Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, May 06: The alleged high-handedness of Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam (TTD) employees who reportedly pushed a devotee made the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) take cognisance of the incident and order a report on the issue from the Executive Officer of the TTD by June 22.

The petitioners – Mahalakshmi and her husband MVK Murthy – went to Tirumala and purchased Rs 500 ticket for the darshan recently.

When they were in the queue they alleged that the employees of the TTD pushed them down causing injuries to Mahalakshmi.

Hyderabad, May 06: More than a week after additional commissioner of police CV Anand announced the new direct traffic helpline number that he would carry with him always, police claimed that they received over 380 calls on that number from public on various traffic issues.

While urgent issues had been attended to immediately, all the grievances had been brought to the notice of the assistant commissioner or the local inspector concerned for redressal, according to a release.

Hyderabad, May 06: More than 48 hours after three rag-pickers were buried under heaps of garbage in the Jawaharnagar dump yard, rescue workers could manage to retrieve one body. The halfburnt body was identified to be that of Vasu.

Hyderabad, May 06: Yet another babu, an IAS officer and a Joint Collector at that, has landed in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) net. The man in question, Dr Jagan Mohan, currently serving as Joint Collector of Ranga Reddy district, was found to be in possession of assets worth more than Rs 4.60 crore — obviously disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Hyderabad, May 06: In order to cope up with the extra rush of passengers during the summer season the South Central Railway has opened additional reservation counters at Passenger Reservation System Centres in important cities and towns including satellite PRS locations over its jurisdiction.

These include the PRS offices at Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Ameerpet, Kacheguda, Vijayawada, Guntur and Tirupati.

Hyderabad, May 06: A child born with his heart outside his body in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district died at a hospital here Thursday, less than 24 hours after birth.

The baby boy whose heart was atop his chest died a few hours after he was shifted to Care Hospital here for corrective surgery.

Doctors said the child born with Ectopia Cordis, a condition where the heart develops outside the body. A team of doctors was preparing for the corrective surgery when he succumbed to his rare condition.

Hyderabad, May 06: The Lok Satta Party today urged the Election Commission to take cognizance of the corrupt electoral practices in connection with the elections to the AP Legislative Council tomorrow and act swiftly to curb them. In a memorandum to state Chief Electoral Officer I. V. Subba Rao, Lok Satta leaders Katari Srinivasa Rao, V. Laxman Balaji, and P.

Bhaskara Rao referred to reports of widespread instances of bribing of voters, transporting voters to camps outside the state and other attempts at intimidation.

Hyderabad, May 06: A child born with his heart outside his body in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district died at a hospital here Thursday, less than 24 hours after birth.

The baby boy whose heart was atop his chest died a few hours after he was shifted to Care Hospital here for corrective surgery.

Doctors said the child born with Ectopia Cordis, a condition where the heart develops outside the body. A team of doctors was preparing for the corrective surgery when he succumbed to his rare condition.

Hyderabad, May 05: The fifth World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10) will be held here from May 24 to June 4.

The objective of holding the WTDC-10 in Hyderabad International Convention Centre(HICC) was to identify priorities for the development of telecommunications and information and communication technologies (ICTs), taking into account contributions made by Member States and Sector Members, according to a press release here.

Visakhapatnam, May 04: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah inaugurated the Brandix India Apparel City and urged the company to provide the jobs they promised to the people.

Promoted by Sri Lankan textile major Brandix, the Apparel City is at Achyutapuram, 50 kms from here. It is spread over 1000 acres in a Special Economic Zone and is expected to attract an investment of Rs 4,500 crore in the next few years.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister told the company management to provide employment in the textile units to locals whose lands were acquired for the Apparel City.

Chennai, May 03: The Andhra Pradesh Government could not take any unilateral decision on the Telangana issue, Chief Minister K Rosaiah said today.

In a brief chat with reporters at the airport here on his arrival from Nellore en route to Visakhapatnam, he said the Centre had constituted a committee.

”The committee is seized of the issue and it will submit its report to the Central Government,” he said.

Hyderabad, May 02: In August, 2009, when 27-year-old V Manisha, collapsed at work due to giddiness, her employer was prompt to hospitalize her, but soon after regaining consciousness, she had to report to work.

Banglore, May 02: Union Minister for Human Resources Development, Kapil Sibal, said four bills related to education would be tabled in the parliament on Monday.

He was speaking after opening the new campus of National Assessment and Accreditation Council on Saturday.

The four bills are: Foreign Education Providers Bill; Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill; Educational Tribunals Bill; National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for Higher Educational Institutions Bill.

Hyderabad, May 02: Tainted Director of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) YV Rao is at it again. The man, who had been sent on a long leave after students virtually necked him out for his alleged corrupt practices, was back in office.

Sources in NIT told Express that to the surprise of everyone on the campus, including senior faculty members, YV Rao walked into the Director’s chamber and occupied the chair around 12 noon on Saturday, a holiday.

Hyderabad, May 02: Almost 15 years after the death of NT Rama Rao, “Telugu Vijayam’’ at Gandipet in the city will again see yellow fever.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo, which met here today, decided to convene its three-day annual conclave, the Mahanadu, at the Telugu Vijayam to send out message that the party was abiding by the ideals of the late NTR. This is also in line with party chief Chandrababu Naidu’s recently initiated process of firming up family ties.

Hyderabad, May 02: A doctor is made available to a prisoner lodged in a sub-jail once every 15 days. In case the prisoner is sick and wants medical attention, he has no option but to wait for 15 days.

Hyderabad, May 01: In the wake of the Supreme Court direction, the state government has decided to constitute a statelevel anti-ragging monitoring cell.

Hyderabad, May 01: The South Central Railway will provide a one-minute halt for the Secunderabad-Manamd-Sec’bad Express at Bolarum from May 1.Train No. 7064 Secunderabad- Manmad Express will leave Secunderabad at 18:10 hours and arrive/depart Bolarum at 18:33/18:34 hours and arrive/depart Medchal at 18:44/18:45 hours.

The 7063 Manmad-Secunderabad Express will arrive/depart Medchal at 07:30/07:31 hours, Bolarum at 08:09/08:10 hours and arrive Secunderabad at 09:10 hours.

Andhra Pradesh, May 01: As The mercury rises, most dogs tend to lose their appetite.

Finding a menu that tantalises their taste buds becomes quite a challenge.
Time to put aside the dry nibbles and soup and rice. Instead, here are a few recipes, especially created for your pooch, sure to put the wag back in his tail.

Hyderabad, April 30: Justice Tamada Gopalakrishna of the AP High Court on Thursday quashed a complaint against Chamundeshwarinath, a former functionary of the Andhra Cricket Association. The petitioner questioned the lodging of a criminal complaint against him charging him of forgery and manipulating the bylaws of the Andhra Cricket Association.

Hyderabad, April 30: In view of the acute shortage of power faced by industries, the State Government was keen on seeing a couple of nuclear plants coming up, Chief Minister K Rosaiah said here today, and added that he was sure the response from the Department of Atomic Energy would be positive.

Elaborating, he said the Atomic Minerals Directorate had prospected for uranium in the Kadapa Basin and there were indications of a 160-km-long uranium mineralisation belt.

Hyderabad, April 30: The State Government has decided to suspend four types of laparoscopic procedures from the Arogyasri scheme since they were much vulnerable for malpractices.

This decision was taken at a meeting of the Arogyasri Trust Board Meeting.

Chief Minister K Rosaiah, who happens to be the chairman of the Board, chaired the meeting here today.

Hyderabad, April 30: The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) today appealed to Congress and the TDP not to contest the ensuing bypolls in Telangana region to pave way for re-election of those who resigned for the Telangana cause.

The MLAs had quit for the sake of Telangana.

If a contest is forced, it amounts to dividing the people of Telangana. So we appeal to the parties not to contest the bypolls, JAC chairman Kodandaram told reporters.

Machlipatnam, April 30: A group of students from DMS SVH College of Engineering, Machilipatnam designed a foolproof electronic voting machine with provision for biometric and photo identity system to prevent bogus voting.

The new machine will also help transmitting the data immediately to the State and Central Election Commissions through GSM transmission system.

Demonstrating its functioning here today, the students said that they had thought of designing the new electronic voting machine, which is useful for public in place of the existing electronic voting machines.

Tirupati, April 30: Tollywood hero and PRP leader Pawan Kalyan today trekked to Tirumala from Alipiri and had a darshan of Lord Venkateswara.

He was accompanied by local PRP leaders and film producer Ganesh.

His fans were disappointed as he left without meeting them after darshan.

–Agencies