Andhra Pradesh

Isolated rain occurred over Coastal Andhra Pradesh while weather has been mainly dry over Telangana and Rayalaseema. A bulletin from Meteorological Centre here today said Avanigadda (Krishna District) received a rainfall of 2 CM and Rapalle, Guntur (Guntur district), Koderu (West Godavari District) recorded a rainfall of one cm each.

Forecast and Farmers’ weather bulletin valid until the morning of June 25, 2012 indicated isolated Rain or Thundershowers would occur over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Rayalaseema.

The government on Friday adjourned the Common Entrance Test for admission into two year Diploma in Education in District Institutes of Educational Training and Private Elementary Teacher Training Institutions (DIET-CET-
2012) to July 15.

In a statement released to media, DIET-CET-2012 convenor Surender Reddy stated that the DIET-CET has been postponed to July 15 as the teachers are busy with evaluation work of SSLC papers.

As per schedule, the DIET-CET -2012 has to be held on July 8.

YSR Congress party honorary president and Pulivendula
MLA Y S Vijayamma on Friday stated that the newly elected MLAs from her party
would play a constructive and opposition leaders role in the Assembly responsibly.

Addressing the media persons at Assembly media point, after the newly elected 15 YSR
Congress party MLAs took oath of office and secrecy at Assembly Speaker Nadendla
Manohar’s chamber, Vijayamma said that party has decided to work unitedly and
collectively on farmers and people’s problems.

Reiterating that the Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu should come clean from his money laundering and foreign bank accounts allegations, YSR Congress on Wednesday took strong objection to the Congress Government keeping mum over such serious financial violations by the leader of Opposition.

Congress senior leader and MLC Paladugu Venkat Rao on Wednesday said that the Congress party suffered a major defeat in the recent by-elections as it has failed to fulfill the promises made to the people in its election manifesto.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party office, Venkat Rao said that the electorate rejected the Congress party in the elections as it failed to fulfill even 30 percent of promises made to the people. At least now the government should take steps for fulfilling the promises made to the people, he said.

The death toll in last week’s blast at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) has gone up to 17, with one of the injured officials succumbing to burn injuries here on Wednesday.
The victim has been identified as Deputy Manager of VSP Ch Prabhakara Rao who succumbed to burn injuries on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital. Earlier, Assistant General Manager in steel melting shop MBRS Sharma died on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital in Mumbai.

Former Congress minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Tuesday said that the Congress party suffered a major defeat in the by-elections mainly due to the wrong decisions taken by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, Dr Shankar Rao said that the hasty decisions taken by the Chief Minister and arrest of Jagan Mohan Reddy by the CBI in connection with disproportionate assets case were responsible for drubbing of Congress party in the by-elections.

Southwest monsoon has been vigorous over Telangana and active over
Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Rain occurred at many places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Isolated rain occurred over Rayalaseema.
The MET office of Hyderabad has said that there would be no large change in the weather for
the subsequent two days. As per the forecast valid until the morning of June 20 for Hyderabad and
neighborhood, sky condition would be generally cloudy. Rain or thundershowers would occur. (NSS)

As the current lease period in respect of liquor shops auctioned in the
year 2010 would expire on June 30, 2012. The state Government has formulated new Excise Policy in
relation to disposal of retail liquor shops during the Excise Year 2012-13.
According to the GO issued in this regard, the privilege of selling liquor through Retail Shops
shall be granted by collecting Fixed Licence Fee based on population (as per census) of the places
(Municipality/Town/ Village) where the shops are proposed to be established. The method of selection

Vijaya Sai Reddy, Vice Chairman and a close confident of the YSR Congress
chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, on Monday prayed Lord Venkateswara to make his boss Chief Minister
of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
Vijaya Sai, who had a darshan of the Lord, spoke to the media briefly. He said that he prayed
that he and his boss should be out of all the cases they were facing and that Jagan should become Chief
Minister of the State in 2014 with two-thirds majority. He said that he also prayed the God to make
Jagan rule the State for a long time and fulfil the expectations people have about him.

The Secondary School Leaving Certificate Board on Monday
announced the schedule for advanced supplementary examinations. As per the schedule,
the examinations would begin from June 20 and conclude on July 2.
Talking to media persons SSLC Board Director B Manmadha Reddy said that about
2.52 lakh students would appear for the advanced supplementary examinations at 1,119
centres across the State from morning 9 am to 12 noon. Compared to last year, he said
that the number of candidates attempting supplementary examinations has come down by
nearly one lakh.

YSR Congress leader Jaleel Khan has said that Vijayawada Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal should desist from buffoonery and stop making wild presumptions.

Kartikeya Misra, Sub-Collector of Paderu, has been transferred and posted as Sub-Collector of Bodhan in Nizamabad District.

The government issued a GO in this regard on Saturday. (NSS)

The newly-elected legislators of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Saturday called on party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Central Jail here.

The legislators, who reached Hyderabad from various districts, drove to the jail and met Jagan, who is in judicial custody in an illegal assets case.

The legislators including B. Sreenivas Reddy, Gurunath Reddy, Shucharita, Chenna Keshava Reddy, Amarnath Reddy and others called on Jagan, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) May 27. They spent about half an-hour with him.

The Tirupati Assembly by-election result might have come as a great
shock to the Rajya Sabha member Dr K Chiranjeevi, who was busy with his son’s marriage
celebrations, and who was the reason for the bye-election.
Political observers feel that it was a lesson to Chiranjeevi, who simply merged his PRP with the
Congress and resigned to his Legislative Assembly Membership of Tirupati Constituency, following
his election to the Rajya Sabha. Tirupati voters, who reposed their faith in Chiranjeevi in the 2009

The YSR Congress candidate Mekapati Raja Mohan Reddy has retained his Nellore Lok Sabha seat by dealing a humiliating defeat on the high profile Congress candidate T Subbarami Reddy, by a margin of over 2.91,000 votes.
Mekapati has resigned to his Lok Sabha seat and the Congress party protesting against the inclusion of the name of the late Chief Minister Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy, in the charge-sheet filed by the CBI charging his son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy of amassing disproportionate assets.

Thanking the voters for reposing their faith on the YSR Congress party and
electing its candidates in the by-elections with huge majority, YSR Congress Party honorary president Y
S Vijayamma on Friday said that the by-elections proved that both ruling Congress and Telugu Desam
Party have lost moral right to continue in power.

Talking to media persons at Lotus Pond after the announcement of results, Vijayamma said that she
has received justice in the people’s court and the voters gave a clear mandate to YSR Congress while

Lok Satta Party President Dr Jayaprakash Narayan today called for a re-alignment of political forces in the State in the wake of the collapse of both the ruling Congress and the Opposition TDP.

(INN): The Telugu Desam Party on Friday stated that the YSRC party won the by-elections due to sympathy wave of Jagan Mohan Reddy’s arrest by the CBI.

Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, TDP leader Motkupalli Narsimhulu said that the by-election results would not have any impact on the Telugu Desam Party. “The TDP has nothing to do with the by-election results and they will not have any impact on it,” he said. The TDP’s main aim was to win the 2014 general elections and the party would devise a strategy in that direction soon, he said.

INN): Former Congress minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Friday said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has lost people’s confidence to rule the State which became clearly evident in the by-elections.

Talking to media persons in Assembly premises, Dr Shankar Rao said that although the Congress party has not suffered any damage, Kiran Kumar Reddy Government has lost the moral right to continue in power. “The outcome of by-elections is a major setback to Kiran Kumar Reddy and his style of functioning,” he said.

Several ministers and MLAs, including PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana, on Thursday, consoled the victims of the accident that took place in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on Wednesday night.

The ministers Ganta Srinivasa Rao, P Balaraju, Kondru Murali have expressed their deep condolences to the bereaved families. They also visited the hospitals where the injured persons were being treated.

At least 11 officials and workers were killed and many injured when an explosion took place in Vizag Steel Plant (VSP) here tonight. The explosion took place in the oxygen tank House in Blast Furnace- two of the VSP, sources said. There are fears that the number of casualties could rise. A spokesman of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity of the VSP, described the incident as unfortunate and said the exact reason for the accident was being ascertained.

Andhra Pradesh Chief electoral officer Bhanwarlal today personally complimented East Godavari district Collector Neethu Kumary and Joint Collector Babu Ahmed for achieving webcasting of the entire polling process in all the 205 polling stations in Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituency.

Police have arrested the YSR Congress leader Chevireddy Bhaskar here on Tuesday.

He is reported to have created a scene at a polling booth along with party workers, following which he was arrested. (NSS)

Two persons were killed in this district on Tuesday in a clash when two groups attacked each other with country bombs, in Lakshmipuram village under Vangara mandal.

The deceased were identified as P Sundar Rao and S Venkata Rao. Both died on the spot. 20 others were injured in the clash.