Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Thursday said that the Congress party would chalk out new welfare schemes and programmes to improve the confidence of people on the Congress party.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday ordered a probe into the collapse of an under construction school building at Donka Road in Guntur district in which six labourers were killed.
Expressing serious concern over the death of six labourers, the Chief Minister directed the Guntur District Collector Vishnu to personally supervise the relief and rescue operations and provide better medical assistance to those injured in the incident.
Meanwhile, Joint Collector N Yuvaraj has been appointed as the investigation officer and he has been asked to submit a report soon.
The Congress Party is in a cloud of confusion on the issue of disowning YSR with a section of leaders openly defying the idea and the leadership changing its stand more frequently to its comfort, YSR Congress Party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu said.
Talking to reporters here, Mr Ambhati said, “The state of confusion of Congress is very clear, leaders like Sai Prathap and others have openly said that they cannot criticise YSR. Even Mr Palakonda Rayudu told TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu that he cannot speak against YSR. All these are indications of what is in store for the two parties.”
Two women from Khammam district have died in an attack by the Maoists on a police camp in Vemulvada under Sukuma district of the neighboring Chattisgarh state on Wednesday.
According to information, these women were identified as Koteswari (56) and Kumari (30) from Kunavaram village of Khammam district who were working there.
The women were injured when Maoists attacked the camp during the wee hours of Wednesday. They were rushed to a hospital and attended to. Still the two women succumbed to their injuries. (NSS)
Expressing surprise at the Kadapa MP continuing his Odarpu Yatra even after two years of his father’s death, PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayana has commented what kind of consolation this was.
Botsa has continued his tour of Kadapa district for the second day on Wednesday. He has garlanded the statue of Jyotirao Pule and paid rich tributes to him. Speaking to the media later, he has described the YSR Congress and TDP as family parties. He said Congress was the only national party.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Wednesday described the Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress as “family parties”.
Addressing a by-election campaign in Kadapa district after paying rich tributes to social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule to mark his 186th Jayanthi, the PCC chief alleged that the family parties would not work to protect the national interests and try to serve their families’ selfish interests.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Tuesday called upon the people to teach a fitting lesson to those leaders, who are responsible for forcing the by-elections due to their selfish interests.
YSR Congress party leader Jupudi Prabhakar Rao on Tuesday stated that the Congress party would lose heavily in the by-elections if it targets former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Talking to media persons, Prabhakar Rao said that the people, who benefitted from YSR welfare schemes and programmes, would revolt against the Congress government if it targets YSR. He said that the people of the respective constituencies would teach a fitting lesson to the Congress party and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the by-elections for neglecting YSR schemes and diluting his pet programmes.
Endowment Minister C Ramachandraiah on Tuesday came down heavily on Telugu Desam party president N Chandrababu Naidu for targeting Rajya Sabha member K Chiranjeevi during his the by-elections campaign in Tirupati.
Talking to media persons, Ramachandraiah said that Naidu, who was defeated in Chandragiri Assembly constituency and contested from Kuppam segment, has no moral right to criticize Chiranjeevi. Unlike Naidu, Chiranjeevi has not gone anywhere and the Congress party has elevated him to Rajya Sabha, he said.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Tuesday stated that the Congress party candidate for the Tirupati Assembly constituency would be finalized in the next 10 days.
The District Nodal Officer LBAH Sri Devi today said a 23-year-old pregnant women, who was battling for life in the Government Hospital for chest and communicable diseases here, succumbed to swine flu today. With the dreaded viral attack spreading in this port city, three more positive swine flu cases were registered here a couple of days ago, including the woman, a resident of Gazuwaka area near here. Her condition turned critical and she died today. A 30-year-old person who was admitted to a private hospital with fever and respiratory problems, was also diagnosed with the H1N1 infection.
Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday launched the by-election campaign from Alipiri Tollgate, the same location where naxalites attempted to kill him in 2003.
Naidu launched his campaign by performing a special puja and also announced that Chadalawada Krishnamurthy would be the TDP’s candidate for Tirupati Assembly constituency.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) senior leader and former Minister Muddasani Damodar Reddy passed away at NIMS hospital here today due to illness.
Mr Reddy had been ailing for the past two three years and was admitted to NIMS hospital last week, where he breathed his last this afternoon.
He was 56. He is survived by his wife and a son.
He was elected to the Assembly for four times from Kamalapur Assembly constituency in Karimnagar district since 1985. He was defeated in the 2004 elections during Telangana wave.
He was party in-charge of Huzurabad constituency in Karimnagar district.
UNI) The Ruling Congress Party condemned communal riots which broke out in Saidabad and Madannapet areas in the old city yesterday and in some parts the state recently, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said today.
Addressing a press conference here this evening, Mr Reddy said those who indulge in or instigate the communal riots will be dealt with sternly.
The Chief Minister said he had directed the Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy and Hyderabad City Police Commissioner A K Khan to take up the issue seriously.
A K Nakpal on Sunday said that proposals have been sent to the Centre for development of roads in the eight Left Wing extremist affected districts in the State with Rs 2,000 crores.
Speaking to the media here, Nakpal said that the proposal was sent to the Centre to develop the roads in the areas in the second phase. The proposed Rs 2,000 crores would be spent for development of 30 km of roads in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, Warangal, Karimnagar and Khamam, which have border with Odisha, Chattisgarh and Maharashtra States.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Sunday expressed confidence that the Congress party would emerge victorious in the ensuing by-elections to be held for 18 Assembly constituencies in the state.
Communist Party of India state secretary K Narayana on Sunday came down heavily on the State Government for not taking any steps to redress the problems being faced by the people.
Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh on Sunday said that the sympathy wave of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy would not work out for YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy in the by-elections to be held for 18 Assembly constituencies in the state.
After filing a charge sheet against Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for alleged abuse of his official position, the CBI has sent a request to various countries seeking their assistance in probing alleged transfer of funds by the son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, a charge denied by him.
Two persons, including a pregnant woman, were tested positive for swine flu in the city, a senior health official said today.
District Nodal Officer (Swine Flu) LBSH Devi told PTI that so far two cases are confirmed for contracting the
infection.
Of the two, one is a 23-year-old pregnant woman who is battling for life at the Government Hospital for Chest and
Communicable Diseases at Pedawaltair area in the city in critical condition.
A 30-year-old citizen, who was admitted in a private hospital with fever and respiratory problems, was also
Senior leader and TDP Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakara Rao here on Thursday said that the main fight in the ensuing by-elections to 18 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats would be between the YSR Congress Party and the Telugu Desam party.
Dayakara Rao today performed special pujas in the Sri Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple in Vemulawada of Karimnagar district.
A 35-year-old young church pastor was brutally murdered by unidentified persons who slit his throat with a sharp-edged weapon at Jerrela village of GK Veedhi mandal in the district today. The District Rural Police said, S Dumbu alias Bingo, of Dumbriguda mandal, settled as church pastor in Jerrela a few years ago. His wife Janaki is living with him, while their sons are studying at Chintapalle village. In the early hours, a masked man knocked door of Dumbu’s house and told him that Maoists were waiting for him to discuss an issue.
The Indian Navy formally inducted the nuclear-powered submarine ‘INS Chakra’ into its fleet today. The INS Chakra was commissioned by the Defence Minister AK Antony at a ceremony in Visakhaptnam here on Wednesday.
Chief Electoral Officer Banwar Lal on Wednesday said that by-elections for 18 assembly seats and one Parliament constituency might be held in the month of August and not in May as being speculated. However, he said that the Commission would finalise the dates for by-elections soon.
The Defence Ministry was today dismissive about a media report that the Army moved two units towards Delhi in January without informing the government, saying such exercises are conducted from time to time.
“The points raised in the report have already been clarified by the Army…such exercises are conducted by the Army from time to time,” Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said in a statement.
Defence Minister AK Antony. Reuters
He also dubbed the report as “baseless and incorrect”.