Rajahmundry, July 21st: The Kovvur Telugu Desam MLA, Mr. T.V Rama Rao who is facing alleged charges of sexual harassment against nursing students, was taken to the Central Prison amidst tight security from Guntur at about 2.35 pm on Tuesday. He was taken by an ambulance from the government general hospital at Guntur to the Central Prison here on a stretcher into the jail. Jail doctors examined the MLA and his health condition was stated to be normal.
Meanwhile, Mr. Rama Rao’s wife, Ms Shesha Ratnam expressed anxiety over the health of her husband and found fault with state government for subjecting them to harassment by foisting false cases. She said that though doctors at the government hospital at Guntur recommended an angiogram to be performed at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad initially, later they changed their mind and allowed the TD leader to be taken away to the prison here.
A large number of Telugu Desam activists staged a demonstration wearing black badges in protest against the arrest of their leader. They took out a rally and staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue and also in front of the Ambedkar statue. They also called for a bandh in Kovvur Assembly segment on July 22 as mark of protest.
Rajahmundry, July 21st: In order to overcome the shortage and increasing price of red gram, the state government is encouraging farmers to raise red gram crops over an extended area by offering seeds at 50 percent subsidiary in both East and West Godavari districts. The price of red gram has shot ...
Hyderabad, July 21st: Farmers will have to wait for 10 more days to get nine hours of power supply. The government has initially announced that the nine hour supply would be made available from July 15. Chief Minister, Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy was told by the concerned officials on Tuesday that it wou...
Hyderabad, July 22nd: The Indian Post AP Circle will shortly start evening delivery of speed post in Hyderabad from August. Hyderabad will be the first city in the nation to have this facility. In addition to this, it’s also going to start 100 logistic postal centers in the state by the year ...
Hyderabad, July 22nd: The Telugu Desam Party has decided not to have any alliance with the Praja Rajyam party for the civic polls. In turn the PRP chief, Mr. Chiranjeevi said his party also has no intension to have a tie-up with the TD. The TD politburo member, Mr. Yerran Naidu said that their part...
Hyderabad, July 22nd: Five more persons were tested positive for swine flu in city taking the total number of affected cases to 46. Four of the confirmed swine flu cases are children who accompanied their parents abroad. The fifth one is a woman who had landed in the city from US. The Chest Hospita...
Rajahmundry, July 22nd: The local MLA, Mr. Routhu Surya Prakasa Rao, called for improving the amenities at various places in the city. The legislator along with the municipal commissioner, Mr. K. Manik Raj, inspected several places here on Wednesday. The MLA proposed widening the roads to facilitat...
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