Andhra Pradesh government ON Monday appointed B Prasada Rao, an IPS officer of 1979 batch, as the Director General of Police on an ad hoc basis following retirement of incumbent V Dinesh Reddy.
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Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P Sabita Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister D Prasada Rao, who were named as accused in disproportionate assets case involving Kadapa member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy late on Sunday night.
Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, in a boost to the saffron party as it works to strengthen its social coalition ahead of assembly elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh early next year.
Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on Tuesday arrested suspended CBI Judge D Pattabhirama Rao following questioning, accused of taking bribe to grant bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the Obulapuram Mining Company case.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday discussed with Congress President Sonia Gandhi the issue of resignation of Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, who has been chargesheeted in the disproportionate assets case against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao resigned late on Tuesday night, a day after CBI named him as an accused in the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police B Prasada Rao on Monday ordered for initiating disciplinary action against a woman deputy superintendent of police and other policemen in Anantapur district who allegedly thrashed in full public view four suspects arrested for a murder.
A ministerial panel looking into the reasons for the Congress' poor performance at the recent bypolls on Wednesday discussed ways to effectively publicise the welfare schemes being implemented by the Andhra Pradesh government to reach out to the masses.
Actor Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party, which was expected to put up a strong fight in Andhra Pradesh, came a cropper in the assembly elections, with the party chief himself trailing in both seats he contested.
Earlier during the day, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy told reporters in Delhi that a CB-CID enquiry will be ordered into this 'mind-boggling' fraud, immediately. According to official sources, the CB-CID would take up the investigation only when a Government Order is issued in this regard.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the corruption charges against YSR Congress Chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, on Monday filed its fourth chargesheet in the case against 14 people, naming Andhra Pradesh Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao and two senior Indian Administrative Service officers Manmohan Singh and M Samuel, besides the Kadapa MP.
Raising awareness about welfare programmes of the government, holding village panchayat polls without delay and installation of statues of late Indira Gandhi in weaker sections' colonies are among the suggestions made by a committee of ministers to revive the fortunes of Congress in Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh roads and buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, who resigned after his name figured in a Central Bureau of Investigation chargesheet in a corruption case, on Sunday expressed confidence that he would come out clean.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is in New Delhi to seek Congress High Command's advice on the fate of ministers who are under CBI scanner in connection with disproportionate assets case against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
Air India used to fly its 787s on three domestic and three international routes.
Security is tightened and prohibitory orders are imposed in Hyderabad in view of Wednesday's 'Telangana bandh' called to press for statehood to the region.
Barring minor incidents, the 48-hour Telangana bandh called by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi demanding separate statehood for the region, remained largely peaceful on the second day on Monday.
The death toll in the devastating floods in Andhra Pradesh rose to 63 on Tuesday even as the situation improved and outflows from Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar projects were being reduced gradually. The highest number of 38 deaths were reported in Kurnool district, followed by 20 in Mahabubnagar district, three in Nalgonda and one each in Krishna and Guntur.
B Prasada Rao, chairman and managing director of state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, tells Kanika Datta it's possible to counter the problem with better-performing products.
Members of Telugu Desam Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India-Marxist and CPI-ML and BJP staged a walk-out.
Students of Osmania University in Hyderabad on Tuesday asked people to boycott New Year celebrations in support of the Telangana statehood demand."We urge people to boycott New Year celebrations to press the government to take immediate steps for the formation of Telangana state," student leaders said.They asserted that they will go ahead with the proposed massive students' convention on January 3.
Security has been beefed up at major hospitals and crowded places, including railway and bus stations in the city, City Police Commissioner B Prasada Rao told PTI.
The security provided to ace tennis star Sania Mirza has been withdrawn by Andhra Pradesh police for "failing" to pay user fee for the security she had obtained. Hyderabad City Commissioner of Police B Prasada Rao said in Hyderabad on Tuesday that notices were issued to Sania and others asking them to make necessary payments for the security obtained from City Security Wing (CSW).
When asked about a city-based organisation 'Nurushi Thareekath' allegedly imparting training to youths from Kerala to join 'jihad' in Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad City Police Commissioner B Prasada Rao said the organisation is located in Chandrayangutta in the city and a large number of youths from Kerala were undergoing religious teachings in it.
The Hyderabad police arrested 24 women for ransacking the Saidabad police station in the Old City area on Wednesday night following the arrest of a Muslim youth in connection with pending criminal cases. Hyderabad City Police Commissioner B Prasada Rao said the youth, Mohtasim Billah, was arrested in a rioting case registered against him in Saifabad police station for participating in the attack on a Gujarat police team near the AP Director-General of Police's office
District collectors have been asked to take up the assessment of house and crop damage and submit reports to the government.
At present, there are 45,000 plus employees in various BHEL units and the company plans to enhance it to 52,000-55,000 by the end of 2012.
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Tuesday arrived in Vijayawada from New Delhi to visit the flood-hit areas for making an assessment of the damage caused by 'Ogni'.
Gangster Aziz Reddy alias Baba Reddy was shot dead by the Hyderabad police in the posh Jubilee hills area of the city on Wednesday night. As the policemen closed in on the gang, Reddy and his associates tried to flee. The police asked them to surrender, but Reddy started firing at the police. The police returned the fire and Reddy was killed in the ensuing shootout.The police commissioner said that Reddy was a close associate of Mumbai's underworld don Chhota Rajan.
Heavy rain for the last three days claimed 21 lives in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total toll to 36
The ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress described it as the 'social cabinet', with 70 per cent representation to the BC, SC, ST and minority communities.
Those joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers for the first time include three former chief ministers -- Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana) and H D Kumaraswamy (Karnataka).
There is also speculation within the BJP that its national president J P Nadda, whose extended tenure will end by this month and who was among the leaders meeting Modi, may also be brought back in the government.
The party fielded Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur, while Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada has replaced Varun Gandhi in Pilibhit.
Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Sunday evening accepted the resignations submitted by the 24 ministers, a Raj Bhavan communique said.
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