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TN CM buys power from open market to plug gap
Tamil Nadu chief minister J.
Andhra mantri quits over no t-decision
Andhra Pradesh infrastructure minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy resigned from the Cabinet and his seat in the state Assembly on Saturday. Mr Reddy met governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Saturday evening and submitted his letter of
BJP worker hits K’taka minister with slipper
In a bizarre incident, housing minister and close confidante of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Mr V. Somanna, on Saturday found himself at the receiving end of a BJP worker’s anger when B.S. Prasad beat him with his
Andhra mlas get pay even after resigning
Andhra ministers who did not work received their salaries for September, and so did every legislator, including those who have “resigned”. In contrast, the government employees who struck work participating in the sakala janula
Govts have failed, not Pak: Fatima
Pakistan is now lorded over a by a man Fatima Bhutto calls “my aunt’s oleaginous husband” but she insists that Pakistan is not a failed state.
Jaya gifts case: HC quashes proceedings
The Madras high court Friday quashed all proceedings against Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa in the `2-crore birthday gift case, holding her constitutional right to a speedy trial stood “flagra
After 19 yrs, 215 men, all officials, convicted
Nearly two decades after the incident, a sessions court here on Thursday sentenced all the 215 men of the police and forest and revenue departments to jail terms ranging from one to 10 years for assault and rape of tribals during a raid targeting sandalwood smuggling in remote Vachathi village in Dharmapuri district.
AP minister complains against ‘tainted’ colleagues
An Andhra Pradesh minister on Thursday lodged a complaint with the governor against his two Cabinet colleagues, accusing them of corruption. Textiles minister P. Shankar Rao called on governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to reiterate the allegations against home minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy and excise minister
TDP mla quits party, assembly membership
Telugu Desam MLA from Kamareddy in Nizamabad district, Gampa Govardhan, resigned from the membership of Andhra Pradesh Assembly besides quitting the party on Thursday protesting its “ambivalent” stand on the Telangana statehood issue.
Siege at cong ministers’ homes over telangana
Demanding their resignations, Telangana protesters on Thursday laid siege to the residences of Congress ministers and legislators in the region while the “people’s strike” continued for the 17th day. The police arrested dozens of
