saleem TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu has said that his party would stand by the BCs and strive for their empowerment.Mahbubnagar district Yadav Association leaders Satyam Yadav, Venkatesh Yadav, Hanmant Yadav, Sriramula Yadav, Govind Yadav and others met Naidu at the NTR Trust Bhavan today and thanked him for declaring 100 seats for the BCs and a package of Rs 10,000 crores for their welfare.
Former MP and TRS leader B Vinod has said that his party has no other alternative than launching agitation if the Congress government failed to get additional medical seats in the medical colleges of Telangana region.
A TRS delegation led by Vinod called on Principal Secretary of Medical & Health K Ratna Kishore today and enquired about the government’s move as a Division Bench of the High Court would be pronouncing its judgment on the issue on Friday.
The Telugu Desam Party on Thursday demanded that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy immediately sack seven tainted ministers against whom the cases of corruption are pending in the courts.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Thursday claimed that it has received some positive signs from the UPA Government over the decision on the Telangana statehood.
Talking to reporters at Telangana Bhavan, former Lok Sabha member B Vinod Kumar said that the TRS was expecting a decision in favour of Telangana State by September. However, he threatened to intensify the movement if the government resorts to delaying tactics on the issue.
The Andhra Pradesh CID, probing the leakage of phone call data of a senior CBI officer, on Wednesday arrested a top executive of a Maharashtra based company for his alleged role in the scandal, a senior CID official said.
K Venka Reddy alias K V Reddy, vice president of Ind Barath Energies (Maharashtra) Ltd, was apprehended from here and has confessed to the crime, CID Additional Director General of Police S V Ramana Murthy said, adding Reddy has admitted to having committed the offence at the instance of other accused persons.
TRS senior leader and Medak MP Vijayashanthi called on Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy here on Wednesday.
She has complained against the police officials, who allegedly maltreated Telangana protagonists and TRS workers during YSRCP honarary president Vijayamma’s visit to Sircilla town. She alleged that the Kiran Kumar Reddy’s government was adopting vindictive attitude towards Telangana protagonists.
S.A. Huda, spokesperson and Director General of Police (Law & Order) has stated that normally review/planning at government and police headquarters levels are held on the occasion of festivals like Ramzan, Ganesh Nimajjanam and agitations like Rail Roko and separate State agitations and instructions are issued to the zonal police officers. But for minor issues like political leaders’ ‘Deekshas’ or taking out a rally to a particular place, there will be no planning nor instructions are given to the police officers.
Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathy on Wednesday said that he would file a petition in the High Court against the verdict of Special Court for Economic Offences, which awarded him two months simple imprisonment and fined Rs 5.15 lakh, on the charges of violation of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.
Expressing concern over the dilapidated condition of historic Nizamia Unani Shifakhana and Unani Tibbi College at Charminar, Hyderabad Collector Natrajan Gulzaar on Wednesday directed the Ayush Department to provide immediate financial assistance for the hospital. He directed that the department provide essential infrastructure to upgrade the building and college as a sophisticated hospital.
Crime Investigation Department’s Cyber Crime sleuths have arrested a crook who duped a 28-year-old divorcee to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh by promising to marry her.
On May 8, the officials received a complaint from the 28-year-old state government employee alleging that she was duped by one Mohammed Zubair Ahmed of Rs 5.5 lakh.
Veteran actor Manchu Mohan Babu, accompanied by his son actor Vishnuvardhan, met YSR Congress president and Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Jail here on Tuesday during “Mulakhat” time. Jagan’s mother and YSRCP honorary president Y S Vijayamma was also present there at that time.
It may be mentioned here that YSRC president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was arrested and remanded to judicial custody in connection with a disproportionate assets case filed by the CBI against him.
The shutdown called today by TRS over the visit of YSR Congress Party Honorary President Y S Vijaya Lakshmi to Karimnagar district passed off peacefully.
Shops and other commercial establishments remained closed and public transport was affected due to the bandh called in Karimngar district.
Many educational institutions were shut in Hyderabad and other Telangana districts due to the call given by TRS.
TRS workers, students, lawyers and other Telangana supporters took out rallies in Karimnagar district.
–Agencies
Telangana senior Congress leader Dr K Keshav Rao has said that President-elect Pranab Mukherjee was favorable to formation of separate Telangana State.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Keshav Rao said that Pranab was not against separate State. He exuded confidence that Pranab would not become as hurdle to creation of separate Telangana State. He said that Pranab opined that the Congress would survive only when it concedes separate Telangana State.
Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday wrote a letter to the State Government demanding it to place the Polavaram tenders file before Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar as some Ministers in Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy were seeking scraping of awarding of contract to Soma-CGGC Joint venture.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Tuesday said that the YSR Congress party was not an ally of the Congress party although it voted in favour of UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential elections.
In a ghastly road mishap, at least 14 labourers were killed on the spot and another six received serious injuries when a cement laden lorry turned turtle near Bukkamuntalapadu in Nidamanuru mandal in Nalgonda district on Tuesday.
According to police, 12 bodies have been recovered from the accident spot and five of the injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. All the victims belonged to Halia village, but the identities of deceased are yet to be ascertained. The mishap took place when the lorry carrying 20 labourers was heading towards Halia from Miryalaguda.
Minister for Law and Courts Erasu Prathap Reddy on Tuesday took serious note on the comments of suspended judge K Lakshmi Narasimha Rao linking his name to the cash-for-bail scam relating to former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy.
The Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court orders of dismissing the petition of YSRCP honorary president YS Vijayamma seeking CBI probe into disproportionate assets of Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi deputy floor leader T Harish Rao on Tuesday came down heavily on YSRCP honorary president Y S Vijayamma for not pressing any demand for the cause of weavers in her Maha Deeksha at Sircilla in Karimnagar district on Monday.
Dubbing the YSRCP as Gunda Party, Medak MP and TRS leader Vijayashanthi has said that the Telangana region would go into the clutches of Gundas if people failed to obstruct the party of goons.
Speaking to the media at Telangana Bhavan here on Monday, Vijayashanthi has alleged that it was shameful on the part of the State government and Congress, who she said had extended full support to the Gunda party during Y S Vijayamma’s visit to Sircilla.
She has charged the police with entering the Telangana Bhavan her party’s headquarters and attacking TRS activists like ‘Gundas’.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Floor leader Etela Rajendar has alleged the police had raided the Telangana Bhavan in support of the Cheneta Diksha of the YSR Congress Party’s honorary president YS Vijayamm’s on Monday.
He has alleged that the police had attacked students and lobbed tear gas shells into the office. He has charged that ‘Kadapa Goons’ had attacked TRS workers, students and women. He had asked that why Vijayamma did undertake the programme when there was so much tension in the region.
–Agencies
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea that sought a CBI probe against Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for allegedly benefiting several companies during his tenure as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister from 1996 to 2004.
The apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla declined to interfere with the state high court order which earlier rejected Y.S. Vijaya’s plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
A fire broke out in Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda here in early hours on Monday.
Due to catching fire to crickets kits in the stadium, flames were engulfed from the stadium. After receiving information on fire accident, the police and fire fighters immediately rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
–Agencies
Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Monday demanded those political leaders, who visit Telgangana region with political motives, to first make their stand clear on the Telangana statehood issue.
The Economic Offences Court in Nampally on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathy for violation of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.
According to Enforcement Directorate, the Minister violated FERA Rules and did not pay the amount for importing machinery from abroad during his tenure as Managing Director of KPR Tele Products Limited in 2002. For violating the rules, the Enforcement Directorate has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakhs on Parthasarathy.