Andhra Pradesh - BJP to contest for only one seat in by-polls

"Inspite of pressure from party cadre and pro-Telangana organisations, the party has decided not to contest five assembly seats and will extend support to those candidates who are seeking re-election after their resignations in support of separate statehood," Andhra Pradesh BJP chief G Kishan Reddy told reporters here. Full Article

Swine Flu reported in Andhra Pradesh

"Two H1N1 positive cases have been identified and they include a male and a female. The patients are admitted in private hospitals and their condition is stable," Andhra Pradesh State Coordinator for Swine Flu Dr Subhakar said to sources the today. Full Article

Four students died, School bus falls into canal

Four students were killed and 15 went missing when a school bus fell into a canal near here in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, police said. The bus, carrying 45 Lower KG and Upper KG students of Sai Teja Public School and its own staff overturned and fell into the Godavari river canal near Ganti Pedapudi village.
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Trade unions' strike hits banking and transport

The nationwide, one-day general strike called by trade unions on Tuesday to protest the Centre's “neo-liberal economic and anti-labour” policies and to highlight the “soaring” prices of essential commodities received a mixed response. The working of banks and insurance firms was affected in many States, as were transport services, including trains.
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Court asks Italian ship agent to deposit 25lakh guarantee

The Bench comprising Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice C.T. Ravikumar made it clear that on furnishing a bank guarantee or demand drafts for the amount to the Registrar General of the High Court, the vessel could be allowed to sail out. However, the court clarified that this order would not stand in the way of the vessel being detained in any other litigation or as required by the police authorities in connection with any pending investigation. Full Article

Manoj's Mr Nookayya post-poned

Manchu Manoj’s upcoming film "Mr.Nookayya" release date has been postponed.The movie release is being postponed from last two months.As per the latest news movie was supposed to be released on March 3rd but now it has been postponed to March 8th, which is also not yet confirmed. Full Article

Ram Charan, Vinayak Movie in Ooty

Ram Charan's new movie under VV Vinayak direction was launched few months back and recently started its regular shooting. A fight scene has been shot on Charan under Kanal Kannan’s supervision. Kajal Agarwal is acting as the heroine for the second time with Ram charan.
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By-poll Election - Congress in Mahabubnagar

Mahabubnagar - Congress party finally managed to convince N. Vijayalaxmi, widow of former MLA N. Rajeswar Reddy, not to enter the fray in the by-election to Mahabubnagar assembly seat as an independent not before it promised to redress the grievances aired by her supporters. Full Article

AP Congress authorisation letters to the party candidates

Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana on Monday handed over the authorisation letters to the party candidates in the by-polls scheduled to be held for seven assembly seats on March 18. Full Article

AP Assembly adjourned twice

Andhra Pradesh Assembly could not transact any real business on Monday as main opposition TDP stalled proceedings demanding that ministers, who allegedly received kickbacks from liquor syndicates, be sacked from the Cabinet immediately, forcing adjournment of the House for the day.
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Congress remarks Arvind Kejriwal

Congress on Monday dismissed with contempt Arvind Kejriwal's remarks calling MPs "rapists, murderers and looters", suggesting that the Team Anna member himself has feet of clay as he had not cleared his Income Tax dues. Full Article

Petrol may hike after Elections

Indian crude oil basket touching $123 per barrel on Monday and the Union government faced with a mounting subsidy bill that threatens to touch Rs. 1,50,000 crore, a sharp hike in the price of diesel, petrol and domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders is likely to take place soon after the conclusion of the Assembly polls in the five States next week.
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Trade unions strike

Indian economy such as banking, insurance, telecom, transport, mining, postal and manufacturing could be badly hit on Tuesday owing to the nationwide 24-hour strike called by trade unions after the government's attempts to avert it remained unsuccessful on Monday. The trade union are demanding an universal social security net for all unorganised sector workers through creation of a national social security fund, enforcement of basic labour laws and stringent punitive action against violation of labour laws. Full Article

Rupee down 4 paise vs dollar in early trade

The rupee declined marginally by four paise to Rs 48.97 per dollar on the Interbank Foreign Exchange in early trade on Monday on fresh demand from importers for the American currency. Full Article

KCR's long angry against Naidu

Chandrababu Naidu launched a broadside against Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandra sekhar Rao, the latter reacted sharply to the criticism and cautioned him to refrain from making baseless allegations. Full Article

Botsa to discuss with Kiran on bypolls

Botsa Satyanarayana on Sunday said that he would finalise the strategy for the bypolls to the seven Assembly segments after consultations with Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in the next few days. Full Article

KCR may campaign in non-Telangana Region

TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao is mulling a proposal to campaign in non-Telangana regions in Andhra Pradesh in the bypolls scheduled to be held on March 18. "Andhra Rashtra Praja Samiti, a newly-registered party that is supporting separate Andhra state minus Telangana, has invited me to campaign for it in the bypoll for Kovur assembly seat in coastal Andhra region," he told reporters here on Sunday. Full Article

Kejriwal Says MPs are criminals robbers, murderers

Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has courted a fresh controversy by saying that "rapists, murderers and robbers" were sitting in Parliament, prompting a backlash from political parties across the board which described the comments as disgusting and an insult to democracy with the RJD saying that it would bring a privilege motion against the activist in the budget session of Parliament. Full Article

Gunasekhar’s Rudramadevi

Director Gunasekhar’s dream project ‘Rudrama Devi is expected to go on to sets soon.It is known that I had been working on the project from the time ‘Okkudu’ released. There had been many speculations in the media circles about ‘Rudramadevi’. Full Article

Sunil's new movie title 'Sita weds Ramudu'?

Sunil is enjoying successfull of Poola Rangadu and Now his new venture with Devi Prasad, The film is remake of bollywood hit Tanu weds Manu Full Article

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Andhra Pradesh bypolls - 10 candidates nominations

10 candidates filed their nominations on Friday for the March 18 bypolls to seven Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. The segments where bypolls will be held are Adilabad, Nagarkurnool, Kollapur, Station Ghanpur, Kovur, Kamareddy and Mahabubnagar. TDP's C Jagadiswara Rao and Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy submitted their nominations for Kollapur and Kovur seats respectively, an official release said here. Full Article

Liquor Syndicate - CM Kiran Supports Mopidevi

The Legislative Assembly on Friday resembled a particularly rude and rowdy classroom after Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy defended excise minister Mopidevi Venkataramana and said he was not an accused in the liquor syndicate case being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Full Article

Narayana re-elected as Andhra Pradesh State Secretary CPI

CPI's Andhra Pradesh State Secretary K Narayana was on Friday unanimously re-elected to the post, consecutively for a third term, on Friday. The election of Narayana was held on the concluding day of the party's 24th State Conference here.
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Koneru bail petition Rejected

Special judge B Nagamaruthi Sarma of the CBI court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Koneru Rajendra Prasad, a key accused in the Emaar scam case. This is the third unsuccessful attempt by Prasad Full Article

Man mohan wish Jaya on her 64th birthday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Governor K. Rosaiah and BJP leader L.K. Advani were among the celebrities who wished chief minister J. Jayalalithaa as she turned 64 on Friday. While Speaker D. Jayakumar gifted gold rings to babies born in a hospital on Friday, Power minister Natham R. Viswanathan presided over 64 free marriages conducted in Dindigul. Full Article

Chidambaram says, States to tackle terrorism

National Centre for Counter-Terrorism (NCTC) on the grounds that it infringes upon the powers of the States, Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday wrote to 10 Chief Ministers assuring them that “the intention of the Central government is to continue to work with the State governments in order to meet the challenge of terrorism.'' Full Article

Kudankulam - Russian Ambassador Kadakin in support of Manmohan Singh

Russia has come out in support of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after he blamed several NGOs based in the US and Scandinavian countries for fuelling protests against the Moscow-aided Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. Indian PM’s remarks, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said that his country had been suspecting the same all along. Kadakin further described Kudankulam as “the best and the safest (nuclear power) station in the world”. Full Article

Tirupati Tirumala earns Rs. 200 crore in Human hair

Human hair which the devotees offer to the presiding deity in fulfilment of their prayers at Tirumala, has turned out to be a rich source of income for the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam ( TTD ) the sole custodian of the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara or Balaji. TTD earned a staggering Rs. 200 crore selling hair in the 2011-2012 financial year, against Rs. 54 crore earned last year. Full Article

Shruthi Haasan with Allu Arjun?

Stylish Star Allu Arjun working for a film with writer-director Trivikram Srinivas and it is still under shooting stage. He had recently agreed to do a cameo in one of Ram Charan’s future project. Full Article

Dammu audio rights owned by Vel Records!

Young tiger Jr NTR’s upcoming high voltage action entertainer film "Dammu" has recently completed its shooting schedule in Pollachi and the next schedule will starts from Today (February 24th) in Hyderabad.Dammu has completed major part of its shooting.Trisha and Karthika are the female lead roles in the film Full Article

Sensex recovers by 72 points in early trade

The BSE benchmark index Sensex recovered by over 72 points in early trade on Friday on fresh buying activity amid a firming trend in global markets. The 30-share index, which had lost over 350 points in the previous two sessions, recovered by 72.38 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 18,150.88 points. Full Article

Birla Mandir Treasure hunt may continue

Birla Mandir officials visited the treasure hunt site for the second consecutive day on Thursday to raise their concerns over the "exploration" activity at the foot of the hill. The officials also brought their engineer to the site to inspect Vidyaranya School compound where the department of archaeology had dug up earth to locate the hidden 'treasure'.
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PM Manmohan criticises US NGOs, Kudankulam protests

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has criticised non-governmental organisations that receive support from abroad for stalling the use of genetic engineering in agriculture and leading protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. Reports, Friday, said the Prime Minister made these allegations during an interview to an American journal 'Science'. Full Article

Sri Sri Says, Will continue against black money

Spiritual leader and founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravishankar on Thursday said he would continue the crusade against corruption and black money. Reiterating his commitment to the fight against corruption in public life, he said "We will continue our crusade to bring back the Rs 24 lakh crore black money kept in foreign banks." Full Article

TDP privilege motion against AP Minister K Parthasarathy

Telugu Desam Legislature Party issued a notice for moving a privilege motion against Andhra Pradesh Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathy over his remarks in the Assembly on Wednesday. A delegation of TDP MLAs, led by whip Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar and others met Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar and handed over a notice for moving the privilege motion against the Minister who allegedly made certain "un- parliamentary" remarks in the Lower House.
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LED traffic lights to Hyderabad, Secendrabad cities

Government of India undertaking, bagging the Rs.63.6 crore project to install 220 modern traffic signals in the GHMC area. A committee of senior officials have announced the successful bidder on Tuesday and the project is expected to be rolled in a couple of months. GHMC in association with the A.P. Technology Services
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Jagan says If I arrested work under leadership of Vijayamma

The newly formed YSR Trade Union Congress of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Wednesday said it will extend its support to the nationwide general strike called on February 28 by trade unions. "We will support the national strike and will come up with a massive rally on May 1 to spell out our agenda," a party release quoted Janak Prasad, the party spokesperson, as saying. Full Article

Nine Army troopers killed in avalanche Kashmir

Nine Army troopers were killed in two avalanche tragedies in north Kashmir’s Bandipora and Ganderbal districts. “A massive avalanche struck the brigade headquarters of the Army in Dawar village of Gurez subdivision of Bandipora district during the night,” Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, spokesperson of the Army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps told IANS.
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Fishermen killing:India leaves probe to Kerala Police

Kochi: The Kerala Police is expected to conduct a search operation on the Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie, which has been anchored in the harbour here in connection with the killing of two Indian fishermen by the ship’s guards in high seas last week Italy to facilitate probe into the killing of the two fishermen by Italian marines by allowing a thorough examination of the ship, India told the Italian delegation, led by De Mistura, that it would follow its own law in the case. Full Article

Racha is costliest films in Telugu Film History

Ram Charan’s current film Racha, Is all set to release in few days, Film Sources said Racha is one of the costliest films that were ever made in Telugu film history. As per the buzz the film’s budget has gone high than expected. For Info Click HERE

Jr NTR Sreenu Vaitla Film Baadshah?

Young Tiger Junior NTR and successful director Sreenu Vaitla are going to get together for a big flick. Actor-producer Bandla Ganesh is producing this film For Info Click HERE

11 TRS MLAs suspended for behaviour

Eleven MLAs of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) along with an Independent legislature were suspended on Friday from Andhra Pradesh Assembly for the day for disrupting proceedings of the House. Four CPI MLAs and two BJP members walked out in protest against the suspension of TRS MLAs. Full Article

Cong MLA Pilli Subash submits resignation again

Congress MLA from Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Friday protesting meagre allocation of funds for the development of his constituency.
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Car blast Injured Tal Yehoshua leaves for Israel

Tal Yehoshua, the Israeli woman diplomat who suffered spine and liver injuries in February 13 bomb attack in the capital, was on today discharged from a hospital here and has left for her home country.
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Panjaa releasing in Tamil Version

Power star Pawan Kalyan’s last release film "Panjaa" is all set to release in Tamil version.Panjaa was a flop movie in Tollywood, Panjaa didn’t even run for fifty days in single theatre across the state. For Info Click HERE

AP Assembly adjourned on 3rd Day

The Speaker adjourned the House for the day, Andhra Pradesh Assembly Thursday as the House could not transact any business and was caught in pandemonium created by the TDP and TRS on the liquor syndicates and the Telangana statehood issues respectively. Full Article

CBI wants to question AP officials in Mining lease case

IAS officer Y Srilakshmi and former director of Mines and Andhra Pradesh Geology Department VD Rajagopal in connection with the grant of mining leases to a cement company which allegedly invested in the businesses of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Full Article

YSR Congress to approach SC

AP High Court striking down the petition it filed against the disproportionate assets of TDP cheif Naidu, the YSR Congress Party has announced its resolve to approach the Supreme Court Full Article