Hyderabad has emerged as the convention capital of the country and a one-stop destination for business tourists.
Shakib has already submitted a letter to the BCB asking for a sabbatical and the board has complied with his demand.
A day after ending his hunger strike, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu was on Saturday discharged from Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad. The former chief minister ended his fast, launched to demand higher compensation for the farmers affected by natural calamities in the state, on Friday evening after eight days. Naidu was shifted to NIMS amidst high drama on early December 20, the fourth day of his hunger strike.
The condition of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who is on an indefinite hunger strike demanding compensation for farmers, is said to have worsened on Monday but he has refused to take any medication, official sources said.
In a pre dawn swoop, the Hyderabad city police arrested Telugu Desam president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who was on indefinite fast for the last three days, and forcibly shifted him to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences.
Prime accused B Ramalinga Raju has been avoiding court proceedings since September citing health reasons.
The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj declared the Bharatiya Janata Party's support for the Telanagan movement on Saturday.
A search operation was on to trace the missing persons, the SP said.
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The special court dealing with multi-crore Satyam scam case on Monday adjourned the examination and hearing of charges of Satyam accused to July 29.
An "active member" of Pakistan's Inter State Intelligence, who was living in India for the last five years, was arrested in Ludhiana on Thursday, the police said.
B Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in Satyam Computers multi-crore scam, needs continous medical attention, a special court trying Satyam scandal cases was told on Monday.
The act of Congress MP from Vijaywada, L Rajagopal, of escaping from the police custody in Vijaywada to reach Hyderabad and get admitted in Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences has evoked strong condemnation and sharp criticism from all the quarters, including his own Congress party.
Raju, prime accused in the Satyam fraud, who is suffering from Hepatitis-C is currently undergoing treatment at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, and has not been attending court proceedings since September last year citing health reasons initially the heart ailment and later the hepatic ailment.
Till September 1948, Telangana region was part of Nizam's dominion, which was the biggest Muslim state in India under British rule, known as the Hyderabad state.
The doctors at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, who were closely monitoring the ups and downs in the medical condition of 55- year-old Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhara Rao as his fast unto death completed nine days on Monday.
The court wants to examine all the accused, including B Ramalinga Raju, in regard to allegations mentioned against them by the CBI in two separate chargesheets before commencing the trial.
A local court reserved its orders for Saturday on a petition seeking continuation of in-patient treatment for former Satyam Computers chairman B Ramalinga Raju after a senior doctor informed the court that Raju requires at least 2 months treatment for hepatic ailment.
Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju, main accused in the multi-crore accounting scam, is receiving a stream of visitors in the hospital, an indication that he is medically fit to attend the judicial proceedings
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The court also extended the judicial remand of all the 10 accused till March 18.
The Telangana government's decision to organise its first Independence Day celebrations at Golconda Fort instead of the Secunderabad Parade Grounds has sparked off a political controversy with opposition parties questioning the motive behind the move.
A team of doctors led by Dr Seshagiri Rao, head of cardiology at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims), conducted the angioplasty. Angioplasty is a technique in which the obstructed blood vessel is widened. According to Dr Rao, two stents have been put in. His condition is stable.
Telugu Desam Party legislator D Umamaheswar Rao, who is on an indefinite fast in support of a united Andhra Pradesh, was 'very weak' and unable to speak, his doctors said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Congress Member of Parliament Lagadapati Rajagopal also continued his fast against the creation of Telangana state in a city hospital. "Umamaheswar Rao is not able to speak. He is very weak but stable," doctors said.
The police are on the look out for Congress Member of Parliament L Rajagopal, who escaped from a city hospital where he was admitted after being brought from a hunger strike site over the Telangana issue.
K Chandrashekhar Rao belongs to an intermediate caste called Velama -- corresponding to Jats in north India. Velamas, who were kings in medieval India, are now rich landlords with a presence in at least three districts in Telangana -- Warangal, Medak and Nizamabad. Telangana has been backward for centuries. Remember, it never came under the British but was ruled by the Nizam of Hyderabad who did set up a few factories and a textile mill in Warangal.
Satyam Computer's tainted founder B Ramalinga Raju on Wednesday secured bail from the Andhra Pradesh high court, over 17 months after his arrest on charges of allegedly fudging the IT company's accounts.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao was discharged from a hospital on Friday after being admitted for 13 days during his fast for a separate Telangana state. A huge crowd of fans greeted him when he came out of the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences and got into his car.
As his fast unto death entered its eleventh day on Wednesday, the condition of Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrashekar Rao has turned critical. Tension was mounting in the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, where Rao has been kept under observation in the Intensive Care Unit.
Telangana Rashtriya Samiti president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who is on a fast-unto-death for a separate Telangana state, was admitted to a government hospital in Hyderabad on Thursday after being shifted from Khammam.Rao was put in the Khammam sub-jail after being arrested ahead of his proposed fast-unto-death at Siddipet in Medak district earlier this week.The TRS chief called off his fast within two days, after being admitted to the Khammam hospital, but resumed it later.
The special court trying the multi-crore Satyam scam cases had last week ordered the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences director to file a detailed report on the current status of Raju's health (the prime accused in the scam), after he did not appear before it in view of his treatment for Hepatitis C at the hospital in Hyderabad.
Bharat Kumar, counsel for Ramalinga Raju, urged the court to grant the bail to his client on health ground and also to enable him to defend himself in various cases slapped against him by various investigating agencies including Securities and Exchange Board of India, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Enforcement Directorate.
A detailed report of the medical tests conducted on former chairman of Satyam Computers B Ramalinga Raju, who was admitted to NIMS in Hyderabad, is likely to come out by this evening and would be communicated to Chanchalguda jail authorities, a senior NIMS doctor said.
The CBI recently moved the court for permission to establish a video link with the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, where Raju has been admitted.
Latif, who was chief of the IAF from September 1978 to August 1981, was admitted to the hospital on April 25 with 'aspiration pneumonia' and the end came at 4.30 pm, sources said.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, who ended his 11-day fast undertaken to press for Telangana state, was shifted out from ICU of the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad.
Telangana Rahstra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhara Rao broke his fast of 11 days at around midnight after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram announced in Delhi that the process for the formation of Telangana state had been initiated.
Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju, who is in jail for the past eight months in connection with a Rs 8,000 crore corporate fraud, suffered a massive heart attack and was admitted to a hospital on Monday night, jail and police sources said. Raju, who will turn 55 on September 16, was transferred to the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences hospital from Chanchalguda jail, where he is under judicial custody on charges including fraud, forgery, cheating, embezzlement.
Pakistan's parliament on Monday endorsed a move to enforce Islamic laws in the restive northwestern Swat valley, which is largely controlled by the Taliban, and asked President Asif Ali Zardari to accord approval to the measure to usher in peace across the country.The National Assembly or lower house of the parliament adopted a resolution recommending that President Zardari should accord approval to the Nizam-e-Adal Regulation to implement Shariah or Islamic laws in Swat.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday began interrogating industrialist Ashok Todi in connection with the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman, who married Todi's daughter Priyanka.
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