Month: July 2014

At least 11 Palestinians were killed Wednesday in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting the Gaza Strip, medical sources said.

Ashraf al-Qedra, a health ministry official, said two teenaged brothers were killed in an Israeli air raid on Shuja’ya neighbourhood in east of Gaza City, Xinhua reported.

A woman in her twenties and her two-year-old baby were killed when an Israeli jet bombed their house in Zaitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, al-Qedra said, adding that another woman and her 14-year-old son were also killed in Israeli air raids.

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has decided to open their first Indian store in Hyderabad.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao welcomed the initiative and assured all necessary clearances through a single window to expedite opening of the store.

IKEA CEO Juvenico Maeztu and CFO Preet Dhupar met the chief minister here Wednesday.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday reportedly asked the officials to organise Iftar party at all District Headquarters.

Telangana Congress Official Spokesman Mallu Ravi today slammed the Centre for deliberately ignoring Telangana State on allotting some new rail projects.

TDP senior leader Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy today alleged that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao is taking “vengeance” against Seemandhra people staying in Hyderabad.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, Somireddy said Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao and other TRS leaders have assured all protection to the Seemandhra people. But why they were indulging in intimidating acts, he questioned and said even after achieving Telangana State, it was not proper for them to adopt arm-twisting methods against their Seemandhra brethren.

Due to lack of clarity on various welfare schemes, the Telangana Government was creating panic like situation, said TPCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah.

Director General of Police Anurag Sharma called on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao here on Wednesday.

According to informed sources, the State police chief and the Chief Minister discussed about law and order situation and arrangements to be made for the ensuing Bonalu festival and the Ramzan festival. They also reportedly discussed about other important issues in the State. (NSS)

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah today flayed the Centre for coming up with a budget that has totally ignored the common man.

Former Union minister and BJP senior leader Ch. Vidyasagar Rao today appreciated the TRS government’s initiatives to resume the encroached lands in the State.
Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Vidyasagar Rao said, “I appreciate the initiatives of the Telangana government for resuming the encroached lands. We too have details of some grabbed and encroached lands which would be handed over to the State government, the BJP leader said.
The former Union minister opined that law and order issue should be under the control of the State government. (NSS)

AP Minister for BC Welfare Kollu Ravindra here on Wednesday directed the officials concerned to ensure that benefits of welfare programs reached the poor and weaker sections students.
Speaking at the State-level meeting of the BC Welfare Department here, Ravindra asked them to ensure timely supply of textbooks and sanction of scholarships.
Principal Secretary of BC Welfare department Vani Prasad and other higher officials were present. (NSS)

Demanding that the government curb fee hike in private schools and provide all basic amenities to students in the government schools, the students unions in Nalgonda town enforced a bandh of all educational institutions on Wednesday.
In connection with the school bandh, the students organized a two-wheeler rally in the town. Speaking on the occasion, the student leaders said the managements of private schools and colleges were cheating the poor and middle class sections by collecting exorbitant fees from students in utter violation of government rules and conditions.

The Ranga Reddy district will have 30 more new courts soon, according to informed sources. Where there are already 50 courts in the district, the judicial administration is making arrangements to set up 30 new courts in view of the growing number of pending civil and criminal cases.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said the party is not even in the picture of the National Herald case, in which summons have been issued to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi.

“The BJP is not even in the picture at all. I would like to educate her (Sonia) that this is a private complaint filed with the Metropolitan Magistrate Court,” said Swamy.

Congress MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Wednesday demanded that the State Government take an all-party delegation to New Delhi to meet the Central leaders over the issue of Polavaram Dam.

Office-bearers of the recently formed Metro Travellers’ Association called on HMR MD NVS Reddy at Metro Rail Bhavan here on Wednesday.

Association President B Linga Reddy, Adviser Uppala Gopal Rao and others explained to the MD the aims and objectives of the Metro Rail Travellers’ Association.

A-28-year old Stone Cutter committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Rajendranagar police station limits.

According to Rajendranagar police, the deceased D Nasrsimha (28) an Stone Cutter S/o Ramulu R/o Hyderguda of Rajendranagar, on Monday evening hours deceased used to visit the house in inebriated condition, and quarreled with his wife on petty issue, later he was committed suicide by committed suicide by hanging himself on inebriated condition.

A-26-year-old Plumber died of injuries which he suffered after falling from height in Dundigal police station limits.

According to Dundigal police, the deceased P Venkata Satyanarayana (26) an Plumber S/o Sai Babu R/o Dundigal, deceased accidentally fallen from a building on Monday evening hours while working, due to which he received multiple injuries, immediately rushed to nearest hospital for treatment where undergoing treatment he was died on night hours.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao welcomed the initiative of ‘IKEA,’ the iconic Swedish furniture retailer to locate their first Indian store in Hyderabad.

The Chief Minister said all necessary clearances will be given through a real single window to expedite starting of the store in Hyderabad. A high level team from IKEA represented by Juvenico Maeztu – CEO, and Preet Dhupar – CFO met the Chief Minister of Telangana at the Secretariat on Wednesday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday questioned Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ESL Narasimhan in connection with the alleged irregularities in the procurement of AgustaWestland VVIP choppers for 556.262 million Euros (Rs.3,726.96 crore).

A CISF constable, facing trial for allegedly raping a woman on the false pretext of marriage, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after the complainant resiled from her earlier statement and said she had tied the knot with him.

The court freed the man, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, observing that the woman had deposed before it that physical relations between them were “consensual” and she had lodged the complaint against him due to some misunderstanding as he was delaying the marriage.

Several activists of All India Students Federation (AISF) were taken into custody by the Hyderabad City Police when they tried to barge into the Telangana Secretariat here on Wednesday.

To boost trade along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central and the state governments have agreed to provide ISD calling facility to the traders of India and Pakistan for enhanced cross border communication.

This was decided at a meeting attended by state Financial Commissioner of Industries and Commerce, K A Ganai and Joint Secretary of Home affairs R K Srivastava among others. The meeting discussed the various demands and problems being faced by the traders and it was decided to provide ISD and modern banking facilities.

Loksatta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan has appointed Adhoc Committees to run party affairs in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States and expanded the party’s Greater Hyderabad unit.

A crude bomb blast inside a court premises claimed two lives in Faizabad District of Uttar Pradesh here on Wednesday.

Advocate Om Prakash Srivastav, who was present at the site, said the incident happened due to a gang war between two groups, but added that they didn’t seem to be terrorists.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manish Shukla criticized the state government saying, “All the criminals are roaming here and there and the sate government is not doing anything.” (ANI)

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said a court summoning Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and herself in connection with the National Herald case, smacked of ‘political vindictiveness’ by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance Government.

Talking to NDTV, Sonia also confirmed that the income tax department has served her party notices in a case that alleges that she and other party leaders misappropriated funds of a company that used to publish the erstwhile National Herald newspaper.