Hyderabad | 8 days ago
Andhra speaker accepts resignations of 12 legislators
Hyderabad, Feb 15 - Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker N. Kirankumar Reddy Monday accepted the resignations of 12 out of 15 legislators of the Telangana region who had quit Sunday to protest the terms of the Srikrishna committee looking into the demand for a separate state.The legislators whose resignations were accepted include all 10 of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti - and one each of the main opposi ... read more

Hyderabad | 10 days ago
It's back to shutdown, resignations over Telangana
Hyderabad, Feb 12 - It is back to shutdown, protests and mass resignations in Andhra Pradesh with Telangana leaders cutting across party lines Friday rejecting the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel on the statehood issue.Describing the terms as 'baseless, meaningless and mindless', the Telangana Rashtra Samiti - announced that its MPs and 11 legislators would quit. Legislators of the r ... read more

Bangalore | 19 days ago
Coloured version of 'Mayabazar' hits screens in Andhra
Bangalore, Feb 4 - The coloured version of black and white Telugu classic 'Mayabazar', which created many box office records when released in 1957, has been released. It is tax free.The coloured version was released Jan 30 with 55 prints and the Andhra Pradesh government has given it full tax exemption. The new version is an initiative by Trinity Infra Ventures Produciton house. R.B. Chowdhary, wh ... read more

New Delhi | 20 days ago
Telangana panel formed, parties wait for its brief
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 3 - Nearly a month after its all-party meeting on Telangana, the government Wednesday announced a five-member panel headed by retired Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna to deliberate on a mechanism for separate statehood to the region and consult all sections of people, political parties and groups in Andhra Pradesh.Shortly after announcement of the panel, the Telangana ... read more

24 days ago
Junior NTR marrying a minor?
Hyderabad, Jan 29 - The proposed marriage of popular Telugu film actor Junior NTR with a relative of Telugu Desam Party - president N. Chandrababu Naidu has created a row with claims that the girl is minor. Shanti Prasad, a lawyer, Friday approached Machilipatnam Legal Services Authority claiming that Narne Lakshmi Pranati was a minor and thus her marriage would be illegal. The authority issued ... read more

Hyderabad | 25 days ago
Junior NTR to marry Chandrababu Naidu's relative
Hyderabad, Jan 28 - Popular Telugu film actor Junior NTR will marry Narne Pranita, daughter of Telugu Desam Party - president N. Chandrababu Naidu's niece Narne Mallika.The former chief minister Thursday confirmed that the young actor would soon enter into wedlock with Pranita, whose father Narne Srinivas is a businessman and owns Telugu news channel Studio N. Junior NTR, 27, is the grandson of th ... read more

1 month ago
TRS targets Junior NTR's movie
Hyderabad, Jan 12 - Telangana Rashtra Samiti - activists Tuesday attacked two cinema theatres here and destroyed hoardings of Telugu film 'Adurs', featuring Junior NTR, even as the film industry appealed to Telangana parties not to disrupt the screening of films. A day after TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao's daughter K. Kavita called upon people to stop the screening of 'Adurs', TRS workers atta ... read more

7 months ago
Nursing student alleges TDP legislator raped her
Hyderabad, July 4 - The murder and rape case against a legislator of Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party - Saturday took a new turn when another student of a nursing college run by him complained to the state's home minister that he raped her. The student along with four others and their parents, all hailing from Kerala, met Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy to complain against ... read more

8 months ago
Andhra legislator booked for rape, murder of nursing student
Hyderabad, June 19 - A Telugu Desam Party - legislator has been booked for allegedly raping and murdering a student of an Andhra Pradesh nursing college run by him. But T.V. Rama Rao has termed it a conspiracy by his rivals. Police said Friday that tension prevailed in Nidadavolu town in West Godavari district as the legislator from Kovvur assembly constituency was Thursday night booked for the ... read more

8 months ago
Panel formed to implement suggestions on DRDO revamp
New Delhi, June 11 - The defence ministry has set up a panel to implement the recommendations of a high-powered committee on restructuring the Defence Research and Development Organisation -. 'The Defence Minister - has set up the committee chaired the defence secretary Vijay Singh to draw a road map for implementing the recommendations of the Rama Rao committee,' a defence official said Thurs ... read more