Hyderabad: Youth kills self for 'cause of Telangana'

Hyderabad: Youth kills self for 'cause of Telangana' Hyderabad: A 23-year-old electrician allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad on Monday for the "cause of separate state of Telangana", police said. The deceased, identified only as Bharat, was found hanging from a tree on the campus by some locals who alerted police. The deceased, a native of Huzurnagar in Nalgonda district, came here only two months ago and...
11:20 PM, May 20, 2013
RTI activist reveals amount spent on PMOs dinner

RTI activist reveals amount spent on PMOs dinner

CJ Ali Hussaini from Hyderabad sent this report revealing the money spent on dinners hosted by PMO. He got this information through an RTI that he had filed in this regard. ...
12:22 PM, May 20, 2013

Jagan DA case: Will Cong act against the AP Home Minister?

Jagan DA case: Will Cong act against the AP Home Minister? Hyderabad: In an embarrassment for the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has chargesheeted the state's Home Minister, Sabitha Reddy, in connection with the Jagan Reddy disproportionate assets case. Sabitha has been accused by the FBI of misusing her position. She is the third Cabinet minister accused. The Congress is under fire over the case. Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu said, "The party needs...
07:23 AM, May 16, 2013

AP: Lawyer arrested for Facebook post against ex-CM, MLA

AP: Lawyer arrested for Facebook post against ex-CM, MLA Hyderabad: A civil liberties lawyer, Jaya Vindyala, has been arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting some comments on Facebook allegedly against former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Tamil Nadu Governor Rosaiah and an MLA A Krishna Mohan. The advocate, who is also a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties, was arrested in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, local Congress MLA...
11:25 AM, May 13, 2013
AP: Will Ram Charan's high-handedness spell trouble for father Chiranjeevi?

AP: Will Ram Charan's high-handedness spell trouble for father Chiranjeevi?

Union Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi's actor son, Ram Charan Teja, was caught flexing his muscles after being caught in a street brawl. His bodyguards beat up two IT professionals in Hyderabad when their car came in the way of Charan's Aston Martin. ...
07:44 PM, May 07, 2013

Ram Charan's bouncers beat up two for blocking actor's car

Ram Charan's bouncers beat up two for blocking actor's car Hyderabad: Actor and Union Minister Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan lands in trouble after his bodyguards beat up two IT professionals for coming in the way of the star's Aston Martin in the posh Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad on Sunday. Ram Charan was caught flexing his muscles after being caught in a street brawl. The IT professionals said that they were beaten up at the behest of the star after...
10:07 AM, May 07, 2013

Revealed: India's rising sex tourism involving 'one month wives'

Revealed: India's rising sex tourism involving 'one month wives' New Delhi: Contract marriages are on the rise in Hyderabad, claimed women's rights groups as a teenager blew the lid off India's underground culture of Islamic sex tourism involving men who paid for 'wives' for four weeks, according to a report in the daily 'Telegraph'. The paper claimed that minor escaped after her parents pressurised her to consummate a forced marriage to a middle aged Sudanese man who had paid...
03:01 PM, Apr 23, 2013

NIA team visits Hyderabad twin blasts sites

NIA team visits Hyderabad twin blasts sites Hyderabad: A team of National Investigation Agency and forensic experts today visited the sites of February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, as a part of the ongoing probe. "Forensic experts of Gujarat FSL visited the scene of offence along with NIA officials," police sources said. Hyderabad branch of NIA has already lodged two first information reports with regard to the case. The first FIR is about 'unknown persons'...
10:14 PM, Mar 29, 2013

15 TRS MLAs suspended from Andhra Assembly

15 TRS MLAs suspended from Andhra Assembly Fifteen MLAs belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have been suspended for a day from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Monday as they disrupted proceedings demanding adoption of a resolution on the statehood issue. ...
11:15 AM, Mar 18, 2013

Hyderabad twin blasts case: NIA files FIRs

Hyderabad twin blasts case: NIA files FIRs The Hyderabad branch of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday lodged two first information reports (FIRs) in connection with the February 21 twin blasts. The development follows Centre's direction for hand-over of the case to NIA, sources said, adding that NIA, which had already started its probe, would continue it. FIRs (one for each blast) were registered under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and other Acts. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 14, 2013

Hyd blasts: NIA gets custody of suspected IM operative

Hyd blasts: NIA gets custody of suspected IM operative A Delhi court on Wednesday remanded suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Obaid-ur-Rehman in seven days of NIA custody in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad twin blasts case. During an in-chamber hearing, district judge IS Mehta allowed the National Investigation Agency's plea seeking custodial interrogation of Rehman on the ground that it has to unearth the entire conspiracy which led to the bombings that claimed 16 lives, court sources said. ...
05:54 PM, Mar 13, 2013

Hyderabad: Engineer from Sudan arrested for marrying minor

Hyderabad: Engineer from Sudan arrested for marrying minor A Sudani national was arrested on charge of forcibly marrying a minor girl at Moghalpura in Hyderabad, the police said on Saturday. Three others, including a woman, were also arrested for helping him in the marriage, they said. ...
09:12 AM, Mar 02, 2013

Hyderabad blasts: Sketches of suspects to be released soon

Hyderabad blasts: Sketches of suspects to be released soon A week after the twin bomb blasts at Dilsukh Nagar here, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Thursday said sketches of suspects were being prepared, and he was hoping for a breakthrough. "There are a lot of eye-witnesses and with inputs provided by those injured in the blasts we are trying to prepare the sketches of suspects, which will be released shortly," the DGP told reporters....
07:55 PM, Feb 28, 2013

Hyderabad blasts: PM visits sites, NIA grills suspected LeT men

Hyderabad blasts: PM visits sites, NIA grills suspected LeT men Three days after twin blasts claimed 16 lives and injured 117 in Hyderabad, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited the injured in the hospital and urged people to "maintain calm in the hour of grief". ...
10:47 PM, Feb 24, 2013

Hyderabad: PM visits blast site

Hyderabad: PM visits blast site Three days after two powerful bombs killed 16 people and injured 117, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday visited the sites in Hyderabad. The PM, who was accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, said that the Centre would extend maximum support to the state government. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 24, 2013