The Andhra Pradesh State government has announced transfers and postings of IAS officers with immediate effect.
According to the order, L. Prem Chandra Reddy, IAS (1991), Secretary to Government, Finance (Budget& IF) is transferred and posted as Secretary, General Administration (SR) Department, duly relieving Dr P.V.Ramesh, IAS (1985) from the duties.
Telangana Government is mulling options to conduct first Budget session from this month end if not in November. According to information Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is planning to conduct the budget session from Oct 20 for about one month with three days of holidays for Deepavali festival in the last week.
Islamic State (IS) militants are closing in on the Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria, as violent battles between Kurdish fighters and the armed group continue around the contested city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Thursday.
Intense clashes are raging between the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and IS militants surrounding the city, Xinhua reported citing the Observatory.
According to the Syrian opposition human rights group, the YPG withdrew to the city’s outskirts as IS fighters advanced from the western part of the city.
Four civilians were injured after Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked firing on positions of de-facto border Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The ceasefire violations by Pakistan were met with retaliation by Border Security (BSF) Force.
Father of an injured person Khalil Ahmed said that people started fleeing after there was firing for a long period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the medal winners at the Incheon Asian Games.
“Very good day for India at the Asian Games. Congrats to our Hockey Team and congrats to our women athletes for the Gold in 4×400 metres relay,” said the Prime Minister.
“I have been closely following India’s progress at the Asian Games and I congratulate every medal winner. You make India very proud,” he added.
India today won the hockey finals in Asian Games 2014 held at South Korea’s Incheon city after defeating Pakistan 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out.
Uganda’s new prime minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony at the State House in Entebbe, 40 km south of the capital Kampala.
Rugunda, a former health minister who replaces the sacked Amama Mbabazi, took the oath of allegiance before President Yoweri Museveni, Xinhua reported.
Uganda’s parliament had Tuesday approved Rugunda appointment the sacking of Mbabazi by President Museveni Sep 19.
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Animals were today sacrificed on the streets of Bhawanipatna town in Odisha’s Kalahandi districts as the procession of Goddess Manekeswari proceeded on the occasion of the Mahashtami of Durga Puja.
Devotees sacrificed goats, sheep and other animals along the 4-km-long road from Manikeswari temple to Jenakhol as part of the age-old ritual to appease the goddess.
The procession, which continued amid beating of drums and other tribal instruments, culminated after more than 6 hours.
Lakhs of devotes from different parts of Odisha and neighboring states attended.
West Indian fast bowler Jerome Taylor today said the upcoming series against India would give him an opportunity to prove himself and help his career.
“This might be a good series for me. If I give a good account of myself against one of the top ranking teams like India, that would actually boost my confidence and would help my career move forward,” Taylor said in a media interaction.
US President Barack Obama gifted a “rare book” which contains among other things a paper by Swami Vivekananda to Narendra Modi, during his recent visit to America, the Prime Minister today said.
The book is on the Parliament of World’s Religions of 1893 which has a paper of Swami Vivekananda whose writings are known to have influenced Modi.
The PM said that he will “cherish” the “very valuable gift” forever.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) stormed into the final of Oppo Champions League T20 tournament by beating Hobart Hurricanes by seven wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Thursday.
After restricting Hurricanes to 140 with its quality spin bowling in the first semifinal of tournament, the Kolkata team chased down the target with five balls to spare as Jacques Kallis hoisted Bollinger to six to seal yet another victory.
Governor ESL Narasimhan in a message on Thursday stated, “On the joyous occasion of Vijaya Dasami, I extend my warm and cordial greetings to the people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh State. The Navaratri festival fills us with a renewed spirit of joy and jubilation. The triumph of good over the evil which signifies the main theme of the festival has an everlasting relevance”.
TPCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah today ridiculed the TRS Government for celebrating Bathukamma festival in Hyderabad when farmers are committing suicides in the villages.
Swachh Bharat campaign was organized in DLRL here in a grand manner. More than 450 employees participated in the campaign.
After administering Swachh Bharat Pledge to all the employees, massive cleaning operation drive and tree plantation was carried out along the widespread campus admeasuring 220 acres of this 52 years old institution.
Bathukamma – the nine-day floral festival of Telangana State today culminated on a grand not at Tank Bund with Governor ESL Narasimhan, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao participating.
Andhra Pradesh will be turned into a “golden” state under the TDP-BJP government over the next five years, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
TDP and BJP would transform the State into ‘Swarna Andhra Pradesh’ in the next five years by ensuring all-round growth, she said.
Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh, was speaking at a public meeting organised by State Government to announce enhanced pensions for senior citizens, widows and physically handicapped which came into effect from today.
Electronic goods in several houses in Bapunagar locality in Amberpet were burnt allegedly due to high voltage of electricity.
Residents of the area told the media that despite lodging complaints to the officials concerned about the high voltage problem and destruction of electronic goods, none came to their rescue. The local electric sub-station personnel remained calm and negligent, they bemoaned. (NSS)
Reformers Front of India (RFI) has appealed to the government to activate municipalities throughout the State for three days for complete cleaning process from garbage yards and also provide a complaint cell.
The High Court of Judicature for Telangana and AP States on Thursday declared a general holiday on October 6 to the subordinate courts, AP Judicial Academy, AP Legal Services Authority, AP High Court Legal Services Committee and officers working in the Tribunals in both States in view of Id-Ul-Zuha (Bakrid) falling on October 6 instead of Sunday October 5. (NSS)
On Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti day, Telangana BJP president G. Kishan Reddy on Thursday took the broom and cleaned the roads in the city following the Swachch Bharat call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
South Central Railway general manager Srivatsava said his officials were striving to make the Prime Minister’s Swachch Bharat Abhiyan call a great success all over the country. Participating in the program at Kachiguda Railway Station, the SCR GM said they would spare no efforts to create cleanliness awareness among the railway commuters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he has invited nine people to join his ‘Clean India’ campaign and requested each of them to draw nine more people into the initiative to make it spread.
Addressing a gathering on Rajpath, the Prime Minister while extending his Dussehra wishes, said that this chain of invitations should continue. Pushing the people to make use of social media, he said, “We have launched the campaign on social media. If you see any filth anywhere, upload a photo of the place. Then, clean it, and again upload a photo to show the difference.”
Air Chief Arup Raha today took the “Swachh Bharat’ pledge along with other air force personnel.
“The pledge that we have taken today has been implemented by the Indian Air Force throughout its beginning, we do it regularly, and every air warrior takes part in it to keep our environment clean so this is a part of our culture in the air force,” said Raha.
He also said that it’s a very important drive and the forces always keep their territory clean.
Andhra Pradesh government will procure land from farmers for setting up new capital city in Vijayawada region through “land pooling” but will also keep the acquisition route open, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said here today.
“The land for construction of new capital would be taken from farmers under land pooling in which farmers will have a share after the development (of capital) instead of compensation. Land pooling would be beneficial for farmers and the government would take up an awareness campaign for the same,” Naidu said here.
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard feels that although Chris Gayle’s absence in the ODI series will be a factor but someone in the team will have to stand up and be counted in crunch situations.
“Of course (it will have an impact). Chris has been there for over 10 years now. He has been one of our main players, one of our main batsman. Yes, it is going to leave a hole. Yes it is going to leave a gap but life goes on,” Pollard told the reporters during an interaction with reporters ahead of West Indies’ tour opener against India A tomorrow.
Exuding confidence that BJP will form the next government in Haryana on its own, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that time has come to rid the state from “malgovernance” of Congress.
“Today, it is Gandhi Jayanti and in entire country ‘Clean India’ campaign was launched, in which people from all walks of life took part. In Haryana, there is big responsibility, which is to put Congress’ malgovernance and corruption into dustbin,” Naqvi told reporters after releasing the party’s poll manifesto for the October 15 assembly polls.
A new research has found that power can make a leader indulge in corruption.
When appointing a new leader, selectors base their choice on several factors and typically look for leaders with desirable characteristics such as honesty and trustworthiness. However once leaders are in power, can we trust them to exercise it in a prosocial manner?