Shankar Rao

Daughter of Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao, who is currently recuperating at a private hospital in Banjara Hills, has alleged that a sub-inspector tried to kill her father on the hospital premises on Sunday night.

Saifabad police have served notices on Secunderabad cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao asking him to appear before the investigating officer (IO) in relation to the case booked against him for making defamatory comments against the chief minister and the DGP.

A Crime Investigation Department (CID) team on Saturday visited Care Hospital in Banjara Hills to record the statement of Secunderabad Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao to know whether he was manhandled by the Neredmet police recently. However, Shankar Rao was unavailable to them.

Veteran actor Shankar Rao, who shot to fame for his comic roles, passed away on Monday (October 18) morning. He was 84. The veteran actor has been reportedly suffering from age-related ailments for a while now. While the sad demise of the veteran actor has left the Kannada entertainment industry shocked, ETimes TV got the actress Shalini Satyanarayan talking about her fond memories with the late actor.

Textiles minister P Shankar Rao on Monday threatened to quit his post if chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy does not release funds for the loan waiver scheme for handloom weavers by the end of this month.

Handlooms and textiles minister P Shankar Rao on Wednesday wrote a six-page letter to Sonia Gandhi blaming his cabinet colleagues for Congress party’s dismal show in the recently concluded Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly byelections.

The rivalry between P Shankar Rao and Sabita Indra Reddy turned ugly on Tuesday when alleged supporters of the home minister attacked the textiles minister when he visited a colony in Maheshwaram mandal.

Former textiles minister P Shankar Rao has slapped a legal notice on IAS officer BP Acharya over remarks made by the latter during an interview to electronic media a day before he surrendered to the CBI court.

Amid speculation that P Shankar Rao may be dropped from the Kiran Kumar cabinet, the textiles minster called on governor E S L Narasimhan on Thursday to present his version of the controversial statements made against cabinet colleagues and also submitted a memorandum against the CM for failing to take 'corrective' action.

Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao is still ‘out of reach’ for the Cyberabad police who want to question him in the Green Field land encroachment case.

The noose is tightening around the neck of former minister and Secunderabad Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao, who is already in trouble as the Hyderabad police are waiting for an opportunity to arrest him.

Secunderabad Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao was grilled by Saifabad police for four hours in relation to the defamation case booked against him.

The AP High Court on Wednesday issued notices to DGP V Dinesh Reddy, former minister P Shankar Rao and his family members along with the station house officer of the women's police station at central crime station in Hyderabad directing them to respond to a petition filed by P Vamsi Priya, daughter-in-law of Shankar Rao.

Former minister and Secunderabad Cantonment legislator P Shankar Rao's daughter-in-law Vamsi Priya on Tuesday approached the AP High Court with a writ petition seeking the arrest of her her husband Shashank, father-in-law Shankar Rao, mother-in-law Vishwa Shanti and sister-in-law Sushmita.

Former minister P Shankar Rao, who is accused of forging land documents of Green Field venture, Neredmet, for illegal gains, was not present at his Musheerabad residence when police went to question him about the allegations on Saturday evening.

Former minister and Secunderabad Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao was on Thursday picked up by police from his Musheerabad residence for questioning in a forgery case related to Green Fields in Khanajiguda.

A Cyberabad police team, led by ACP Ganesh Reddy, conducted searches at Shankar Rao's residence in Musheerabad in relation to Greenfields land encroachment case.

Refuting the allegations of possessing disproportionate assets levelled by Congress MLA P Shankar Rao, Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Wednesday dared the former minister to prove his allegations or face a civil defamation suit.

In a volte-face, former minister and Cantonment MLA P Shankar Rao, whose letter led to a CBI inquiry into the disproportionate assets of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his subsequent arrest, on Tuesday demanded the release of the Kadapa MP from jail.

Textile minister P Shankar Rao's 'defiant attitude' and the government's failure to maintain '108' ambulance services properly dominated the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

A former minister, P Shankar Rao, was convicted in two different criminal cases by MLA and MP Special Court on Wednesday. The judge awarded him punishment to pay a penalty of 3,500 for both the offences.

HAVERI: Former state minister G B Shankar Rao died at a hospital at Bangalore on Thursday morning. Born in March 1919 at Doddagubbi near here, he was better known in political circles as Gubbi Shankargowda.

Saifabad police on Friday registered a defamation case against former minister P Shankar Rao for charging chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy with misusing power.

The CID is inquiring into allegations of manhandling the MLA by the Cyberabad police when they went to pick him up for questioning.

In an unprecedented move, Congress MLA P Shankar Rao on Wednesday served a no-confidence motion against his own party's council of ministers headed by chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

A division bench of the high court on Monday asked Congress legislator P Shankar Rao to furnish a demand draft equivalent to the amount "offered" by alleged contenders to the court.

Minister for handlooms and small scale industries P Shankar Rao said on Saturday that funds issued by the SC/ST finance corporation were misused to the extent of Rs 100 crore.

In a new twist involving Umesh Kumar and the appointment of director general of police, the Musheerabad police has received a complaint from Cantonment MLA Shankar Rao that a signed letterhead of his was stolen by an agent of the officer.