Month: December 2010

Hyderabad, December 29: The state government issued 73 orders on Tuesday, withdrawing about 200 cases registered against more than 600 students who participated in the Telangana agitations.

The government orders are part of a series being issued for withdrawal of 565 criminal cases registered against 2,436 students and protestors.

The orders were issued withdrawing cases against students in various police stations in districts of Karimnagar, Medak, Adilabad, Warangal, East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Guntur, Khammam, and Anantapur.

Hyderabad, December 29: In what appears to be an orchestrated move, Congress MPs from the Telangana region, true to their word, launched a hunger strike here on Monday morning demanding rollback of cases booked against students who had taken part in protests both for and against a separate State of Telangana. The State government conceded their demand partly by withdrawing an additional 135 cases within hours after the MPs’ set up their protest camp.

Their sudden decision to go on a fast is being perceived as a well thought out strategy, a brainchild, of the Congress leadership itself.

Guntur, December 29: The Telugu Desam is straining every nerve to make the Rytu Kosam programme being organised by it and its friendly parties at the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Stadium here on December 30 a success in all respects.

TDP state secretary M Subba Rao urged district collector B Ramanjaneyulu to give permission for holding the meeting which will be attended by over one lakh farmers from Guntur, Prakasam, Krishna, East Godavari, West Godavari, Khammam, Warangal, Nalgonda and Nellore districts.

Hyderabad, December 29: T Manohar Reddy, the Kushaiguda police inspector who was suspended by Cyberabad police for his alleged misbehaviour with a Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) girl student, was posted in Nacharam police station today.

L B Nagar traffic inspector V Srikanth Goud was posted as the new inspector of Kushaiguda police station.

Tirupati, December 29: THE High Court issued an arrest warrant against Srikalahasteeswara Swamy temple executive officer Sriramachandra Murty for failing to appear in the court on Tuesday.

According to sources, some individuals, who had donated money to the temple for a diamond-studded crown, approached the court when the officer failed to give them a receipt for their donations. The court had summoned the officer to appear before it on Tuesday. But as he failed to do so, the court issued an arrest warrant against him.

Hyderabad, December 29: Higher courts should quickly step in to review the life imprisonment sentence given to rights activist Binayak Sen on charges of sedition, and carry out a trial which is of much higher standard, the Lok Satta Party has demanded.

The world’s largest democracy had the responsibility to strive to lead the world in the quality of its system of justice, party president Jayaprakash Narayan said in a statement here today.

Anantapur, December 29: Two groups of Congressmen came to blows and ransacked the district Congress committee office here today, marring the party’s 125th Foundation Day celebrations here today.

As the tension spilled out of the office premises, merchants in the neighbourhood downed the shutters of their shops and establishments while people on the road ran helter-skelter fearing for life.

Khammam, December 29: Crop loss and debts claimed five more lives in the state today _ four in Khammam district and one in Karimnagar district.

S Satyanarayana (52), a resident of Vedanthapuram in Aswapuram mandal in Khammam district raised tobacco in 12 acres and paddy in five acres.

The untimely rains damaged his crops. He was mentally upset and died due to cardiac arrest on his fields today. He is survived by wife and three daughters.

New Delhi, December 29: With an appeal to maintain peace, the Srikrishna Committee constituted to examine the demand for a separate state of Telangana said on Tuesday that its report which aims to provide a “permanent solution” to the decadesold problem would be submitted by Friday.

In Hyderabad, the nine Telangana Congress MPs called of their huger strike launched on Monday, as they achieved their objective in a little over 24 hours later: lifting of all cases against students invo­lved in agitations for and against the bifurcation of the state.