CM for all colleges under fee umbrella
The agonising wait for students who are supposed to join engineering colleges in the state is likely to continue. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has asked the cabinet sub-committee not to go ahe
Many ministers back Dharmana
Several ministers on Thursday rallied behind Dharmana Prasada Rao who resigned after the CBI chargesheeted him in Jagan Mohan Reddy’s illegal investments case. The revenue minister, Mr N. Raghuveera R
Ink factory shut down for now
Wednesday’s fire at Bharat Flexo Graphic Printing Inks at Jeedimetla Industrial Development Area has exposed gross violations of the unit. Sources said the factory was allegedly operating without perm
Worried families call Assamese back home
As rumours of alleged attack on the people from the Northeast triggered panic, people started fleeing the state on Thursday. In the last three days there has been an exodus of Assamese people, majorit
HC orders fresh DGP list, Dinesh ahead in new race
The AP High Court on Thursday upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal order quashing the appointment of senior IPS official V. Dinesh Reddy as director-general of police (head of police force, HoPF
UK’s TB test rule for visa is discriminatory, say experts
Medical experts here are concerned about the British government’s new rule, which makes tuberculosis (TB) tests mandatory to avail of a visa to visit the country for six months or more. They say it is
Liquor scam: ACB faces herculean task ahead
The Anti Corruption Bureau is faced with the herculean task of filing chargesheets in the liquor scam involving top politicians, excise officials and liquor dons. Many of the accused are out on bail a
Major fire guts city ink factory
A massive fire broke out in the storehouse of an ink company, Bharat Flexo Graphic Printing Ink, in Jeedimetla industrial area on Wednesday. As many as 10 fire tenders battled for more than eight hou
Shortage of staff hits anti-poaching squad
Wildlife hunting is continuing unabated on the city's outskirts where poachers are using firearms openly.
The Anti Poaching Squad, which has the entire state to cover, and is equipped with only two p
Fire: Official negligence to the fore
Wednesday’s fire mishap in an ink manufacturing unit at Jeedimetla has once again brought to the fore the risk to people's life due to negligence by corrupt officials. The factory of the Bharat Flexo