CM orders CID probe into Charminar Bank case
Chief Minister Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu ordered into CID probe into the Charminar Bank affair. He said that about 124 big loans worth Rs. 181 crores are there against low valued land. The Charminar Bank will remain closed till further orders.

TDP-BJP candidate becomes Dy Mayor of Hyderabad
The Telugu Desam Party and the Bharateeya Janatha Party alliance candidate Mr. Subash Chanderji was elected Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad. He won the election with just two votes against the rival candidate of MIM-Congress Mr. Abdul Rehman Khan.

The Opposition parties blamed the Government for the status of the Co-Operative Banks in the state. CLP Leader Sri Y S Rajasekhar Reddy said that despite a year of investigation by the CID, the whereabouts of Chairman of Krushi Bank were not yet known.

Naxal leader of People's Guerilla Army Mr. Korem Dasarath alias Swamy was killed in an encounter between the Naxal forces and the Police at Singampalli forests of Mahamutharam mandal in Karimnagar.

Four Coal workers were killed in a mine accident when the mine which there were digging collapsed at the Singareni Collieries Company Limited mines at Nizamabad.

Mr. Meesala Narasimhulu - a farmer at Kutagulla in Kadiri mandal of Anantapur committed suicide following failure of his crop.

Murder Case registed in Pratyusha suspicious death
The Panjagutta Police register a murder case into the suspicious death of film actress Ms. Pratyusha. Meanwhile, her lover Mr. Siddarth Reddy continued to be in critical condition at the CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad. Experts at the Forensic Laboratories cited her death as 'asphxia due to manual strangulation'.

Events and happenings on 26 February in History

26 February 2001
Highlights: The newly elected MLAs for Giddaluru and Bavel took charge as members of the Legislature today

26 February 2002
Highlights: CM orders CID probe into Charminar Bank case

26 February 2003
Highlights: Union Railway Budget benefits Andhra Pradesh

26 February 2004
Highlights: Former MLA back in TDP

26 February 2005
Highlights: Setting up of new courts - CJ

26 February 2006
Highlights: Chilkur Balaji Temple issues turns new twist

26 February 2007
Highlights: TDP wins Mayoral elections in Rajahmundry