167 Telangana agitators get reprieve

HYDERABAD: The state government issued a GO on Wednesday for withdrawing cases filed against students for taking part in the agitation for and against bifurcation of the state. The government issued the GO in pursuance of a decision taken at the recent cabinet meeting.It may be noted that the government had already withdrew cases registered against 499 persons earlier. Now cases against 167 more persons would be dropped on Thursday. Cases against 161 persons are still pending with the government