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The Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has said that he has already written four letters to the central government for allocation of gas to the Nedanuru and Sankarapalli plants of Telangana and commented that the Telangana friends might not be knowing it.

The Chief Minister was addressing a review meeting in Khammam as part of his Indiramma Baata to the district. Speaking on the occasion, he said all regions were equal to him. He has been continuing to exert pressure on the central government for provision of gas to both the Seemandhra and Telangana projects

Minister Parthasarathy appears to be heading for fresh trouble as the revenue authorities had found that he had not mentioned about the FERA case pending against him in the affidavit he had filed during the 2009 election.

Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy has said that labour minister Danam Nagender was a family member and was like her brother.

She was responding to the criticism of Danam on her not responding to the police registering cases against him.
She said she would take the dispute over the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple land in Banjara Hills to the notice of the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

She said she had instructed the police to ensure that there was no law and order problem at the temple.

–Agencies

Arrangements are in place for the conduct of Group IV examination on August 11 and 12 (Saturday and Sunday).

According to the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission spokesperson, about nine lakh candidates are likely to appear for the exam at 2,629 centres across the State. The first paper will be held from 10 am to 12.30 pm while the second paper will be from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday extended by one year the ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and six of its affiliates while declaring the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), a front organisation of CPI(Maoist), as an “unlawful association”.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has served a notice on Bellari (Rural) MLA Sriramulu to appear before it within three days in connection with the bail deal of Gali Janardana Reddy, former minister of that State.

As Sriramulu, a close follower of Janardana Reddy, was not available at his house, the ACB authorities handed over the notice to his family members.

Sriramulu visited Hyderabad several times in the past and met his mentor Janardana Reddy in the Chanchalguda jail.

Former minister and Congress official spokespersons’ convener Mohd Shabbir Ali has said that the students need not worry about changes in Fees Reimbursement Scheme issue because the State Government has not taken a final decision on the Cabinet Sub-Committee’s report on it.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and Sircilla MLA K. Tarakarama Rao said that the State government was afraid of conducting local bodies’ elections in the State.

Speaking to mediapersons here on Thursday, KTR said that the State government was hesitating to hold local bodies’ elections as it fears that the people would deliver a fatal blow to the government for adopting anti-people policies. He also pointed out that the Union government had not released funds to the State as did not conduct elections to local bodies.

Tension prevailed for some time in the Secretariat on Wednesday when the Osmania University Students JAC tried to lay a siege to Secretariat demanding that the State government reimburse fee to the BC and EBC students.

A large number of students marched from Osmania University campus towards the Secretariat to lay a siege demanding that the State government ensure fee reimbursement to BC and EBC students.

However, police obstructed them on the way. Angry agitators damaged window pans of a school bus. Following this, the police took them into custody.

–Agencies

Stating that Andhra Pradesh was facing the leadership crisis, TDP deputy floor leader Gali Muddu Krishnamma Naidu claimed that his party’s president Nara Chandrababu Naidu could fill the vaccum.

Tension prevailed at the Ministers Quarters at Banjara Hills when the student under the aegis of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat tried to picket the quarters protesting the government move to go ahead with counseling for engineering colleges without prescribing the fee structure.

Former Congress minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Tuesday blamed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was responsible for the acute gas shortage in the State.

Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, Shankar Rao criticised the Chief Minister for lacking foresight on the power situation in the State. Stating that the problem intensified mainly due to the inefficiency of the Chief Minister in handling the issues, he, however, gave clean chit to Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy.