Farmers were losing 175 acres as part of the acquisition for the airport. They are also insisting that the highway should pass near their villages as it would increase the land values further and facilitate transport connectivity
Police said that Thungapindi Mounika, an Intermediate first year student and daughter of Rajesham, ended her life by hanging herself in the kitchen. She was studying at a private college in Mancherial town
The State government had sought the Centre's help to conduct a seismological study, which is intended to locate the trapped workers and assess the structural condition of the tunnel following the roof collapse
Sources said that the forest fires, allegedly caused by ignition of fire by cattle grazers and encroachers, spread rapidly through the section, destroying the forest cover and claiming lives of wildlife at 11 pm
Three to four naxals were said to have been injured in an encounter between the security forces and Maoists in Mandagiri forests of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh
Since the Krishna basin covers 70 per cent of Telangana and 30 per cent of Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister appealed to Patil to allocate 70 per cent of Krishna water to the Telangana State
National Union for Migrant Workers urges the court to direct authorities to expedite rescue efforts, ensure safe working conditions in hazardous environments
He informed the Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil that the AP government had designed the Godavari-Banakacherla interlinking project in violation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act