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man killed karimnagar: a villager was beaten to death by the naxalites of janasakthi group. the naxals killed him as they suspected him to be responsible for the murder of another villager at vadoda village, about 85 km from here. the naxals beat b buchi reddy with sticks, accusing him of killing k malla reddy, police said. (pti) ---- vizag bank visakhapatnam: the visakhapatnam co-operative bank limited here has earned a gross profit of rs 4.5 crore for 2000-01.the bank has announced the 30 per cent dividend for its share holders and deposit base has been increased from rs 147 crore to 220 crore while share capita is up from rs 3.17 crore to 5.09 crore, bank chairman m anjaneyulu said. (tnn) ---- death condoled kurnool: the apsrtc cuddapah zone executive director mv nagavendra rao has condoled the death of the corporation's former chairman polasani narsinga rao, at a meeting held at cuddapah on wednesday. he recalled the contributions of narsinga rao for the development of the rtc during his tenure between 1973 and 1979. (tnn) ---- cpm protest kurnool:the district wing of the cpm organised a rally and held a dharna in front of the collectorate here on wednesday to protest the arrests of its leaders by the police. the district party secretary t shadrak, party leaders e pulla reddy, ramanjaneyulu, b venkata swamy and gouse desai were arrested by police in connection with pending cases against them. several party leaders participated in the agitation. (tnn) ---- drought relief anantapur: district collector somesh kumar has said that implementation of foodfor-work scheme has picked up momentum in the drought-hit areas across the district. the district was sanctioned 14,000 tonnes of rice for implementation of the programme. (pti)