Murthy, said Mohandas Pai, should focus on mentoring the next generation.
The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh has remained unfazed over Thursday's developments in which senior party leaders decided to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi over the separate statehood issue.
The explosives used in the recent audacious strike on top Congress leaders of Chhattisgarh were wired to a command control centre set up by Naxals, forensic evidence found at the site has indicated. This means the explosion that targeted the Congress convoy was precisely timed and manually controlled.
In this interview with Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Rao says that he has decided to join the TRS, but would wait until Thursday night before taking a final decision.
Fearing that the Naxals who staged the recent deadly attack in Chhattisgarh may flee to the dense forests of Andhra Pradesh, probe agencies have launched a massive manhunt to trace them. While the Central Reserve Police Force has beefed up search operations in Naxal-hit states like Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, intelligence inputs suggest that they may take shelter in Nallamalla forest in Andhra Pradesh.
India may get access for the second time to Mumbai attacks terrorist David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees has been trying to trap the pacer since the 2008 tiff with Harbhajan Singh. Vicky Nanjappa reports
The home ministry has said the Naxals are spreading to states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala in an attempt to set up a base in South India. Vicky Nanjappa reports
After the death of Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishenji in an encounter in Bengal, many experts believed that the Naxal movement was headed downhill after the demise of their most powerful leader. But the recent daring strike on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh has jolted security experts out of their reverie and proved that the ultra left-wing movement has found a new leader.
The probe into the latest Naxal strike in Chhattisgarh -- in which 27 people including senior Congress leaders from the state were killed on Saturday night -- has revealed five glaring security lapses that may have led to the mayhem.
The National Investigation Agency, which will probe the shocking Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, is seeking information about an operative named Gaganna alias Ramesh. The preliminary investigation has revealed that Gaganna was the leader of the operation.
No misunderstanding between the state police and the central agencies. Each one is working in tandem to solve the problem, says DGP Ram Niwas
The audacious strike on top Congress leaders by a Naxal battalion in Chhattisgarh on Saturday has proved that the left-wing extremists have no intention of pausing their armed struggle against the government. An official of the Central Reserve Police Force, the paramilitary force which has been deployed across Naxalism-hit areas, explained the situation on the ground to Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
The CRPF which had sanitised the area three hours before the attack had failed to locate any landmines, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Gurunath Meiyappan placed three bets this year, but the bigger problem for him is that he had passed on information regarding team strategy to the bookies through Vindoo Dara Singh.
Security experts say there has been complacency in handling the Naxal issue since the number of attacks has gone down over the years. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
There is no dearth to Chennai Super Kings troubles from the time their former CEO Gurunath Meiyappan's name has cropped in the Mumbai police's list.
"We are not yet viewing Gurunath as an accused in the case, and a call on his role in this entire episode will be taken only after his questioning," police sources informed.
Enforcement Directorate has a tough task on hand as the source of betting money is diverse, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Even as the police approach Gurunath Meiyappan, they are careful to not even suggest that he was part of any fixing racket
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