TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu has lashed out at the Congress government for its decision on reimbursement of fee to the BC students.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, he claimed that the policy was introduced during the TDP rule itself. He alleged that late Rajasekhara Reddy had cheated the BCs by showing several schemes to them only to get their votes.
Defending himself on the gas allocation to Maharashtra, Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy has said that it was he who had asked Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to meet the Prime Minister so that injustice would not be done to Andhra Pradesh in gas allocation.
AICC secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Tuesday said that he would request Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy to ensure gas supply to Shankarpally gas-based power plant in Karimnagar district.
Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan here, Ponguleti said that it was not proper for the Opposition parties to talk as they like and asked them not see the issue in political angle. He urged the State government to solve the problem and protect interests of the State. He also urged Jaipal Reddy to see that the Karimanagar Gas based Power Plant was not confined to papers.
TDP senior leader Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy has lashed out at TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao for stating that the people of Telangana contributed a major share of tax revenue of the State.
Posters put up by a little-known outfit in the Jharkhand capital have threatened attacks on girls and women if they come out of their houses wearing jeans or without a ‘dupatta’.
Senior Superintendent of Police Saket Kumar Singh said it could be a work of some miscreants and efforts are on to nab the culprits.
The hand-written posters, put up by Jharkhand Mukti Sangh at several places including Albert Ekka roundabout, warned the girls against wearing jeans.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and Sircilla MLA Kalwakuntla Taraka Ramarao (KTR) on Tuesday condemned the hostile attitude of the State government with regard to the Fee Reimbusement Scheme.
The river Godavari is in spate because of heavy rains in its upper reaches.
The level of the river, which was 26 feet here on Monday morning, shot up to 35 feet by Tuesday morning. The level of the river is rising by the hour. Officials fear that it would soon cross the danger mark and had alerted people in the low-lying areas to be alert.
KRISHNA WATER BEING DISCHARGED INTO SEA
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, who won Olympic bronze medal, received a rousing welcome at the Shamshabad international airport when she returned here on Tuesday.
Officials of Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) received her with flower bouquets. A large number of family members, friends and sports-lovers also went to the airport to welcome the girl, who has done the country proud. She was later taken with traditional “Mangalavadyam” to the Gopichand Academy in Gachi Bowli where she trained.
The Telangana Maalala JAC has demanded that Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu immediately spell out his stand on separate Telangana State issue instead of discussing on SC categorization.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has admitted the bail petition of former senior IAS officer Srilakshmi, who was arrested in the OMC mining case and was lodged in the Chanchalguda jail as an undertrial prisoner.
After admission, the court posted the case to August 13 for further hearing. Srilakshmi tried for bail in the CBI court and High Court earlier. When her petitions were rejected, she approached the Supreme Court, which also rejected her plea. However, the Apex Court directed Srilakshmi to go back and seek bail in the lower courts.
Two ministers from BC community in the city — Danam Nagender and Mukesh Goud — have pleaded with the State government to re-review the decision taken by the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Fees Re-imbursement to the BCs.
A State Bank of India ATM loaded with Rs.30 lakh in cash was destroyed after it caught fire in a Uttar Pradesh town Tuesday night, police said.
It took the fire brigade more than an hour to douse the flames in Etmadpur, a town 20 km from here.
The security guard at the ATM told the police that the fire started from the air-conditioner.
Ram Kishore, manager of the bank, told the police said Rs.30 lakh had been put into the automated teller machine (ATM) an hour before the incident.
The machine had been repaired after being out of order for more than a week.
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Former Congress minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Tuesday blamed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was responsible for the acute gas shortage in the State.
Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, Shankar Rao criticised the Chief Minister for lacking foresight on the power situation in the State. Stating that the problem intensified mainly due to the inefficiency of the Chief Minister in handling the issues, he, however, gave clean chit to Union Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy.
A Rajasthan Police inspector was arrested here Tuesday for helping two molestation accused escape by beating up a team of policemen that had gone to their house to arrest them, officials said.
According to police, the incident took place in city’s Vaishali Nagar area early Tuesday.
“A team of five policemen had gone to a house to arrest two men accused in a molestation case. Circle Inspector Ashok Choudhary, who was posted as a station house officer in Nagaur district until he was put on awaiting posting orders recently, lives in the same neighbourhood,” a police officer said.
A Maoist camp was destroyed Tuesday and several arms and weapons were seized in a forested area of Odisha, police said.
Based on a tip off provided by a rebel arrested recently, security forces attacked the camp located on the border of Keonjhar and Jajpur districts, police officer K.C. Mund said.
The rebels who were camping there managed to flee before the arrival of security forces, leaving behind their arms, ammunition and other materials, he said.
The arms and explosives seized from the site during a search include seven pistols, 146 bullets and several detonators, he added.
At least seven people were killed and four injured Tuesday in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in central and northern Iraq, police said.
In Baghdad, two Iraqi soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked their car in Naariya district in Baghdad, Xinhua quoted an interior ministry source as saying.
In a separate incident, Ahmed Tofiq, an employee of the Iraqi ministry of justice was gunned down in a drive-by shooting by armed men while driving on a highway in Baghdad’s Jamia district.
(Pervez Bari) “Wakeel Panchayat” will be organised here in Bhopal on August 12. The panchayat has been convened by the Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan at his residence at 11 am on Sunday.
At least three soldiers were killed and 12 others injured after a paramilitary troops’ van came under bomb attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan province Tuesday night, district officials said.
A van of Balochistan constabulary with some 15 people onboard was hit by a roadside planted device in Kech area, a district 421 km from Karachi city, Xinhua quoted Assistant Commissioner Kech Aslam Tareen as saying.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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The UN Refugee Agency is calling upon Bangladesh to allow provision of humanitarian assistance to Myanmar refugees who have entered its territory, Xinhua quoted a UN spokesperson as saying here Tuesday.
“The UN Refugee Agency is appealing to the government of Bangladesh to ensure that assistance from non-governmental organisations continues to be provided to some 40,000 unregistered people who have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state,” said Martin Nesirky, spokesperson for UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, at a daily briefing.
Actress Kate Beckinsale considers going to rehab after making a movie because it is so tiring.
The 38-year-old always feels drained after shooting a film but she was impressed by how hard her director husband Len Wiseman worked on their new movie “Total Recall” and says his efforts put actors to shame.
“It’s so immersive for a director doing a movie like this and I really feel like I’ve got so much more insight into that that I ever would have had before,” contactmusic.com quoted Beckinsale as saying.
A man axed to death his minor son in frustration after having differences with his wife in Patherva area of this Uttar Pradesh district. Tehli was married to Chinta in 1998. The couple, who had two sons and a daughter, were having regular altercations. Tehli axed to death his son late last night after Chinta denied to return from her parents’ place. Police have sent the body for post-mortem. Further investigation was on. UNI
Two Non-resident Indians (NRIs) joined the Lok Satta Party here today. Welcoming into the party fold of ‘two highly talented and professionally successful NRIs,’ Party President, Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, said the NRIs – Ms Hymavati Sagi Potineni (36) and Mr Dilip Sankar Reddy (31) have given up their jobs, lucrative incomes and a life of comfort and ease to serve the country. “Ms Hymavati, who took her B. E. from JNTU, Hyderabad and MS from the University of Toledo, USA., had served as a team leader in General Electric for two years and headed her own software firm for nine years while Mr.
A Woman Sub-Inspector, Punjala Lalitha, working in City Crime Station was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials here today when she demanded and accepted bribe from the complainant for doing an official favour. The 54-year-old cop accepted the bribe for doing an official favour to enlarge on bail by taking supply as per the court order, ACB said in a release here. Tainted bribe amount of Rs. 15,000 was recovered from the office room kept in the locker of an iron safe of Lalitha at her instance.
The police today issued a Look Out Notice (LON) against absconding developer G Srinivas who duped the public to the tune of Rs 9 crores after making agreements with clients.
After registering a cheating case on Sri Sai Developers Proprietor on July 26 this year, the Musheerabad police issued LON on the 36-year-old Srinivas residing at Gandhinagar under Musheerabad Police Limits in the city.
Re-elected vice president for the second term, Hamid Ansari Tuesday evening said he was delighted with the result and that he will work for the welfare of all sections of people.
“I am delighted with the result…I will work with the MPs for the welfare of all sections of people,” Ansari told reporters.
He thanked the MPs who voted for him.
Ansari, the candidate of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), got 490 votes against his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rival Jaswant Singh’s 238.
–Indo-Asian News Service