Andhra Pradesh

One Rama Rao, member of the ‘Jai Uttara Andhra Rakshana Vedika’ has climbed atop a high hoarding and created commotion, demanding special Railway Zone for the Visakhapatnam region.

Police have reportedly seized Rs 1 crore from the residence of a TDP leader in Mypadu Gate center in the Kovuru constituency on Thursday.

Rajya Sabha MP and Congress party senior leader V Hanumantha Rao on Thursday allged that YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy looted the State’s exchequer to the tune of Rs one lakh crore.

Addressing an election rally at Kovvur Assembly constituency, Hanumantha Rao alleged that Jagan adopted corrupt methods to make money and established the party with an eye on the Chief Minister’s post. He called upon the people of Kovvur Assembly segment to support the spotless candidate P Srinivas Reddy of Congress party in the by-elections.

TDP Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakara Rao has alleged that the ruling Congress party and TRS had colluded to push him into jail.

Dayakara Rao, who was arrested three days ago for obstructing the duties of a police sub inspector, came out of jail on Wednesday on bail. He was given a rousing welcome by the TDP workers.

YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched second round of election campaigning in the Kovuru Assembly constituency in this district on Wednesday. He would tour the constituency for two days.

Jagan, who has already completed extensive campaign in three mandals, would visit two more in the next two days, said party sources. (NSS)

A maniac indiscriminately attacked atients and hospital staff in the Area Hospital here on Wednesday. He also broken some window panes of the hospital.

However, the hospital staff overpowered and tied the maniac with ropes. They later handed him over to the police. (NSS)

A bear, which strayed into a human habitat, has created havoc.

The bear has attacked and injured three persons grievously. Of the three injured, a woman succumbed to her injuries. The scared villagers of Hiramandalam have informed the forest officials about on bear on prowl, who tried to drive the animal away into the nearby forest. (NSS)

Pranamya Suri, an NRI and Kuchipudi dancer, has appealed to the youth to come forward to serve the poor and strive for their uplift. She said that she would set up four water purifier plants in Nalgonda district this year.

A comprehensive enquiry report submitted by Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority(VUDA) Vice-Chairman Kona Sasidhar has recommended initiation of criminal action against all the persons involved in the irregularities concerning its land.

VUDA spokesman last night said the report was submitted to the state government by Mr Sasidhar through the Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development(MAUD) in Hyderabad The value of the land is put at Rs 500 crore.

A local court in Warangal on Wednesday granted bail to Telangana Telugu Desam Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao.

The police arrested Dayakar Rao on Monday at Zaffarghad in the district on the charges of obstructing a police official from performing official and criminal intimidation, during an election rally on March 7 and lodged him at the Central Jail. Earlier, the court rejected his bail petition and remanded him to judicial custody for 15 days.

The Andhra Pradesh government o Tuesday began seeking legal opinion on how to defend the six ministers who were served notices by the Supreme Court in a case involving alleged illegal assets of MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

The Congress government is in dilemma on whether to defend the ministers and bureaucrats or leave it to them to fight their case individually.

Hyderabad: BJP Andhra Pradesh unit President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday expressed hope that the party would win Mahaboobnagar assembly seat where the by-election is scheduled for March 18.

Speaking to reporters here, Reddy said the party is getting support from all sections of people including students and supporters of pro-Telangana.

CPI State secretary Dr K. Narayana has demanded immediate dismissal of the ministers to whom the Supreme Court issued notices in the illegal assets case against Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Three people, including one child were missing after a country-boat, in which they were travelling capsized in the Matasayagadda in the Tribal Agency Pedhabaylu Mandalam in the District. The boat carrying 30 people from Tribal agency’s villages in the Pedhabaylu Mandal, 180-km from here, capsized in the Mastasayagadda water river yesterday after losing balance, rural police said. Local fishermen and youth volunteers have launched a search operation in the Gedda river to trace the missing persons, the police added. UNI

NGO Save Our Souls’ (SOS) 33rd Children’s Village in India and the third in Andhra Pradesh will open Wednesday, it was announced here Monday.

“The purpose of this village is to provide family-based care with love, respect and security to children, enabling them to grow into good human beings and productive individuals,” said Helmut Kutin, president of SOS Children’s Villages International.

Kutin will do the inauguration.

SOS Children’s Village is an international body which provides family-based care to children without parents all over world.

The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and nine bureaucrats for their alleged role in issuing orders during the tenure of late chief minister Y.S. Rajashekara Reddy to favour the business interests of his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

The notices were issued on a petition seeking a probe against the ministers and the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in the case involving the alleged illegal assets of Jaganmohan Reddy.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has said that only his party was capable of providing a stable government in the state.

The PCC Chief Botcha Sathyanarayana has said that the Local Body elections will be conducted in the month of April.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Botcha said that the State Government will conduct Co-operative elections first and later Municipal and Panchayathi elections. He said that the bye-election results will not show any impact on the State Government. He said that the Congress Party would seek votes with the development and welfare slogans. (NSS)

Lashing out at the TDP senior leader Mothkupally Narasimhulu for criticizing TRS Chief K Chandrashekar Rao, the TRS LP leader Etela Rajender has said that he was unable to understand Mothkupally, and expressed doubt saying whether he was a human being or an animal.

Fourteen passengers including three kids and the lift operator were trapped in a lift on the fourth platform of Nellore railway station for over an hour, turning the authorities tizzy.

The passengers and the lift operator boarded the lift around 1030 hrs on Sunday and were trapped inside. Though station authorities tried their best, they could not make the lift move. Then technicians from the lift providers came to the spot and released the passengers. As it has taken nearly an hour-and-a-half, some of the passengers felt giddiness.

Three persons died when a tractor and a three-wheeler collided head on the Eedula Vanka bridge near Sundupalli in the Sundipalli – Rayavaram road. Both the vehicles have fallen in the canal.

Police said the deceased were identified as tractor driver Ganapati and auto passengers Papulamma and Jayamma of Thimma Samudram village.

Officials have said that there could be more casualties as passengers of both the vehicles were buried under the sand being carried by the tractor. (NSS)

Finance Minister Anam Rama Narayana Reddy has described the YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy as a plunderer of public money.

Talking to the media at the district Congress office here on Sunday, he said Jagan owed an explanation on how he has constructed a 70-room palace in Bengaluru. He has alleged that Jagan had constructed a “White House”, with lakhs of crores of rupees he had earned illegally.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao accepted the challenge thrown by TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu of facing another by-elections by resigning from the Lok Sabha seat.

Addressing an election meeting at Kollahpur on Sunday, Chandrashekhar Rao said that he along with all TRS MPs and MLAs would resign from the posts and face by-elections. However, he said Chandrababu Naidu too should resign along with his MLAs and MPs. He said if Naidu was ready to face by-elections, then he would be the first to submit resignation.

Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Sunday refuted the allegations that the Congress party was misusing official machinery in the by-elections.

Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao expressed hopes that the TDP would win a majority of seats in the by-elections to be held on March 18.