YSR Congress party leader Sharmila concluded her 230-day Maro Praja Prasthanam padayatra here on Sunday.
Accompanied with her mother YS Vijayamma and other party leaders, Sharmila unveiled the statue of her father and late Chief Minister Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy to mark the occasion. It was at Ichapuram that YSR had concluded his Praja Prasthanam padayatra before 2004 elections.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the Bonalu procession to be held in the Old City on Monday.
Talking to reporters after reviewing the arrangement, City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said that it was almost after 14 years that Bonalu and Ramzan festivals have coincided. However, he appreciated the people for celebrating both the festivals with complete peace and harmony. He said that this cordial atmosphere should continue in the city forever.
India may have at least 50 states in future if demands for new states are to be conceded as the home ministry has received representations for creation of more than 20 states.
The demands for separate states have come from across the country — for Kukiland in Manipur to Kongu Nadu in Tamil Nadu, for Kamatapur in North Bengal to Tulu Nadu in Karnataka.
However, except Uttar Pradesh, which during the Mayawati-led BSP government proposed to create four states dividing the country’s most populous state, no state government had given any recommendation for carving out a new state.
Claiming that the neither he nor his party was against formation of Telangana, TDP’s Rajya Sabha MP Nandamuri Hari Krishna on Sunday resigned from his post in protest against the way the Centre has announced bifurcation.
Talking to reporters after paying homage to his father and late Chief Minister N T Rama Rao at NTR Ghat here, Hari Krishna informed that he has sent his resignation letter to the Rajya Sabha chairman and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Sunday reiterated that his party would make a Dalit as its chief minister if it came to power in Telangana state.
Addressing a meet the press programme here, he made it clear that he would not be in the race for the chief minister’s post.
He, however, hinted that he may serve as chairman of the advisory committee to the state government to guide it in fulfilling the aspirations of the people.
Experts have warned that parents should start talking about the dangers of ‘sexting’ with their kids, even before they enter middle school.
Dr. Susan Lipkins, a psychologist who specializes in school conflict, said that by sexting, kids are acting out and there may be several reasons why they do this, the New York Daily News reported.
Lipkins insisted that there may be something in the child’s life where they have already been exposed to sex, either by seeing things or hearing things they shouldn”t, or perhaps being abused.
TRS Chief K Chandrasheakra Rao has made it clear that he will not become the Chief Minister of the Telangana state at any cost as said earlier.
Addressing the ‘Meet the Press’ program organized by the Telangana Journalists Union (TJF) here on Sunday, KCR has said that he will not go back on his word that he will make a dalith as the Chief Minister of the new state and he will become a State Advisory Committee Chairman and see that all the assurances given by the TRS will be fulfilled.
Most of the people responds with tenderness and delight to cute babies and toddlers because each one of us has a built-in desire for sweet things.
A research has shown that finding babies cute is no quirk of culture or optional effect of fashion but a worldwide trait, the Huffington
Post reported.
In “altricial” species, which means “requiring nourishment”, offspring require considerable parental care to reach self-sufficiency.
The young tend to have “baby faces,” which apparently provoke nurturing and cuddling behaviours in adults of the species. (ANI)
Using smartphones as a learning tool for kids can impede early development in areas that would impact the child for the rest of their lives, experts have claimed.
It has been revealed that about 25 percent of kids 2 years old and younger have their own smartphones, CBS News reported.
According to the experts, using this type of technology is same as putting a child in front of a television, where kids don’t learn but are just get distracted.
Since childhood is a time for serious brain development, children could face problems with their basic social, verbal and learning skills.
People at high risk for alcohol-use problems showed a greater dopamine response in a brain pathway that increases desire for rewards than those who are at lower risk, a new study has revealed.
According to a new study by Prof. Marco Leyton, of McGill University”s Department of Psychiatry, people vulnerable to developing alcoholism exhibit a distinctive brain response when drinking alcohol.
“There is accumulating evidence that there are multiple pathways to alcoholism, each associated with a distinct set of personality traits and neurobiological features,” Leyton said.
Just like smartphones, Smart TVs can be hacked and compromised, it has been revealed.
Researchers at a demonstration on Friday in Las Vegas claimed that Samsung Smart TV can be hacked as they have an operating system installed which is similar to a smartphone, which hosts third-party apps, CBS News reported.
People can browse the Internet, launch apps and take photos using their remote controls on the smart TVs.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday morning underwent a surgery for a lung ailment at a hospital here.
He was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital on the night of August 3. According to reports, Shinde”s daughter Praniti, a Congress MLA disclosed that it was a minor operation and was fixed earlier.
She had said that there was no cause for concern. Sushil Kumar Shinde will be shifted to the surgical intensive care unit for three days after the surgery and he is expected to be discharged after 10 days. (ANI)
Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) accused the ruling Congress party of “deceiving the poor people of the country by making false promises.” Addressing a gathering, former BJP chief, Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that ahead of the polls, the Congress party had assured the poor that they would eradicate poverty within 100 days.
Lauren Silverman, who is expecting Simon Cowell’s first child, is apparently getting ready to enter in a court battle with her estranged husband Andrew Silverman over their 7-year-old son.
Andrew is seeking the sole custody of their son, the New York Daily News reported.
The real estate mogul, who has been a close pal of the X Factor judge for a long time, visited his wife in the Bridgehampton, NYC for a late-night meeting.
According to TMZ.com, Andrew plans to file for primary custody as he considers his 36-year-old socialite wife to be a less-than-adequate parent.
Simon Cowell broke up with his married gal pal Lauren Silverman before he came to know she was pregnant, it has been revealed.
The X Factor judge pal’s have claimed that Cowell dumped his close friend Andrew Silverman’s socialite spouse Lauren, six weeks ago, the Mirror reported.
The music mogul had apparently told one of his friends that his relationship with Lauren was over and has been since before anyone knew she was pregnant.
He told one of his closest pals that he wants the matter to be resolved, but in a sensitive way.
Naomi Watts has revealed that playing Princess Diana in a film about her romance after her split with Prince Charles has proved her most challenging role yet.
The Oscar-nominated actress also admitted that she rejected the offer to play Diana several times but eventually could not bring herself to turn down the role, the Daily Express reported.
The British-born star said that the idea of going through this transformation and telling the story of someone who is wildly famous, albeit doing it in a sensitive way, was what drew her to the movie. (ANI)
With the changing times, relationships tend to fail even before they blossom into healthy ones, and as a result divorce has become rampant.
What most don’t realise is that many of those divorces could be avoided.
Huffington Post has come up with seven steps that can make your marriage divorce-proof.
It’s suggested that both partners should talk more often, more openly and more honestly with each other.
They should have more dialogues and fewer monologues and should talk about feelings as well as facts.
Construction work on the main structure of China”s tallest building, the Shanghai Tower, has been completed. A flag-waving ceremony took place as the last steel beam was hoisted and installed at the top of the skyscraper, the BBC reports. Once completed, the structure will reach over 630m, making it the second-tallest building in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Egyptian military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met overnight with representatives of the country”s Islamic forces to discuss the current political crisis, according to an army”s statement published Sunday.
Deputy Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday criticized the Congress-led UPA government for the way they had handled the creation of Telangana, calling it a political move by the ruling party. “We especially want to discuss how the Congress has mishandled the creation of Telangana. This demand has been there for a long time and many have sacrificed towards its creation
The Monsoon session of Parliament will begin from tomorrow and it is expected to discuss and pass the Food Security Ordinance among several bills. According to reports, the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, Direct Taxes Code Bill 2010 and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill 2011 are among the 23 bills listed for consideration and passing by the Lok Sabha.
Simon Cowell’s pregnant lover Lauren Silverman’s mother has come to her daughter’s defense, claiming that her daughter is not a manipulative woman.
Silverman’s mum, Carole Eisenberg told the New York Daily News that her daughter is a wonderful girl and a wonderful mother.
Eisenberg said that people like to talk and that’s all she has to say.
The mum-daughter duo was recently spotted grocery shopping in swanky Bridgehampton. (ANI)
The Obama administration has vetoed a U.S. trade body’s ban on the sale of some Apple iPhones and iPads. The decision is a rare move that upends a legal victory for smartphone rival Samsung Electronics Co.
About 47 percent of Chinese urban residents have smartphones, according to a report released by Google on Wednesday.
The “Our Mobile Planet: China” report, conducted by Google and market research company IPSOS in the first quarter, surveyed 1,000 urban Internet users between the ages of 18 and 64. Smartphones have become an indispensable part of people”s daily lives, as 69 percent of respondents said they access the Internet every day on their smartphones and 38 percent never leave home without the devices, according to the report.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a letter to Iran”s new President Hassan Rouhani, stressed the importance of bolstering the strategic relations between the two countries to “face the American and Western schemes” in the region, local media reported Sunday.