SP held hostage by suspended head-constable
A Superintendent of Police of Police Transport Organisation (PTO) was on Wednesday allegedly held captive by a suspended head-constable in Saifabad area here.
The head-constable, identified as Giripr
CBI request: CM to take Dharmana view
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has decided to seek R&B minister Dharmana Prasada Rao's “views” on CBI’s request for sanction to prosecute him for the role in issuing government orders on the Vanp
Parents struggle to recover donations
The fate of hundreds of students who “bought” seats by paying lakhs of rupees as donations under the management quota in top engineering colleges hangs in the balance. The managements are refusing to
Legislators’ China trip remains in limbo
While the Chief Minister of neighbouring Karnataka has cancelled a foreign tour of state legislators in the face of severe public criticism, a similar “study tour” to China for Andhra Pradesh legislat
Poor kids suffer due to AP ‘fund crunch’
The 25 per cent quota for poor students in private schools under the Right to Education Act remains only on paper due to the apathy and lack of political will of the state government. Even though the
State says CBI can take up case
The state government on Monday put the CBI on the back foot before the High Court for not conducting a probe into the controversial land deal of IMG Academics Bharata despite getting consent for the s
CBI claimed inability to probe land acquisitions
The state government in an affidavit, said that the joint director, CBI, South Zone, Chennai, had informed the state government, through a letter dated January 29, 2007, that the Bureau had already re
Parties got Rs 4,662cr funds in donations
Political parties including the Congress, Telugu Desam, CPI and CPM received huge donations from Andhra Pradesh-based infrastructure, irrigation and energy companies and industrialists in the last few
Centre sits idle on IPC amendments
The Centre has been sitting on amendments of several Acts and the Indian Penal Code proposed by the state government. Amendments by the state to the IPC regarding acid attacks, re-enactment of AP Con
Centre wary of red terror in ‘T’: Shinde
The Union home minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, on Monday said that the Centre would not make any announcement on Telangana without considering the Naxal problem. Stating that reports had indicated th