High drama at Endowments Dept. office in Vizag
The Hindu
Assistant Commissioner hurls sand at senior officer alleging mental harassment
Differences among officials in the Endowments Department reached a new high on Thursday after Assistant Commissioner Santhi hurled fistfuls of sand at Deputy Commissioner V. Pushpavardhan at the latter’s chambers and swore at him. The incident was caught on CCTV cameras installed in the office. Mr. Pushpavardhan was in the midst of discussions with three officials of the department on Thursday morning when Ms. Santhi barged into his chamber and hurled sand at his face and started swearing at him, alleging that Mr. Pushpavardhan was subjecting her to mental harassment.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.