Andhra Pradesh

The body of Hemchandra Pandey, a freelance journalist killed along with Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an alleged gunfight with police, was late Tuesday brought to New Delhi, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) has reported. His body was brought to the capital by his wife Babita, his brother and a few human rights activists from Andhra Pradesh. Babita, who says that her husband was...

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday imposed restrictions on all live transmissions from the premises, except for the live telecast of the House proceedings, the Times of India reported. Addressing the media, a day before the start of the budget session, the Speaker said several regulations were put in place for the budget session by limiting visitors and media personnel...

The Press Council of India has initiated suo motu action in the arrest of two journalists of a vernacular newspaper in Andhra Pradesh, the Press Trust of India has reported. In a letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, the media body said that the incident prima facie appears to pose threats to the free functioning of the Press. "As the statue of the Press Council statute...

The arrests of Andhra Jyothi editor K Srinivas and two reporters of the daily has evoked strong reactionsfrom the media and political parties alike in Andhra Pradesh, says a report in the Hindu. Srinivas and the two journalists were produced before the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate well past Tuesday midnight and remanded to 15-day judicial custody. They were shifted to the...

A Hyderabad court Thursday granted bail to the Editor and two other journalists of Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi who were arrested for allegedly hurling casteist remarks at a Dalit leader. While Editor K Srinivas was granted unconditional bail, the reporters M Vamsi Krishna and T Srinivas were given conditional bail and asked to report to Jubilee Hills police station once a week. After hearing the...

The row between the Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) and daily Andhra Jyothi took a turn for the worse Tuesday with the arrest of editor K Srinivas and two reporters under the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Hindu has reported. Some details: The arrest of the journalists was based on a complaint lodged by MRPS leader Manda Krishna Madiga alleging that the action...

The police have booked cases against the activists of United Students Forum (USF), a fan outfit of the Telugu filmstar Chirenjeevi, for attacking a scribe of a regional satellite TV channel Saturday. The police said cases were registered against the USF activists for assalting reporter Ramesh, who was injured and later admitted to a hosptial. The scribe was attacked by the activists after covering...

The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday condemned the attack on the offices of Telugu daily Andhra Jyoti by the activists of an organisation representing the backward Madiga community, terming it as an assault on "freedom of press". "This is an attack on the freedom of the press and there is use of intimidatory and inflammatory methods to silence the voice of the editors and journalists of Andhra...

RAJAVOLU: A reporter of a Telugu daily, Y Viswanatham, faced the wrath of a villager, for allegedly taking the pictures of his house renovated with the funds diverted from the Indiramma Housing scheme at Rajavolu under Rajahmundry Rural mandal on Monday. According to sources, Raju, a driver of former sarpanch of Rajavolu, and his followers attacked Viswanatham causing severe injuries to him. Later...

Hyderabad, March 21 (IANS) The editor of a prominent Urdu daily in Hyderabad was attacked late in the night when he was returning home, prompting Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to order an inquiry. Zahid Ali Khan, editor of Siasat, was attacked Tuesday night at Mehdipatnam here while he was returning home. Some unidentified people intercepted his car and threw filth on him...