Shashank Two devotees reportedly washed away in the river Godavari at temple town Bhadrachalam in Khammam district on Sunday morning.
According to reports, some 40 persons from Reddigudem village under Nuzvid mandal of Krishna district arrived in Bhadrachalam town to have a darshan of Lord Srirama. While all of them were bathing in the river, Variboyina Vaddilu, 30, and Maralaballi Gopi, 18, washed away in the river.
Stating that Telangana Finance Minister Eatala Rajendar, who was injured in a road accident in Karimnagar district on Saturday was hale and healthy, the doctors of Yashoda hospital at Secunderabad said the minister suffered no injuries. They requested ruling party workers, admirers and others not to visit the hospital and disturb him as he needed complete rest for two days.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has set up 81 teams to tackle rain related problems during the rainy season.
The action plan, including removal of silt from nalas and drains to prevent stagnation of rain water in localities, is being implemented on a war-footing, GHMC special commissioner Somesh Kumar has said. He directed the officials to keep him informed about day-to-day works of the action plan.
A large number of people, including IT professionals, turned up at Raahgiri on Sunday and pledged their support to blood donation.
BloodConnect, a youth-run organization conduced awareness session on the occasion of International Blood Donation Day today at Raahgiri at Biodiversity Park at Gachibowli. Some 2,000 people attended the camp. (NSS)
Telangana Industries Minister Jupally Krishna Rao will be embarking on a six-day American tour from June 15, according to information.
CPI National Council secretary Dr K. Narayana has written to Governor E.S.L. Narsimhan seeking his intervention to help seed growing farmers and see that both the Telugu State governments implead in courts so that justice would be done to the farming community.
Qiao Shi, a senior Communist Party official and former chairman of China’s legislature, has passed away at the age of 91 in Beijing.
Qiao succumbed to an unspecified illness, for which he was being treated, on Sunday morning, reported Fox News.
He was a member of China’s Politburo Standing Committee for a decade since 1987 and also served as the chairman of the country’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress, from 1993 to 1998. (ANI)
Retaliating to Nitish Kumar’s barbs on BJP and party president Amit Shah over Yoga Day celebrations, the Bharatiya Janata Party today termed the chief minister’s remark as “inappropriate” saying it was an outcome of his “shallow mindset”.
“The Bihar Chief Minister has made an inappropriate remark against BJP chief Amit Shah to showcase his shallow mindset,” former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said in a statement.
Kumar had yesterday attacked the BJP for seeking cheap publicity in promotion of the International Yoga Day and advised Shah to do regular yoga to stay fit.
Accusing the Union government of not taking “stern action” against pro-Pakistani separatists, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Pravin Togadia today said those who hoist Pakistani flags in Kashmir must be “shot”.
“The way Pakistani flags are being hoisted in Kashmir is a matter of concern and now it is necessary to shoot people in their chest if they shout slogans in favour of Pakistan and hoist Pakistani flags,” Togadia told reporters in Kutch district.
Four Indian languages including Hindi can be chosen while appearing for driving tests here in the UAE from September.
Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Chinese, Russian and Persian languages can be opted by aspiring drivers besides the three existing languages for both theory tests as well as eight mandatory lectures.
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), which currently conducts tests in three languages – English, Urdu and Arabic, will offer knowledge tests and lectures in seven more languages from September.
Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao has reiterated that that the Telangana Government would complete Palamuru Lift Irrigation and Dindi Irrigation projects on war footing basis.
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday announced that it would never ally with the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) in the next GHMC polls or any other election in future.
YSR Congress Party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu on Sunday demanded that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu admit his mistake in the ‘Cash for Vote’ case.
Due to attending leakage on 600 mm dia Offtake to Asifnagar at Laxminagar on 1200mm dia pumping main from Mailardevpally to Prashasnnagar of Ring Main.II of Krishna Phase-II, there will be delayed and short water supplies in some areas on Monday.
Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday said that the Janata Parivar has made the work of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) easier by electing Nitish Kumar as their chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming state assembly polls.
“We are ready to give unconditional support to the BJP. We will take a decision on June 26 over the places we are going to contest the polls from. They (Janata Parivar) have made our work easier by electing Nitish Kumar as their chief ministerial candidate,” said Manjhi.
Former foreign secretary Salman Haider on Sunday said that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s ‘humanitarian’ aid to former IPL chairman Lalit Modi with the travel documents was ‘quite normal’.
“There’s a humanitarian issue involved. If the individual concerned needed to be with his spouse at a time when she was undergoing a serious medical problem then I don’t see why anyone should regard that as offensive, I would regard that as quite normal,” Haider told ANI here.
Three weeks after over 20 houses were demolished and burnt over a disputed shrine in Atali village of Haryana’s Ballabgarh district, the police is yet to make any arrest in the case.
The DSP of Tigaon, Vishnu Dayal, said that FIR has been lodged against 62 to 70 people in connection with this case.
“We are waiting for the situation to become calmer to make any arrests in the case,” he added.
Atali, 12 kms from Ballabgarh, resembles a fortress with police teams and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel guarding each and every alley of the village.
Responding to the allegations levelled by BSP supremo Mayawati on Centre and UP government, BJP and SP today hit out at her saying that she should first remember scams during her own regime.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi government does not need a certificate from those who looted public money by constructing memorials and installing statues in their name as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister,” BJP state president Laxmi Kant Bajpai alleged in a statement issued here.
He said that the BSP supremo has probably forgotten that the achievements of their party during Lok Sabha was zero.
One of the five persons, who were injured in an explosion at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) premises in Kanchanbagh area on Saturday, died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at Apollo DRDO Hospital.
The deceased, Naveen Goud, succumbed to the burn injuries on Sunday morning. He had suffered 90% burns. He was a casual employee of BDL.
The blast occurred on Saturday in BDL, a defence PSU, when a small quantity of “waste explosives” went off while being disposed of. (INN)
TDP senior leader Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy has accused Governor ESL Narasimhan of acting in a partisan manner.
Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Somireddy alleged that the Governor has remained silent on the ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘non-democratic’ decisions of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. He pointed out that the High Court has objected and set aside more than 10 major decisions taken by the TRS Government. However, the Governor did not question KCR on any of his decisions.
A 30-member team, led by Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali, on Sunday evening left for New Delhi on a study tour.
The team, comprising of Transport Minister Mahender Reddy and other legislators from Greater Hyderabad and senior officials of GHMC, HMWSSB and other departments, will visit New Delhi on Monday while it will go to Nagpur on Tuesday. During the visit, the team members will study the lifting of garbage in Delhi and Nagpur and will also visit a power plant at Jahangirpur in Delhi where electricity is being generated using garbage.
Finance Minister Eatala Rajender, who was injured in a car accident near Karimnagar on Saturday, is now hale and healthy.
According to the doctors at Yashoda Hospital, where the minister was shifted from Karimnagar, said that Eatala’s condition is completely stable. However, they advised him rest for two more days. Therefore, the minister is expected to be discharged on Wednesday. The doctors have also advised the TRS workers not to visit the hospital and disturb him.
Left frustrated by rain interruptions which scuttled the chance of an outright result against Bangladesh in the one-off Test here, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli today said it is not a bad idea to have reserve days for the longer-format games as well.
More than 250 overs were lost owing to frequent rain during the match which ended in a draw here today and Kohli said like in the case of ODIs, the concept of reserve days can be given a try in Tests.
India’s junior female hockey players were in for a surprise today as the country’s ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni met them during a practice session at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here.
While Dhoni was here for a personal training session ahead of the Indian cricket team’s ODI matches in Bangladesh, the junior hockey players have assembled here for a camp, which began on May 31 and will continue till July 11.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his greetings to the people of Odisha on Raja Parba.
“Greetings to the people of Odisha on the occasion of Raja Parba. May this festival bring happiness and prosperity in everyone’s life,” he tweeted.
Raja Parba is a four-day-long festival and the second day signifies beginning of the solar month of Mithuna.