APNGOs’ Union president Ashok Babu here on Sunday said they have no objections to the recommendations made by the Kamanathan Committee.
Speaking to mediapersons here, Ashok Babu said they would not agree to the stand of the Telangana State government on the nativity issue. The APNGOs leader said the employees unions JAC would meet in Hyderabad on July 30 and would submit a memorandum to the committee on the change of guidelines of the committee.
The following is the scoreboard at lunch on the first day of the third cricket Test between India at England at The Rose Bowl here Sunday.
England 1st innings:
Alastair Cook batting 48
Sam Robson c Jadeja b Shami 26
Gary Ballance batting 4
Extras 0
Total (for one wicket in 29 overs) 78
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Robson, 20.5 overs)
Bowling:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 12-3-25-0
Mohammed Shami 9-1-29-1
Pankaj Singh 6-1-13-0
Rohit Sharma 1-0-7-0
Ravindra Jadeja 1-0-4-0
Toss: England, who chose to bat
Test debuts: Jos Buttler (England), Pankaj Singh (India)
Marvel Studios has announced that part two of its forthcoming film “Guardians of the Galaxy” will be released July 28, 2017.
James Gunn will return to write and direct the sequel, revealed the studio bosses at the Comic-Con presentation Saturday, reports huffingtonpost.com.
Directed by Gunn, “Guardians of the Galaxy” is set for an Aug 1 release. The film features an ensemble cast that includes names like Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, and Benicio del Toro.
(IANS)
AP major irrigation minister Devineni Uma has said steps would be taken to resolve problems of drinking water in the temple town of Tirumala.
Speaking to the media after worshipping Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala during VVIP darshan, Devineni said to solve drinking water problem Telugu Ganga water should be supplied to Tirumala.
Authorities Sunday deployed drone cameras in curfew-bound Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, a day after three people were killed and over a dozen critically injured in communal violence.
Police officials said the situation in Saharanpur city was under control but tense although there had been no major incident of violence since late Saturday night.
A curfew clamped Saturday in six police station areas of Saharanpur remained in force, an official told IANS.
Violent clashes erupted between Sikhs and Muslims on Ambala Road over a land dispute.
In a measure to boost Indian shipping, the government has allowed shipping companies to acquire ships abroad and also flag them in the country of their convenience.
“This will enable Indian companies to have access to cheaper sources of funds abroad to acquire additional tonnage while not having to set up multiple enterprises abroad to acquire and maintain such tonnage,” the Shipping Ministry said in a statement here Sunday.
India-based shipping companies register their ships abroad without actually opening their registered office or a subsidiary company there, the ministry said.
Former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in launching a probe against Kerala chief secretary’s alleged links with builders.
The veteran CPI-M leader and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, in a letter to Modi, said the Central Vigilance Commission should probe the allegations against E.K. Bharath Bhushan.
He alleged that Bhushan has a soft corner for real estate developers in the state.
In the letter, Achuthanandan said the chief secretary appears to have the full support of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
A teenaged girl from West Bengal, who was rescued from traffickers last week, has been kidnapped from a shelter home here, police said Sunday.
The 14-year-old girl from West Bengal’s Malda district was rescued earlier last week from Govind Dass, Ranjid and Mitali, aged between 25 and 30 years. The three were arrested from Vyapar Kendra in Sushant Lok area here Monday.
The trio was sent to jail while the girl was handed over to the warden of a shelter home here.
The girl went missing from Aasha Niwas Nari Niketan shelter home Saturday.
APCC president N Raghuveera Reddy today accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of miserably failing to keep his manifesto promises.
Talking to mediapersons after a review meeting with the party leaders on strengthening the Congress in North Andhra region, Raghuveera Reddy alleged that Naidu just hiked the age limit for retirement and nothing else. The Congress will not keep quiet if the TDP Government scraps welfare schemes launched by the Congress.
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly Sunday started a new innings as a cricket administrator – with his unanimous election to the joint secretary’s post at the Cricket Association of Bengal’s 83rd annual general meeting here.
The collegium system of appointment of judges has so far worked satisfactorily, and though some discrepancies have come to the fore lately, the alternative may be worse, a former apex court judge said Sunday.
“Therefore, it’s imperative to delve upon all the pros and cons of the old and the new system,” said Justice (retd.) G.S. Singhvi.
A blast occurred in a market in Pakistan’s Balochistan province Sunday killing one person, a media report said.
Many people were wounded in the explosion that ripped through Kandhari Bazar area in provincial capital Quetta in south-western Pakistan, Dawn online reported.
Rescue and emergency teams reached the scene and began shifting the victims to a nearby hospital.
Fear and panic gripped the area after the blast, the report said.
Security personnel cordoned off the area and began a probe into the incident.
(IANS)
A controversy erupted over a report of bugging devices having been found in Nitin Gadkari’s residence but the Union Minister today dubbed it as “highly speculative” even as the Congress said it reflects lack of faith and mutual trust among NDA ministers.
A media report has claimed that high power listening devices were found in the bed room at the 13 Teen Murti Lane
residence here of Gadkari, the Road Transport and Highways Minister.
It said the discovery was “accidental” and a debugging exercise was immediately ordered.
Indian shooter Mohammed Asab won the bronze medal in the men’s double trap beating 17-year-old Nathan Xuereb of Malta in the bronze medal match of the 2014 Commonwealth Games at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre here Sunday.
The 26-year-old Asab shot 26 while Xuereb managed 24. Another Indian in the fray, Ankur Mittal missed out on a medal finishing fifth in the semi-final
(IANS)
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao today said Hyderabad would soon become a favorable destination for huge investments as it will adorn 4G and wi-fi enabled city besides coming up with a new industrial policy.
When Wipro chief Azim Premji called on KCR at his camp office and offered to expand his business here, the latter assured all cooperation and evinced interest to work with Wipro in the near future for financial development of the State. Hyderabad city will turn out to be a favorable destination for national and international noted IT companies and businesses, he asserted.
Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao today handed over exgratia of Rs 5 lakh, Rs 2 lakh on behalf of the State Government and Railways to the families of those deceased in Masaipet Rail accident. Along with Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy he met the victims’ families and consoled them. He also given them an insurance of Rs 1 lakh. (NSS)
India has over 40 million Hepatitis B infected patients, second only to China, and most people with chronic Hepatitis B or C are unaware of their infection, putting them at serious risk of developing cirrhosis or liver cancer which are life threatening.
As India observes World Hepatitis Day tomorrow, the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) based in New
Delhi today painted a grim picture on prevalence of various forms of Hepatitis infection in the country and efforts to check it, saying the country’s collective efforts in this field are “limited and painfully lagging behind”.
A person who allegedly extorted money from locals and sarpanches posing as a militant was arrested in Pulawama district in Kashmir, police said today.
Aijaz Ahmad Shah was arrested by a joint team of police, Army and CRPF last evening in village Chakora on charges of
extorting money using a toy pistol and posing as a militant, a police spokesman said.
He said police had received information that a person posing as a militant was threatening panches, sarpanches and
other civilians and was extorting money from them.
Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar has turned filmmaker with a yet-untitled short film.
The ‘Total Siyapaa’ actor posted a picture of himself from the film’s set on micro-blogging site Twitter.
At my set as director… This one is a short film. Loving the night shoot in a land far far away,” he wrote.
The details of the film has been kept under wraps.
As an actor, Zafar would be seen next in Shaad Ali’ ‘Kill Dil’ that also stars Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh and
Govinda.
AP minister Ayanna Patrudu today said the TDP would welcome Araku (Visakhapatnam) MP Kottapalli Geeta of YSRCP into the party fold.
The relations between YSRCP and Kottapalli Geeta strained following some differences for some time. (NSS)
M Mahender Reddy,Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, do hereby notify, for information of the general public, that, in order to facilitate proper control and regulation of traffic in connection with EID-UL-FITR (Ramzan) prayers at the Mir Alam Tank Idgah and the Secunderabad Eidgah, “ONE WAY” traffic regulation will be enforced on the following roads on July 29 & 30 from 8.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., i.e., on the day of festival as decided:-
MIR ALAM TANK EIDGAH :
A 24-year-old housewife brutally murdered by her husband in Bhavaninagar police station limits.
CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) against Internet giant Google over Mapathon 2013, an event organised by the US company, for allegedly violating laws by mapping sensitive areas and defence installations, prohibited by law.
The CBI registered the PE based on a complaint filed by Surveyor General of India’s office to the Union Home Ministry in which Google was accused of had been indulging in activities of mapping several areas which were not included in the maps of the country, official sources said here.
Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Minister Palle Raghunath Reddy on Sunday said that the IT giant Wipro has plans to expand its activity in port city of Visakhapatnam and also set up a soap manufacturing near Hindupur in Anantapur District .
Former MLA Jaya Sudha on Sunday stated that she learned politics only after facing defeat in the recent elections.