Andhra Pradesh

Rajahmundry, April 12: Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah said that the state government is making all efforts to provide clean drinking water to eight crore people of the state.

Speaking after inaugurating Rs5 crore comprehensive Protected Drinking Water Supply scheme at P Gannavaram mandal, Rosaiah said yesterday that the government is making all efforts to provide clean drinking water to all.

He said YS Rajasekhara Reddy, former chief minister had laid the foundation stone for the scheme with an aim to provide drinking water to the people from Central Delta.

Hyderabad, April 11: Exasperated by relentless controversies, Sania Mirza’s family finally decided to feed the media feeding frenzy surrounding April 15 marriage of the tennis star and beleaguered bridegroom Shoaib Malik. They appointed a spokesperson for the wedding and let out colourful stories of the happy tidings within the household.

Hyderabad, April 11: Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here on Saturday that economic growth of the country would be ensured only when its internal and external security was assured. He cautioned against lethargy in providing logistics to the armed forces, though they were fully prepared to meet any security challenges.

Hyderabad, April 11: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ch. Vidyasagar Rao has said that in the wake of the massacre of policemen at Dantewada by Maoists, it is time the Centre sheds its ambivalence over treating naxal violence as a State or as a Central subject.

Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, he said that conflicting statements by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram about measures to crush extremist violence were not helping in restoring confidence of the para-military forces and public.

Hyderabad, April 11: Legislative Council member J Prabhakar Rao wanted Congress Working Committee member G Venkata Swami to tender apology for his remarks against former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, lest he would take up the matter with AICC president Sonia Gandhi.

Speaking to reporters here Saturday, he said it was not proper on the part of the veteran leader to make such comments. Prabhakar Rao critisised that by attributing ill motives to the former chief minister, Venkata Swami had humiliated the Dalits of the State.

Hyderabad, April 11: Ideology and imagination are happily blended in the work of Vara Vara Rao and he is not the rigid political poet he is made out to be, observed fellow litterateur K Siva Reddy Saturday.

Addressing a gathering after the release of “Captive Imagination — Letters From Prison’’, a translation from the writings of the Virasam founder-member, Siva Reddy said Vara Vara had distilled the people’s experiences, and his own, in the depiction of political and social life.

Eluru, April 10: As expected, Kadapa MP YSJagan Mohan Reddy’s three day `Odarpu’ of the members of families of those who either committed suicide or died of heart attacks after the death of YSRajasekhara Reddy in a copter crash in september last year, turned out to be a massive show of strength.

Though Jagan Mohan Reddy took pains to explain to the people and to the party that there was no political agenda behind the tour and that his sole intention was to spend some time with the families of the victims, it did not pan out that way.

Vijayawada, April 10: Sensing historical importance of getting `rightful share’ of Krishna waters, the State Government should place its argument before the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal to protect the interests of farmers, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu has said.

Kurnool, April 10: Hundreds of locals and neighbouring villages thronged Orvakallu in the district today to catch a last glimpse of Chandramouleeswara Reddy, CRPF jawan killed in the Maoist ambush at Dantewada, three days ago. His body was brought to the village in a special vehicle from Dantewada. His relatives, friends and the locals broke down immediately after seeing the body.

Hyderabad, April 10: Apprehending that formation of separate telangana State could lead to serious problems at both the regional and national level, late YSR’s brother and MLC YS Vivekananda Reddy requested the B N Srikrishna Committee to recommend the Centre to preserve the `unity and integrity’ of the State and to save the pride of the people of Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad, April 10: A long-overdue catharsis has been enacted in 10 of the 27 universities in the State.

The state Government has, at one stroke, purged the executive councils of these universities of non-official members.

Hyderabad, April 10: “A mere change of the State’s name or boundaries or capital will not alter anything unless fundamental governance reforms are ushered in,” said Lok Satta Party in its report, submitted to Srikrishna Committee. In its 117-page report, LSP said: “separation is neither a catastrophe, nor a panacea.” LSP president Jayaprakash Narayan released the copies of the report to the media here today.

Hyderabad, April 10: TheGovernment has prohibited fishing operations by mechanised fishing vessels.

Craft fitted with outboard as well as inboard engines will be banned in the territorial waters along the entire coast of Andhra Pradesh between April 15 and 31 May (both days inclusive).

The decision was taken following the Government of India’s directions on a uniform ban on fishing by all such vessels in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) beyond territorial waters on the East Coast.

Hyderabad, April 10: The Government has issued fresh guidelines for regularisation of new freshwater aquaculture units.

By a GO it has directed the farmers of unregistered and new aquaculture units to submit their applications on or before May 31.

Tirupati, April 10: IndianSpace Research Organisation chairman K Radhakrishnan said Space science was playing vital role in the socio-economic development of the country and was fast becoming part of our daily life.

Srikakulam, April 10: The notorious serial killer, 41-year-old T Ramarao aka Rudrakshapally killer, escaped from the Srikakulam district jail this afternoon by scaling the jail wall.

Ramarao, who had earlier escaped from the Nuzvid jail, was arrested by the Srikakulam police when he was selling stolen gold in Laveru mandal in 2009.

According to jail in-charge Ravulu Sriram, Ramarao, a remand prisoner, cut the bedsheet into pieces and made a long rope. With its help he climbed the 20-ft-tall wall between 1 pm and 1:30 pm.

Hyderabad, April 10: Acouple of call centre executives of Tej point Service centre limited reportedly abused Minister for Backward classes Mukesh Goud after he declined to hear their spiel today.

But the minister’s aides traced the call and produced the erring executives before him.

Hyderabad, April 10: A total shutdown was enforced on the English and Foreign Language University campus near Osmania University on Friday following the death of a student.

B Muthenna, a native of Nizamabad district and pursuing his Ph.D in English, suffered a heart stroke around 5:30 a.m. His friends tried to shift him to hospital in the Vice-Chancellor’s car but the driver did not cooperate citing lack of permission.

An ambulance was called but by the time it arrived Muthyam passed away.

Hyderabad, April 10: An analysis by the top brass of the Chhattisgarh police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the aftermath of the Dantewada bloodbath has found that the ambushed 62nd company of the CRPF did not even have scouts, who might have espied danger in time.

Scouts are usually a group of four jawans who are sent, alone or in groups of two, 150-200 metres ahead of the company to assess the lay of the land. In the event of an attack, it would be they who would have the first alert.

Hyderabad, April 10: In order to clear extra rush of passengers during the summer season, the East Coast Railway will run ten special trains between and Bhubaneswar.

train No. 0872 tirupati-Bubhaneswar Special will depart from on Saturdays _ on April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15 _ at 14.00 hours and arrive at Bhubaneswar at 14.00 hours on the next day. in the return direction, No. 0871 Bhubaneswar-tirupati Special will depart from Bhubaneswar on Fridays _ April 16, 23, 30 and May 7 and 14 _ at 12 noon and arrive at at 12:30 hours on the next day.

Hyderabad, April 10: The telangana Rashtra Samithi today demanded that the State Government force all private power plants operating under the Merchant Power Policy to sell power to the APtransco in order to overcome the power crisis in the State.

Hyderabad, April 10: It was an irony of sorts in the telugu Desam Party (tDP). Party senior leader K Yerran Naidu will submit a representation to Srikrishna Committee tomorrow in Delhi opposing bifurcation of the State.

Hyderabad, April 09: Special court for economic offences here today posted six cases filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) against former directors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd in the multi-crore accounting scam to April 29 and the remaining one case to April 21.

The court ordered the investigation agency to produce all original documents seized by it in the court.

The counsel for SFIO requested the court for some time as all the original documents are in New Delhi.

The court granted time till April 21 to produce all original documents.

Vijayawada, April 09: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu today participated in a ‘Maha Dharna’ programme at Prakasam Barrage along with farmers to highlight the Andhra Pradesh Government’s failure to protect the rights of the state over the surplus Krishna water.

Reaching the ‘Maha Dharna’ venue by road from Hyderabad, Mr Naidu along with TDP leaders protested against the construction of projects by the upper riprian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka on river Krishna to enable the neighbouring states to store the surplus water in their dams.

Vijayawada, April 09: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu today announced that the party would take out a ‘March to Parliament’ rally over the price rise issue on April 21.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the rally, in which lakhs of party cadre would participate, was to protest against the betrayal of ‘aam aadmi’ by the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre.

He said the Union Government had run out of ideas on how to deal with the situation.