Andhra Pradesh

Rebel Cong MLAs in touch with me: AP CM

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said on Tuesday some of the Congress rebel MLAs owing allegiance to YSR Congress party were "in touch" with him even as he maintained that their disqualification issue was under the Assembly Speaker's purview. "Yes," was his immediate response, when reporters asked the Chief Minister about claims that some of the rebel MLAs, currently facing disqualification proceedings for voting against the...

Botcha takes on Babu to outwit Kiran Reddy

HYDERABAD: Even before the chief minister, or for that matter any senior Congress leader, reacted to the comments made by Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu over the address of the Governor to the joint session of AP legislature on Monday, it was PCC president Botcha Satyanarayana who trained guns at Naidu and sought to take the wind out of his sails on the issues of corruption and liquor scam. Satyanarayana...

TRS, BJP, CPI to corner AP govt on Telangana

HYDERABAD: With the air being thick with expectation that by-elections for the six Telangana and one coastal Andhra Assembly seats might be announced anytime, the TRS, the BJP and the CPI are planning to use the Assembly as a platform to further their common cause" statehood for Telangana. Leaders of the three parties, who met on Monday evening, decided to have floor coordination to raise the Telangana issue whenever an...

Andhra Budget Session begins on a stormy note

Hyderabad: The Budget Session of Andhra Pradesh Legislature got off to a fiery start on Monday with the Opposition parties staging a walk out during the customary address by Governor ESL Narasimhan to the joint session of the Assembly and Council. The principal Opposition TDP protested the Governor's "failure" to dismiss the ministers facing allegations of corruption and the overall inaction on part of the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in...

Jagan MLAs get ready to ambush government

Hyderabad: With the speaker deciding against disqualifying the MLAs who are in the Jagan Mohan Reddy camp for the time being, all eyes are riveted on how they will behave in the Assembly session beginning on Monday. "We cannot sit as a single group.They will not allow it. We too cannot ask him (the speaker) to treat us as a separate group," said Pilli Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the...

BJP wants Bill on Telangana in budget session

Hyderabad: Alleging that Congress has been "deceiving" people on separate Telangana issue, BJP on Saturday said the UPA government should move a Bill on the formation of the state in the coming budget session of the Parliament. Addressing a public meeting organised at the Nizam College Grounds on the conclusion of 24-day 'Telangana Poru Yatra' (struggle for Telangana), former BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu said the Congress party should have...

AP: Junior docs to boycott Govt hospitals today

New Delhi: The Junior Doctors' Association will be boycotting emergency services in 10 government medical colleges and hospitals across Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. This includes big government hospitals like Gandhi and Osmania in Hyderabad. The junior doctors have been on a protest for over 40 days now, demanding a hike in stipend and reduction in the number of years of compulsory rural service. Despite several rounds of talks, the government...

Andhra junior doctors to intensify strike

Hyderabad: Emergency services in government-run hospitals in Andhra Pradesh are likely to be hit with junior doctors on Friday deciding to intensify their strike. With the government ruling out talks with the striking junior doctors till they call off their protest, the medicos have decided to boycott emergency services from Friday evening. They said if the government failed to come forward for talks on their demands by 5 p.m., they...

AP seeks central assistance to tackle drought

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday sought liberal assistance from the Centre for drought relief in the state. Interacting with an inter-ministerial central team that called on him after touring the drought-hit districts, he said the state would send a fresh request for assistance to the tune of Rs 3,006 crore. A release from the Chief Minister's Office quoted him as saying that a few...

Ready to probe bribe allegation: Andhra minister

Hyderabad: Dismissing allegations of receiving kick backs from liquor syndicates, Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister M Venkata Ramana on Wednesday said he was ready to face any probe to prove his innocence. "I requested chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to order a through probe into these allegations. I am ready to quit my post within seconds if I am proved guilty. I have nothing to do with the person who...

Andhra excise minister accused in hooch racket

Hyderabad: In a shocking revelation that is certain to rock the Andhra Pradesh government and administration, state Excise Minister M Venkata Ramana has been accused of taking a Rs 10 lakh bribe to let the illegal liquor business run. The allegation has come from the man accused of running the illegal business. He has also revealed the names of top excise officials and politicians across party lines to the Anti-Corruption...

Andhra woman seeks euthanasia for paralysed son

Hyderabad: Unable to take care of him due to poverty, a 64-year-old widow in Andhra Pradesh has sought euthanasia for her son, a 36-year-old graduate in aeronautical science who has been in a vegetative state for 15 years. C Janardhan, the son of agricultural labourers workers, had got a job offer from abroad and was preparing to go to Australia in 1997 when he was left an invalid in a...

AP: Three new ministers join Kiran Reddy Cabinet

Hyderabad: The ministry of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was on Monday expanded with the induction of three legislators. Governor ESL Narasimhan administered the oath to the three new Congress ministers - N Uttam Kumar Reddy, G Prasad Kumar and K Murali Mohan - at a brief ceremony held at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. Uttar Reddy and Prasad Kumar belong to Telangana region, while Murali Mohan hails...

Man uploads obscene images of woman colleague

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh police have arrested a man for allegedly opening a fake Facebook account of his former woman colleague and publishing obscene pictures. T Satish, an engineer working with an MNC in Bangalore, was arrested on Thursday and officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seized a laptop and a hard-disk from his possession, used for uploading allegedly obscene images of the victim, Cyber Crime SP U Rammohan...

167 Telangana agitators get reprieve

Hyderabad: The state government issued a go on Wednesday for withdrawing cases filed against students for taking part in the agitation for and against bifurcation of the state. The government issued the go in pursuance of a decision taken at the recent cabinet meeting. It may be noted that the government had already withdrew cases registered against 499 persons earlier. Now cases against 167 more persons would be dropped on...