The Latest Breaking News from Charminar

Election code forces eateries in Hyderabad to put up the shutters early, leaving many hungry. Areas near Charminar, KBR Park, Mallepally Masjid, Gudimalkapur, Yousufain Dargah, Malakpet, Secunderabad, HiTec City, DLF Food Street have been affected. Restaurants, however, find workaround, asking customers to park at distance and enter on sly.

Pawan Kalyan, Matinee Idol and Jana Sena Party president, to join BJP election campaign in Warangal Wed. His party has been allotted 8 of 119 seats in Telangana. Assam CM Hemanth Sarma to take part in election meetings in Charminar and Malakpet constituencies Wed.

ECI appoints 8 senior bureaucrats as general observers for Hyderabad district Assembly elections: Y. Prasad (Malakpet/Amberpet), S. Varma (Charminar/Chandrayangutta), J. Jayakanthan (Khairatabad/Jubilee Hills), A. Iqbal (Nampally/Sanathnagar), K. Ramu (Karwan/Goshamahal), D. Sinha (Yakuthpura/Bahadurpura), G. Krishnan (Secunderabad/Sec'bad Cantt.), S.P. Singh (Musheerabad).

Congress fields 4 candidates in Telangana, replaces one. Senior leader Ramreddy Damodar Reddy cleared for Suryapet, Mandula Samual for Tungaturthi, Bathula Laxma Reddy for Miryalguda and Mohd Mujeeb Ullah Shareef for Charminar. Katta Sreenivas Goud replaces Nilam Madhu Mudiraj in Panatcheru.