Giving another shock to the ruling Congress party, its MLA Gottipati Ravi Kumar, who represents Addanki constituency in Prakasam district, called on YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Jail here on Monday.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has won both the MLC seats in North Telangana with Swamy Goud and Sudhakar Reddy winning the Graduates and teachers seats respectively.
Swamy Goud of TRS won the North Telangana Graduates MLC elections. He secured over 33,000 first preferential votes and has emerged as winner. Speaking on the occasion, he said that his victory was the victory of the people of Telangana.
Sudhakar Reddy won by a majority of 9,000 votes. (INN)
The public hearing on the proposed power tariff hike had witnessed strong protests from the left parties and other social organizations.
While 10 left parties stormed FAPCCI office even as the discussion was taking place, the representatives have opposed the proposal tooth and hike. The left parties said the public hearing was bogus and the State Electricity Regulatory Authority was not autonomous but was a tool in the hands of the State Government.
Despite mounting US pressure, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly decided to travel to Tehran this week to finalise a multibillion dollar gas pipeline deal.
Under the agreement, Iran would offer a loan of USD 500 million to Pakistan for the construction of a gas pipeline on its side of the border. However, the project has run into trouble due to an absence of investors fearing economic sanctions by the US, reports The Express Tribune.
The war of words between Congress and TDP grew louder with
Congress leaders taking strong objection to Chandrababu Naidu’s remarks while opposition party leaders coming to his defence. Naidu using harsh words against Congress was condemned by Congress leader P Sudharkar Reddy, Minister Kondru Murali and others.
“The remarks are unparliamentary and he should be booked for making such remarks in public,” Congressmen said.
TDP leaders however said that there was nothing wrong in the remarks and he told what was being seen by people. (INN)
The Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Dept. of Persian, in collaboration with Consulate General Iran, Hyderabad is organizing a 3-day International Seminar on “The Contribution of Adil Shahis of Deccan in Promotion of Persian Language, Literature and Culture” from Tuesday.
A potential Higgs Boson particle discovered last year could spell doom for our universe, researchers claim.
The mass of the so called ‘God particle’, uncovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, is a key ingredient in a calculation that signals the future of space and time.
“This calculation tells you that many tens of billions of years from now there will be a catastrophe,” Joseph Lykken, a theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia said.
Notification for the elections for the 10 MLC seats has been released here on Monday.
According to the election schedule, nominations will begin from March 4 and the closing date is March 11. The polling would be held on March 21 and counting will be taken up on the same day. (INN)
GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu informed that there was no need for formal inauguration for nala desilting works, BT patch works and summer action.
The GHMC Commissioner held a review meeting on Engineering Works, Property Tax, Town Planning and Health and Sanitation subjects in Panwar Hall here on Monday. Addressing the meeting the Commissioner said that keeping in view of urgency of the works, the above works can be immediately started, soon after completion of tender process, by duly informing the Corporators concerned.
Actress Soumya Seth who will be seen in new daily soap `Khoobsurat`, feels the television medium has wider reach than films.
Soumya, known for her performance in `Navya` where she played the lead, will be essaying the role of a girl smitten by a radio jockey, alongside Rohit Khurrana of `Uttaran` fame. The show will be aired on Sony.
Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Monday conducted an aerial survey of Mahadevapoor area of Karimnagar district.
Before departing for Aerial survey of Naxal prone areas of Mahadevapoor, the DGP witnessed Slithering demonstration performed by the Grey Hounds Commandoes from Helicopter at Premavathipet, Greyhounds Training Center in Hyderabad. With new Helicopter, attached for Anti Naxal operations, DGP initiated aerial survey of Mahadevpoor area of Karimnagar district.
National Award winning actor Sunny Deol, who is busy promoting his film ‘I Love New Year’, is contented with Indian audience and doesn`t feel the need to go to the Oscars.
“What is the need for Indians to go to the Oscars? (Indians ko Oscar jaane ki zaroorat kya hai?). Aren`t we happy here? Make the Indian audience happy. We have a population of 130 crore, is it not enough?” Sunny Deol told reporters during the theatrical trailer release of “I Love New Year” Monday.
A discovery could spur a new generation of drugs that would be more effective against the flu virus than current drugs.
The new class of molecular compounds, developed by Simon Fraser University virologist Masahiro Niikura and his doctoral student Nicole Bance, will help develop drugs that the flu virus` strains can`t adapt to, and resist, as easily as Tamiflu, which is becoming less effective against the constantly mutating virus.
Carnosine, which is taken as a dietary supplement, could help protect against a host of diseases from cancer to Alzheimer`s disease, scientists have claimed.
The powerful antioxidant tablet is already used in anti-ageing products and by athletes to delay muscle fatigue.
Now, a new study, published in the Chemistry Central Journal, has revealed that it could offer hope to millions struck down by the devastating illnesses, the Daily Express reported.
Scientists say it could even protect against Parkinson`s and prevent complications of Type 2 diabetes.
Most babies slow in gaining weight within the first nine months catch up by the age of 13, but remain lighter and shorter than their peers, a new study has found.
The University of Bristol study is based on data from 11,499 participants, providing the most conclusive and reassuring evidence for parents that, given the right care, many infants who lag in weight gain catch up by teenage.
Scientists have now backed that starving a fever, the cure recommended in old wives` tale, indeed works.
They believe that food can accelerate the spread of infections.
A team of scientists from Edinburgh University found that well-fed water fleas were more contagious than those given less to eat.
Their study, published in the journal Biology Letters, found that some of the well-fed fleas also lived longer, giving them more time to multiply and spread infection.
Scientists have for the first time explained mechanisms behind the brain`s ability to protect itself from damage due to stroke.
The Oxford University researchers hope that harnessing this inbuilt biological mechanism, identified in rats, could help in treating stroke and preventing other neurodegenerative diseases in the future.
“We have shown for the first time that the brain has mechanisms that it can use to protect itself and keep brain cells alive,” said lead researcher Professor Alastair Buchan in a statement.
A high-dose shot of a common asthma drug, once a month, has been found to be highly effective in treating teens and adults chronically afflicted with severe, itchy rash, says a new study.
Known as omalizumab, the drug was tested on 323 people at 55 medical centres for whom standard antihistamine therapy failed to quell underlying, allergy-like reaction, known as chronic idiopathic urticaria or chronic spontaneous urticaria.
A human rights group is set to launch a global campaign to highlight the danger of killing machines and wants a ban before they become a reality.
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that robot warfare is the next step up from unmanned drones, and will be available within the decade, the Sun reported.
HRW, a New York based NGO that spends millions each year raising awareness of human rights, says that the most of public are not aware of the danger they are in.
Chairman of the Press Council of India, Markandey Katju has made the war of words international as he has written an anti-Modi article in Pakistan’s national daily saying Muslim in Gujarat are living in fear and they have been victimised.
The BJP has called the act anti-national and have re-iterated its demand for his termination from his post.
Expressing his views in Pakistan daily, The Express Tribune, Katju raised questions over the killings of over 2,000 Muslims in Gujarat in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident.
Meghalaya has been put under high alert in line with the advisory issued to all North Eastern states by the Centre following Hyderabad terror attack which left 16 dead and 117 injured, official sources said on Monday.
“We have taken necessary safety measures in line with the direction from the Home Ministry we received last week,” state Inspector General of Police GHP Raju told a news agency.
The Home Ministry has alerted all major cities and town all over north eastern states seeking police high alert especially in crowded areas, the IGP said.
Two powerful bombs were recovered and two persons were on Monday arrested in this connection at Laifam Khunou area in Imphal West district, police said.
On a tip-off the police commandos rushed to Laifam Khunou area in the outskirts of the town and recovered from a house the bombs, the sources said.
Owner of the house E Gyaneshore Singh and along with his accomplice whose name was not yet known have been arrested and interrogation was on, sources said adding that the commandos were also searching the surrounding area.
There are two kinds of opinion in the film industry about Shahid Kapoor, who turns 32 Monday. Some tag him as one of the best star-actors in the post-Aamir Khan generation while others think he has screwed it up with his attitude — but no one disputes Shahid’s talent.
Rajkumar Santoshi’s latest film “Phata Poster Nikla Hero” is the first film Shahid signed without demanding a full script. He next goes into Prabhudheva’s “Rambo Rajkumar”, in which he needs to completely re-define his physique and body language to do his first full-fledged action role.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a smoking ban bill into law, the Kremlin said Monday.
The law bans smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, stadiums and train stations, reported Xinhua.
It also imposes measures to reduce the demand for tobacco products and restrict trade in them. Advertising and sponsorship of tobacco is prohibited under the law.
The State Duma, or lower house of the parliament, approved the bill on Feb 12 and the Federation Council, the upper house, passed it Feb 20.
It will come into effect June 1.
—IANS
Former Lt. General Shahid Aziz, one of the protagonists of October 12, 1999 coup d”état and former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf”s right-hand back in the day, is ready to face conditional action under Article 6 of the Constitution. Aziz said he regretted supporting the dictator, but in the same breath justified his own actions as an attempt to bring about a change in the broader interest of the country, reports The News. Aziz said he violated the constitution because he believed it was a rotten product of a system that reeked of corruption.