Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, October 07: Officials of the Income Tax department conducted searches at all the branch offices of Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) and reportedly seized some incriminating documents today.

Sources told Express that unit II of the investigation wing of the IT started searches in the morning which continued till late in the night. The NCC has been in the forefront in construction of major projects and it is not clear whether the searches pertain to any particular project.

Hyderabad, October 07: A student of a private school in Nizamabad town was allegedly kidnapped by a woman yesterday afternoon.

Police suspect the role of the kidnapped girl’s mother behind the abduction.

The nine-year girl, Sheeja, is a UKG student of Indian Public School in Vinayak Nagar of Nizamabad town.

Sheeja’s father, Shaik Khurshid Bin, is a private insurance agent and resides in Vinayak Nagar.

Hyderabad, October 07: South Central Railway (SCR) officials held a meeting with the state government officials for expediting railway projects at Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad on Wednesday.

The first-of-its-kind meeting was attended by SCR general manager MS Jayanth, principal secretary, transport SP Singh, chief commissioner, land acquisitions, Vidyasagar and principal secretary, roads and buildings, Lakshmi Parthasarathy.

Senior officials of railways, GHMC, HMDA, municipal administration, forest department, irrigation department and APTransco participated in the meeting.

Hyderabad, October 07: Fake blood glucose monitoring test strips were seized from two medical and surgical stores in the city on Wednesday. Police said usage of these counterfeit strips can lead to a health risk to the user as insulin dosage is adjusted according to the result shown by the test strip.

On credible information, Task Force sleuths raided M/s Hi-tech Surgical Store at Inder Bagh, Gujarati Galli, run by 43-year-old Mohammed Abdul Taher alias Taher, a resident of Hussainialam. “Taher has been selling

Hyderabad, Octtober 07: Very soon, Hyderabad will see installation of the statue of Late Parvathaneni Upendra, former Union minister on the busy junction of road no 1 and 4 in Banjara Hills. The state government has accorded necessary permission to this effect, based on representations from the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president K Chiranjeevi and the Parvathaneni Foundation. However, permission was accorded in violation of a previous state government order.

Hyderabad, October 07: Continuing their crackdown on drug-peddlers, city police caught five persons on Tuesday, including a Kenyan and two Nigerians, allegedly involved in sale of narcotic substances in separate cases.

Visakhapatnam, October 07: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Inspector General(DIG) Visakha Range Soumya Mishra yesterday Inaugurated the One day Convention against Criminal attacks on girl Students in the State.

Speaking after inaugurating the Convention here organised by the All India Mahila Samskritika Sangam(AIMSS) and the All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), She said the knowledge is power. So awareness among girls is necessary to safeguard against victimisation. Lack of preparedness leads to harassment.

Ongole (AP), October 07:) Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy continued his ‘Odarpu yatra’ in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh yesterday.

Jagan began the day from Etamukkala village in the district and went on to console a few families, whose members committed suicide or died of shock following the death of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.

He went on touring several villages and unveiled the statues of YSR at several places.

Vijayawada, October 06: Even as experts and officials were working overtime to restore power generation in Units 4 and 7, a technical snarl forced officials of the Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS) to halt power generation at Units 1, 2 and 6 on Wednesday.

Today’s technical snarls have come at the worst possible time since Units 4 and 7 have been shut down earlier, due to a technical snag and an explosion in a transformer.

Officials say that 1330 MW of power generation has now been affected due to the shutting down of the five units.

Khammam, October 06: Police on Wednesday recovered Rs 2.17 lakh from the site of a gunfight with a group of armed Maoists in Khammam district on Wednesday.

According to sources, the gunfight broke out when a police team, on a combing operation, noticed movement of Naxals in the forests in Gollamadugu in Velerupadu mandal of the district bordering Chhattisgarh.

However, no casualties were reported on either side. The Maoists managed to escape from the spot, the police said.

Hyderabad, October 04: Police exchanged fire with armed Maoists in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh Monday, but there were no casualties on either side.

The gunfight broke out at around 1.00 pm when a police team, on a combing operation, noticed movement of Naxals in the forests in Ashwaraopet mandal of the district bordering Chhattisgarh, police said.

The rebels managed to escape from the spot, they said, adding no casualties were reported from either side.

Hyderabad, October 04: Despite several appeals from the state Congress leadership, party leaders in Andhra Pradesh today continued their war of words over the Telangana issue.

Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar took exception to the criticism of Congress Working Committee member K Keshav Rao by party Whip S Sailajanath.

“Keshav Rao never spoke in a way that hurts the party. It is not correct for Sailajanath to criticise Keshav Rao. We will ask PCC (Pradesh Congress Committee) President D Srinivas to take action against Sailajanath,” Prabhakar said.

Ongole, October 03: Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy continued his ‘Odarpu yatra’ or tour for consoling in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today.

Jagan began his tour from Yedugundlapadu village in the district and consoled the families of a police official, who died along with his father late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in the chopper crash last year and a few others who died of shock after YSR’s death.

The 37-year-old Kadapa MP met the family members of ASC Wesley, the police official, at Miryalapalem village.

Hyderabad, October 02: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will construct 20 bus depots and 152 bus stations on the Outer Ring road (ORR), according to P Narayana Swamy, executive director of the Greater Hyderabad zone.

Speaking on the occasion of attaining superannuation, Narayana Swamy said 1,540 new buses had been allocated to the city under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and 1,392 buses were already sanctioned.

Tirumala, October 02: The Two Town police of Tirumala today registered criminal cases against three former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams trust board members and 21 others in the multi-crore Arjita Seva ticket booking scam.

Cases under Sections 420, 408, 467, 468, 427, 471, 477 and 120 (B) of IPC were registered against them. The police action follows a complaint lodged with them today by TTD chief vigilance and security officer N K Singh. It was the first time that the TTD CVSO lodged a police complaint against former board members.

Hyderabad, October 02: Even as former minister K Surekha shot off another letter to PCC president D Srinivas asking why the party has been ‘sparing those who are harming its interests and harassing those sincerely working for its growth’, the PCC served a showcause notice on Nellore DCC president Y Gopala Reddy for making an appeal to the party cadre to participate in big numbers in YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Odarpu Yatra.

Hyderabad, October 02: The hearing on the petition filed by principal secretary (Home) P Gautam Kumar in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) seeking dismissal of K Aravinda Rao as director general of police, has been posted to October 29.

Simultaneously, CAT has given three weeks time for the respondents to file their petitions.

Hyderabad, October 02: The Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee (OUJAC) would be embarking on yet another yatra of the 10 Telangana districts before launching their struggle for separate statehood after December 31, if necessary. The JAC leaders will seek the support of the people of Telangana for their struggle and also console the families of those who laid down their lives during the movement.

New Delhi, October 02: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to B Ramalinga Raju, founder of Satyam Computers on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking cancellation of his bail granted by the AP High Court in the multi-crore rupee accounting scam.

Hyderabad, October 02: In order to cater to the public demand for MTTS trains, the South Central Railway will run seven more MMTS train services on Sundays with effect from October 3.

Accordingly, the trains scheduled are FL7 Falaknuma (10:35 hrs)-Lingampalli (11:50 hrs), LF8 Lingampalli (12:00 hrs)- Falaknuma (13:15 hrs), FL8 Falaknuma (10:55 hrs)- Lingampalli (12:30 hrs), LF9 Lingampalli (12:40 hrs) – Falaknuma (13:55 hrs) and HL13 Hyderabad (13:05 hrs)- Lingampalli (13:45 hrs).

Hyderabad, October 02: Former Kadapa MP N Tulasi Reddy has been appointed chairman of the Committee on 20-Point Economic Programme. An order was issued today by the general administration department.

It is the second significant political appointment made by chief minister K Rosaiah after he stepped into the shoes of the late chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. The first appointment was the nomination of S Sivarama Subrahmanyam as chairman of APIIC.

The state government is also making appointments for the posts of chairmen of market and temple committees.

Hyderabad, October 02: Determined to regain the lost ground in Telangana belt, the Congress high command has apparently given the go-ahead to the party leaders in the region to begin the process of going to the rescue of those who died for T-cause from tomorrow.

Though officially it has not been declared as a Congress programme it has the backing of Sonia Gandhi. The party does not want to own the programme lest it might rankle the leaders in the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema belt that it was siding with Telangana protagonists.

Hyderabad, October 02: The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated the process to withdraw cases against students and others who participated in the agitations for and against separate Telangana state last year, Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy said on Saturday.

She told reporters here that the process for withdrawal of cases has begun at the district level.

The cases would be reviewed over the next 15 to 20 days and the number of cases to be withdrawn would be known only after the process is completed. “The government will issue an order withdrawing the cases,” she said.

Warangal, October 02: Information, public relations and tourism minister J Geeta Reddy today announced that the state government will celebrate Batukamma festival officially in entire Telangana from this year onwards.

For the conduct of this festival, the state government will release Rs 1 lakh each to all districts in the region. Guidelines for organising the festival will also be released soon, she said.

An order to this effect has been issued by the cultural department today.

Hyderabad, September 30: After three stages of testing, the disease- resistant fine quality ‘Sambha Masuri’ variety of rice is finally ready to be launched in the market.

The product has now been licensed to be given to farmers as per an understanding between the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), that has been testing the variety for the last 5-6 years, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).