June 2.
ANANTAPUR: A campaign to publicise the Government welfare schemes for the poor was launched on July 6 in slums of Anantapur town by the Anantapur division of...
news.daylightonline.com /2005-02/Anantapur.html   (9575 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : New groundnut variety kindles hope for farmers in Anantapur
THE farmers in Anantapur district, which records a very low rainfall, dare droughts by depending more on groundnut that can withstand even a 50-day dry spell.
The crop gets the farmers nuts and fodder to animals, coming to the rescue of the farming community in the district that records just an average 521 mm of rainfall.
It is expected that the new variety will be sown over 5,000 hectares this year.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2006/02/11/stories/2006021102231900.htm   (461 words)

  
 Cop-naxalite warfare moves to Anantapur- The Times of India
HYDERABAD: Even as pressure is mounting on the chief minister to pull back the Greyhounds from counter-extremist operations, police in Anantapur district killed one more Maoist and nabbed another on Wednesday.
This police action in that troubled district came barely 24 hours after the Maoists gunned down two persons— one of them a TDP supporter— accusing them of being police informers.
Cop-naxalite warfare moves to Anantapur- The Times of India
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/995901.cms   (134 words)

  
 Rh120: Table 5 Percentage distribution of maternal deaths in Anantapur district, India, by residence, according to outcome of pregnancy, 1984-85
Rh120: Table 5 Percentage distribution of maternal deaths in Anantapur district, India, by residence, according to outcome of pregnancy, 1984-85
Table 5: Percentage distribution of maternal deaths in Anantapur district, India, by residence, according to outcome of pregnancy, 1984-85
www.grhf.harvard.edu /SAsia/suchana/0628/120/table5.html   (39 words)

  
 Khoj - Directory for anantapur
In June 1966, Baba was at Anantapur, the biggest town of the District and its official capital, 60 miles from Prasanthi Nilayam, at the invitation by the high school for girls.
Details about the Industrial Parks in Hindupur(Mandal), Anantapur District.
JNTU College of Engineering, Anatapur stands aloft on a solid foundation of past glory and prestige.
www.khoj.com /Regional_and_Local/States/Andhra_Pradesh/Anantapur   (125 words)

  
 Directory Plug - Regional Asia India Andhra Pradesh Districts Anantapur - Free Directory Listings
Adilabad Anantapur Chittoor Cuddapah East Godavari Guntur Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam...
All Regional Asia India Andhra Pradesh Districts Anantapur news
in the South and East, Karnataka State in the West, Cuddapah and Anantapur Districts...
www.rovisoft.com /Regional/Asia/India/Andhra_Pradesh/Districts/Anantapur   (257 words)

  
 Anantapur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anantapur city is the headquarters of the Anantapur District.
Anantapur • Adoni• Chittoor• Kadapa• Eluru• Guntur• Kakinada• Karimnagar• Khammam• Kurnool• Machilipatnam• Nandyal• Nalgonda• Nellore• Nizamabad• Ongole• Proddatur• Ramagundam• Rajahmundry• Sangareddi• Secunderabad• Srikakulam• Tirupati• Vijayawada• Vizianagaram• Visakhapatnam• Warangal
The city of Anantapur has a population of 220,951 (agglomeration 243,359) as per [2001] census.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anantapur   (431 words)

  
 3 held in TDP MLA's murder case
Anantapur district police has achieved a breakthrough in the murder of Telugu Desam Party legislator Paritala Ravi with the arrest of hired assassins.
Vallupalli Rekamaiah, who surrendered to Mahbubnagar police on January 27, spilled the beans and gave a graphic account of the conspiracy and how Ravi was killed in Anantapur town on January 24.
Bhaskar Reddy, a resident of Kanaganapalli, had rented a room in a hotel in Anantapur town a month ago for the hired killers who posed as traders.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/jan/30tdp.htm   (331 words)

  
 Anantapur city Map, Maps of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh travel, Anantapur Tourist Map, Location Map of Anantapur, tour operators in India, Tourism in Anantapur
Anantapur, the largest district in the state, spreads over 19,130-sq-kms.
Anantapur lies in the westernmost part of the Andhra Pradesh, representing true blend of history and modernity on one side and pilgrimage and forts on the other-side.
Anantapur city Map, Maps of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh travel, Anantapur Tourist Map, Location Map of Anantapur, tour operators in India, Tourism in Anantapur
www.mapsofindia.org /andhra-pradesh/anantpur.html   (208 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
There have been, and there continue to be suicides, in Warangal and Medak and Anantapur, in partly fertile Krishna and, even in East Godavari through which flows the massive river the district takes its name from.
In two weeks, farmers have committed suicide in Nalgonda and Nizamabad, in Krishna and in Anantapur, across Telengana, Rayalseema and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Black humour in Andhra’s countryside has it that there is so much spurious pesticide being sold that while it is not good enough to kill insects, it can surely take a farmer’s life.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040609/asp/nation/story_3349485.asp   (889 words)

  
 TDP workers burn down RTC buses
TDP workers tried to attack Anantapur District Superintendent of Police R S Praveen Kumar, but they were dispersed by the DSP's security staff.
In Hyderabad, Anantapur, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Nizamabad and several other places, TDP workers burnt down or damaged a large number of state transport buses.
Dozens of buses were burnt or damaged as Telugu Desam Party workers went on the rampage in Andhra Pradesh protesting against the killing of party legislator Paritala Ravi in a bomb attack in Anantapur on Monday afternoon.
in.rediff.com /news/2005/jan/24ap1.htm   (327 words)

  
 TDP leader laid to rest - Deccan Herald
Ventakapuram of Ramigiri mandalam in Anantapur district is surrounded by hills and is not easily accessible.
A host of TDP top brass and hundreds of party workers attended the funeral of Paritala who was shot dead on Monday afternoon outside the party office in Anantapur, thus falling prey to the uncertainties of the Rayalseema factionalism.
Penukonda MLA, and TDP strongman in the Rayalseema region, Paritala Ravindra alias Ravi was laid to rest on Tuesday in his native village of Venkatapuram around 80 kms from Anantapur.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan262005/i6.asp   (566 words)

  
 Anantapur District Map - Andhra Pradesh - Maps of India
Anantapur District Map - Andhra Pradesh- Maps of India
You are being linked to the latest and updated district map of Anantpur
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/andhrapradesh/districts/dist16.htm   (23 words)

  
 Anantapur --  Encyclopædia Britannica
(Sanskrit: “City of Victory”), great ruined city in southern India and also the empire ruled first from that city and later from Penukonda (in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh) between 1336 and about 1614.
"Anantapur" Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
High school education, primarily the concern of local bodies, is also free.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9007360?tocId=9007360   (254 words)

  
 BBC NEWS South Asia Court orders release for 'monkey god'
The bench directed the Anantapur district superintendent of police to send a team of veterinary doctors to examine the condition of the monkey and treat it as necessary.
The court issued the orders in response to a writ petition filed by an animal rights group, Karuna, based in Anantapur.
The monkey has been kept within the temple's inner-most chambers in the belief that it is the reincarnation of a much loved Hindu monkey god - Hanuman.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2224025.stm   (283 words)

  
 Who is the winner from penukonda(Anantapur district)
People are starving for food without rains in Anantapur district and they spend so much money on those vivahalu.
He is the person who introduced group rajakiyalu and it is time to say goodbye for these kind of acts.
All the good stunts "samoohika vivahalu" he is doing is bullshit and to gain false good impression.
www.andhranews.com /ftopic53.html   (401 words)

  
 NDDB's Safal market to open in B'lore by Feb-end- The Economic Times
Other districts covered include Chitradurga, Bijapur and Hassan in Karnataka, Anantapur and Cuddapah in Andhra Pradesh, and Ooty and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
The bulk of these associations are located in Karnataka with close to 29 in Kolar district.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/411150.cms   (355 words)

  
 Sathya Sai Baba Current Newspapers Articles Press Media
Anantapur: Sri Sathya Sai Baba will soon conduct an aerial survey in the agency areas of east Godavari district to study the progress of the drinking water...
SAI Group to organise five-day winter camp for schoolchildren
www.saibabalinks.org /saibabainthemedia.htm   (551 words)

  
 Events: Statescan; Jan 25, 2004. The Week
"Every time I crawl in and out, I feel scared," says Nagamma, carrying her two-month-old daughter Sailaja at Kallurapam village in Madakasira, Anantapur district.
Nagamma's ordeal is the result of her Adavi Golla (forest shepherd) community's belief that women become impure at childbirth.
The tiny hut makes the tribal woman feel claustrophobic.
www.the-week.com /24jan25/events5.htm   (1040 words)

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