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London, Aug 2: A controversial US surveillance programme that sweeps internet usage data had 700 snooping servers installed at 150 locations around the world, including one in India, according to a report. The XKeyscore programme, run by the National Security Agency (NSA), allowed analysts to search through vast databases containing e-mails, online chats and browsing histories of millions of

Hyderabad/ New Delhi, Aug 2: Two days after the UPA-Cong nod for formation of separate Telangana state, Andhra Pradesh plunged into a political crisis with a spate of resignations by elected representatives of Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions, including three ministers. After hours of discussions at Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy’s camp office, three Seemandhra ministers T G Venkatesh

Hyderabad, Aug 1: Ministers and legislators from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh Thursday decided to resign to protest Congress party's decision to carve out Telangana state. As many as 15 ministers and 26 legislators of the Congress party decided to submit resignations by the evening. The ministers from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra) met at the ministers' quarters here to

Lucknow, Aug 1: UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday defended the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal claiming that action was taken against her for demolishing the wall of a mosque without consulting seniors and not for preventing illegal sand mining. "The issue was not mining. Even we are against illegal mining. The demolition of the wall of a mosque had vitiated the harmony

Hyderabad, Aug 1: Several Ministers from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema on Wednesday remonstrated with Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy the decision on creation of Telangana even as protests erupted in non-Telangana regions of the state against the contentious move. Several ministers from non-Telangana region, who had threatened to quit if the Congress decided to carve a new state out of Andhra

New Delhi, Aug 1: Resorting to the fifth increase since June-beginning, public sector oil firms hiked petrol prices by Re 0.70 per litre from Wednesday-Thursday midnight. Diesel prices too moved up by Rs 0.50 per litre. The price increase excludes VAT or local taxes. After the hike, petrol prices for Bangalore will be Rs 78.12 per litre, in NewDelhi Rs.71.28, in Kolkata Rs 78.64, Mumbai Rs 78.61

Kolkata, Jul 31: With Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) renewing the demand for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling after UPA endorsed creation of a separate Telangana state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday ruled out division of West Bengal and blamed the Congress for the agitation in the hills. “Darjeeling is part and parcel of West Bengal. There is no question of division of West Bengal. We are

Lucknow, Jul 31: With the UPA giving its nod for the creation of a separate Telangana state, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today renewed her demand for splitting the state into four parts, besides creation of Gorkhaland and Vidarbha. "BSP has always been in favour of smaller states for which it had sent a proposal duly passed by the state Assembly on November 23, 2011, when it was

Hyderabad, Jul 31: Normal life was disrupted in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions on Wednesday as a shutdown began in the two regions against the decision of the Congress and the UPA to create Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh. Educational institutions, commercial establishments remained closed and the services of state-run Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) were suspended

Colombo, Jul 31: Sixty-five Indian fishermen in nine trawlers have been detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly violating the international maritime border. Naval spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya has said that 34 of them in five trawlers were arrested off the coast north of Point Pedro in the north, on Tuesday. Another 31 were arrested east of Mullaithivu along with four vessels.