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Union Minister of State for Tourism K Chiranjeevi has claimed that the SC, ST Sub-Plan was one of the pre-conditions to merge erstwhile Praja Rajyam Party into the Congress.

Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party here on Saturday, Chiranjeevi said that the SC, ST Sub-Plan was part of the social justice agenda that the erstwhile PRP advocated till its merger with the Congress party. He expressed happiness that the Congress leadership, especially Congress president Sonia Gandhi, took forward the agenda and enacted the SC, ST Sub-Plan Bill in the State.

Asserting that the welfare schemes implemented by the late Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy for SCs and STs had benefited them immensely, YSR Congress Party honorary president YS Vijayamma demanded that the Congress leadership implement the SC and ST Sub-plan Bill across the country by introducing it in the Parliament and providing constitutional protection.

Stating that the growth of the State was not possible with ensuring social justice, Telangana Rashtra Samithi deputy floor leader T Harish Rao on Saturday demanded that the State Government introduce Sub-Plan for Minorities and Backward Classes.

All the pilgrims who went on Haj pilgrimage from Hyderabad Embarkation Point have returned after performing Haj and visiting the holy tomb of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

Altogether, 7967 pilgrims, including 776 from Karnataka had left Hyderabad for Haj out of which 7961 have returned back to Hyderabad. Eight pilgrims passed away during Haj in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who were buried in the sacred land itself.

Congress senior leader and former Chairman of the State Mineral Development Corporation Vaddepalli Narasinga Rao joined the YSR Congress on Thursday. A big public meeting was organized in Kukatpalli on the occasion. YSR Congress honorary president Vijayamma attended the meeting and welcomed Narasinga Rao into the party.

PCC general secretary Abid Rasool Khan has submitted a representation to UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy urging them to form a Sub Plan for Minorities in the State on the lines of Sub-Plan for SCs and STs.

The Congress Legislature Party on Thursday slammed Punganur MLA Peddireddi Ramchandra Reddy for leveling “baseless allegations” against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has criticised the State Government for trying to legislate the SC-ST Sub-Plan without putting the draft into the public domain for suggestions and objections.

The two-day Special Session of the State Legislative Assembly beginning from Friday to give statutory status to Sub-Plan for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been extended by one more day.

Therefore, the session will now be held from three days from November 30 to December 2. The decision was taken during the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee held in the Assembly premises under the chairmanship of Speaker Nadendla Manohar here on Thursday.

The Siasat Daily and M S Education Academy are jointly conducting ‘The Siasat Talent Search Examination’ on December 2, 2012 between 2 and 3.40 pm at Hyderabad and the Districts of Adilabad, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Warangal, Kurnool, Khammam, Karimnagar, Prakasham and Nizamabad.

Denying all allegations of extortion levelled against it by Congress MP Naveen Jindal, Zee News today said the arrest of its two senior journalists was ”illegal and a direct attack on the freedom of the press.”

Zee News CEO Alok Agrawal, at a news conference, accused Delhi Police of acting at the behest of Mr Jindal.
The channel accused Mr Jindal, also a steel tycoon, of trying to divert attention from Coalgate.

Andhra Pradesh government has decided not to permit opening of new engineering colleges or increase in the existing number of seats anymore.

The state cabinet that met here this evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy accepted the recommendations of a high-powered expert committee appointed in 2010 to suggest modalities and remedial measures for strengthening un-aided (private) professional institutions.

–Agencies

Eight persons died and equal number injured in two different accidents in the State on Wednesday.
In the first accident, six wage earners died when the tractor in which they were traveling slipped into Nagarjuna Sagar canal near Mupparam under Nidamaluru mandal of Nalgonda district. Eight others were injured in the accident.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. Police suspect that overspeeding by the driver might be the reason for the accident.

Taking cognizance of reports in various newspapers on November 26 on the fire mishap in the Secretariat Colony at Puppalaguda under Rajendranagar Mandal of Ranga Reddy district in which six persons were charred to death, Lokayukta Justice B. Subhashan Reddy has taken up the matter Suo-Motu and passed an order on November 27.

TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is continuing his “Vastunna Meekosam Padayatra” in the Telangana region, may not attend the two-day session of the Assembly from November 30.

It is learnt that Naidu has decided not to attend the session as it was being called for the specific purpose of discussing the SC, ST sub-plan. As his party has reportedly taken a decision not to move a no-confidence motion in this all important session, he chose to continue his yatra, leaving the Assembly business to his colleagues.

Labour Minister Danam Nagender here on Wednesday felt that medical services in private hospitals should be affordable and accessible to the common people.

Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Wednesday challenged Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s sister Sharmila to come for an open debate on corrupt practices of YS Rajasekhara Reddy Government.

CBI today sought lifting of stay on criminal proceedings against former state Home Minister Amit Shah in the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case in the Supreme Court which said it cannot pass the order without hearing the parties.

“We cannot vacate the stay.

–Agencies

Two senior journalists of Zee news channel were arrested here today on charges of trying to extort Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s group for not doing news reports on coal scam linking his firm.

The arrests on charges of extortion came following the registration of a case about 45 days ago on a complaint filed by Jindal’s company with Delhi Police’s Crime Branch.

–Agencies

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today asked the Chandrayangutta Police to complete investigation into the murder of Ibrahim Bin Younus Yafai and file a final report within three months.

The court also stayed the criminal proceedings against Mohammed Bin Omer Yafai aka Mohammed Pahelwan and others in Akbaruddin attack case.

TDP politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has alleged that YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has been using a laptop and Internet in the Chanchalguda jail.

Launching a diatribe against TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao, YSR Congress has said, the leader and his party have been struggling for existence in Telangana as the base is fast eroding with Sharmila’s padayatra evoking huge response in the region.

Medak MP Vijayashanthi on Monday clarified that she could not attend the “Samarabheri” meeting at Suryapet on Sunday due to ill-health.

The Congress party on Monday demanded that Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao withdraw the remarks that he made on ruling party over the Telangana issue.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy expressed shock and anguish over the ghastly fire accident in Manikonda of Ranga Reddy district on Sunday night.

The Chief Minister spoke to Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and at the instructions of Chief Minister, District Collector A Vani Prasad and Cyberabad Police Commissioner Dwaraka Tirumala Rao visited and personally supervised relief operations. Kiran Kumar Reddy asked the Disasters Response and Fire Services Department to investigate into the incident and submit a comprehensive report.