Kurnool, February 27: Taking a cue from the incident where footwear was hurled at the erstwhile US president George Bush, a government employee did the same in the court here today.
She threw a chappal on Judge M Shanmugam in the IVth Additional and Family Sessions court in the city today.
Surprisingly, the woman – Radha Rani – is a typist in the same court. The judge and the typist had an argument earlier in the day on a petty issue.
Hyderabad, February 27: For the first time, a Congress leader from Andhra region, that too a minister, has come out openly in favour of bifurcation of the State and asserted that he would build a strong case for the separation with the Justice BN Srikrishna Committee which is setting its apparatus together to hold hearings on the contentious issue.
Chimakurthy, February 27: Blatant violation of regulations seems to be behind yesterday’s Chimakurthy granite quarry tragedy which claimed 12 lives.
Alarmingly, such flouting of rules appears to be rampant in quarries across the region.
As for the latest mishap, infrastructural lacunae have meant that even after 24 hours only two bodies could be retrieved — those of water engine operator Malineni Pitchaiah (47) of Rajupalem village, Chimakurthy mandal, and wire-saw operator Gangireddy Siva Reddy (35) of Bakkireddypalem village in the same mandal.
Tirupati, February 27: Leaders of various political parties have called for a bandh in this temple town tomorrow to protest the ”inhumane” behaviour meted out by policemen to agitators who laid siege to the TTD administrative building.
Police had inhumanly dragged the peaceful agitators and whisked them away when they were demonstrating peacefully in front of the TTD administration building as a part of the 48-hours siege.
Kurnool, February 26: Taking a cue from the incident where footwear was hurled at the erstwhile US president George Bush, a government employee did the same in the court here today.
She threw a chappal on Judge M Shanmugam in the IVth Additional and Family Sessions court in the city today.
Surprisingly, the woman – Radha Rani – is a typist in the same court. The judge and the typist had an argument earlier in the day on a petty issue.
Hyderabad, February 25: Two labourers were killed and at least 15 others were feared trapped when a hillock caved-in at a granite quarry in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh this evening, police said.
The mishap occurred near Chimakurthi village when a group of labourers were engaged in digging work inside the quarry spread on 24-acre, owned by a private company, they said.
Chennai, February 24: The Madras High Court today stayed the operation of the revised approval procedure of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in respect of existing approved self-financing technical institutions.
Justice K Venkataraman granted the interim stay on petitions filed by the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu, Association of Management of Coimbatore Anna University Affiliated Colleges and Srinivasa Institute of Engineering and Technology, Parivakkam, Poonamallee.
Hyderabad, February 24:The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday welcomed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s budget that offered many sops to the state and gave special attention to the Telangana region.
For the first time in recent years, the state did not get a raw deal with the 2010-11 budget offering a railway wagon factory, a sports academy, 22 new railway lines and 14 new trains.
New Delhi, February 23:The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to substantiate its claim that Maoists have infiltrated the student ranks of Osmania University, which is spearheading the movement for a new Telangana state.
“Where is the input of the infiltration inside the campus? What is the proof available? We would like to have it,” a bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said as senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for the Andhra Pradesh government, made the claim.
Hyderabad,February 23 :Ysr supporters are gunning Rosiah to take induct ex chief minister wife as a cabinet minister and pressing the chief minister and high command to include her in the next cabinet expansion.Andhra Pradesh chief minister K. Rosaiah is in a quandary.On the one hand there’s the boiling cauldron called Telangana.On the other, the memories of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to contend with.
Hyderabad, February 23: A 55-year-old Handloom Worker allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a beam in his house at Venkatanarsingapuram Village in Krishna District today.
Police sources told, K Siva Rama Krishna resorted to the extreme step due to mounting debts.
The body was shifted to Gannavaram Government Hospital for post-mortem, the sources added.
–Agencies–
Bhubaneshwar, February 22: Police are still clueless on the whereabouts of the owner of a fly-by-night company, which duped around 300 youths, promising to provide jobs .
Although the aggrieved youths lodged an FIR in Town police station 20 days back, after they learnt that they were not getting jobs, police are yet to arrest the culprit .
Hyderabad, February: A film producer and his associate were arrested on charges of illegally transporting contraband drug, police said.
K Venkateshwar Rao, a Telugu film producer who also runs real estate business, and his friend Bhojraj were arrested yesterday when they were transporting ‘Ephedrine’, a chemical used in manufacturing of naracotic drugs, Madhapur Police Inspector Srinivas Reddy told media here.
New Delhi, February 22: Pro-Telangana protestors, in Delhi to press for the speedy creation of a separate state, marched towards Parliament on Monday.
Hundreds of lawyers, students and others sympathetic to the Telangana cause voiced their demands at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital and then rushed towards Gate No 5 of the Parliament – violating prohibitory orders – and clashed with the police personnel posted there.
As per reports, some of them even managed to get through the security cordon and were forcibly pushed out by the security personnel.
Hyderabad, February 21: Praja Rajyam party (PRP), CPI, CPM and the BJP strongly have criticised the State Government’s budget proposals for 2010-11 financial year presented by Chief Minister K Rosaiah in the State Legislative Assembly today.
The Left parties described the budget as a jugglery of numbers and not reflective of the actual facts. They said that during the discussions in the Assembly they would propose several amendments to the budget. If the government did not take it in the right spirit they would launch agitations in and outside the Assembly, they warned.
Hyderabad, February 21: For all the talk of the AP economy being under severe strain, Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Saturday presented a revenue surplus budget for 2010-11, upping the overall spend during the next fiscal by over Rs 13,000 crore.
Hyderabad, February 21: Endowment Minister G Venkata Reddy assured the Legislative Assembly today that the government would order a probe into the alleged corruption by former endowment commissioner Sundar Kumar if the members submitted specific allegations.
Responding to A Vivekananda Reddy’s (Cong) allegations during question hour, the minister said that the government would take criminal action against those who misappropriated temple funds.
Hyderabad, February 21: There could not have been a better budget than the one he had presented to the Assembly in the prevailing conditions, Chief Minister K Rosaiah claimed today.
Speaking to reporters after presenting the budget in the Assembly, he said that he had given priority to the welfare sector without cutting the capital expenditure.
Hyderabad, February 21: Even after a relentless fight for nearly 19 years, SC Subhash Girhothra and Anand Prakash have not lost their hope that justice will be done to Ruchika who committed suicide after being allegedly molested by the former DGP of Haryana SS Rathore.
They still hope the CBI investigation will come out with something and they want to wait and watch the developments before jumping into conclusions.
Hyderabad, February 20: Political trouble over Telengana and its impact on the financial situation notwithstanding, a tax-free budget was presented in Andhra Pradesh assembly for 2010-11, which cuts allocations for key government programmes, including the subsidy for power and irrigation.
The budget presented by Chief Minister K K Rosaiah, who also holds the portfolio of Finance, shows an outlay of 1.13.675 crore and a projected expenditure of Rs 1,13,660 crore.
Hyderabad, February 20: Scientists have found ways to monitor tsunamis through underwater network of communication cables, says a new study.
The study was conducted by Manoj Nair of the University of Colorado, T. Harinarayana of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Alexei Kuvshinov of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and S. Neetu of the National Institute of Oceanography.
Hyderabad, February 20: The Congress legislators have finally said goodbye to the Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising TDP, TRS, PRP, BJP and people’s organisations.
They have formed what will be known as Telangana Congress Action Committee (TCAC) to bring pressure on the party leadership to deliver Telangana by staying as legislators.
They appealed to the agitating Telangana students to withdraw their tomorrow’s `Chalo Assembly’ programme and to understand the Congress party’s commitment to the cause.
Vishakapatnam, February 20: Venkata Rani, Sandhya and now Naga Krishna Veni. The number of complaints against Vegi Jagadish, son of the owner of the Jagadamaba theatre complex, is only growing. One more victim is believed to be mustering courage to lodge a complaint.
Today, the city police registered a second case against Jagadish at the Two- Town police station.
Ongole, February 20: Battina Prakash, a resident of Machavaram village in Kandukuru mandal of Prakasam district, migrated to Hyderabad nine years ago in search of livelihood along with his family and has since been leading an ordinary life working as a mason.
Tirupati, February 20: The all-party meeting held here today resolved to besiege Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams administrative building for 48 hours from February 26 protesting the TTD’s decision to hold the Trust Board meeting at Kanyakumari.
K Murali, K Kumar Reddy (CPM), Venkaiah (CPI), G Bhanu p r a k a s h (BJP), Anjaiah (RPI), G Narasimha Yadav (TDP), D Rambhupal Reddy (Congress) and other leaders attended the meeting.