Hyderabad

The Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Saturday resumed talks to identify Assembly and Lok Sabha seats to be shared between the parties. The talks were initiated on Sunday last were suspended in view of AICC president tour to the state.

Visakhapatnam

Vedic Seva Trust in the city will confer its Ugaadi Puraskaram on the Havaldar of Simhachalam Devastanam and noted scholar at a function at Kalabharati Auditorium on Sunday.

Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam Port Trust which is on record breaking spree in terms of handling cargo at the all India level is striving to achieve zero accident status for the port according to its Chairman K.Ratna Kishore. Addressing the valedictory of the Dock Safety week celebrations on Thursday, he said to reach the goal; VPT is educating its workforce on the utilization of safety equipment.

Nellore

Magunta Srinivasula Reddy, Congress leader and former MP of Ongole has dismissed reports that he was contemplating to join another party.

Cuddapah

The former Congress Legislature Party leader Y.S.Rajasekharareddy on Saturday promised to accord top priority to irrigation and drinking water projects that have been neglected during the TDP rule. The pending irrigation projects would be completed by allotting adequate funds.

Hyderabad

The Election commission has appointed B.Vijayan as 'special observer' for the state for the forthcoming elections.

Hyderabad

The controversy surrounding the booklet published by TDP, The Chief Election Officer shooting off a letter to City Police Commissioner RP Singh to take necessary action against those found guilty on priority basis.

Anantapur

A shepherd and two of his friends were taken ill after consuming spurious toddy last night in Thippepalli village of Obuladevara Cheruvu mandal and all the three were taken hospital where their condition said to be critical.

Hyderabad

If we study Banking, we will be told 'Even a thief is a customer to us'. This quote was correct for a cloth shop aswell. Sree Prakruthi Sahaja Saree House located at Basheerbagh in Hyderabad had four special customers (including two women) who came to the shop to buy some clothing. The customers carried away with them 23 sarees worth over Rs. 50,000 when the salesmen went inside to bring in new variety of sarees. A case was registered at the Saifabad Police Station.

Hyderabad

With the steel prices going up at 40% a year, Builders all over the country had a tough time building houses at the estimated cost. The Builder Forum of Andhra Pradesh said that it will be joining with over 3 lakh construction workers and 35,000 contractors for a nation-wide strike on Monday.

Vijayawada

State Congress Legal Cell Chairman VTM Prasad said that the comments made by the BJP and TDP in regard to Sonia Gandhi's nationality is absurd. He spoke at a party meeting in Vijayawada and stressed the importance of the Legal Cell.