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Watch: Elephant Fell Into Well In Andhra. How It Was Rescued
An elephant that fell into a well Monday night in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor was rescued by a joint team of forest officials and fire department today. The officials brought in a JCB excavator to break the edge of the wall to rescue the animal.
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Chittoor Killings: Post-Mortem Report Submitted to the Hyderabad High Court
The post mortem reports of 20 alleged red sanders smugglers killed in a controversial encounter in the forests of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, were submitted to the Hyderabad High Court today.
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Chittoor Firing: Doctors to Conduct Fresh Autopsy
A three-member team of doctors from the Osmania Hospital arrived in Chennai today to conduct fresh autopsy of six of the victims of the police firing in Seshachalam forests of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh on April 7.
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Actor Lawmaker Sarath Kumar Demands CBI probe into Chittoor Encounter
Actor-lawmaker Sarath Kumar from Tamil Nadu has now joined the protesting voices that have raised questions on the controversial encounter killings of 20 alleged red sanders smugglers in the forests of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh last week.
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In Andhra Pradesh Shooting, Questions Over Burn Marks, Bullet Injuries
The bodies of the 20 alleged sandalwood smugglers killed in the forests of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh serve as an alarming visual diary of how the men, many of them from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, were killed. Some of the bodies have burn marks; others show bullet injuries in the chest and head, challenging the police claim that they opened fire in s...
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Air Force's 'Bambi Bucket' Helps Control Raging Forest Fire
A major forest fire, which broke out in a forest 30 kilometres away from Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam late on Thursday and started spreading, was brought in control by four of the Indian Air Force's newly-acquired MI-17 V5 helicopters.
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Reports of new fire in hills near Tirumala temple
Air Force helicopters are flying over the thick forests near the Tirumala temple to examine reports of new flames. A massive fire that, according to early estimates, has destroyed 5000 hectares and was believed extinguished last night.
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Fire in forests six km away from Tirumala temple: press release
Tiruamal Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) EO Sri MG Gopal on Wednesday evening elaborated to media in his camp office in Tirumala on the fire-fighting measures taken up by TTD to arrest the forest fires which engulfed vast area in Seshachalam ranges.
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Fire rages in forest near Tirumala, temple is safe, say officials
A fire was blazing this evening in the thick forests near the famous Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.
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Hundreds of hectares of forest destroyed in fire in Tirumala
Hundreds of hectares of forest was destroyed when a major fire broke out in the dense forests nearby the Tirumala Hills , sources at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam said.
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Watch: Elephant Fell Into Well In Andhra. How It Was Rescued
An elephant that fell into a well Monday night in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor was rescued by a joint team of forest officials and fire department today. The officials brought in a JCB excavator to break the edge of the wall to rescue the animal.
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Chittoor Killings: Post-Mortem Report Submitted to the Hyderabad High Court
The post mortem reports of 20 alleged red sanders smugglers killed in a controversial encounter in the forests of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, were submitted to the Hyderabad High Court today.
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Chittoor Firing: Doctors to Conduct Fresh Autopsy
A three-member team of doctors from the Osmania Hospital arrived in Chennai today to conduct fresh autopsy of six of the victims of the police firing in Seshachalam forests of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh on April 7.
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Actor Lawmaker Sarath Kumar Demands CBI probe into Chittoor Encounter
Actor-lawmaker Sarath Kumar from Tamil Nadu has now joined the protesting voices that have raised questions on the controversial encounter killings of 20 alleged red sanders smugglers in the forests of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh last week.
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In Andhra Pradesh Shooting, Questions Over Burn Marks, Bullet Injuries
The bodies of the 20 alleged sandalwood smugglers killed in the forests of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh serve as an alarming visual diary of how the men, many of them from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, were killed. Some of the bodies have burn marks; others show bullet injuries in the chest and head, challenging the police claim that they opened fire in s...
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Air Force's 'Bambi Bucket' Helps Control Raging Forest Fire
A major forest fire, which broke out in a forest 30 kilometres away from Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam late on Thursday and started spreading, was brought in control by four of the Indian Air Force's newly-acquired MI-17 V5 helicopters.
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Reports of new fire in hills near Tirumala temple
Air Force helicopters are flying over the thick forests near the Tirumala temple to examine reports of new flames. A massive fire that, according to early estimates, has destroyed 5000 hectares and was believed extinguished last night.
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Fire in forests six km away from Tirumala temple: press release
Tiruamal Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) EO Sri MG Gopal on Wednesday evening elaborated to media in his camp office in Tirumala on the fire-fighting measures taken up by TTD to arrest the forest fires which engulfed vast area in Seshachalam ranges.
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Fire rages in forest near Tirumala, temple is safe, say officials
A fire was blazing this evening in the thick forests near the famous Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.
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Hundreds of hectares of forest destroyed in fire in Tirumala
Hundreds of hectares of forest was destroyed when a major fire broke out in the dense forests nearby the Tirumala Hills , sources at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam said.
