‘Election Watch’ has made an appeal to all the political parties and the candidates to stop distribution of liquor and money in the by-elections. A conference of the Election Watch was held here on Sunday under the presidenthsip of former Allahabad High Court Chief Juctice Dr Ambati Lakshmana Rao.
Former MLA Vangaveeti Radha Krishna, who recently joined the YSR Congress has said that TDP was finished in politics.
Talking to media persons here today, Radha Krishna said that people were not giving credence to the baseless allegations of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu against Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. He also faulted the TDP for giving show-cause notice to its Vijayawada Urban unit president Vallabhaneni Vamsi for a casual meeting with Jagan. Stating that he had met Chandrababu Naidu n 2004, he said no one gave him any notice then.
Tauqir Amaan Khan is the first Pakistani to translate holy Quran into Punjabi for the first time.
The holy Quran has been translated in many languages across the world. More than 40 million people across the globe understand Punjabi. In Pakistan, 12 million people understand and speak Punjabi, whereas in India more than 30 million people understand the language.
If you thought it was only Pakistan’s notorious actors Meera, Veena Malik and of late Sara Loren (formerly known as Mona Lizza) who could make headlines by working in India, then think again. Following in their footsteps, model singer and actor Muskan Khan has taken the same path as she believes there are more opportunities for rising stars on the other side of the border.
Is Delhi safe? No says the Union Home Ministry’s data which disclosed that as many as 14 kids go missing in the Capital daily.
Safety issues have been pitched earlier too but always in context to some or the other woman but no one ever noticed that 5,111 children disappeared in the city last year, as per the data issued.
And to everyone’s surprise, 1,146 children have already gone missing till April 15 in 2012, as per reports. Situation becomes worse as the data also said that there is no trace of 1,359 of the 5,111 missing children in 2011.
A document has been made public in Paris that says French President Nicolas Sarkozy received 50 million euros (around $65 million) from slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that propelled Sarkozy to power in 2007, the Daily Mail reported.
French law bans candidates from receiving cash payments above 6,300 pounds, but a news website claimed that the massive donation was laundered through bank accounts in Panama and Switzerland.
Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday said that 1.4 lakh people would be recruited in the railways next year.
“In the coming year, 1,44,000 people will be employed in the railways,” Roy said after laying the foundation stone of a road over bridge and foot over bridge at Nalhati in Birbhum district.
More than 75,000 jobs were created in the railways in the past six months and more people would be recruited, he said.
Three days after being freed by Maoists, Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka on Sunday said the ultras are likely to release a fresh audio message which could clear the air over his possible resignation as a legislator.
“A new audio tape is likely to be released by the Maoists shortly. It will remove all confusion relating to my resignation. Everything will be clear,” the 37-year-old ruling BJD MLA from Laxmipur, said.
Congress MPs from Telangana region, who were suspended from the Lok Sabha last week for disrupting the proceedings, have decided to boycott the House on Monday.
“We will boycott the House tomorrow. We will announce our next course of action on Wednesday,” Congress MP Madhu Yashki Goud told PTI after a meeting of party MPs.
In an unprecedented action, eight Congress MPs from Telangana were suspended last week for four days from Lok Sabha for disrupting the house. Their suspension ends on April 30.
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Governor E S L Narasimhan has expressed his happiness at the extension he has received and thanked the Centre for reposing confidence in him.
Talking to media persons at Raj Bhavan along with his wife, Narasimhan said that he had developed affinity with Andhra Pradesh and was happy that he would be able to serve the State longer. Describing the extension as his second innings, Narasimhan said he would strive to serve the State to the best of his ability.
As many as 20,455 Compoundable Criminal and Petty Civil cases were settled in the Mega Lok Adalats held across the State on Saturday and Sunday.
The Mega Lok Adalats were conducted in 17 districts in the State as per the instructions of Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh Madan Bhimrao Lokur.
Mines and Geology Minister Galla Aruna Kumari on Sunday called on Rajya Sabha MP K Chiranjeevi at latter’s residence in Jubilee Hills.
Aruna Kumari has reportedly sought Chiranjeevi’s help to get Congress ticket for her son G Jaydev from the Tirupati assembly seat in the by-elections to be held on June 12. Tirupati seat fell vacant after Chiranjeevi’s resignation following his election to the Rajya Sabha.
In a significant development, YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called upon cine-actor and former Rajya Sabha MP Mohan Babu at latter’s residence at Jubilee Hills here on Sunday.
Jagan was accompanied with his wife Bharathi. Although Jagan avoided media, talking to reporters later, Mohan Babu said that the visit was related to family relations. It may be mentioned that Jagan’s cousin sister Viranaca was married to Mohan Babu’s elder son Manchu Vishnu and the couple was recently blessed with twins.
AICC Secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Sunday denied media reports that Rajya Sabha MP K Chiranjeevi would campaign only in five out of 18 assembly constituencies where by-elections are scheduled to be held on June 12.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday.
The Chief Minister congratulated him on being continued as Governor of Andhra Pradesh for the second term. The Chief Minister said, “your experience and able services are very much useful to guide us towards overall development of the State.” He wished the Governor all the best and success in his second term. (INN)
Rajya Sabha MP Palvai Govardhan on Sunday asked the Congress MPs from the Telangana region to change their mode of protest to achieve statehood for the region.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office, Govardhan said that the recent protest by eight Congress MPs from the region in the Lok Sabha led Congress president Sonia Gandhi to believe that she was being blackmailed to take an early decision on Telangana. He said the behaviour of Lok Sabha MPs did not look like an appeal, but it was more like a protest done by opposition members.
Barack Obama’s top adviser on terrorism brushed aside criticism by the president’s political opponents that he has exploited this week’s one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing for political gain.
“I don’t do politics. I don’t do the campaign. I am not a Democrat or Republican,” said chief White House counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan.
“All that I know is that the president made the decision when he was given the opportunity to take a gutsy decision, to carry out that raid with our special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan,” Brennan told ABC television’s This Week program.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi could be among those likely to be affected by new immigration rules under which non-European Union citizens accused of serious human rights abuses may be banned from entering Britain.
Rights campaigners on Sunday said that they would demand that the proposed rules should be used to keep out Mr. Modi because of his role in the anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.
A 30-year old man murdered his father, a forest department employee, with the help of his friend, eyeing a government job on compassionate grounds.
Police said E Murugan, a resident of Keezhkuppam village in Tiruvannamalai district in TN, along with his friend P Vaikundavasan, 30, strangled his father G Ezhumalai (58), a forest guard posted at Paruvathamalai forest.
It’s a dream wish for any new actor to be under the wings of Salman Khan. Given the success one enjoys after being inducted in Bhai’s camp, friendship with Salman Khan is like a stamp to stardom.
Even though Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Teja is a sensation down south, he would have to walk that extra mile to establish foothold in Bollywood. And what better advantage he could get than develop kinship with the dabangg of the town Salman Khan.
Commenting on the nomination of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today said it was the “dirtiest play” of Congress.
“It is Congress’s dirtiest play…the real Dirty Picture is this”, Mr Thackeray said talking to reporters after he was conferred with a lifetime achievement award by Raipur-based magazine ‘Cartoon Watch’ at a function in Mumbai.
MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi has made it once again clear that his party was not for creation of the Telangana state. It is learnt that during a recent meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Owaisi said they would not accept Telangana formation, as smaller states had done nothing to improve the conditions of the Muslim community. He has told her to keep the state either united or create a Rayala Telangana state, by adding the Rayalaseema districts to Telangana.
Kakinada beach, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Rajahmundry
Rajahmundry: A 20-year-old student of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) got drowned at Kakinada beach on Sunday, while three of his friends are also feared dead, police said.
A massive search has been launched to trace the three missing youths, they said. According to police, the deceased identified as R Rajendra Prasad, who hailed from a village in Guntur district, had gone to play volleyball at the beach with a group of around ten friends from JNTU.
The Congress Coordination Committee on Sunday finalised the strategy to be adopted for the by-elections to be held for 18 assembly and one Parliament seats in the State on June 12.
In a surprise move, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday called on Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdary at latter’s residence at Banjara Hills.
Renuka Chowdary, however, described the visit as a courtesy call which lasted for about one-and-a-half hour. She said they did not discuss politics during the meeting.