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
Five minor boys arrested for raping 12-year old girl in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor
The boys, aged 16-17 years, first trapped the girl in their neighbourhood by offering her chocolates and allegedly raped her. Subsequently, they repeated the offence several times by threatening that they would kill her, if she revealed the crime to anybody.
Updated on May 24, 2018 09:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana, Andhra cops on alert after mobs lynch 4 suspected child traffickers
Vigilantes lynched at least four people and beat up scores of others in different parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the last few days following rumours on social media about child trafficking.
Updated on May 23, 2018 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya’s son dies of heart attack at 21
Vaishnav complained of chest pain on Tuesday night. Sources said the young man was following strict diet restrictions to lose weight.
Updated on May 23, 2018 06:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
KCR to skip Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in, Congress says he is scared of BJP
The Telangana unit of the Congress alleged that KCR was not attending the swearing-in ceremony because he did not want to antagonise the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Updated on May 22, 2018 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
No irregularities in Tirumala, says AP govt after row over sacking head priest
The TDP government in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday insisted that there were no lapses on the part of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams with regard to administration of the Lord Venkateshwara temple on Tirumala and that all the temple rituals were being performed according to Vedic norms.
Published on May 22, 2018 05:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Andhra woman beats her baby to death in a fit of rage, commits suicide
The woman was irritated with her daughter’s repeated crying while she was working.
Updated on May 21, 2018 12:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Amaravati to be case study for London School of Economics students
A team of students from LSE are expected to visit Amaravati in August to study the progress of works on the new capital right from acquisition of land to creation of world-class infrastructure.
Updated on May 19, 2018 11:50 PM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Centre trying to gain control over Tirumala temple through head priest, alleges TDP
The TDP said AV Ramana Deekshitulu is a pawn in large scale conspiracy by the Centre to destabilise Andhra Pradesh and gain control over the state in connivance with the YSR Congress.
Updated on May 17, 2018 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Tirumala head priest forced to retire after he alleged corruption
The chief priest Lord Venkateshwara temple had demanded that the authorities should maintain transparency with regard to donations and jewellery and also to bring the Tirumala board under the purview of of the Right to Information Act.
Updated on May 16, 2018 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
At least 40 feared drowned as boat capsizes in Godavari river
The passengers include a 20-member marriage party, the survivors told locals who launched the initial rescue operations.
Updated on May 16, 2018 12:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Andhra BJP unit revolts after former Congress minister is appointed state chief
The BJP central leadership on Sunday announced Kanna as the president of BJP’s Andhra Pradesh unit, triggering rebellion in the party.
Updated on May 14, 2018 05:32 PM IST
HIndustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
In Andhra, 13-year-old boy marries 23-year-old woman to fulfil mother’s wish
The mother, who happens to be terminally ill, wanted an adult woman in the family to handle household chores after her demise.
Updated on May 12, 2018 08:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Rythu Bandhu scheme to be a ‘game changer’ in Telangana politics
The scheme envisages payment of ₹8,000 per acre per year to each farmer in two spells of ₹4,000 each in Kharif and Rabi seasons.
Updated on May 11, 2018 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Pawan Kalyan to launch bus tour in poll-bound Andhra Pradesh after Jagan’s yatra
According to sources, Kalyan’s tour on a bus customised for the trip is tentatively planned from May 15 — starting at Anantapur in the Rayalaseema region and ending at Srikakulam in the northern coastal area.
Updated on May 11, 2018 06:52 PM IST
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80 tourists safe after boat catches fire on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh
After the boat caught fire, most of the passengers swam to the shore and the boat staff managed to bring the remaining passengers safely to the bank.
Updated on May 11, 2018 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
23-year-old Telangana man arrested for raping, murdering girlfriend at resort
Police said the girl had been in a relationship with Sai Prasad for a while now. However, he had lately begun suspecting that she was getting close to another man from the same village.
Updated on May 11, 2018 01:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
TDP workers block Amit Shah’s convoy, demand special status for Andhra
BJP workers following Shah’s convoy resisted the TDP workers.
Updated on May 11, 2018 04:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Six non-BJP states resolve to thwart central efforts to ‘stifle’ their finances
The second conclave of fiscal federalism held in Hyderabad criticised the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission as well as the BJP govt’s attempts to penalise ‘performing states’.
Updated on May 07, 2018 09:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Finance ministers of 5 Opposition states meet in Amravati to discuss sharing of funds
Andhra Pradesh expected 11 states would take part in the conclave on Finance Commission.
Updated on May 07, 2018 12:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
ASI withdraws proposal to take over country’s richest temple in Tirumala
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday withdrew a letter in which it had proposed to take over the Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala immediately after it caused a stir.
Updated on May 06, 2018 10:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
In anti-BJP, anti-Congress people’s front, states won’t be at the mercy of Centre, says K Kavitha
Kalvakuntla Kavitha says the National Front or the United Front were a coalition of parties formed purely with a political agenda of coming to power at the Centre, but this will not be the case with the federal front.
Published on May 06, 2018 07:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s family says life sentence for Kansas killer will not bring him back
Welcoming the court ruling, Kuchibhotla’s wife, Sunayana Dumala said, “Today’s sentencing in the murder of my husband will not bring back my Srinu, but it sends a strong message that hate is never acceptable.”
Updated on May 05, 2018 03:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Maoists blow up culvert in Telangana to protest against alleged fake encounters
The blast was so powerful that it left a big crater on the road, causing traffic disruption.
Published on May 04, 2018 03:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
60-year-old Guntur man, accused of raping nine-year-old girl, found hanging
Guntur Police said they got a hint about the accused planning to commit suicide after he told a relative he didn’t want to live anymore.
Updated on May 04, 2018 04:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Death due to lightning strikes in Andhra minimal, thanks to this mobile app
The application was developed by students of Kuppam Engineering College in Chittoor in collaboration with ISRO. Those who install the app on their mobiles can get alerts on the location of lightning at least 45 minutes in advance.
Updated on May 03, 2018 10:09 PM IST
HIndustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
60-year-old rapes nine-year old girl in Guntur, locals raze house of accused, block highway
A 60-year-old man fled after allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district.
Updated on May 03, 2018 05:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Akhilesh meets KCR to discuss federal front, says only regional parties can halt BJP juggernaut
Akhilesh Yadav evaded a reply on whether the proposed front would include the Congress.
Updated on May 02, 2018 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
AP EAMCET results 2018 released, JEE Main topper Bhogi Suraj Krishna gets first rank, check top 10 list
AP EAMCET results 2018 were released today, Bhogi Suraj Krishna from Vijayawada, who also topped the JEE main exam, got the first rank in the engineering stream.
Updated on May 02, 2018 03:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
In quest for a federal front, KCR to meet Akhilesh Yadav today
Telangana CM has already met several regional leaders to put together a non-BJP, non-Congress front.
Updated on May 02, 2018 12:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Telangana’s Yadadri temple artisans hammer away at religious divides
At least 40 Muslim sculptors are engaged in carving out images of Hindu gods and structures of temple from slabs of stones in makeshift sheds at the foothills of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Yadagirigutta, in Telangana’s Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district.
Published on May 02, 2018 07:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad