Month: April 2014

Dowry Harassment drives women to suicide at Kachiguda

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A 22-year-old house wife committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Chappal Bazar of Kachiguda.

According to Kachiguda police, the deceased K Anusha W/o K Guruvesh R/o Chappal Bazaar of Kachiguda had allegedly committed suicide by hanging at her residence on Monday night hours, due to her in laws allegedly being mentally and physically harassed for additional dowry for last few months, deceased taking extreme step of suicide hanged herself.

Naidu to address Praja garjana in warangal today

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TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu will be touring Warangal district on Wednesday, according to a pressnote issued from the party headquarters NTR Bhavan.
According to his itinerary, the former chief minister will reach Warangal in the afternoon. He will be accorded a warm welcome by district party leaders at Kakatiya Haritha Hotel in Hanamkonda at 3 pm. Naidu will be taken in a procession by his party activists from the Hotel at 4 pm and reach Hayagrivachary Stadium at 5 pm en route College center, Ekasila Park and so on.

Astro predicts that new Lok Sabha will not complete its term

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World top order Astrologer and Astro Numerologist Pandit Mulugu Ramalingeswara Vara Prasad Siddhanthi has predicted that the Lok Sabha that is to be constituted in 2014 will not complete its five year term; that the stars are in favour of NDA-alliance, which will be strengthened in the country, while the stars are not favorable to the UPA-alliance; that the planetary position of AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa is quite favourable, that she has Rajayoga and would play a key role at the Centre, and the AIADMK will get victory in the Lok Sabha elections; that that the position of Gujarat Chief Mi

Class x textbooks on sale in Mint compound

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Sale of Class X textbooks for the academic year 2014-15 has begun at the Textbook Printing Press located in the Mint Compound. TRTUC-affiliated Textbook Employees Union president Gajjela Nagesh inaugurated the sale of X Class textbooks on Tuesday.

Gitam applications date extended

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Last for GITAM Admission Test (GAT-2014) is extend up to 3rd April, 2014, instead of 31st March, 2014. Due to Ugadi on the last submission date and various other reasons, three more days are extended to file the application for admission into B.Tech, M.Tech, B & M-Pharmacy and B.Arch programs. Prof. K.Narendra, Director, Admissions, GITAM University said in a Press Release on Tuesday.

Kalicherla Prabhakar jumps into TDP

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Congress former MLA from Thamballapalle in Chittoor district Kalicherla Prabhakar Reddy today resigned from the party and joined the TDP in the presence of TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu.
TDP Rajya Sabha member C M Ramesh, Thamballapalle constituency TDP in-charge G Shankar, senior leaders G Ramdas Choudhary, M Sudhakar, K Mallikarjuna Naidu, G Jaganmohan Reddy and others were present.

“Legend” Balakrishna to contest in coming Elections!

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Late NTR’s actor-son Nandamuri Balakrishna is likely to make his political “Arangetram” in the ensuing general elections by contesting most likely from Hindupur Assembly constituency, which was once represented by his late father and founder of Telugu Desam.
Though there were speculations for quite sometime about Balakrishna making his foray into politics, the actor himself revealed to the media his decision to contest the ensuing elections when he visited the famous Simhachalam Narasimhaswamy Temple in Visakhapatnam district on Tuesday.

Alert driver saves passengers of burning RTC Bus

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Forty-one people traveling in an RTC bus from Karimnagar to Hyderabad had a miraculous escape due to the timely action of the alert driver after another AC Volvo bus caught fire on the outskirts of Kondapaka village in Medak district on Tuesday.

Dacoits loot Chennai Express Passengers

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A 10-member gang of dacoits struck terror and looted the passengers of Chennai Express between Guntur and Piduguralla Railway Stations in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to a complaint lodged with the Secunderabad Railway Police by some of the victims, the dacoits committed the daring robbery due to lack of police escorts in the train, which was coming from Chennai to Secunderabad. The passengers were relieved of their gold jewels and cash at the knife point when the train suddenly stopped near Thummalacheruvu.

Third Front government at Centre after polls: Mulayam Singh

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Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav claimed here today that after the general elections, a Third Front goverment would be formed with the help of his party.

“After the elections, only a Third Front government would come to power at the Centre and that too with the help of the Samajwadi Party,” Mulayam said, addressing a rally here in support of the SP candidate from Balaghat, Anubha Munjare.

Telugu movie star Balakrishna to contest polls if TDP decides

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Telugu movie star Nandamuri Balakrishna said here today that he would abide by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) high command’s decision on contesting elections to the legislative Assembly or Lok Sabha.

Movie star Balakrishna is son of the late founder of the Telugu Desam Party and Andhra Pradesh Chief minister N T Rama Rao as well as brother of former Union minister Purandeswari.

Elections will be held in Telangana on April 30 and in Andhra Pradesh on May 7.

Modi urges people to elect over 300 NDA MPs

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Stepping up his offensive against the Congress, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday said that it faced “certain defeat” in the Lok Sabha poll and urged people to elect over 300 MPs of NDA to form a strong government.

He also urged the Election Commission to probe the “delay” in clearance for his helicopters to take off.

Addressing election rallies in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Modi attacked the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government over unending farmer suicides in the country.

New power plant in AP starts generation

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The first unit of Andhra Pradesh Government’s thermal power plant at Krishnapatnam in Nellore district has been synchronised with State power grid.

The first unit of Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station (2×800 MW) at Krishnapatnam has been synchronised with AP power grid, power generation entity Apgenco said in a statement today.

During the initial operation of about two hours, the unit reached a maximum load of 55.6 MW, generating about 0.086 million units (MU) of energy, it said.

Tax helpline in Odisha to curb black money in polls

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The Odisha unit of the income tax department Tuesday said it has launched a helpline and a round-the-clock control room in the state to check use of black money in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Anyone can dial toll free number 1800-345-6114 to report movement of illegal cash.

A control room and complaint monitoring cell has become functional at the state headquarters of the income tax office in the capital to receive such information, a tax department official told IANS.

‘Cong fails to provide justice to anti-Sikh riot victims’

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An organisation of 1984 riot victims today said that Sikhs are tired of seeking justice from Congress, which has failed to provide them relief during its regime.

“The generations of anti-Sikh riot victims are tired of seeking justice while many have already passed away. Congress’ name will be written in black letters in the history of India because Sikhs have not got justice during its regime,” Jathedar Kuldip Singh Bhogal, President of All India ’84 Riots Victims Committe said.

Teenager killed in accident, three injured

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A 16-year-old boy was killed while three others were injured when the motorbike he was riding with a friend collided with another motorcycle here Tuesday, police said.

The accident took place around 12.30 p.m. in Bawana area of west Delhi.

Sabar died on the spot while his 18-year-old friend Sanki, along with two other people riding on another motorcycle – identified as Naveen, 18, and Kuldeep, 20 – were seriously injured.

The injured were rushed to a hospital where they were stated to be out of danger.
(IANS)

Married housewife gangraped by four, 3 held

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A married housewife (35) was allegedly gangraped by four men in the Pandesara area of the city here today, after which the police has nabbed three of them, sources said here today.

“The four accused had raped the victim in the wee hours when she was alone in her house, since her husband was at his job location,” Pandesara police inspector V G Patel said.

“All the accused were in an inebriated condition when they raped the women. They also threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed anything to anybody,” he said.

Elderly woman, son found dead in Delhi home

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A 60-year-old woman and her middle-aged son were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their home here Tuesday, police said.

Phoolwati and her 35-year-old son Sunil were found dead at their house in Inderpuri area of west Delhi around 4 p.m.

A police official said that prima facie it appears that both the victims died of strangulation.

Initial investigation indicated personal enmity as the house was not found ransacked, said the official.
(IANS)

West Indies secure semis spot with 84-run win over Pakistan

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Defending champions West Indies entered the semifinals of the ICC World Twenty20 after defeating Pakistan by 84 runs in a Group 2 match of the here today.

Brief Scores:

West Indies: 166 for six in 20 overs (Dwayne Bravo 46, Lendl Simmons 31; Mohammad Hafeez 1/15).

Pakistan: 82 all out in 17.5 overs. (Mohammed Hafeez 19, Shahid Afridi 18; Samuel Badree 3/10, Sunil Narine 3/16).

Free for all battle in Amritsar as Captain, Jaitley and Akalis start hitting below belt

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It is a free for all battle in the run up to the Amritsar Lok Sabha election with BJP national leader and candidate Arun Jaitley, his Congress rival Captain Amarinder and Akali leaders hitting each other below the belt.

While Jaitley and Captain were indulging in tug of war over 1984 Operation Blue Star issue, Captain and Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia resorts to calling each other ‘Goonda’, Coward, ‘Hankari Raja’

Anna urges people to exercise Right to Reject in elections

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Anti-graft crusader, Anna Hazare, on Tuesday took a dig at political parties over their massive campaigning ahead of general elections.

Hazare, addressing a crowd in Bhubaneswar, said people should now exercise ‘right to reject’ to keep criminals at bay from running the country.

“The Jan Lokpal has come, Right to Information has come and Lokyukta would also be made. Now, we need the Right to Reject in this election. All the miscreants, corrupt people of this country are leading the democracy these days,” Hazare said.

Two women held for pushing minor girl into prostitution

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Two commercial sex workers were arrested from powerloom town of Bhiwandi in the district today for allegedly pushing a 14-year-old girl into flesh trade, police said.

The victim, who hailed from Kolkata, is cousin sister of one of the sex workers, said Inspector Rajan Saste of Bhiwandi Shahar police station.

“She was held captive by the duo in a room behind Rohan Hotel near a brothel in Hanuman tekdi area,” he said.

Counting of votes in AP local body polls on April 9

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Counting of votes in the elections to local bodies held in Andhra Pradesh would be taken up on April 9 instead of tomorrow as originally scheduled.

The directive was given by Andhra Pradesh High Court today on PILs seeking postponement of results and their declaration by the State Election Commission (SEC) after completion of second phase of polling for Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in AP scheduled for May 7.