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Nizamabad MP Madhu Yashki Goud has said that no leader demanding separate Telangana State would join Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP.

Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Yashki said that Jagan’s party, which is synonym to corruption and illegal activities, has no place in the Telangana region. He said the Telangana MPs would use the no-trust motion against the UPA Government by the Opposition parties in the Parliament’s winter session scheduled to start from November 22 to mount pressure on the Centre for the sake of separate Telangana State.

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is contemplating to burden the passengers in the name of Development Cess by increasing the bus fares from December 1.

TRS senior leader and Siddipet MLA T. Harish Rao here on Wednesday made it clear that his party would go it alone in the coming Assembly elections in the State.

BJP State president and MLA G. Kishan Reddy today welcomed the Union government’s decision to execute the death penalty imposed by Supreme Court on Pakistan ISI sponsored terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who triggered massacre in Mumbai where hundreds of innocent citizens were killed in the indiscriminate shoot-out.

Media must use its freedom judiciously while working for larger public good, eminent speakers at a seminar said here on Tuesday.

Appreciating the role of media in a vibrant democracy like India, Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta B Subhashan Reddy said mediapersons should act reasonably and constructively within their limits. He was speaking at the seminar on ‘Freedom of the Media’ organised by the Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh.

Senior Congress leader K Keshav Rao, who has been vocal in his campaign for separate statehood, Wednesday said that pro-Telangana forces should join hands in their fight for the common cause.

“All pro-Telangana forces should come together in the fight for achieving separate statehood,” he told reporters after meeting TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao here.

Rao, a former state Congress president and an ex-member of Rajya Sabha, said he and other Telangana Congress leaders stood by the people when Congress announced that it would not accept the separate statehood demand.

Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday expressed shock at the allegations that some plain clothes policemen from Krishna district tried to ‘forcibly take away’ a person from the corridors of the court and entered into an argument with advocates when the latter protested the highhanded behaviour on the ground that there was a stay on his arrest.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “act with restraint” amid the operation in Gaza and urged him not to order a military invasion of the strip.

Both Ban and Netanyahu made statements to the press prior to their meeting, discussing the international community’s efforts to achieve a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the militant groups in Gaza, Xinhua reported.

“The entire world is concerned with the loss of human lives on both sides and a further escalation of the fighting will be tragic for both sides,” Ban told reporters.

Legendary Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra’s last film ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ (Till My Last Breath) has made a rare entry into the top ten of the US box office, grabbing the eighth spot among other Hollywood bigwigs.

As ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2’ topped the chart with a gross of USD 141.1 million in the US and Canada, Bond film ‘Skyfall’ moved to number two in its second week earning USD 41.

–Agencies

The South Central Railway on Tuesday informed that several MMTS and passenger trains will be cancelled, partially, cancelled or short-terminated for 20 days from November 24 to December 13 following apron work on Road No 4 at Hyderabad Station for replacement of damaged sleepers and repairs.

Thousands of job aspirants faced disappointment when their candidature was rejected by the companies in the second Mega Job Mela organised by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation here on Tuesday.

PCC Chief Botcha Sathyanarayana has said that it was not possible to stop the leaders, who were switching over their loyalties to other parties to meet their selfish ends, every time. He said that the Party will resort to deliberations with the leaders who change the party as a group, but it is not possible to have discussions with individuals.

Former Minister and Nalgonda MLA Komatireddy Venkat Reddy has said that he had resigned his minister post for the sake of separate Telangana State.

Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, he said that one news channel has misquoted his remarks yesterday, stating that he was thinking of joining YSRCP, which was not correct. He said that he will decide his future course of action, if the Centre failed to announce a statement on Telangana issue by December 9.

Vijaya Sai Reddy, vice chairman of the Jagati Publications and second accused in the disproportionate assets case of the YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, was on Tuesday questioned by the authorities of the Enforcement Directorate.

The Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday condemned the allegations being leveled by opposition parties against the ruling party.

Union Minister for Railways Pawan Kumar Bansal inspected several facilities including Tirupati Railway Station here on Tuesday.

During his visit to the temple town, the Union Minister was accompanied by Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy. SCR General Manager G N Asthana briefed the ministers on the performance of South Central Railway and various developmental activities taken up at Tirupati through a Power Point Presentation.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday decided to intensify the movement seeking statehood for the Telangana region.

Three women were killed and two others injured when they were run over by a train while trying to cross a railway track near here, railway police said on Monday. The five women were trying to cross the railway track near Uppal railway station last night when the speeding Navajeevan Express train hit them.

The deceased were identified as P Ailamma(45), M Sammakka (40) and R Swaroopa (44).

The injured were shifted to MGM Hospital at Warangal, where their condition was reported to be stable, police said.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem, they added.

–Agencies

Several leaders and workers of the Left parties were arrested by the police when they staged protest before the Best Price store of Bharati Walmart at Shivarampally here on Monday.

The activists, led by Communist Party of India state secretary K Narayana and Communist Party of India-Marxist leader BV Raghavulu, raised slogans against the Centre’s policy on the Foreign Direct Investment in the retail sector.

The Social Welfare Department of the State Government on Monday informed that the students could apply for a scholarship with or without a Ration Card.

In a press release, Social Welfare Principal Secretary J Raymond Peter said that in view of representations from a large number of students that they do not have Ration Cards, it has been decided to relax the submission of Ration Card particulars. However, the students have been advised to secure an Aadhar Card immediately to ensure sanction of scholarships.

–Agencies

Though the Andhra Pradesh Government has permitted export of 10,000 tons of Molasses, the imposition of export-pass-fee of Rs, 2500 PMT has made the commodity uncompetitive in the international markets.

Stressing the urgent withdrawal of the export-pass-fee, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has stated that the other sugar producing states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and UP are not charging any such fee and all the export orders are being placed with them only.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) sleuths on Sunday arrested six more persons for their role in the recent communal violence cases.

Twenty-two cases have been booked at Moghulpura, Charminar, Shah Ali Banda, Mir Chowk and Rein Bazaar police stations in relation to the communal violence that occurred following the afternoon prayers on Friday.All the cases have been transferred to SIT by the Hyderabad police commissioner on Saturday. Based on photographic and audio visual evidence, SIT sleuths had identified several culprits who resorted to stone pelting and burning of vehicles.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today said the government is making efforts to provide irrigation facility to 30 lakh acres of land over the next two years with a cost of Rs 16,000 crore.

Reddy was speaking after launching the first phase of the ‘Ananta Venkata Reddy Handri Niva Sujala Sravanti’ (HNSS) irrigation project at Malyala village of the district.

–Agencies

The Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Co Ltd (APEPDCL) has been asked by the apex consumer commission to pay Rs 1.53 lakh as compensation to one of its customers for disconnecting his power supply without prior notice.

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the state-run discom while dismissing its plea challenging the orders of the state and district consumer fora which had directed APEPDCL to pay the damages to its customer, who used to run a photo studio and power supply to which had been disconnected by it.

Giving full vent to her anger a teenage girl bit off the tongue of a youth, who allegedly tried to rape her in Bhartana area of the district.

Kailash Bahelia (25) barged into house of the 17-year-old girl yesterday and tried to rape her in Furra Salempur village, police said.

In an apparent self-defence, the teenager cut off tongue of the youth with her teeth.

The youth has been arrested and was undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.

–Agencies