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.
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.
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.
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.
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The security provided to ace tennis star Sania Mirza has been withdrawn by Andhra Pradesh police for "failing" to pay user fee for the security she had obtained.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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy, against whom a CBI probe is pending on charges of acquiring disproportionate assets, on Monday retired from service.
Days before US President Barack Obama's high-powered visit here, the US-India CEO Forum has been reconstituted with Cyrus Mistry replacing Ratan Tata as its co-chairman
Besides PESB selected chairman designate B Ashok (currently Executive Director retail sales in IOC) having no board experience, the case for extending Butola's service is more compelling because all the other six directors on board of the nation's largest oil firm are retiring in next one year.
Trade and economic issues, including visa, totalisation pact and impediments hampering investments, are likely to figure at Monday's US-India CEO Forum meeting, which will be jointly addressed by visiting US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Issues related with intellectual property rights, including piracy of films and software, figured prominently during the India-US CEO Forum in New Delhi attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
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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