New Delhi, September 02: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao will sit on a fast at Rajghat on Sunday as a mark of protest over the crisis over separate statehood.
The Andhra Pradesh leader is also likely to meet Central leaders in New Delhi.
The Telangana agitation has meanwhile entered its 20th day on Sunday as the government is yet to find a solution for the deadlock over the issue.
New Delhi, October 02: Congress today condemned the raid by Gujarat police on arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s house alleging BJP’s “naked dictatorship” is visible in the state.
“Why is it that this officer is being targeted shortly after he the blew whistle about Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s doings in Gujarat. BJP’s naked dictatorship is visible in Gujarat”, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters adding the charge against Bhatt was “laughable”.
Hyderabad, October 02: A suspected thief died on the spot after he was shot with an air-rifle allegedly by a doctor in the Jubilee Hills area.
Lucknow, October 02: Going full throttle to woo SC and ST voters, Chief Minister Mayawati today (Oct 1) wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding increase in quota for them as per their population and job reservation in the private sector and the judiciary.
In her latest missive to Singh, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister contended there has been an increase in the population of these communities but the quota has remained static, making it difficult to provide facilities to them.
New Delhi, October 02: The Congress leaders from the Telangana region have decided to adopt wait and watch policy over the issue of statehood for the region.
Hyderabad, October 02: The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission on Saturday informed that the Group-II Services examination will be held October 15 and 16, as per schedule.
The APPSC is making the necessary arrangements to conduct the examination across the State. The Hall Tickets are placed in the Commission’s Web-site: www.apspsc.gov.in for down-loading by the eligible aspirants from October 2 onwards. The rejected candidates’ lists are also made available for information of the candidates.
——Agencies
Hyderabad, October 02: To drive home the message that no one is indispensable, Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan on Saturday announced that he would not contest as President of the State Lok Satta Party again.
The time has come to demonstrate that the Lok Satta Party does not revolve around certain individuals; Dr. JP told a media conference on the eve of the Lok Satta Party’s fifth anniversary.
Hyderabad, October 02: Suspended TDP MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy along with three other TDP MLAs – Harishwar Reddy, Jogiramana and Venugopal Chary locked themselves in a cabin near the Speaker Nadendla Manohar peshi in the State Legislative Assembly premises on Saturday.
Hyderabad, October 02: Infrastructure Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy clarified that he would stay with the Congress party despite his resignation from the State cabinet and to MLA’s post.
Hyderabad, October 02: Around 5.70 lakh out of 10.32 lakh State Government employees have been denied their September month salaries.
The 12-day emoluments for September have not been paid, so far, to the Telangana employees joined the Sakala Janulu Samme or the people’s general strike from September 13. But back in Secretariat all most all have received their pay and about 16 to 17 personnel from the Information and Public Relations Department were not paid.
Hardoi, October 02: Launching a scathing attack on Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who had recently called him a “thug”, yoga guru Ramdev today said those criticising him and “other patriots” were inviting trouble.
New Delhi, October 02: In-charge of AP Congress affairs and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday clarified the finding a solution for Telangana statehood issue is a long process.
Hyderabad, October 02: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will inaugurate the ‘Indira Jal Prabha’ at Yerragondapalem on October 2 and the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will participate in the programme as per the revised schedule. Earlier, Chief Minister was to declare open the scheme.
Hyderabad, October 02: Infrastructure Minister Komatreddi Venkatreddy resigned from the State Cabinet on Saturday citing the failure of Congress High Command in making an announcement on formation of Telangana State. He also resigned from his assembly membership.
Hyderabad, October 02: In-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will be visiting Hyderabad on Sunday.
Sources say that Azad is likely to hold discussions with the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana and other leaders from Telangana and Rayalaseema region. However, the Congress party is trying to project Azad’s visit as a low-profile event. Presently, Botsa is in New Delhi and he will be returning to the State capital by Sunday afternoon to hold discussions with Azad.
Hyderabad, October 02: Probably for the first time in the city since the general strike began, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had a direct confrontation with the Telangana activists.
New Delhi, October 02: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Saturday asked partymen to gear up for early polls, contenting that the UPA government is on a “suicidal path” and nothing could be said about its future.
“The UPA government is on a suicidal path. Never has such a situation arisen since Independence. The government is full of corruption and does not deserve to be in office… We must gear up as you never know what is in the offing,” a senior BJP leader said, quoting Mr. Advani.
Hyderabad, October 02: Leading Telugu actor Nagarjuna was on Saturday booked on charges of abusing a woman journalist and for criminal intimidation, police said.
The Jubilee Hills Police registered a case against Akkineni Nagarjuna, based on a complaint filed by Y Sunita Chowdhary, who alleged that the actor had used “filthy and vulgar” language against her and had even threatened to kill her when she met him during the film shooting of ‘Damarukam’ on September 29.
Hyderabad, October 02: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today warned that stern action would be initiated against those who tried to break peace and tranquility in the state capital in the name of agitations.
“People of different cultures co-exist in Hyderabad and the city has a rich cosmopolitan culture. If anyone tries to vitiate it in the name of bandhs and other agitations, the Government will deal very firmly with such people,” he said, addressing a group of people brought to his camp office here to congratulate him.
Hampshire, October 02: A man was raped after being attacked on a footpath in Southampton.
The incident happened near the Clover Nook Flats, off Old Redbridge Road, at about 05:00 BST.
The 22-year-old was walking along a footpath when he was approached by a male stranger who raped him before running away, police said.
The suspect is described as white, 5ft 8in tall with short hair and wore a white T-shirt, blue jeans and white trainers. He also had a tribal tattoo.
Officers carried out house-to-house inquiries earlier and sealed the area off for forensic investigation.
New Delhi, October 01: Amid reports that the CAG had overruled its own official on 2G loss calculation, Congress on Saturday said if the government auditor had the slightest doubt about its findings, it should revise the same.
“We are not here to debunk the figures. But certainly, if the figures are notional it deserves to have a very serious look and it behoves for an institution like the CAG to itself revise it estimates if it has the slightest doubt about it,” Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here.
New Delhi, October 01: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Saturday said it was aware of the ‘gravity’ of the ongoing agitation for a separate state in Telangana but needs ‘some more time’ to find a solution to the vexed issue.
‘We are aware of the gravity of the situation. We are in the process of consultations. We need some more time and further consultations,’ Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here, a day after Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also the party in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, submitted a report on the issue to party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Lucknow, October 01: Janata Party president Subramanium Swamy on Sunday said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s assertion that he was not in the know of the ministry’s March 2011 note was “misleading the people”.
The note being mentioned is actually an “office memorandum” which is not prepared without the assent of the minister concerned, he said.
Terming 2G spectrum as a “test case”, Swamy said the “exposures” in it and action taken thereafter against the accused have proved that the prevailing laws were effective enough to deal with corruption.
New Delhi, October 01: The CPI on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the role of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum licensing issue, but unlike CPI(M), did not seek his resignation.
Maintaining that the latest disclosures on the 2G scam “warrant an investigation” into Chidambaram’s role, the party said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also “cannot escape his accountability to the nation by taking offensive against the media and the Opposition and trying to find hidden hands to destabilise his Government.”
New Delhi, October 01: The Congress Saturday defended the arrested Indian Police Service Gujarat officer Sanjiv Bhatt saying he is being ‘victimized’ while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) justified his arrest for allegedly threatening a policeman.
‘Bhatt is being victimised. His premises are being raided again and again. There is no law and order in Gujarat,’ said Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Bhatt’s arrest Friday for allegedly making the policeman sign a false affidavit.