Ex-TDP MLA sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for abusing dalit

Former Telugu Desam Party legislator Kotagiri Hanumantha Rao has been sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 2,500 for abusing a dalit. Rao (66) is a four-term legislator from Nuzvid. Machilipatnam First Additional District Sessions Judge T Doraswami handed down the sentence on Wednesday in connection with a private complaint under the Scheduled […]

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High court stays probe against AP chief minister in liquor scam

The Andhra Pradesh high court on Monday stayed a lower court’s order directing the Anti-Corruption Bureau to probe allegations of corruption against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the procurement of liquor from private distilleries during 1997-2000. Principal Special Judge for Special Police Establishment and Anti-Corruption Bureau Cases S Anantasayana Prasad had on Friday admitted […]

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Chandrababu Naidu not averse to simultaneous Lok Sabha, assembly polls

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said he was not averse to simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha along with assembly polls in the state. “My party is for holding of assembly elections latest by March 17 as school examinations are slated to be held after that date,” he told reporters after a one-to-one […]

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Shantha Sinha wins Magsaysay Award for anti-child labour activities

Shantha Sinha, winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2003 for Community Leadership, is well-known as the founder of the M Venkatarangaiya Foundation (better known as MV Foundation), which works to free child labourers and enroll them in schools. Sinha (53), a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Hyderabad Central University, is a leading anti-child […]

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