Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, November 06: Every rupee donated will wipe out the tears of the flood-affected people and every single rupee received by the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the purpose will be spent most judiciously and the government will see to it that it reaches only the needy, Chief Minister K Rosaiah has said.

He gave this assurance today in a message to philanthropists seeking their generous contribution to the CMRF. His message came on the occasion of the donations totalling Rs 165 crore sofar.

Nalgonda, November 06: A team of officials from the Centre visited the district today to assess the crop damage due to drought in the district.

The team comprising J P Singh, Ravinder Singh and B C Corporation MD Purushottam Reddy held a meeting with District Collector S A M Rizvi and enquired about the drought conditions.

Later, they inspected groundnut, maize and cotton fields in Mamillagudem of Mothey mandal, Chivvemla mandal headquarters, Chikatigudem village in Ketheypally mandal and Bollepally in Kattangoor mandal.

Eluru, November 06: West Godavari Zilla Parishad Chairman Meka Seshu Babu said that the State Government was spending Rs 4.25 crore every year for conducting marriages of poor Muslim girls. The government was implementing the programme under the supervision of Minority Welfare Department, he added.

Kurnool, November 06: The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the ill-fated Bell 430 helicopter that crashed at Pavuralagutta on September 2 killing then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others has not yet been decoded.

This was stated by V.V. Lakshminarayana, DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation, after an investigation team visited Pavuralagutta on Thursday. The team, comprising officials from CBI, bomb disposal squad, dog squad, forensic science laboratory and other agencies spent nearly five hours at the crash site carefully examining every inch of the area.

Vijayawada, November 06: The Special Police Establishment (SPE) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases judge, Vijayawada today remanded Machilipatnam Municipal Commissioner P Satyaveni and her husband Veeraanjaneya Prasad to 14-day judicial custody on charges of accepting Rs 5000 as bribe from a suspended junior assistant to submit a report to the regional director of municipal administration in his favour.

Hyderabad, November 05: GE Volunteers have helped set up a NASSCOM Knowledge Network (NKN) centre at Don Bosco School in Hyderabad. Over 260 centre strong, NKN Initiatives is run by NASSCOM Foundation to propagate information and communication technology (ICT) exposure and training among financially challenged communities and as a result help enhance their livelihoods. The Don Bosco centre, apart from providing exposure to IT training, will also help provide other services relating to education, healthcare and other livelihood programs to the students.

Hyderabad, November 05: In a move that sounds both suspicious and surprising, spy masters within the Andhra Pradesh Police Department are reportedly proposing a ‘base’ for a Regional Intelligence Office (RIO), Hyderabad region, adjacent to the Chief Minister’s camp office in Begumpet.

Hyderabad, November 05: Seven persons, including a three-year-old kid, were killed and five others seriously injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district on Wednesday, police said.

The mishap occurred when the auto in which they were travelling collided head-on with a milk tanker on National Highway-7 near Jagadharti village, they said.

Five of the passengers were killed on the spot, while two others died while undergoing treatment at a hospital, they said.

Hyderabad, November 04: Loyalists of the late YSR’s family, who strongly opposed the move for an alliance between the Congress and the Praja Rajyam of Chiranjeevi, flocked to the residence of Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy at Begumpet here today.

Kakinada, November 04: A sum of Rs 14.47 lakh was reported missing from ICICI Bank ATM on the main road in Peddapuram. Bank officials lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday while the money was allegedly stolen on November 1 afternoon.

The security guard told police that he went for lunch when the money was taken away by some persons suspected to be employees of the bank.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, November 04: Andhra Pradesh Director-General of Police R.R. Girish Kumar has warned Maoists not to underestimate the capabilities of the Police Department and assured people that they were geared up to meet any challenge posed by the naxalites.

The Maoists were resorting to violence in areas bordering Orissa and Chhattisgarh. They had attacked police and civilians in the past, Mr. Girish Kumar said in his address at the passing out parade of the 10th batch of Civil Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Police Constables in Amberpet here on Tuesday.

Hyderabad, November 04: Idea Cellular has introduced an affordable tariff plan allowing its subscribers to pay per second for calls.

IDEA subscribers in Andhra Pradesh availing this plan will get to make all local and STD calls to any network in India, at the lowest tariff of 1 paisa per second.

To avail the per second tariff plan, existing IDEA subscribers can purchase a special voucher priced at Rs 68, whereas new subscribers can get it for Rs 70. This tariff will be valid for a period of one year.

—Agencies

Hyderabad, November 04: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Wednesday promised all possible help to the organisers of the World Newspaper Congress-2009 beginning here Nov 30.

The chief minister directed the departments concerned to plan the arrangements in coordination with the organisers for the four-day event.

Around 1,800 delegates from around the world will participate in the World Newspaper Congress being held for the first time in South Asia.

Bhadrachalam, November 03: Almost 60 temples in Bhadrachalam division of Khammam district are all set to have archakas to conduct the daily poojas, which these temples have missed over the last many years, for lack of archakas.

It is estimated that more than 80 temples, some even as old as 100 years and above have been lying unattended, thanks to lack of priests to look after and conduct the daily poojas.

Hyderabad, November 03: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will announce its decision on whether it will contest the GHMC polls or not in a day or two.

The State Executive Committee of the party, which met here today, authorised party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao to take the decision.

Rao is likely to take a decision tomorrow.

Hyderabad, November 03: Seeking to improve the quantity and quality of village-based information for better decision-making, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in association with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), will be aiming at improving global understanding of the dynamics of rural poverty through the recently-launched Village Dynamics Studies (VDS) project.

Kurnool, November 03: Police have cracked a kidnap case by nabbing one of the two offenders who abducted two persons claming themselves as Maoists for a ransom of Rs 25 lakh within a week. This was disclosed by Kurnool SP Srikanth who produced the kidnapper before the media at his chamber here today.

According to police, two people who came on a Pulser bike intercepted a Scorpio belonging to KMC constructions and kidnapped its project coordinator Pradeep Reddy and driver Prasad near Venkataramana colony here at 9:00 p.m on October 22.

Tirupati, November 02: In an unprecedented move, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD) Vigilance Department has conducted raids on the camp offices of some of the temple’s Trust Board members following credible information that their personal assistants are selling darshan and seva tickets in the black market.

The raids, which have been going on for the past three days, were initiated after the receipt of written complaints from the public against the PAs of some TTD Board members.

Warangal, November 02: Intent on reviving their activities in the district, Maoists of late have revamped their strategy in such a way that police are unable to trace their movements.

After a long lull, they surfaced at once and shot dead four persons branding as informers in the forest region adjoining Khammam, Warangal and Karimnagar district borders in the recent times.

Hyderabad, November 02: Several Telangana organisations, employees and students observed Andhra Pradesh State Formation Day celebrations as `Vidroha Dinam’ (betryal day) across the region today.

In response to a call given by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), its party cadre hoisted black flags at all public places in the State capital.

However, they were soon removed by the police.

Party chief K Chandrasekhara Rao hoisted black flag at Telangana Bhavan.

Hyderabad, November 02: The camp opposed to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has pulled off yet another coup against him by securing green signal from party president Sonia Gandhi for roping in Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi for the GHMC elections.

Hyderabad, November 02: Chief Minister K Rosaiah has said that his government will strive to implement all the schemes initiated by the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in the next four and a half years. He was addressing a huge gathering of women of Self-Help Groups for whom the government launched YSR Abhaya Hastam scheme, which provides pension and insurance coverage to them, at Chevella in Rangareddy district today. “After becoming the chief minister for the second time Rajasekhara Reddy was keen to implement the schemes without irregularities and wanted every pie reached the needy.

Hyderabad, October 31: Chief Minister K Rosaiah has called upon the agents of Small Savings department to surpass their annual targets so that the State Government could tap the Centre for more funds.

Speaking on the occasion of World Thrift Day here today, he said that he was one of those who believed in the benefits of thrift. “Small savings immensely help the State Government to draw funds from the Centre which lends amounts equal to that deposited in Small Savings of the State concerned,’’ he said.

Hyderabad, October 31: Even as the Congress leadership dismissed the resignation of Women and Child Welfare Minister K Surekha as a decision taken due to personal reasons, the move by her appears to have breathed some life into the dying movement to make YS Jagan Mohan Reddy chief minister.

Governor ND Tiwari, who received the resignation letter from Surekha last night, forwarded it to Chief Minister K Rosaiah today who in turn sent it back to the governor requesting him to accept it. Accordingly, Tiwari accepted her resignation.

Hyderabad, October 31: Eyeing mayor post, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu today tried to woo the settlers from Andhra, Rayalaseema and other states in view of the coming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation polls.

“TDP created lakhs of jobs in Hyderabad. As a result settlers from Andhra, Rayalaseema and other states, including Gujarat are living in the city,’’ Naidu said while sounding the poll bugle at the party office.

“TDP will protect the interests of all the settlers,’’ Naidu said in a bid to strike chord with settlers, who are in large numbers.