Month: August 2012

‘T’ Congress MPs Meet Shinde And Moily

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Telangana Congress MPs called on new Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde here on Tuesday.

Speaking to the media later, MPs Ponnam Prabhakar, Rajaiah and Suresh Shetkar said that they just met Shinde as a matter of courtesy and had not discussed any political issues with him.

As Shinde has taken over as the new Home Minister from Chidambaram, who was shifted to the Finance Ministry again, it would be Shinde who would be handling the Telangana issue henceforth. It is in this context that the Telangana Congress MPs met Shinde.

Yanamala Wants Congress To Apologise To BCs

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TDP Politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu here on Wednesday demanded that Congress leaders tender apology to the Backward Classes for stating that their party would allocate 200 seats to BCs, if there were winning candidates.

BUMS ENTRANCE TEST RESULTS 2012-13

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(Siasat News) NTR Health University, Vijayawada has announced the results of the entrance test conducted on 22nd July for admission into BUMS course in Nizamia Tibbi College, Hyderabad and Dr. Abdul Haque Unani Tibbi College, Kurnool, these results can be seen website of the Unviersity www.ntruhs.ap.nic.ac.

Date of counseling for admissions will be notified later

Dr. NTR UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES A.P., VIJAYAWADA -520 008

BUMS ENTRANCE TEST RESULTS 2012-13 HALL TICKET WISE RANK LIST
HT No Rank HT No Rank HT No Rank HT No Rank HT No Rank

Moderate to heavy rain in Telanangana, Coastal AP over next 48 hours

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Moderate to Rather heavy rain or thundershowers would occur at many places over Telangana and Light to Moderate rain or thundershowers would occur at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh over next 48 hours The Met Office here said today isolated rain or thundershowers would occur over Rayalaseema. The sky over Hyderabad and neighbourhood would be generally cloudy. Rain or thunder showers would occur in parts of city over next two days.

Day 5 of Anna fast: No word from Govt

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Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday continued with his indefinite hunger-strike for the fifth day at Jantar Mantar here, a day after his team opposed any forcible removal of fasting activists.

Notably, Delhi Police have written a letter to Team Anna saying that its members, including Arvind Kejriwal – fasting for the past nine days for a ‘strong Lokpal’, needed immediate hospitalisation.

TDP demands White Paper on CM’s Delhi visits

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The Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday demanded that the State Government issue a White Paper on the expenditure of visits of Chief Minister, Governor and the Minister to New Delhi in the last three years on petty issues.

Rajasthan government declares five districts scarcity-hit

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The Rajasthan government on Wednesday declared five districts scarcity-hit in view of deficient rainfall.

At a meeting of the State Disaster Management Authority, chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Nagaur, were declared such.

Mr Gehlot directed to issue a notification in this regard, an official said.

He authorised district collectors to carry out the process for preparing ‘girdawri’ report in advance so as to assess the drought.

Political leaders press for Telangana formation

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Telangana Nagara Samithi chairman and Nagarkurnool MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Wednesday said that all problems of the employees and students would be resolved with the formation of separate Telangana State.

Addressing the round-table conference on Violation of Presidential Orders and GOs organized under the aegis of Telangana Nagara Samithi at the Jubilee Hall, Janardhan Reddy said that the students and employees have suffered major injustice in the united Andhra Pradesh. He said that the justice could be done to the region only with the formation of separate State.

Niranjan condemns KVP’s objection over APYC not using YSR’s photo

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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary G Niranjan on Wednesday took serious note on former government advisor and Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao’s objection for not placing former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s portrait in the Youth Congress State Committee’s swearing in ceremony.

YSRC to hold Maha Dharna in Tirupati over drinking water

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YSR Congress MLA from Tirupati B Karunakar Reddy has alleged that the State Government has failed to solve the drinking water problem of the constituency.

Talking to media persons here on Wednesday, B Karunakar Reddy said that the Government has totally failed to address the problems being faced by the people in his constituency. He alleged that the government was showing discrimination in sanctioning of funds to the MLAs of opposition parties.

Woman lynched for practicing ‘witchcraft’

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A 65-year-old woman was branded a witch and lynched in a Bihar village Wednesday, police said.

Payari Devi, a Dalit, was beaten to death in Jehanabad district’s Shevenan village, about 50 km from here, police said.

People turned on her after the death of a man called Ashok Manjhi. Four people have been arrested.

The practice of branding women as witches and torturing them – often to death – continues unabated in remote rural areas of Bihar. A month ago, a woman in Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to eat human excreta after they branded her a witch.

Mulayam unhappy with UP govt’s performance: Akhilesh

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Accepting that government’s functioning was not up to the mark so far, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today admitted that Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav was angry over the working of the government. “He (Mulayam Singh Yadav) is the head of the family. He has the right to feel angry, if we do not perform up to the mark,” Mr Akhilesh Yadav told reporters after inaugurating development schemes worth Rs 7000 crore in the state capital.

Power grid collapse an administrative failure: BJP

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The BJP today held the Centre responsible for power grid collapse for two consecutive days, asserting the grid failure is a result of “negligence, incompetence and complete abdication of duty” on the part of the government.

“The unprecedented grid failure is a result of negligence, incompetence and complete abdication of duty on the part of the Central government. The Central government is also hiding some important facts which are the real cause of the grid failure,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.

Madhya Pradesh to contribute maximum to GDP: CM

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(Pervez Bari) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Madhya Pradesh will be self-reliant in energy sector in next two years. Every village in the state will start getting power for 24 hours from next year. He said that with ever increasing growth rate, Madhya Pradesh will contribute maximum to GDP of the country.

Mr. Chouhan was holding direct dialogue with representatives of industries. He held discussions with industrialists in Delhi on Wednesday in the series of his dialogue with them for investment in the state, an official spokesman here said.

SBI cuts interest rate on home, car loans by up to 0.5%

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State Bank of India on Wednesday slashed lending rates on car and home loans by up to 0.5 percent, a day after one percent cut in SLR by the Reserve Bank.

SBI has reduced interest rate on home loans of up to Rs 30 lakh to 10.25 percent from existing 10.50 percent (after 0.25 percent concession over the card rate), a senior bank official said.

On the home loans of beyond Rs 30 lakh but less than Rs 75 lakh, the new rate will be 10.40 percent against the existing 10.75 percent, down 0.35 percent.

The new rates will be effective from August 7, the official added.

‘Government should not take Anna stir lightly’

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Asserting that public support was still with Anna Hazare, former Karnataka lokayukta N. Santosh Hedge Wednesday said it would be wrong on the part of the government to take the anti-graft movement lightly as the head count in the protest has fallen since last year.

“I have read some of the sarcastic statements of some of the ministers in the newspapers. It seems that they have taken this anti-corruption movement very lightly as the common people rallying at the protest programme have come down since last year,” Hedge said, on the sidelines of a CII seminar.

Town Planning Supervisor in ACB net

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Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials have arrested a government official on the charges of bribe.

In a release, the ACB here said today Nampally Rajendra Prasad (54), Town Planning Supervisor, Municipal Office, Khammam was caught red-handed by the ACB officials late last night at his office when he demanded and accepted Rs 8,000 as bribe from the complainant for issue permission for house construction.

Nawazuddin stays away from Rakhi

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Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui generally does not like Raksha Bandhan so much but appreciates Rakhi-based promotional strategy of ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur 2’ (GOW).

On Raksha Bandhan day Thursday, all the newspapers here will be carrying an envelope with a Rakhi in it along with a picture of Nawazuddin.

“This is a good promotional strategy. Generally I try not to step out of my house on this day as I don`t like anybody tying Rakhi. I just run away from there. I already have two sisters,” Nawazuddin told IANS.

23 injured in Lahore blasts

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At least 23 people were injured in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore city Wednesday night when two bombs went off at a market, police said.

The blasts took place around 10.00 p.m. at a fruit market in the city’s Badami Bagh area, Xinhua quoted the local Urdu channel Geo TV as saying.

The bombs were detonated through a remote controlled device.

The injured were shifted to the city’s Meo Hospital.

–IANS–

US manufacturing sector contracts in July

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The US manufacturing sector shrank for the second consecutive month in July, a survey showed Wednesday.

The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index, also known as the purchasing managers index (PMI), stood at 49.8 percent in July, slightly higher than the estimate of 49.7 percent in June, Xinhua reported.

A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing sector is generally expanding, while a reading below that ratio indicates contraction.

SWB decides to recommend NWB diversion of forest land for TTD

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The State Wildlife Board (SWB) today decided to recommend to the National Wildlife Board diversion of 0.55 hectares of forest land in Tirumala Reserve Forest of Sri Venkateshwara Wildlife Sanctuary for laying of additional pipeline from Papavinasanam Dam to Forest Checkpost, Tirumala by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) for drinking water purpose of the pilgrims at Tirumala hills. The decision was taken at the 5th State Wildlife Board met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at Secretariat here, an official release here said.

ISAF commander to visit Pakistan Thursday

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Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan Gen John Allen will arrive here Thursday in an one-day official visit.

The top commander will discuss “border coordination matters” with Pakistani Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Xinhua reported.

The visit comes at a time when tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan has reached a peak over cross-border attacks.

Afghanistan accuses Pakistani security forces of firing rockets into its territory, while Islamabad criticises Kabul for failing to stop cross-border militant attacks.

TDP to continue stir until water is released to Krishna Delta: Naidu

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Telugu Desam party president and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly N Chandrababu Naidu today said that the TDP would continue its agitation until water is released from the Prakasham barrage to the Krishna Delta for the Khariff crop. Talking to reporters at the Gannavaram Airport, near here, he alleged that the government is not responding while the crop is getting withered and the farmers are incurring huge losses.