Aravind Rao

The state government has set in motion the arduous task of withdrawing cases booked against students who participated in the Telangana and Samaikyandhra agitations.

Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday said that the renovated main temple premises at Yadadri will be inaugurated in February next year. He invited Sri Thridanda Chinna Jeeyar Swamy for the inauguration ceremony. He said a Maha Sudharshana Yagnam will also be performed at Yadadri.

The Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case took a new turn with the CBI questioning former director general of police K Aravinda Rao on the affair.

A two-tier security cover will soon be in place in Tirupati and on Tirumala hills in view of the red alert sounded by security agencies.

TRS president K Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday threatened to start another round of agitation if the police book cases against T region employees for participating in the separate Telangana movement.

The CM's principal secretary Jannat Hussain has moved in and convinced Rajasekhara Reddy to appoint Balwinder Singh in the coveted position.

The government is considering the request of Telangana and Seemandhra leaders to withdraw the cases booked against the students who participated in the Telangana and Samaikhyandhra agitations.

After 'The Kashmir Files' and 'The Kerala Story' stirred up a hornet's nest over their controversial depiction of communal issues, a Kannada movie that claims to expose the gory truth behind communalization of politics and political murders is all set to hit the screens on June 16.

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy condemned the attack on the governor and Lok Satta chief Jayaprakash Narayan.

MANGALORE: Peeved at the way some pharmaceutical companies are resorting to misinformation and scare-mongering about the Hepatitis B infection, doctors in Mangalore have written a letter to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr C.P. Thakur urging him to formulate a national policy on HBV vaccination and publicise it widely.

HYDERABAD:With polling for the elections to the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad just 48 hours away, all the main parties are reportedly bringing in supporters from neighbouring districts. The duties of the ‘imports’ include casting bogus votes, impersonation and threatening voters and rival party workers at the polling booths.

This is even as the chief minister is disgusted at the state of affairs in the police department and has commented so to close colleagues.

Senior cops are upset about the intelligence failure because the whole focus of the state intelligence apparatus is on Maoists.