Month: June 2012

Applications are invited from the eligible candidates seeking admission into B.Arch. program offered by GITAM School of Architecture (GSA) in Visakhapatnam Campus. A pass in single attempt with first class in 10+2 or equivalent in 2011/12 with 60% marks in Mathematics as one of the subjects of examinations are eligible, Prof. G.V.S. Sai, Director, GSA stated in a press release here on Saturday.

Unprecedented security was made at the CBI main office in Kothi on Saturday.
Police have taken the extraordinary precaution as they expect that the YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy might be brought here for questioning, should the CBI gets his custody as it sought in its petition in the High Court.

Police have regulated vehicular traffic on the busy roads and restricted entries only to persons with proper identities. Police have also set up CC cameras at vantage points so that movements could be tracked. (NSS)

The Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Dr K. Narayana has strongly felt that death penalty was suitable punishment for CBI Special Court Judge T. Pattabhi Ramarao, who allegedly accepted bribe for granting bail to Gali Janardhan Reddy, who was the principal accused in Obulapuram Mining Company case, from his henchmen.

State Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy called on Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the Camp office this morning.

According to informed sources, the Advocate General discussed with the Chief Minister about the Election Commission’s notice to the Chief Minister for his controversial speech at Tirupati election meeting. The Chief Minister has already sent a reply to the EC.

Hyderabad, June.2 (NSS): The Telangana Senior Citizens’ Association has decided to campaign for victory of TRS candidate in Parakala by-elections in Warangal district.

Taking all these factors into consideration, the questions posed by Gattu Ramachandra Rao on Friday whether investigation was done completely in any case allegedly involving Chandrababu Naidu and whether any court has given clean chit to him are quite relevant. The people of the State have a right to know the facts relating to the alleged corrupt activities of Chandrababu Naidu when he was the Chief Minister, whether he had really managed some judicial officers in any case and whether he is really clean.

The CBI has done a commendable job in unearthing the ‘cash-for-bail’ scandal in which a Judge of the CBI court T R Pattabhirama Rao, his son, and a minister from Rayalaseema region were allegedly involved, along with two others, to bail out mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, in the OMC scam. The Chief Justice and other Judges of the State High Court also deserve high praise for ordering immediate suspension the tainted CBI judge.

YSR Congress on Saturday flayed the anti-farmer polices of the State government and demanded that the Congress and TDP should concentrate on the welfare of farmers and other sections instead of incessantly carrying out campaign against YS Jaganmohan Reddy with mala fide intentions.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is yet to reply to the notices sent by the Election Commission of India in connection with violation of Model Code of Conduct.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will organise a Mega Job Mela on June 5 for the unemployed youth in the Old City.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain said that several leading companies from different sectors would participate in the Mega Job Mela which will be held at Owaisi School of Excellence in Jamaal Colony of Riyasat Nagar. The participating companies include Delano Software Solutions, Global Innov Source, Apollo Hospital, Dominos Pizza, Bharati – Walmart, Vijay Electricals and Life Style.

The CBI court on Saturday issued summons to IAS officers L V Subrahmanyam and B P Acharya in connection with their alleged role in Emaar scam.

The special court while issuing summons to both the bureaucrats, asked them to appear before the court on June 18. As BP Acharya, who arrested by the CBI, is presently lodged in Chanchalguda Central Jail, the court has issued Prisoner Transit Warrant against him and directed the jail authorities to produce him in the court on June 18.

Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Dr K Laxman on Saturday accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi of mounting pressure on Telangana Political Joint Action Committee to get its support in the by-election in Parkal Assembly constituency.

Talking to media persons at the party office at Nampally, Dr Laxman said that the TRS has been mounting pressure on JAC as it suffered defeat in the Mahbubnagar by-elections in the hands of BJP. If the TRS wins from Parkal constituency, he said that the Telangana sentiment would suffer major injustice.

Former Minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy on Saturday expressed doubts over the demise of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in the helicopter crash.

Addressing an election rally for YSR Congress party in Kadapa district, Vivekananda Reddy said that the people of State have certain doubts over the helicopter crash which killed Rajasekhara Reddy. He said that both the State and Central Governments have the responsibility to clear doubts over chopper crash. “There are certain unanswered questions regarding YSR’s death and the governments have to clear them,” he said.

Former Congress minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Saturday asked the women Ministers in Kiran Kumar Reddy Government as to why they were not responding on allegations leveled by YSR Congress party honorary president Vijayamma and her daughter Sharmila against the Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the by-election campaigns.

Girls out-performed boys in the Engineering Common Entrance Test – 2012 whose results were released here on Saturday.

The ECET – 2012 was conducted on May 26 by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada. Releasing the results, ECET Convenor Prof G Tulasi Ramdas informed that out of 32,937 candidates who registered for the test, 29,391 candidates qualified in the ECET taking a total pass percentage to 89.23.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will tour Ongole and YSR Kadapa district on Monday to participate in locally arranged programmes.

According to a media release by the Chief Minister’s office, Kiran Kumar Reddy will reach Ongole in Prakasam district at 10.00 am on Monday, by helicopter from Nellore. He will participate in locally arranged programmes at Lawyer Pet (near Prakasam Panthulu statue), Jayram Theatre Centre, Market Centre and Islampet-2 from 10.30 am to 1.40 pm.

Minister for Law and Courts Erasu Pratap Reddy on Friday dismissed reports that appeared in a section of media that linked him with granting of bail to former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy in the illegal mining case.