Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today unearthed disproportionate assets worth over Rs 1.25 crore, allegedly belonging to an Assistant Director (Agriculture). In another case, it arrested a Tehsildar for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 15,000. After registering a case against V Prasad, Assistant Director (Agriculture) in Yelamanchili in Visakhapatnam district, ACB carried out simultaneous searches at his and his relatives' residences, unearthing assets to the tune of Rs 1.25 crore, an official said.

The searches revealed that Prasad owned two buildings, eleven house plots, 23 acres of agricultural land, four commercial vehicles and a car. Market value of the assets could be up to Rs 5-6 crore, according to ACB. In the other case, ACB officers arrested the Tehsildar of Toopran Mandal in Medak District after he was trapped while accepting bribe of Rs 15,000.

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Legendry director K Balchander who is fondly called 'sir' by many senior actors in the industry has been declared the 'Dada Saheb Phalke award' for his contribution to cinema industry. The Government of India on Friday declared this award for the year 2010 to him.

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12/01/07

Duncan comes to the Indian tea party


In a country where the guru-shishya parampara is considered sacred and has the sanction of the scriptures, a mundane thing as the appointment of a cricket coach is bound to arouse more than routine curiosity.

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17/01/07

Cricket-Botha's all-round show powers Rajasthan to victory


South African Johan Botha took three wickets for six runs in two overs and made 45 with the bat to earn Rajasthan Royals a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.

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K. Chandrasekhar Rao was on Friday unanimously re-elected president of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) for the sixth consecutive term.The Mahabubnagar MP was elected unopposed as the TRS chief for the two-year term at the 10th anniversary celebrations of the party at Mahabubnagar.

TVS Motors CMD and a member of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Venu Srinivasan today said the formalities of appointment of the Trust's chairman would be completed soon and made it clear that Sai Baba had not executed any ''will''.

Isolated rain or thundershowers would occur over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema over next 48 hours.

Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on Virat Kohli's whirlwind half century and Chris Gayle's blitzkrieg to notch up a comfortable 26-run win over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here today.