APPCC chief pays rich tributes to former Deputy CM Koneru

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president D Srinivas today paid rich tributes to former Deputy Chief Minister Koneru Rangarao at the Congress Committee office 'Andhra Ratna Bhavan' here.After unveiling the portrait of Koneru and addressing a condolence meeting organised by the City Congress Committee, he said the death of Koneru on March 15 was a great loss to the party and to the down-trodden people of the state. He fought till his last for the welfare of Backward classes and Dalits and discussed frankly on people problems in the party and cabinet meetings, Mr Srinivas said.Earlier, he visited Kanakadurga temple atop Indrakeeladri hills and offered prayers to goddess Kanaka durga.
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Modi appears before SIT

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday appeared before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) for questioning over the 2002 communal riots.Modi reached the SIT office at noon. This is the first time Modi is being interrogated in a riot case.An official spokesman said Modi’s decision to submit himself for questioning was no setback for the state government.“What setback?” asked spokesman Jai Narayan Vyas.The SIT issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader March 11 seeking his deposition during the week beginning March 21 on the issues raised by Zakia Jaffri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri who was killed in the riots.Jaffri died along with other residents when a mob set fire to the Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad in the wake of the violence sparked off by a train burning at Godhra that killed 59 Hindu passengers.Most of those killed in the retaliatory Gujarat violence were Muslims.
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I&B State Minister Distributed "Akashvani Annual Award"

The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan distributed the "Akashvani Annual Awards 2008", in Chennai on March 26, 2010. The Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati, Shri B.S. Lalli and the Director General AIR, Ms. Noreen Naqvi are also seen.
(Photo by PIB No:CNR-30977)
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