The Regional Passport Officer Ms. Abhilasha Joshi said that the External Ministry has increased the cost of application of passport only after thorough study. She said that a 'May I Help You' counter was setup at the office to help applicants in filling the application forms. She confirmed that the passport has no 'authorised agents'.

Vice-Chairman of VUDA Mr. SGK Kishore, Managing Director of Girijan Corporation Mr. A Vidyasagar, Development Commissioner of VEPZ Mrs. Rathna Prabha and Superintend of CBI Mr. Attili Sudhakara Rao were sleeted to receive 'Ugadi Puraskar 2002' given by the Madras Telugu Academy.

Prof. Y C Simhadri took over as the new Vice Chancellor of Andhra University. He took over from Mr. G Sudhir, Secretary of Higher Education who worked as the acting-VC.