B. Narasimha

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is struggling to upgrade itself according to passenger preferences, and eventually losing the race to private players. While most of the buses being run by private operators have been converted into hybrid seating model with sleeper berths and push-back seats, the APSRTC is way behind in introducing sleeper buses despite huge demand.

In a big catch officials of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped an assistant divisional fire officer B Narasimha Rao while he was taking bribe from a hospital owner in his office chambers here.

The Aadhaar biometric project is doing wonders as the government is able to check illegal transportation of rice. Once the rice supply on the basis of Aadhar card is implemented in the entire state, officials said the state would enjoy 10-15 thousand metric tonnes of rice surplus annually.

Three members of a family suffered critical burn injuries in a fire mishap due to gas leakage at their house in Karwan on Tuesday morning.

A rowdy-sheeter was found murdered near the Zilla Parishad late Monday night.The victim was identified as 40-year-old B Narasimha Murthy, who was involved in four crimes, including murder and attempt to murder.

HYDERABAD: A delegation of nine leftist parties led by Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy met Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) secretary T B Narasimha Rao and submitted a memorandum on Friday objecting to the proposed hike in power tariff.

Maytas Infra’s whole time director, Chander Sheel Bansal, quit on Friday triggering a hasty appointment of B Narasimha Rao as additional director to retain the board headcount at three.

The principal district sessions court at Kadapa sentenced five persons to life imprisonment after charges against them in a murder case were proved during the trial. According to Kadapa I town CI C Bhaskar Reddy, the five persons identified as Layam Sudha Harinadh (27), Murahari Vijay Kumar (27), B Sai Prashanth (23), B Narasimha (26) and M Lokoddaraka Reddy, waylaid one Lokeswara Reddy near Raja Reddy street at Kadapa, threw chilli powder into his eyes and indiscriminately hacked him to death using sickles and hunting knives on 24th February, 2014.

Guntur powerlifter Sk Sadia Almos claimed gold in the juniors category and bagged the strong girl of South India title at the South India Powerlifting Championship held at Anakapalli. M Anusha bagged silver in the juniors category and Sk Asia claimed bronze.

A watchman of an apartment complex got electrocuted and died on Monday as he was trying to switch on a pump in a building cellar at Shankar Nagar in Peerzadiguda near Medipally.

ACB sleuths on Friday arrested four persons, including a mandal panchayat officer and a sarpanch’s husband, for demanding and accepting Rs 7.5 lakh bribe from an employee of a real estate firm.

HYDERABAD: G Nagesh (25) of Gummadapalli, who was grievously injured in a road accident on Tuesday, died on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: A housewife bludgeoned her husband to death using a "tava" (frying pan) in Hasmathpet on Tuesday.

A burglar alarm foiled a bid to steal cash from an Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) ATM near RVBRR Women's College in Narayanguda on Wednesday night.

HYDERABAD: Consumers in the state will have to wait for three more years before they can be assured of quality power supply. In its order on Tuesday on long-term tariff principles applicable to power distribution companies (discoms), the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) asked the discoms to provide data on various parameters concerning customer service from the year 2005.

Kozhikode: The Rural Innovators' Meet, organized by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) will begin in Kozhikode on Wednesday. The three-day meet will have the participation of innovators from rural areas across the state.

HYDERABAD: The decision of the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh to bar its employees from taking part in the public hearings conducted by AP Electricity Regulatory Commission appears to be working with at least one section of Transco employees, deciding to keep away from the hearings on tariff proposals.

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigators on Saturday trapped a junior assistant with the horticulture department, Division-I, Indira Park, at her office while she was allegedly accepting Rs 25,000 bribe for issuing a cheque to the kin of a deceased employee.

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigators on Saturday trapped a junior assistant with the horticulture department, Division-I, Indira Park, at her office while she was allegedly accepting Rs 25,000 bribe for issuing a cheque to the kin of a deceased employee.