Chittor, May 28: A mad dog went on a rampage biting six people in Mahal in Kalikiri mandal on Friday evening.
According to information, the injured were admitted in the local sub-centre (PHC) for treatment. The incident caused anxiety among the district officials camping in Kalikiri, 10 km away from Mahal, finalising the arrangements for the chief minister’s visit on Saturday.
Hyderabad, May 28: Textiles minister P Shankar Rao on Friday created a flutter saying that several selfish ministers were in N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s Cabinet and they should be removed.
Speaking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) office, he said the selfish ministers were looting public money. He gave several hints that the chief minister would reshuffle his Cabinet soon to render social justice to all sections. The chief minister is still continuing with YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s Cabinet after making some minor changes.
Hyderabad, May 28: Alleging that the state government was contemplating reducing reservation for Backward Classes (BC) from 34 to 23.5 per cent in the ensuing local body elections, Andhra Pradesh BC Welfare Association president R Krishnaiah on Friday demanded that an all-party meeting be convened to finalise the quota.
Hyderabad, May 28: Pre-monsoon measures
* Urgent rectification measures to be taken up at 14 places, where rainwater stagnates for more than a hour
* Police have stopped giving permission to road cutting from May 15. Other departments asked to complete ongoing works before June 5
* Roads which have been cut for laying water
pipes or electrical cables will be re-carpeted
* Roads dug up by others will be re-carpeted by
the GHMC or the Cantonment Board in their area
* 23 uncovered manholes will be covered. Height of another 466 manholes to be raised to road level
Srikakulam, May 28: A prisoner, who had been brought from Visakhapatnam Central Jail to Srikakulam District Jail for jail works recently, died due to cardiac arrest at Rajiv Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), here in the early hours of Friday.
According to Superintendent of District Jail Vasanth Kumar, 38-year-old PL Lakshmi Narayana (38) belonging to Polaki mandal was convicted for murder due to family dispute.
–Agencies
Guntur, May 28: Nine children were rescued while they were being forcibly taken to Chickballapur in Karnataka by Prasanthi Express on Thursday night by three youths. Some co-passengers who got suspicion over the youths’ high-handed behaviour towards the children, alerted the railway police who swung into action and rescued the kids.
Hyderabad, May 28: Endowments minister Jupally Krishna Rao is likely to resume his Prajabhiman Yatra in Mahaboobnagar district from June 1 to press his demand for formation of Telangana state.
The yatra, which began on April 28 and has covered several villages in six Assembly constituencies in the district, was put on hold following the arrest of Krishna Rao and his ministerial colleague DK Aruna on May 20 when the latter objected to the yatra’s entry into her Gadwal constituency.
Hyderabad, May 28: After being seven years in the opposition, the Telugu Desam presented a deficit budget at the Mahanadu on Friday.
As per the income and expenditure statement for the year that concluded on March 31, the party had a deficit budget of Rs 91.55 lakh.
However, the total net assets of the party stood at Rs 16 crore. The party netted Rs 5.06 crore from membership and donations, Rs 1.05 crore from interest, Rs 2.40 lakh from rent.
Srikakulam, May 28: In a clash between two groups of villagers over possession of a piece of land at Suryanarayana Puram village of Laveru mandal in the district, an old women died and seven others sustained sustained injuries last night.
Hyderabad, May 28: The Telugu Desam, if voted to power, will introduce an exclusive budget for the welfare of farmers. It will also provide nine-hour free power supply to farmers during daytime.
Hyderabad, May 28: Nandamuri Harikrishna, son of TDP founder NT Ramarao, was the only member of the family who attended the first day of Mahanadu being held at Gandipet on the outskirts of the city, on Friday.
Its a normal practice for the other members of the family such as Balakrishna and NTR Jr to attend the Mahanadu on the second day i.e. on NTR’s birth anniversary.
According to sources, party chief and NTR’s son-in-law N Chandrababu Naidu called up both Balakrishna and NTR Jr and invited them to attend the Mahanadu on Saturday.
Hyderabad, May 28: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has begun efforts to set the house in order in his native district of Chittoor.
During his two-day visit to his native village Nagirepalli beginning on Saturday, Reddy is expected to break the ice with his political adversaries.
This apart, he is likely to meet people of his village and his Pileru constituency.
After staying in his village for two days on May 28 and 29, he will reach Tirumala on May 29 and stay at the Padmavathi Guest House for the night where he will meet all the dissident MLAs from the district.
Hyderabad, May 28: The suspended TDP leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Friday sent a 28-page letter to all the MLAs, MPs and MLCs who have been demanding for Samaikya Andhra.
In his letter, Nagam explained that injustice has been done to Telangana and asked Andhra leaders to cooperate with him in bifurcating the state. “Let us divide like brothers and compete with each other in terms of development,” he said.
Hyderabad, May 28: The Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OUJAC) made a bid on Friday to disrupt the Telugu Desam’s Mahanadu programme at Gandipet but were allegedly thrashed by party activists. In retaliation, suspected OUJAC students attacked the Reliance Fresh outlet at Vidyanagar and vandalised the premises.
The OUJAC had reportedly threatened to disrupt the Mahanadu demanding the TDP to spell their stand on a separate Telangana. A huge posse of policemen were deployed at the venue, anticipating trouble from pro-Telangana activists.
Hyderabad, May 28: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC)fire prevention wing will hold a final review meeting on the status of safety measures in schools on Saturday and May 30 at 11 am at GHMC head office. Schools of Central, South and East Zones of GHMC will have the meeting on May 28 and schools of North and West zones of GHMC on May 30.
Vijayawada, May 28: Madira Educational Institutions chairman and Telugu Desam leader Madira Brahma Reddy (55) was found dead in a hotel room here on Friday.
Governorpet police believe that Reddy committed suicide by consuming pesticide.
Reddy, a native of Kodad in Nalgonda district and resident at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad for several years, arrived in the on Wednesday.
Nagpur, May 28: In a shocking incident that gives the city a bad name, a 6-month pregnant woman was raped by two men who were remotely known to her husband, at the MIDC in Hingna on Tuesday night. The two culprits, Durgesh Tiwari and Sandeep Dhore, first spiked Rajan’s drink to knock him senseless and then took turns to brutally savage 20-year-old Mona (both names changed).
The cops have nabbed Tiwari while Dhore is absconding.
Hyderabad, May 28: “Hyderabad is going to become a rabies-free city in the next two years,” said Amala Akkineni, founder of the Blue Cross Society of Hyderabad said.
The NGO has taken up a month-long campaign to vaccinate 6,000 stray dogs through the Animal Birth Control and Rabies Vaccination programme.
Blue Cross will also work with other animal welfare organisations to create awareness about the campaign. “The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has agreed to vaccinate 5,000 more animals,” said Amala.
Hyderabad, May 28: Besides setting a target of generating 6000 Mega Watts of additional power in the next four years, APTransco has planned to set up a 765 KV substation near Hyderabad, for the first time in AP, to provide quality and reliable power to Hyderabad by 2015.
Hyderabad, May 28: The state government has transferred 17 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the Superintendent of Police rank from 10 districts including Deputy Commissioner of Police of Alwal in Cyberabad Commissionerate limits on Friday.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, May 28: Two con-men who were cheating engineering students by introducing themselves as the recruiters of IBM, the prominent software company, were nabbed by Cyberabad police on Friday.
Police said Aryapaka Prabhakar and Anumula Praveen approached Jayamukhi college of Engineering and Vaghdevi Engineering College in Warangal district posing as employees of IBM. After conducting campus interviews, Prabhakar and Praveen collected lakhs of rupees.
Hyderabad, May 28: PCOS is the most common hormonal disorder occurring in women these days. Most women, including the ones residing in metro cities are not even aware of PCOS. It can cause problems with periods and make it difficult to get pregnant. PCOS may also cause unwanted changes in the way you look. PCOS affects about 7-10 per cent of women of child bearing age (15-45) years. In India, prevalence rates are as high as 50 per cent, which has been proven by various studies across India. And recent studies have shown the rapid increase among urban teens and young women also.
Hyderabad, May 28: An youngster, whose marriage was scheduled to be performed on Friday, was arrested on Thursday night for allegedly cheating a girl. The arrested, R Raju, of Addagutta lured a 19-year-old girl in the name of love and allegedly had an affair with her.
However, he planned to marry another girl and his marriage was scheduled on Friday morning.
–Agencies
Warangal, May 28: Professor K Srinivasa Rao, who was appointed as director of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, assumed charge today from in-charge director K Srimannarayana.
Prof Srinivasa Rao is an alumnus of the NIT. The new director vowed to transform the NIT into a model institute in the next six months. He promised to improve basic amenities in the institute and give priority to research.
Hyderabad, May 28: “This school is running for one year without government recognition. If you admit your children in this school, you will be doing so at your own risk.” This warning message appears on posters pasted on gates of many unrecognised schools in the twin cities. With complaints pouring in against schools mushrooming in every nook and corner, collecting huge amount in name of admissions, the District Educational Officers (DEOs) of Hyderabad and Rangareddy have decided to crack the whip on unrecognised schools.