Andhra Pradesh

Proddatur, January 12: Six persons were injured when a fogging machine blew up this evening. The brand-new machine, procured by the municipal council at a cost of Rs 3 lakh for undertaking fogging operations to weed out the mosquito menace, was inaugurated in the morning by local MLA M Linga Reddy. In the evening the machine was taken out for fogging from Gandhi Road and as neared Sundaracharya Club sparks emanated from it. Operator, Ijaiah (50), stopped the machine immediately but it was too late. The machine went up in flames with a big bang, injuring Ijaiah and five others.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, January 12: A motor vehicle inspector (MVI) from Khammam district was caught with illegal assets worth over Rs 1.70 crore in the searches conducted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Tuesday.

Anantapur, January 12: A three-member team of CBI officials, led by CBI DIG K Lakshmi Narayana, visited the controversial Obulapuram mines in D Heerehal mandal today on the directions of the government.

CBI officials who held a meeting with mines and forest department officials of both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in Bellary (Karnataka), later visited OMC I, II, III and Anantapur Mining Corporation mines. All the four mines are owned by Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.

Karimnagar, January 12: Imran is a 14-month-old child and does not know that he is suffering from a serious kidney ailment. He had been all smiles until he suddenly collapsed due to pain while playing. His father, Majaruddin, on coming to know that his son was having a kidney problem, left his wife and the son at her maternal uncle’s home here. The poverty-stricken family is not in a position to arrange for proper treatment. Doctors told them the treatment would cost them a minimum of Rs 1 lakh. Unfortunately, they have no Arogyasri card to avail the benefit.

Tuhni (East Godavari Dist), January 12: In a ghastly road accident, 10 persons died and 12 others were injured at Namavaram village in Payakaraopeta mandal of Visakhapatnam district in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Hyderabad, January 12: As expected, Telangana Congress MPs and MLAs on Tuesday decided not to accord priority to “the option of resignation” to achieve separate statehood for Telangana. Instead, they will continue to build pressure on the Central leadership to introduce the T bill in Parliament.

Hyderabad, January 12: Taking exception to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s one-day hunger strike – Jala Deeksha – at Jantar Mantar in Delhi today, Congress MP V Hanumantha Rao said the former Kadapa MP had no moral right to stage the protest. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was voicing his concern over the injustice to the state in allocation of Krishna Waters, was forgetting that it’s because of the inept handling of the issue by his father, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, that the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal had passed a verdict that went against the state’s interests, Hanumantha Rao told newsmen here.

Hyderabad, January 12: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday inaugurated a 102.3 MH 14th FM Radio Station for Karimnagar district as a `Sankranti’ gift at All India Radio Station in Hyderabad.

Inaugurating the FM station, the Chief Minister said the radio will manage to retain its own identity despite various advanced technologies available globally.

Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy expressed optimism that the FM radio channel would provide entertainment and relay informative programmes to the people of the district.

Vijayawada, January 12: The TDP chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has cautioned his party MLAs not to trust the rebel Congress leader, Mr Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Mr Naidu, who has been touring the Krishna district, spoke to his MLAs and is reported to have cautioned them about Mr Jagan.

Hyderabad, January 12: The Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers, Workers and Pensioners, Andhra Pradesh has announced that it will agitate observing ‘Pen Down’, ‘Chalk Down’ and ‘Tool Down’ from January 19 to 21 across the state protesting against the state government’s attitude in not conceding their demands.

Vijayawada, January 12: The Telugu Desam party chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has described late chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as a worse plunderer than Mohammed Ghazni and Mohammed Ghori, two notorious plunderers of India’s wealth.

Talking to the media here on Wednesday, the former chief minister said that the two invaders had plundered only gold and money, but late YSR had looted even the mineral wealth underneath the earth.

New Delhi: Congress leaders from Telangana region are expected to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday to press for the introduction of a bill for statehood.

The leaders met on Tuesday to decide on the future course of action on separate statehood.

Congress MPs, MLAs, MLCs and local leaders have also passed a resolution seeking the introduction of the Telangana Bill in the budget session.

Telangana Cong leaders have also suggested that if their demands are not met, they would be willing to resign from their posts as a last resort.

Hyderabad, January 12: For the first time after quitting the Congress, former Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday took the battle to Delhi and dared the Congress high command to take action against its MLAs loyal to him.

Hyderabad, January 11: The Telangana Congress leaders, notwithstanding their rhetoric, appear to be caught between the devil and the deep sea. Under intense pressure to resign, party MLAs and MPs from the region, are set to attend a meeting, convened by Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao, on Tuesday to discuss their future course of action.

Khammam, January 11: Shahnaz, a resident of Sarapaka village in Burgampad mandal, Khammam district, went to her parents’ place in Kothagudem four months ago. It wasn’t unnatural but four months had passed by and her husband, SK Shareef, was understandably upset. He rang her up only to find that she was not in Kothagudem but in Hyderabad. He rushed to the State capital and found to his horror that she had become a “surrogate mom” _ it means she will deliver a baby for a third party, usually childless couples.

Hyderabad, January 11: Three persons involved in chain snatching and a robbery and one other person who disposed of the stolen property were arrested by police today. Cops recovered 13 tola gold ornaments, a camera, two watches, a phone and a knife from them.

The arrested included Mohd Imtiyaz alias Sameer, Md Sultan and M A Wahab alias Nissar (all belonging to Miralam Mandi). They were caught during routine vehicle checking by Santoshnagar police. Police said the three accused were involved in three chain snatching incidents, a robbery and lifting a two-wheeler in the city.

New Delhi, January 11: Former Congress MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy will undertake a day-long fast in the national capital on Tuesday to protest against the ‘injustice’ meted out to Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal award.

Jaganmohan Reddy, son of the late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, arrived in the capital tonight by a special train along with his supporters and farmers. He would sit on a fast from 10 am at Jantar Mantar along with his supporters.

Hyderabad, January 11: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday rushed to Hyderabad as the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh faced a serious threat of being upstaged by loyalists of former party MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and also the ruling party legislators from Telangana.

Moily, who is in charge of the party affairs in the state, drove straight from the airport to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s camp office.

Hyderabad, January 11: A man’s constant endeavour to do something unique is taking him places. His next destination- another Guinness record.

38-year-old P Krishna Kumar, who has been recognised as a Guinness record holder for enacting nine different roles on nine different stages at the same venue in a span of one hour, has once again set a new feat.

This time, Kumar has typed the English alphabets, numbering 26, within 4.65 seconds. In the process he went onto break the previous Guinness record of 5.06 seconds.

Visakhapatnam, January 11: Ten fishermen were killed and 12 others injured after a van in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary lorry near Payakaraopeta here in the wee hours this morning, police said.

The incident occurred when the driver of the over-speeding van lost control over the vehicle and dashed into the stationary lorry from rear side on NH-5 at around 4 am, Narsipatnam DSP N Narasimha Kishore told PTI.

Police suspect that the mishap occurred due to fog.

Eight persons were killed on the spot and two others died while undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Hyderabad, January 11: To provide quick response to customers’ grievances, the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) had introduced an online grievance mechanism system last year. If the numbers given by RTA officials is anything to go by then we can think that there has been a good response to the online grievance reporting and redress mechanism.

Hyderabad, January 11: Eruption of a fire spark in one of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories unit gave jitters to its employees today. The spark in one of the units, located at Bachupally, was claimed to be outcome of a chemical reaction. But there are no casualties or injuries, according to the company officials.

New Delhi, January 11: The Congress in Andhra Pradesh is under no threat, a party spokesperson said here on Tuesday as former MP Jaganmohan Reddy sat on a day-long fast with thousands of supporters, including several Congress legislators and two MPs.

Putting “speculation to rest”, spokesperson Manish Tewari said: “The Congress government was never in any kind of a threat, is not in any threat and neither will be.”

Stating that “we are not here to criticise anybody”, Tewari told reporters: “Mr Jaganmohan Reddy is not a part of the Congress party.”

Hyderabad, January 11: The State government suspects the presence of outsiders on the Osmania University campus in the guise of students. Both the police and the University authorities have come to know that these non-students are the troublemakers who have been resorting to violence in and around the campus and launching attacks on the police personnel in the name of Telangana movement. The OU officials have been asked to deal with the issue.

Hyderabad, January 11: Spitting fire at YS Jaganmohan Reddy for claiming that the Andhra Pradesh government was surviving at his mercy, Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy today dared the former MP to dislodge it by “making his so-called group of MLAs” resign immediately.

“Let your so-called group of MLAs resign from their posts. Then the government will fall and we shall face an election. Why wait till 2014,” Ravindra Reddy challenged Jagan this evening, in reaction to the claims made by the latter in New Delhi today.