Shashank Chief Secretary Dr Rajiv Sharma today directed the officials to make fool proof arrangements for President Pranab Mukherjee visit to State from June 29 to July 8.
During a high level review meeting with officials of all key departments at Secretariat here he asked them to make all security arrangements and setting up of cc cameras in Rashtrapathi Nilayam at Bollarum in Secunderabad.
Former MP Sarve Satyanarayana of Congress has said his party had lost last election in Telangana State because of internecine feuds in the party for Chief Minister post.
Addressing the constituency level meeting held at Greater Hyderabad Congress Party office here on Tuesday, Sarve said Congress MPs had brought about the Telangana State by touching the feet of other party leaders in Parliament but failed to encash the credit of achieving the separate State.
Congress leader and former MP Vijayashanthi opined that implementation of Section-8 is nothing but provocation of differences between the two Telugu States.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Vijayashanthi warned the NDA government that ther will be another movement if the Centre implemented Section-8 in Hyderabad City. (NSS)
Former deputy chief minister Damodara Rajanarasimha has asked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao whether Bangaru Telangana State was possible only if his daughter Kavitha becomes a Union minister.
Telangana Political JAC chairman Prof. Kodandaram has said the people of Telangana would not keep quiet if the Andhra leaders tried to dominate the Telangana in the name of Section-8.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Prof. Kodandaram said the purview of Section-8 was very less and the Governor has to take the opinion of Telangana government at every step. (NSS)
US President Barack Obama’s popularity has soared in India following his participation in the Republic Day celebrations this year, latest Pew Research said today.
“About three-in-four Indians (74 per cent) now express confidence in Obama, compared with 48 per cent a year ago,” Pew Research said releasing the result of its latest survey on America’s popularity ratings in major countries across the globe.
“Overall, ratings for the US remain mostly positive, with a global median of 69 per cent expressing a favorable opinion of the country,” it said.
The world’s largest aerospace company Boeing Corp. has elected Dennis A. Muilenburg as its new chief executive officer (CEO), the company said here.
Muilenburg, 51, will succeed W.James McNerney as the new CEO as from July 1. McNerney continues as the chairman of the board, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
Muilenburg has served as Boeing president and chief operating officer since 2013, and is a 30-year Boeing veteran.
Boeing is a leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defence, space systems.
Over 20,000 resident doctors, who were on strike over a slew of reforms, late Tuesday called off their strike after a meeting with the union health ministry officials.
The doctors will resume their duties from Wednesday morning.
“We have called off the strike as we have been given proper time-frame within which the government will fulfil all our demands,” Pankaj Solanki, Presdent of the Federation Of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) told IANS.
FORDA is an association of doctors of 25 Delhi-based government hospitals.
A 28-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Shamshabad police limits.
The body of M Mahesh, a driver, who had left his home in Gachibowli for work on Monday morning, was found near ORR Toll Gate of Kishanguda Flyover on Monday evening. Shamshabad police began investigation after registering a case of suspicious death under Section 174. (INN)
A 38-year-old woman died of grievous injuries which she sustained after getting hit by a auto-trolley.
The deceased, A Alivelu, was hit by the auto-trolley near her residence in Vanasthalipuram on Monday night while she was crossing the road. She was immediately rushed to the Osmania General Hospital where she was declared brought dead.
A 35-year-old woman succumbed to the burn injuries which she had sustained after setting herself ablaze.
According to Gachibowli police, the deceased, Y Yellam, took the extreme step on June 13 at her residence in Chinna Anjaiah Nagar. She was admitted to Gandhi Hospital for treatment where she died on Monday night. Ill-health is suspected to have driven her to suicide. (INN)
A 70-year-old woman died of injuries which she suffered after falling from height.
The victim, K Niranjan Bai, sustained a grievous head injury after she slipped down from the stairs of the first floor of her house in Basheerabagh on June 18. She was admitted to Gandhi Hospital where she succumbed on Monday night, Narayanaguda police said. (INN)
A 45-year-old software engineer died after falling down from a running train.
According to Nampally Railway Police, the deceased, S Murali Krishna, fell down from a running train at Khairtabad Railway Station on Monday evening. He died on the spot. He was a resident of Shaikpet. (INN)
A 20-year-old woman, who had attempted suicide allegedly due to dowry harassment, died at a hospital.
According to Mominpet police, the victim, K Vinoda, had attempted to kill herself by hanging to the ceiling at her residence in Mominpet in Ranga Reddy district on June 17. She was admitted to Gandhi Hospital where she died on Monday night. Enquiries by the police revealed that Vinoda was married to one Ramulu about four years ago. She was allegedly being harassed by Ramulu and his relatives for additional dowry which drove Vinoda to suicide.
In a high-level meeting with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today, Japan’s Softbank Corp. founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Masayoshi Son said they are interest to collaborate with the Government of Andhra Pradesh in renewable energy.
Nikesh Arora, president of Japan’s SoftBank Corp. and Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises too were present in the meeting.
Given that Andhra Pradesh has a long coastline, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stressed on building a strong inland waterway system linking the ports to national highways in order to develop the state as a logistics hub for Southeast Asia.
Following up a meeting on Energy, Investments and Infrastructure on Monday, the Chief Minister held a review meeting on Maritime Concept Master Plan at his residence today.
In view of holy month of Ramadan, the Hyderabad City Police conducted a coordination meeting with other departments like GHMC, TS Transco, Hyderabad Metro Water Works and Sewerage Board, Fire services, etc., involving the Masjid Committee Presidents / Pash Imams at Salarjung Museum on Tuesday to know the problems being faced at in and surroundings of Masjids during prayer timings in this holy month.
Following assurance given by GHMC Commissioner and Special Officer Somesh Kumar, the employees of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation have postponed the indefinite strike which they proposed to undertake from 25th June.
Deputy CLP leader in Assembly T Jeevan Reddy has alleged that it was due to the delaying tactics of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao that Andhra Pradesh Government succeeded in convincing the Centre to invoke Section 8 of AP Reorganisation Act.
A 30-year-old man was murdered allegedly by his wife and paramour in Nacharam police limits.
According to police, the victim, K Krishna, a supervisor in a private engineering company, was killed allegedly by his wife Bhagyasri and her paramour Rajasekhar on Sunday night at his residence in Nagalaxmi Nagar near Mallapur. Krishna and Bhagyasri were married about eight years ago and had two children. Enquiries by the police revealed that Bhagyasri was having an affair with Rajasekhar before she got married. The illicit relationship continued even after the marriage.
The Custom Department officials have seized 55 kilogram of gold from as many as 70 passengers who arrived at the Vizakhapatnam airport from Sunday evening to Monday morning.
According to sources, the Custom officials have seized gold from passengers who travelled from Air Asia’s flight that arrived from Malaysia on Sunday. Similarly, gold was also seized from passengers of Silk Airways which arrived from Singapore and Air India flights that came from Dubai. Further investigations are one. (INN)
A 35-year-old carpenter was electrocuted to death at his residence in Aditya Nagar of Hafizpet.
According to Miyapur police, the deceased, Shaik Waheed, got electrocuted while he was trying to put some wet clothes on a wire. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. (INN)
A 45-year-old man died on the spot after he was hit by a train between Lingampally and Chanda Nagar railway stations.
The incident occurred on Sunday evening. The Nampally Railway Police later identified the deceased as G Prakash, a native of West Godavari.
In another case, K Jangaiah, 60, of Chevella, died on the spot when he was hit by a train between Vidyanagar and Kachiguda railway stations on Sunday night, according to the Kachiguda Railway Police. (INN)
Heeding to the request of Members of the State Advisory Committee (SAC) constituted for advising the AP Electricity Regulator Commission in its functioning and major policy decisions, the APERC has decided to suggest the Parliamentary Committee on amendment of Electricity Act 2003, to include the provisions with regard to safety aspects and compensation payable in case of electrical accidents in the purview of the standards of performance of the utilities, so as to enable the APERC to issue regulations and guidelines.
Due to heavy rains and water logging in Mumbai, three trains have been cancelled while two other were re-scheduled.
According to the South Central Railway, the Tr. No. 11041 CST Mumbai- Chennai Express of 22nd June, Tr. No. 12976 Jaipur-Mysore Express on June 24 and Tr.No.11401 CST Mumbai-Nagpur Nandigram Express scheduled on Monday have been cancelled.