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Jan 28, 2009: Swetha Reddy, 21, pursuing B. Com final year at Pragathi Degree College in Dilsukhnagar was murdered by unidentified assailants when she was alone at her house in Saroornagar in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Hemavanth Reddy, an engineering student in Singarayakonda in Ongole district, attacked his college mate Sravanthi on Tuesday with a blade as the latter rejected his love proposal.
Hemavanth was caught by his fellow students who handed him over to the police.

In a similar incident, Bindu Bharati of a private junior college was attacked at her residence in Anantapur by jilted lover Hari and his accomplice on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, student unions across Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday protested against the Singarayakonda and Anantapur incidents.

AP State Home Minister Jana Reddy said stringent measures would be taken to prevent Singarayakonda and Anantapur type of incidents from occurring.

Former President R Venkatraman, aged 92, passed away at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao criticized Pawan Kalyan, Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) youth wing president and brother of PRP president Chiranjeevi, for what he termed as the latter's lack of basic knowledge on Telangana issue.

Tuesday was the last day for filing nominations of the eleven assembly by polls to be held in AP next month.

A Hyderabad court postponed to Wednesday the bail petition of Satyam's former CEO B Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju and former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas.

Meanwhile, the new board of Satyam Computers appointed Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as its consultant.
Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs and Avendus have been appointed as its investment bankers.
The new board also assured that the salaries of its employees would be paid for the month of January.

India will meet Sri Lanka in the first one day international cricket match in Dambulla on Wednesday.

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