Four workers were killed and two others seriously injured in an explosion at a firecracker unit in Elama Coundanur village in Omalur taluk here on Tuesday evening. The victims were identified as Raja, Ajithkumar, Priya and Vellachi. Alamelu and Kavitha were admitted to Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital. Their condition is said to be unstable. The police said that six […]
» Read moreDelhi Police Special Cell has detained a dozen men, all alleged members of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) following separate raids in Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband. Sources in Delhi Police and Intelligence Bureau (IB) said that a massive quantity of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were also recovered from them and the terror suspects were planning strikes in the Capital. It is learnt […]
» Read moreIndependent MP and liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing a case of loan default of over Rs. 9,400 crore, today resigned from Rajya Sabha, a day before Ethics Committee of the Upper House was set to recommend his expulsion. In his resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, he said he does not want his “name and reputation to be […]
» Read moreMany MLAs and governments have changed in between, but this has been the routine for the last 15 years. Mohan, incharge of two districts of east and west Godavari districts, has had a great ride by accumulating wealth to the tune of Rs 150 crore. Local media pegs the figure at a staggering Rs 800 crore. His luck ran out […]
» Read moreChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said Union Minister of State for Home H.P. Chaudhary’s statement in the Rajya Sabha on Friday that Andhra Pradesh does not need Special Category Status, was not correct. He said he would address a letter to the Prime Minister again. “The Centre needs to be generous towards A.P., which recorded the lowest per capita […]
» Read moreFormer World under-10 and National under-13 girls chess champion Nuttaki Priyanka was granted Rs. 2 lakh by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and the cheque was handed over the player on his behalf by Central MLA Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao here on Saturday. The amount was granted to enable her to take part in a series of international tournaments […]
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