Campaigning ends for civic bypoll
The Hindu
TDP activists take out rally; steps will be taken to resume food bazaar: Vijaya Sai
Election campaigning for the bypoll in two wards 31 and 61 of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) ended here on Saturday.
Former Minister Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu, Visakhapatnam (East) MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, former MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao and other leaders campaigned for TDP candidate Vanapalli Gayatri Phani Kumari in Ward no. 31. The party activists took out a rally from Ambedkar Statue to Yellamma Statue in the ward.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.