In a major setback to the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, the party’s state unit president D. Srinivas lost the byelection from Nizamabad Urban Assembly constituency on Friday.

Faced with defeat in the byelections to 12 Assembly constituencies in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, the ruling Congress and principal opposition Telugu Desam Party said the Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s victory was “very much expected”.

The Election Commission on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the alleged comments made by TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao against Andhra Pradesh home minister P. Sabita Reddy and other leaders during the campaign for byelections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana.

British Prime Minister David Cameron sought on Thursday to allay Indian concerns over a proposed immigration cap on non-EU citizens, arguing that it placed no barrier to the “brightest and best”.

About 10 per cent polling was reported till 9 am with no untoward incident from anywhere in the 12 Assembly constituencies in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh where bypolls are being held on Tuesday.

Over 42 per cent polling has been recorded till 1 pm in the byelections to the 12 Assembly constituencies in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.

A high intake of salt has long been blamed for high blood pressure and hypertension among Indians.

The expert committee on new dietary guidelines, appointed by the Indian Council of Medical Research, have come up with new facts on salts.

Curtains came down on Sunday on campaign for by-elections to the 12 Assembly constituencies in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on Tuesday.

The Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxal force of the state, attacked a Maoist training camp on the Andhra-Orissa border in Chitrakonda police station limits of Malkanjgiri on Friday noon.