Minister for IT Ponnala Laxmaiah has said that there were no group fights, but only differences of opinion in the Congress party on the selection of party candidate for by-election to Parakala Assembly constituency in Warangal district.
The Governor, Mr E S L Narasimhan, today appealed to every citizen to strive for protecting the waning traditional arts.
Speaking as the chief guest at inaugural function of “Antharjateeya Mangala Vayidya Sammelanam” organized by the Siliconandhra and Department of Cultural Affairs here on Saturday, Mr Narasimhan opined that culture and arts would bring about unity among different classes of people. He also appealed to the organizers to rope in the youth in the cultural and traditional arts programs for their revival.
Telugu Desam Party has confirmed Kandukuri Veeraiah as the party’s candidate for the Prathipadu (SC) Assembly segment, where a by-election will be held on June 12, notwithstanding the controversy stirred by his rivals over his caste.
In Macherla, Chirumamilla Madhu was confirmed as the party’s candidate. Son of former Intelligence chief, C.V. Narsaiah, who had served during the NTR’s regime, Madhu would be testing the electoral waters for the first time.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has said that at a time when the country is facing serious challenges from terrorists, the concept of NCTC is a timely and well-planned initiative to evolve a zero tolerance framework against terrorist violence.
It wasn’t the Arab Spring. Although he tried to claim credit for inspiring the movement, and some associates undoubtedly participated, it’s clear that the revolutions owed much more to Mark Zuckerberg, the FacebookCEO, than the old jihadist.
Nor was it Middle Eastern terrorism. Of course, there are still angry, dangerous people in Peshawar and Mogadishu, but they haven’t been noticeably more effective than their Western counterparts, at least when it comes to attracting global attention.
Aamir Khan and award functions are two poles apart. For many years the perfectionist has been skipping award ceremonies as he does not believe in such recognition but his last minute turn off from the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award has put the organizers in lurk.
Aamir Khan was to unveil the Dadasaheb Phalke statue at the award function but after waiting for too long when he did not turn up, the organizers was in fix as what to do. They immediatly approached Amitabh Bachchan to do the honor and the megastar most graciously agreed.
If we go by the latest picture of Amrita Arora Ladak, we will get to know that the actress is pregnant with her second child. Married to Mumbai based builder Shakeel Ladak, Amrita and Shakeel are already blessed with two year son Azan.
Her baby bump was quite visible when she was snapped outside the Kundra’s residence at Shilpa’s baby shower. She was accompanied by her elder sister Malaika Arora Khan. Dressed in blue short outfit, Amrita was spotted carrying a gift for the mom-to-be. She is four month pregnant.
Post the match billed as the “Dada-Shah Rukh grudge game”, Pune Warriors captain Sourav Ganguly and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan who co-owns the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Saturday displayed their camaraderie much to delight of their fans at the Eden Gardens.
Ganguly earlier captained KKR but was dumped by the team a year ago. The match against his former team in his own backyard had been touted as grudge match. However, it was an anti-climax for Ganguly fans as his team went down to the Knights by 7 runs.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attack, and four other suspects Saturday appeared at a US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.
The arraignment marked the second time the US has tried to prosecute the 9/11 suspects, Xinhua reported.
The five defendants are being held in a classified section under tight security.
The controversial Pakistani model-turned Bollywood actress Veena Malik reveals her passion for flying planes. Girl who dare to bare all for the men’s fashion magazine FHM loves thrilling acts.
Veena speaks about her dream as she said, “Flying is like good music, it elevates the spirit and it’s an exhilarating freedom. It’s not a thrill thing or an adrenaline rush, it’s engaging in a process that takes focus and commitment. I love the machines, I love the aviation.”
Age is a big problem in Bollywood and especially for an actress. The younger the actress, the better it is for her. Thus, Sonakshi Sinha had nothing to fear because she is just a 24-year-old.
However, what may come as a shock to her, two of the hottest males in Bollywood have refused to work with her citing she is too old for them!
According to reports, Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor have stated their fears of working with Sona. They say that she would look older than them on screen.
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the rich, who benefit from government-subsidised LPG and petrol, should not grumble about having to bear some burden for the education of poor children.
Referring to the Right to Education Act, which makes it mandatory for the private schools to admit a certain number of students from economically weaker sections, Sibal said, “If the rich are getting LPG, petrol at subsidised rates, and if they are getting benefits…so why they can’t afford expenses of poor children’s education?
Coming under sharp attack from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Narendra Modi and J Jayalalithaa, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday rejected their criticism that his ministry’s actions were contributing to “growing distrust” between the centre and states.
Egypt’s ruling military has declared an overnight curfew for a second successive night as relative calm returns to the capital Cairo after deadly clashes with protesters.
The curfew will be imposed between 2100 GMT on Saturday and 0400 GMT on Sunday in the Defense Ministry district of the capital Cairo, AFP reported.
On Friday, at least two people were killed and 300 others, including security forces, were injured in the area around the Defense Ministry building in clashes between Egyptian forces and protesters demonstrating against the ruling military council.
The threat of another pilots’ stir in Air India loomed large on Saturday, as one of its international flight was cancelled and two more delayed by over 16 hours after a section of pilots reported sick, apparently to protest rescheduling of Boeing 787 Dreamliner training programme.
While a flight to Singapore from Delhi (AI-380), scheduled at 0005 hours tomorrow, was cancelled, two services to New York (AI-101) and Toronto (AI-187), slated at 0145 hours and 0215 hours today, were delayed by over 16 hours, airport sources said.
Israel is the only regime that has threatened to obliterate all world countries in a “nuclear Armageddon,” if its existence is put in jeopardy, a political analyst tells Press TV.
In a Friday interview, Mark Glenn, from The Crescent and Cross Solidarity movement, lashed out at Israel for its nuclear stockpile, sayingTel Aviv is the only regime that “has threatened to take the entire world down in a nuclear Armageddon in the instance that her precious experiments in Jewish self-rule in the Middle East ceases to materialize.”
Five bogies of the Punjab Mail have derailed near Rohtak, Haryana. 20 people have been injured in the incident but no casualties reported so far. The injured have been admitted in the PGI Hospital in Rohtak.
The train was on its way from Firozepur in Punjab to Mumbai when the accident occurred in the middle of the night.
The accident occurred due to break in railway line.
Shortage of infrastructure in schools in Bihar was a ‘major challenge’, state Minister for Education PK Sahi said today adding there was no drinking water facility in around 13000 government schools.
Addressing a seminar ‘Right of Children and Law’, Shahi said several schools had no toilets, even for girl students. ”We have laid stress on improving infrastructural facilities in schools and ensuring quality education,” he said.
A nude photo of his wife in his cousin’s mobile phone told him enough to gather his friends, orchestrate a plot involving Holi, bhang and consequent inebriation, and bludgeon his cousin to death, before dumping his body in the murky waters of the Malwani creek.
On Thursday, three young men were arrested on charges of murdering a 21-year-old man and dumping his body in the creek.
The case came on the cops’ radar when an informer tipped them off about a murder that had been committed in the mangrove swamp near the creek on Holi.
Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal on Saturday assured of taking adequate measures to stop flow of liquor and cash to lure voters in the by-elections for the 18 assembly and one Parliament seats in the State.
Talking to reporters at the State Secretariat, Bhanwarlal said that the Election Commission would also ensure that all candidates stop their campaign 48-hours before the polling. He informed that nearly Rs 5 crore cash and about 30,000 litres of liquor have been seized at different places in 12 districts where elections are to be held on June 12.
YSR Congress on Saturday said that there was no truth in the reports appearing in a section of press on the alleged irregularities in the allotment of land to Lepakshi Knowledge Hub.
“The land was given for industrial development and economic generation is taking place at Lepakashi project, which was once barren and was put to good use by YSR government,” YSRC Party spokesperson Janak Prasad told reporters here.
Minister of Information Technology and Communications Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Saturday stated that Handri-Neeva Project works were executed in a transparent manner during his stint as the irrigation minister.
Former Congress minister Jeevan Reddy on Saturday criticised the statement of Rajya Sabha member of Telugu Desam Party T Devender Goud saying that Telangana people suffered major injustice during the regime of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Telugu Desam Party MLA Jaipal Yadav on Saturday came down heavily on the State and Central Governments for their failure to rescue farmers by implementing the anti-farmers’ policies.
Talking to media persons at Telugu Desam Legislature Party Office, Jaipal Yadav slammed the Centre for not taking any steps for the implementation of recommendations of Swaminathan Committee for the benefit of farmers. Though the Committee submitted its recommendations long back, the government has not taken any steps to discuss them in the Parliament over their implementation, he stated.
Eamcet-2012 convenor Prof N V Ramana Rao on Saturday informed that as many as 3,88,463 applications have been received in engineering, medical and agriculture streams for this year’s test scheduled to be held on May 12.