Author: Syed Amin Jafri

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the naxalites to adopt democratic means and fight elections to gain power. “The government was willing to have a dialogue with them, but it would not tolerate extremist violence at any cost,” he said. Dr Singh came on a half-day’s visit to Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, just four days after the […]

The Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission on Saturday issued notices to the state director-general of police and the Hyderabad city police commissioner on the arrest of Revolutionary Writers Association functionaries and former Maoist emissaries Varavara Rao and G Kalyan Rao in Hyderabad. At a special sitting, the Commission took ‘suo motu cognisance of the […]

In a crackdown on members of the Revolutionary Writers Association (Viplava Rachiyatala Sangham-Virasam), which has been banned alongwith the Communist Party of India(Maoist) and six other frontal organizations, Andhra Pradesh police arrested former Maoist emissary and prominent revolutionary writer Varavara Rao from his residence in Malakpet area in Hyderabad early Friday morning. AP govt reimposes […]

The Centre on Wednesday gave the go ahead to Andhra Pradesh government to re-impose the ban on Maoists in the state in the wake of escalating Naxalite violence. According to sources, Union Home Minister Shivraj V Patil conveyed the Centre’s green signal to the state in a telephonic conversation with Chief Minister Dr Y S […]

It was supposed to be an emergency trip that never materialised but, nevertheless, it caused a flurry of activity in Hyderabad on Tuesday afternoon. The state administration swung into action when  word came from New Delhi that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who set out for an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Karnataka, would be making […]

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has authorised Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy to take the decision on reimposing the ban on the Communist Party of India-Maoist in the wake of escalating violence and killings by this left-wing extremist outfit. Briefing newsmen after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening, Information Minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir said […]

Maoists on Monday killed Andhra Pradesh Congress legislator Chittem Narsi Reddy and five others in an attack in Makthal in Mahbubnagar district, officials said. However, unofficial reports said 10 persons were killed. A state police spokesman told rediff.com that an action team shot dead Narsi Reddy and seven others, including his son Chittem Venkateswar Reddy and a […]

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court on the judgement of the 7 member bench doing away with reservations for admissions to minority and non-minority unaided professional colleges. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, who reviewed the implications of the recent Superme Court judgement with […]

President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday suggested that the national programme on proteomics should be accelerated with partnership from industries and Research & Development laboratories. Inaugurating the Center of Excellence in Medical Bio-informatics jointly promoted by the Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Sun Microsystems and the Andhra Pradesh government in Hyderabad, […]

President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday exuded confidence that India would become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Responding to a question at an interactive session with students at Hyderabad, the President said “we are a billion people, that is, one-sixth of the world’s population. We have got the […]