Month: March 2011

Hyderabad, March 03: Students of Osmania University on Wednesday blocked the AP Express bound to New Delhi for a brief period at Secunderabad railway station as part of the `rail roko’ call given by the TJAC demanding introduction of Telangana Bill in the Parliament.

At around 7 a.m in the morning, more than 20 students reached platform No 1 of the Secunderabad railway station and squatted in front of the AP Express which chugged into the station from Nampally on its way to New Delhi. The students raised pro-Telangana slogans and climbed atop the engine of the train.

Hyderabad, March 04: The siege of Eluru MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao’s Banjara Hills residence by Telangana lawyers on Wednesday led to a confrontation between Telangana and Andhra leaders of the Congress.

The lawyers, accusing Sambasiva Rao of working against the Telangana cause, marched to his residence and staged a dharna, raising slogans that they would not allow such leaders to live in Hyderabad or hold meetings. Though police detained them, the incident triggered a rash of protests, challenges and counter-challenges between leaders of the two regions.

Adilabad, March 03: A pregnant woman, who was admitted to the government area hospital in Mancherial on Wednesday, died due to alleged negligence of doctors.

Angered over the death, relatives of the deceased damaged glass doors and furniture in the hospital and later staged a rasta roko there.

According to sources, Allam Sravanti, a native of Hanuman basthi in Bellampalli, was admitted to the hospital last night for delivery of her first baby.

But doctors told her kin that a Caesarian section was necessary and asked them to take her to Karimnagar hospital.

Hyderabad, March 03: As the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders get cracking with preparations for the Million March on March 10, party president K Chandrasekhar Rao and Medak MP Vijayashanthi left for Delhi to take care of the agitation at the Centre – creating ruckus in the Lok Sabha with the help of like-minded parties and forcing the Centre to issue a statement favouring bifurcation of the state.

Hyderabad, March 03: Enthused by the success of the rail roko, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has decided to go ahead with the Million March to Hyderabad on March 10 despite opposition from parents that the protest might cause hardship to students.

The TRS, however, demanded that the Intermediate Board should reschedule the examinations to begin on March 7 so as to avoid inconvenience to students.

Guntur, March 03: Political Joint Action Committee convener N Samuel on Wednesday condemned the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s resolution that students should boycott the Intermediate examinations as part of the protest demanding a separate Telangana state.

With the move of the TRS, lakhs of students would lose the opportunity of appearing for various national-level competitive examinations, he said.

Further, their performance would be affected with the postponement of the examinations, he said.

Vizianagaram, March 03: Nischal Narayanam, a mathematics genius, has launched Nischal Mathematics Lab, a unique international quality product in Vizianagaram on Wednesday.

The amazing product is useful for every child of 4 years and above. Nischal Math Lab consists of more than 500 math manipulative’s, 15 booklets, 13 animated DVDs and six books.

It covers almost all the concepts in school mathematics, suitable to all curriculum.

Hyderabad, March 03: Union home minister P Chidambaram’s statement that a decision on Telangana issue cannot be taken overnight and that he would convene a meeting with the state political parties only when all of them express their readiness to give their views, has left Telangana leaders of both the Congress and the TDP red-faced.

Chidambaram’s comments added fuel to the ongoing Telangana fire.

Hyderabad, March 03: In a curt ‘no’ to the proposal made by Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy yesterday to TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, the Seemandhra MLAs of the TDP have decided not to boycott the ongoing budget session of the Assembly.

“It is astonishing that Diwakar Reddy has met Naidu.

Reddy is trying to confuse the people. The Seemandhra TDP MLAs will attend the Assembly session and discuss people’s issues. There is no need for the TDP MLAs to boycott the session,” TDP politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said.

Warangal, March 03: The SSC Board on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the issue of damaged hall-tickets found on railway tracks near Nekkonda on Monday to initiate action against the culprits.

It is learnt that the Board asked the authorities concerned to obtain duplicate hall-tickets to enable SSC candidates take the examination without any difficulty.

Hyderabad, March 03: In a fine balancing act, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu is working out his latest strategy on the Telangana issue much to the delight of both Andhra and Telangana leaders.

On the one hand, Naidu permitted his Telangana MLAs to boycott the Assembly session in a bid to overshadow the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the region.

This would send the message to the people that the TDP was in favour of Telangana.

Bhadrachalam,March 03: Elasagaram Rajender (19) and Jetti Pratap (19), two PSR Degree College students died when they fell down from a three-storied building this morning in Bhadrachalam.

According to police, the Rajender, a first year MPC student, is a resident of Koyagudem in Koutala mandal of Adilabad district while Pratap, a first year commerce student, belongs to Nallaballi in Vardhannapet mandal of Warangal district.

Vijayawada, March 03: While most spend thousands of rupees on marriage invitation cards, a 20-year-old charted accountant from Odisha has made her brother’s wedding invitation in a Pedda Bala Siksha book, a Telugu encyclopedia, to give an unforgettable gift to her Telugu relatives.

Kotini Dharmaraju, an industrialist living in Berhampur in Ganjam district of Odisha has many Telugu relatives and all his family members speak Telugu fluently.

Kadapa, March 03: Suspense continues over finalisation of Congress candidate for the MLC seat (local authority) from Kadapa district, though the candidates for other districts in the State have already been announced.

After YS Vivekandana Reddy refused to seek reelection for the seat, Congress began scouting for a candidate and initially found that former MLA from Proddatur N Varadarajulu Reddy would fit the bill.

But, Vararajulu Reddy’s name is not to the liking of Health Minister DL Ravindra Reddy who is supporting the candidature of Chengalarayudu for the seat.

Tirupati, March 03: Differences between TTD administration and Srivari temple chief priest AV Ramana Deekshitulu came to the fore once again, with the later accusing the former of taking unilateral decisions regarding Agama rules to be followed in the temple and not taking the opinion of the hereditary archakas.

Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, the chief priest said Agama Advisory Council had members with no knowledge of Agama Shastra.

Warangal, March 03: Blame game is on over the transfer of salaries in lakhs of rupees from the State Bank of Hyderabad to RTC employees in Jangaon, Warangal district.

The gaffe had turned RTC staff into ‘lakhpatis’, though, for a few hours on Tuesday.

Both RTC and SBH authorities are probing the incident to zero in on the persons responsible.

On Tuesday, RTC employees received amounts, 100 times more than their actual salaries, in their SBH accounts through online transfer.

Hyderabad, March 03: With increasing mobile penetration, mobile internet is likely to ramp up faster than desktop internet, according to B V R Mohan Reddy, chairman & managing director, Infotech Enterprises Ltd.

Giving the inaugural address at the two-day ‘Advantage AP conference’ organised by the government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and ITsAP, he said, “The IT industry grew ten times in ten years. Global sourcing, the new word coined for outsourcing, is now growing at ten per cent.

Srikakulam, March 03: A day after two villagers protesting the setting up of a thermal power plant were killed in police firing, an eerie silence enveloped the villages in the Santabommali mandal today.

Even as a pall of gloom descended on the villages, which were mourning the deaths, additional police forces trooped into some of the villages anticipating more trouble.