Month: August 2007

Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy on Tuesday mooted “a powerful, vibrant and dynamic organisation” to deal firmly with terrorism and state security. The special anti-terror force will be constituted on the lines of Greyhounds, a specialised commando force formed by the government two decades ago to tackle the Maoist menace in the state.   […]

Hyderabad City Police have booked a case against controversial Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasreen for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims. The Police have also sought the clearance from a court to file a case against Majlis-e-Ittehaadul Muslimeen floor leader in Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi for allegedly holding out threats to Taslima Nasreen if she visits Hyderabad […]

Strongly condemning Mudigonda police firing in Andhra Pradesh, the Amnesty International has slammed the use of AK-47 rifles by the police on civilian protestors on July 28. Amnesty International also demanded that the state government ensure that the judicial inquiry ordered into the incident should be completely impartial, independent and thorough. In a media statement, Amnesty […]

The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Justice I Panduranga Rao, retired judge of the state high court, as a one-man commission of inquiry to probe into the incident that led to opening of fire by the police at Mudigonda in Khammam district on July 28, in which seven persons were killed and an equal number […]

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to extend its ban on Communist Party of India-Maoist and seven frontal organisations for a further period of one year. The state Cabinet, which met in Hyderabad on Wednesday, took the decision to extend the ban on Maoist outfits, in view of the continuing Maoist violence in the state. […]