Month: June 2011

Hyderabad, June 29: Hundreds of working journalists on Tuesday took part in a protest dharna against the inordinate delay in notifying the recommendations of Justice G R Majitha Wage Board, following a call given by Confederation of Newspapers and News Agency Employees Organizations (New Delhi).

The protest in Hyderabad was organized under the banner of IJU and APUWJ at the Basheer Bagh Press Club.

The representatives of various trade unions too had participated in dharna and expressed their solidarity with the scribes.

Hyderabad, June 29: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Tuesday demanded that the state government construct a ‘memorial park’, apart from a bronze statue on the Tank Bund as a mark of respect to Telangana ideologue Professor Kothapalli Jayashankar who passed away last week.

Briefing media persons on the TRS’s Executive Committee meeting, party general secretary Madhusudhana Chary told media persons that the resolution demanding the memorial park in the city and bronze statue for Prof Jayashankar were adopted unanimously.

Hyderabad, June 29: Seemandhra Forum convener and Minister for Primary Education S Sailajanath on Tuesday stated that he would take a delegation of Seemandhra leaders to New Delhi on July 5-6 to stress on the importance of Andhra Pradesh remaining integrated of state.

Talking to media persons at Assembly Media Point, Mr Sailajanath said that the Seemandhra leaders would prevail upon the High Command and Congress Core Committee members over the integration of state and present their views.

Hyderabad, June 29: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, under pressure from the manufacturers and employees of plastic bags, on Tuesday cast aside its state noble intentions of cleansing the city environs, by agreeing to allow the production and sale of plastic carry up to 40 microns.

Addressing a packed media conference, GHMC Commissioner MT Krishna Babu, flanked by Mayor Banda Karthika Reddy and Deputy Mayor Jaffer Hussain, said that the manufacturing units would be able to produce and sell plastic bags up to 40 microns till a government notification is issued.

Hyderabad, June 29: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan and briefed him over the latest political situation in the state.

According to Raj Bhavan sources, the Chief Minister briefed the Governor about the letter written by the government to the Trust secretary, seeking details related to its functioning and financial transactions after the police caught Rs 35 lakh being transported in a vehicle from Puttaparthy to Karnataka.

Hyderabad, June 29: YSR Congress party official spokesman Gattu Ramachandra Rao on Tuesday stated that the two-day plenary session of party would be held at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district from July 8.

Talking to media persons at Sagar Society, he said that 15 delegates from each constituency in the state would attend the plenary and give their valuable suggestions.

Apart from burning problems, he said that the plenary would discuss current political situation in the state including the Telangana issue.

Hyderabad, June 29: Taking a serious note on the comments of Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal that it was not possible to delete Clause 14 F from the Presidential Order of 1975, Telangana Rashtra Samithi Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao on Tuesday alleged that Lagadapati provoking Telangana people by issuing such sensational statements.

Talking to media persons at Telangana Bhavan, Mr Harish Rao said that TRS would lodge a complaint with Speaker Nadendla Manohar in this regard against Lagadapati for violating House Privileges on Wednesday.

New Delhi, June 29: Expressing confidence that the vexed separate Telangana statehood issue would be solved soon, Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Tuesday said that the Centre is looking at all possible options to find an amicable solution.

Talking to media persons after calling on Congress In-Charge of Andhra Pradesh Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad at his residence, Mr Rajanarasimha said that the High Command was currently holding extensive discussions on the separate Telangana demand.

Puttaparthi, June 29: Denying that there any financial irregularities have taken place by the members of the Sri Satya Sai Central Trust, a Trustee V Srinivasan on Tuesday said that the Trust has no connection with the Rs 35 lakh seized by the police near Kodikonda check post in Anantapur recently.

Addressing a crowded media conference, Mr Srinivasan denied that financial transparency is being strictly maintained. “All donations given in the name of Trust are being deposited in the State Bank of India,” he said.

New Delhi,June 29: Ten scholars from India will be awarded 90,000 Australian dollars (about $94,400) each to pursue their Ph.Ds from varsities in Australia’s Victoria state starting 2012, the Australian High Commission said Tuesday.

The new Victoria-India Doctoral Scholarships Programme, launched by the state government of Victoria and the Australia India Institute, is among the several strategic engagement opportunities initiated by the Victorian government to woo Indian students.

Dubai, June 29: The UAE government on Tuesday extended the visa period of property owners to three years from six months in a decisive move to re-ignite investor confidence and prop up the real estate sector.

Mumbai, June 29: Shilpa Shetty has gone on record to deny rumours that she is pregnant. Yet, the sexy actress, now married to Britain based tycoon Raj Kundra, has been regularly spotted visiting a gynaecologist in a plush hospital in Mumbai’s Bandra Reclamation Area. The doctor has been known to cater his services to several Bollywood biggies in the past.

A few weeks ago, a section of the press floated the news that Shilpa was pregnant. After she was flooded with congratulatory messages, the actress was quick to issue denials. She was last seen sashaying down the IIFA green carpet.

Mumbai, June 29: After Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant, rumours of Shilpa Shetty’s pregnancy surfaced. Now, we hear that former Miss Universe and actress Lara Dutta is also expecting her first child.

Hyderabad, June 29: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan and briefed him over the latest political situation in the state.

According to Raj Bhavan sources, the Chief Minister briefed the Governor about the letter written by the government to the Trust secretary, seeking details related to its functioning and financial transactions after the police caught Rs 35 lakh being transported in a vehicle from Puttaparthy to Karnataka.

Hyderabad, June 29: Nalgonda MP Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy on Tuesday described Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal as `villain of Telangana’ for obstructing the formation of the separate state.

Talking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, Komatireddy Rajagopal asked Mr Rajagopal to change his attitude towards Telangana and warned that the people would not allow him in the region if he does not do so.

The MP said that the Congress will bite dust in the Telangana region if the Centre does not announce its decision on the controversial bifurcation of state issue.

Hyderabad, June 29: The Minister for Marketing, Mr Mukesh Goud on Tuesday warned that he would show the punch of Greater Hyderabad to the TRS Chief, Mr K Chandrasekhara Rao and his family members, if they show Telangana power on Hyderabad Metro Railway Project as they claimed. Reacting strongly deadline of Telangana JAC, he cautioned that the KCR and his family members would not be allowed to live in the City, if he set deadline for them.

Bangalore, June 28: Defying prohibitory orders, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda staged a sit-on-dharna near Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s residence, protesting his apathy to Hassan district.
Gowda charged the BJP government of deliberately neglecting developmental works in his home district, as part of political vendetta.
The JD(S) leader was stopped by the police, who were present in large numbers, when he arrived near the Race Course Road residence of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to stage dharna.

Mangalore, June 28: After receiving the rap from all sides, including his party, for taking his personal and political battles to the gods, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said he did not pray to Lord Manjunatha for himself, but for the state’s prosperity. At Monday’s high profile truth test at Dharmasthala, Yeddyurappa’s beta noire H D Kumaraswamy, however, took the opportunity to take on his rival.

Gulbarga, June 28: Confirmation that women zilla panchayat members are controlled by their husbands seems to have come at Gulbarga on Monday.Women members of Gulbarga zilla panchayat boycotted the monthly ZP meeting demanding that their spouses be allowed a say in the ZP and the right to represent their wives. The meeting was adjourned. Experts say this demand is a first of its kind in the state.

New Delhi, June 28: Popular Internet search engine Google has delcared Dr Punit Sethi, an engineer and an author as the most popular expert on the social networking site Facebook.

Dr. Sethi is the author of the book “Luv U Mate”.

Hassan, June 28: Tension prevailed in the outskirts of the city and in two villages of the taluk after JD(S) workers smashed wind shields of KSRTC buses and set tyres on fire to protest against the arrest of former Minister HD Revanna in Bangalore on Monday.
Angry workers gathered at the main road in Mosalehosahalli and Hangarahalli and shouted slogans against the state government. They blocked HassanMysore road putting stone barricades, dumping garbage and setting tyres on fire. Traffic between HassanMysore state highway was disrupted for an hour when the agitators sat on the road.

Mangalore, June 28: Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade has full faith in the Dharmasthala Truth test spurring on Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and H D Kumaraswamy in concentrating on the developmental activities in the state.

Khammam, June 28: The Khammam municipality has been upgraded as a corporation. Fourteen village panchayats, including Khanapuram Haveli, Gollagudem, Dwamsalapuram, Ballepalli, Kothagudem, Velugumatla, Gudimalla, Venkatagiri, Gurralapadu, Edulapuram, Peddathanda, Polepalli, Mallemadugu and Kaikondaigudem will be merged with the Khammam Municipal Corporation to make it big.

Hyderabad, June 28: What’s TDP rebel MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy up to? Following his meeting with Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, there’s a spring in the step of the separatist party’s cadres for, they believe, all T warriors will have to one day or the other come to their nest.

Vijaywada, June 28: A private petition was filed in ACB court here on Monday by Chittoor District Cricket Association president B Vijaykumar alleging that Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) secretary Gokaraju Gangaraju and eight other members committed several irregularities.
Advocates B Chandrasekhar and P Srinivas filed the petition in ACB court on behalf of Vijaykumar. In his petition, Vijayakumar alleged that funds to the tune of Rs 10 crore were misused by these ACA members.