Month: July 2012

A youth, who opposed the setting up of a liquor shop amidst the houses at the Maruthi Nagar Colony in Basanth Nagar area, attempted suicide by burning himself pouring kerosene on his body here on Sunday. The police, who were present at the spot, protected the youth by dousing the fire.

Fire broke out in a sponge factory located in the old city here this afternoon.

Fire fighters reached the spot and trying to put out the fire. The cause of the fire is not known immediately. (NSS)

The Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday held discussions with senior leaders of the party available in the city, on the dharna programme of the party in the State, to focus on the farmers’ problems.

He requested the leaders to take all measures to ensure success of the proposed dharna at Indira park here on Monday, by organizing it on a grand scale.

Naidu reviewed the agitational programmes being taken up in all the districts on the problems of farmers. (NSS)

Telangana protagonists have tried to obstruct the UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee’s convoy at the Prakashnagar flyover near Begumpet Airport where he arrived in Hyderabad in a special flight from Chennai on Sunday morning. They raised slogans in favor of Telangana. They demanded Pranab to make the centre to announce a decision on Telangana immediately.

JCI Hyderabad Synergy will be organizing a 24 days ‘Project 365 Nirman’ to uplift the hidden talent in the disabled children in 24 schools, covering more than 2190 students from July 2 to 28.

In a press release, founder president of City JCI Anil Malpani stated that the organization works on the principle of ‘providing development opportunity for young people to create a positive change’ and ‘service to humanity is the best work of life’.

In order to meet the ever increasing and unusual power demand even in Khariff season, the State Government took serious steps for optimization of power generation through APGENCO and other sources apart from procurement of additional power through short-term and long-term basis.

Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Nellore, has invited applications for admission to the two- year full time job oriented PGDM programme in Tourism and Cargo Management, for 2012-14 academic year.

In a press release, IITTM Nodal officer, Vinodan stated that the candidates who completed Graduation and appearing for final year with valid score in I-CET (AP), TANCET (TN), MAT, CAT and CMAT, are eligible to apply. Group Discussion and Personal Interview will be held on July 06.

There was a fire accident in the Jubilee Hall here. If it took place 15 minutes earlier, there would have been a stampede leading to unwanted incident, felt the scribes, who gathered at the Jubilee Hall to cover the UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the media.

Hoping that his election would also become a unanimous one, the UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has said that electing the President unanimously was nothing but honoring the Constitution though it allows the people to contest for the Presidential post. There is a tradition in the Country that the ruling party’s candidate will be elected unanimously for the Presidential post.

The Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu, has said that the fire occurred in the Jubilee Hall due to a spark in the Air Condition Unit. The Thermo-coal and damber have the nature of connecting easily to fire and hence the fire spread in fast. The officials have become alert immediately to the incident.

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) senior leader and Siddipet MLA T. Harish Rao has said that TRS was not against releasing water to the Krishna Delta.

Telugu Desam Party Kollapur Assembly constituency In-charge Jagadheshwara Rao has resigned the party primary membership and his post here on Sunday.

Speaking to the media persons, Rao said that he has faxed his resignation letter to the party president N. Chandrababu Naidu. He announced that he would join the YSR Congress Party shortly.

It may be mentioned that many of the TDP functionaries were leaving the party and joining either the TRS or the YSRCP, following the debacle of the party in the recent by-elections. (NSS)

Movement For Peace and Justice (MPJ) has demanded the Central government to implement Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission recommendations to uplift the Muslim community people in the country.

The Ministers’ Committee headed by Minister for Roads and Buildings Dharmana Prasad Rao would submit its interim report on July 16 over the performance of the Congress in the recent by-elections and various aspects of strengthening the party and the government.

Nearly 63.39 percent candidates have cleared the Secondary School Certificate public examinations through distance mode.

Talking to media persons after releasing the results of both SSC and Intermediate distance mode at Andhra Pradesh Open School Society in SCERT Campus here on Sunday, Primary Education Minister S Sailajanath said that 71,399 candidates have cleared the examination out of 1,12,808 appeared registering a pass percentage of 63.39.

Kaleswari Travels bus driver Seshu Babu, who sustained serious injuries in the Hyderabad-Shirdi bus mishap last month, succumbed to injuries at Osmania General Hospital on Sunday. The accident claimed 33 lives after the bus fell into gorge at Osmanabad in Maharashtra.