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Chittoor Mayor brutally murdered, husband injured in attack

November 17, 2015 by Nasheman

Katari Anuradha

Chittoor: The Mayor of Chittoor was today stabbed to death and her husband seriously injured by unidentified assailants, in an attack suspected to be a fallout of a family dispute, police said.

The incident occurred at Chittoor Municipal Corporation office when five-six persons with their faces covered barged into Mayor Katari Anuradha’s chamber and stabbed her, resulting in her death, DIG (Anantapur Range) K Satyanarayana told PTI.

The Mayor, aged around 50, belonged to the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Before escaping from the spot, the assailants went into an adjoining room where Anuradha’s husband K Mohan, also senior TDP leader, was sitting and apparently shot at him before stabbing him, Andhra Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) R P Thakur said.

Asked specifically if the mayor was shot dead, Thakur said she was stabbed to death.

Mohan was taken to the Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore for treatment where his condition was reported to be serious, Satyanarayana said.

“As per preliminary information, the attack was carried out following a family dispute. An investigation has been launched and the truth will be revealed soon. The attackers belong to Karnataka and a hunt has been launched to nab them. We will catch them very soon,” he said.

A pistol and a knife have been recovered from the spot, the DIG added.

(PTI)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor, Katari Anuradha, TDP, Telugu Desam Party

Modi lays foundation stone for Andhra capital Amaravati

October 22, 2015 by Nasheman

modi-amaravati

Vijayawada: History was made in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone for new state capital Amaravati near here.

Amid chanting of Vedic hymns by priests, Modi along with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu performed ‘puja’ and the associated rituals to formally lay the foundation stone of what is being promised a ‘world-class’ and ‘people’s capital’.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah, Assam and Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Acharya, central ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu, Ashok Gajapathi Raju Nirmala Sitaraman, Y.S. Chowdary and Bandaru Dattatreya also participated in the rituals.

Japan’s State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Yosuke Takagi and Singapore’s Second Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran also participated in the ceremony watched by thousands of people.

The prime minister unveiled a pylon. He flew into Uddandarayunipalem in Guntur district in a helicopter from Gannavarm Airport in Vijayawada, where he arrived by a special aircraft from New Delhi.

Naidu and central ministers received Modi at the airport. Modi was greeted by Naidu’s wife Bhuvaneswari, son N. Lokesh and daughter-in-law Brahmani when he reached the venue.

The prime minister went around Amaravati Pavilion, a special exhibition arranged to highlight the glorious dynasty of Amaravati and the plans to develop the world-class capital.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, Narendra Modi

Police foil Jagan’s fast, shift him to hospital

October 13, 2015 by Nasheman

Jagan-fast

Guntur: Police foiled YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s fast early on Tuesday by shifting him to a hospital, where he was forcibly administered fluids.

The leader of opposition was on indefinite fast for six day demanding special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

As his condition deteriorated, police swooped on the hunger strike camp here around 4 a.m. He was taken to a government hospital in an ambulance and was admitted to the intensive care unit. Doctors administered him fluids intravenously.

Jagan’s mother Vijayamma, wife Bharathi and other family members and senior party leaders rushed to the hospital to meet him.

Police had to face resistance from scores of party activists, who had arrived here from various parts of the state.

The government’s action in foiling Jagan’s fast came under criticism from the party leaders. One of the senior leaders, Botsa Satyanarayana, said the party would hold a meeting to decide its next course of action.

Jagan had vowed to continue his fast till the central government accords special status to the state.

The concern was growing among the party leaders as the leader of opposition had turned weak and was barely able to speak.

Doctors had advised Jagan to call off the fast since ketones in urine had increased alarmingly and this could have an adverse impact on the functioning of his kidneys.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, YSR Congress

Maoists kidnap three TDP leaders in Andhra

October 6, 2015 by Nasheman

vishakpatnam

Visakhapatnam: Maoists on Tuesday kidnapped three TDP leaders in Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were abducted in a tribal belt in north coastal Andhra, police said.

They include TDP mandal president M. Balaiah, district executive committee member M. Mahesh and V. Balaiah.

The Communist Party of India-Maoist sent a letter to locals saying the kidnapping were in protest against bauxite mining in the agency area.

The Maoists oppose mining in the region.

The Maoist outfit has called for a week-long shutdown in Andhra-Odisha border area from October 7.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Maoist, Telugu Desam Party, Visakhapatnam district

Five-year-old boy kidnapped, beheaded for ‘black magic’

October 1, 2015 by Nasheman

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Andhra Pradesh: In a gruesome incident, a five-year-old boy was murdered allegedly by a man in a suspected case of human sacrifice as part of a witchcraft-related ritual in Prakasam district on Wednesday.

The incident took place this afternoon in Pokuru village under Voletivaripalem mandal, where the accused, Tirumala Rao, was thrashed and set ablaze by locals after the murder came to light, Kandukur Circle Inspector M Lakshman said.

Police, quoting locals, said Rao, a resident of the same village, killed the boy as part of a witchcraft-related ritual.

The accused, said to be in his mid 30s, took the boy from an anganwadi (child care centre) to his house, where he performed pujas. He then cut the boy’s head, collected the blood into a vessel and sprinkled it all over his house, they said.

The incident came to light when the victim’s mother went to the anganwadi. Not finding her son there, she enquired and was told he has gone with Rao, police said.

The woman went to Rao’s house along with a group of villagers and found it locked. They broke the lock and found the boy’s body in the house.

Villagers launched a search for Rao and managed to get hold of him. They tied him to a pole, thrashed and set him ablaze after pouring kerosene, police said.

After coming to know about the matter, police rushed to the village and rescued Rao, who was first taken to a local hospital and then shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ongole, the district headquarters, for treatment.

Superintendent of Police C Srikant visited the village to get details of the incident. Lakshman said police have filed a case and investigation was in progress.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Black Magic

Two more die for special status to Andhra Pradesh

August 28, 2015 by Nasheman

special status Andhra

Hyderabad: The issue of special status to Andhra Pradesh continues to claim lives with one person committing suicide and another dying of a heart attack on Friday.

A day after a man hanged himself in Nellore district, a youth ended his life in Krishna district. Uday Bhanu (40) was found hanging in his house in Gudivada town of Krishna district.

Uday Bhanu, a kirana shop owner, left behind a suicide note in which he called upon students to fight for special status. “Get AP free. Dead or alive,” he wrote.

Unhappy over the delay on the part of the Centre in granting special status to Andhra, he discussed the issue with his friend before returning home and resorting to the extreme step, family members said.

In another incident, a man, who was dejected over the delay in the state getting special status, died of a heart attack. Lokes Rao (32) died at his home in Guduru in Kurnool district.

A contract lecturer in a private college, Rao had participated in a protest organised by a non-political organisation on Thursday.

According to family members, Rao discussed the issue with them last night and explained how the special status would help the unemployed.

Earlier, Ramishetti Lakshmaiah (55) committed suicide in Nellore district on the same issue on Thursday.

YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday visited Lakshmaiah’s house and consoled the family.

Talking to reporters, the leader of opposition said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu failed to convince the Centre to immediately accord special status.

He said though four people lost their lives, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was doing nothing to pressurise the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, in which the TDP is an alliance partner.

A Congress worker had immolated self in Tirupati on August 8 during a rally organised by the party to demand that the Centre immediately accord special status to Andhra.

Naidu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in New Delhi to seek special status for the revenue-deficit state.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka MLA among 5 dead in Andhra Pradesh train accident

August 25, 2015 by Nasheman

train

Hyderabad: Five people including a Karnataka legislator were killed early on Monday morning when a granite-laden truck rammed into an express train at a level crossing in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur, the second fatal accident this month involving the railways.

Around 25 people are said to have been injured in the accident, which occurred at around 2.25am at Madakasira, more than 450 km from capital Hyderabad.

Official sources said Karnataka MLA Venkatesh Nayak and the driver of the truck are among the five people killed when four coaches of the Bangalore-Nanded Express derailed under the impact of the collision with the truck.

The driver of the truck, who was allegedly in an inebriated condition, was driving at a very high speed and failed to notice the closed gates at a level crossing.

Bangalore-Nanded express train collides with lorry in Anantpur(Andhra Pradesh), 5 killed. pic.twitter.com/5NhqU4S8cc

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 24, 2015

Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu expressed condolences.

Immediate medical relief has been sent and injured are being treated, Prabhu tweeted.

Unfortunate accident.Loaded truck hit train.Condolences to families.Immediate medical relief sent.Injured treated.Ordered GM etc to rush

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) August 24, 2015

The railway ministry tweeted that the accident was caused due to the negligence of the lorry driver.

Negligence of lorry driver,ignoring rules of passing while LC gate is closed causes havoc,loss of lives,impacts trn running @sureshpprabhu

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) August 24, 2015

Earlier this month, at least 35 people died when two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a small bridge near Harda town in Madhya Pradesh.

India has the world’s fourth largest railway network that ferries more than 23 million passengers every day, but infrastructure is poorly maintained and accidents are common.

In 2012, a government report said almost 15,000 people were killed every year on the railways, describing the deaths as an annual “massacre” due mainly to poor safety standards.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Venkatesh Nayak

27 killed in stampede during Godavari Pushkaralu festival in Andhra Pradesh

July 14, 2015 by Nasheman

Some pilgrims said ambulances took time to reach the site [Reuters]

Some pilgrims said ambulances took time to reach the site [Reuters]

Rajahmundry: At least 27 pilgrims, 13 of them women, died and 20 others injured in a stampede at a major bathing spot on the banks of the Godavari river where a huge crowd of devotees had gathered on the opening day of ‘Pushkaram’ festival here today.

A major religious event held once in 12 years, hundreds of people drawn from different parts of the state had converged on the river bank to take dip in the river on the auspicious occasion.

The tragedy struck between 7.30 AM and 8 AM and most of the victims were elderly people.

Rajahmundry Sub-Collector Vijaya Ramaraju said the bodies had been shifted to Rajahmundry Government Hospital and the injured taken to a nearby hospital.

“So far 27 have died …most of the dead are elderly women,” Ramaraju said.

The victims had been waiting since early hours and some of them were tired as they had travelled long distances to reach here.

The official said there is a possibility that the deaths were caused due to suffocation.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was on the spot to take the holy dip, expressed profound grief at the tragedy and is personally monitoring relief and rescue operations.

A visibly disturbed Naidu, monitoring the situation from the control room, said, “This is very unfortunate and shocking. I have come here many times to review arrangements to ensure smooth conduct of the event. But some problems cropped up in execution.”

The Chief Minister also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the deceased and said, if necessary, he would would remain in Rajahmundry for the next 11 days.

Earlier in the day, Naidu, accompanied by his wife and son, had taken the holy dip, where the river is full in its expanse.

Godavari ‘Pushkaram’, the ritual of taking holy dip in the river, is observed once in 12 years, but this time it is considered auspicious from astronomical point of view as it is ‘Maha Pushkaralu’ which comes once in 144 years.

Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayandra Sarswathi was among the spiritual leaders who took the sacred bath.

The ‘Pushakaram’ is a similar to the ‘Kumbh Mela’ performed alongside rivers elsewhere in the country and taking holy dip is the main ritual of the religious event.

(PTI)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Godavari Pushkaralu

AP Police issues notice to TV channel over Naidu tapes

June 20, 2015 by Nasheman

ChandrababuNaidu

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Police has issued notice to city-based news channel T News for airing an audio tape containing purported conversation between Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and nominated Telangana MLA Elvys Stephenson, saying it “will hurt the sentiments of Telugu- speaking people” in both the states.

The notices that were served late last night evoked criticism from both the channel management and the media fraternity of Telangana.
The channel has also called for a protest in front of AP DGP’s office, Secretariat and all district headquarters today.

“Since the programme telecast on June 7 at around 8.30 pm contained material disturbing the public tranquillity, affecting the maintenance of law and order as it in violation of Section 5 and Rule 6 of cable TV news network Act, as the programme is defamatory deliberate, false with suggestive innuendos and half-truths,” the notice read.

Reacting to the notice, T News Channel CEO Narayan Reddy said AP police has no right to issue notices even before verifying authenticity of the footage scientifically.

“We are going to lodge a complaint with the President, Prime Minister, Governor and Press Council of India. Issuing the notice itself is wrong. AP Police has not right to issue such notice. They cannot curtail the freedom of press,” Reddy told PTI.

The notice also asked the channel management to reply within three days that why an appropriate legal action should not be initiated against them.

Condemning the police’s move, Telangana Union of Working Journalists in statement requested scribes to “raise the voice against this undemocratic, unconstitutional and disrespectful approach of AP CM”.

(PTI)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, Media

Telangana: Case registered against KCR for illegal phone-tapping

June 8, 2015 by Nasheman

KCR

Visakhapatnam: A case has been registered here against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for alleged illegal tapping of phones of his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu in the backdrop of the cash-for-votes scam, police said Monday.

According to Inspector of III-Town Police Station, B Tirumala Rao, a Vizag-based advocate NVV Prasad lodged a complaint against KCR for violating the basic rights of Naidu and “tarnishing” his image by tapping his telephone lines.

In his complaint, the assistant Public Prosecutor accused TRS of deliberately trying to snoop on TDP members.

Based on the complaint, a case has been registered against KCR under Sections 464, 647, 471, 166, 167 and 120/B of IPC.

Meanwhile, a purported conversation in an audio tape between Chandrababu Naidu and nominated MLA Elvys Stephenson, aired in a section of local TV channels has given a new twist to the cash-for-votes controversy.

Sunday, Parakala Prabhakar Advisor (Communications) to the Andhra government strongly denied reports saying that the tapes were fabricated and the AP government will take up the issue seriously.

The reported conversation suggested that the Andhra CM was giving “assurance of all sorts” to the MLA if he votes for TDP nominee in the Telangana Legislative Council election.

Prabhakar further alleged that the Telangana government is trying to malign the image of the AP chief minister by resorting to cheap tactics.

“It is not the chief minister’s conversation. How come they are available outside. Telangana Government has to give answer to this. Telangana CM and Home minister should give answers,” Parakala had said.

He said that the Telangana CM is trying to mislead the people of Andhra Pradesh by resorting to “cheap tricks”.

The anti-corruption bureau of Telangana is in the process of questioning TDP MLA Revanth Reddy and two others who have been arrested in cash-for-vote case.

On May 31, the ACB arrested Reddy for allegedly trying to bribe the nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson to vote for TDP nominee in the Telangana Legislative Council election.

Based on a complaint by Stephenson, ACB officials held Revanth, Sebastian Harry and Uday Simha after they were caught while allegedly handing over Rs 50 lakh to Stephenson.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, Chandrasekhar Rao, Scandal, Telangana

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