The woes of power-starved Andhra Pradesh have been further compounded with the Centre’s order that two million metric standard cubic meters per day of gas be diverted from the Krishna-Godavari Basin to the Ratnagiri power plant in Maharashtra.
Already starved of gas for its power plants that have been working with a plant load factor of only 30 per cent, the state will now get only 1.
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In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court today quashed criminal proceedings against a woman who had killer her father when he attempted to rape and murder her, holding her action was justified as the man’s deed was
“unbearable” and “intolerable violence”.
Allowing a petition by the young woman, a second year B.Sc computer science student, seeking to quash the culpable
homicide case against her, the court said what was attempted to be done to her was an unbearable and intolerable violence.
An employee of a jewellery shop in Kamal Cinema square today allegedly stole two kg of gold worth Rs 70,00,000, alongwith Rs 35,000 cash, police said.
According to the complaint filed by Naresh Nanichand Kothai, the owner, the employee Dattatraya Bangare, 36,
allegedly fled on motorbike with an unidentified youth after picking up the gold and the cash kept in two carrybags.
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India today assured its support to Myanmar in training its defence personnel as both sides discussed ways of strengthening their military cooperation during the visit of a senior Commander from there.
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed forces Vice Senior General Miu Aung Hlaing held discussions with Defence Minister A K Antony, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne and Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh today, officials said.
They said that during the talks, India assured support to Myanmar in training its personnel.
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Irked over the insensitivity towards abandoned widows in Vrindavan, the Supreme Court Friday said India was the only country where every day people distribute free food and water yet there are people who remain hungry.
“Ours is the only country where every day people are offering food and cold water to those travelling on the roads but still there are people who go hungry”, said the apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Madan B. Lokur.
Bollywood star Aamir Khan has urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to make available generic medicines in the state widely.
Aamir had first highlighted the issue on his TV show “Satyamev Jayate”.
An official in the chief minister’s office Friday said Aamir had written a letter to Nitish Kumar in this connection.
“I urge you to work towards bringing about this dynamic revolution of making generic medicines easily available across the state of Bihar,” Aamir said in his letter to Nitish Kumar.
A man in Sydney has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing his wife’s lover after catching both of them in bed.
Joachim Won, 56, was earlier found being not guilty of murder on the grounds of provocation, Sydney Morning Herald said.
The incident happened in May 2010, when one day Won returned to home and was stunned to find his 44-year-old wife Anna having sex with his close friend Hyung Mo Lee, 48.
Won grabbed a knife and stabbed Hyung seven times.
Russia’s Maria Sharapova ousted Maria Kirilenko in straight sets in an all-Russian semifinal at the Olympic tennis tournament here Friday.
Sharapova swept past Kirilenko 6-3, 6-2, her aggressive style of playing racking up many more winners than Kirilenko, but also far more mistakes at the All England Club.
Sharapova’s opponent in the final will be either top seed Victoria Azarenka or fourth seed Serena Williams.
Kirilenko will play the loser of that match for the bronze medal.
Hyderabad, Aug.3 (NSS): Primary Education Minister S. Sailajanath has said that Congress was not
bothered about the statements being made by the YSR Congress leaders.
Sailajanath was reacting to the remarks of YSRC leader and Nellore MP Mekapati Raja Mohan
Reddy that several Congress leaders were in constant touch with them. Dismissing the remarks, he said
that no one would leave the Congress to join the Jagan’s group.
Asked about Congress party’s attitude on Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Sailajanath has said that YSR
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday said that the students should meet the requirements of industrial sector that would help get them employment.
Inaugurating a national workshop on “Skill Development: Opportunities and Challenges” at Jubilee Hall here, the Chief Minister said that the education institutions had the responsibility to develop skills among the students in tune with the requirements of the job market. Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu was helping to improve skills in the youth. He exhorted the youth to create employment by setting up Dairy farms and horticulture.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has constituted a ‘Committee of Experts’ to make recommendations on the various options available with the Government for providing affordable education with high standards with Prof P
Jayaprakash Rao as its Chairman.
It may be recalled that the Supreme Court of India has dismissed the IA in SLP No.34050 to 34080 of 2011 filed by the AFRC, Andhra Pradesh, seeking certain clarifications on the fixation of differential/common fees, for the year 2012-13, in respect of unaided professional colleges in Andhra Pradesh.
Endowment Minister C Ramachandraiah on Friday announced that the State Government would take up repair works to temples which are in a dilapidated condition under the `Mana Gu di’ programme launched across the State on
Thursday.
Talking to media persons after laying the foundation stone for reconstruction works of 100 years old Seetharama Temple at Angaluru in Gudlavalleru mandal in Krishna district, Ramachandraiah said that the people could bring to the notice of the government about the dilapidated temples which nee d repairs. He said that the Mana Gudi programme
Minister for Primary Education S Sailajanath on Friday stated that the Congress party would not pay attention to the statements of YSR Congress Party leaders.
Talking to media persons at assembly premises, Sailajanath took serious note on the comments of Nellore MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy that a few Congress leaders were in touch with the YSRCP and waiting for an opportunity to join it. He asked Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy to disclose the names of those Congress leaders instead of issuing
threatening statements.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the ambitious task of providing employment to 15 lakh youths under Rajiv Yuva Kiranaalu would be achieved in spite of the formative difficulties and criticism. “We made an aggressive
start of the programme. We made a very good beginning. There are some hurdles which we have to overcome. There was criticism without understanding the programme. I take positive note of it. We will try to fine tune the programme. However, we are marching ahead to achieve the target”.
other of mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy and Karnataka MLA Gali Somasekhar Reddy on Friday surrendered before the Anti-Corruption Bureau officials in connection with cash-for-bail scam.
According to ACB, Gali Somasekhar Reddy was evading police arrest among the eight accused in the cash-for-bail scam.
The ACB had issued summons to both Somasekhar Reddy and Kampli MLA T H Suresh Babu in the third week of July asking them to appear before the investigating officer.
However, instead of appearing before the ACB, the MLAs moved anticipatory bail petitions before ACB court.
The Bombay High Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a report on investigations in the Adarsh housing scam against two former Maharashtra chief ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and Vilasrao Deshmukh.
Hearing a petition filed by activist Praveen Wategaonkar, a division bench of Justices S. A. Bobade and Mridula Bhatkar asked the CBI to file its reply by Aug 29.
Wategaonkar’s petition sought details of the role of the two former chief ministers in the scam.
Salman Khan continues to have a soft spot for his former lady love Katrina Kaif – a fact quite evident during a recent appearance on dance reality show “Dance India Dance L’il Masters”.
The two actors visited the sets of Zee TV show to promote their upcoming film “Ek Tha Tiger”.
Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, Salman ended up revealing his fondness for Katrina, albeit in a humorous way.
The Lokpal Bill can be taken up in the monsoon session only if the select committee looking into the mesure gives its recommendation much before the stipulated time, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Friday.
Stressing that the government was committed to get the bill passed, Bansal told reporters here that if the Rajya Sabha’s select committee, which has been asked to give its recommendations by the first day of the session’s last week, gives them by the middle of the session, it may be possible to bring the bill in the session.
At least 19 people were injured in Afghanistan when a powerful bomb exploded during Friday prayers in a mosque, a media report said.
According to the Pajhwok news agency, the blast took place in a mosque in Chaparhar, a predominantly Pashtun populated area in Nangarhar province.
Eyewitnesses said the imam of the mosque was seriously injured.
According to the health ministry, the injured were rushed to a hospital in the provincial capital Jalalabad. Nine were discharged after receiving first medical aid.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Friday criticised the US for playing the blame game over the resignation of UN and Arab League special envoy to Syria Kofi Annan, Press TV reported.
“The US is playing blame game (over Annan’s resignation), because (it was) the Western countries and certain regional states that sabotaged Annan’s plan,” Salehi was quoted as telling the IRNA news agency, after Washington blamed the envoy’s resignation on Russia and China.
Annan announced his resignation in Geneva Thursday, and said he would stay as special envoy only till the end of this month.
A man in Sydney has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing his wife’s lover after catching both of them in bed.
Joachim Won, 56, was earlier found being not guilty of murder on the grounds of provocation, Sydney Morning Herald said.
The incident happened in May 2010, when one day Won returned to home and was stunned to find his 44-year-old wife Anna having sex with his close friend Hyung Mo Lee, 48.
Won grabbed a knife and stabbed Hyung seven times.
In a step aimed at an early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, a government-supported project, of an estimated cost of 300 to 500 million yuan (upto $8 million), has been launched in China’s 14 provincial-level regions.
According to the project’s organisers, the project will focus on lung, breast, colorectal, upper digestive tract and liver cancer, as these are the types of cance frequently noticed in urban areas, Xinhua reported.
A national survey showed that cancer has the highest mortality rate in China’s urban areas.
A minor school girl in West Bengal’s Burdwan district was allegedly raped by a youth when she was returning home from school, police said Friday.
“A class six student of G.N.B. School, Islampur in the district was allegedly raped while she was returning from her school. As the girl could not identify the offender, we are yet to make an arrest. The investigation is on,” said Superintendent of Police S.H. Meerza.
The Centre has allocated over Rs 1,800 crore to states under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) this year to raise foodgrains output by 25 million tonnes in the 12th Five Year Plan period.
Uttar Pradesh gets the maximum amount at Rs 276.9 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh Rs 226.87 crore and Maharashtra Rs 196 crore, an official statement said here on Friday.
Other major beneficiaries included Andhra Pradesh (Rs 142.64 crore), Rajasthan (Rs 135.95 cr), Karnataka (Rs 104.83 cr) and Bihar (Rs 97.87 cr).