Month: September 2012

IT refund scam bust, 6 held

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The City Police today claimed to busted a gang involved in income tax refund scam to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore. In a release, the City Crime Station (CCS) here said Shaik Mohammad Jahangir (32) a Tax Consultant, Ms B. Anju Rani (27) a outsourcing employee in Income Tax Department, Mohammad Raziuddin Siddiqi (32), Mir Mustafa Ali Hussaini (43), Mir Mujtaba Ali Hussaini (31) and Mohammad Abdul Wahed (47) (all hailing from city) were arrested in this connection. Properties worth Rs.50 lakhs, house documents, cars and gold bracelet were seized from the accused.

Planning Commission sanctions Rs 300 cr for Bio Diversity conference

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The Planning Commission has sanctioned Rs 300 crores to Andhra Pradesh for the Bio Diversity Conference to be held here in next month. This was informed to the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy by the Planning Commission, an official release said here today. The Chief Minister thanked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia. It may be recalled that the state government is spending Rs 450 crore for this prestigious conference.

SCR partialy cancelled few trains due to track works

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Due to track works in view of bank slip between Balharshah and Manikgarh stations in the Balharshah-Kazipet Section, South Central Railway (SCR) will partially cancel the some of the trains. In a release, the SCR here said today Train No 17234 Ballarshah-Secunderabad Bagyanagar Express scheduled to depart Ballarshah at 0210 hrs is partially cancelled tomorrow between Ballarshah and Sirpur Kaghaznagar and it will run between Sirpur kaghaznagar and Secundrabad.

TDP Chief In Delhi To Campaign For Seats To BCs

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TDP Chief N. Chandrababu Naidu arrived here on Wednesday to secure support of other like-minded parties for his proposal of giving sufficient representations to the BCs in the legislatures and Parliament.

Accompanied by his party MPs, Naidu met JDU leader Sharad Yadav and is expected to meet Deve Gowda, Suravaram Sudhakara Reddy, A B Bardan and others in the capital. (NSS)

VH Raps KVP For Releasing Book On YSR

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Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao has lashed out at his colleague Dr KVP Ramachandra Rao for releasing a book on former chief minister late Dr YSR’s padayatra which was highly objectionable.

No Force Can Stop Telangana: Advani

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BJP senior leader K Advani has asserted that no force on earth could stop Telangana statehood from becoming a reality.

Speaking after giving a glass of lime juice to Party State President G. Kishen Reddy marking the end of his three day fast for Telangana at Delhi today, Advani said Telangana state would be formed as it was the wish of the people of the region.

Congress Image Waning Due To Botcha-Kiran Feud: Shankar

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Former minister Dr P. Shanker Rao has said the image of the Congress was waning day after day due to feuding between PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

Speaking to the media at the CLP office here on Wednesday, Dr Rao said though the Janata Party in 1977 and TDP in 1982 had won the elections and rode to power, the Congress vote bank was in tact. According to some surveys, the Congress vote bank eroded by 19 per cent.

Naidu Asked To Merge TDP Into Congress

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Lambasting TDP Chief N. Chandrababu Naidu for criticizing the Congress government with regard to Fees Reimbursement, Government Whips in the Council Y Sivarami Reddy and Rudraraju Padmaraju have said that power-hungry Chandrababu Naidu was making baseless allegations against the ruling party.

Speaking to the media at the CLP office here on Wednesday, Sivarami Reddy said the TDP would not come to power again under any circumstances and it would be better for that party to merge into the Congress. He said the TDP leaders would at least get recognition if they joined the Congress.

BC Quota In Civic Polls: Das Urges All Parties To Help Pass Resolution In Assembly

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APCC OBC Cell chairman Chittaranjan Das has called upon all political parties to come forward to pass a resolution in the Assembly on BC Reservations in the ensuing Local Body elections.

Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan here on Wednesday, Chittaranjan Das said that no political party joined hands with the Congress when it fought for BC Reservations in Local Body elections. He said that everyone has to respect the court verdict on BC Reservations.

Putin ready to work with next US president

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Russia is ready to work with the next US president regardless of who wins in the November elections, so long as the person is ready to work with Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.

“Whoever the American public elects, we will work with them,” Putin told RT TV in an interview.

“But we will work together just as effectively as our partners want to.”

Railway constable held for rape

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A 21-year-old woman was sexually harassed here by a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable who has been arrested, said police Wednesday.

The incident took place Tuesday in New Delhi Railway Station’s dormitory situated on the second floor.

Following the victim’s allegation, constable Pintu Kumar, 24, who joined RPF two years ago, was arrested from his residence Wednesday. A rape case has been registered against him, a police official said.

Washington Post denies apologising for PM article

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The Washington Post Wednesday denied it has offered an apology for an article which described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as “a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government”.

“I am not apologizing,” Washington Post journalist Simon Denyer said, defending the article on the CNN-IBN channel.

Dyner said that he spoke to a cross-section of people before writing the article.

Fame is a very relative term: Sonakshi

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Actor Sonakshi Sinha describes herself as a grounded person and says that she enjoys appreciation, but at the same time is aware of the fact that fame is a relative term.

“I’m happy that I’m being appreciated as an actress and who doesn’t like box office success? I just wish that I do good films that audiences love,” she said.

Katrina or Anushka: Who’ll drape white chiffon sari?

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Beautiful actresses flaunting chiffon saris have always been synonymous with veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra’s projects. But with two leading ladies – Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma – in his new directorial venture, the big question is, who will drape the six-yard wonder?

In the past, the evergreen Rekha adorned a white saree during a scene in Chopra’s 1981 film “Silsila”, while Sridevi wore it in “Chandni”.

Vandana Gupta not interested in typical ‘bahu’ roles

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Southern actress Vandana Gupta is making her television debut with the Hindi show “Teri Meri Love Stories”. She has enjoyed her stint so far on the small screen but is not open to playing typical ‘bahu’ in soaps.

The 24-year-old, who is known for her roles in films including “Thavam”, “Hyderabadi Nawabs”, “Ajantha” and “Hrudayadali Idenidu”, says she is open to television roles but only those characters which she can relate to.

Get me toughest roles: Priyanka

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Priyanka Chopra, who plays an autistic girl in “Barfi”, says she is game for such tough roles.

Asked how she chooses such tough roles one after the other, Priyanka said: “Whichever role is the toughest, bring it to me, I’ll do it.”

She has played challenging roles in “7 Khoon Maaf”, “Fashion”, and “Kaminey”.

Her forthcoming “Barfi!” spreads the message of being happy in any state, just the way the lead character Barfi, essayed by Ranbir Kapoor, does despite being deaf and mute.

Social Evils Will Go Only Thru’ Education: Dy CM

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Deputy Chief Minister C. Damodar Rajanarasimha has said that the parochial feelings of caste, region and religion could be eliminated from the society only when children were offered quality education.
Speaking at a function organized to honor best teachers on the occasion of “Teachers day” in Ravindra Bharathi here on Wednesday, Rajanarasimha said the government was taking several measures to strengthen the Education sector and appealed to the teachers to extend their cooperation. He said that teachers have a responsibility to make every one in the society a literate.

Rs 26,000-Cr. Benefits To People Annually: CM

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Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has said that Rs 26,000-crore benefits are being given annually to various sections, i.e., to eight crore plus population in the State. Each family is being benefited by four or five schemes by the government, i.e., 2.75 crore households. These include interest-free loans to one crore farmers, 1.4 crore Self-Help Group women, scholarships to 26 lakh students, Indira Jala Prabha to six lakh SC, ST families.

Special Team Intensifies Search For Kidnapped Doctor

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Gathering vital information, a special team of city police on Wednesday intensified search for Dr Harsha Reddy, who was allegedly abducted for ransom. As Dr Harsha Reddy, working in the Yashoda Hospital at Malakpet was found missing since Monday evening, his friends lodged a complaint with the Malakpet police.

Krishna-Khar talks: Terror, 26/11 India’s ‘core concerns’

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Ahead of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna’s visit to Islamabad, India has made it clear that although all issues will be discussed, terrorism and the expeditious conclusion of the Mumbai terror attack trial in Pakistan remain its “core concerns”.

“All issues are going to be discussed. Terrorism is certainly a core concern to us. Mumbai (26/11 trial) is a core concern to us,” well-placed sources said when asked to about the agenda of the forthcoming talks between Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday in Islamabad.

Dr. JP Leading Team To Select Committee On Lokpal Bill

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A team of eminent Indian citizens led by Lok Satta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan will convey its views and suggestions on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill to the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on September 6.

Satyavrat Chaturvedi, Member of the Rajya Sabha, is heading the Select Committee.

The committee had invited Dr. JP representing the Foundation for Democratic Reforms and the Lok Satta to offer his views on the Bill.

PDP will formulate action plan for Chenab Valley: Mufti

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Opposition Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said PDP would formulate a comprehensive action plan for the socio-economic growth of Chenab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir.

“We assure to formulate a comprehensive action plan for the socio-economic growth of the people of Chenab Valley to remove backwardness and underdevelopment of this region,” PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said while addressing public meeting in Doda district today.

–Agencies

Anything can happen during my stay in Delhi:KCR

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TRS Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao has said that anything could happen during his Delhi stay from today onwards. Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, KCR said that he was going to Delhi only to attend Parliament session and there was no specialty and prominence to his Delhi visit. He said that he was going to Delhi with the aim not to miss the session. He was going to Delhi to attend the last two days of the monsoon session.