New Delhi - An impoverished young mother sold her newborn son in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state so she could pay her hospital bill, news reports said Tuesday.

Rajitha, 20, a single mother, sold the baby a day after he was born to a childless couple for 6,000 rupees (about 120 dollars), PTI news agency reported.

Rajitha delivered her baby by a caesarean section last week. Her hospital bills ran up to 2,000 rupees.

Hyderabad, Feb 22 (ANI): Around 3000 former naxalites will join the newly formed party Prajarajyam on February 24 in Hyderabad.

The maoists will formally join the party in the presence of Prajarajyam Party (PRP) Chief Chiranjeevi and Yuvarajyam President Pavan Kalyan.

The Marxist Leninist singer Gadar along with other pro-naxal intellectuals and actor Chiranjeevi have been repeatedly trying to mobilise the former rebels and bring them into PRP.

Hyderabad, Feb 18 : A city court in Hyderabad will hear a petition filed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to question Satyam Computers former Chief Financial Officer, Vadlamani Srinivas and sacked Price Waterhouse auditors S Gopalakrishnan and Talluri Srinivas.

On Tuesday, the sixth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate reserved orders for Wednesday after hearing arguments over SEBI''s petition.

Earlier, the SEBI had interrogated Ramalinga Raju, former chief of embattled Satyam Computer Services Limited, and his brother, Rama Raju.

Visakhapatnam, Feb 13, : The Indian Navy flagged off a motorcycle expedition on Thursday to promote coastal security awareness among the people here.

The expedition, comprising personnel drawn from the Indian Navy, Andhra Pradesh State Police and the Indian Coast Guard, was flagged off by Rear Admiral Satish Soni.

Apart from senior Flag Officers of the Eastern Naval Command, Superintendent of Police Akun Sabharwal, DIG G. P. Raj and Commodore Sunil Jetly were also present at the ceremony.

The aim of the 16-member expedition was to travel on eight motorcycles all along 974 kilometers coastline of Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad, Feb 11: A day after a stormy session of the Uttar Pradesh budget assembly, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly too experienced a ruckus over Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy''s alleged links with former Satyam Computers Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju.

According to the opposition, the newspaper "Sakshi", owned by Reddy''s son Jagmohan was funded by Raju. This, they said, showed the deep relations between Raju and Reddy family.

It was also suspected that Jagmohan''s wealth was invested in Maytas Infra, headed by Raju''s son Teja.

Hyderabad, Feb 10 : While the general elections are round the corner, an entrepreneur in Hyderabad is busy custom designing election vehicles for several political leaders.

K. Sudhakar, the owner of Sudha cars, who made a small fortune for himself by designing around 20 election vehicles during the last polls, has once again turned his garage into a workshop for making vehicles for his political clients.