Month: September 2014

The Medak Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana and the Nandigama assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh went to polls from 7 a.m. Saturday.

The polling in both the constituencies will continue till 6 p.m.

Over 15.43 lakh voters are eligible to cast their franchise in the prestigious Medak parliamentary constituency, which was once represented by late prime minister Indira Gandhi.

A total of 14 candidates are in fray in Medak but it is mainly a triangular contest.

–IANS

Voters began to queue up Saturday at polling stations for the by-poll in Uttar Pradesh’s one Lok Sabha and 11 assembly constituencies.

The state’s ruling Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the main contenders in most of the assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat.

The BJP, which won a whopping 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in May, has the most at stake as it held all the 11 assembly seats along with its ally Apna Dal.

Voting for the Chowringhee and Basirhat (South) assembly constituencies in West Bengal began at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Chowringhee in Kolkata was won by Trinamool’s Sikha Mitra in 2011 assembly polls, where the party fought jointly with the Congress.

The 200,256 electors spread across 222 polling stations have to choose from nine candidates – Trinamool’s Nayna Bandyopadhyay, BJP’s Ritesh Tiwari, Congress’ Santosh K. Pathak, CPI-M’s Faiyaz Ahmad Khan and five independents.

By-elections for the tribal-reserved Manu assembly constituency in Tripura began Saturday, an official said.

Tripura Chief Electoral officer Ashutosh Jindal said 38,843 voters, including 18,929 women, are eligible to vote in 46 polling stations in 38 locations.

There are six candidates in the fray.

The by-poll was necessitated after former forest and rural development minister Jitendra Chaudhary, who won the seat five times on the CPI-M ticket, was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Tripura East constituency.

–IANS

Ballotting began Saturday for by-elections in Assam’s three assembly constituencies – Silchar, Lakhipur and Jamunamukh, officials said.

By-election for Silchar was necessitated after Congress legislator Sushmita Dev’s election to the Lok Sabha.

The Lakhipur seat fell vacant after the death of sitting legislator and former minister Dinesh Prasad Goala, while the Jamunamukh seat was vacated by AIUDF leader Sirajuddin Ajmal after being elected to the Lok Sabha from Barpeta.

Polling began Saturday in four Rajasthan assembly constituencies.

As many as 8.95 lakh people are eligible to cast their votes at 961 polling stations in Nasirabad, Weir, Surajgarh and Kota South.

A total of 23 candidates are in the fray, with maximum of nine candidates contesting from Surajgarh and the minimum of three from Weir.

The by-elections were necessitated as BJP legislators Sanwar Lal Jat from Nasirabad, Bahadur Singh Koli from Weir, Santosh Ahlawat from Surajgarh and Om Birla from Kota South got elected to the Lok Sabha.

Balloting began Saturday in the by-polls for the Rangang-Yangang assembly constituency in Sikkim, officials said.

The by-poll was necessitated after Chief Minister Pawan Chamling resigned from the seat and retained Namchi-Singhithang after the April assembly polls.

While the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) contestant is a 32-year-old woman, Kumari Manger, the Bharatiya Janata Party has nominated 26-year-old Bikash Basnet.

Basnet had contested in the April polls on a Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) ticket but lost by over 3,000 votes.

The Antagarh assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh went to polls from 7 a.m. Saturday.

Only two candidates are in fray after as many as 10 candidates withdrew their nominations in one hour Aug 30.

There are nearly 1.51 lakh eligible voters in this constituency and they get to cast their votes in 202 polling stations.

The election was necessitated as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Vikram Usendi resigned after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kanker.

The top priority of Govt. of Telangana is to promote Islamic Calligraphy since it is the representative of Telangana culture. He was addressing a gathering after visiting the Islamic Art Gallery organized by Siasat Urdu Daily at City Convention Center, Nampally Hyderabad. He told that Calligraphy is part of Hyderabadi culture. It is wrong to associate it with any religion. It is also the responsibility of the citizens of this state to promote it. He applauded the efforts of Siasat Urdu Daily for promoting Islamic Calligraphy. Present on this occasion were: Mr.

On the occasion of the birthday of Padmabhooshan Hakeem Abdul Hameed, former Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University and Hamdard University, a national level seminar on Unani medicine is being arranged at 9 a.m. on Sunday 14th September at the auditorium of Dr. Ahmed Ashraf memorial Unani Speciality Treatment Center for Paralysis, Jalpalli near Pahadi Shareef Kaman Road. Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Dy. CM of Telangana State will inaugurate the seminar. Dr. Meer Yousuf Ali, Additional Director of Unani Medicine, Dr. Wasia Naveed, Principal of Nizamia Unani Tibbi College and Dr.

Hamdard National Foundation donated Rs. 21 lakh to Prime Ministers Relief Fund for the flood victims of Kashmir.

–Siasat News

BJP is targeting Sania Mirza and making an attempt to discourage her by hatching conspiracies. Sania Mirza elevated the name of India throughout the world by winning US Open Tennis championship. When Barak Obama visited India for the first time, he wished to meet Sania Miza. Her services were applauded by the portals of legislatures. As soon as Mr. KCR nominated her as the Brand Ambassador of Telangana, State BJP started feeling jealous of her. CM of Telangana awarded prizes to sports persons on the occasion of Independence Day.

Mr. B.V. Sudhakar, Chief Postmaster General of A.P. and Telangana State told that a proposal has been send to Govt. of Telangana and APSRTC for according permission to sell non-judicial stamp papers and bus tickets. If this facility is provided to the people, it will be the first step taken in the country. He also said that negotiations are in progress for selling Sudershan (Special Darshan) of Tirumala Devastanam for Rs. 300. At present, these tickets are being sold through TTD counters.

–Siasat News

CM of Telangana State, Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao will unveil Mr. Konda Lakshman Bapuji’s statue on 27th September on the occasion of his 99th birthday at Padmashali Bhavan, Rajmohalla. Mr. Konda Lakshman Bapuji was a noted freedom fighter, former minister in A.P. Govt. and Dy. Speaker. He was the first minister to tender resignation from the cabinet in1966 when Telangana Movement started.

–Siasat news

Himalaya Book World is giving the gift of a Janimaz to Hajj pilgrims. All such pilgrims can obtain it by producing their allotment letters from the showroom of Himalaya Book World adjacent to Ajanta Gate of Exhibition, Mukaram Jahi Road Hyderabad.

–Siasat News

Department of Forests, Government of Telangana is conducting an essay writing competition on the occasion of wild life week from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 14th September at Sujatha Degree College for women, Chapel Road, Hyderabad. Students from VIII-X are eligible to participate. The topics for essay writing competition are “How can we protect earth”, “why is it so important”, “Don’t tease the animals in zoo”. For junior classes the topics of Essay writing competition is “Rainbow in the sky”. For young children studying in classes II-IV the topic will be “My favorite animal”.

APSRTC is organizing a special coaching program in collaboration with Hyderabad Study Circle at RTC Kala Bhavan, Musheerabad for the children of RTC employees appearing for Group I and Group II competitive examinations to be conducted by APPSC. The concessional fee is Rs. 11, 000. For further details please contact cellphone number 9490755375.

–Siasat news

Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP) has said today that political prisoners in Warangal, Visakhapatnam and all other jails in the State will start relay hunger strike from September 13—Political Prisoners’ Rights Day, in support of their demands.

The TRS government in Telangana has weakened the brand image of Hyderabad during its first 100 days in office, former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy

alleged here on Friday.

After 100 days, Chief Minister KCR (K Chandrasekhar Rao) himself agrees that he could not do anything in 100 days.

Dy. CM of Telangana State Mr. Mahmood Ali inaugurated 3 day exhibition at city convention center, Nampally organized by Siasat Urdu Daily under the title “Jashn-e-Nikah”. Present on this occasion were: Mr. Amer Ali Khan, News Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily, Ms. N. Uma Amernath (TMC) and Dr. Namatullah Khan (Mohammed Khan Jewelers).

At least 100 Boko Haram fighters were killed in an operation by military troops in northeastern Nigeria’s state of Borno Friday, a senior military officer said.

Many others were seriously injured as the Nigerian troops combined air power and infantry activities to deal a heavy blow on some 200 insurgents, during a futile attempt to take over Konduga town, some 65 km from Maiduguri, capital of the restive northern state, Xinhua quoted a military officer from Nigeria’s defence headquarters as saying in a terse statement.

Ace shuttler P V Sindhu, who won a bronze medal in the just-concluded World Badminton Championship, was today felicitated by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

According to an official release, Rao hailed the 19-year-old’s success at the global event and said the Government would support Sindhu in her future endeavours.

The Chief Minister yesterday presented Rs 1 crore to tennis star Sania Mirza, the brand ambassador of Telangana, who a few days ago won the mixed doubles event at the US Open.

Facing the daunting task of reviving its fortunes after the Lok Sabha debacle, the Congress-led Democratic Front government in Maharashtra said it was all set to get a fresh mandate in the Oct 15 assembly elections.

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that keeping the May parliament elections defeat behind, the Congress had been preparing for the assembly elections with vigour and enthusiasm.

India said Friday that it has written to Pakistan more than 15 times but received no reply so far on the whereabouts of a 27-year-old engineer, Nihal Hamid Ansari, who has been untraceable since he crossed over to Pakistan from Afghanistan in November 2012.

According to external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, the man’s mother moved the Peshawar High Court and the matter is with it at present.

His parents, mother Fauzia and father Nihal Ahmed Ansari, are in touch with the ministry over their son’s disappearance.

As relief work progresses in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, food packets made in Mysore are being flown all the way to Srinagar for the flood victimsA

Food packets, prepared using the same technique which goes in making food packets for soldiers at Siachen glacier, is being prepared by premier defence research agency Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)’s laboratory at Mysore for the victims.

So far, nine tonnes of food packets have been sent to the state, officials said.