Quicktakes

Though no reasons are cited in the transfer order, he is believed to have been shunted out for the last-minute hitch in telecasting live the opening of the power plant on January 17. Doordarshan Pondicherry kendra head K P Sreenivasan has been moved to Thiruvananthapuram kendra as the deputy director.

Award for Express

KOCHI: The New Indian Express NIE, Kozhikode centre, has bagged the National Award for Excellence in Printing instituted by All India Federation of Master Printers Association for newspapers.

This is the first time the AIFMP is giving such an award. The judges8217; committee, based in New Delhi, had evaluated NIE issues of three months beforedetermining the winner.

RPI splits again

AURANGABAD: The Republican Party of India RPI8217;s unity convention8217; today elected T M Kamble, RPI presidium member and former Member of the Legislative Assembly, as the third faction8217;s national president.

The convention was organised in an effort to maintain party unity. However, the Prakash Ambedkar and Ramdas Athavale factions of the RPI did not respond to Kamble8217;s efforts in this regard.

Infants8217; bodies

HYDERABAD: Three more infants8217; bodies were found in an open drain abutting Hussainsagar lake here today. With this, nine bodies have been recovered in the last four days.

Infiltrators held

JAMMU: Police have arrested more than 100 infiltrators from Pakistan, who had plans to disrupt Republic Day functions in Jammu and Kashmir, police said here today.