Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, March 06: CLAIMING the discovery of a rock inscription belonging to 1417 AD as a historical evidence of the existence of Telangana for over 600 years, the villagers of Tellapur in Ramachandrapuram mandal in Medak district have urged the district collector that their village be renamed `Telanganapuram’.

Telangana Jagruthi, an NGO headed by TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kavitha, today submitted a memorandum to the collector in this regard.

Hyderabad, March 06: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today filed a petition before the special court trying the multi-crore Satyam scam to allow it to record the statements of four Satyam accused.

Hyderabad, March 06: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and the AP Tourism Department will jointly host a travel and hospitality entrepreneurship summit at Hotel Westin at Mindspace in Hitec City on March 26.

The event will provide a networking opportunity to hundreds of businessmen and have the presence of several prominent venture capitalists.

“If you have a good idea and you need funding, we want you to be able to meet the people who can make your idea a reality,’’ said Ramu Kalapani, CEO of Travelspice and member of TiE.

Hyderabad, March 06: Six persons from the city, including a couple, on their way to Shirdi died in a road accident in Maharashtra early today. Two were injured and their condition is said to be stable.

The bus belonging to Kaleswari Travels left Lakdikapul here last night with 24 passengers.

As the sppeding bus reached a steep curve at Jamkhed in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra around 5:30 am, the driver lost control over the steering, letting the vehicle ram a roadside electric pole and a tree, and then overturn, Jamkhed police inspector Rakh told Express over phone.

Hyderabad, March 06: The agitation for and against the formation of a separate State of Telangana and particularly the events of the last three months have created a state of uncertainty which is to the detriment of the people in all the regions.

The longer this uncertainty persists, the worse it will be.

The suicides by a large number of young people are a poignant indicator.

A setback to Andhra Pradesh will also have an adverse effect on India’s progress. It is, therefore, essential to bring this state of uncertainty to an end, and without loss of time.

Hyderabad, March 06: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials arrested a deputy commissioner of income tax and an auditor for demanding and accepting Rs 4 lakh as bribe.

An official press release here today said the deputy commissioner had demanded the money from the complainant through the auditor for accepting the valuation report of a clinic- cum-residential building on the Amaravati Road in Guntur district.

Hyderabad, March 06: Alleging that some legislators were encouraging gambling in the city, the Telugu Desam today sought details of the names of the owners of houses where anti-social activities were taking place.

Hyderabad, March 05: Just two days after Andhra Pradesh was rocked by an air crash, authorities here went into frenzy this morning when a helicopter disappeared from the radar.

The helicopter, however, landed safely in the Huzurnagar town of Nalgonda district after three tension-filled hours.

Khammam district superintendent of police Anil Kumar confirmed that the chopper, which had gone off the radar near Khammam, had safely landed. “The Air Traffic Control in Hyderabad confirmed that this was the same helicopter that had gone missing,” he said.

New Delhi, March 04: A 30-year-old employee of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged she was molested and harassed a senior, police said. A case has been registered against the accused at Lodhi Colony police station after the woman approached seniors.

“We had received a complaint from the office of the CBI director. On the basis of this complaint, we registered a case of molestation and outraging the modesty of a woman,” said HGS Dhaliwal, deputy commissioner of police (south). The complainant said the accused often harassed her at work and made indecent gestures.

Hyderabad, March 02: “Stop rabble-rousing at once!’’ That is the piece of advice senior members of the Lok Satta Party have given leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Taking strong exception to the personal remarks made by Etela Rajender against their party chief Jayaprakash Narayan, LSP leaders V Laxman Balaji, G Raj Reddy, V Vijayender Reddy and Dr Panduranga Rao told reporters here today that the LSP had never defended regionalism.

On the contrary it had always studied in depth any issue before coming up with suggestions or conclusions, they claimed.

Tambaram, March 02: A 43-year-old Customs official, working at the Air Cargo Complex of Chennai Airport, was hacked to death by an armed gang at his house in Adambakkam late on Sunday night.

His wife and their two sons, seated inside a car, were also targeted by the assailants, but they had a narrow escape.

Vishakapatnam, March 02: DK Sood today took over as the General Manager (Incharge) of NTPC’s Simhadri super thermal power plant situated near here.

Sood, who had earlier worked as the general manager of NTPC’s Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Project (RGCCPP) at Kayamkulam in Kerala, took over from his predecessor who was transferred as general manager of NTPC’s Talcher super thermal power station in Orissa.

Rajhmundary, March 02: B Rupa Suryasri, wife of B Siva Kumar, a prime accused in the kidnap and murder of advocate Kalyan attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills at her mother’s house in Bhaskar Nagar today. Rupa’s mother Usha Rani came to know of it when she entered her room to inform her of a phone call from the police. She found her daughter lying on the bed in unconscious state. She was rushed to Government hospital immediately.

Nellore, March 02: The crime police have busted a counterfeit currency racket by arresting four persons.

Disclosing this to newsmen here today, Superintendent of Police E Damodar said M Nagaraju (21) of Tekkemitta and C Ramachandra Reddy (56) of Ravindra Nagar in Nellore City, P Subbaraju (57) of Sukkupalle in Sullurpet mandal and V Bhaskar (42) of Ranipet in Venkatagiri were arrested when they tried to exchange a fake Rs 1,000 note at a shop in Chinna Bazaar area yesterday.

Rajhmundary, March 02: Reducing the price of cheap liquor, decrease in excise duty and selling cheap liquor at the Maximum Retail Price, were some of the recommendations made by the inquiry officer from the Excise department who probed the hooch tragedy that took place in January in East godavari district. As many as 18 persons lost their lives and another seven their eyesight in the tragedy.

Tirumala, March 02: Legendary playback singer and Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar was made to wait in a car for about halfan- hour on Sunday by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) officials who failed to inform her of the travel arrangements they had made for her return journey.

Lata arrived here on Saturday at the invitation of the TTD which released a CD of Annamayya keertans rendered by her. She was also felicitated at the function.

Guntur, March 02: Minister for Endowments, Gade Venkata Reddy, fell ill due to fall in sugar levels in his body at Bapatla this morning and was rushed to the intensive care unit of Lalita Super speciality hospital in Guntur. His condition, according to doctors attending on him, is stable. Though initially, the doctors wanted to shift him to the Nizam’s Insstitute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad, later they dropped the idea as the minister showed signs of quick recovery and all tests conducted on him showed there was no need for worry.

Karimnagar, March 02: Andhra Pradesh Congress MPs forum convener and Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar said that the party would not contest the coming byelections for Sircilla and Huzurabad Assembly constituencies saying that the respective MLAs quit from their positions in favour of Telangana.

However, he maintained that Congress would contest Vemulawada Assembly bypoll saying that it fell vacant after TDP MLA Ch Ramesh put in his papers following citizenship row but not in support of Telangana.

Kurnool, March 02: In a novel protest against hike in prices of petrol and diesel, TDP leader and former Kurnool mayor Bangi Ananthaiah set two of his motorcycles on fire. He took out the two-wheelers on a rickshaw in procession to the Collectorate and set them on fire.

He lamented that due to the hike the situation didn’t permit use of vehicles. “We don’t have any other go except for opting cycles, rickshaws and bullock-carts,’’ he ridiculed.

Chimakurthy, March 02: Six more bodies of workers, who died in a mudslide while at work in a granite quarry here on Feb 25, were retrieved today. With this, the number of bodies retireved has risen to 12.

Officials suspect smore more bodies could be lying trapped among the boulders and mounds of mud at the accident site.

Hyderabad, March 02: The Telugu Desam and Left parties have decided to wage a joint agitation against the increase in the prices of petroleum products and essential commodities.

They will move an adjournment motion in the Assembly tomorrow to insist on a resolution urging the Centre to reduce the prices. These parties’ legislators will go on bicycles to the Assembly from NTR Ghat tomorrow morning.

Vijayawada, March 02: In an effort to introduce the historical Tanjavur paintings to art-lovers in the city, the Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited, popularly known as POOMPUHAR, is organising an exhibition-cum-sale at Madhu Gardens in the city.

Tanjavur paintings date back to the 16th Century when Marathas ruled Tanjvur. The art had further flourished during the Maratha rule in the 17th and 19th centuries.

Guntur, March 02: The Vignan University today suspended four students from its engineering college on charges of ragging a I Year student, K Krishnakant.

Of the four accused, three are reportedly absconding.

K Krishnakant, son of ZP chairperson Kuchipudi Vijaya and former chairman of Gandhalaya Samsta Kuchipudi Sambasiva Rao, filed a complaint to the police stating that the accused had been casting casteist slurs on him for the past six months.

Speaking to Express here today, Krishnakant said this had been going on in the college bus and had reached unbearable limits lately.

Hyderabad, March 02: The illegal and indecent activities in entertainment and amusement places on the outskirts of the city came to light once again with the Cyberabad police arresting 18 young women dancers indulging in vulgar dances in a resort at Shameerpet. Police also arrested 23 persons who were `enjoying’ their weekend at the resort.

On information that partying was going on in the Rev’s Exotica resort at Upperapally village in Shameerpet mandal on the city outskirts, Shamirpet police raided the resort late on Sunday night.

Hyderabad, March 02: Most of the newly-married working couples appear to be having complaints against each other. At least, this is the indication from the increasing number of cases of marital discord that are pouring in at the fully operational Mahila Support Centre at the Central Crime Station (CCS).

And if you thought that it is only the poorer sections of the society that are turning up at the support centre, then you are wrong.