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Social Evils Will Go Only Thru’ Education: Dy CM

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Deputy Chief Minister C. Damodar Rajanarasimha has said that the parochial feelings of caste, region and religion could be eliminated from the society only when children were offered quality education.
Speaking at a function organized to honor best teachers on the occasion of “Teachers day” in Ravindra Bharathi here on Wednesday, Rajanarasimha said the government was taking several measures to strengthen the Education sector and appealed to the teachers to extend their cooperation. He said that teachers have a responsibility to make every one in the society a literate.

Rs 26,000-Cr. Benefits To People Annually: CM

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Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has said that Rs 26,000-crore benefits are being given annually to various sections, i.e., to eight crore plus population in the State. Each family is being benefited by four or five schemes by the government, i.e., 2.75 crore households. These include interest-free loans to one crore farmers, 1.4 crore Self-Help Group women, scholarships to 26 lakh students, Indira Jala Prabha to six lakh SC, ST families.

Dr. JP Leading Team To Select Committee On Lokpal Bill

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A team of eminent Indian citizens led by Lok Satta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan will convey its views and suggestions on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill to the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on September 6.

Satyavrat Chaturvedi, Member of the Rajya Sabha, is heading the Select Committee.

The committee had invited Dr. JP representing the Foundation for Democratic Reforms and the Lok Satta to offer his views on the Bill.

PDP will formulate action plan for Chenab Valley: Mufti

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Opposition Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said PDP would formulate a comprehensive action plan for the socio-economic growth of Chenab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir.

“We assure to formulate a comprehensive action plan for the socio-economic growth of the people of Chenab Valley to remove backwardness and underdevelopment of this region,” PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said while addressing public meeting in Doda district today.

–Agencies

Anything can happen during my stay in Delhi:KCR

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TRS Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao has said that anything could happen during his Delhi stay from today onwards. Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, KCR said that he was going to Delhi only to attend Parliament session and there was no specialty and prominence to his Delhi visit. He said that he was going to Delhi with the aim not to miss the session. He was going to Delhi to attend the last two days of the monsoon session.

Special team intensifies search for kidnapped doctor

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Hyderabad, Sept.5 (NSS): Gathering vital information, a special team of city police on Wednesday intensified search for Dr Harsha Reddy, who was allegedly abducted for ransom. As Dr Harsha Reddy, working in the Yashoda Hospital at Malakpet was found missing since Monday evening, his friends lodged a complaint with the Malakpet police.

Parthasarathy moots healthy classrooms for students

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Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathy on Wednesday said that the classrooms and playgrounds in the schools would build students’ personality and mould their character.

Talking to media persons after garlanding the statue of former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishna at Tank Bund to mark the Teachers Day celebrations, Parthasarathy said that the congenial atmosphere in the schools and teaching methods adopted by the teachers would definitely help to mould the student’s character and make them stand on their own feet.

Telangana will be among major issues for next elections: Advani

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BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Wednesday announced that separate Telangana would be second major issue after corruption for the party for the next general elections.

Addressing the concluding function of party’s three-day Telangana Poru Deeksha at Jantar Mantar here, Advani said if the UPA fails to give statehood for the region, then BJP would include formation of Telangana as the second issue in its election manifesto. He slammed the Congress party for going back on its promise of initiating the process of formation of Telangana.

Shankar Rao predicts major political changes after Sept 10

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Former Minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Wednesday claimed that major changes might occur in the State Government and Congress party after September 10th.

Talking to reporters in the Assembly premises, Dr Shankar Rao said that Union Ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad, Vylar Ravi and AK Antony would be visiting the State from September 10 and major changes could be expected after their visit. Criticising Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s style of functioning, he said that the Congress party has been losing its vote bank and grip among different communities due to his irresponsible behaviour.

I only thought of saving my life: Yuvraj Singh

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India’s flamboyant cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who was battling with cancer, finally came out of it and now is all set to spread the awareness of early detection through a show titled ‘Zindagi Abhi Baki Hai’.

Going down the memory lane Yuvraj recalled the days when he was battling rare germ cell cancer. Yuvraj, who was the hero of India’s 2011 World Cup win, said when he was diagnosed with cancer the only thought in his mind was that of “saving his life”.

Terror, 26/11 trial in Pak India’s core concerns

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Setting the tone for the Foreign Minister-level Indo-Pak talks in Islamabad, India on Wednesday made it clear that terrorism and early conclusion of Mumbai terror attack trial in Pakistan remains “core concern” for it.

“All issues are going to be discussed…Terrorism is certainly a core concern to us. Mumbai (26/11 trial) is a core concern to us,” highly-placed sources said when asked about the agenda of the meeting between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday in Islamabad.

Party calls for bandh against SL Prez visit

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The Naam Thamizhar Party has called for a 12-hour bandh on September 17. Party Leaders Mohammed Rafiq and Arumaidassu said the agitation was to protest the visit of Sri Lankan President Rajapakse ‘who was responsible for massacre of a large number of Sri Lankan Tamils.’ They sought the support of all sections to make it a success.

—UNI

23 Indians on ship hijacked in Nigeria by pirates

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Twenty-three Indian sailors are on board an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, said the oil tanker company on Wednesday.

Pat Adamson, spokesperson for the Dubai-based Pioneer Ship Management Services LLC, told Xinhua on phone that all the crew on the fully loaded gasoline tanker are Indian nationals.

He said the company lost contact with the crew after they sent distress signals even as the pirates boarded the ship in the night, with their last message indicating they had locked themselves inside a panic room on the vessel.

‘SP-BSP scuffle over job promotion quota bill unfortunate’

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Terming the scuffle between SP and BSP members in Rajya Sabha during the introduction of a bill to provide reservation in promotion for SCs/STs as “unfortunate”, Union minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said the government will have to “live with the situation”.

“I had to face (similar) turbulance in the House (Rajya Sabha) when I moved the Lokpal Bill (in the winter session). But we’ll have to live with the situation,” the Minister of State for Personnel told reporters after introducing the Constitutional amendment bill.

The copy of the Lokpal bill was torn by a RJD member.

BJP asks Mayawati to back opposition fight against corruption

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A day after BSP supremo Mayawati sought its support for a bill seeking reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees, BJP Monday asked her to back the opposition in its fight against “corruption” in UPA government.

“I want to request Mayawati that she should at least once support us in our fight against corruption against so many scams such as the 2G, CWG, there is issue of airport land and Coalgate,” BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here.

“I just want to say that Mayawati should come in our support in fight against the corruption in the UPA regime,” Prasad said.

TRS chief expects Telangana issue resolution this month

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Wednesday exuded confidence that the Telangana issue would be solved this month.

“The Telangana issue will definitely be solved this month. There is no doubt about it,” he remarked, before leaving for New Delhi along with other leaders amid intensified efforts in the national capital to seek immediate steps for the formation of a separate Telangana state.

KCR, as the TRS chief and Member of Parliament from Mahabubnagar is popularly known, told reporters that he was going to New Delhi to attend the parliament session.

CAG, government on same page: Kamal Nath

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Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath Wednesday said the Congress-led UPA government and the country’s official auditor were on the “same page” on the issue of allocation of coal blocks that has so far disrupted proceedings in parliament for 11 consecutive day.

Responding to reporters who asked him about the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on coal blocks allocations that suggested a presumptive loss of Rs.1.86 lakh crore ($37 billion), he said, “We are on the same page”.

Improve quality of education: Prez on Teachers Day

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Honouring meritorious teachers with the national award on Teachers Day, President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said it is important to improve the quality of education in the country.

“To build the India of our dreams, the first and foremost task before us is to improve the quality of education,” Mukherjee said in his speech at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The day is celebrated every year on Sep 5, marking the birthday of India’s first vice president and second president, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

Willing for debate on coal allocation after PM resigns: BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it was willing to debate in parliament on coal blocks allocation only after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation.

“There is a logjam in parliament as BJP has raised the issue of coal blocks allocation. We want prime minister’s resignation as the allocations were made when he was holding the portfolio of coal minister,” said BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.

“Besides, we want cancellation of all 142 allocated blocks and an impartial probe after which BJP is willing for any debate,” he said.