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The Education Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have agreed to constitute an eight member committee which would facilitate IT infrastructure, data sharing, manpower and venue to hold counselling for AP EAMCET on June 12.

The decision to constitute the committee was taken during the meeting of Telangana Deputy Chief Minister (Education) Kadiyam Srihari and his AP counterpart Ganta Srinivasa Rao at the State Secretariat here on Tuesday. Prior to this, both called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan who advised them to resolve contentious issues amicably.

The government announced today that all children traveling in Nepal will need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian to prevent the trafficking of young people who lost their homes in the country’s powerful earthquakes.

The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare said the ban is aimed at protecting homeless children who are living in tent camps where there are large numbers of people.

The Telangana Cabinet on Tuesday gave nod to setting up of a new power plant in the State.

During the three-hour long meeting chaired by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, the State Cabinet gave nod to the MoU signed between the State Government and BHEL over setting up of new power plant. The cabinet also approved the policy for generation of solar power in the State.

The Telangana State Cabinet meeting will be held at the State Secretariat on Tuesday at 4 PM.

The meeting, to be chaired by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is likely to discuss several important issues including week-long celebrations of Telangana Formation from June 2. The Chief Minister is also likely to take cabinet’s nod for several welfare schemes which he proposes to unveil on the State Formation Day. The cabinet is also likely to decide on filling up of thousands of vacancies in various departments besides giving its nod to regularisation of contract employees.

Hyderabad has emerged as one of the leading metros in India for MICE destinations, according to the latest International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) annual ratings.

District Additional Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepthi has lamented that the incident of a father raping and killing his own daughter was really disheartening.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Deepthi expressed shock stating that nobody would expect that a father will commit such a heinous crime. “It is an inhuman action and I have no words to speak on it”, ASP bemoaned.

At least 145 people died due to intense heat wave in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since yesterday, raising to 368 the death toll in the blistering weather conditions which continued in many parts of the country today, including national capital Delhi.

In Delhi, the day temperature was recorded at 44.5 degree celsius, the same as yesterday, which is five notches above normal.

In Andhra Pradesh, 87 deaths were reported since yesterday, taking the toll to 182. The death toll in the state yesterday stood at 95.

Saudi Arabia’s king today vowed to punish those responsible for a rare suicide bombing that killed 21 people at a Shiite mosque in the country’s east, calling it a “heinous terrorist attack” that runs against Islamic and human values.

King Salman made the pledge hours after the Interior Ministry confirmed that Friday’s attack in the village of al-Qudeeh in the eastern Qatif region was the work of an Islamic State militant, backing up an earlier claim of responsibility by the group.

Union minister for Civil aviation Ashok Gajapatiraju has said that the recommendation of the 14th finance commission is responsible for not taking a decision to accord special status to Andhra Pradesh.
The centre is not able to take a decision on special status to AP due to some technical problems, the minister said.

As a follow up of Swatch Hyderabad program, the state government today taken up few works related to civic amenities, drinking water and removal of high tension wires at NBT Nagar in Banjara Hills area.

In a drive against drunken driving, the police have registered cases against 58 persons in Twin Cities.
On Sunday, the police conducted the drive at six chowrasthas in Jubilee Hills—Road number 45, 10, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Apollo and other places. The police detained many boozers in the drive. They registered cases on 58 members and seized 58 vehicles including 30 cars and 28 two wheelers. The police informed that they will give counseling and produce the offenders in the Court on Monday. (NSS)

One person died and eight others received injuries when a tree banyan tree(marri chettu) fell on the car in which they were traveling on Sunday.

According to local people, a huge tree suddenly fell on the Tavera car, which was proceeding towards Hyderabad from Vikarabad at Kesaram Gate in Chevella mandal in Rangareddy district. A person, who was in the car, died on the spot and eight persons received injuries. The local people shifted the victims to Chevella Hospital for treatment. Traffic was jammed for two kilometers as the tree fell on the road. (NSS)

Congress leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy today lambasted at Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for playing gimmicks in politics.

Telangana Rashtra Munnurukapu Mahasabha has demanded for political reservations in Legislature, State Ministry, M P, MLA, MLC and other statutory bodies for them in proportion to their population in the State.
At the General body meeting of the Mahasabha held here today, a resolution has been passed to this effect. The Munnurukapus constitute about 20 per cent of the State’s population. Mr Kashetti Anand Kumar, who has been elected as new President, chaired the meeting, which was attended by more than 2000 members from the ten Districts of the Telangana State.

Congress leader and former Minister DK Aruna today predicted that her party will win majority of the seats in MLC elections to be voted by MLAs.

The Intermediate Advance Supplementary exams will be held across the Telangana State from Monday onwards.

A total of 487,838 intermediate students will appear for the supplementary exams who include 314,505 of Ist year and 173,331 of second year. These students are from 837 junior colleges, including 357 government colleges. The supplementary exams, beginning from Monday, till conclude on June 1.

While the inter first year supplementary exams will be held from 9 AM to 12 noon, the second year exams will be conducted from 2.30 PM to 5.30 PM. (INN)

The heat wave conditions have claimed at least 102 lives in the Telugu States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.

Following successful talks with Telangana Health Minister Dr C Lakshma Reddy, the employees of 108 Ambulance Service ended their strike on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely and her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu for their greetings on her assuming office for the fifth time.

“I thank you for your congratulations and good wishes on my being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time. I convey my best wishes to you,” she said in letters to Modi and Jaitely, according to an official release.

The AAP-led Delhi government today completed 100 days in office, a period marked by its ongoing bitter tussle with the Lt Governor, a split in the party and implementation of a slew of its electoral promises, including slashing power tariff by 50 per cent and providing free water of up to 20,000 litres per month.

The government also relaunched the ‘1031’ anti-corruption helpline, where people can lodge complaints against officials, to weed out graft and achieve its stated objective of making Delhi the country’s first graft-free state.

Rahul Gandhi preferred silence during the UPA regime as speaking his mind would have meant either being critical of the Prime Minister or his mother, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said and termed as “amazing transformation” the Congress vice president’s approach after his 56-day sabbatical.

“The Rahul who left is not the Rahul who has came back,” Omar said on Rahul aggressively taking on the Modi government.

Rajya Sabha Member and Senior TRS leader Dr K Keshav Rao has assured the office-bearers of Telangana Grama Panchayati Ward Members’ Forum that he would take up with the Chief Minister and the Minister concerned the issue relating to payment of honorarium to the Ward Members.
Forum State President Bandari Mallesham General Secretary R Suman, Vice-President B Swamy and other leaders met Dr Rao and represented their issues to him. Dr Keshav Rao advised the ward members to work effectively in ensuring that the benefits of various Government programmes reached the people properly. (NSS)

TRS leader K Ravindra Rao today assumed office as Chairman of Telangana State Cooperative Bank (TESCOB) here.

Will Telangana Chief Minister and TRS Supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s gamble in deciding to field a fifth party nominee for the current MLC elections under the MLA quota pay off ?.

This question has assumed importance and is being debated in political circles after KCR stuck to his guns and went ahead in fielding a fifth candidate despite the fact that the ruling TRS can comfortably win only four of the six seats for which polling is scheduled to take place on June 1.

Governor ESL Narasimhan today attended a “Mass Marriage” in which 102 couples tied the knots at a program conducted by MLA M Janardhan Reddy at MJR Trust Function Hall at Nagarkurnool in Mahabubnagar district. Finance Minister E Rajender, MP Jithender Reddy, MLAs Srinivas Goud, A Venkateshwar Reddy, Anjaiah and other leaders attended the event.