Tirupati, Oct 23: TDP MLA Rajasekhar Reddy, who slipped into a coma after the October one blast, would be airlifted within a week from here to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, employment generation minister B Gopalakrishna Reddy said today. The minister, who was himself grievously injured in the blast and has now fully recovered, was speaking to a news agency after visiting Reddy at the Sree Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) here.

Meanwhile, hospital sources said the MLA's condition was fast improving and that he had started recognising family members. Bureau Report