Month: September 2011

Mumbai, September 26: When legendary actor and thespian Dilip Kumar heard about the demise of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi on the television news, he recognized his friend and immediately called his secretary and dictated a letter, which he sent to Sharmila Tagore, the actress wife of Pataudi.

‘Tiger’ Pataudi passed away on Wednesday evening in New Delhi with his family, son Saif Ali Khan and daughters Soha and Saba along with Sharmila by his side. He had been suffering from a lung complication and had been in the hospital for over a month.

Masjid teen Khana Qutub Shahi uninhabited

Hyderabad, September 26: Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy, C.M. of A.P. said that the Govt. will introduce a new scheme to maintain transparency in administration. This scheme would be launched from 1st November 201. Under this scheme 25 certification including caste and Income certificates will be issued in 15 minutes against the payment of the requisite fees. Initially, this scheme will be started in Krishna.

Hyderabad, September 26: Despite anti Telangana attitude of Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, the ministers and M.L.A.’s of Congress are supporting him whereas they got power on the basis of Telangana movement. Mr. Taraka Rama Rao, TRS member of Assembly said that Congress leaders are not prepared to support public leaving Congress whereas the Central and State governments are neglecting every appeal of the Telangana people.

Hyderabad, September 26: President of Telangana Muslims Advocates’ Joint Action Committee Mr. Syed Tariq Quadri & his colleagues said that the book releasing ceremony of the book written by Dr. Abu Saleh Shareef on 27th September at Jubilee Hall is a deep conspiracy against the Muslims of Telangana. Now that the Telangana agitation is at its peak and it has been intensified in all the districts of Telangana, the so-called leadership is tyring to present Muslim Minority as Anti-Telangana.

Hyderabad, September 26: Union petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy on Sunday denied holding back gas allocation made to the state under pressure from Telangana MPs. In a letter to chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Jaipal Reddy said he had come to know that he (Kiran) was under the impression that he had cancelled the allocation of gas to Andhra Pradesh. But he asserted that the issue of stopping the release of gas had not figured when the Telangana MPs had paid him a visit.

Vishakapatnam, September 26: Uttarandhra Congress Garjana, a public meeting organised by the Pradesh Congress Committee on the sands of Ramakrishna Beach here on Sunday, sent out a loud warning to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy not to underestimate the Congress as it was too a formidable force for him to confront.

The meeting, considered a massive show of strength by PCC president Botcha Satyanarayana, had crowds mobilised from North Andhra districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari district.

Hyderabad, September 26: Cases have been registered against Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) chairman M Kodandaram, senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, TRS legislator K Taraka Rama Rao and several others for organising protests on rail tracks at Moula Ali, Ghatkesar and other places as part of the two-day Rail Roko.

Vijayawada, September 26: If we would have known the condition before, we would not have started from home. We are helpless now with no food, shelter and not even enough money left with us, said a woman, who was stranded at the Vijayawada railway station due to the TJAC rail roko while trying to make laugh her sobbing one and half year old baby. The woman boarded a train at Nagpur with her husband, who is working with a private company in Hyderabad.

New Delhi, September 26: Rebel Congress leader K Keshav Rao joined hands with the BJP to slam the UPA Government for not delivering a separate Telangana state during an all-party meeting on Sunday.

The Telangana Joint Action Committee had organised the all-party meeting to garner a national-level support for its ongoing protests in Andhra Pradesh.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the BJP, rebel Congress, rebel TDP, TRS, RLD, and the CPI.

Rao and BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad warned the UPA Government against playing with the people’s sentiments.

Vijayawada, September 26: Power generation was affected at Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS) on Sunday as the VI unit developed a technical snag. At present, only five units are generating power at the thermal station as the V unit is undergoing overhaul. Consequently, the power generation in the thermal plant came down. Thermal station chief engineer G Kishore Babu said there was no coal shortage for the plant as they are getting coal from Talcher. It is also receiving coal supplies from Chennai port. On Sunday, it got 11 rakes of coal and of them five were from Talcher.

Vijayawada, September 26: With increasing concern over global warming and environmental destruction, the denizens of Vijayawada, especially women, are increasingly getting attracted to greenery and rushing to nurseries to bring their favourite plants home.

One can see most of the houses having two or more plants of whatever kind. Be it a flowering plant or a fruitbearing plant or croton for giving the interior a lavish look as plantloving people prefer to decorate their homes with plants and flowers.

Tirumala, September 26: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju inspected the cottages that have been renovated at Tirumala on Sunday. Speaking to the media here on Sunday, he said that the TTD has taken up the task of renovating the old cottages at Tirumala at the cost of `36 crore. Currently, of the 3,471 cottages, 986 have been renovated at the cost of `4 crore. The remaining 2,485 cottages will be renovated by March 2012, the chairman said.

Hyderabad, September 26: The Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram said a decision would be announced in two to three days on the future course of the Sakala Janula Samme.

The TJAC chairman along with leaders of employees’ unions conferred with TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao and said a decision would be taken soon on the method through which the T movement should be taken forward.

Kodandaram said a bandh call has been given by small industries and PSUs on Monday.

Hyderabad, September 26: Hemmed in on all sides by the Telangana Sakala Janula Samme, people in most parts of Telangana, particularly the state capital, were only too happy to stay home Sunday. With the entire transportation system crippled for the last three days, there was nowhere to go. The end of the 48hour rail roko at 6 pm Sunday brought passengers back to the railway platforms but the logjam in the rail system is likely to make travel difficult for a few more days.

Hyderabad, September 26: The APTransco is bringing the industrial sector too under the powercut regime from Monday. It will be total for one day in a week and for four hours during peak hours- 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm- every day.

The power supply situation is becoming precarious. According to officials, the gap between supply and demand is widening. The gap as on September 24 was above 27 million units (MU). This is leading to imposition of power cuts on all sectors.

Hyderabad, September 26: Small industries in and around Hyderabad might shut shop for two days from Monday, following a bandh call given by The Telangana Industrialists’ Federation in support of the Sakala Janula Samme. The call might not affect medium and big industries with the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry making it clear it was not supporting the bandh.

Warangal, September 26: As the struggle for Telangana intensifies day by day, students in Warangal district are losing interest in academics. Though parents are all for the Telangana cause, they want schools to be exempted from the agitation.

“My elder son sings songs in support of a separate Telangana state and the younger one shouts “Jail Telangana” slogans. Both of them have lost interest in studies. They do not study even at home,” said R Tirupati Reddy, a resident of Royal Enclave in Hanamkonda.

Nalgonda, September 26: Shopping for the Dasara festival is an annual affair for the family of Poshaboina Giribabu, an office subordinate working at the zilla parishad office. This year also, they spent their weekend shopping but with a shoestring budget. His wife Chandrakala has decided to cut the festival budget from `2,000 to `1,000 as Giri is unlikely to receive his salary for the month of September, which is payable in October, due to the strike.

Sangareddy, September 26: The problems they are facing currently, financially and otherwise, will not dilute their resolve to fight for a separate Telangana, assert Telangana supporters in Medak district.

“We have been struglling for so long and now is the time we need to stay united for the Telangana cause. We will continue the Sakala Janula Samme indefinitely,” said M Sobhan, a vegetable vendor of Shantinagar.

Karimnagar, September 26: Forty two year old Pochampalli Kistaiah, a farmer of Bhoopathipur in Sultanabad mandal, has five acres of land on which he cultivates paddy and cotton. Recently, he got a new bore well dug in his field as ground water had started depleting and he had no other source of irrigation for his field. He struggled to sow seeds and bought fertilizers on credit.

Hyderabad, September 26: The ongoing Telangana agitation further intensified on its 14th day in Warangal when a local 20 year old auto driver Yakayya, disappointed over the delay in formation of Telangana, committed suicide by consuming poison.

In his suicide note he demanded resignation from all Telangana MLAs of Congress. He further stated in the note that the sate government is not concerned over the deaths of pro Telangana youth. Decision is not being taken in favour of Telangana despite the suicides committed by several youth.

Siasat news

Adilabad September 26: People from rural areas have to rush to the district headquarters for every small requirement. And rural people in Adilabad district are no different. But they are deprived of public transport which only is affordable for many of them. Yet, they do not mind waiting for long hours to board a private vehicle or even walk a few miles to go about their work. For, they are all in solidarity with the striking RTC employees.

Hyderabad, September 26: Commissioner Task force south zone team has arrested a dangerous rowdy sheeter Abu Ali Khan and his two aides Amir Abdullah and Khaja Ghouse Mohiuddin associated with Husaini Alam police and recovered sword, dagger and a base ball bat from his possession.

According to details Abu Ali Khan’s rowdy sheet was opened in the year 2007 and he was involved in more that 20 cases under Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerate.

It is said that Abu was also involved in the cases of attack on policemen in the past and a nonbailable warrant is pending against him.

Hyderabad, September 26: Sakala Janula Samme loomed large over the Group-I exams which were held on Sunday. With the streets being deserted with hardly any mode of public transport, groups of students were seen tensely waiting for some transport to take them to their exam centres on time. Jinoj and his four friends had to reach Sanathnagar from Abids.