Hyderabad, September 04: The death toll due to the heavy rains that lashed across the state under cyclonic impact has touched 18 on Saturday. According to Disaster Management Commissioner T Radha, so far at least 18 people were killed due to rains-related incidents in all the three regions of the State.
Hyderabad, September 04: The historic Hussain Sagar lake has just got a face lift. The State Government has installed seven fountains, which will not only improve the water quality, but will add to the beauty of the lake.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday inaugurated seven High Jet fountains, installed at a cost of Rs 1.32 Crore. Each fountain goes up to the height of 20 metres and discharges about 160 Cum water per hour. According to officials the fountains would enhance the dissolved oxygen and improve the water quality.
Tirupati, September 04: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Trust Board has decided to improve the amenities for devotees visiting the famous Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple.
Hyderabad, September 04: Health Minister Dr DL Ravindra Reddy came to the defense of CBI joint director VV Laxminarayana here on Saturday while condemning the statement of former agriculture minister YS Vivekananda Reddy.
Vivekananda Reddy had earlier commented that the CBI joint director Laxminarayana was a corrupt official. The minister took exception to it and made light of Vivekanand Reddy’s comments. Speaking to the media persons, Ravindra Reddy said, “it is meaningless,” to pass such comments against the CBI official.
Hyderabad, September 04: The Central Bureau of Investigation is preparing to launch another round of searches to unearth the alleged illegal wealth that the Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his business partners have amassed in the last seven years.
Hyderabad, September 04: Telugu Desam Party senior leader K Yerran Naidu on Saturday took serious note of former agriculture minister YS Vivekananda Reddy comments suspecting TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu’s hand behind the CBI raids on YSR Congress party president Jaganmohan Reddy.
Pulivendula, September 04: Former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy on Saturday withdrew his controversial remarks made against Central Bureau of Investigation joint director VV Laxminarayana and Telugu Desam leader Payyavula Kesav.
Vivekananda Reddy on Friday had alleged that Laxminarayana was involved in corruption and was a close relative of Telugu Desam leader Payyavula Kesav. He also alleged that the raids on YSR Congress party president Jaganmohan Reddy was a drama being enacted at the instance of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu.
Vijayawada, September 04: Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday reiterated that the Centre would find a solution to the Telangana statehood within three months.
Hyderabad, September 04: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil visit to Hyderabad has been rescheduled to September 4.
According to Rashtrapathi Bhavan sources, the President would arrive on September 4 at 11.20 am to the city. The President originally planned to visit the city on Saturday evening.
Vatican city,September 04 :The Vatican vigorously rejected claims it sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and accused the Irish prime minister of making an ‘unfounded’ attack against the Holy See.
The Vatican issued a lengthy response to the Irish government following Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s unprecedented July 20 denunciation of the Vatican’s handling of abuse, in which he cited the “dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism that dominate the culture of the Vatican to this day.”
Beijing, September 04 :The world economy is stepping into a ”new danger zone,” World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday, as growth slows and investor confidence weakens.
Speaking in Beijing, Zoellick urged Europe and the United States to tackle their debt problems, and noted that near record-high food prices and volatile commodity markets are threatening the most world’s vulnerable people.
“The financial crisis in Europe has become a sovereign debt crisis, with serious implications for the Monetary Union, banks, and competitiveness of some countries,” he said.
New Delhi, September 04:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his ministerial team Saturday declared their assets that places his own wealth at Rs.5.1 crore ($1.3 million), while Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath is richest with over Rs.250 crore ($55 million). Defence Minister A.K. Antony seems the poorest with Rs.35 lakh ($77,000).
The declaration, required under the Code of Conduct for Ministers, also follows Manmohan Singh taking strong exception to remarks by a senior member of parliament on his personal integrity during a debate last month.
Hyderabad,September 04 :Irrespective of any party the Telangana leadership from congress,Trs,Tdp are sheep in the garb of tigers.Majority of Telangana leaders are showing intrest in telangana cause because of sentiments among the people and they have realised the beating they got in the hands of students specially in the case of Janardhan reddy,madhu yashkiand keshav rao to name a few.Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrasekhar Rao today criticised the Congress leaders from Telangana for “seeking” to save the government rather than fighting for the statehood cause.
Lucknow, September 03: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the central government was harassing Anna Hazare’s associates and it was clear that the Congress will attack ‘anybody who raises his voice against corruption’.
Flaying the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said: ?Action taken by the Congress-led government has proved beyond doubt that this party believes in training its guns against anybody and everybody who raises his voice against corruption.?
New Delhi, September 03: Refuting that his trust has violated any FERA norms, Baba Ramdev on Saturday hit back at the government saying that there was an attempt to malign him.
Firing salvos Baba Ramdev said that there was a “conspiracy” against him in order to stop him from carrying forward his movement against corruption. He added that the same was done to Anna Hazare and his team.
New Delhi, September 03: Hazare provided `Z` category security Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare has been provided with ‘Z’ category security, a senior police official said on Saturday.
“Hazare has been provided Z category security three days ago,” Ahmednagar district SP Krishna Prakash told a news agency over phone.
Asked about reports that the anti-corruption crusader had rejected the security cover, the IPS officer said, “It is not true that he has rejected the security. What he told us is that he does not need the security.
New Delhi, September 03: ULFA signs peace pact with govt New Delhi: In its effort to bring lasting peace in Assam, the government on Saturday signed an agreement with the banned ULFA to end violence in the troubled northeastern state and set the ball rolling for peace talks.
New Delhi, September 03: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former National Security Advisor (NSA) MK Narayanan differed on talks with Pakistan, reveals a cable released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.
The cable exposes Narayanan as readily conceding that he had differences with Prime Minister Singh.
The former NSA has described Dr Singh as a “great believer” in talks and negotiations with Islamabad, while Narayanan himself was “not a great believer in Pakistan”.
Hyderabad, September 03: Several TDP leaders have said that they would follow their party chief N Chandrababu Naidu in declaring their assets.
TDP politburo meeting which was held here on Friday endorsed Naidu’s stand in declaring his assets. At the politburo meeting, Naidu informed his party leaders that he was declaring his assets. “The politburo expressed its happiness over Naidu’s decision,” TDP leader K Yerran Naidu said.
London, September 03: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain found support for his comment referring to India fielders as ‘donkeys’ from Michael Vaughan, on Saturday.
Vaughan, who himself has come under severe criticism for his comments on VVS Laxman’s bat, tweeted that he completely agreed with what Hussain had to say about the Indian fielders’ performance in the one-off T20 match at Manchester. “Just seen that Nasser said the Indians have a couple of Donkeys in the field… How wrong can he be!!!! I have seen at least 4….” he wrote on the micro-blogging site.
New delhi,August 02: With Income Tax office slapping a notice on activist Arvind Kejriwal to pay dues, Team Anna Hazare today alleged that the government was back to its “dirty tricks department” and that officials were pressurised by “political bosses” to act against them.
Hyderabad, September 03: The drive to remove illegal encroachments from footpaths a few days back has served little purpose, as structures have come up again at the same places.
Speaking to Express, Town Planning officials said temporary encroachments on road margins have sprang up again at places from where they were removed, due to lack of monitoring by GHMC staff and traffic police.
The civic body has proposed to take up the removal drive in the first week of every month but in view of festivals, it has been put on hold for a few days.
Hyderabad, September 03: It seems that most Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus drivers in the city are flouting traffic rules and figures tell as much.
With traffic inspectors issuing as many as 8,009 challans totaling Rs. 10.81 lakh to bus drivers, traffic police and APSRTC, Greater Hyderabad zone have decided to take up a special drive to educate drivers over traffic rules.
C V Anand, additional commissioner of police (Traffic) said contract drivers recruited by the RTC management are mainly causing traffic violations as they lack awareness of rules.
Hyderabad, September 03: A local court on Friday granted the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) a two-day police custody of T Sunil Reddy, former journalist and consultant with Sricity SEZ who was arrested recently on charges of forgery).
The investigative agency had earlier sought Sunil Reddy’s custody for five days stating that they needed to make him undergo a polygraph test and also get experts to compare his handwriting.
However, the court granted only two days of custody from Saturday onwards.
An advocate will be present with Reddy from 10 a.m.
Hyderabad, September 03: Near to the small shed built to house and worship Ganesha at the KVR Towers at Miyapur, another enclosure is being readied to receive the body of Yalavarthi Sweeya.
The third year B.Tech student at IIT-Patna had committed suicide by jumping off her hostel building on Thursday morning, within just 10 days of her 19th birthday.
Always regarded as a quiet person by those who knew her, Sweeya was an academically bright student who was also the state 10th rank holder in SSC exam, scoring 100 per cent marks in Mathematics and General Sciences.