Telangana Political JAC chairman Prof. Kodandaram here on Sunday put TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao in a quandary for admitting anti-Telangana leaders into the party and proposing to give them tickets to contest in the general elections.
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Two-time MLC K. Nageshwar, who is contesting for Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency as an Independent candidate in the ensuing general elections, has appealed to the constituents to donate Rs 10 apart from casting vote in his favour in order to create confidence and strengthen democracy in the country.
India’s women shuttlers were Sunday handed a relatively easy group in the Uber Cup with Thailand, Canada and Hong Kong while the men would find it much tougher having been slotted with Malaysia, South Korea and Germany for the Thomas Cup at a glittering draw ceremony here Sunday.
Thomas Cup (men’s world team championship) defending champions and second seeds China have been placed in Group D with Chinese Taipei, Russia and France. Also defending the Uber Cup (women’s), China is listed in Group A with Chinese Taipei, England and Russia.
Barring a few incidents, polling in urban local bodies elections in Andhra Pradesh passed off peacefully today with nearly 75 per cent of electorate casting their votes.
State Election Commissioner P Ramakanth Reddy said that elections were held for 145 municipalities and 10 municipal corporations.
“Except one or two incidents, nothing untoward was reported during polls. Re-polling may be held in seven polling stations. Reports indicate that the overall polling would be in the range of 75 per cent,” Reddy told reporters, adding that polling crossed 80 per cent in some places.
Former minister Danam Nagender today said he did not accept Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president post offered by the party high command.
Addressing a meeting of party activists at his constituency, Nagender maintained that he denied the TPCC chief post as one leader cannot hold two posts at a time. There was an argument among political circles that a leader cannot hold two posts simultaneously, he said. He said being an MLA, he can offer services to the constituency in a better way.
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah today wished people of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu on the eve of Ugadi festival.
In a message here on Sunday, the Governor conveyed his heartiest greetings and best wishes to the Telugu speaking people living in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, India and all over the globe.
“May the dawn of Telugu New Year usher in peace, progress and prosperity and promote unity and harmony among all to steer our nation”, Rosaiah said. (NSS)
TDP is thinking of releasing two separate manifestoes — one for Telangana and another for Seemandhra, senior leader Somireddy Chandrasekhar Reddy said here today.
As a gift of Ugadi, TDP supremo is likely to release manifestoes in a day or two, he told the media at NTR Trust Bhavan. The party has incorporated the BC declaration in its manifesto. Party president Chandrababu Naidu has vast experience which would be used for development of Seemandhra into Swarnandhra, he added. Further discussions would be held tomorrow on tie-up with BJP, Somireddy said. (NSS)
“The study of innovation is a still a relatively young field but one that interacts with several other disciplines including management, economics and sociology. Understanding how innovation happens and the impact those processes have are vital to both individual businesses and to national economic development” Dr. Vilas M.Thakre, SGB Amaravathi University, Amaravathi said.
State Election Commissioner Ramakanth Reddy today ordered an inquiry into the incident of breaking of an Electronic Voting Machine at Macherla in Guntur district.
The incident took place while polling was going on. The police have taken one Lakshma Reddy into custody for breaking the EVM by hitting it against a table in the polling booth. Ramakanth Reddy asked the officials concerned to submit a report immediately. (NSS)
Launching a scathing attack on Congress party, TDP senior leader Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu today alleged that Centre and State governments encouraged corruption and several scams took place during ten year rule of Congress party.
Telangana Congress Chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah today ridiculed that TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is indulging in a political game on general elections.
Municipal elections held across the State today witnessed several incidents of fighting between rival parties at various places. There were scenes of protest and chaos as either EVMs have gone defunct or swapping of voter lists.
One Praja Telangana Front, which came into being on Sunday, appealed to the people to extend support to the Telugu Desam Party, which declared that chief minister’s post would be given to a Backward Class leader.
Speaking to mediapersons here, president of the new outfit Gade Innaiah said the BCs would support those parties which allocated highest number of Assembly and Lok Sabha seats for the BCs. He said the new party would make Herculean efforts for reconstruction of the Telangana region.
Leading Indian doubles badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa said Sunday that she is happy to see more and more people take up the sport.
“I am happy to see more and more people take up badminton. It is great to see that many people are getting interested in the sport and are following India’s progress at the world stage,” the 2010 Commonwealth Games women’s doubles gold medallist said after giving away PNB MetLife RWA Badminton Championship prizes at the Thyagaraj Stadium here.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 1,850 km west of Perth concluded Sunday with no headway as ships retrieved objects that could not be related to the aircraft, Australian authorities said.
“Search activities for Sunday have now concluded. Approximately 252,000 sq km were searched,” the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said in its latest update.
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday held a road show in Chandigarh to garner support for his party”s candidate Gul Panag in the upcoming general elections. Kejriwal urged people to vote for Gul Panag, who was former Miss India, actor and a social activist, to save the country. “God will not give us another opportunity, if we miss this one. All of us should unite. Only one person can save this country that the common man. You can save this country, nobody else,” he said. A large number of police personnel have been deployed to prevent any untoward incident during the event. (ANI)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday countered Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s jibe at his Gujarat model saying that the state was declared as the most developing state in the country by Rajiv Gandhi foundation, of which Sonia Gandhi is also a member. “Few days ago, Shehzade (Rahul) had visited this place. These days he is remembering me day and night. The elections are for the country but he is asking for an account of Gujarat. He should remember the nature of these elections,” Modi said while addressing a rally here.
History flowed down the Jhelum River in the summer capital Srinagar as the authorities paid no heed to the six-decade-old Zero Bridge that lays dismantled causing disappointment among residents while daily commuters face troubles. Zero Bridge was constructed in the 1950s when late Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. There is a mundane official version of why the bridge was so named. Some say it was named so because it was constructed by a contractor who was deaf.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday alleged that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is trying to protect the dangerous mentality of people like Imran Masood, who was arrested for his hate speech in which he allegedly threatened to “chop” BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi “into pieces”. “We have seen the kind of language used by our political opponents. Their political secularism has changed into Taliban secularism. People are going to reject this as they want to go on the path of good governance and development,” said BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
Former Finance Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday criticised the economic policies of the Congress-led UP Government. Sinha said the current growth rate of the country is not even expected to touch five percent, which was closer to eight percent during his tenure. Sinha also said that the policies of the current government have caused the destruction of country’s economy, and the people are now craving for development. “What caused such a bad situation and destruction of the country?
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said India was blessed with three ‘Ds’ – demographic dividend, democracy and demand for goods and services to make the country prosperous over a decade.
“We are the youngest country with 65 percent of our population below 35 years of age. We are the world’s largest democracy and we have a huge domestic market to feed. No country has such an opportunity as India to create jobs with human capital and abundant natural resources,” Modi said at a rally here, about 500 km from Bangalore.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday lodged a complaint with Election Commission against Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo, of the National Conference, for allegedly trying to coax people to join her partyand vote for it by invoking religion.
Terming the issue as a major violation of Model Code of Conduct, the party has urged the poll panel to take action.
At least 16 soldiers and seven civilians were killed in separate militant attacks in Iraq Sunday, police said.
In northern Iraq, gunmen attacked an army base in the wee hours in Aiyn al-Jahash area in the city of Mosul, leaving seven soldiers killed, Xinhua reported citing a police source.
In Anbar province in the western region, a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle at a major bridge in the provincial capital city of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 11 others.
Targeting Congress-led UPA, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said stoppage of long term action plan for development of the KBK (Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput) region showed its apathetic attitude towards people of the backward area.
Patnaik said keeping in view the need for development of the poverty-stricken area and uplift of its people, Odisha government had launched the Biju KBK Yojana.
BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday charged the Congress with not doing anything to develop the northeast region.
“It is the Congress party which was in power for most of the time at the centre after Independence. In Assam also, it is the Congress government that has ruled most of the time. But still there are problems of road network, electricity, irrigating farmlands, poor not getting rations and no job opportunities for youth,” Rajnath Singh said while addressing a rally in Karimganj in Barak Valley Sunday.