Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi, January 02: YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who has revolted against the Congress leadership, intends to seek re-election from Kadapa Lok Sabha seat and says he is not keen on destabilising the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.

The son of late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy says he has fast-tracked the process to register and launch his new political party before the by-elections for Kadapa and Pulivendula Assembly constituencies are announced.

Hyderabad, January 01: Ahead of Justice BN Srikrishna Committee’s report becoming public on Jan 6, TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has made it clear that nothing short of separate state would be acceptable to the people of the region.

Vijayawada, January 01: The leaders of farmers’ organisations in coastal districts are seething with rage over the Justice Brijesh Kumar Tribunal award which, according to them, had denied whatever little water that trickles through the mighty Krishna river to AP.

The Krishna Delta Protection Committee has called upon people’s representatives to fight the injustice and ensure that the award is reviewed. According to Mandali Budha Prasad, former minister and member of the committee, an all-party meeting will soon be convened in Vijayawada to decide the future course of action.

Hyderabad, January 01: IPS officer Ch Dwarka Tirumal Rao has been appointed as the new Cyberabad police commissioner. The state government today issued orders posting Tirumal Rao to the post and he took charge of his new assignment from the outgoing commissioner S Prabhakar Reddy, who retired from service today.

Though the new year began on a happy note for Tirumal Rao, Prabhakar Reddy, who was looking forward for his promotion as Additional DGP before calling it a day from service, was left unhappy as he retired as IGP itself.

Hyderabad, January 01: As expected, all the political parties, including the ruling Congress, are preparing to find ways to undo the injustice meted out to Andhra Pradesh by Justice Brijesh Kumar’s Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal.

Hyderabad, January 01: In what seems to be a New Year resolution, the Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) has decided to take its case against Emaar Properties to its logical conclusion. At its board meeting here on Thursday, APIIC decided to initiate criminal proceedings against the company for defrauding it of an estimated Rs 500 crore.

Hyderabad, January 01: The eight parties from AP want to send more or less the same set of representatives who had attended the earlier meet (on Jan 5, 2010) for the Jan 6 meet called by Chidambaram in Delhi.

Hyderabad, January 01: Depressed after her husband’s death and her poor financial condition, a 35-year-old woman committed suicide after giving poison-laced soft drink to her three children at Neredmet yesterday night. One of the children died along with her mother.

Neredmet police said that Jyothi (35), who has been under depression since her husband Srinivas died seven months ago, bought a soft drink for her three children — Meghana (14), Varshita (12), Nanda Kishore (10). But she poisoned it before making them drink it.

Warangal, January 1: Demanding withdrawal of Central Paramilitary Forces from the Telangana region, activists of the Students Joint Action Committee of Kakatiya University on Friday obstructed the convoy of Minister for Information Technology Ponnala Lakshmaiah at Aswaraopalli in Raghunathapalli mandal in the district.

Raising slogans against the State government and Centre, the students demanded that the government withdraw forces immediately from the Telangana region. The students also warned the government of serious consequences if it did not withdraw the forces immediately.

Sangareddy (Medak), January 1: The Telangana Political JAC convenor, Prof. Kodandaram, has said that an action plan regarding achievement of the decades-long dream of Telangana State would begin tonight. He said that they would organise massive rallies in all villages of the region by lighting candles and welcome the New Year by declaring as the Year of Telangana.

Hyderabad, December 31: After the Srikrishna Committee submitted its report to Union home minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi today, the question uppermost on the minds of people across the region is: Will he or won’t he?

Hyderabad, December 31: CLAIMING that the law and order situation during the Telangana and Seemandhra agitations in the past one year was maintained effectively, directorgeneral of police K Aravinda Rao today said that there was no occasion when the police came under criticism from any quarters while handling the agitations as per law.

Hyderabad, December 31: Protesting against the Raipur sessions court sentencing rights activist Binayak Sen to life imprisonment on charges of sedition and alleged Naxalite links, speakers at a ‘free Binayak Sen’ campaign here today demanded that the charges against him and Pijush Guha and Narayan Sanyal be dropped and Section 124 (A) IPC repealed.

Hyderabad, December 31: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today urged the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) and the member banks to go to the rescue of farming community by promptly rescheduling the kharif crop loans and sanctioning fresh advances.

Addressing the 172nd SLBC Meeting with special focus on the agriculture sector at Jubilee Hall here, the chief minister also requested them to pass on the interest waiver benefit of the state government to the affected farmers.

Hyderabad, December 31: On the day when the Srikrishna Committee on Telangana submitted its report to the Centre, the Osmania University witnessed a lull of activity. “It’s just a calm before the storm. If the committee report goes against the wishes of Telanganites or the Centre delays the creation of Telangana state in spite of the committee’s recommendation, the campus will once again boil,’’ a student said.

Hyderabad, December 31: IRRESPECTIVE of the Srikrishna Committee’s recommendations, the Telangana Students Joint Action Committee (TSJAC) has decided to launch a battle for statehood with a massive show of ‘student power’ in the city on January 19.

The TSJAC also gave a call to all public representatives from the region, irrespective of their party affiliation, to resign and join the Telangana movement should the committee report go against the aspirations of the people of the region.

Guntur, December 31: The indefinite fast of TD president Chandrababu Naidu followed by the party’s farmers’ convention, Rytu Kosam, appear to have helped the TD supremo finally shed his antifarmer tag and come around as the friend of the farmer.

Hyderabad, December 31: The Telangana Rastra Samiti has decided to continue the movement for separate Telangana state in the new year, which it described as ‘Udyama Nama Samvatsaram’, to achieve its political goal. The party wants to build up more pressure on the Centre for introduction of a bill in Parliament for creation of separate state.

Speaking at a meeting in Mahaboobnagar district today, party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao called upon Telangana activists to continue the struggle unitedly till the goal was achieved.

Hyderabad, December 31: Continuing to come down hard on ‘corrupt’ babus, AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths today cracked down on two government officials in the city and the neighbouring Ranga Reddy district and unearthed assets worth more than Rs 3.20 crores in documentary value alone. The market value of the assets would be more than Rs 8 crore, officials said.

ACB sleuths conducted raids on the Vanasthalipuram Hills residence of Alladi Laxminarayana, the assistant director of Institute of Preventive Medicine, Narayanguda around 6.20 a.m.

Hyderabad, December 31: The 34th annual convocation of the Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), held on the campus here today, was marred by proTelangana slogans.

As soon as vice chancellor P Raghava Reddy began his convocation address, some students seated in the front row of the balcony began shouting ‘Jai Telangana’ slogans and interrupted his address. The students were rounded up and whisked out of the auditorium by the police.

Hyderabad, December 31: BJP senior leader and Rajya Sabha member M Venkaiah Naidu has demanded that the Congress-led UPA government take a political decision for creation of Telangana state without any further delay.

Addressing a news conference here today, the BJP leader said the Srikrishna Committee would not help the government to resolve the Telangana issue since it can be addressed only at the political level. The government should take a political decision by considering people’s wish and administrative convenience to ensure development of all the three regions of the state.

Hyderabad, December 31: Telangana students today forced cancellation of the counselling for admission to the Ph.D programme in education protesting against the Osmania University accepting applications from ‘non-local’ students who hail from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.

Hyderabad, December 31: Task Force sleuths today arrested a pimp who was working for a person running an online flesh trade. The arrested, Mohammed Khaisar, is a car driver from Begumpet who came in contact with Sahil, who runs a flesh trade through a website.

Hyderabad, December 31: Virtually ‘caught’ in the midst of software firms and techies at the Raheja IT Park, the elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to move its field office to a more secure, hassle-free and accessible place and has zeroed in on Begumpet.

Working from the second floor of Maximus 2B Tower, Raheja IT Park at Gachibowli, the NIA is finding it difficult to maintain secrecy over its operations, especially with regard to interrogation of terror suspects. Further, it finds the office not easily accessible and risky for the IT firms in the area.

Hyderabad, December 31: Two co-brothers died while their relative suffered injuries after the two wheeler in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree on the outskirts of the city today. The duo were coming to the city after attending the birthday party of one of the victims.