Ms. Angela Gittens, Director General, Airport Council International (ACI) presenting ACI’s Best Airport award to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad to Mr. SGK Kishore, CEO of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) at a gala awards ceremony of the Airports Council International (ACI) in Seoul, South Korea on 28th May. (INN)
Former APCC Chief, Botcha Satyanarayana today flayed Telugu Desam for its efforts to rename Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Shamshabad) as NTR airport.
Ukrainian military forces Thursday killed the armed activists responsible for the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers in a military helicopter crash near the eastern town of Slavyansk, the National Guard Force said.
“In response to the actions of terrorists, the forces of the anti-terror operation made artillery and air bombardments, which resulted in liquidation of a group of criminals involved in shooting at the helicopter,” Xinhua quoted the National Guard as saying in a statement.
Egypt’s presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy Thursday admitted his defeat in the elections that concluded Wednesday, losing to his sole rival, former military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
“I admit losing the presidential race,” Xinhua quoted Sabahy as saying in a press conference Thursday.
“We show respect for the will of the people,” Sabahy added.
Sabahy said there were some violations during the vote but they would not affect the final result.
Ayushmann Khurrana plays a scientist in Vibhu Puri’s “Hawaaizaada”, a near-illiterate in “Dum Lagake Haisha” and also doing Shoojit Sircar’s football film. The actor, who chooses his projects carefully, is not unnerved by failures or swayed by success.
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Q: You’re playing scientist Shivkar Babuji Talpade in Vibhu Puri’s “Hawaaizaada”?
Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. The highest rates were in the Middle East and North Africa, where nearly 60 per cent of men and 65 per cent of women are heavy. The US has about 13 per cent of the world’s fat population, a greater percentage than any other country. China and India combined have about 15 per cent.
India Thursday successfully test-fired the indigenously-built Pinaka rockets from a defence base in Odisha, an official said.
Three rounds of rockets were fired from the multi-barrel rocket launching system (MBRLS) at the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) in Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, around 230 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
Capable of firing 12 rockets in a single salvo with 1.2 tonnes of explosives within 40 seconds, the Pinaka system has already been inducted into the armed forces and was used in the field during the 1999 Kargil war.
A court here Thursday asked Tihar Jail superintendent to appear before it June 7 while hearing a plea moved by Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal complaining about insufficient facilities provided to him and his co-accused in the prison.
Bhatkal and his associate Assadullah Akhtar told the National Investigation Agency (NIA) special judge that they were not being provided even the basic amenities in the high security prison.
The duo were presented in the court during an in-chamber hearing in a case filed by the NIA.
Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Thursday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Gowda was accompanied by Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha.
“It was a courtesy call and both ministers conveyed their best wishes to the prime minister,” an official statement said.
(IANS)
Stating that farmers in Andhra Pradesh suffered heavily due to a series of natural calamities in the last five years, Chief Secretary Prasanna Kumar Mohanty today asked banks to come to their rescue.
The statement comes at a time when bankers have complained about mounting dues and non-repayment of loans, because of loan waiver promised by various political parties.
However, state officials suggested that banks and the government should address the loan waiver issue since every party had promised it in their election manifestos.
Curfew was imposed in certain areas of Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district Thursday following a violent clash over the death of a suspected militant in police custody, officials said.
A mob attacked the Chokpot police station, injuring six policemen. Three police vehicles and three motorcycles were set ablaze.
Taking advantage of the melee, suspected militants also fired from a church complex towards police personnel who were rushed in to to control the mob.
However, police did not retaliate as there were many children in the church premises.
A-45-year-old water supplier died of injuries which he suffered after falling from water tanker on May 26..
According to Patancheru police, deceased G Balaiah (45) a gram panchayath water supplier R/o Muttangi of Patancheru, deceased while standing on water tanker accidentally fallen water tanker on May 26, due which he received multiple injuries immediately shifted to Gandhi Hospital for treatment where undergoing treatment he was died on Wednesday late night hours.
A 45 year old woman committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence on Wednesday night hours in Kukatpally police station limits.
According to Kukatpally Police, Deceased P Manjula (45) an Housewife W/o Swamy R/o Allwyn Colony of Kukatpally committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence on Wednesday night hours.
The family members of the woman told the police that she slipped into depression she was a paralysis patient due to ill health and might have ended her life over it.
An unidentified man of age about 35-years old died on the spot after he was hit by a train while trying to cross the railway tracks.
The accident occurred between the tracks of Yakhutpura and Dabeerpura railway stations on Wednesday night hours while deceased trying to cross the track.
The Kachiguda Railway Police preserved the body at Osmania General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and identification. (INN)
An unidentified man of age about 30-years old died on the spot after he was hit by a train while trying to cross the railway tracks.
The accident occurred between the tracks of Chandanagar and Hafeezpet railway stations on Wednesday evening hours while deceased trying to cross the track.
The Nampally Railway Police preserved the body at Osmania General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and identification. (INN)
Delhi sizzled Thursday with the maximum temperature recorded three notches above average at 43.7 degrees Celsius, making it the season’s hottest day so far. Worse is in store as the met department has forecast 45 degrees for Friday.
The scorching sun coupled with hot winds made the day unbearable for those venturing outside as roads wore a deserted look.
The minimum temperature settled a notch above average at 26.3 degrees Celsius.
Governor ESL Narasimhan has invited the TRS LP leader K Chandrasekhar Rao to form the Government in Telangana. A Raj Bhavan communiqué said the swearing in ceremony of K Chandrasekhar Rao as Chief Minister of Telangana State will be held at Raj Bhavan on June 2 at 8.15 am. While congratulating KCR on his election as TRS LP leader, the Governor invited him to form the Government.
It may be mentioned that TRS leader E Rajender and other MLAs called on the Governor on May 18 and handed over him a copy of TRS LP meeting decision which elected KCR as its leader.
ESL Narasimhan will take oath as Governor with additional charge for Telangana State on June 2, according to information. He is likely to take oath as the Governor (additional charge) by High Court Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta at Raj Bhavan on the Appointed Day at about 6.30 am.
It may be noted that President Pranab Mukherjee recently appointed Narasimhan with additional charge as Governor of Telangana State. TRS Chief KCR will take oath as new Chief Minister of Telangana at 8.15 am. Arrangements are being made for swearing ceremonies of the Governor as well chief minister.
The schedule for the first session of the 16th Lok Sabha has been finalized by the Union Cabinet which met today. The Parliament session will be held from June 4 to 11, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu informed the media later.
MIM president and MP Asaduddin Owaisi has opposed the Centre issuing ordinance merging 200 affected villages of Polavaram project in Khammam district, into Andhra Pradesh.
Owaisi called on the state governor E S L Narasimhan and lodged his party’s protest. He protested the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for Polavaram irrigation project under Bhadrachalam and Palvancha mandals in Khammam district.
YSRC leader M V Mysoora Reddy today said TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao might have called a bandh to satisfy Telangana people.
Reacting on the bandh called by TRS on the ordinance related to Polavaram project, Reddy told media that the bandh is related to TRS. If affected villages of Polavaram project were not merged with Andhra Pradesh, the affected villagers had to face problems at the time of distribution of compensation, he said.
Union minister for Urban development, M Venkaiah Naidu today said there should not be any controversy on the ordinance related to Polavaram project.
Speaking to reporters here, Naidu said no question of any controversy on ordinance of Polavaram issue because the ordinance was prepared by earlier (UPA) government. ‘We are implementing the decision taken by earlier government and there was nothing new’, the minister said.
A series of apex body training conferences of the Indian Army under the aegis of Headquarters Army Training Command (ARTRAC) were organized at Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Secunderabad today. The focus of these conferences was to analyse the contemporary training of the Indian Army through the prism of the emerging security threats, thereby devising a roadmap to consolidate the existing strengths and chart an optimally implementable evolutionary training plan that effectively addresses the imperatives of the operational & technological environment.
TDP senior leader Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy today strongly criticized the TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao for giving a call for bandh opposing the ordinance related to submergence villages under Polavaram project.
Speaking to media, he said the way TRS opposing the ordinance compel us to demand making Hyderabad an union territory (UT). Of the 24 assembly seats under Greater Hyderabad, TRS bagged only three seats. The people of Greater Hyderabad has rejected TRS, he said.
Senior TDP leader Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju today took charge as the new Civil Aviation Minister.
“We will strive to create a level-playing field for all the players and make the aviation sector more people- oriented,” he told reporters soon after taking over charge at the ministry headquarters in Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan here.
He was accompanied by his family members including his wife, all of whom were greeted with flowers by officials.