Mohammed Siddique

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TDP plans to boycott 'tainted ministers' in AP assembly

TDP plans to boycott 'tainted ministers' in AP assembly

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2012

The Telugu Desam Party and other opposition parties have gone for the jugular as the ministers in the dock were all key portfolio holders under YS Rajashekhar Reddy regime. Mohammed Siddique reports.

Raids across AP to expose liquor syndicate-govt nexus

Raids across AP to expose liquor syndicate-govt nexus

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2012

The Anti Corruption Bureau has already registered five criminal cases and arrested more than thirty people, reports Mohammed Siddique

Stabbed Indian student's family gets visa to visit UK

Stabbed Indian student's family gets visa to visit UK

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2012

The London police have arrested three persons of Indian origin in connection with the attack on Praveen Reddy. Mohammed Siddique reports

American woman forced to go back without surrogate son

American woman forced to go back without surrogate son

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2012

An American woman, who had come to the city to take back her surrogate son to Jamaica, had to return empty handed after running from pillar to post for the necessary travel documents of the baby.

Andhra: Cong red-faced as neta-liquor lobby nexus exposed

Andhra: Cong red-faced as neta-liquor lobby nexus exposed

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2012

Serious trouble is brewing in the ruling Congress party against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy as a fall out of the ongoing probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the alleged nexus between some ministers and the powerful liquor cartels across the state.

Labour dispute claims two lives in Puducherry

Labour dispute claims two lives in Puducherry

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2012

Labourers held a demonstration in front of the police station.

Chandrababu Naidu faces ire of pro-Telangana supporters

Chandrababu Naidu faces ire of pro-Telangana supporters

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2012

At least ten people, including a journalist, were injured in clashes between supporters of Telugu Desam Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti in Warangal district on Friday. The violence broke out when pro-Telangana demonstrators tried to block the convoy of Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu while it was entering Warangal district at Janagaon on Friday morning.

Tension grips Warangal ahead of Naidu's visit

Tension grips Warangal ahead of Naidu's visit

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2012

Tension is on the rise in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh as the police have rounded up more than 2,000 Telangana state supporters fearing violence during the visit of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday.

Mecca Masjid blast: Rs 3 lakh compensation for acquitted youths

Mecca Masjid blast: Rs 3 lakh compensation for acquitted youths

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2012

Almost five years after they were arrested, tortured and falsely implicated in terror-related cases, Rayees Ahmad, Dr Ibrahim Junaid and 14 other youths from Hyderabad will get compensation from the same government machinery which had labelled him as "anti-national".

AP to deploy UAV to keep an eye on Maoists

AP to deploy UAV to keep an eye on Maoists

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2011

The state-of-the-art UAV will have the capability to take photographs of anything under the thick foliage as well as record the sound signals and transmit the same to the control room almost live through satellite.

Cyclone Thane to hit Puducherry; 4 TN dists on Friday

Cyclone Thane to hit Puducherry; 4 TN dists on Friday

Rediff.com   29 Dec 2011

A severe cyclone packing wind speed of over 129 km per hour is expected to hit Puducherry and four Tamil Nadu districts in the wee hours on Friday bringing heavy rains to the region.

HC stays CBI probe into Chandrababu Naidu's assets case

HC stays CBI probe into Chandrababu Naidu's assets case

Rediff.com   13 Dec 2011

In a major relief to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh high court in its interim orders on Tuesday stayed the preliminary probe by the Central Bureau of Investigations into his alleged disproportionate assets.

Congress govt in Andhra Pradesh survives no trust motion

Congress govt in Andhra Pradesh survives no trust motion

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2011

After 16-hour-long bitter and tedious debate in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly, the Telugu Desam sponsored no-trust motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government was defeated squarely.

War of words during no-trust motion in AP assembly

War of words during no-trust motion in AP assembly

Rediff.com   5 Dec 2011

Speaking for the first time in the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly after she was elected six months ago, YS Vijayalakshmi, widow of former Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy, defended her son and member of Parliament YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

TDP's no-confidence motion will worsen Andhra's political chaos

TDP's no-confidence motion will worsen Andhra's political chaos

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2011

The no-confidence motion moved by the opposition Telugu Desam against the N Kiran Kumar Reddy-led Congress government in Andhra Pradesh is by no means of only academic interest. Though the government is unlikely to fall -- as the numerical strength of the ruling and opposition parties suggest -- the outcome of the division on the motion is likely to have a far reaching impact on the politics of the state.

NTR's widow evicted from house

NTR's widow evicted from house

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2011

Telugu Desam Party founder president N T Rama Rao's widow Lakshmi Parvathi was Friday evicted from the house she was living in since 1993.

Mining scam: IAS officer released on bail within 24 hours

Mining scam: IAS officer released on bail within 24 hours

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2011

The sob story of suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Y Srilakshmi on Friday took a turn for good for her as the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad granted her conditional bail, and after completing the formalities, she was out of the jail by the evening.

Senior IAS officer arrested in AP illegal mining case

Senior IAS officer arrested in AP illegal mining case

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2011

Investigations have revealed that the IAS officer Srilakshmi had violated several norms in allotting 68.5 acres of land to former minister Gali Janardhan Reddy's Obulapuram company. Mohammed Siddique reports.

'Kishenji encounter has exposed Mamata's real face'

'Kishenji encounter has exposed Mamata's real face'

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2011

A group of four activists from Andhra Pradesh led by revolutionary writer Vara Vara Rao left for Kolkata on Friday morning to bring home the body of the senior Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji, who was killed in an alleged encounter in West Bengal on Thursday.

AP activists to protest death sentence for Jiten Marandi

AP activists to protest death sentence for Jiten Marandi

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2011

Activists from Andhra Pradesh are gearing up to take the cudgels on behalf of Jiten Marandi, the tribal activist and cultural artist of Jharkhand, who along with three others was awarded the death sentence in Chilkari massacre case.