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Ronjan Sodhi recommended for Khel Ratna, Virat Kohli for Arjuna award

Ronjan Sodhi recommended for Khel Ratna, Virat Kohli for Arjuna award

Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, the first Indian to win two back-to-back World Cup gold medals, was on Tuesday recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, while star cricketer Virat Kohli was among the 14 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna award by the selection committee in New Delhi. Rising...
CM resumes duty, but no one to talk in office

CM resumes duty, but no one to talk in office

CM Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has been boycotting his office since last 13 days has resumes his duties after he was warned by party state political affairs in-charge Digvijay Singh. Kiran was conveyed of Sonia Gandhi’s order to resume duty immediately and to preside over the bifurcation process without...
Chandrababu spits fire on Chidambaram

Chandrababu spits fire on Chidambaram

Finance Minister Chidambaram’s reply to debate on bifurcation of the state in Rajya Sabha has left the opposition parties in despair as none of them are happy with his reply. TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, responding to his statement made in the house has sharply criticized him and the Congress party...
Now wives too plunge into action

Now wives too plunge into action

Hyderabad : In an interesting turn to the ongoing Samaikyandhra agitation, wives of Seemandhra ministers met the Governor ESL Narasimhan and gave a representation urging that the state be kept united. Wives of ministers Sailajanath, Parthasarathy and Ganta Srinivasa Rao were among those who met the...
Chiru associate CR too resigns

Chiru associate CR too resigns

Hyderabad : Minister C Rama Chandraiah, a former PRP man and a close associate of the union minister Chiranjeevi resigned to his post on Tuesday. Ramachandraiah faxed his resignation to the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy. With this, the number of Seemandhra ministers who quit the cabinet shot up to...
Four lakh Seemandhra employees begin indefinite strike against formation of Telangana

Four lakh Seemandhra employees begin indefinite strike against formation of Telangana

Hyderabad: Normal life was affected in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh as over four lakh government employees began an indefinite strike to demand the Centre to take back its decision to carve out a separate Telangana state. Road transport was paralysed since midnight as more...
Jagan Mohan Reddy’s judicial custody extended

Jagan Mohan Reddy’s judicial custody extended

Hyderabad: The special Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI court in Hyderabad today extended to August 26 the judicial remand of YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and other accused in the case pertaining to ‘quid pro quo’ deals. The case relates to alleged investments made...
End of Congress in AP, warns MP Sabbam

End of Congress in AP, warns MP Sabbam

Visakhapatnam: Congress MP from Anakapalle, Sabbam Hari predicted their party would be routed in Andhra Pradesh in 2014 polls due to its decision on division of the state. Addressing a public meeting held in support of Samaikyandhra here on Sunday, the MP said Congress has dug its own grave in Andhra...
Prithvi-II missile successfully test-fired

Prithvi-II missile successfully test-fired

Balasore (Odisha): India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial for the defence forces. The sophisticated surface-to-surface missile was test fired from a mobile launcher in salvo...
Narendra Modi chants Barack Obama’s ‘Yes, we can!’ in Hyderabad

Narendra Modi chants Barack Obama’s ‘Yes, we can!’ in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: “Yes, we can!” Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today used US President Barack Obama’s war cry to flag off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election campaign in Hyderabad.”Yes we can!” Mr Modi chanted while winding up his address at a massive public meeting...