Month: September 2013

BJP office in Kakinada Ransacked

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The agitating Samaikyandhra protagonists on Sunday raided the BJP office in Kakinada in East Godavari district and ransacked furniture.
The irate agitators also tore flexi of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi into pieces to vent their anger over the BJP strongly backing bifurcation of the State. (NSS)

Maneka Gandhi Mobbed in Punganur By Samaikyandhra Agitators

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Senior national BJP leader and MP Maneka Gandhi faced irate Samaikyandhra agitators in Chittoor district on Sunday.
According to the information, when Maneka Gandhi arrived in Punganur in Chittoor district, the Samaikyandhra agitators mobbed her convoy. When the police intervened and swung their lathis, the agitators resorted to a dharna. (NSS)

Hyderabad Belongs to Communists

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State CPI secretary Dr K. Narayana here on Sunday observed that “Hyderabad is not the property of either TRS supremo K Chandrasekhara Rao or Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, but it is the sole property of the Communists”

Stating that friendly enemies are more in the Telangana movement, Narayana alleged that capitalists, corrupt monsters and dacoits were plundering the State in the garb of Samaikyandhra agitation.

Alleging that Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy declared war in the State, the CPI leader suggested to the former to cry war in New Delhi. (NSS)

Congress, YSRCP, TRS ganged UP, Says yanamala

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TDP politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu today alleged that the Union government was contemplating to impose President’s rule in the State fearing that Telangana Bill would not be passed in the State Assembly.
The Congress, YSRCP and TRS parties have joined hands and creating such a situation that the Governor would be constrained to recommend imposition of President’s rule on the State, the TDP leader stated in a press release here.

Kiran wouldn’t even save security deposit in pileru: Peddireddy

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Challenging winning chances of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in the Pileru Assembly constituency in the next elections, YSRCP leader and former minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy today declared that he would quit active politics if Kiran Kumar Reddy secured his deposit.
Peddireddy said Kiran Kumar Reddy was planning to float a new political party in the name of Samakhyandhra. If Kiran kumar Reddy contests election on new party, he cannot even save his security deposit. “If he manages to secure his deposit, I will quit active politics”, he added.

Ozone hospital takes out “stay young at heart walk”

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In connection with World Heart Day on September 29, Ozone Hospital today took out an awareness walk “Stay Young at Heart Walk” from Kothapet to Dilsukhnagar to sensitize the people about heart diseases.
LB Nagar MLA Sudheer Reddy flagged off the walk at Ozone Hospital, Kothapet. Scores of students and youths participated in the walk and made it a success.

Shobha Asks Naidu to Shun Jagan Baiting

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YSRCP leader Shobha Nagireddy today said instead of indulging in mud-slinging at Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu should think about keeping Andhra Pradesh united.
Stating that if Chandrababu Naidu gave a one- line letter supporting Samaikhyandhra, her party president Jaganmohan Reddy is ready to sign on it, she said and questioned whether the former was ready to put his signature on the letter of YSRCP or Samaikhyandhra JAC.

Every step of the YSRCP for keeping the State united was being criticized by Chandrababu Naidu, Shobha alleged. (NSS)

New DGP may be named tomorrow

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The State Government is likely to name the new Director General of Police on Monday.

According to sources, the State Government has already shortlisted the list of senior officials who could be elevated to the post. The decision is more likely to come after the farewell parade of outgoing DGP V Dinesh Reddy on Monday morning.

High Court rejects DGP’s tenure petition

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Sunday rejected the petition moved by Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy seeking extension of his tenure.

After the verdict of High Court’s division bench, comprising justices Ashutosh Mohunta and D Seshadri Naidu, Dinesh Reddy will now retire from his post on Monday.

Dec 16 gang-rape bus: Owners want it back on road

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Pleading that livelihoods depend on it, owners of the white-coloured bus with black-tinted windows, in which the 23-year-old student was gang raped on the night of Dec 16 last year, want it back on the roads.

With a Delhi court pronouncing death for the four accused, the family of the bus owner, who is behind bars for submitting forged documents to get the vehicle’s registration certificate, wants it back.

Sad PM is meeting Sharif: BJP

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The BJP Sunday described as “sad” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision to meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York despite continuing terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.

BJP spokesperson S.N. Singh also demanded Manmohan Singh’s resignation in the light of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s outburst against the ordinance on convicted lawmakers passed by the cabinet.

“It’s sad and unfortunate that the prime minister has gone ahead with the meeting (with Sharif) despite the public mood,” he told the media here.

Four people killed in U.S. drone attack in NW Pakistan

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At least four people were killed in a U.S. drone strike launched in Pakistan”s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Sunday morning. The strike came at about 10: 50 a.m. local time when U.S. unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the Dargah Mandi area of Miranshah in North Waziristan. Sunday”s U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan is the 21st of its kind in Pakistan in 2013. Nearly 117 people have reportedly been killed in such strikes since the start of the year. (ANI)

Present imbroglio needs political solution: YSRCP

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Asserting that the present imbroglio in the state is political in nature and it needs a political solution, YSR Congress has dared State Congress and TDP leadership to sign on a one line resolution seeking a united state to clear the uncertainty and pacify the sentiments of six crore people who on an agitation path.

Chandrababu Naidu’s remarks that Congress Party is using YSRCP to weaken it is quixotic as TDP will fall on its own weight and the anti-people decisions it has taken, party deputy floor leader Sobha Nagi Reddy told reporters here on Sunday.

Iraq says Iran serious about resolving issues with West

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Iraq’s foreign minister has said the Hassan Rouhani-led new Iranian government offers ‘the best chance’ to improve relations with the United States and should be taken seriously. Hoshyar Zebari said that he is working behind the scenes to help improve Tehran’s relations with the United States. According to Fox News, Zebari said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked Iraq at their meeting on Saturday to press the opposition to come with one delegation and one position. The U.N.

Congress will win 20 seats if it stops bifurcation: Rayapati

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Guntur MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao on Sunday claimed that the Congress party would win at least 20 seats in the Seemandhra region if it avoids bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

Talking to reporters, Rayapati said that the division of State would cause irreparable damage to the Congress party in both coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. However, if the party withdraws the decision taken by the Congress Working Committee on bifurcation of State to carve out Telangana, then the Congress would surely sweep the next general elections in both the regions.

Congress accuses Modi of insulting prime minister

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The Congress Sunday accused Narendra Modi of “insulting” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying that the BJP leader had chosen to believe a Pakistan journalist about purported remarks of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about his Indian counterpart.

Congress communication department chairman Ajay Maken said Modi had “quoted the story” of Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir in his public rally here Sunday, but said it was surprising that he did not ask Indian journalists about Sharif’s remarks.

NSA also collects data on US citizens’ social connections

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The National Security Agency, since 2010, has been exploiting its huge data collection to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections.

The graphs can identity Americans’ associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information. The revelation was made in newly disclosed documents and interviews with officials, the New York Times reports.

GOP pushes US govt closer to shutdown over Obamacare

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House Republicans have pushed the US Government closer to a partial shutdown next week, insisting that President Barack Obama’s signature health care law be delayed a year.

The House Republican Conference, once unified behind the measure, was expected to vote late on Saturday night. House Republicans also intend to advance a bill to pay U.S. troops in the case of a government shutdown. According to Politico, the decision was announced by the GOP leadership in a closed meeting.

The 4 superfood diet that’s bound to keep you healthy this autumn

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Autumn is here and that means a new crop of seasonal nutrient-dense fruit and vegetable “superfoods”, that increase our overall wellness and nutrition and help support a healthy lifestyle, will be harvested soon.

Kari Kooi, registered dietician at Houston Methodist Hospital, said superfoods are brimming with nutrients and antioxidants. The benefits of adding them into your everyday meals are numerous, as a nutritious diet can really have a positive impact on both your physical and mental health.

Kooi suggested top four superfoods that you can incorporate into your daily meals.

Diabetics more likely to develop and die from breast and colon cancer

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A new study has warned that diabetes sufferers are more prone to developing breast and colon cancer and at an even higher risk of dying from them.

Dr Kirstin De Bruijn said that previous studies have examined the association between diabetes and dying from cancer but death from specific types of cancer has not been well-studied.