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Piracy was the burning topic at the Nandi Award ceremony in the city on Tuesday. The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, promised that the government will do everything it can to curb video piracy.
The Maoists are now adopting an LTTE strategy to secure their bastions by planting more pressure mines and digging up bunkers in the wake of stepped-up police operations against them.
Terming the shooting “amateurish” at a key Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) facility on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Tuesday, the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said a security review of the sensitive facility has been ordered.
The Supreme Court was not impressed with the state government’s argument that the procedure followed for recruitment of police in 1985, 1991 and 1994, could not be used to declare the city a free zone.
Film actor and Secunderabad MLA Ms Jayasudha has been made the brand ambassador of 1091 helpline to create awareness about the number.
A teenage tribal girl and an active member of the CPI (Maoists) surrendered before the deputy superintendent of police, Mr T. Srinivasa Rao, on Tuesday. The 16-year-oldgirl, had joined the CPI (M) in 2006 at the age of 12 and since then, she was actively taking part in all the activities of the outfit. She belongs to Kannavaram village of Budaralla panchayat of Koyyuru mandal.

Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, from right, and minister for cinematography J. Geeta Reddy present the Raghupati Venkaiah Award to producer G. Vijayanirmala as thespian and Vijayanirmala’s husband G. Krishna and actor Jamuna look on at the Nandi Awards ceremony held at Lalita Kala Thoranam on Tuesday.
Police on Tuesday enhanced security of the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakru, following receipt of a threat letter.
The Humayunagar police on Tuesday booked a case against some unidentified persons for threatening the State council of higher education chairman, Mr K.C. Reddy, posing as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials.
The fingerprint department of the district police here is eagerly waiting for the implementation of the state government’s proposal to provide police stations across the state with biometric scanning machines. The move is expected to reduce pressure on them.
Hyderabad: A woman was robbed by man on the pretext of teaching her to count.
A large number of devotees gathered at Tirumala for Ugadi celebrations. All compartments in the Vaikuntam complex were full by Monday evening.

Rahul Mahajan and Dimpy Ganguly talk about their experiences on Swayamvar 2, where they became the first couple to get married on TV
Rahul Mahajan’s reality show wedding truly was a perfect example of the great Indian tamasha. But, to be fair to Mahajan, he had promised that he would marry the girl he chooses in his swayamvar and kept his word.

The actor will be seen in a horror film Rokk which is based on real life incidents.
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