Srinivasa Rao is Senior Assistant Editor based out of Hyderabad covering developments in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana . He has over three decades of reporting experience.
Articles by Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Mob beats up cops inside police station in Andhra Pradesh over alleged harassment
Police said more than 150 people stormed the Rapur police station on reports that the cops were allegedly torturing four residents of their colony.
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 02:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Hyderabad company failed to deposit Rs 130-crore EPF contributions over four years: Inquiry
The six-member inquiry commission was set up in late 2016 following a complaint filed by whistleblower, Abhishek Mishra, who joined the company, a subsidiary of German engineering and construction company M+W Group GmbH, in March 2016.
Updated on Aug 01, 2018 10:49 PM IST
Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Tortured, injected with growth hormones: 5-year-olds among 11 rescued from Telangana brothels
The police said the children were administered hormonal injections by a doctor so that they could attain early sexual maturity. The doctor charged the traffickers ₹25,000 for each injection
Updated on Aug 02, 2018 12:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Man seeking special category status for Andhra Pradesh commits suicide
A suicide note recovered from him by the Madanapalle police said, “Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh is our right.”
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 06:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Maoists kills ‘police informer’ in Andhra as their Martyrs’ Week begins
Martyrs’ Week starts on July 28 because it was on this day that the group’s founder, Charu Mazumdar, died about 46 years ago. It will go on till August 3.
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 05:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
‘Country not fit to live in anymore’: Andhra man plans to be buried alive, readies 5-foot grave
Seventy-year-old Tathireddy Lachi Reddy dropped the idea after police informed him that such an act would constitute suicide, which is a criminal offence too.
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 11:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Andhra CM asks Tirupati temple to restrict number of devotees for six days
Chandrababu Naidu asked the trust board to curtail the number of devotees inside the Tirupati temple in a manner that would not cause any disturbance to the ritual as was done on previous occasions.
Updated on Jul 25, 2018 07:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu and PTI
NRI organisation offers to buy foreign coins piling up at Lord Venkateswara temple
A heap of foreign coins has been piling as a large number of NRIs and foreign pilgrims from across the world visit the temple and offer coins and notes for the sacred Hundi.
Updated on Jul 18, 2018 07:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
CM Chandrababu Naidu stalls TTD decision to close down Tirupati temple for six days
An officer of the temple’s trust board said they are considering allowing darshan for pilgrims for four to five hours every day during the six-day ritual.
Updated on Jul 17, 2018 07:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Happy that justice was done: Telangana student Sharath Koppu’s family on shooting down of killer
According to Kansas City Star report, police gunned down the suspected assailant of Sharath on Sunday evening.
Updated on Jul 16, 2018 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Anna canteen ads leave Chandrababu Naidu government red-faced
Naidu inaugurated the Anna Canteen for the first time in June 2016 on the premises of state secretariat at Velagapudi, which is part of the upcoming capital Amaravati.
Updated on Jul 15, 2018 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Karnataka lynching: Man’s family refuses to believe he could have been mistaken for child lifter
Mohammad Azam and three others were returning to Hyderabad after a visit to their friend’s place in Handikera near Bidar. But they were stopped on the road at Murki by a mob and attacked mercilessly, leading to Azam’s death on the spot.
Updated on Jul 16, 2018 11:27 AM IST
Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
First time in history, Tirumala temple in Chittoor to be shut for six days
Named “Ashta Bandhana Balalaya Maha Samprokshanam,” the unique religious ceremony of cleansing of the entire temple complex including the sanctum sanctorum, takes place once in 12 years.
Updated on Jul 14, 2018 10:25 PM IST
Hyderabad, Hindustan Times | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Six students missing after Andhra boat capsize, rescue operations called off
The boat overturned around 4.30 pm after hitting the pillar of a partially-constructed bridge on the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh.
Updated on Jul 14, 2018 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Six die in poisonous gas leak at steel plant in Andhra Pradesh’s Tadipatri
Police said carbon monoxide gas leak caused the mishap at the steel plant in Andhra Pradesh.
Updated on Jul 12, 2018 11:12 PM IST
Hyderabad, Hindustan Times | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Sexually abused man writes to President asking for mercy killing, says unable to bear trauma
The 24-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh said he had been sexually abused by his cousin first, when he was eight years old, and again, at the hands of his teacher when he was in high school.
Updated on Jul 12, 2018 06:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Hindu seer banished from Hyderabad over ‘anti-Muslim comments’
Swamy Paripoornananda was picked up from his residence at Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills, forced into a vehicle and sent to Kakinada in East Godavari district.
Updated on Jul 11, 2018 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Hyderabad man wins battle of the bulge, sheds 125 kg in 2 years after bariatric surgery
Samyodhin Sajid, from Hyderabad’s Himayatnagar area, was abnormally obese weighing 210 kg and suffering from breathlessness,insomnia and arthritis for a very long time.
Updated on Jul 09, 2018 08:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
First year medical student in Andhra’s Kurnool commits suicide allegedly due to ragging
The body of Komma Harsha Praneeth Reddy (20), hailing from Aravindnagar in Kadapa town, was found hanging from his hostel room late on Thursday night by his friends.
Updated on Jul 06, 2018 02:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
10-year-old boy sodomised, killed in Hyderabad
The police received information about the body of a boy lying in a secluded area near Khader Bagh. The boy’s parents later identified his body.
Updated on Jul 04, 2018 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Six killed as truck crushes overcrowded autorickshaw in Andhra Pradesh
The auto rickshaw was carrying 15 people from Rameshwaram village near district headquarters of Kakinada. They were returning to their village after attending a wedding at Vadlamuru village of Peddapuram block.
Updated on Jul 03, 2018 07:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
AP student raped in 2017, man with clip demands Rs 10 lakh from survivor; 3 held
According to the police, on the day of the incident, the 22-year old girl had gone to a local hotel to attend a birthday party of her college senior where she was sexually assaulted by him and another senior student.
Updated on Jun 30, 2018 11:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Andhra CM Naidu wants probe into alleged disappearance, theft of Tirumala temple jewellery
Naidu said that the state government had ordered inquiries by two independent judicial commissions in 2009 and 2011 by justice Jagannatha Rao and justice Wadhwa respectively for verification of the jewellery, when there were instances of maligning the Tirumala temple and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 02:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Will support any party that promises special status for Andhra Pradesh, says Jaganmohan Reddy
YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy isn’t particularly pre-disposed towards any political grouping and he will support the party that promises special status for Andhra Pradesh, he said in an exclusive interview to HT.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 08:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pasarlapudi | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
YSR Congress chief Jagan completes 200 days of padayatra
YS Jaganmohan Reddy has so far covered a distance of over 2,430km in as many as 93 out of 175 assembly constituencies in 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Published on Jun 27, 2018 07:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amalapuram (East Godavari, AP) | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
24 killed in two separate road accidents in Telangana, Andhra
The tractor driver apparently lost control while avoiding a two-wheeler coming from the opposite direction. The tractor-trolley fell into the Musi river canal near Laxmapuram village at around 10 am
Updated on Jun 24, 2018 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
TDP MLA sleeps in crematorium to drive away fear among construction workers
Nimmala Rama Naidu, representing Palakole assembly constituency, had his dinner at the crematorium and slept on a folding cot.
Updated on Jun 24, 2018 05:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Tirumala authority rejects former priest’s claims of CM Chandrababu Naidu-led treasure hunt
The TTD official said the kitchen was renovated to ensure the safety of the temple structure and Srivari Potu (kitchen) workers. A retired chief priest had alleged that a kitchen was dug up at the behest of Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu as part of his search for ancient treasure.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 05:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Car driver dies as rainwater floods basement of apartment complex in Hyderabad
Police, however, believe 25-year-old Bosele Gopinath died of asphyxiation after falling asleep in the vehicle in an inebriated state.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 04:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
YSR Congress alleges TDP hand in sex racket involving Telugu actresses
YSR Congress alleged that the accused was a TDP leader and a close associate of CM Chandrababu Naidu.
Published on Jun 22, 2018 10:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu