Ex-AP Minister: Name it ‘Sonia Telangana’
New Delhi: In a queer demand, a former Andhra Pradesh Minister on Thursday suggested the Centre to name the new State carved out of Andhra Pradesh as ‘Sonia Telangana’. “I am putting forth this demand, as she has prevented more individuals from the region committing suicide for Telangana cause,” P Shankar Rao, who claims to be a founder member of Congress (I), said. “Over a thousand people have committed suicide till the announcement on creation of Telangana was made. However, there were no suicides reported in the last 70 days,” he added. Terming Sonia as “Telangana Talli” (Mother of Telangana), Rao said he is installing a statue in Hyderabad by December which would resemble the face of the AICC chief. He has also met the GoM looking into bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Robbers kill UP woman to get silver bangles
lucknow: A gang of robbers allegedly killed a 70-year-old woman and and chopped off her hands to remove silver bangles in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, police sources said here on Thursday. The robbers attacked the house of the woman, identified as Amratia, at Bareda village in Attara area of Banda district on Wednesday when she was alone, a police officer said. An FIR has been registered and a probe has begun, the officer said.
Geelani put under house arrest
Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Thursday placed under house arrest, a day ahead of his scheduled visit to Tral town in south Kashmir Pulwama district. “Geelani has been placed under house arrest this morning again. A large posse of policemen has been deployed outside the chairman’s house at Hyderpora,” a spokesman of the Hurriyat said.
Manipur-Assam bridge damaged in IED blast
Imphal: A bridge on National Highway 37, used by trucks for transporting essential items to Manipur from Assam, has been damaged in an IED explosion in Cachar district of Assam, officials said on Thursday. A major portion of Chirpur bridge, built over a river on the Imphal-Jiribam-Silchar highway, was damaged on Wednesday evening when IED kept along the bridge exploded in Fulartol area in Cachar, the sources said.