Hyderabad, April 02: ACB officials on Friday arrested the Assistant Divisional Engineer of Vanasthalipuram of the A.P. Central Power Distribution Company Limited, Pabbu Krishna, on the charge of amassing wealth illegally.
Hyderabad, April 02: Air marshal P.R. Sharma took over as the new commandant of the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, near here, at an impressive ceremony on Friday.
He took charge from Air Vice Marshal Amit Aneja. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff at headquarters, New Delhi. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Service Staff College, Wellington and Royal College of Defence Studies, London, he was commissioned in the IAF on February 15, 1975, in the fighter stream.
Hyderabad, April 02: The South Central Railway has created a record in freight operations for the financial year 2010-11 by loading 96.08 million tonnes, which is 10.18 million tonnes more than last year.
Last year it handled a loading of 85.9 million tonnes. The SCR also surpassed the target set for it by the Railway Board by 1.68 million tonnes, according to a press release.
Mumbai, April 02: Shiv Sena demanded stern action against 20-year-old model Poonam Pandey, who has said she would strip at the Wankhede Stadium here if India won the World Cup final today.
“The model has told newspapers that she would strip in the stadium, if India wins the world cup. The government has to take action to stop such things,” Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe said in the Legislative Council yesterday.
“It was shocking to learn that Poonam’s parents have given her permission, as per the interviews,” Gorhe said.
Hyderabad, April 02: Omega Hospitals here has launched a one-stop breast clinic for treatment of all breast-related problems, including cancer. High-end digital mammography equipment with a specialised couch acquired by them will help detect and diagnose all breast-related diseases, the hospital authorities said.
Hyderabad, April 02: The districts in South Telangana have good potential for cultivation of vegetables and fruits under micro and drip irrigation technology and farmers should be encouraged to reap the benefits under this much in demand category, said V. Nagi Reddy, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, and Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University In-charge Vice-Chancellor.
He was the chief guest at the two-day conference of the advisory committee for research, extension in Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar districts on the university campus here on Friday.
Hyderabad, April 02: Leader of the Opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu has requested Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to exempt Kolleru lake from Wetland Conservation Order and reduce its boundaries from fifth-contour to third-contour to protect livelihoods of over five-lakh families.
In a letter written to the Union Minister on Thursday, Mr. Naidu sought the former’s intervention to take into account the plight of lakhs of small and marginal farmers’ and fishermen depending on the lake spread over Krishna and West Godavari districts.
Hyderabad, April 02: Announcing its resolve to focus on adhering to ethical standards in the real estate industry, the new office-bearers of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) on Friday appealed to the government to have uniform guidelines and rationalisation of taxes.
Hyderabad, April 02: With reduction in MFI lending to self-help groups (SHGs), the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is ready to provide refinance even to commercial banks to enable them fill the credit gap to SHGs.
According to P. Mohanaiah, Chief General Manager, NABARD AP Regional Office, the MFIs were financing to the tune of Rs.5,000 crore annually and the gap was estimated to be around Rs.1,000 crore.
Hyderabad, April 02: After using e-mails and text messages through mobile phones, tricksters are now directly calling up unsuspecting persons to relieve them of their money with new baits.
A Provident Fund office employee was tricked to part with Rs. 16,000 in this manner two days ago at Allwyn Colony in Kukatpally. The amount lost is less compared to Nigerian frauds reported earlier but this should be a wake-up call for people entertaining unsolicited calls offering cash prizes or offers without any justification, caution the police.
Ingenious method
Chennai, April 02: “If the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government has so many achievements to its credit as claimed by Deputy Chief Minister M.K.Stalin, why is he shifting from his original Thousand Lights constituency to Kolathur?” All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Jayalalithaa raised this doubt at an election meeting at Ayanavaram, a part of Kolathur constituency, on Friday.
Tirupati, April 02: Interesting developments marked the visit of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to his native Chittoor district in the backdrop of the severe drubbing the ruling party received in the just concluded MLC- Local Area Authority elections.
Kadapa, April 02: Clothes and books in shelves got mysteriously burnt in some houses in Uppparthivaripalle in Badvel mandal on Friday while four persons who slept in the foreyard of their houses were hurt when stones were pelted at them on Thursday night, making the villagers panicky. The villagers are planning to desert the village.
Raipur, April 02: Chhattisgarh has over 8,200 HIV positive patients and the situation is particularly alarming in state capital Raipur, says a health department report.
The report says out of the total 8,271 HIV cases, Raipur accounts for 4,028 cases, followed by Durg district with 1,022 cases and Bilaspur with 944.
The least affected district was the insurgency-hit tribal dominated Narayanpur district with only one patient, followed by Bijapur district with two patients.
Hyderabad, April 02: MMTC Ltd Super star trading house, an undertaking of Govt. India, under the Ministry of Commerce is selling gold and silver medallions and ‘Sanchi’ silverware in its office. All these gold coins are of 999 purity and are assayed and hallmarked. On the occasion of Ugadi, MMTC is selling these coins at a very competitive rate and has also declared 10% discount on “Sanchi” silverware items and Silver coins.
Bhubaneswar, April 02: A lamp with five kilogram of ghee that was lit at an Orissa temple before the World Cup semifinal at Mohali continues to burn bright as devotees pray for India’s victory against Sri Lanka in the final Saturday.
In a Shiva temple in Cuttack city, 26 km from here, the lamp with five kg ghee was lit for India’s win in the Mohali semifinal against Pakistan Wednesday. Ghee or clarified butter is normally used to soak the wick in Indian temple lamps. Devotees say the lamp would be put out only after India wins the World Cup.
Karnool, April 02: TDP district president Somisetty Venkateswarlu asked the party cadres in Atmakur constituency to sever links with former constituency in-charge Buddha Rajasekhar Reddy as he quit the TDP and intended to join YSR Congress party.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Mr. Venkateswarlu said Mr. Reddy was forcing the party cadres and mandal leaders to toe his line. He said no party member would tread the line of Mr. Reddy as they were confident of the TDP returning to power in the next election.
Stubborn stance
Mumbai, April 02: Goa’s Education Minister Atanasio Monseratte was detained by the customs department at the Mumbai international airport after he was allegedly found carrying over $10 million, an official said.
Acting on a tip-off, the customs sleuths waited for Monseratte who arrived here by a domestic flight from Goa and was reportedly planning to go abroad.
Officials from the customs and other departments were questioning him for the huge amount of cash. He was also carrying Rs.2.5 million in Indian currency.
Vijaywada, April 02: Vijayawada hoteliers will attempt at making the longest dosa ever to break the Guinness record and thus put the city on the international map. The Vijayawada Hotel Owners’ Association proposes to organise this feat as part of its golden jubilee celebrations to be held on April 9 and 10.
Hyderabad, April 02: Even as Srikakulam is reeling under an energy crisis, Greenpeace India along with Bapuji Rural Enlightenment Development Society launched the first social audit of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyudeekarn Yojan in the district.
The aim of the audit is to bring out the implementation reality of the scheme and examine whether the mandate of the scheme has been fulfilled or not.
Hyderabad, April 02: The BJP district unit leaders criticised the district administration for terming the processions after India’s victory over Pakistan cricket team in the World Cup semi-final match as ‘communal’ and targeting their party alone by arresting the cadres.
Chittor, April 02: The three-day centenary celebrations of Chittoor district came to an end at the Masonic grounds here on Friday. Unlike on the first day when the crowd was wafer-thin, local people took part in the closing ceremony in large numbers.
Hyderabad, April 02: Congress leaders from Telangana are gearing up to hold a broad-based meeting on Sunday to chalk out the further course of action on the statehood issue.
Congress Action Committee for Telanagana (CAFT) has sent invitations to party MPs, Ministers, MLAs, MLCs and party seniors to attend the crucial meeting to discuss the contents of chapter 8 of the Justice Srikrishna Committee and deliberate on the outcome of the meeting, which the leaders had with the AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad in March.
Serious view
Vizianagaram, April 02: TDP Polit Bureau member and MLA P. Ashok Gajapthi Raju has decided to reorganise Vizianagaram mandal-level committee in a couple of days, and strengthen it. The decision was taken on Friday at the mandal-level party meeting in which sarpanches, MPTC members and others participated. The reorganisation is necessitated following resignations of Yedla Ramana Murty, Suvvada Satyanarayana and Kandi Sai Jagga Rao, senior party leaders from the party, recently.
Hyderabad, April 2: One year is about to complete since violence had erupted in the city last year on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanthi and Hanuman Jayanthi is to be celebrated this month. It has been exposed that training is being given to Hindu youth to use sword and sticks by the Hindu Vahini outfit ahead of this festival. Police have arrested 8 youth who were undergoing training however they were released only after recording their names and addresses.