President expresses concern over missing Andhra CM

September 3rd, 2009 MOSCOW - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Thursday condoled the tragic and untimely demise of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy, and described him as a dynamic Chief Minister who always worked for the welfare of the people of Andhra Pradesh In her condolence message, from Moscow, where she is currently on a State Visit to Russia, President Patil said that in his sudden demise, the people of Andhra Pradesh and indeed the nation, have lost a dynamic leader.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday evening called the wife of missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister K. Rosaiah will address a press conference at 4 p.m.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - A controversial twist was introduced into the case of missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy on Wednesday, when a private television channel revealed that the seven-seater Bell chopper that was carrying him to Chitoor, was not airworthy.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Security Adviser M.K.Narayanan on Wednesday evening said that search operations were being carried out in the Nallamallai forest area of Andhra Pradesh and some forward movements are expected by Thursday morning. Nallamalai forest is the area where the State Chief Minister Y.S.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minster P. Chidambaram, after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apprise him of the latest developments and efforts of the security forces to trace out Andhra Pradesh Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy, missing since 9.35 morning.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening said both Revenue and Forest officials of that area have been pressed into the search operations for the missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party on Wednesday held an emergency press briefing here with regard to the missing state government helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Wednesday evening denied the possibility that the copter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister may have crashed and the search operation will remain on through out the night. The search operation for the missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister will remain on throughout the night on foot, Chidambaram was quoted to have stated by the Zee News channel.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, who is missing for the last nine hours, had reportedly left on a secret mission to some villages in the state, said a private channel report on Tuesday evening. According to the private channel, Reddy told media persons in the morning, just ahead of leaving, that he was undertaking a surprise visit.

September 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Police is continuing a search for the missing chopper of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

May 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Election officials in Andhra Pradesh had to break open the door of a strong room containing the electronic voting machines (EVMs) as the key went missing Saturday morning. As the officials reached the strong room in Kamareddy in Nizamabad district to break open the seal and take out EVMs, they were surprised to learn that the key was missing.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Concerned over rising incidents of ragging in educational institutions in the country, President Pratibha Patil Tuesday called upon authorities to take special efforts to prevent students from indulging in such acts. 'It is unfortunate that there were several instances where the practice of ragging has escalated to the level of torture amounting to a crime.

March 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - An aide of actress Asin who had been missing for the past 10 days has been traced to Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. He has reportedly admitted to blackmailing the actress, the police said Thursday.

March 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh Government on Friday forwarded the names of three Police officers to the Election Commission for it to name the State's new Director General of Police (DGP). The names were forwarded after the Election Commission had ordered the transfer of current DGP S.