Raipur | 2 hours ago
Maoist strike cripples Chhattisgarh, 8 cops injured
Raipur, May 16 - A shutdown called by Maoists crippled life in parts of Chhattisgarh Wednesday, with the rebels attacking and injuring eight policemen, resorting to firing, torching vehicles and putting up road blocks. They also killed a trader.Most of the disturbances were reported from Bastar and Rajnandgaon districts, which form the Maoist strongholds and border Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maha ... read more

New Delhi | 2 hours ago
India says it is acting to resolve its workers' crisis in Angola
New Delhi, May 16 - The Indian government is acting on all fronts to resolve a crisis faced by its 1,100 workers at a cement factory in Angola and was ready to assist some of them who intend to return home, an official said here Wednesday.The Indian workers are employed in a cement factory in Angola in western Africa and there has been a labour unrest at the factory due to non-payment of certain e ... read more

Hyderabad | 11 hours ago
Industrialist behind bars in case against Jagan
Hyderabad, May 16 - High flying Andhra Pradesh industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad has been arrested for alleged benefits received during the rule of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in return for the massive investments he made in his son's businesses.Prasad, popularly known as Matrix Prasad in the industrial circles after his pharmaceutical firm Matrix laboratories, was arrested by the Ce ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 day ago
Andhra seeks safe return of workers from Angola
Hyderabad, May 15 - The Andhra Pradesh government has urged the central government to ensure the safe return of 300 workers from the state currently stranded in Angola.Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, seeking his intervention in protecting the workers, some of whom have been arrested.The Andhra natives were among 1,200 Indian worke ... read more

Chennai | 2 days ago
Ashok Leyland net in 2011-12 down by 10 percent
Chennai, May 14 - Hit by higher finance cost, increased depreciation and a muted market in its southern strongholds, Hinduja group's flagship company Ashok Leyland posted around 10 percent reduction in net profits last fiscal though overall sales went up by 15 percent, said a top company official.We were hit from many sides. The mining ban in Karnataka and uncertainties in Andhra Pradesh impacted ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Take strict action against foodgrain hoarders: Parliament panel
New Delhi, May 13 - A parliamentary panel has slammed the low number of convictions of foodgrain hoarders in the past three years and said it shows the non-serious approach of states towards curbing black-marketing of essential items.According to the parliamentary standing committee on consumer affairs, food and public distribution, the number of people convicted as compared to the number of peop ... read more

Hyderabad | 5 days ago
Janardhan Reddy gets bail in mining case in Andhra
Hyderabad, May 11 - A CBI court Friday granted bail to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case in Andhra Pradesh.Janardhan Reddy, however, will not be released immediately as he is currently lodged in a Bangalore jail, facing a similar case in Karnataka.The court, while granting bail to Janardhana Reddy, directed him to deposit two sureties and a personal bond of ... read more

Hyderabad | 5 days ago
Ex-minister fires another salvo against Andhra CM
Hyderabad, May 11 - Denied permission to address the media at the Congress Legislature Party - office, former Andhra Pradesh minister P. Shankar Rao Friday lodged a police complaint against Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy for violating provisions of the the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Act.The senior legislator, who has been publicly attacking the chief minister, termed him anti-Dal ... read more

5 days ago
Will get justice from CBI probe, says Yeddyurappa
Nanjangud -, May 11 - Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday said he was confident of getting justice from the Central Bureau of Investigation - probe into corruption charges against him.'I will come clean. I'm confident that I will get justice from the CBI probe,' he told reporters in this temple town, about 160 km from Bangalore, soon after the Supreme Court order ... read more

Hyderabad | 5 days ago
Four die in Andhra after consuming moonshine
Hyderabad, May 11 - Four people died Friday after consuming moonshine in Vijayawada town of Andhra Pradesh, police said.According to police, two others are stated to be in critical conditions. The incident took place Friday morning at Brahmanaveedhi in the old town of Vijayawada in Krishna district, about 300 km from here.A police officer said all the six were suspected to have purchased and consu ... read more