The ceremonial passing out parade was held at Shipwright School here today on the occasion of passing out of Shipwright Apprentice Course batch from the School. Commander Shantanu Bose, Officer-in-Charge, reviewed the Parade and presented the Trophy for the First in Overall Order of Merit to Pradeep Singh Dhami, Shipwright Apprentice and Best in Parade to Navneeth Katoch, Shipwright Apprentice of the passing out batch.
The CPI (M) Jatha, which began its tour of coastal areas at Srikakulam on July 20, today reached Kothapalli and went round Konapapapet and Uppada Kothapalli mandals where thousands of fishermen families are displaced due to large scale acquisition of land for Kakinada Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
The Jatha, titled as Matsyakarula Stitigatula Adhyayana Prachara Yathra (study tour of condition of fishermen living in coastal areas) has so far covered the shore areas in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam Districts.
Reiterating that the State Government was committed to protect the interests of farmers, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday said that the government would provide irrigation facility to 30 lakh acres by spending Rs 16,000 crore by 2014.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the State government had failed to implement the Right To Education Act in right earnestness.
Naidu was addressing a gathering after handing over a financial aid of Rs 10,000 to a degree student Divya Jyothy from the Kodali Charitable Trust and NTR Truust in the NTR Trust Bhavan. Divya Jyothy is from Ventrapragada of Krishna district.
Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar reportedly assured Nalgonda district Collector Mukthyeshwar Rao that he would talk to the Finance department for allocation of Rs 200 crores to solve the chronic fluoride problem in Nalgonda district.
It may be recalled that the members of House Committee on Wildlife and Environment, led by the Speaker visited the fluoride affected villages in the first half of this month.
The Rythu Sangam will organise Rythu Poru Bata in all the districts across the State from August 1st to 8th against the failure of the government to address the farmers issues.
Talking to media persons here, Rythu Sangam president Rama Krishna alleged that the State Government has failed to provide subsidized seeds and fertilizers to farmers despite the beginning of Khariff season. Farmers are also deprived from agricultural loans. Although the authorities were fully aware of the situation, they did not take any measures to rescue the peasants, he said.
Former MP and TRS leader B Vinod has said that his party has no other alternative than launching agitation if the Congress government failed to get additional medical seats in the medical colleges of Telangana region.
A TRS delegation led by Vinod called on Principal Secretary of Medical & Health K Ratna Kishore today and enquired about the government’s move as a Division Bench of the High Court would be pronouncing its judgment on the issue on Friday.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman R Prakash Reddy today warned the organisations and companies that the land allotted to them by government would be withdrawn if construction on the land will not commenced soon. According to district administration officials sources here, The Committee visited the Health City and Port City, which reviewed the land allotments made by the Congress government from 2006 to 2011, wanted to resume allotment of lands that were not utilised for the original purpose.
The Vizagpatnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) today demanded that the state government should take up corrective measures on a war-footing to improve the power situation in the state and also encourage setting up of captive wind and solar energy plants.
TRS floor leader in the Assembly Etela Rajender has said that the attack of Seemandhra goons on Telangana women in Sircilla town was atrocious.
Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Rajender described the attack on TRS women leaders — Rahimunnisa and Lalitha — as the attack on the entire Telangana women. He deplored the attitude of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in not reacting to the atrocious incident and failure to initiate action against the police personnel responsible for the heinous incident even though the TRS leaders met him on the Sircilla incident. (NSS)
BC Welfare Minister Baswaraju Saraiah’s son Sriman, who has been facing charges of abusing a police sub-inspector, surrendered before the district court here on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the High Court granted him anticipatory bail.
It was stated that TRS activists staged a protest when Saraiah was participating in some official programs. Angered by this, Sriman rushed to the police station and abused the duty officer for remaining mute spectators when TRS men disrupted the minister’s program.
TRS senior leader and Medak MP Vijayashanthi called on Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy here on Wednesday.
She has complained against the police officials, who allegedly maltreated Telangana protagonists and TRS workers during YSRCP honarary president Vijayamma’s visit to Sircilla town. She alleged that the Kiran Kumar Reddy’s government was adopting vindictive attitude towards Telangana protagonists.
Veteran actor Manchu Mohan Babu, accompanied by his son actor Vishnuvardhan, met YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Jail here on Tuesday during “Mulakhat” time. Jagan’s mother and YSRCP honorary president Y S Vijayamma was also present there at that time.
It may be mentioned here that YSRC president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was arrested and remanded to judicial custody in connection with a disproportionate assets case filed by the CBI against him.
The shutdown called today by TRS over the visit of YSR Congress Party Honorary President Y S Vijaya Lakshmi to Karimnagar district passed off peacefully.
Shops and other commercial establishments remained closed and public transport was affected due to the bandh called in Karimngar district.
Many educational institutions were shut in Hyderabad and other Telangana districts due to the call given by TRS.
TRS workers, students, lawyers and other Telangana supporters took out rallies in Karimnagar district.
–Agencies
In a ghastly road mishap, at least 14 labourers were killed on the spot and another six received serious injuries when a cement laden lorry turned turtle near Bukkamuntalapadu in Nidamanuru mandal in Nalgonda district on Tuesday.
According to police, 12 bodies have been recovered from the accident spot and five of the injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. All the victims belonged to Halia village, but the identities of deceased are yet to be ascertained. The mishap took place when the lorry carrying 20 labourers was heading towards Halia from Miryalaguda.
The Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court orders of dismissing the petition of YSRCP honorary president YS Vijayamma seeking CBI probe into disproportionate assets of Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu.
A woman along with her one-and-a-half-year old girl child created a stir for over two hours here today by squatting in front of a police station demanding justice in dowry harassment case.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday directed Chief Secretary Smt Minnie Mathew and officials concerned to identify all low lying areas in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation areas and to workout measures to be
taken up for rehabilitation in view of the heavy rains during the last few days.
The officials informed the Chief Minister that an unprecedented and highest rainfall of 18 centimeters was recorded in twin cities. The rain damaged 3,600 houses and 80 teams were actively enumerating and relief works would be initiated shortly, the officials added.
Dubbing the YSRCP as Gunda Party, Medak MP and TRS leader Vijayashanthi has said that the Telangana region would go into the clutches of Gundas if people failed to obstruct the party of goons.
Speaking to the media at Telangana Bhavan here on Monday, Vijayashanthi has alleged that it was shameful on the part of the State government and Congress, who she said had extended full support to the Gunda party during Y S Vijayamma’s visit to Sircilla.
She has charged the police with entering the Telangana Bhavan her party’s headquarters and attacking TRS activists like ‘Gundas’.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Floor leader Etela Rajendar has alleged the police had raided the Telangana Bhavan in support of the Cheneta Diksha of the YSR Congress Party’s honorary president YS Vijayamm’s on Monday.
He has alleged that the police had attacked students and lobbed tear gas shells into the office. He has charged that ‘Kadapa Goons’ had attacked TRS workers, students and women. He had asked that why Vijayamma did undertake the programme when there was so much tension in the region.
–Agencies
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea that sought a CBI probe against Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for allegedly benefiting several companies during his tenure as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister from 1996 to 2004.
The apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla declined to interfere with the state high court order which earlier rejected Y.S. Vijaya’s plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
The Economic Offences Court in Nampally on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathy for violation of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.
According to Enforcement Directorate, the Minister violated FERA Rules and did not pay the amount for importing machinery from abroad during his tenure as Managing Director of KPR Tele Products Limited in 2002. For violating the rules, the Enforcement Directorate has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakhs on Parthasarathy.
Heavy rains are expected during the next 24 hours in the north coastal districts and the Telangana region. The Rayalaseema region is likely to experience moderate rainfall.
According to a bulletin by the Cyclone Warning Centre Visakhapatnam, a trough has formed from Chattisgarsh to South Tamil Nadu through the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. The depression and surface trough are also continuing. Under its influence, there could be gales with a velocity of 45 to 50 km along the north coast, it added. (NSS)
Over 2,000 acres of paddy fields got submerged due to flooding in the Right canal of Vamsadhara project following a breach at Ampolu in Gara mandal in Srikakakulam district. The inflows into the project have increased following incessant rains in the adjoining areas of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) has declared M Ramabai, faculty member of Computer Science Engineering Department as qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D) for the thesis submitted by her titled ‘Shape representation and recognition through morphological methods.’ Her thesis was accepted by the University on the recommendation of the panel of examiners’, said JNTUK in a press release here today. UNI