Cable TV channels blocked
In an attempt to curb tension in the troubled hill district of Darjeeling, the state government on Friday blocked airing of three news channels by the local cable TV operators even as the Gorkha...
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PM 'mute spectator', Antony committee on Telangana useless: AP Congress leader
Kadapa (AP): Senior Andhra Pradesh Congress leader R. Rajagopal Reddy on Friday said that the committee under Defence Minister A.K. Antony, set up by the party high command to study the problems of...
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Telangana protests push up vegetable prices
Hyderabad: The city is facing a severe shortage of vegetables as supplies have been badly hit, thanks to the United Andhra agitation raging through the entire Seemandhra region. Protesters have blocked...
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K Chandrashekar Rao calls Kiran Kumar Reddy a liar
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao dismissed Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy’s statement that power, water and other problems would arise due to the formation of...
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Shaky Chandrababu Naidu writes to Manmohan Singh
Hyderabad: Fearing that he may lose out in the political race if there is a backlash from the Seemandhra regions, Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu has joined Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar...
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Shivraj Singh Chauhan dons skullcap, puts Narendra Modi in fix
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday sported a skull cap while greeting the Muslims on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr. Unlike Saffron poster-boy and Gujarat CM Narendra...
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Kiran Kumar Reddy finds good support online
Hyderabad: While Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has been criticised for raising apprehensions about the bifurcation of the state, he has found some support online. Several people on social...
View ArticleJagan: T-issue must be handled in fatherly way
Telangana must not be looked at in a political perspective for the individual benefit of political parties and leaders. “This is a sensitive issue and should be handled like a father would handle a...
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Sree Ganeshan snake boat wins Nehru Trophy boat race
Alappuzha: Sree Ganeshan Chundan, the snake boat, won the prestigious Nehru Trophy in a thrilling finale of the 61st edition of Annual Boat race held on Saturday at picturesque Punnamada lake in...
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YSR had agreed to form Telangana: Digvijay tells Jagan
New Delhi: Hours after YSR Congress President and Kadapa MP Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy resigned as Lok Sabha member and his mother Y. S. Vijayamma resigned from the assembly protesting against the...
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Jagan Mohan Reddy, mom Vijayalakshmi quit LS, Assembly over Telangana split
Hyderabad: Jailed president of the YSR Congress Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his mother, YSR Congress Legislature Party leader Y.S. Vijayalakshmi have resigned from their memberships of the Lok Sabha and...
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Drunk couple caught in tussle with hotel staff
Hyderabad: Public displays of affection are still frowned upon in Hyderabad, and necking couples in Sanjeevaiah Park are often chased out by police patrols. A couple who dared to indulge in a bit...
View ArticleGlobal moguls target Kollywood
Chennai: Budget conscious and concept driven Tamil film producers are drawing the attention of global production houses. Spurred by the success of a series of low budget and new genre films in the...
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Mini zoos being ignored
Hyderabad: Mini zoos, be they private or government-run, suffer utter neglect across the state, with the forest department taking care of only major zoos. The Himayatsagar mini zoo and the deer parks...
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Jayalalithaa shoots 7 queries at Karunanidhi on food bill
Chennai: In a statement laced with sarcasm, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday rebutted DMK chief Karunanidhi’s recent remarks on proposed food security bill slamming him for his “double...
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JD(S)-BJP poll tie-up an experiment, says Gowda
Udupi: The JD(S)-BJP tie-up for the Mandya and Bengaluru (rural) Lok Sabha bypolls seems to be a prelude to a similar arrangement in the 2014 Parliamentary elections. Leader of Opposition in the...
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BMRCL: Sivasailam out, Pradeep Singh Kharola takes over
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director (MD) N. Sivasailam has been shunted out of the BMRCL without any posting, following allegations of alleged...
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‘Pro-AP stir akin to acid attack’
Adilabad: Telangana JAC chairman Professor M. Kodandaram said, “The ongoing agitation in Seemandhra for a united state is akin to an acid attack on a girl by a jilted lover and then saying that the...
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Locals grab water bottles
Chennai: The residents of Kolathur and Park Town seem to have got used even to contaminated drinking water and overflowing sewage in their locality, realising that all they can do is buy a bottle of...
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YSRC not to back UPA after polls
Hyderabad: The YSRC has changed its policy on national politics. It has decided not to support the NDA-led BJP or the UPA-led Congress. Earlier, YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and its honorary...
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