Chief minister Bommai said there was waterlogging in many residential layouts because the developers did not build a proper drain.

The seer was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly sexually exploiting two girls studying in schools being operated by the mutt and living in its hostel.

The Opposition BJP and Congress slammed the TRS government for its alleged negligence in the incident and demanded sacking the minister. Rao said the final conclusion on the cause of deaths would be arrived at as per postmortem reports and also the inquiry report.

Police received information from the institute at 11.30 am on Wednesday and the incident might have happened on Tuesday night, they said.

The prime minister will arrive here on Thursday evening, address a public meeting and visit the Adi Shankara janmabhoomi kshetram (temple) at Kalady -- the birthplace of the Hindu saint, official sources said on Wednesday.

The detention of habitual offenders for two years without trial, preparation of a data bank of those punished under NDPS Act and steps to ensure maximum punishment for the offenders were among the various measures announced by the CM.

The weatherman has sounded yellow alerts in all 14 districts, predicting rains in most places in the southern state.

The BJP “would not ally with TDP or YSRCP, as both are dynast and corrupt parties and both are same for us,” the BJP’s co-incharge for Andhra Pradesh told reporters.

Pawan Khera said it is shameful that Ghulam Nabi Azad was considered a leader as Azad in an interview said, “Rahul Gandhi goes to where he has gone now where he becomes invisible”. Sonia Gandhi's mother Paola Maino passed away on August 27.