Month: March 2013

The custodial interrogation of two suspected IM operatives continued for the third day today in connection with the February 21 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar here that left 16 people dead, NIA officials said.

“The questioning of Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan is continuing,” a senior NIA officer said even as he denied reports being carried by TV channels that two more suspects were picked up by the agency.

“No one else apart from the two IM operatives (Maqbool and Imran) are being questioned,” he said.

Balladeer Gaddar has alleged that the ‘Vastunnaa Meekosam’ pada yatra of the TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was for regaining power and not for the people of Telangana or the welfare of the region.

State BJP official spokesperson NVVS Prabhakar has alleged that former chief minister late Dr Y S Rajashekar Reddy’s son-in-law Bro. Anil Kumar has turned out a synonym for illegal activities.

The TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao today called for greater efforts to ensure that women get equal rights and opportunities.

Addressing a programme organized by the TKF on the occasion of the World Women’s Day at the Indira Priyadarshini auditorium here on Sunday, he said though India has great human resources, 20 per cent of the population was being excommunicated in the name of Dalit and lower castes. He said it was most unfortunate for the country that women who form half of the society were being confined to the kitchens.

City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma made it clear that Mudassir Kamaram, the Ph D student of IFLU, committed suicide by hanging.

The State government is taking measures to extend all possible assistance to the kin of those killed in the twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar on February 21.

A press release from the Chief Minister’s Office has stated that the kin of 16 members, who died in the blasts, were paid ex gratia of Rs 6 lakhs each. While 100 people, who suffered simple injuries were treated in the hospitals at the government’s expenses, 62 of them were discharged after full recovery. Among the remaining, 24 persons were paid Rs one lakh each and 38 people were given Rs 50,000.

YSR Congress party leader Sharmila appealed to the farmers not to sell their lands to resolve the financial crisis that they have been facing.

Addressing a gathering at Dhulipala Colony in Guntur district during the 80th day of her Maro Praja Prasthanam padayatra, Sharmila advised the farmers to restrain from taking hasty decisions. Stating that the her brother YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would become the Chief Minister after next elections, she assured that Jagan would bring the golden era of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Nearly 1.30 lakh students have applied for the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) to be held on May 10.

While 95,000 applications have been received for the Engineering stream, nearly 35,000 students have applied for Medicine through online since February 15. The last date for submission of applications without additional fee is March 27. However, the last date for receipt of applications with a fine of Rs 10,000 is May 7.

Minister of State for Railways Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy on Sunday denied allegations that injustice was done to the State in the Railway Budget for 2013-14.

Talking to reporters at Gadwal, where he came to attend a private function, Surya Prakash Reddy said that the State got its share in the Railway Budget and no injustice was done as being alleged by the opposition parties. He also informed that the Kurnool – Secunderabad Passenger Train will be launched soon. (INN)

Hundreds of YSR Congress activists on Sunday organised a 24-km long Padayatra from Ramachandrapuram to Bontapalli Veerabhadraswamy Temple in Medak district seeking the release of their party president Jaganmohan Reddy from jail.

The padayatra, led by YSRCP leader C Anji Reddy, was flagged off by district Convener B Jagapti. Speaking on the occasion, the YSRCP leaders alleged that Jagan was arrested and lodged in jail on false cases. Therefore, they demanded that Jagan be released from jail immediately. (INN)

Rich tributes were paid to former Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi on his 11th death anniversary.

Telugu Desam Party leaders led by former minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu paid floral tributes to Balayogi at a function held at party’s headquarters NTR Trust Bhavan. The leaders recalled the services rendered by Balayogi as a legislator and later as a Parliamentarian.

It was on March 3, 2002, when Balayogi died in crash of a Bell 206 helicopter in Kaikalur of West Godavari District. (INN)