Month: July 2010

Hyderabad, July 24: Giving a shock to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, the Election Commission today voiced displeasure over his explanation on his remarks during the byelection campaign recently.

The poll panel had issued a showcause notice to Chandrasekhar Rao for stating that Telangana would become an inferno after December 31 this year if bifurcation of the State did not happen.

In its statement, the commission said the explanation given by Chandrasekhar Rao was not satisfactory.

Hyderabad, July 24: Andhra Pradesh tops the country in attracting tourists from across the country for the last 14 years, Andhra Pradesh tourism secretary Jayesh Ranjan has said.

“Tourism industry in the state has developed by 16 per cent last year, with 129 million tourists (including 88 million to Tirupati) visiting the state whereas Madhya Pradesh stood second with 114 million tourists,’’ he added.

Vishakapatnam, July 24: The identity of the five who threw a passenger out of an auto resulting in his death yesterday night is still unclear, but two people who were there in the auto when the incident occurred, one a friend of the victim and the other a relative, claimed that they were Naval personnel.

Hyderabad, July 24: After the TDP and the CPI created an uproar in the recent monsoon session of the Assembly over the leasing out of 1.4 lakh acres in tribal areas of Khammam district to the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) allegedly to favour Rakshana Steels, which is reportedly controlled by the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s son-inlaw Bro Anil Kumar, Chief Minister K Rosaiah, in fact, wanted to order a judicial probe but his Council of Ministers vetoed the proposal.

Hyderabad, July 24: The multi-crore mining project in Khammam district, in which family members of the late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy allegedly have a vested interest, has been halted.

The Government of India has kept in abeyance a notification issued earlier reserving 1.40 lakh acres in Bayyaram, Garla and Nelakondapalli mandals in Khammam district in favour of the AP Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) for mining.

Hyderabad, July 24: The all-party preparatory meet on the Babli project today decided to seek a legislation to protect the interests of lower riparian states in the wake of Maharashtra’s refusal to stop construction of Babli and other projects on the Godavari river.

Hyderabad, July 24: After the incident of Parkwood International School director Mohammed Salahuddin Ayub allegedly raping a class XI student came to light, an auto-rickshaw driver is alleged to have raped an LKG student under the Falaknuma police limits.

Hyderabad, July 24: Election Commission today expressed strong displeasure over the “provocative” statements made by TRS President K Chandrasekhara Rao during the campaign for the July 27 by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana.

“The EC was not satisfied with his explanation regarding these statements and is of the view that he, as a responsible political leader, should not have made such statements in public, which can aggravate existing differences between different sections of the society,” Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer I V Subba Rao told reporters here.

Nizmambad, July 24: Telangana Rashtra Samithi Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has vowed to continue the struggle till the long-cherished dream of the people for statehood was realised.

Today, unmindful of the intermittent drizzle, he went around Nizamabad city campaigning for BJP candidate Lakshminarayana.

Addressing several meetings during his roadshow, he targeted the APCC president in typical Telangana idiom. He said after the byelections DS would be ready to shut down shop (dukanam bandh) whereas he (Chandrasekhar Rao) would keep going till T State was formed.

Hyderabad, July 24: Election authorities in Andhra Pradesh would provide 3G mobile phones to polling officers to obtain quick video footage on polling pattern during the July 27 by-elections of 12 Assembly constituencies in Telangana region.

“For providing us information on poll percentage, and whether polling is going on smoothly or not, we are appointing 320 zonal officers and 320 route officers. We will do video surveillance in Warangal and Nizamabad and for that 3G cell phones would be provided to zonal officers,” State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) I V Subba Rao told reporters.

Hyderabad, July 24: Political parties in Andhra Pradesh on Friday unanimously resolved to request Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to find an “appropriate, quick and permanent” solution to river water sharing dispute with upper riparian states Karnataka and Maharashtra.

“As a lower riparian state Andhra Pradesh is being deprived of its rightful share of river waters, as the upper riparian states Karnataka and Maharashtra have been constructing illegal irrigation projects on rivers Krishna and Godavari respectively,” they said.

Hyderabad, July 24: Election Commission today expressed strong displeasure over the “provocative” statements made by TRS President K Chandrasekhara Rao during the campaign for the July 27 by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana.

“The EC was not satisfied with his explanation regarding these statements and is of the view that he, as a responsible political leader, should not have made such statements in public, which can aggravate existing differences between different sections of the society,” Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer I V Subba Rao told reporters here.