Government whip in the Council Rudraraju Padmaraju has said that the Jogaiah Institute of Technology, Narapuram town in East Godavari district belonging to a YSRCP leader was forcibly collecting fees and failed to refund the money even after the government reimbursed the amount.
Government chief whip Gandra Venkatramana Reddy today ridiculed YSRCP honorary chief Y S Vijayamma for taking up ‘Fees Deeksha’ at Indira Park here on Thursday only to prove that her party existed.
The All India Muslim Minority Organization has demanded that the Union government immediately implement the recommendations of Justice Ranganatha Mishra Commission and Justice Rajendra Sachar Committee on welfare of Muslims in the country.
CBI additional superintendent of police R M Khan, who was investigating into the irregularities of Obulapuram Mining Company owned by disgraced former minister of Karnataka Gali Janardhana Reddy, has been transferred to Mumbai.
You and Me and Spoorthy will be jointly organizing ‘Padayatra’ by psychologist Dr C. Veerender and his team from October 9 to 13 from BHEL Ramachandrapuram to Warangal to create awareness on “Teenage Temptations” among students and teachers in the schools and colleges.
The Advisory Council of Experts, constituted by the State government to attract investments to the State, submitted its report on Thursday.
Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday called on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and appraised him of the travails of the farmers of Delta and other regions in the wake of deficient rainfall.
TDP senior leader Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy on Thursday said that the farmers across the State were facing problems due to shortage of fertilizers and seeds.
Young boys and girls belonging to various colleges including Muslims, Hindus and Christians join hands to declare a war on the dowry. Taking part in the elocution competition, some students were noticed exceeding the time limit of their speech. They knew they would be disqualified but they preferred to express their deep anger and protest against the dowry system.
Telangana Lawyers’ JAC has tried to lay a siege to Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy’s residence here on Thursday demanding him to make his stand clear on Telangana issue.
The lawyers raised slogans against Jaipal Reddy such as “Union Minister is Betrayer of Telangana”. The police intervened and prevented the lawyers from barging into the Union Minister’s house resulting in jostling between the police and lawyers.
Later, the police arrested the lawyers and shifted them to Jubilee Hills Police Station.
–Agencies
The All India Muslim Minority Organization has demanded that the Union government immediately implement the recommendations of Justice Ranganatha Mishra Commission and Justice Rajendra Sachar Committee on welfare of Muslims in the country.
CBI additional superintendent of police R M Khan, who was investigating into the irregularities of Obulapuram Mining Company owned by disgraced former minister of Karnataka Gali Janardhana Reddy, has been transferred to Mumbai.
Sleuths investigating the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a city doctor on Thursday began questioning his wife on the suspicion that her relatives might be involved in the affair.
It might be recalled here that 35-year old Harsha Reddy, a Radiologist working in Yashoda Hospital, went missing a few days back. When the doctor did not reach home after leaving the hospital on Monday night, a complaint was made to the police alleging that he might have been kidnapped.
Minister for Information Technology and Communication Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Thursday stated that the State Government was taking all measures to make the Andhra Pradesh the most competitive and investor friendly destination in the Information and Communications Technology globally.
TDP senior leader Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy on Thursday said that the farmers across the State were facing problems due to shortage of fertilizers and seeds.
The YSR Congress party on Thursday launched a two-day dharna in protest against the Fee Reimbursement policy of the State Government.
Addressing the dharna at Indira Park, YSRCP Honorary President YS Vijaya Lakshmi criticised the State Government for diluting the Fee Reimbursement scheme. She said the recent amendments in the policy have put the future of lakhs of students at stake. She alleged that the government was not concerned about the students’ welfare and slowly it was trying to scrap the Fee Reimbursement scheme.
A delegation of YSR Congress party leaders on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy seeking action against Srikakulam Sub-Inspector of Police and Deputy Superintendent of Police for their alleged highhandedness on Srikakulam MLA Krishna Das and his wife during the dharna staged on August 31 against power crisis issue.
The Congress Legislature Party on Thursday condemned the hunger fast of YSR Congress party over the Fee Reimbursement issue.
Minister for Rural development and NREGS Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad on Thursday stated that the State Government has spent Rs 3,375 crores, the highest amount in the country, towards implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Talking to media persons at the State Secretariat during the Prajahitham programme, the Minister said that Rs 22,512 crore expenditure has incurred since the inception of NREGS benefiting 93 lakh households. He said that 179 crore mandays were provided to rural households with an average wage rate of Rs 93 amounting to total Rs 16,736 crores wages.
Panchayat Raj Minister K Jana Reddy on Thursday stated that he would approach Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy over the High Court verdict limiting reservations for Backward Classes in the local body elections.
Relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia, which have never been cloudless, are quite tense today, something that seems unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, says a RIA Novosti commentary from Moscow.
This is not just because of their conflicting approaches to resolving the crisis in Syria. The reason is that Moscow and Riyadh are on opposite sides of the barricades in the transformation of the Middle East that is currently under way.
Suresh Raina feels India will get their mojo back in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka with the return of Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh, two vital cogs in the ODI Cup triumph last year.
“It’s almost the same team that won the World Cup 2011. Also we have a lot players who were a part of World T20 triumph in 2007. So the team is upbeat and in a positive frame of mind ahead of the World T20,” Raina told PTI in an interview today.
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek stormed into the semifinals of the US Open men’s doubles event after getting the better of Julian Knowle of Austria and Slovakia’s Filip Polasek in straight sets here.
The fifth-seeded Indo-Czech combo took just 74 minutes to outplay their opponents 6-2 6-4. Paes and Stepanek, who had won the Australian Open title earlier this year, dominated from the word go in the quarterfinal match here last night.
The Spanish national team is to prepare for the first game of their World Cup qualifying campaign when they entertain Saudi Arabia in the city of Pontevedra Friday night.
Spain coach will want his men to give a better performance than that in their last match when they were disappointed with a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica in August, reports Xinhua.
While that result can be put down to the lack of fitness following Spain’s retention of the European Championship in June, the players have now had three matches of their domestic season and should be approaching their best form.
Sleuths investigating the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a city doctor on Thursday began questioning his wife on the suspicion that her relatives might be involved in the affair.
It might be recalled here that 35-year old Harsha Reddy, a Radiologist working in Yashoda Hospital, went missing a few days back. When the doctor did not reach home after leaving the hospital on Monday night, a complaint was made to the police alleging that he might have been kidnapped.