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TDP To Hold Mass Hunger Strike Today To Protest Against 'Illegal' Arrest Of Chandrababu Naidu

The Telugu Desam Party has decided to observe a mass hunger strike across Andhra Pradesh on Sunday in protest against the illegal arrest of party supremo and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Andhra Pradesh TDP president K Atchannaidu, in a statement on Saturday, had requested the party cadres to participate in large numbers in all assembly constituency headquarters.

Naidu was arrested in connection with an alleged Rs 371 crore Skill Development scam in an early morning police operation on Saturday which involved officers knocking on the door of the caravan in which he was sleeping. The former CM was arrested by the CID around 6 AM from a marriage hall (outside which his caravan was parked) at Gnanapuram in Nandyala town, police said.

Congress Leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra To Address Public Meeting In Rajasthan's Tonk Today

All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address a public meeting in Rajasthan's Tonk district on Sunday, September 10.

 

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had visited the venue of the meeting on Friday evening and had said that 300 kitchens would be started simultaneously in the rural areas of the state under the Indira Rasoi Yojana on Sunday.

 

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Swarnim Chaturvedi said Gandhi will address the meeting on the premises of the Vivekananda Model School located in Jhilae village of the district.

 

The party's Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, state unit president Govind Singh Dotasra and Gehlot will also be present on the occasion.

 

A police official said that Priyanka Gandhi reached Ranthambore in Sawai Madhopur district with her family on Thursday night.

19:04 PM (IST)  •  10 Sep 2023

Court Sends Ex-CM Chandrababu Naidu To Judicial Custody For 14 Days

Vijayawada ACB court sends TDP Chief and Chandrababu Naidu to judicial custody till September 23 in connection with an alleged skill development scam.

18:50 PM (IST)  •  10 Sep 2023

At Least 40 Killed In Air Strike On Khartoum Market In Sudan: Report

At least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured in an air strike by the army on a market in southern Khartoum, a local volunteer group said in a statement on Sunday, marking the largest single-incident death toll since the war in Sudan began in April, reported Reuters.