Hyderabad, September 21 (Siasat News): As the police and the people both equally feel apprehensive about the law and order situation in view of Ganesh immersion procession on September 22 and Allahbad High court verdict on Babri Masjid title suit on September 24, and tight security being put in place by the police to maintain peace, yet CD’s played in some Ganesh Mandaps and processions may bring negative impact through their provocative songs.
Dumka (Jharkhand), September 21: Senior JMM MLA Simon Marandi today demanded that he be included in Arjun Munda-led ministry as a “Christian representative”.
“There should be a Christian representative in the state cabinet. JMM has three MLAs from the community. Since I am the senior most MLA among them, I should be given preference in the cabinet,” he told newsmen here.
He also advocated another berth for JMM president Shibu Soren’s daughter-in-law Sita Soren.
“She is the only woman MLA in JMM and she should also be made a minister,” Marandi said.
Hyderabad, September 21(Siasat News): State government is taking steps to make the services of ‘e-seva’ more operational and efficient and all this is done with the help of Airtel mobile and Spanco.
Airtel is working together with e-seva in order to serve its customers by collecting documents.
This was told by the state minister for information technology Mr. K Venkat Reddy while talking to news persons. Airtel officials told that Airtel being teamed up with e-seva, now customers can ensure their bill payments of water, electricity etc. through their mobile phone.
Hyderabad, September 21: A day after the gruesome murder of a girl student by her senior, Hyderabad police Monday were questioning two of their friends.
Shekhar Goud, who killed engineering final year student Divya by smashing her head with a baseball bat, is still at large and police have formed special teams to arrest him.
Police suspect it to be a case of sexual jealousy as Divya had been avoiding him of late and had befriended another boy, Pradeep.
New York, September 21: The pastor of a Florida church who threatened to burn the Quran on the 9/11 anniversary to protest the 2001 terror attacks in the US, has been hit with a whopping $180,000 bill as cost of security cover for his stunt.
The city of Gainesville, Florida, plans to send a bill estimated at more than $180,000 to pastor Terry Jones for security costs, CNN has reported.
Ongole (AP), September 20: Late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has found a permanent place in the hearts of the people due to the new and innovative welfare measures initiated by him, his son and Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said today.
“The hearts of people beat for Rajasekhara Reddy. That is because he started welfare programmes like health insurance scheme, old age pensions, reservations for minorities that benefited all.
Hyderabad, September 20: Senior Congress leader G Venkataswamy and little-known Telangana outfits today criticised TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao for his remarks that all those born in Telangana belonged to the region and for his alleged praise of Congress MP L Rajagopal.
Venkataswamy, a former Union Minister, asked whether the TRS president had a clandestine understanding with the leaders from non-Telangana regions.
Chandrasekhar Rao would never be able to realise the formation of separate Telangana state, Venkataswamy claimed.
Hyderabad, September 20: The Andhra Pradesh cabinet stands divided on regional lines with ministers accusing one another of promoting interests of their respective regions in the background of the demand for statehood to Telangana.
The ministers from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions took strong exception to some of their counterparts and also their party members of parliament (MPs) from Telangana disrupting their visits to the troubled region, sources said.
The ministers pointed fingers at one another in the presence of Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, who himself comes from Andhra region.
Hyderabad, September 20: Chief minister K Rosaiah told the irrigation department officials to maintain a round-the-clock vigil at the brimming reservoirs to prevent damage and breaches to them. He reviewed water storage situation in the reservoirs in the state with major irrigation minister P Laxmaiah, chief secretary S V Prasad and other officials today.
The chief minister said due to heavy rains in the upstream, reservoirs were full with water. He said about 1,800 tmcft of water in the reservoirs would auger well for the economic development of the state.
Hyderabad September 20: About 50 doctors in Gandhi General Hospital last night fell ill and were hospitalised allegedly due to food poisoning. The doctors. including surgeons, specialists and post-graduate students of the gynaecology department complained of sickness after having snacks provided during a seminar.
Hyderabad, September 20: People have always been apprehensive of the quality of education dished out by corporate colleges. Now, a group of public representatives, part of a Subordinate Legislature Committee, discovered the reality ‘officially’ during a visit to a corporate college and a government college in the City.
Hyderabad, September 20: Congress MP Madhu Yashki today said it was the responsibility of home minister Sabita Indra Reddy and former home minister K Jana Reddy to ensure that cases registered against students and youths who participated in Telangana agitation were lifted. Speaking to newspersons here, the Congress MP said any delay in lifting of cases, particularly at a time when the chief minister himself directed them to do so, would lead to a suspicion over their commitment to the cause of Telangana.
Hyderabad, September 20: With the inflow of foreign students increasing even as the Telangana agitation looms large over the Osmania University, the varsity is planning to customize its syllabus as well as examination system to suit international students. This decision has been taken to help the ever-growing international students community.
Hyderabad, September 20: Brushing aside the argument that the late YSR’s brother-in-law and Kadapa mayor P Ravindranath Reddy is being targeted as part of ‘witch-hunting’ against YSR’s family, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao today warned that the Congress central leadership would not tolerate those who indulge in corrupt practices.
Hyderabad, September 20: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s remarks that all those born in Telangana should be considered Telangana biddalu and his surprising bonhomie with Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal have raised the hackles of Telangana advocates who have been demanding 42 per cent quota in judicial posts for those from the region.
Hyderabad, September 20: The FCI warehouse at Jangalapalle in Anantapur is an old one, having been built in 1984. It has a storage capacity of 75,000 MT. A railway track runs alongside, making transportation easier to and from the warehouse. Rice and wheat from different parts of the country are stored here and released to the PDS.
Hyderabad, September 20: Close on the heels of the Telangana advocates agitation demanding 42 per cent reservation in the legal officer posts, the Telangana Doctors’ Forum created a flutter by demanding a split in the Andhra Pradesh Government Doctors Association (APGDA) on regional lines.
Tension prevailed at the office of the APGDA at Koti today when at least 30 members of the Telangana Government Doctors’ Association (TGDA) staged a dharna in front of the office demanding bifurcation of the APGDA and conduct of elections separately for the divided units.
Hyderabad, September 20: After slapping cases against Kadapa mayor and YSR’s brother-in-law P Ravindranath Reddy for “illegal” transport of fertilisers from his Balaji Fertilisers in Kadapa district, the stage is now being set for suspension of licences of seven such plants, including Haritha in Nalgonda district owned by him.
Hyderabad, September 20: After agitations by the Group-1 aspirants and advocates from Telangana, a fresh row has erupted over the vacancies in the jails department. The department has recently issued a notification to fill 700 ministerial staff posts. A written test was also conducted. However, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao today demanded that all the 700 posts should be given to Telangana candidates.
Hyderabad, September 20: A B.Tech final-year student was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat by her friend, her former senior in college, at Vanasthalipuram on Sunday night.
Police speculated that it was a case of love gone unrequited.
The assailant, Sekhar, delivered multiple blows to the victim’s head with a baseball bat in his flat at Hill Colony.
Hyderabad September 220: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is going fast track by giving building permissions in four days, with the launch of a novel concept called Green Channel.
Hyderabad, September 20: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has issued showcause notices to 27 managers (Engg) for lack of supervision of certain meter readers on revenue billing and collection during August 2010.
Hyderabad September 20: Expressing dissatisfaction with the replies given by officials on the EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction) system being implemented in taking up works related to various departments like irrigation, panchayat raj, roads and buildings, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today directed senior officials of the irrigation and engineering departments to submit a detailed report on the EPC before their next meeting on September 23 and 24.
The officials are preparing to make a powerpoint presentation on the EPC system before the PAC.
Hyderabad, September 20: An aeronautical engineering student ended his life in a private lodge at LB Nagar on Sunday.
Hyderabad, September 20: An auto driver was allegedly beaten to death by workers of a private fan manufacturing company, after he tried to steal copper wires from the premises.
The deceased, Shiva (25) was a resident of Indira Nagar and was an auto driver for Ketan Fans situated at Balanagar.
Balanagar police said Shiva entered the fan company around 2 a.m on Sunday by scaling the compound wall in an inebriated condition. “Shiva stuffed copper wires in a gunny bag and was leaving the place when some workers caught him red-handed,” Balanagar police inspector Y Venkat Reddy said.