saleem Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner said that he would instruct all the Deputy Municipal Commissioners to make community halls available for Day Care Centres by duly coordinating with the local Corporator.
Former minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy on Thursday said that the Telangana movement would be intensified further, if Chief Minister’s post was given to any Telangana leader.
Welcoming the High Court’s verdict removing life ban on former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, Congress MLC Farooq Hussain on Thursday demanded that the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) should allow Azhar to play at least one more test match.
Talking to reporters at Legislative Council’s media point, Farooq Hussain said that in view of High Court’s verdict, the BCCI should allow Azhar to complete his 100th Test match by inducting him into the team. He said that the High Court’s verdict has given a major relief to lakhs of Azhar’s fans who have been waiting for this day.
State BJP President G Kishan Reddy on Thursday announced the party would contest the next assembly elections in the State on its own.
Talking to reporters at the State BJP Headquarters at Nampally, Kishan Reddy said that the party would not have any tie-ups with other parties for the assembly elections and would contest alone. He said that the party has already identified the seats where it would lay maximum focus. The BJP has already begun strengthening the cadre in those constituencies at the grass root levels, he said.
Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao on Thursday demanded that the Congress party should make a clear statement in favour of formation of Telangana State.
Talking to reporters at his residence at Amberpet, Hanumantha Rao said that the people in the region would not accept anything except a separate State. Therefore, he said that the Centre should not consider proposing any alternates or packages in place of Telangana. However, he expressed confidence that the Congress party would soon take a favourable decision over the Telangana issue.
The City Police on Wednesday seized Rs 10 crore cash that was being transported in an auto-rickshaw.
According to police, one auto-rickshaw (No AP 09 TA 5602) was found parked on the road near DGP office at Lakdi-ka-Pul by a traffic police team. The passenger and auto-driver were shifting a bag from the parked auto to another auto-rickshaw which was hired. On being asked by the police, the passenger said since the auto-rickshaw he was traveling in had breakdown he was hiring another auto-rickshaw.
Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Wednesday appealed to all the communities living in the historic city of Hyderabad, which is known for its “Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb”, to live in with utmost communal harmony and not to precipitate matters on minor issues which are much ado about nothing.
A 32-year-old city-based architect, who had gone missing after leaving home on October 23, was found murdered in Nanded in neighbouring Maharashtra. The incident came to light on Monday after the Hyderabad police arrested the main accused in Nanded.
The victim was identified as Hameed Mohiuddin of Saidabad. Hameed, a treasure-hunter, had lent Rs five lakh to his friends Ghouse Pasha and Ishaq of Bandlaguda. The duo failed to return the money and Hameed began pressuring them to return it.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh called Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and offered central help for flood affected areas.
Dr Manmohan Singh directed the Chief Minister to constantly monitor the situation and extend all possible assistance for relief and rehabilitation. He also extended sympathies to those who have lost their family members in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna districts.
–Agencies
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Tuesday alleged that farmers from Telangana region were being discriminated in the distribution of relief and rehabilitation measures.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Tuesday alleged that farmers from Telangana region were being discriminated in the distribution of relief and rehabilitation measures.
YSR Congress Party honorary president YS Vijayamma on Monday accused the State Government of adopting lackadaisical approach in undertaking rehabilitation measures in the flood affected areas.
Talking to reporters after after visiting the flood affected areas in and around Eluru of West Godavari district, Vijayamma said that the government could have prevented or at least minimised the damages by taking precautions. However, she said that the government totally failed to anticipate the gravity of the situation which led to heavy loss of human lives and properties.
The State Government’s failure to improve the drainage system has compounded the loss inflicted by cyclone Neelam on standing crops like paddy and cotton in several districts, charged the Lok Satta Party on Monday.
In a media statement, Lok Satta Party General Secretary Katari Srinivasa Rao pointed out that drains have not been de-silted in many districts since 1995.
The City Police on Monday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr PC in the limits of several police stations in the South and West Zone.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday ordered status quo to be maintained at the Bhagya Lakshmi Temple at Charminar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday invited Telangana Nagara Samithi convener and Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy to join the party.
According to sources, senior BJP leaders including State President G Kishan Reddy called on Nagam at his residence and invited him to join the saffron brigade. The BJP leaders also discussed the party’s plan to carry forward the movement for statehood for Telangana region. They reportedly assured Nagam that his political stature would be honoured and respected in the party.
Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy has been elected as the new president of Indian Hockey Federation.
Dinesh Reddy’s was unanimously elected as the IHF President in the Federation’s Special General Body meeting held on Monday. He is the second person from South to be elected as the IHF President.
KPS Gills is the Patron and Chief Advisor of the IHF.
–Agencies
The Telugu Desam Party has alleged that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was proving to be another Satyam where inflated figures are being used to present a rosy picture while covering up the irregularities.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, TDP GHMC floor leader Singireddy Srinivas Reddy said that the corporation was furnishing inflated figures with regard to developmental activities in its limits. He said there was a huge difference between the actual funds, sanctioned amounts and real money that has been spent for different works in the city.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has offered Lok Sabha ticket to Olympic bronze medallist and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Addressing convocation ceremony of a private university in Aligarh, on Saturday, in which Saina alongwith five other Olympic medal winners were felicitated by the university with honorary doctorate degrees, Mulayam spoke at length on status of higher education in UP and challenges before SP government in the state. In between, he devoted few minutes on praising the London Olympic medalists, particularly Saina.
Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab is suffering from fever and undergoing treatment in the high security Arthur Road jail here, police said on Sunday.
“Kasab is being treated for fever for the past few days. Suspecting that the prisoner could be suffering from dengue, three tests were conducted on him by a team of doctors of JJ hospital but the results were negative,” said a police official on condition of anonymity.
“Doctors do not want to take any chance. Kasab is under observation and responding well to the treatment,” the official said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party predicted that if the Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Narender Modi is projected as the prime ministerial candidate in the general elections 2014, then the voting percentage of BJP in the Seema-andhra regions would increase at least up to 10. Stating this, the party senior leader Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, announced that BJP is ready to face even the interim elections.
The South Central Railway on Sunday informed that several steps have been taken to minimise inconvenience to passengers in view of disruption to train services between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam due to heavy floods.
The Telugu Desam Party on Sunday condemned Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and other ministers for visiting New Delhi to attend Congress party’s programme at a time when thousands of people in the State were affected due to heavy rains and flooding under the impact of cyclone “Neelam”.
PCC Spokesperson and PM’s 20-Point Programme chairman Dr N Tulasi Reddy on Sunday accused the opposition parties of poticising the death of senior TDP leader K Yerran Naidu in a road accident.
The State Government on Sunday confirmed the death of 22 people due to cyclone “Neelam” related incidents.
Addressing a press conference at the State Secretariat, Disaster Management Commissioner P Radha said that the maximum seven deaths have been reported from East Godavari district. He said nearly 67,819 people of 21,655 families have been shifted to 86 relief camps set up in the affected districts. He said safe drinking water, food and medical assistance was being supplied in the relief camps and other affected areas.