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Amid tension between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over the alleged phone-tapping and cash-for-vote scam, the governor of the two states E.S.L. Narasimhan on Wednesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Narasimhan is understood to have a given a report to the Centre on the latest situation in the two states in the wake of the recent developments.

The governor, who rushed to the national capital on Tuesday, declined to comment on the cash-for-vote scam or the alleged phone-tapping.

The number of online applications to seek admission into Delhi University’s undergraduate courses reached over 217,000 on Wednesday.

“The number of online registrations till 5 p.m. was over 217,000. A total of 182,591 applicants have made the payment,” said a university official.

Since the online registrations process opened on May 28, the university has received 116,253 applications in general category.

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Three members of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda branch were killed in a US drone strike in Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout, an official said on Wednesday.

“The US drone pounded two motorcycles with four missiles in the coastal city of Mukalla, Hadramout’s provincial capital, killing three terrorists including a commander,” the official told Xinhua.

The strike took place on Tuesday night in Mukalla city where the Al Qaeda has a large presence and has taken control of several key government facilities during the past few months.

Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif has taken serious note of the recent hostile Indian rhetoric coupled with covert and overt actions to destabilise Pakistan.

Gen. Sharif, while chairing a formation commanders’ conference on Wednesday, said it was highly regrettable that Indian politicians not only indulged in actions that were a violation of the UN charter but also took pride in claiming interference in the internal affairs of other states, Inter Service Public Relations said in a statement.

Even as voices emerged that the Indian Army operation against terrorists on the Myanmar side of the border contained a hidden message to Pakistan, experts said on Wednesday the scenario may not be the same on the Western border even though India has the capability to retaliate if provoked.

Asked if a similar approach could be replicatedd on India’s Western border, an official said the situation on both sides was different.

In a relief to an HIV patient, whose health deteriorated while serving prison term, Madras High Court ordered government to pay him Rs six lakh compensation.

Justice S Nagamuthu before whom the case came up, pointed out that the court had already awarded the patient Rs 1.5 lakh compensation in an interim order and said it should be given to the victim within a week. The balance of Rs 4.5 lakh could be settled by second week of August.

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Govt. of Telangana has formulated a scheme on the lines of Ambedkar Vidya Nidhi Scheme of Central Govt. for providing financial assistance to students belonging to Minorities for their study abroad. Govt. of Telangana issued GO Ms. Number 24 on 19th May 2015 and allocated Rs. 25 crore for this purpose. As per the GO this scheme would be implemented from 1st August 2015.

CM of Telangana State, Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao conducted a review meeting with the peoples’ representatives of Greater Hyderabad at Dr. M. Channa Reddy Institute of Human Resource Development yesterday. Mr. KCR opined that the development of Hyderabad programs should be extended to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority which would ensure the development of city of Hyderabad.

The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to seek Centre’s intervention in asking the Governor to exercise his powers in the common capital of Hyderabad with Telangana as it accused the dispensation in the newly-formed state of tapping phones of its ministers, MPs and officers.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu left for Delhi and is expected to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow.

Government put its weight behind its ally and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu on unauthorised phone tapping charges made by him and said it is a “serious matter”.

Noting that the country was governed by many states, government also had a piece of advice saying the sanctity of the office of Chief Minister needs to be respected by all.

“As Telecom Minister of the country, let me say that if he is making an allegation of unauthorised tapping of his mobile phone, it is a serious matter,” Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The results of POLYCET-2015, the entrance exam for admission into polytechnics, will be released at 11 AM on Wednesday.

Nearly one lakh candidates had appeared for the POLYCET-2015 held on May 31 at 248 Centres across the Telangana State. The candidates have written the entrance test for 60,920 available polytechnic seats. The classes would commence from July 8. (INN)

The infamous incident of “Cash for Vote” scam ignited ill-feelings between Mahila wing activists of both the Telugu States.
TRS women wing activists on Tuesday burned AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in effigy at the NTR Bhavan and raised Chandrababu Down Down slogans. The situation at the TDP headquarters turned tense with the TDP Mahila wing activists intervened and tried to obstruct the Telangana protestors. However, police personnel intervened and dispersed them peacefully. (NSS)

Ms. Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Human Resource Development made contradictory statement under oath about her education in the affidavit filed with Election Nomination Papers for Lok Sabha elections of 2004 and 2014. In 2004 she contested from Chandni Chowk Parliamentary constituency of New Delhi. In her nomination papers, she declared her qualification as B.A.

Bundelkhan area of Madhya Pradesh consists of Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Damoh and Sagar districts which face shortage of water. Mr. B. K. Pandey, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) while addressing a meeting at Lidhora village on Monday suggested the people to marry 3 wives. One wife is meant to produce children whereas the other two could be engaged to fetch water from distant areas. When he made this suggestion, people asked him whether there are sufficient number of women population in Bundelkhand area since it is known fact sex ratio of women in the district is very low. Mr.

Mr. Vasudev Devanani, Education Minister of Rajasthan while talking to newsmen at BJP headquarter at Jaipur told that Surya Namaskar program would continue in the schools of Rajasthan State. He further said that the controversy is unwarranted. He told that one can salute the Sun while sitting at home. He justified Surya Namaskar by saying that in many countries like Mongolia the Sun is worshipped. He also said that certain position of Surya Namaskar resembles Namaz. He pointed out that if one can look at the Moon while breaking a fast, there should be any objection to looking at the Sun.

Muslims have absolutely no objection to Yoga Day. Their only argument is that they should not be persuaded to join it, and they would have appreciated more if instead of the Government, the Hindu organisations had organised it. We wish all our Hindu brothers a Happy Yoga Day and will be more than happy if we find them engaged in Yoga exercises as a routine rather than simply being a part of a one day show writes Dr. Javed Jamil.

Scientists will now be able to find new therapies to halt the spread of breast cancer tumour, thanks to the revolutionary discovery of the disease’s trigger.

University of Edinburgh researchers have found that blocking the signals in mice with breast cancer greatly reduces the number of secondary tumours found in the lungs.

The majority of deaths from breast cancer are caused by the tumour spreading to other parts of the body. The lung is often one of the first organs to be affected.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Tuesday transferred Delhi Home Secretary Dharam Pal and sent the order to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s office for approval.

According to reports, Pal’s transfer comes hours after he signed a notification which appointed Joint Commissioner of Police M K Meena as the Anti-Corruption Branch’s chief.

Meena’s appointment was made by Jung, who overruled Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s choice.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “boastful claims, exaggerations, U-turns and downright falsehoods” at a meeting of party chief ministers which rejected the NDA government’s land bill while also expressing reservations to changes in the GST bill.

The day-long meeting, the first since Congress lost the last Lok Sabha elections, saw nine party chief ministers expressing “grave concern at substantial cuts” on social sector spending in areas such as education, health, women and child development, drinking water and sanitation.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Telangana on Tuesday denied that it has tapped phone of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

ACB Director General A.K. Khan has termed as baseless reports in a section of media that the agency tapped phones of some leaders from Andhra Pradesh including the chief minister.

The ACB conduct investigations in any case in accordance with the law and in a transparent manner, he said.

Saudi Arabia has warned that it will have to keep “all options on the table,” including nuclear proliferation, if world powers fail to curb Iran’s ambitions.

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said that the Middle Eastern country had steered clear from pursuing a policy of developing nuclear weapons for years but claimed that the whole outlook in the region changed after Iran started pursuing its nuclear ambitions, reported The Express Tribune.

Russia considers possible missile deployment by the US in Europe and other regions as counterproductive, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Moscow is studying the US statements on missile deployment, Lavrov said, stressing that militaristic rhetoric is “absolutely counter-productive and harmful”, Xinhua reported.

He urged the US to discuss with Russia each other’s concerns, especially on military construction, through “direct and honest” dialogues.

The Lebanese Shia militant party Hezbollah said a “prominent leader” of the Islamic State (IS) was killed on Tuesday in the Qalamoun region adjacent to the country’s eastern border with Syria.

“Saudi national Walid Abdel Mohsen al-Omari was killed by Hezbollah fire when the party’s long range artillery shelled a jihadi post in the Shobat al-Mahbas region on the outskirts of Ras Baalbeck town”, Xinhua reported citing al-Manar TV.

The report added that “the post was destroyed and several jihadis were killed in the shelling including al-Omari”.

The US Secret Service interrupted the daily press conference of White House spokesperson Josh Earnest in order to temporarily evacuate the briefing room and one of the gardens of the presidential residence because of a bomb threat phoned to police that later proved to be a false alarm.

Reporters covering the press conference were moved to a street separating the White House from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, after President Barack Obama’s spokesperson told them to leave the briefing room.