Month: September 2014

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the high growth that Indian economy has logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal was on account of the UPA policies and the new government must give it the due credit.

“Can the Modi government name one measure that was implemented after May 26 that yielded results by June 30? They cannot. Hence the credit for Q1 belongs entirely to the UPA government. The NDA should stop being churlish and give credit where it is due,” said the senior Congress leader.

State Government today extended by one year the term of Telangana Assembly secretary Raja Sadaram. The Government has issued orders to this effect. It may be recalled that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao recently elevated Raja Sadaram to be special chief secretary. The official will serve another year in the office. (NSS)

Committee on crop loan waiver today held a meeting at Secretariat here. The committee decided to reschedule the loans in three districts as per RBI guidelines. The Government will give back the amount to the farmers who paid their loans. The committee will begin related works shortly in Ranga Reddy, Medak and Adilabad, according to sources.(NSS)

Former Minister Dr P Shankar Rao has condemned the reported statement of Telangana Minister Nayani Narsimha Reddy that the statues of Andhras on the Tank Bund in the city would be demolished.

Dr Rao said that the statues belonged to Telugu stalwarts and not of Andhras, as said by the Minister. It was not proper to say that the statues of Andhras would be demolished. He regretted that some of the leaders in power were making statements which create enmity between the people.

AP Information & Public Relations Minister P Raghunath Reddy today said his government was taking all possible steps to provide adequate power supply to farm, industrial and domestic sectors.

Tender applications are invited for installation of temporary cracker stalls on HMDA lands at Moosapet i.e open place adjacent to Metro on lease basis, inn connection with the ensuing Diwali 2014.

Interested persons can download the applications from HMDA website www.hmda.gov.in and submit to the Estate Officer, HMDA, Block-A, 1st Floor , HMDA, Tarnaka from September 1 to 10 (NSS)

Chinnakondur former MLA Kondaveeti Gurnath Reddy, who played an active role in the Telangana armed struggle in the district, died yesterday due to health problem. He was 92.
He has been suffering from health problem for some time. When his health condition worsened, his family members tried to shift him to Hyderabad for better medical treatment. But, he breathed his lost near Choutuppal on the way to Hyderabad. He leaves behind three sons and five daughters.

Imran Khan and Javed Miandad may not have been the best of friends during their playing days but the man famous for his last-ball six has come out in support of the cricketer-turned-politician who is leading anti-government protests to topple Pakistan’s government.

Even as the political crisis in the country deepens, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Khan’s former teammate and cricket legend Miandad announced his support for the ongoing protest here.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) former chairman E Sreedharan today called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here. Sreedharan is understood to have discussed with A P chief minister on two proposed metro rail projects in the state, official sources said.

Sreedharan has been appointed as the advisor for Andhra Pradesh government on the metro rail projects.

Fifteen left parties Monday brought out a huge anti-imperialism rally here attacking the US for its “conspiracies” against India as also its bid to spread its hegemony across the globe.

The rally, that saw the participation of all partners OF West Bengal’s main opposition Left Front and other parties like the CPI-ML and the SUCI-C, raised slogan for world peace and denounced war.

Amidst a row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned interaction with students on Teachers’ Day, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani today said that the participation of students in the event was “voluntary”.

She also rejected reports that the Centre was celebrating the day as ‘Guru Utsav’, saying it was the name of an essay competition and wondered if those criticising her were doing it deliberately for political reasons.

The Supreme Court today rejected N Srinivasan’s plea for reinstatement as BCCI President saying he cannot be allowed to take up the charge till he gets a clean chit from Justice Mudgal Committee which is probing him and 12 players in IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.

Expressing displeasure over slow speed of probe, the apex court asked the panel to complete it’s investigation within two months and also allowed it to file interim report against Srinivasan or any other office bearer who are under its scrutiny.

On credible information Rajendranagar police rushed to P & T Colony Hyder Enclave of Rajendranagar and apprehended four accused persons (A1) Shaik Ishaq (28) a Seat Covers Worker Resident of Syed Aliguda, Asif Nagar of Mehdipatnam, (A2) Syed Ibrahim (28) a Auto driver, Resident of Tolichowki of Hyderabad (A3 ) Mohd Habeeb (30) a welder Resident of Chintalmet of Rajendranagar, (A4) Mohd Amjad (28) a Driver, Resident of Asif Nagar of Hyderabad on Monday morning hours who were playing three cards (Chance of game) with the Cards and seized Rs.3750, (2) Mobile Phones and (52) Playing cards from

On Sunday evening hours Golconda police received a credible information stating that the accused Shaik Wajeed @ choor Wajeed @ Damuru Wajeed (24) a Lorry driver/cleaner Resident of Mohammadia Lines, Golconda, Hyderabad was moving with Daiger (Jambiya) at Mothi Darwaza, Golconda Hyderabad, basing on this information the crime staff headed of Golconda PS organised raid and apprehended him along with Daiger (Jambiya), he is a notorious and habitual offender and involved so many bodily and property offences.

A-32 year old Private Employee killed in road accident after hit by Auto while trying to cross the road in Uppal police station limits.

According to Uppal police, the deceased Vijay Ram Bhatt (32) an Private Employee S/o Veera Bhadra Rao Resident of Uppal, On 24 August evening hours deceased while trying to cross the road near his residence suddenly one speeding Auto came rash and negligent manner and dashed to the deceased due to which he received multiple injuries, immediately rushed to nearest hospital for treatment where he was died on Sunday late night hours.

P. Gopalakrishna (55), Sub-Registrar of Chila Mathur, Anantapur district was caught red-handed by the ACB officials on Monday morning hours at Laxminarayana General Stores situated near SRO office, when he demanded and accepted the bribe amount of Rs.25,000 from the complainant A. Kalyana Chakravarthy, Resident of Bangalore and handed over to Laxminarayana (A-2), owner of the said General stores, an official favor i.e. to delivering the said registered document to the complainant. Bribe amount of Rs. 25,000 was recovered from the right side pant pocket of A-2.

AICC President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will not campaign for their party’s candidate Sunitha Lakshma Reddy in the by-elections for Medak Lok Sabha constituency.

The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and state governments on a petition seeking availability of drugs for pregnant women suffering from leprosy and ending discrimination against children from the disease-affected families in educational institutions.

A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Vikramajit Sen issued notice, returnable in four weeks, on a petition by Pankaj Sinha who had sought directions for the availability of drugs at primary health centres and their proper administration for treatment of the pregnant women suffering from leprosy.

Sanathnagar MLA and TDP Greater Hyderabad President Talasani Srinivas Yadav called on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at latter’s camp office here on Monday .

Although Talasani met the Chief Minister over the problems being faced by the residents of IDH Colony, the meeting strengthened the rumours that he might quit the TDP to join the TRS. Both, the Chief Minister and Talasani, did not speak anything on this issue. Meanwhile, KCR assured to resolve the problems of residents of IDH Colony and assured to visit their colony.

With one person losing life in Morigaon district, the flood condition in Assam continued to be critical today as 950 villages remained under water affecting nearly seven lakh people.

According to the official daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, one person in Mayong revenue circle of Morigaon district was killed due to flood.

The report, however, did not mention the victim’s identity and how he died.

As of now, a total of 31 revenue circles of 12 districts across the state are under the waters, it added.

The driver of a tractor carrying illegally mined sand tried to kill Pusapatirega revenue inspector B Muralikrishna after he tried to stop the vehicle near Konayyapalem under Pusapatirega police station limits today.

According to the police, Muralikrishna went to Divalasagedda where illegal sand mining is rampant to stop illegal transportation of sand after receiving a phone call from a source.

He tried to intercept tractors carrying sand at Konnyyapalem, but four tractor drivers failed to stop their vehicles and proceeded towards Pusapatirega.

Senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Janardan Dwivedi were today under fire from the AICC over their remarks concerning Rahul Gandhi and advocating that elder leaders take a backseat in favour of the young.

“It is not a good thing,” party general secretary Madhusudan Mistry told reporters, questioning the two leaders issuing statements to the media on the issues when the Congress chief and vice president are “easily accessible” to them.

The AICC briefing also saw spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi dubbing as “not appropriate” the statements of Singh.

A number of top officials of the Maharashtra Government as well as police officials today called on the newly-appointed state Governor Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao on his first day in the office at the Raj Bhavan here.

State Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya, accompanied by Additional Chief Secretary, Planning K P Bakshi and Executive Director of Bank of Maharashtra R Atmaram were among the first to meet the Governor.

Director General of State Police Sanjeev Dayal and Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Rakesh Maria also met him separately.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala has to be strengthened, party president Amit Shah said here Monday while addressing party members on the concluding day of his visit.

Shah arrived in the state capital Sunday night on his first visit to the state after becoming the BJP president.

“We are going to launch a nationwide membership drive Nov 1. The BJP workers in Kerala should go on a door-to-door campaign for this and expose the corrupt deals of the Left and the Congress-led UDF here,” said Shah.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Monday rubbished reports that the Centre has not been able to curb inflation, saying the prices of petrol have come down since the new government came to power.

“Other parties are saying that we have not been able to curb inflation after coming to power but it is not true. The prices of petrol have dropped after we came to power; the BJP has made a good start,” said Shah.

He further said that the priorities of the UPA and the NDA are extremely different which reflected in their actions.