CM not keen on session
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is not keen on convening the Monsoon Session of state Assembly that coincides with the Presidential poll on July 19. The Chief Minister reportedly had a discussion
Guv for online MBBS entrance
The issue of sale of MBBS seats in private medical colleges under the management quota has taken a new turn with the Governor and Chancellor of universities, E.S.L. Narasimhan, asking the state govern
Winning polls not a criteria to get bail: HC
The AP High Court on Wednesday refused bail to Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the illegal investments case and said that wining 15 Assembly seats and a Lok Sabha seat was an irrelevant factor in
JLR vehicle kills spotted deer in BBP
A vehicle belonging to the state-run Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR) crushed a spotted deer to death in the herbivore safari of Bannerghatta Biological Park on Tuesday evening, the day when the park i
Autos do not run on meters, fleece people
Complaints about unscrupulous autorickshaw drivers who fleece passengers by refusing to use the meter increase by the day, especially after the petrol price hike, but the police says, surprisingly, th
Wakf’s lawyer in SC a ‘top secret’
The state Wakf Board is moving swiftly and pursuing the Manikonda land case in top secret. Even though Board members have visited Delhi and have almost decided on a counsel to fight the case in the ap
City spruced up for Shab-e-Baraat
Muslims in the city are preparing to spend Shab-e-Baraat, the blessed night, on Thursday, in prayers. Many will visit graveyards to seek forgiveness for their dead. Graveyards have been spruced up and
Blackout as man dies on electric pole
Hayatnagar area in city experience a black-out for a few hours on Thursday, after a 30-year-old electricity bill contractor died on an electric pole. According to the Hayathnagar police, the decease
Wakf’s Mishk Mahal faces threat from land-grabbers
With the Wakf Board lethargic about taking possession of five acres of prime land and the historic structure Mishk Mahal at Attapur, the gazette notified Wakf property is in danger of being grabbed b
Major ‘scam’ in hologram tenders
A Rs 250-crore scam in the state excise department is suspected in relation to hologram tenders. Excise officials did not work out the price and left it to bidders to quote the price, resulting in a s