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Ex-TTD official in ACB net (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Hyderabad: The Anti Corruption Bureau officials raided the residence of A. Sanath Kumar, assistant executive engineer (now resigned), quality control, TTD, in Chittoor on Sunday and unearthed disproportionate assets worth `67.83 lakh. He will be arrested and produced before a special court.

Pseudo police arrested in city (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Hyderabad: The Jubilee hills police on Sunday arrested three pseudo police on charges of extorting money from lorry drivers transporting sand under Hyderabad and Cyberabad police commissionerates. The accused were identified as Shaik Wajeed, 21, Mohd Feroz, 23 and Mohd. Samiuddin, 21. Police said that the accused used to threaten lorry drivers with a toy pistol and extort money.

Congress MPs fight over Group-I exams (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Hyderabad, Sept. 6: The Congress MPs from different regions on Monday started to settle scores on the controversial Group-1 prelims conducted by APPSC on Sunday.

The senior Congress MP from Anantapur, Mr Anantha Venkatarami Reddy, said Seema Andhra Congress MPs would meet on September 9 in Hyderabad and complain to the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, against the rude behaviour of Congress

SI caught while taking bribe (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Hyderabad: Rajaboina Ravi, 37, sub-inspector of police, Madugula police station, Mahbubnagar district, was caught red-handed by the ACB officials at his house on Monday while he was taking Rs 8,000 as bribe from a person for doing an official favour.

Retaining wall of temple falls (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Vijayawada: Nearly 20 cement blocks of the Sri Durga temple retaining wall on Indrakeeladri collapsed on Monday. The temple authorities immediately took up restoration works. The 42-metre tall, 45-metre wide retaining wall was completed in March 2010. The authorities had taken up the construction of the retaining wall and protective works at a cost of `5.3 crore three years ago.

The retain

CM counters all Babu allegations (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Hyderabad, Sept. 6: The Telugu Desam’s elected representatives created a ruckus in the Secretariat on the fee reimbursement issue on Monday even as the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah gave a dressing down to their chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, on “politicising the scheme” when he met him later.

Goods stocked in shops for festival gutted in fire (Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530)

Hyderabad, Sept. 6: Locals tried to douse the fire at Madina building in the old city by pouring water with buckets but the flames spread rapidly. Decorative items on the ground floor of the hotel got damaged while some furniture in the first floor was gutted.

“Goods worth `6 lakh went up in flames as we had stocked the shop for the festival season,” said a tearful Mr Mohammed Aijaz, owner

News From The Hindu

Naxals release policemen (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

Order on free grain to poor can't be executed: Manmohan Singh (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

Six-phase polls in Bihar (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

Death sentence for 2 stayed in Akshardham case (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

Additional security to be provided to Jayalalithaa (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

Kashmir, Ayodhya, Naxals top Manmohan's political challenges (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

Indian Navy neutralises pirate boat in Gulf of Aden (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)

News From Times of India

Securitymen kill more civilians than terrorists in Kashmir (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:51:34 GMT)
For the first time since J&K insurgency started in late 80s, more civilians have been killed by security forces than terrorists. The twist in Kashmir might overshadow the Cabinet Committee on Security meet later this week.

China wants India in state of low-level equilibrium, says PM (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:34:22 GMT)
Asked about China's needling of India by referring to J&K as 'India-controlled Kashmir', PM Manmohan Singh agreed that Beijing could be tempted to use Kashmir and Pakistan 'to keep India in low-level equilibrium'.

Mole alert: MoD, services to review use of digital storage (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:52:20 GMT)
IB has sounded a red alert about 'intelligence officers of a hostile country' asking their 'assets' in Indian defence establishments to use computer storage devices like pen drives to pilfer classified info from computer networks.

Six-phase Bihar polls from Oct 21 to Nov 20 (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:44:07 GMT)
The Nitish Kumar vs Lalu Prasad battle for the reins of Bihar will be played over a six-phase election beginning on October 21.

PM denies drift in govt, hints at Cabinet reshuffle (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:59:21 GMT)
Manmohan Singh said on Monday that he would "look at options" before the winter session of Parliament for reshuffling his team. He also said that, left to himself, he would "like to reduce the mean age of the cabinet."

Bihar hostage crisis: Maoists hand over 3 cops to kin (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:54:21 GMT)
The eight-day hostage drama in Bihar finally ended on Monday with the Maoists releasing the three captive Bihar policemen to their relatives in the forests of Lakhisarai, 160km from Patna, around 6.30am.

Homi Sethna, nuclear legend, passes away (Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:39:16 GMT)
Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India's first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, died on Sunday at his Mumbai residence after a prolonged lung ailment.