Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, May 27: Suspended TDP leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Thursday accused party chief N Chandrababu Naidu of encouraging the Samaikya Andhra movement.

Guntur, May 27: The Election Commission has made a former mayor and 13 corporators of the previous municipal corporation, and 142 other contestants ineligible to contest any election for the next three years for failure to submit statements of expenditure incurred during their election campaign in the 2005 elections to the Guntur municipal corporation.

The election commission had issued orders to this effect four days ago.

Vijaywada, May 27: The long-pending demand to establish a super speciality hospital (SSH) in Vijayawada has been put in the cold storage yet again. Minister for Health D.L. Ravindra Reddy told reporters that the first priority of the State Government was to improve the Government General Hospital (GGH) and it would think of developing an SSH later.

Funds were released by former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao for the Super Specialty Hospital on the Siddhartha Medical College campus after Government took over it.

Lack of funds

Warangal, May 27: Bhut Jolokia plant growing in KU’s Biotechnology research farm in Warangal – DC
In a small area at Kakatiya University’s biotechnology research farm, a research scholar has managed to grow 30 varieties of hot chillies including ‘Bhut Jolokia’, considered the hottest chilli in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2007.

Hyderabad, May 26: An auto driver suspected to have killed two women in the forest area of Vanasthalipuram, was arrested by the police on Wednesday.

The accused, Munavath Ravi (26), hails from Damaracherla mandal of Nalgonda district. After his first wife deserted him, he married another woman and has three children. “Ravi was in debt and he committed offences for easy money,’’ Vanasthalipuram police inspector R Ravinder Reddy said.

Hyderabad, May 26: Based on the direction given by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court, the ACB officials on Tuesday registered an FIR against a Law Officer of Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) for allegedly committing various financial irregularities.

Hyderabad, May 26: AP students did an encore at the IITJoint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) cornering a record number of ranks, including the top rank, in the exam this year. The state bagged six ranks among top 10 and nearly 40 ranks in the top 100.

I Prithvi Tej, a student from Hyderabad bagged the all-India top rank in the open category while V Shaimak Reddy secured third rank, Saikiran Burle (fourth rank), Kunal Chawla (sixth rank), T Bhargav Reddy (eighth rank) and J Varun (ninth rank).

Hyderabad, May 26: The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) will conduct state level agitations from May 26 against the AP Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).

Their demand is not to conduct TETs for those who have already cleared Teacher Training Course and a Bachelor of Education professional course. The DYFI will conduct round table conferences with youth and teachers’ unions in every district for inputs in the agitations.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, May 26: IIM student Niranjan, who was held for killing his wife, Ananthalakshmi reportedly told the police that his wife was murdered by his relative Srikanth.

Police are on the look out for Srikanth, said to be a dismissed policemen.

Vanasthalipuram police, who are investigating the case, said that Niranjan confessed before them that Srikanth and his associates killed Ananthalakshmi and dumped her body in the Srisailam forests. Police said it was on Niranjan’s behest that the killing took place and he even assured to give the killers a handsome amount for the killing.

Hyderabad, May 26: Cyberabad police suspect that Niranjan took the help of some others probably his friends, to kill his wife Ananthalakshmi. Meanwhile, in another twist to the murder case, Niranjan reportedly made a vain bid to escape from the custody of Vanasthalipuram police on Tuesday evening.

Niranjan was taken into custody for questioning into the case of his `missing’ wife, a 20-year-old degree student, Ananthalakshmi, on Monday and it was found that Niranjan took her to Srisailam and murdered her three days before their first marriage anniversary.

Anantapur, May 26: Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust has decided to take up construction of Sathya Sai Baba Mahasamadhi from May 27. The construction of Mahasamadhi will be completed in six weeks.

To facilitate the construction of Mahasamadhi, Darshan of Sai Baba

Hyderabad, May 26: Union minister of state for power K C Venugopal has lauded AP power department officials for supplying electricity to rural households under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) and Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyuthikaran Yojana (RGGVY).

Reviewing the progress of R-APDRP and RGGVY schemes in the state here on Wednesday. he insisted on timely completion of R-APDRP meant for reducing transmission and distribution losses.

Hyderabad, May 26: Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OUJAC) students threw eggs and tomatoes at TDP legislator A Revanth Reddy’s house at MLA colony here on Wednesday. They fled from the place as soon as the police arrived. “We will continue to attack the houses of those who are working against the interests of Telangana,” OUJAC spokesperson P Kailash said.TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is making people of Telangana fight against each other with his ‘two-eyed’ policy, he added.

Vijayawada, May 26: A 25-year-old youth was severely injured when he was thrown out of a running train near Eluru by eunuchs (Hijras) recently, and his right hand and leg needed to be amputated to save his life.

According to delayed reports and the first-person account, Nimmala Ranjit Kumar of Eluru, an MCA postgraduate of the 2010 batch, secured a job with a private company in Hyderabad three months ago and was returning home on a short vacation for the first time after getting employment.

Karimnagar, May 26: Telangana Telugu Desam Forum (TTDF) has thrown a challenge to JAC chairman M Kodandaram to fix a date so that all the 36 TDP MLAs, three MPs and MLCs from Telangana region will submit their resignations.

Hyderabad, May 26: The state government requires at least Rs 2,600 crore additional amount to fulfill various promises made during Rachabanda programme it had undertaken in January this year.

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy held a high-level meeting in the Secretariat here on Wednesday to review the Rachchabanda promises and the follow-up action on them.

He asked the officials to complete the verification of pending applications received during Rachabanda programme relating to ration cards, pensions and housing in a month’s time.

Hyderabad, May 26: In a surprise development, two Congress MLAs, G Srikanth Reddy and A Amarnath Reddy loyal to YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy along with Union minister of state Sai Pratap met chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at the Secretariat here on Wednesday. They held closed door discussions with him for nearly an hour.

When asked about what transpired between them and the chief minister, Sai Pratap said they discussed drinking water supply to Rayachoti through Jharikona project and other issues relating to YSR district.

Hyderabad, May 26: Senior Telangana TDP leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy who was suspended by the party Politburo on Wednesday evening, suspected implementation of the contents in the Eighth Chapter of Srikrishna Committee report by both the Congress and TDP. “Why should Seemandhra people from Hyderabad be mobilised for Karimnagar Ranabheri if the meeting is meant for Telangana cause?

Hyderabad, May 26: APCC president D Srinivas has asserted that the second SRC would not be applicable to Telangana since the UPA government had made a statement in December 2009 only after thoroughly studying the issue. “How will the second SRC come into picture even after Union home minister P Chidambaram had made a statement on Telangana issue?” he argued.

Vishakapatnam, May 26: A day after the murder of a realtor and his son at Aganampudi village near Gajuwaka, the city police are yet to ascertain the motive behind the crime or ascertain the identity of the culprits.

Hyderabad, May 26: The CBI officials who are investigating the ‘encounter’ killing of CPI (Maoist) spokesperson Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and journalist Hemachandra Pandey in the Adilabad forests, on Tuesday enquired the Adilabad police about the circumstances of their death.

Led by CBI’s deputy inspector general V V Lakshminarayana, the team went to the encounter site in Narkepally forest area of Ramgiri mandal. The officials reportedly videographed the site.

Hyderabad, May 26: Keeping in view the ongoing developments surrounding the Telangana issue, YSR (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu) Congress party leader and Kadapa MP-elect YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is of the view not to take a clear cut decision on the contentious issue at his party’s maiden three-day plenary session to be held at Idupulapaya estate in Kadapa from July 7. Instead, he intends to throw the T ball into the Centre’s court.

Hyderabad, May 26: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday gave a pep talk to his Cabinet colleagues in a bid to refurbish the sagging image of his government.

His forceful arguments on the need to present a united face, however, seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. Sources said the Chief Minister, who had returned from Delhi after extensive talks with senior Congress leaders, including party chief Sonia Gandhi, regarding a rejig of his Cabinet as well as the State Congress, took pains to impress upon his team the dire need to set aside their differences.

Hyderabad, May 26: The vacation bench of the AP High Court comprising justice Ramesh Ranganathan and justice Nooty Ram Mohan Rao on Tuesday refused to take on file the writ petition seeking a direction to restrain YS Jagan and his mother YS Vijyalakshmi from being sworn to the public office they were elected recently.

The bench said that the matter can be examined when the court reopens after the summer recess. The bench was dealing with a writ petition filed by P. Satyanarayana, a practising advocate from the city.

New Delhi, May 26: It could have been an innocuous meeting, but not in the current context when the Congress is trying to keep its UPA flock intact. The Delhi political circles were, therefore, abuzz with speculations over TDP supremo and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu’s sudden meeting with Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday. More so as there’s a certain chill in the Congress-NCP relations over the recent dissolution of board of directors of Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) controlled by the Maratha party.