Hyderabad: Opposition parties have begun a statewide in Andhra Pradesh to protest against the power tariff hike. Road traffic is likely to be affected in Vishakhapatnam and Vijayawada but autos and buses are plying in Hyderabad.
Banks will also remain open in Hyderabad but schools and clleges have declared a holiday. The Left sponsored shutdown has been supported by the main opposition the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the YSR Congress Party.
The BJP has also called for a separate strike. Leaders and activists of opposition parties held demonstrations in front of bus-depots in different districts across Andhra Pradesh, however, there were no reports of untoward incidents so far. Shops and business establishments downed their shutters at many places in Hyderabad while some educational institutions had already announced on postponing the exams.
Police took CPI State secretary K Narayana and CPM state secretary BV Raghavulu in preventive custody when they tried to hold protests and stop plying of buses near the MGBS here. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had earlier announced some relief and said that there was no hike in power charges for consumers whose consumption is upto 200 units per month....
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01:36 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Visakhapatnam: Human remains stuffed in a suitcase and two bags were found from Hirakud Express on Tuesday in Visakhapatnam by Government Railway Police (GRP), an official said. "The remains were found stuffed in a suitcase and two bags which were found abandoned in S7 and S8 compartments of Hirakud Express which arrived here in the wee hours from Amritsar", said a GRP officer. He said the victim appears to be...
02:09 AM, Mar 27, 2013
The Navy on Saturday recovered the bodies of its two personnel including a pilot who had been missing after their chopper crashed off the Viskhapatnam harbour four days ago. The Chetak helicopter had crashed with four persons on board of which two were rescued while the two others had gone missing. ...
10:55 PM, Mar 09, 2013
A naval helicopter, with four personnel on board, crashed off the Vishakhapatnam harbour on Tuesday. Two crew members were immediately rescued while two others were missing and a search was underway for them, Navy officials said. The Chetak helicopter crashed at around 1500 hours during a routine training sortie, they said. ...
07:45 PM, Mar 05, 2013
In another instance of bizarre khap justice, the Jind panchayat has struck a compromise in a woman's murder case and has directed the families of the accused to offer penance by kneeling and paying obeisance to the victim at the spot where she was killed. The woman died in a gunfire in October 2012. ...
07:45 AM, Mar 03, 2013
A Khap panchayat played court again in Haryana's Hisar district where a trader, accused of molesting a girl, was freed after an apology while the policemen watched. The local trader was 'punished' following allegations of sexual harassment. ...
10:14 AM, Feb 10, 2013
A Khap panchayat in Haryana's Hisar district has reportedly forced a couple to live as siblings. The couple has been married for over a year. Their family alleged harassment and extortion by the village head. ...
10:05 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Coming down heavily on khap panchayats, the Justice JS Verma Committee on Wednesday said means adopted by them have assumed "unreasonable proportions" and asked the government to ensure such bodies do not interfere with choices made by people regarding marriage. ...
08:12 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Notorious for pronouncing bizarre verdicts on social issues, Haryana's community councils, the khaps, on Sunday asked the Arya Samaj not to solemnise at its temples weddings between couples from the same gotra (lineage) and village. ...
01:17 PM, Jan 21, 2013
A man allegedly murdered his 21-year-old cousin, who was a final year degree student at a private college, in a beauty parlor near Kailashnagar under Gajuwaka police station limits on Tuesday. ...
09:51 PM, Jan 15, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday said that Khap panchayats' diktat on dress code for women and asking them not to carry mobile is unlawful. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said such diktates are against the fundamental right to life and asked Khap Panchayats (caste-based councils) to file their replies on the issue. ...
04:59 AM, Jan 15, 2013
There seems to be no end to the frosty relations between India and Pakistan following the skirmishes at the LoC in J&K and the killing of soldiers in the firing from both the sides. ...
11:49 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Khap Panchayats on Monday came in the firing line after the Supreme Court took serious note of their directives denying women the right to carry mobile phones. The apex court questioned the directive as going against the law. ...
01:32 PM, Jan 14, 2013
A 26-year-old woman doctor, residing in Delhi, was on Wednesday stabbed by a man in Gopalapatnam area in Visakhapatnam after a heated argument. The victim was admitted to the hospital and her condition was stable, police said. ...
03:07 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The Sarva Khap Panchayat on Wednesday formed a 17-member panel to place their views effectively before the Supreme Court, which has recently sought to hear their opinion before issuing any order to curb dictated violence against young couples. ...
09:39 PM, Jan 09, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday invited 'Khap Panchayats' to hear their views before issuing any order to stop them from harassing and killing couples, particularly women in name of family honour for entering into inter-caste or intra-gotra marriages. ...
05:48 PM, Jan 04, 2013
The Centre has filed a plea before the Supreme Court seeking that khap panchayats be monitored. The Centre appealed to the apex court to put in place a mechanism that will monitor the violation of women's rights by khap panchayats. ...
01:17 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Opposing the demand for death penalty for rapists, Khaps in Haryana on Sunday said no law should be introduced in a hurry which can be misused. Speaking at a village in Hisar, Khap leader Sube Singh said that the authorities should not be carried away by emotions in the wake of the public protests over the gangrape issue and demand for death penalty for rapists. ...
12:53 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Visakhapatnam: A 36-year-old man allegedly thrashed his father to death over property dispute near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. Though the incident took place in Seethampeta area on Tuesday night, it came to light on Wednesday morning. The victim, Gundu Pradada Rao (65), was beaten to death by his elder son Gundu Rajasekhar after a heated argument over some property issue, they said. Rao, a retired employee...
02:28 AM, Dec 06, 2012
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12:43 PM, Nov 05, 2012
