Top Stories From AP, Telangana On May 31

1. AP Top Cop RP Thakur Shunted Out, Goutam Sawang Takes Charge

On his first day in office as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Thursday night shunted out state Director General of Police R P Thakur, very much on expected lines. Damodar Goutam Sawang, Thakur's 1986 batch mate, has been given full additional charge as the new DGP (Head of Police Force) and is eventually expected to take regular charge as the state police chief.

2. Kishan Reddy - The Sole Representative of The Telugu States In Modi Cabinet

BJP MP from Telangana G Kishan Reddy, who was sworn-in as a Minister of State, is a leader who rose through the ranks. The BJP leader won the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat in Telangana by a comfortable margin.

3. Jagan Govt Decides To Cancel Projects Sanctioned By TDP Regime

Hours after it assumed office, the YS Jagan mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh Thursday decided to cancel all projects sanctioned prior to April 1, 2019 by the previous N Chandrababu Naidu government but work on which was yet to take-off.

4. TV9 Ravi Prakash, Actor Sivaji Served Notices

Former CEO of TV9 Ravi Prakash and Telugu actor Sivaji were served notices once again by the Telangana police. They have also sought the help of AP police and their counterparts in Karnataka and are reportedly looking out for Ravi Prakash in Vijayawada, Bengaluru and also Australia.

5. After Girlfriend’s Death, Man Jumps Off Building in Hyderabad

A man jumped off a building after learning of his girlfriend's death in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The incident took place at Fatehnagar under Sanathnagar police station limits. The deceased, identified as Ramesh, resided at Jagaddhgirigutta and was in a relationship with a woman named Harshita for a long time.

6. Hit-And-Run Accident Leaves Two Dead In Nalgonda

In a hit-and-run accident, two people lost their lives after a DCM van ran over a two-wheeler in the district on Friday morning. The victims were identified as Chintha Narasimha(45) and Devarakonda Srinivas Rao(44), who resided in Cherlapally village. The duo was employed at Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).

7. Sangareddy: Man Hacked To Death In Broad Daylight On Patancheru National Highway

A man was brutally murdered in broad daylight on Patencheru National Highway in Sangareddy district on Friday. The man was hacked to death on the National Highway in Rudraram village amidst the heavy traffic on the road. The entire sequence of events was captured on camera.

8. YS Jagan Biopic: Suriya To Play Young Andhra CM In Yatra 2?

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy biopic is on cards. The news was officially confirmed by none other than the director himself. We have no doubts the film is going to be a bigger hit than Yatra which was based on a chapter from the life of YS Jagan's father and late chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy.