Telangana leaders arrested for road blockades in Hyderabad
September 28th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Traffic was thrown out of gear in several parts of Hyderabad as Telangana groups staged road blockades to intensify the ongoing movement for a separate ... Read more...
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Lalit Kala Akademi to award 10 young artists
August 24th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Lalit Kala Akademi, India's apex body of art, will give out awards to 10 young contemporary artists at its annual national exhibition beginning in ... Read more...
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Osmania students begin fast, clash with police (Second Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) Tension continued at Osmania University Monday as as students, defying police, began an indefinite fast demanding immediate carving of a separate Telangana state from Andhra ... Read more...
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Cook-and-eat agitation in Hyderabad for Telangana state (Lead)
June 19th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 19 (IANS) Politicians, government employees, doctors, lawyers, IT professionals and students came together on Hyderabad's roads Sunday for 'vanta vaarpu' or a cook-and-eat agitation to demand a ... Read more...
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Moderate tremors in north India, no casualties (Lead)
April 4th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Tremors were felt across north India, including the national capital, Chandigarh and Shimla, following a 5.7 magnitude earthquake centred at the India-Nepal border Monday ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Andhra district to protest police firing
March 1st, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) There was a total shutdown in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district Tuesday, a day after two people were killed when police fired at a crowd protesting against a ... Read more...
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Telangana protests hit road transport, hundreds detained
January 17th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Road transport was affected in several parts of Telangana in Andhra Pradesh Monday as agitators raised road blockades, demanding separate statehood to the region.The movement of ... Read more...
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Opposition parties in Andhra protest petrol price hike
January 16th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh Sunday staged protests in different parts of the state against the hike in petrol prices and demanded its immediate rollback to ease ... Read more...
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Clashes continue in Osmania University, protests rock Telangana (Lead)
January 7th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 7 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, clashes broke out between students and police in Osmania University campus here Friday as protests over the Srikrishna committee report rocked Telangana.Osmania ... Read more...
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Opposition strike hits hard Andhra Pradesh (Lead)
July 5th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) The nationwide shutdown called Monday to protest rising fuel prices hit hard Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh where many top leaders and hundreds of activists were arrested.
The shutdown was ... Read more...
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Srikrishna panel on Telangana begins work in Hyderabad
March 4th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) On its maiden visit to Hyderabad, the Srikrishna Committee, looking into demands for and views against a separate Telangana state, faced protests by pro-Telangana groups but promised ... Read more...
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TRS rejects Srikrishna panel’s terms of reference (Lead)
February 12th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has rejected the terms of reference announced by the central government Friday for the five-member Justice B.N. Srikrishna committee looking into the ... Read more...
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Telangana leaders reject ToR, ask MPs MLAs to resign
February 12th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (ANI): The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) on Friday rejected the terms of reference (ToR) announced by the Union Government for the five member Justice B.N. Srikrishna committee and ... Read more...
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TRS rejects terms of reference of Srikrishna panel
February 12th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has rejected the terms of reference announced by the central government Friday for the five member Justice B.N. Srikrishna committee looking into ... Read more...
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Voter apathy marks Hyderabad civic polls (Second Lead)
November 23rd, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Voter apathy marked polling in the Hyderabad civic polls Monday, the first test of strength for political parties after the April-May elections to the state assembly and ... Read more...
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Voter apathy marks Hyderabad civic polls (Lead)
November 23rd, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Voter apathy marked the polling in the Hyderabad civic polls Monday, the first test of strength for the political parties after the April-May elections to the state ... Read more...
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Pakistani sentenced to life for passing defence secrets to ISI
April 30th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) A city court Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment a Pakistani national for passing on vital Indian defence secrets to Pakistan and for criminal conspiracy.
Malik Arshad Mahmood, 44, was ... Read more...
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Over 65 percent polling in Andhra Pradesh (Evening Lead)
April 16th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) Over 65 percent of 31.2 million electors Thursday cast their votes in the first phase of elections in Andhra Pradesh where ballotting was held for 22 Lok ... Read more...
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Polling for 15th Lok Sabha elections begins
April 16th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur/Varanasi/Trivandrum, Apr 16 (ANI): Polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections across 15 states and two Union Territories began today amid tight security.A total of 1,715 candidates, including ... Read more...
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Krishnam Raju not included in BJP’s second list for Andhra
March 17th, 2009 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) Telugu film actor and former union minister U.V. Krishnam Raju did not figure in the second list of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for the Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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Body of Indian techie killed in US brought home
January 20th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) The body of Akshay Vishal, a techie who was shot dead in Arkansas last week, was flown in here Tuesday from the United States.The last rites of the ... Read more...
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Tension in Hyderabad over roadside temple demolition
December 12th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) The demolition of a roadside temple by local authorities led to tension in parts of the city, with Hindu groups protesting violently and the paramilitary being called to ... Read more...
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Five Malegaon blast case suspects sent to judicial custody
November 11th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Nasik (Maharashtra), Nov.11 (ANI): A Nasik court on Monday sent five of the total nine suspects arrested in connection with the September 29 Malegaon blast case to judicial custody till November ... Read more...
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VHP protests in Hyderabad lead to traffic jams
August 13th, 2008 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Vehicular traffic was thrown out of gear at several places here Wednesday as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists staged road blockades as part ... Read more...
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Assamese protesters demand deportation of Bangladeshi migrants
August 5th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati/Thane, Aug 5 (ANI): Calls for deporting migrants of Bangladeshi origin are rising in Assam in the wake of terrorists attacks across the country. In Assam, the ''Oust Bangladeshi'' campaign stir ... Read more...
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Hyderabad tightens security for Hindu festival
July 27th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 27 (IANS) The 'Bonalu' festival began here Sunday as the police made elaborate security arrangements against the backdrop of serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad. The back-to-back synchronised bomb blasts ... Read more...
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Poor turnout for traditional fish medicine for asthma
June 8th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 8 (IANS) Hundreds of asthma patients from different parts of India took the traditional fish herbal drug but the numbers have drastically come down this year. The Bathini Goud family, ... Read more...
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Karnataka in kitty, BJP rejoices in south India
May 27th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by admin
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) Now that it is set to form a government in south India for the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident the victory in Karnataka will ... Read more...
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Cheerleaders ‘covered’ after threat
May 11th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by admin
Hyderabad, May 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) threat to disrupt the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Sunday to protest the "indecent" dresses of the cheerleaders forced the organisers ... Read more...
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AP Government forms relief committee on Guntur chilli market fire
May 4th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by admin
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), May 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governmenton Sundayformed a Relief Committee to look into immediate and permanent measures to be taken up following a major fire that broke out ... Read more...
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Andhra chief minister’s son launches new Telugu daily
March 24th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
Hyderabad, March 24 (IANS) A new Telugu daily Sakshi has been launched in Andhra Pradesh by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who stressed that it would not ... Read more...
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Colours, fun and frolic mark Holi in Andhra Pradesh
March 22nd, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by admin
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) "Holi hai" rent the air as people with boisterous enthusiasm celebrated the festival of colours in towns and villages across Andhra Pradesh Saturday. It was a riot of ... Read more...
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