Hyderabad, January 29: After the turn of Praja Rajyam Party, now it is the turn of former Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy to agitate on Polavaram Irrigation Project.
Talking to media persons, former minister and staunch loyalist of Jagan, Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose said Mr Jaganmohan Reddy will begin his Polavaram Padayatra at Ravulapalem in East Godavari district. The three-day rally will begin on February 7.
Hyderabad, January 29: Telugu Yuvata, the youth wing of the Telugu Desam party, has alleged that the US police have tortured students from Andhra Pradesh who were cheated by the Tri-Valley University by giving visas illegally.
Hyderabad, January 29: The fifth day of Racha Banda also took a violent turn with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi supporters taking their opposition to the streets on Friday.
In Nalgonda district, 16 vehicles were damaged and a DSP was hurt in the stone-pelting though the police was in full force. Similarly, in Warangal district TRS men made their presence felt despite
police forces deployed.
In Devarkonda, Nalgonda district, the TRS violence was stepped up in such a way that police had resorted to bursting tear gas shells to disperse the angry mobs.
Hyderabad, January 29: Tollywood hero Ravi Teja’s brother Bharat has apologized to the media for being rude towards them.
Talking to the media at a press conference called by him on Thursday evening, Bharat said he would not again be rude with the mediapersons. He said that he has great respect for the media.
Bharat, who went to the police station in connection with the drug case, scolded mediapersons who tried to talk to him.
As his rude behaviour was talked about in the industry, he hurriedly called a press conference to apologize to the media.
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Hyderabad, January 29: The state government has plans to digitalise the scripts or other ancient records to spread across the importance of the ‘message’ to the people.
Efforts are on to secure, preserve and then disseminate that valuable information for the benefit of the people, particularly the local and foreign scholars.
“Preservation of priceless manuscripts by digitalisation them is one of our efforts to pay tributes to those who had tirelessly worked to impart the ‘knowledge’, Minister for Archives and Tourism Vatti Vasanth Kumar told media persons at the Secretariat on Friday.
Warangal, January 29: Some 20 TRS workers were arrested when they tried to obstruct the Minister for Backward Classes, Mr Baswaraju Saraiah, when he went to Rangasaipet to participate in the ‘Rachchabanda’ programme.
Tension prevailed for a while when Congress workers entered into a heated argument with the TRS men.
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Warangal, January 29: Demanding introduction of Telangana bill in the Budget Session of Parliament, the Post Graduate students of colleges affiliated to Kakatiya University on Friday boycotted the PG exams and took out a massive rally in the univarsity.
Raising `Jai Telangana’ slogans, the students boycotted the examinations at colleges located in all four districts under Kakatiya University.
Mantralayam (Kurnool), January 29: An employee of the State Secretariat committed suicide here on Thursday. He was found to have committed suicide by hanging.
According to the information, the deceased Seshaiah, 26, who was working as ASO in the Home Department, has written in his suicide note that he was ending his life as he was unable to withstand the pressure of his work.
Rajahmundry, January 29: Three persons were killed on the spot and five other sustained injuries when a lorry plunged into the River Godavar in East Godavari district in the wee hours of Friday.
The driver, who lost control on his vehicle, jumped into River Godavari near Jonnada bridge in East Godavari on the wee hours of Friday.
According to police Jonnada SI P Venugopal, the victims have been identified as Namadi Dorlaiah (45) and P Venkataramana (27) hailing from Vanapalli in Kothakota mandal and K Veeramshetty (55) a lime merchant from Ravulapalem.
Anantapur, January 29: The Praja Rajyam party president, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, has lamented that a particular section of the media was targeting him and spreading malicious propaganda against him.
Talking to the media here on Friday, the former megastar said that he did not understand what mistake he had committed for the media to particularly target him. He said he did not understand their agenda.
Stating that he had no craze for power, Mr Chiranjeevi said that all those who work for public good were his friends.
Sharjah, January 29: The Sharjah police have smashed an international drug smuggling ring and seized 2.5 tonnes of hashish from 14 men who were planning to smuggle the contraband across the Eastern coast of the UAE.
The 12 Iranian and two Pakistani suspects were arrested by a squad code-named the ‘Eastern Wind’ late on Wednesday in the second biggest haul of drugs in recent memory.
Dubai, January 29: Under the patronage of Shaikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women Establishment, wife of Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; and in the presence of Shaikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the winners of ‘The Shaikha Manal Young Artist Award 2010’ were recognised and rewarded for their artistic achievements at a Gala Awarding Ceremony held on Thursady night.
Abu Dhabi, January 29: The Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulatory body of the healthcare sector in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, announced the introduction of the Antidote stocks standard in Healthcare Facilities. The standard is a guide to healthcare providers to ensure continuous and safe access to antidotes used to counteract poisoning.
Inadequate hospital stocking and the unavailability of essential antidotes is a worldwide problem and prove to be potentially disastrous for patients.
Mumbai, January 29: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Saturday condemned terrorism in all forms and said no religion preaches “killing of innocent people”.
Addressing a media conference here on the final day of his three-day trip to Maharashtra, Gandhi said that religion and terrorism had no connection.
“I have not come across any religion which preaches violence or killing of innocent people. Terrorists kill innocents and I strongly condemn it,” declared Gandhi, who lost his father Rajiv Gandhi to a terror attack in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu in 1991.
Dubai, January 29: Four-year-old Jase Elma Mathew is one of the latest winners of the half a kilogram of gold in the ongoing ‘Bag of Fortune’ campaign by Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF).
Her father, Saju Mathew, entered Jase’s name on several raffle coupons that he received on purchase of gold jewellery. He said he was extremely delighted when informed of his daughter’s win.
Dubai, January 29: Visitors to Mirdif City Centre, Mall of the Emirates and Deira City Centre are being treated with spectacular performances by international troupes, bringing the flavours of South America, China and other countries throughout the Dubai Shopping Festival.
Apart from the good bargains from more than 1,300 stores, shoppers will enjoy a global mix of music, dance and entertainment as roaming groups bring uniquely Asian and Latin forms of sound and movement to the three malls.
Dubai, January 29: Ever wanted to get up close and personal with a bunch of huge, fearsome dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago? That’s what 11-year-old Vivek Goyal wanted to do when his family decided to spend their weekend checking out Dubai Shopping Festival activities in Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR).
‘Dinolive’, organised in a large tent at The Walk, JBR, features life-sized versions of the pre-historic creatures complete with realistic sounds and moving limbs that would make one feel as though they may come back to life and roam around the streets of Dubai.
Abu Dhabi, January 29: The Executive Council of Abu Dhabi has approved a Department of Transport (DoT) proposal to conduct a field study to help regulate mini bus transportation managed by private establishments.
The Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s supreme governing body, has approved a Department of Transport (DoT) proposal to conduct a field study to help regulate mini bus transportation managed by private establishments.
Most of the small buses managed by private companies are being contracted to transport school children and labourers, and are unwatched.
Mumbai, January 29: Band Baaja Baaraat girl Anushka Sharma is currently on a high. Apart from gaining accolades from the critics and the audience for the success of BBB, she is also the latest muse of painter MF Hussain.
Not only has the painter seen her film 12 times, he has also reportedly expressed a desire to cast her in a film if he ever makes one.
Mumbai, January 29: She’s currently enjoying all the accolades coming her way post No One Killed Jessica. Vidya Balan perks up some more at the mere mention of Nagpur International Marathon, and TOI captures her thoughts as the lady gets into a chirpy mood…
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Mumbai, January 29: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday expressed shock at Maharashtra official Yeshwant Sonawane being burnt alive by the oil mafia and said there was a need to act against corruption and “cleanse the political system”.”I am shocked at the Sonawane case. I do not want it to be repeated,” Gandhi told reporters on the final day of his three-day visit to Maharashtra.
Nashik additional district collector Sonawane was burnt to death in broad daylight by a gang of petrol robbers when he raided their warehouse near Manmad in Maharashtra Tuesday.
Cairo, January 29: Egypt’s Football Association has postponed all football matches scheduled for Saturday citing security reasons related to the ongoing wave of anti-government protests that have shaken the country since Tuesday, a news website said.
Federation board member Ayman Younes was cited as saying that security authorities had sent a formal letter to the federation requesting the postponement of the scheduled 16th round of Super League matches until further notice.
New Delhi, January 29: Investigative agencies are finally looking at the possibility of a Hindutva terror network. Aseemanand’s alleged confession and the earlier arrest of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit have shown the trail of the Hindutva terror network, which has turned the course of investigations into the bombings of Malegaon, Samjhauta Express, Ajmer Sharif and Mecca Masjid bomb blast cases.
Gaza, January 29: Children in Gaza are coming under regular gunfire from Israeli soldiers while scavenging in the ruins of buildings bombed during the Israeli invasion of Gaza in 2009, a new Save the Children report has warned.
Twenty-six children were shot by Israeli troops close to the border last year, according to the UNICEF-led working group on children affected by armed conflict.
That number includes 16 children who were shot outside the Israeli-imposed ‘exclusion zone’ that extends 300m into Gaza.
Cario, January 29: On Saturday facing a popular uprising, Egypt’s President fired his Cabinet after protesters engulfed his country in chaos, battling police with stones and firebombs, burning down the ruling party headquarters and defying a night curfew enforced by the Army.
In a nationally televised address at midnight, President Hosni Mubarak made vague promises of social reform but did not offer to step down himself. He also defended his security forces.