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Anti-Telangana protests rage across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema

August 9, 2013
antiHyderabad, Aug 9: Protests continued across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the ninth day against the Congress' announcement favouring bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state.

Though several "pro-united" Andhra Pradesh outfits announced a break to the protests due to Ramzan today, rallies, sit-ins, human chains and fasts continued at several places in both the regions.

Leaders protesting against the Congress decision continued today, with former minister and MLA Dharmana Prasada Rao offering to quit his post.

Though protests across both regions against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh have been by and large peaceful, statues of national leaders have been desecrated several times.

The police has warned that desecration of statues would be dealt with sternly. Protests and other modes of agitation by pro-united Andhra Pradesh supporters were organised in other parts of the non-Telangana regions also.

Thousands of employees from Government departments took out a rally in Anantpuram town, which also saw relay hunger strikes by people from various walks of life.

Normal life was thrown out of gear in Srikakulam district due to the ongoing anti-Telangana agitation. Relay hunger strikes, forming of human chain, rallies, burning of effigies were witnessed today in the district.

Business establishments and schools were shut and studnets took out rallies to oppose divison of the State.

Commuters faced a tough time as most of the RTC buses were confined to depots and private operators had also stopped their services.

Advocates, Government employees, teachers and workers participated in the agitation in Srikakulam district. The agitators demanded resignation of all elected representatives. with the support of students and youngsters in a large number.

In Kadapa district, a weaver, Kaki Venkateswarlu (58), died of heart attack as he was apparently anguished and depressed over the state's bifurcation, police sources said.

Rallies, dharnas, cooking food on roads, relay hunger strikes and burning of effigies marked the anti-Telangana agitation in Kadapa district. Effigies of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party General Secretary Digvijay Singh and TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao were burnt at several places.

Speaking in Vijayawada, former Legislator and staunch supporter of Samaikhyandhra Adusumilli Jaya Prakash appealed to the people of Andhra Pradesh to boycott Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's August 11 rally in Hyderabad.

Modi's party, BJP, a strong supporter of separate Telangna, has adopted double standards on formation of new states, he alleged.

Meanwhile, agitations in support of united AP continued for the ninth day in the coastal Krishna district and Vijayawada.

TDP leader and former Home Minister K Siva Prasad visited a relay hunger strike camp of students at Siddhardha Law College in Vijayawada.

East and West Godavari District Lawyers JAC Convener Muppalla Subba Rao alleged that the State Government is registering non-bailable cases against the agitators.

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June 24,2020

New Delhi, Jun 24: With the highest single-day spike of 15,968 cases and 465 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,56,183 on Wednesday.

According to the latest update by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), 14,476 deaths have been recorded due to the infection so far in the country.

The count includes 1,83,022 active cases, and 2,58,685 cured/discharged/migrated patients.

Maharashtra with 1,39,010 confirmed cases remains the worst-affected by the infection so far in the country. The state's count includes 62,848 active, 69,631 cured, discharged patients while 6,531 deaths have been reported due to the infection so far.

Meanwhile, the national capital's confirmed coronavirus cases reached 66,602.

2,301 deaths have been reported in Delhi due to the infection so far.

Tamil Nadu has reported 64,603 cases so far with the death toll reaching 833.

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August 7,2020

Kozhikode: An Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people on board overshot the Kozhikode tabletop runway on landing there today. The Boeing 737 “fell off” the runway into the valley, broke into two causing death and devastation. 

According to reports, around 20 people were dead including two pilots.

An Air India spokesperson said: “Air India Express flight IX 1344 operated by Boeing 737 aircraft from Dubai to Calicut overshot the runway at Kozhikode at 7.41 pm Friday. No fire reported at the time of landing. There are 174 passengers, 10 infants, two pilots and five cabin crew on board. Rescue operations are on and passengers are being taken to hospital for medical care. We will soon share the update in this regard.”

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is probing this accident. “Prima facie, the aircraft landed beyond the touchdown point and fell into a valley. It has broken into two. We suspect some casualties. More information is awaited,” said a senior DGCA official.

Taking to twitter, defence minister Rajnath Singh wrote: “Devastating news from Kozhikode, Kerala. I am deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to an accident carrying several passengers on Air India flight. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.”

Foreign minister S Jaishankar tweeted: “Deeply distressed to hear about the Air India Express tragedy at Kozhikode. Prayers are with the bereaved families and those injured. We are ascertaining further details.”

While, senior BJP leader from Kerala K J Alphons tweeted: “Second tragedy of the day in Kerala: Air India Express skids off the run way at Kozhikode, front portion splits , pilot dies and lots of passengers injured . All passengers evacuated. Very lucky the aircraft didn’t catch fire.”

More details are awaited.

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January 9,2020

New Delhi, Jan 9: JNU students who tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday protesting the violence on the university campus were stopped by police and later detained.

The police also resorted to baton charge to control the mob who tried to block the traffic at Janpath. Using loudspeakers, the police also appealed to the crowd to maintain peace.

Before the students tried to proceed towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan, a delegation of JNU Students' Union and JNU Teachers' Association also met Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry officials and demanded the removal of Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar from his post.

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