Month: January 2014

CM urges Prez against bill

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Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today urged the President Pranab Mukherjee to abstain from introducing Telangana bill in Parliament as it was rejected by both houses of Assembly and Council.
In a press release here Kiran Reddy urged the President against taking further steps to introduce the bill. The house while rejecting the AP Reorganization Bill 2013 requested the President of India not to recommend for introduction of the bill in Parliament as the bill seeks to bifurcate the state without any reason or basis, Kiran said.

T state as per Constitution: Ponnala

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Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah today said that Telangana statehood will soon be a reality as per constitutional norms. Addressing a media conference at CLP here he said that no any force can stall the bifurcation process. He alleged that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Seemandhra leaders are playing selfish tactics ignoring the plight of their new capital. He flayed their propaganda that the decision of Telangana is against democracy and constitution.

T Ball in Central Court, T leaders for delhi on Feb 3

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Now that the Telangana Bill is thrown into court of the Center leaders for and against bifurcation are looking at Delhi for further constitutional procedures to be adopted by the Center. Even as the Center reiterated that it will introduce the Telangana bill in Parliament probably on February 7 or 8 during Parliament session, Telangana Ministers and legislators are leaving for national capital on February 3. While annoyed Seemandhra leaders huddled today with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at Camp office this evening. They are understood to have formulating a future course of action.

CDM signs MOU with OU for PHD program

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College of Defence Management (CDM), Secunderabad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Osmania University to offer PhD Program in Defence and Strategic Studies to its faculty under the joint aegis of College of Defence Management and Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Rejection of T bill in house is historic: Payyavula

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Seemandhra TDP leader Payyavula Keshav today said rejection of Telangana bill in the Assembly is a historic fact.
Talking to the media at Assembly media point, Keshav said the Telangana Bill was sent back as per the aspirations and desires of the Seemandhra people. The bill was rejected in the Assembly which was sent by the Centre and the President for views, he added.
TDP played a major role in sending back the Telangana bill, he said, adding that the party played its role in connection with Telangana bill keeping in view of the State’s interests. (NSS)

O. Madhusudhana assumes New charge

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O. Madhusudhana, Chief Information Engineer, Information & Public Relations Department, has been posted as Director (Disability) in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), Hyderabad for one year. He assumed charge today.
Madhusudhana, earlier worked as Project Director, DWMA, East Godavari District for three years and Additional Project Director, DWMA, Medak for two years, according to a pressnote issued by M. Balagangadhar Tilak, State Project Manager (Communications) SERP, Hyderabad. (NSS)

To appeal Prez against bill: Botcha

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PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana said that the Seemandhra leaders will appeal President Pranab Mukherjee against introducing the Telangana Bill I Parliament. Interacting with reporters at CLP here after Assembly adjourned sine die, he said that the houses have adopted rejected the bill through a resolution. The same will be sent to the President he said adding that they will impress upon the latter against the bifurcation of the state.

CM should step down: Amos, Yadava Reddy

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Telangana leaders KR Amos and K Yadava Reddy today expressed happiness over the completion of debate on Telangana Draft Bill in Assembly and Council. Addressing a press conference at congress legislature party office here they said that 47 days suspense is over with the Assembly and Council winding up the debate process.

Resolution accepted against the bill, bill in center’s court: Anam

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Seemandhra Ministers are at it again that a resolution to reject the Telangana Draft bill was unanimously accepted by both the houses of Assembly and Council. Addressing a press conference at Congress Legislature Party office here Ministers Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, Raghuveera Reddy, Sailajanath and others said that the houses rejected the bill through voice vote.

T ministers slam CM tactics, Jana Allays fears on T

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Telangana Ministers are an elated lot as the Assembly and Council wound up the process of debating the Telangana Draft Bill. They flayed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for indulging in ‘useless and meaningless’ tactics to prevent the bifurcation through a notice against constitutional norms. Minister K Jana Reddy addressed a media conference at Congress Legislature Party office along with DK Aruna, Sunitha Lakshma Reddy, Geetha Reddy, Sridhar Babhu, R Damodar Reddy, R Venkat Reddy, P Sudershan Reddy, Utham Kumar Reddy, Chief Whip G Venkatramana Reddy and others.

Kiran’s “Last Ball” Lands in Pranab’s Court

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The Congress-led UPA Government was put in an embarrassing situation on Thursday when both the Houses of State Legislature rejected by voice vote the A. P. Reorganization Bill, 2013 intended for the formation of a separate State of Telangana.

Speaker joined Samaikya leaders: TRS

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TRS floor leader Etela Rajender on Thursday alleged that Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar, who should act impartially, became a part in the conspiracy hatched by the Seemandhra leaders to stall formation of Telangana State.

Speaking at the Media Point after the Assembly adjourned sine die, Rajender said they have already requested Nadendla Manohar not to become a part in the Seemandhra leader’s conspiracy but no use. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy introduced resolution in the Assembly erroneously seeking rejection of A P Reorganization Bill.

Personnel problem drives private employee to suicide

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A 19-year old Private Employee committed suicide by consumed unidentified poison at her Hostel room on Thursday early hours in Humayunnagar Police Limits.

According to police, deceased – A Mounika D/o A Sattaiah R/o Womens Hostel Back side of NMDC of Humayunnagar, took this extreme step of suicide due to personnel problems by consumed un identified poison, immediately shifted to Osmania Hospital for treatment where doctors declared brought dead.
She was a employee of super market. Humayunnagar Sub Inspector A Purender Reddy said. (INN)

Ongoing fight in nation between secular and communal ideologies: Sonia Gandhi

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that the nation was going through a sensitive stage where the ongoing fight was between the believers of secularism and development, and communalism and backwardness. “When a state progresses so does the nation but, today we are going through a sensitive period in which we need to decide whether we will broaden our outlook, and move towards development, or follow the old narrow ideologies,” said Gandhi.

BJP accuses Congress of talking of communalism as it has no answer to problems facing nation

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Reacting to Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s speech, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Congress perpetually talked about segmentation and division as the Congress had no answer to the rest of the issues prevailing in the nation. “Both the Hindus and Muslims of the country want a relief from inflation, corruption, unemployment and lack of development, and the next elections will be contested on the same aspects but because she does not have the answer these questions, she talks about the separation.,” said Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Anna Kendrick claims Katy Perry touched her breasts at Grammys

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Anna Kendrick has claimed that Katy Perry put her fingers between her cleavage at the Grammy Awards.

Speaking on the television talk show ‘Conan’, the 28-year-old American actress said that the “mature” singer “finger-banged” her cleavage at the award ceremony in Los Angeles, Contactmusic reported.

However, the ‘Twilight’ star admitted that she was pleased with the ‘Unconditional’ hitmaker’s brave move and added that she was “asking for it”. (ANI)

One Direction named Global Recording Artist of 2013

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One Direction has been named the Global Recording Artists of 2013.

The new awards have been created to “accurately capture the popularity of artists across streaming channels, alongside digital and physical album and singles sales” and the British boy band beat Eminem, Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake to top the first global recording artists chart published by IFPI, the Independent reported.

Top 10 global recording artists, 2013

1 One Direction

2 Eminem

3 Justin Timberlake

4 Bruno Mars

5 Katy Perry

Kanye West to pay 150k pounds to dodge jail on assault charge

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Kanye West will reportedly be paying 150,000 pounds to the teenager he is accused of beating up for calling his fiance a “n***** lover”.

The 36-year-old rapper, who feared he could face a jail sentence because of a previous court appearance, has been forced to agree to pay off the jobless teenager to avoid being hauled to court on an assault charge, the Daily Star reported.

According to witnesses, West had slapped the18-year-old more than 30 times at a Los Angeles chiropractor’s office after being provoked by his vile racist tirade directed towards Kim Kardashian. (ANI)

Clooney enjoys working on worst films better than best ones

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George Clooney has revealed that he had a better time working on some of his worst films.

The 52-year-old American actor said that there’s no correlation between having fun on set and making a good film as some of his best films have been the least fun, while he made “lifelong friends” during the making of some of his worst films, the Daily Express reported.

The ‘Batman & Robin’ star added that the memory of films is very different from how it is reviewed, which is “a tricky thing to come to terms with”.

How to relieve an itch without scratching revealed!

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New research has found the perfect way to get rid of an annoying itch without scratching it.

The technique, inspired by the rubber hand illusion, involves using a mirror to manipulate the perception of our own bodies by the brain and fooling people into feeling relief from an itch by scratching the wrong place, the Daily Express reported.

According to New Scientist magazine, the team at University of Lubeck calculated that the fake scratch provided around a quarter of the relief from a real one.

Auto Expo 2014 expected to revive auto industry: CII

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The 12th edition of the Auto Expo, jointly organized by CII, SIAM and ACMA, accredited by OICA and due to begin in the first week of February is expected to revive the auto industry and give a fillip to the Indian economy.

According to a CII statement, as many as 70 new vehicles will be unveiled, with 26 global unveilings of which 15 are cars.

Unmanned NASA Rover photographs `bizarre` UFO on Mars

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An unmanned NASA Rover has captured images of a celestial object, believed to be a UFO, on Mars.

One of the internet users said that the unexplained shape photographed is just “something on the lens of the rover camera”, while another said that it’s “just a weather balloon”, the Mirror reported.

However, some believe that it is an “Asteroid”.

The video of the bizarre celestial object, which looks like a spacecraft complete with vapour trail has been uploaded to YouTube by Ufologist Streetcap1 under the heading ‘Mars ufo?’ (ANI)