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Telangana State government today conducted former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao’s 94th birth anniversary celebrations in a grand manner at PV Gnan Bhumi on Necklace Road here.

An 18-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze in Kanchanbagh police limits.

The deceased, Sana Fatima, resorted to the extreme step on June 23 and died at the Osmania General Hospital on Saturday. She had love marriage with one Md Khursheed, an auto-driver, about eight months. Khursheed had an argument with his wife when she met her mother on June 23. Upset with the behaviour of her husband, she resorted to the extreme step. Police have registered a case under Section 306 against Khursheed for abetting Sana to suicide.

A 23-year-old youth died of injuries which he sustained when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a car.

The deceased, Y Raju, a student, met with the accident near his residence in Gatkesar on Friday evening. He was admitted to a private hospital where he died on Saturday, according to Ghatkesar police. (INN)

A 38-year-old labourer died falling into a water sump in Chanda Nagar police limits.

The deceased, A Raju, was cleaning the water sump at a house near his residence in Papireddy Nagar on Friday. He accidentally fell into the sump and was drowned. (INN)

A 17-year-old girl committed suicide following her failure to clear the intermediate supplementary exams.

The deceased, V Rashmi, resorted to the extreme step by hanging to the ceiling at her residence in Pet Basheerabad on Friday night. She was upset as she could not clear her intermediate supplementary exams, whose results were announced on Friday morning.

Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari said that the State Government would spend Rs. 163 crore for renovation and re-construction of 23 Govt Polytechnic buildings across Telangana State.

Kuwait today identified the suicide bomber behind an attack on a Shiite mosque as a Saudi national, after a series of arrests in connection with the blast that left 26 dead.

Friday’s attack also wounded 227 worshippers in the first bombing of a mosque in the tiny Gulf state, and Kuwait’s security services have vowed to catch and punish those responsible.

The Islamic State group’s Saudi affiliate, the so-called Najd Province, claimed the bombing and identified the assailant as Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stopped tall left-arm pacer Muhammad Irfan from competing in the ongoing Ramazan Twenty20 events so that he faces no fitness issues ahead of team selection for the ODI series in Sri Lanka.

“He is under consideration for the five ODIs and T20 matches in Sri Lanka and he has just recovered from a serious injury after nearly three and half months. We have called him to report at the national cricket academy to keep him under watch before the team is announced,” Chief selector Haroon Rasheed said.

Talks between Iran and major powers on finalising a historic nuclear deal will go beyond the June 30 deadline, a spokesman for the Iranian delegation in talks in Vienna said today.

“Because there is still lots of work to do the delegations will remain beyond Tir 10 (July 1) to continue the negotiations and reach a good overall deal,” the spokesman said.

“At the same time there is no desire or discussion yet on a long-term extension,” he said.

Officials have said that the deadline may be missed by a few days but until now no officials have confirmed that it will.

Twenty six people died today of high temperatures in Pakistan’s Karachi, taking the death toll to around 1,300 as residents grappled with the week-long heatwave that has crippled life and overwhelmed the healthcare system.

Weather experts forecast the temperatures, which have been as high as 45 degrees Celsius in the past week, are again likely to soar in the next few days in Karachi, the country’s biggest city and the financial capital.

The real meaning of ‘jihad’ was not harming others, but to use “constructive emotion” to combat destructive emotions, the Dalai Lama today said as he used his appearance at famed Glastonbury music festival to describe Islamic State’s violence as “unthinkable”.

In a 30-minute speech before hundreds of rain-soaked campers, the Tibetan spiritual leader stressed the importance of the oneness of the planet’s seven billion people, and made a rare comment on the conflict in the Middle East and days after the Islamic State militants launched terror attacks in Kuwait and Tunisia.

A cultural row in Iran over concerts being cancelled was reignited today when the country’s judiciary chief appeared to criticise President Hassan Rouhani’s liberal remarks on the subject.

Music and other public performances are a sensitive matter in the Islamic republic given concerns among religious conservatives about creeping “Westernisation”. But there is a desire from other groups, particularly younger citizens, for greater artistic freedom.

Permissions are tightly controlled by the culture ministry but even officially approved events have recently been halted at short notice.

Andhra Pradesh HRD Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao on Sunday declared the results of intermediate second year supplementary examinations.

Ganta informed that the 44.20% candidates have cleared the intermediate second year supplementary examinations. While the pass percentage of girls was 45.43%, it was 43.37% for boys. He said that the cumulative pass percentage of regular and supplementary candidates has increased to 84.95%. The candidates can apply for re-correction till July 6.

President of India Pranab Mukherjee will visit the Rashtrapati Nilayam, Secunderabad for a 10-day Southern sojourn from June 29 – July 8.

During his Southern sojourn, the President will visit Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on July 1.

On July 3, the President will receive first copy of the book ‘Uniki’ written by Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). He will also inaugurate a ‘Nakshatra Vatika’ at Rashtrapati Nilayam, Bolarum on July 6. (INN)

AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh has asked Congress workers to take the forthcoming GHMC elections as a challenge and win them.

TRS MP B Vinod Kumar on Sunday announced that the Telangana Government would include a chapter in the school syllabus on the life and achievements of former Prime Minister late PV Narasimha Rao.

TPCC former president Ponnala Lakshmaiah has strongly condemned Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for not attending the official ceremony of 94th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao.

Despite formation of separate State of Telangana, some forces from Andhra are trying to stall the development of new State.

Cleaning up the environs of the Ameenpur Lake, near Ramachandrapuram, in the western suburbs of the city, gathered pace on Sunday when nearly 200 volunteers picked up plastic bags and other trash strewn on the lake shore and shallow water areas as part of their initiative to restore the lake to its pristine Nature.

The Osmania University NSUI students staged a protest outside the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s residence here on Saturday demanding the immediate implementation of KG to PG education policy. The NSUI has given a call to observe junior colleges bandh on Saturday.

The students clashed with the police when they tried to barge into the chief minister’s house during the protest. Mild tension prevailed in front of CM’s house before the students were taken into custody.

Telangana home and labor minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy today said TRS government was taking all possible measures for the welfare of labors in the state.

The Telangana Government would celebrate the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao here on June 28. The TRS government had celebrated late Congress stalwart’s birth anniversary last year too, soon after formation of the new state. Narasimha Rao was born in Karimnagar district, on June 28, 1921. The official function would be held at ‘P V Gyan Bhoomi’ on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake on Necklace Road, a government release said.

Brushing aside demands of Andhra ministers that Hyderabad be made as an union territory if section-8 is not implemented, Telangana deputy chief minister Kadiyam Srihari said they have no rights to demand this.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s future would be decided after receiving notice in connection with cash for vote case, Kadiyam said and alleged that Chandrababu and his coterie have raised the issue of section-8 only to escape from cash for vote case.

An Autobiography of Dr. B. Sathaiah, former Librarian, OU, titled “Memories of my Life” was released at OU Library here.

Prof. R. Nageshwar Rao, Director, Directorate of Academic Audit, OU attended as the chief guest and Prof. V. Vishwa Mohan, Professor of Library & Information Science, OU presided over the function.

In an effort to portray Andhra Pradesh as a global tourism destination, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department Principal Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad took part n BITE 2015-16 in China.
During his visit, Prasad had meetings with the Buddhist Association of China which has expressed deep interest in visiting Amaravati, Nagarjuna Konda and other Buddhist Sites in Andhra Pradesh.