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Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

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

NTR’s wife Parvathi to start legal battle with kin over bungalow

Telugu matinee idol and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh NT Rama Rao’s widow, Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi, is all set to wage a legal battle with Rao’s family members over his 8,000 square feet bungalow at Bajulla Road in Chennai, now worth over Rs 20 crore.

Former CM of Andhra Pradesh, NT Rama Rao with his wife Lakshmi Parvathi.(Rajiv Gupta/HT File Photo)
Updated on Jul 31, 2016 12:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

EAMCET-2 paper leak: Telangana CID arrests ‘kingpin’, three others

The Telangana crime investigation department (CID) has arrested four persons in connection to the leakage of the question paper of a medical entrance examination held in the state on July 9. They also claim to have arrested the racket’s kingpin, R G Rajagopal Reddy.

According to CID’s preliminary investigation, at least 69 students appearing in the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET-2) benefitted from the leak.(Hindustan Times file photo for representation)
Updated on Jul 27, 2016 09:37 PM IST
By, Hyderabad

Two dead, many injured as under-construction building collapses in Hyderabad

Two people were killed and 10 injured after an under-construction building collapsed in Film Nagar area of Hyderabad on Sunday.

Two workers were killed and 12 others injured when a two-storeyed under-construction building of the Film Nagar Cultural Club collapsed in upmarket Jubilee Hills of Hyderabad.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 24, 2016 05:12 PM IST
By, Hyderabad

Hyderabadi woman reunited with daughters after 26 years

It was an emotional reunion for 60-year-old Nazia Begum with her two daughters after a gap of 26 years on Thursday with the Hyderabad Police playing the role of a good samaritan.

Emotions filled the room as the two women moved forward and held their mother in a long, teary embrace.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 22, 2016 12:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | By

Hyderabad: 8 youngsters detained for burning three puppies alive

Eight boys were held on Thursday for allegedly burning alive three puppies at a graveyard in Musheerabad area in Hyderabad, police said.

Animal rights activists have demanded psychiatric evaluation of eight juveniles who burnt alive three puppies and filmed the horrific act(Screengrab)
Updated on Jul 21, 2016 11:51 PM IST
Hyderabad | By, Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Boys burn alive three puppies, another shoots dead a dog

In yet another gruesome incident, a group of boys burnt three puppies alive, filmed their act and posted it on Facebook.

Video grabs show a dog being shot and three puppies being burnt alive in Hyderabad.
Updated on Jul 21, 2016 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Punjabi student beaten up in Hyderabad varsity

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Published on Jul 19, 2016 06:14 AM IST
BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu and Shruti Tomar

Sikh student mistaken for Kashmiri, ‘beaten up’ on Hyderabad campus

Activists apparently mistook him for his Bilal, a Kashmiri and a former student of the university, because of his beard and skin.

Amol Singh was allegedly attacked by ABVP activists.(Facebook)
Updated on Jul 20, 2016 09:29 AM IST
By, Hyderabad

What is death? Eight-year-old asks after school scuffle kills junior

“What is death?” This was what an eight-year old boy in Hyderabad asked the police when questioned why he allegedly killed a six-year-old schoolmate after a scuffle over repeated bullying.

The younger boy reportedly hurled abuses, triggering a brawl between the children.(Representative image)
Updated on Jul 17, 2016 04:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Al-Baghdadi surname landed Hyderabad IS suspect in NIA trouble

At least one of the four Muslim youths let off by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after being picked up in connection with an Islamic State terror plot, got into trouble because of his al-Baghdadi surname, a rights group has alleged.

File Photo of the Islamic State flag.
Updated on Jul 16, 2016 01:40 AM IST
HIndustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Telangana: KCR to perform another Yagam, to ‘banish developmental hurdles’

Last year-end, KCR caught the attention of the entire country by performing a five-day Ayutha Maha Chandi Yagam.

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. After performing a Yagam in 2015, KCR will perform another in Medak in August to apparentely ‘banish developmental hurdles’.(File Photo)
Updated on Jul 14, 2016 07:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Two Hyderabad men arrested for alleged Islamic State links

The National Investigation Agency probing an alleged terror plot by Islamic State operatives in Hyderabad arrested on Tuesday two more people suspected of having links with the West Asian terrorist group.

An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture.(Reuters)
Updated on Jul 12, 2016 08:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Andhra Pradesh Vs Telangana: A sibling rivalry that seems welcome

The rivalry between Andhra Pradesh and Telangna took a new turn earlier this week, in what some called a new low in the simmering tension between the two southern states. In a letter written to Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman, Telangana Minister for Industries and Information Technology K T Rama Rao accused his neighour of stealing data. The plagiarism charges is only the tip of the fight between the two states over who gets to lead in the Ease of Doing Business dashboard

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu leads the race to woo investors.(AFP)
Updated on Jul 10, 2016 07:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu and Kalyan Subramani, Hyderabad/bangalore

Hyderabad businessman hacks wife to pieces, burns body for seeking divorce

A businessman in Hyderabad murdered his wife, hacked her to pieces and set the dismembered body afire when she sought to leave him for another man.

Rupesh Kumar Mohnani and Cynthia met in Congo. They married in 2008 and moved to Hyderabad. They have a five-year-old daughter. Cynthia had fallen in love with a Frenchman on Facebook and wanted to leave Mohnani with their daughter.(Facebook)
Updated on Jul 05, 2016 02:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

BJP-TDP tussle over temple demolitions

The BJP, with the support of other saffron groups, is protesting the demolition of nearly 30 temples in Vijayawada in the name of development by their political ally, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

BJP leaders claim that some of the temples being demolished are over 100 years old.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 05, 2016 08:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Lawyers, judge up in arms in Hyderabad: What is the battle all about

Following a protest march by Telangana lawyers, the Hyderabad high court has suspended 11 judges for misconduct. A look at what started the trouble in the first place.

Telangana advocates have been protesting the provisional allocation of judges under the AP Reorganisation Act, claiming that Andhra judges were getting the benefit.(PTI)
Updated on Jul 02, 2016 04:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Andhra, Telangana lawyers’ stir intensifies, thousands boycott courts

Thousands of lawyers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Friday boycotted the courts amid protests against the alleged irregularities in the provisional allocation of judicial officers in the two states.

A file photo shows lawyers protesting outside the Andhra Pradesh high court premises to press for their demands.(PTI)
Published on Jul 01, 2016 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

‘Hyderbad’s Old city Muslims a target whenever terror hits’

The Muslim community in Hyderabad’s old city had just woken up for the Sahar prayers during the holy month of Ramzan on Wednesday when news broke of the arrest of five local young men on terror charges.

Five accused, arrested by NIA in connection with suspected IS links, being produced at Nampally criminal courts in Hyderabad on Thursday.(PTI Photo)
Published on Jul 01, 2016 08:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

NIA busts IS module in Hyderabad, 11 sympathisers detained in raids

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Published on Jun 30, 2016 11:12 AM IST
ByRajesh Ahuja and Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

Judges’ protest: No love lost as AP, Telangana divide men and machinery

Squatting in a corner of the state secretariat in Hyderabad, Giri Goverdhan has been protesting and also brooding over the irony of his situation.

Telangana advocates holding placards at a protest in front of the High Court demanding separate high court for Telangana, in Hyderabad on Tuesday.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Jun 30, 2016 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

9 more judges suspended, 335 to go on mass leave in Telangana

Nine more lower court judges were on Tuesday suspended by the high court on disciplinary grounds as the agitation against provisional allocation of judges between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana intensified with 200 judicial officers in Telangana going on mass leave for 15 days.

Police detain Telangana advocates who were holding a protest in front of the high court demanding a separate high court for Telangana, in Hyderabad.(PTI)
Updated on Jun 28, 2016 07:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Bengaluru’s first woman cab driver found dead in her house

A 39-year-old woman cab driver was found dead in her rented house in Bengaluru’s Nagashetty Halli area on Monday evening.

Bengaluru’s first woman cab driver V Bharati was found hanging from the ceiling of a room at her house.(Facebook)
Updated on Jun 28, 2016 01:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad

Inspired by Amma, Naidu launches Anna NTR canteens in Andhra

Close on the heels of Amma Unavagam (mother restaurant) scheme of Tamil Nadu which has become a roaring success, the Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday launched the Anna NTR Canteen, a populist scheme aimed at providing subsidised meal to daily wage workers, small-time employees and poor people in the state.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday launched the Anna NTR Canteen, a populist scheme aimed at providing subsidised meal to daily wage workers, small-time employees and poor people in the state, following the roaring success of Amma Unavagam (mother restaurant) scheme of Tamil Nadu.(Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jun 26, 2016 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Hyderabad
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