No compromise on law and order situation in Telangana
Home Minister Naini Narasimha Reddy stated that the Telangana Government would take concrete steps to ensure maintenance of law and order in Telangana State.
Month: December 2014
Marginal rise in crime rate in Cyberabad limits
A marginal increase by 3.5% has been reported in total number of crime incidents in the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate limits.
Addressing the annual press conference here on Tuesday, Cyberabad Commissioner CV Anand said that as against 27,422 FIRs reported in 2013, this year 27,436 FIRs were issued. They include 12,383 or 44% Bodily Offences; 5,343 or 19% Property Crimes; 3,356 or 12% Road Accidents; 2603 or 9% Special and Local Laws; 2400 or 8% Cheating/White Collar Offences and 2,338 or 8% Crime Against Women.
Banking services should reach every person in AP: Naidu
In the 188th State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting held at the Secretariat today, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said banking services should reach every person in the state.
The Chief Minister has asked bankers to improve banking services which will give a boost to employment generation and economic activity in the state. “Give more education loans. This will help in revenue generation,” he added.
‘Dera’ followers, Sikhs clash in Moga; Sec 144 clamped
Prohibitory orders were clamped today and police fired in the air to disperse followers of Dera Sacha Sauda and people of Sikh community as the two groups indulged in stone pelting over sticking posters of Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s upcoming movie ‘Messenger of God’.
The district administration also enforced Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), banning assembly of over five people in an area.
In the afternoon, tension gripped Baghapurana town when dera followers objected to the tearing of posters of the movie at a few places, police said here.
CM gives nod for regularisation of encroached lands
In a move that could trigger a major political controversy, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday gave his nod for regularisation of government lands under encroachment, particularly in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
The Chief Minister said that the regularisation should be done as per the resolution passed in the State Assembly and decisions taken during the All Party meetings held later. He directed the officials to frame guidelines for regularisation in the most transparent manner.
GHMC to involve residential associations to maintain colonies
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to involve the residential welfare associations for the proper maintenance of roads and other developmental works in their respective colonies.
GHMC Commissioner and Special Officer is planning to sanction up to Rs 10 lakh to each of the association for maintenance of works like roads, open spaces, sanitation and beautification of their colonies.
Water Board consumers get non-bailable warrants
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has informed that non-bailable warrants were issued to two consumers towards cheque bounce.
Different courts have issued non-bailable warrant against N.P Rao of Borabanda for cheque bounce of Rs.19,046.75 and Syed Mohd of Ramanthapur for cheque bounce of Rs. 32,014.19. The non-bailable warrants have been issued under Negotiable Instruments Act,1881.
Further, the Board said it would initiate similar action on the consumers for cheque bounce cases if they fail to clear the dues. (INN)
Nara Lokesh to tour Telangana in January
Nara Lokesh, TDP leader and son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, will tour the Telangana State from the second week of January.
According to sources, Lokesh held a review meeting with the TDP workers on Tuesday and prepared a tentative plan for his proposed tour. He directed the party workers to make elaborate arrangements for the tour. (INN)
Amit Shah confident of BJP’s victory in Delhi elections
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence that his party would emerge victorious in the Delhi Assembly polls, saying the people in the national capital have high expectations from the lotus.
“The BJP will win the Delhi elections for sure. Our competition is not with any other party – our competition is only with ourselves. The BJP worker needs to fight his own languor; once that is successfully defeated, we will only experience victory and no one will be able to beat us,” Shah said at a gathering of BJP party workers in the national capital.
Aziz Qureshi appointed as governor of Mizoram
Governor of Uttarakhand Dr. Aziz Qureshi was on Tuesday transferred and appointed as the governor of Mizoram .
Meanwhile, Governor of Meghalaya Dr. KK Paul was transferred and appointed as the governor of Uttarakhand for remainder of his term.
However, Paul will continue to hold additional charge of the office of governor of Manipur, in additional to his own duties.
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi will discharge functions of governor of Meghalaya, in addition to his own duties. (ANI)
Land pooling process for new AP capital starts tomorrow
The land pooling process for the proposed new capital city of Andhra Pradesh coming up here will get underway from tomorrow, a senior official said here today.
This was stated here today by N Srikanth, Special Commissioner, Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA). The Authority, chaired by the Chief Minister, has been formed to oversee construction of the new capital and develop necessary infrastructure in the region.
Srikanth interacted with revenue officers at a meeting, where they were trained to handle paper work related to the pooling process with farmers.
B’lore blast; NIA providing assistance to police
National Investigation Agency today said it will provide “all possible” assistance to police which is probing the explosion outside a restaurant here that killed a woman and injured three others, as the city came under thick security blanket ahead of New Year revelry.
“Basically we are assisting, providing whatever help we can to the state police force which is investigating the case,” NIA Special Director General Navneet Wasan told reporters after visiting the blast site on Church Street in the central business district.
AirAsia plane debris, 3 floating bodies found in sea
After three days of intense search, debris of the missing AirAsia aircraft carrying 162 people was found today in the Java Sea off Indonesia but only three bodies have been retrieved so far as mystery remained over the cause of the crash.
Only three bodies have been retrieved and not 40 as previously stated by naval officials, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief Bambang Soelistyo said late tonight, amid fading hopes of finding any survivors.
Al Shabaab intelligence chief killed in US drone strike
The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) of Somalia confirmed Tuesday the killing of Al Shabaab intelligence chief Tahlil aka Abdishakur in a US drone strike.
Abdishakur was killed in the US drone attack on Monday night at around 8 p.m. near Saakow town in the middle Juba region of Somalia, Xinhua reported citing a NISA press statement.
“Cooperation between Somali National Intelligence Agency and Americans has eliminated Al Shabaab secret service Al Amniyat chief,” the statement said.
Earth-sized planets in Milky Way hint at ancient life
Five planets transiting a larger primary star about 117 light years from Earth may constitute the oldest known system of terrestrial-sized planets, scientists say.
The discovery hints at the possibility of ancient life elsewhere in our galaxy, researchers said.
Dr Tiago Campante, an Asteroseismology Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham (UK) who led the research team, focused on a system of five terrestrial-sized planets observed by the Kepler space telescope transiting the star KOI-3158, about 117 light years from Earth in the constellation Lyra.
`Determined` Smith eyes clinching Border-Gavaskar Test series 3-0 post Boxing Day draw
Australia stand-in Test skipper Steven Smith has said that he is looking forward to clinch the four match Border-Gavaskar Test series 3-0 following the Boxing Day Test match resulted in a draw. Smith said that they are looking to clinch the series 3-0 in Sydney. It was a tough five days on a pretty flat wicket and couple of drop catches in the field cost them, he added. He further said that though India played well, they have got the series.
Uttarakhand governor transferred to Mizoram
Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi was Tuesday transferred to Mizoram, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said.
Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul, who holds additional charge of Manipur and Mizoram, will replace Qureshi in Dehra Dun.
“Aziz Qureshi, governor of Uttarakhand, is transferred and appointed as governor of Mizoram for the remainder of his term. Krishan Kant Paul, governor of Meghalaya, is transferred and appointed as governor of Uttarakhand for the remainder of his term,” the communique said.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft begins approach phase towards dwarf planet ‘Ceres’
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has started its approach phase towards dwarf planet Ceres, which has never been visited before by a spacecraft.
Dawn recently emerged from solar conjunction, in which the spacecraft was on the opposite side of the sun, limiting communication with antennas on Earth.
Protests against ‘PK’ in Delhi
VHP and Bajrang Dal activists Tuesday protested at various cinema halls in the capital and vandalised a theatre screening Aamir Khan’s movie “PK”, saying it was against the religious sentiments of Hindus.
Demanding an immediate ban on the film, the activists of the right wing groups protested outside Delite theatre in central Delhi’s Daryaganj and south Delhi’s PVR Priya.
New project to grow lettuce on Mars
A student team in the UK plans to grow lettuce on Mars by 2018 using the atmosphere and sunlight on the red planet.
LettuceOnMars, a student project from the University of Southampton Spaceflight Society, has reached the finals of an international competition, run by Mars One, a Dutch non-profit organisation, to land experiments on Mars.
It is one of the ten short-listed university projects that was selected for technical feasibility and popularity.
The winning payload will arrive on Mars in 2018 together with the official Mars One experiments.
Akali Dal tones down drugs protest against BSF
After drawing flak for its move to protest against the BSF on the drugs issue, Punjab’s ruling Akali Dal Tuesday seemed to have toned down its action, saying that it will now hold three ‘dharnas’ on the India-Pakistan border “to create awareness about drugs as well as focus on the need for greater vigilance”.
The decision was taken Tuesday at a meeting of the Shiromani Akali Dal leadership, chaired by party patron and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, party spokesmen Maheshinder Singh Grewal and Daljit Singh Cheema said here.
Amit Shah discharged in Gujarat staged shootout case
BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday got a major relief when a special CBI Court discharged him in the alleged staged shootout case related to Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauserbi Sheikh and witness Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat.
Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge M.B. Gosavi ruled that there exists “no case” against Shah and that he (Shah) was implicated in the case for “political reasons”.
Israel detained 1,266 Palestinian children in 2014: Official
Israeli forces detained 1,266 Palestinian children under the age of 15 in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2014.
The children were arrested in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem over the course of 2014, Press TV quoted Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, the head of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, as saying in a statement Tuesday.
“The vast majority of these arrests occurred in the second half of the year,” Ferwana said.
He added that some 200 out of the 1,266 detained children still remain in Israeli jails.
Rijiju lauds Delhi Police
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday lauded the efforts and strategies of Delhi Police to deal with challenges, and added that the achievements of the men in uniform should be projected proportionately. “Often what we see is that the achievements or the success stories of the Delhi Police or for that matter any force is not reflected proportionately, but the failures are proportionately reflected. I must say that we do have failures as the challenges we face are very complex, but the success story of Delhi Police is rated very high,” said Rijiju.
‘PK’ posters vandalised in Madhya Pradesh
The Bajrang Dal Tuesday continued its protest against Aamir Khan’s “PK” in the state alleging that the film insults the Hindu religion and rituals.
They tore and burnt the posters of the film while demanding a ban on the screening of the movie, directed by Rajumkar Hirani, in Neemuch in Malwa region.
The activists proceeded towards Rajmandir movie hall with saffron flags in their hands and demanded that the screening of the movie should be stopped.