Hyderabad, April 04: Senior IPS officer Rajiv Trivedi had a close shave yesterday when one of the wheels of his bullet-proof Ambassador car broke loose and went rolling down the road but the driver managed to control the vehicle in the nick of time.
The officer had to spend nearly 40 minutes in a roadside lodge before another vehicle was sent for him. It is learnt that the wheel hub broke due to the heavy weight of the car.
Anantapur, April 04: Anxiety was writ large on the faces of every one in the pilgrim town of Puttaparthy on Sunday. People were seen gathering in small groups at all places, discussing in low voices, the health of Satya Sai Baba, the spiritual guru for millions, who was admitted to hospital on March 28, after he fell ill.
The shops which normally teem with visitors, including those from abroad, wore a deserted look, while an uneasy calm was perceptible all over the town, with none providing accurate information on the condition of Satya Sai Baba.
Hyderabad, April 04: Senior Telangana Telugu Desam leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy yesterday threatened to move the Supreme Court if the Centre failed to cancel the appointment of Justice BN Srikrishna as chairman of Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission constituted by the ministry of finance.
Talking to newsmen at the TDLP office here, Janardhan Reddy, along with MLA K Jaipal Yadav, said people of the region believed that Justice Srikrishna was rewarded for submitting the ‘most biased, prejudiced, unprofessional and inappropriate’ report on Telangana.
Anantapur, April 04: Sri Satya Saibaba, who was admitted to hospital following chest and lung congestion on March 28, is breathing more easily now but continues to be on ventilator support, doctors treating him said on Sunday evening.
“Bhagwan Sri Satya Sai Baba, who has been in the hospital for the last five days, is responding to treatment given to him quite satisfactorily. He is still on assisted ventilation to help his respiratory system and is breathing more easily now,” a health bulletin issued by A N Safaya, Director of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, said.
Hyderabad, April 04: Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas yesterday directed the district Congress committee presidents to undertake field visits and complete collection of feedback on implementation of schemes by covering two or three mandals by April 10.
He wanted them to send the report along with photographs to the PCC by April 13. “Loopholes or lapses, if any, in implementation of the schemes and programmes will be brought to the government’s notice for rectification,” he noted.
Hyderabad, April 04: Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya has demanded that chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy convene an allparty meeting and release a white paper on power tariff hike and power generation in the state.
Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters here today, the BJP leader strongly resented the power tariff hike by describing it as an undemocratic decision of the Congress government.
Karimnagar, April 04: Literacy rate in Karimnagar district has gone up to 64.87 per cent this year from 54.9 per cent in 2001, according to the census report released by Census Commission recently.
This makes the district stand 14th among the 23 districts in the state and sixth among districts in Telangana.
The 9.97 per cent rise in literacy rate in the last decade is due to the constant efforts of anganwadi centres, work site schools, adult education centres and other educational institutions, an educationist of Karimnagar town felt.
Hyderabad, April 04: The people of Andhra Pradesh are bugged by problems of sexuality more than any other malaise. That’s the picture you get from an analysis of calls to the state’s most popular health helpline, 104.
A whopping 55 per cent of the total calls received by the 24-hour health helpline are related to sexuality. Sleep disorders are next in hierarchy.
Tirupati, April 04: Tirumala has been decked up beautifully for the Telugu New year, which falls on Monday. The hill shrine and its premises have been tastefully decorated with 2.5 tonnes of flowers of various hues, including ixora, crysanthimum, lillies, roses etc. Festoons of mango leaves and banana trunks with leaves were pitched in the ‘pandals’ giving a festive touch to the temple premises.
The entire temple complex was illuminated with electrical lights of various colours, depicting themes of mythological importance, at all junctions on the holy hills.
Hyderabad, April 04: From the beautiful mango leaves that adorn the house to the Ugadi Pachadi, this festival brings in joy and promise of growth and prosperity. “Traditionally, the festival is marked with reading the panchangam (yearly calendar). Elders in the family would often tell me that people used to go to the temples or visit a priest to listen to the yearly calender. But things have changed now. It is not blind faith in the stars.
Hyderabad, April 04: A realtor and his father were allegedly attacked and threatened to part with land by unidentified persons, who claimed to be associates of the Home minister at Gurramguda today. The realtor was having a dispute with one Damodar Reddy over ownership of the land, police said.
Hyderabad, April 04: Questioning including an age criteria (6-14 years) in the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Madabhushi Sridhar from Nalsar Law University said that the RTE Act should take into consideration the entire phase from pre-schooling to 18 years in order to nip the problem of inequality in the bud.
He was delivering the A Venkataswamy (UTF Founder General Secretary) Memorial Lecture on ‘Right to Education Act’ organised by the AP United Teachers Federation here on Sunday.
Hyderabad, April 04: More than half of the disabled employees of the Andhra Pradesh Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation (APVCC) will be asked to quit their jobs soon, informed Anitha Rajendhar, commissioner for Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens.
Meanwhile, the employees complained that they have not been getting any allowances for the last three years and their increments according to the Pay Revision Commission and drought allowances were also pending since 2009.
Hyderabad, April 04: Demanding the state government to immediately roll back the hike in power tariff, members of the All- India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) staged a protest dharna at the Sundaraiah Park yesterday.
They said that people have been suffering due to the increase in power tariff as it has come as an additional burden and they are already coping up with the skyrocketing prices of all essential commodities.
They burnt the state government in effigy and raised slogans against the chief minister.
Hyderabad, April 04: The Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited (APCPDCL) has tied up with e-Seva for the issue of new service connections and applications for regularising additional loads within the GHMC area limits.
Hyderabad, April 04: Prompt payment of property tax to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) might just make you rich. Surprised? Well, believe it or not, GHMC officials are offering lakhs of rupees through a lucky draw for denizens who pay their taxes on time.
Hyderabad, April 04: The city erupted in joy once again with Team India lifting the World Cup after a gap of 27 years. As Dhoni hit the ball over the boundary for a six to give a thrilling finish to the tournament enabling the country to lift the coveted trophy, Hyderabadis’ frenzy was at its peak.
They burst crackers, went round the city shouting `Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ to celebrate India’s rise to the pinnacle of cricket.
Hyderabad, April 04: The Forum for Good Governance and several other civil society organisations have requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to strengthen the Lokpal Bill.
The Bill in its present form, as envisaged by the Centre, was falling short of huge expectations generated among people, forum secretary M. Padmanabha Reddy and others said at a press conference here on Sunday.
They urged the Prime Minister to make the institution of Lokpal an independent body with powers to take up investigation of corruption cases suo motu.
Hyderabad, April 04: Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy at the high tea hosted by the former at Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
HYDERABAD: Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu, and other leaders greeted people of the State on the occasion of ‘Khara Ugadi’ being celebrated on Monday.
In his message on Sunday, the Chief Minister wished the people all happiness and prosperity.
He expressed hope that the New Year would bring in copious rainfall to help the farmers.
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Hyderabad, April 04: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) aspiration of taking up an active role in spread of environmental awareness looks to have run into a dead-end.
And like for most projects that have been held back, the blame for the Environmental Science Centre (ESC) failing to take shape is laid on the HMDA coffers not getting replenished the way they did during the real estate boom.
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), April 04: Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba’s condition has turned critical, said doctors Monday.
“Sathya Sai Baba continues to be on ventilator support for helping his respiration and suction of the secretions from the lungs. He continues to be on CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy) system to help the functioning of the kidneys,” said a statement issued by the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences.
Warangal, April 04: For the first time in the country, the state government has issued identity cards to 90 orphans in Warangal district.
BC Welfare Minister Baswaraju Saraiah handed over the cards, issued by the revenue department, to orphans at a programme held at Bala Vikasa Bhavan in Kazipet today.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the method of issuing ID cards to orphans was not there in the country. It is being done for the first time in our state, he informed.
Hyderabad, April 04: Container traffic from the city is set to grow with an impressive performance during the just concluded financial year by the Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd. (VCTPL).
Hyderabad, April 04: The State government has announced Police Seva Pathakams on the eve of Ugadi festival.
Hyderabad, April 04: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) fear that the latest tariff order passed by the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission comprises “measures to indirectly impose a huge burden in the long term.”