Top stories from AP: ANU Vice-Chancellor replaced after Rishiteshwari suicide case

    1. The axe has fallen on Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) in-charge Vice-Chancellor K.R.S. Sambasiva Rao who has been ousted from his post in the aftermath of the suicide of architecture student M. Rishiteshwari last month, allegedly due to ragging by her seniors. ReadThe Hindu's report.   2. Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh, will face eight major environmental challenges that may affect the local atmosphere and lead to adverse climatic events in the region, a document prepared by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has identified. Read a Times of India report.   3. A man who attempted self-immolation demanding special status to Andhra Pradesh succumbed at a private hospital on Sunday.M.Kamakoti, 41, had set himself ablaze on Saturday in Tirupati in Andhra's Chittoor district during a protest organized by the Congress to seek special status to the state. Read more.   4. The ancient grand cultural city of Rajahmundry is in the race for the Heritage City tag from the Centre as it meets all parameters required for the tag. So far, the Union government has bestowed the Heritage City status on Amaravati (AP), and Warangal (Telangana). Read a report in The New Indian Express.   5. AP Opposition leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s dharna on Monday in New Delhi will be stoking public outrage against the denial of special status to the state. The YSRC said that dharna was aimed at drawing national attention and to highlight the silence of the TD government on the issue, Deccan Chronicle reports.