Hyderabad

Lok Satta Party State President Katari Srinivasa Rao has appointed the district in-charges for the ensuing local body elections.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kummar Reddy has another supporter in the form of D Nagender who backed his style of functioning.

“The Chief Minister has no detractors in the cabinet,’ the Labour Minister said while talking to reporters here on Thursday. However, P Shankar Rao and DL Ravindra Reddy were dropped from the cabinet and they have been very critical about his style of functioning. (INN)

Governor ESL Narasimhan has taken a serious view of the scam in the APPSC.

With media exposing the irregularities at regular intervals, the first citizen said that he will get the detailed report on the incident. He said that appropriate action will be taken after going through the report. (INN)

TRS leader K Tarakarama Rao has said that the State Public Service Commission (APPSC) is full of scams and demanded a review on the appointments.

“The Service Commission is full of scams and the government should order a review on the appointments made for the past 15 years,” he told reporters here on Thursday. The irregularities in APPSC have been serialized by media of late and a television channel has shown some material with proper evidence involving the officials.

The Commission has approached the ACB to order an inquiry into the findings.

A clash broke out between the workers of YSRCP and TDP at Banglapur in V Kot mandal here on Thursday.

The clash occurred when YSRCP MLA Amarnath Reddy was on a “Gadapa gadapaku YSR” programme touring the villages. There was heated argument between the two groups and when tempers ran high there was a clash.

Workers of both parties were injured in the clash. (INN)

Several philanthropists came forward to make donations in order to provide assistance to under privileged cancer patients, who are undergoing treatment in cancer hospital.

GHMC Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain and Commissioner MT Krishna Babu on Thursday said that the digital birth certificates will be sent to the parents directly to their houses through courier at free of cost.

The Commissioner said that the GHMC Mayor will launch this programme on 10th June for the convenience of the parents along with the details of the vaccination schedule so as to come up on time. The hospital authorities will also inform the parents a day before on the mobile phone as per the information given by the parents in the hospital.

National Disaster Management Authority member Dr Muzaffar Ahmad informed that the NDMA was very keen to implement the Model of Emergency Management Exercises (EMEx) in Andhra Pradesh along with Bihar and Assam in the towards Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Response to meet the challenges of natural and manmade calamities (Cyclone and Bomb Blasts etc).

Maintaining its dominance for the fourth consecutive term, the Congress-MIM combine won all 15 seats of the Standing Committee of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation whose elections were held here on Thursday.

The IIP entrance exam for admission into PG diploma in packaging offered by Indian Institute of Packaging will be held on June 20, in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkatta and Delhi.

The last date to apply is June 10. Application forms are available at all centres of IIP. Science Graduate (12+3) with Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Microbiology subjects are eligible.

Application forms can be obtained from IIP Hyderabad, Lux 3, Industrial Centre, Sanathnagar. For further details log on to iip.in.com

Siasat news

Union minister for tourism Chiranjeevi called on party president Sonia Gandhi and clarified the remarks made by his supporter state minister C Ram Chandraiah. It must be noted that hectic political activity is on in New Delhi. State Congress president is in Delhi for the past three days. Besides minister K Jana Reddy, former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir and others are also discussing current political situation of the estate with Congress high command in Delhi.

Strongly condemning the expulsion of D L Ravindra Reddy from cabinet, Congress MLA Dr. Shankar Rao complained of chief minister’s dictatorship by sending a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi and prime minister Manmohan Singh.

He accused CM of being involved in Sandal smuggling in the state and claimed that chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy’s attitude is proving harmful for the party.

It must be noted that the Reddy group of Congress leaders are unhappy with the unceremonious dismissal of D.L. Ravindra Reddy from the Cabinet.

Siasat news

Under the auspices of Siasat Urdu Daily and Minorities Development Forum, the 19th Du Ba Du, a matrimonial programme is being organized on Sunday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mumtaz College, Malakpet, Hyderabad.

Parents of Muslim prospective brides and grooms will settle alliance on the spot. 600 new registrations for boys have been made while more than 900 registrations of the girls have been done. 11 counters are being set up based on educational qualifications. A separate counter will also be set up for re-marriages.

Family members of Dr. Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan, Chairman Shadan Group of Institutions have appealed for special prayers for complete recovery of Dr. Vizarat Rasool Khan on the occasion of Shab-e-Meraj and Friday prayers.

The members of Dr. Khan’s family have thanked the Muslims of India and abroad claiming that it is because of their prayers that Almighty Allah has improved Dr. Khan’s condition who is undergoing treatment at Apollo hospital. They have appealed more prayers for complete recovery of Dr. Khan.

The one of its kind, the state of the art, auditorium in old city Hyderabad will soon be opened for Urdu people. The construction of the Urdu Ghar, constructed with the cost of Rs. 1.5 crore at Moti Gali is in its final phase and is likely to be inaugurated soon. The state of the art Urdu Ghar can rightly be called as the Ravindra Bharti of old city.

The two storied building constructed on an area of 2200 sqyd has two auditoriums and two functions can be organized at a time. The large auditorium has a capacity of 450 audiences while the smaller one has a seating capacity for 100 people.

Mild to moderate rain or scattered rain along with thunder and lightering are likely in all the three regions of Andhra Pradesh; Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalseema.

However there won’t by any significant change in the weather for next two days. Sky will remain cloudy in and around Hyderabad till June 7. Mild downpour is likely at some places of the city.

Siasat news

Elections for Hyderabad Union of Working Journalist (HUJ) a sub-organisation of Andhra Pradesh Union of working Journalist (APUWJ) were held. The authorities of the new organization were elected unopposed.

Mr. V Yadgiri was elected as president HUJ while Mohammed Mubashiruddin Khurram staff reporter Siasat was elected as vice president. The other vice presidents include Mr. Taher Romani, Mr. N Srinivas Reddy, Mr. T Nagraj Gupta, Mr. E Chandrasekhar and Mrs. V Manjula.

Mohammed Shareef was elected as treasurer. A total of 20 board members were elected.

Siasat news

TDP is in confusion either to support Chalo Assembly program announced by Telangana Joint Action Committee or maintain silence on 14th June. TDP actively considering to extend its support to this agitation program. Telangana Political Joint Action Committee has already got support from TRS and BJP. In the last meeting convened by Central Home Ministry, TDP has classified its status to support Telangana. This protest program which is scheduled to be held on 14th June is the test for TDP. The supporters of separate Telangana are tying their level best to make this program a success.

APCC President, Mr. Botsa Satyanarana met Ms. Sonia Gandhi Congress President and Mr. Rahul Gandhi Congress Vice President and invited them to visit A.P. He has been campaign in New Delhi for past 3 days. Addressing the Press Conference in New Delhi yesterday Mr. Satyanarana told that Congress is strong in A.P. but the lates incidents are painful. He presented the report about the latest political situation in A.P. to Ms. Sonai Gnadhi and Rahul Gandhi. He also invited them to visit all the three regions next month. Both of them have agreed for this. Mr.

C.M. of A.P. Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy and Panchayath Raj Minister, Mr. K.Jana Reddy reach Delhi. In the evening Governor of A.P. Mr. E.S.L. Narsimhan and Deputy C.M. Mr. Damoodar Raja Narsimha also reach Delhi. Political activities of A.P. have increased in New Delhi since last week. Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy met Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad at lunch and had a detailed discussion on the political situation of A.P. continuously for two hours. He mentioned the situation of A.P. after the dismissal of Dr. D.L.Ravindra Reddy from cabinet. He requested Mr.

Consulate of Iran at Hyderabad will organize an exhibition Calligraphy and Handicrafts in collaboration with Siasat Urdu Daily. This was expressed by H.E. Aga Hasan Noriyan, Consul General of Iran at Hyderabad during a meeting with Mr. Zahid Ali Khan Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily applauding the social service activities of Siasat Urdu Daily, he said that these activities are praiseworthy. Expressing his interest in organizing Calligraphy and Handicrafts exhibition, Mr. Noriyan said that the beauty of Calligraphy script can promote Parsian and Arabic languages besides Urdu.

The Board of Intermediate Education on Wednesday informed all the Principals, Lecturers and Students of Intermediate Education that there has been a revision of syllabi and textbooks of second languages in Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Arabic and French under Part-II for first year Intermediate course from the academic year 2013-14.

Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday announced that his party would not have electoral alliance with any party which is opposed to the formation of separate Telangana.

Talking to reporters here, Venkaiah Naidu reiterated that the BJP would grant statehood for Telangana region if it gets majority in next elections. However, it would influence all NDA partners to support the Telangana after it returns to power in 2014 elections.

Venkaiah Naidu appealed to the people to reject the parties who were opposed to Telangana in next elections.

Over two lakh students have qualified for admission into engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh while nearly 89,000 have become eligible for studying medicine and agriculture.

The results of Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) were declared Wednesday by Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, also the minister for higher and technical education.

The pass percentage in the engineering stream was 72.67 percent and in medicine 80.79 percent.

Four Maoists including a husband-wife and another couple today surrendered before the police in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam and Khammam districts. Maoists – Arun and his companion Uma – eloped and came out of the dalam and surrendered before the police today, Khammam District Superintendent of Police S V Ranganath told PTI over phone. Arun, carrying Rs 4 lakh on his head, was working for the past nine years with Special Guerilla Squad of Maoists, which is also considered to the rank of Area Committee Member (ACM), the SP said, adding that Uma was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh.