An impoverished father in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh was forced to pledge his two minor daughters with a money lender for defaulting on a loan of Rs. 34,000.
The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh survived the second no-confidence motion in 16 months early Saturday thanks to a divided opposition. But the result proved the government was technically in a minority.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) continued with the custodial interrogation of Rajender Chaudhary, an accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, for the third consecutive day today.
The budget session of the Andhra Pradesh state legislature began Wednesday on a stormy note with the opposition Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) disrupting state governor E.S.L. Narasimhan's address to the joint session of both houses.
Almost four days after a Naval helicopter, with four crew members on board, crashed into the sea off Vizag coast in AP, the rescue teams today retrieved bodies of a lieutenant commander and a sailor from the wreckage.
Hyderabad police have arrested a man, who fabricated certain documents to make them believe that there is likelihood of another terrorist attack in the city.
Ranchi police arrest one in connection with the Febraury 21 twin blasts that killed 16 people and injured scores of others in Hyderabad
After committing a decision on Telangana two months back, the government has yet again pushed the controversial issue into the cold storage.
MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was today admitted to a hospital here after he complained of severe stomach pain.

Indo-French oceanographic study satellite 'SARAL' and six foreign mini and micro spacecrafts were succesfully launched today by ISRO's PSLV-C20 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Ahead of the launch of the Indo-French satellite 'SARAL' onboard Isro's workhorse rocket PSLV from Sriharikota, Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan on Sunday offered worship at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near Tirupati.
All is set for the launch of Indo-French satellite 'SARAL', aimed at oceanographic studies, and six foreign mini and micro satellites onboard ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV from the spaceport of Sriharikota in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh tomorrow.
The Andhra Pradesh police have arrested a software engineer wanted for allegedly murdering his wife and two children in the US in 2008.
Chief metropolitan magistrate directs Owaisi to appear before the court on March 1 keeping aside the application filed by him seeking exemption on health grounds.
Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday visited the scene of the twin bomb blasts, which claimed 14 lives and injured 119.