Month: September 2011

Hyderabad, September 28: Tension prevailed on Tuesday when the supporters of Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal and Telangana activists almost came to blows outside the Jubilee Hills police station.

Hyderabad, September 28: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy may take the Delhi flight on Wednesday to meet the Congress managers and hold parleys on the burning Telangana issue, according to official sources.

The Chief Minister went to Kurnool on Tuesday and was scheduled to visit Chittoor district on Wednesday. However, with the Telangana agitation reaching its climax and paralysing the life in the State, the Congress High Command has summoned him to New Delhi to discuss a solution.

Hyderabad, September 28: The State Government is likely to announce a new toddy policy from October 1st. The new policy is aimed at helping nearly 3 lakh people associated with the toddy tappers and others associated with the profession.

The toddy tappers and the State Government are estimated to have lost over nearly Rs 100 crore due the general strike in the Telangana region. Therefore, in view of the changed situation, the State Government is likely to announce new policy which could help the people associated with the profession on immediate basis.

Hyderabad, September 28: The police on Tuesday arrested Telangana United Front president Vimalakka in connection with the alleged attack on Emaar Properties office.

According to police, besides Vimalakka, the police also arrested 33 people in connection with the ransacking of Emaar Properties office and attacking their officials. All of them were arrested early on Tuesday morning. They were later produced before a magistrate, who remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days. The police have also seized 13 vehicles in this connection.

Hyderabad, September 28: Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Tuesday demanded that the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy release a comprehensive report on what forced the government to impose frequent power cuts in the Telangana region.

Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, Errabelli warned the government of serious consequences if daily seven hour power supply was not restored to farmers without any interruption. “Before imposing power cuts for farmers, the Chief Minister has to impose power cuts to his house first,” he said.

Hyderabad, September 28: The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Tuesday said the state government will positively consider giving due share to eligible Muslim candidates in the 15 lakh jobs to be created in private sector over the next three years.

Hyderabad, September 28: Telugu Desam party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday alleged that both the Centre and the State Government have failed to addressed the problems being faced by the common man.

Hyderabad, September 28: Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy tasted the Telangana agitators’ protest for a while on Tuesday when his vehicle reached the State Secretariat. The minister’s vehicle was blocked and the Telangana staff asked the driver to get out of the car. However, the driver did not oblige and sped away with the car.

Hyderabad, September 28: In view of the ensuing Dassera holidays in the month of October. The South Central Railway has taken several measures to handle the rush of rail traffic.

The SCR would run special trains between important destinations as Secunderabad – Kakinada, Hyderabad – Vishakapatnam, Hyderabad – Santragachi, Secundrabad – Porbandar, Secunderabad – Jaipur, Hyderabad – Ajmer, Hyderabad – Kolhapur, Tirupati – Bhubaneshwar and Tirupati – Shalimar till October 31, 2011, keeping the demands of traffic in view.

Visakhapatnam, September 28: Condemning the attacks on leaders and government officials by the Telangana activists, Tribal Welfare Minister P Balaraju on Tuesday stated that everyone has freedom to express his opinion in a democratic country.

Hyderabad, September 28: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will organize a conference on farmers’ issues during the next session of Parliament in New Delhi.

According to Telugu Desam Party Rythu Committee convener K Siva Prasada Rao, the TDP would prepare an Agriculture Policy and distribute its copies to all the intellectuals in the national capital before the conference. He said that a round table meeting was being organised by the TDP at NTR Bhavan to discuss the agriculture scenario in the state.

New Delhi, September 27: Asserting that there is no dissension within the members of the Cabinet, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there is no rift between Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

“I think this rift which you talk about I find reflected only in the media, I”m not aware of any such rift, we are a cohesive government, we shall remain a cohesive government, so let there be no confusion on that score,” said Dr. Singh.

Lucknow, September 27: Baba Ramdev Tuesday blamed Home Minister P. Chidambaram for the death of Raj Bala, a Haryana resident who was critically injured in the police crackdown on the yoga guru’s meeting in Delhi in June and died after being hospitalised for 114 days.

“Chidambaram is guilty of cold-blooded murder of the poor woman who received lathi blows while attending my camp at the Ramlila ground in New Delhi. He deserves to be tried for homicide and awarded death sentence,” Ramdev told reporters here.

Patna, September 27: In the democracy of Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, Facebook comments are not allowed. No, it is not written anywhere in the lawbook, but two government employees were suspended allegedly for their Facebook comments.

Musafir Baitha and Arun Narayan work in Bihar Legislative Council as assistants for Council’s Hindi publication. Both are award winning writers including several government awards.

New Delhi, September 27: On the occasion of third anniversary of infamous Batla House encounter in which two innocent youth (Alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorists by police) and a police officer were killed, several Muslim organizations organized protest march all over India particularly in Delhi and Azamgarh. The biggest protest was by the member of Rshtriya Ulema Council at Jantar Mantar, here in New Delhi.

New Delhi: Najeeb Jung, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia has been nominated to the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India.

The Reserve Bank of India, as the central banking institution of India, controls the monetary policy of the country and also maintains the country’s reserves. The Central Board is the apex body of the RBI.

The general superintendence and direction of the Reserve Bank of India is entrusted to the Central Board of Directors.

The Central Board is appointed by the Government of India in keeping with the Reserve Bank of India Act.

Hyderabad, September 27: A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign “Save the Love Lake of the World” to put it firmly on the world tourism map. On the eve of World Tourism Day on Monday, the group announced that it would appeal to the government and UN World Tourism Organisation to popularise Hussainsagar as a tourist destination. Ravindrajith, secretary of the campaign, said, “The lake epitomises love across cultures and religious beliefs and links cultures by binding the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.’

New Delhi, September 27: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to the country on Tuesday after a seven-day visit to the US.

Earlier onboard Air India One, Manmohan Singh said attempts were being made to “destabilise polity” and accused the Opposition of getting “prematurely restless” to “force” early elections.

He made it clear that his government will “stay the course” and complete its full five year term.

Addressing a press conference onboard special Air India Aircraft while returning from his visit to New York via Frankurt, Singh asked the Opposition to be patient.

Jerusalem, September 27: The Israeli government is expected to approve the long awaited ‘aliyah’ (immigration) of more than 7,200 Indian Jews from the north-eastern states of Manipur and Mizoram in the coming weeks, a media report said.

The decision to allow the last members of the “lost” Bnei Menashe tribe to immigrate to Israel is being greeted with excitement by local Evangelical Christian groups, who view it as fulfillment of Biblical prophecy and who have pledged financial support for the move.

London, September 27: Given enough time, a monkey with a typewriter would reproduce the complete works of Shakespeare, says a famous hypothesis. Now, it’s almost proved.

American researchers have created an army of millions of virtual monkeys, who have almost typed out the entire works of Shakespeare by bashing random keys on simulated typewriters.

The virtual monkeys, developed by programmer Jesse Anderson, have already typed up the whole of the poem “A Lover’s Complaint” and are 99.99 per cent of the way through the Bard’s complete works, a newspaper reported.

Hyderabad, September 27: The annual Haj Camp 2011 began here at the Haj House at Nampally on Tuesday morning.

The Andhra Pradesh State Haj Committee has made elaborate arrangements for the safe and smooth departure of 7800 Haj pilgrims from the state and the neighbouring districts of Karnataka. The Andhra Pradesh will send 7100 pilgrims while 700 pilgrims from Karnataka will emplane for the Holy land. As many as 347 pilgrims from Anantapur district will take flights from Bangalore embarkation point.

Hyderabad, September 27: It is not just the ordinary people in Telangana who are affected by the ongoing general strike. Even the temples have been shut by priests — all for the cause of a separate state.

Hundreds of temples across the region, comprising Hyderabad and nine other districts, stopped ‘Arjitha sevas’ and other special rituals as priests and other employees joined the ‘people’s strike’ which entered its 15th day.

Hyderabad, September 27: The Telangana agitation has been going on for 12 days now. Normal life has been affected greatly due to rasta rook, RTC strike and the agitation by the government employees.

The cops have now decided to impose 144 Section in the twin cities. The 144 section will remain in force till October 4.

Source: Bharatwaves

Hyderabad, September 27: The MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, has called on the TRS chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhara Rao, amid speculations that he could have brought a message of the Centre to him.

Observers attach importance to this meeting in the backdrop of the “Sakala Janula Samme”. It is being said that Mr Owaisi, who has recently made a statement opposing bandhs and strikes, meeting Mr KCR has political importance. Though it is not known what message he had taken to the TRS chief, observers feel that it must be an important message.

Hyderabad, September 27: Here’s something that is truly hair-raising. Two giant male tortoises, the pride of possession of the Nehru Zoological Park in the City, have turned gay. Yes, you read that right. And what’s their age,? you may ask. They are both octogenarians! One is 82 and the other is 80.