Telangana ministers had an eventful Independence Day on Monday. Other than hoisting the tricolour, they also hoisted the Telangana flag in parts of the district, had eggs thrown at them by T-agitators and faced protests.

Top Maoist leader Azad, alias Cherukuri Raj Kumar, 55, who was in charge of Dandakaranya affairs, was shot dead by the police on Thursday night in Andhra Pradesh’s Adilabad district, bordering Maharashtra, two days after Maoists slaughtered 27 CRPF men in Chhattisgarh.