Month: April 2015

Seshan, Lingdoh to address TRS Training camp

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Apparently elated with the big success of the public meeting and TRS Plenary, the TRS leadership is now planning to prepare its cadre to have thorough knowledge on Government functioning and party structure, in May first week. Keeping in view the GHMC elections in December as per court directive, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is now planning to take up a brainstorming session for about three days. Former Chief Election Commissioners TN Seshan and JM Lingdoh are expected to address the three-day training camp for the TRS MLAs, MLCs and MPs at Nagarjuna Sagar.

Certificates 100 per cent genuine, BJP maligning AAP: Tomar

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Delhi Law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, who is in the midst of a raging row over genuineness of his law degree, today rejected all the charges and alleged that it was a political ploy by the BJP to malign the image of Aam Aadmi Party.

AAP also extended support to the minister saying Tomar will file his response in the court on August 20 and patience was required till then.

Kavitha Invites NRI Investments in T State

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“The newly-carved Telengana State is endowed with abundant natural resources, and the Government, under the stewardship of the Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, has formulated a large number of innovative developmental projects in the fields of Pharmaceuticals, Hospitality, Media and Film Industry, Power Generation, Real Estate Development, Food Processing, Textiles, IT, Agriculture, Fertilizers, etc. with a view to transforming it into ‘Golden Telengana State’.

TAD-JAC Demands Action against Corrupt LMWMD Official

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Telangana Auto Drivers Joint Action Committee (TADJAC) demanded the Telangana State government to immediately suspend the Legal Metrology Weights and Measures Department Inspector Ramakrishna, against whom they had filed a complaint for allegedly issuing bogus auto meter verification certificates.

Ranbaxy drugs, new controversy in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign

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As Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign comes under the media scanner, charges are flying thick and fast — from donations to the Clinton Foundation to claims that it distributed to AIDS patients useless drugs made by an Indian company.

Last week, a New York Times report suggested that cash flowed to the family charity amid a deal with Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom over control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the US, when she was secretary of state.

Terrified Nepal patients refuse treatment inside hospitals

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People injured in the deadly earthquake in Nepal are now so traumatised with fear that they prefer receiving treatment in tents rather than inside hospitals after several buildings collapsed burying hundreds of victims.

Kedar Prasad Srivastav, 75, is to be operated upon for an abdomen surgery, but he prefers to get treated in the open ground outside the Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) for fear of tremors and aftershocks after Saturday’s quake that devastated the Himalayan nation, killing over 4,300 people with more than 8,000 others injured.

India enlarges Nepal rescue ops to worst-hit areas, Gorkha soldiers tapped

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India today enlarged its relief and rescue operations in quake-hit Nepal beyond Kathmandu to the worst-affected epicentre areas and rushed Gorkha soldiers to remote places to assess the kind of assistance required.

The death toll in India following Saturday’s powerful earthquake in Nepal, meanwhile, rose to 75 with Bihar accounting for maximum number of 58 casualties.

A “big” evacuation effort through the road route was also underway with another 4,000 people headed to India.

SC puts on hold privilege notice to Shobhaa De

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold the privilege notice issued by the Maharashtra assembly to author Shobhaa De for criticising the state government’s decision to screen Marathi films at multiplexes during prime time.

A bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu also issued notice to the chairman, the legislature secretariat, its principal secretary, its Special Rights committee and Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik.

The Maharashtra state assembly issued a privilege notice to De on April 10 and she was required to reply to it by this Tuesday.

KKR restrict Super Kings to 134 for 6

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A stupendous bowling performance from defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) restricted batting power-house Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to just 134/6 in an Indian Premier League encounter at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday.

It was a collective effort from the KKR bowlers as they maintained a nagging line and length and kept CSK on a tight leash. While the pacers where brilliant upfront, the tweakers too were able to cast a web on the CSK batsman. Faf du Plessis top scored with an unbeaten 29 from 29 balls.

Saudi Arabia arrests 93 suspected IS members

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Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 suspects including 65 Saudi nationals, most of them linked to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation, and has foiled several plots to carry out attacks across the country, authorities said on Tuesday.

State-run Saudi Press Agency said that it foiled several plots across the country, including a planned attack on the US embassy in capital Riyadh.

Security services had proof that led to the “early uncovering of terrorist activities in several parts of the kingdom by members of the group”, the report said.

Afghan President Ghani meets Vice President Ansari

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Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday met Vice President Hamid Ansari in the national capital.

The two leaders greeted each other warmly before discussing matters of mutual interest.

Earlier in the day, President Ghani met his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where he was accorded a ceremonial reception.

President Ghani, who is in New Delhi on a three-day visit, also held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Modi.

100th death row convict hanged in Pakistan

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Pakistan hanged another death row convict on Tuesday taking to 100 the number of convicts hanged since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December last year.

Amnesty International denounced the execution as a “shameful milestone”.

Munir Hussain, who was sentenced to death in a double-murder case became the 100th person to be executed. The sentence was carried out in the eastern province of Punjab.

Security beefed up in Baltimore after arson, looting

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Security was beefed up in Baltimore City, just 64 km northeast of the American capital, after it erupted into chaos and violence as protestors, mourning the death of yet another black man in police custody nine days ago, clashed with law enforcement officers.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency Monday and activated the National Guard. The mayor of Baltimore said every possible resource was being deployed to “gain control of this situation”.

CS reviews HMR works; happy at brisk pace

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Telangana Chief Secretary Dr Rajiv Sharma today held the Special Task Force (STF) meeting on Tuesday and reviewed the progress of works of Hyderabad Metro Rail project. HMR MD NVS Reddy made a detailed presentation on the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the decisions of the previous STF meeting.

Demolition of properties on HMR route on brisk pace

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Demolition of building in large scale was going on in Metro Rail corridors in different parts of the city to speed up the Metro Rail project works.
HMR MD NVS Reddy has informed Chief Secretary Dr Rajiv Sharma, during a review meeting on Metro Rail project today, several long-pending critical properties which have become major traffic bottlenecks are now being demolished and that Metro works are put on fast track.

KCR to Visit Mothe Village Shortly

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Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today said he would visit Mothe village in Nizamabad district shortly. Mothe village was the first to adopt a resolution in support of Separate Telangana State.

KCR targeting Naidu to hide failures: Revanth Reddy

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Telangana TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy has accused Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of criticising his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Nara Chandrababu Naidu only to divert people’s attention from his failures.

Addressing a press conference at NTR Trust Bhavan here on Tuesday, Revanth Reddy said that KCR’s criticism on Naidu was completely aimed at hiding his failures. He said KCR’s had no substance to speak in the public meeting as his 10-month rule is full of failures and disappointments. Instead of admitting his mistakes, he started blaming Chandrababu Naidu.

Large scale demolitions are on for Metro Rail works

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Large scale demolitions are going on in Metro Rail corridors in different parts of the city to speed up the Metro Rail project works.

HMR Managing Director NVS Reddy has informed Chief Secretary Dr Rajiv Sharma during a review meeting on Metro Rail project on Tuesday that due to coordinated efforts by HMR, GHMC and Collectorates of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts, several long pending critical properties which have become major traffic bottlenecks are now being demolished and that Metro works are put on fast track.

GHMC to involve all RWAs , SDFs to improve slums

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GHMC Commissioner and Special Officer Somesh Kumar said that the corporation was planning to involve all the Residential Welfare Associations and Slum Development Federations to improve the slums in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Monday’s meeting is a proof of KCR’s popularity: Jagadish Reddy

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Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Tuesday claimed that the success of TRS public meeting held on Monday at Parade Grounds was a proof of popularity of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in Telangana State.

Speaking to media persons at TRS Bhavan here, Jagadish Reddy said that the TRS has become more popular among the masses after coming to power in June last year. He said nearly 10 lakh people from across the State attended the meeting and endorsed the welfare measures being implemented by the government.

Degree row: Oppn demands AAP minister’s ouster

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Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar today faced demands for his ouster amid a row over allegedly “fabricating” his law degree, but he rejected the charge of any wrongdoing and refused to step down.

He said the controversy was a BJP ploy to sully the image of Aam Aadmi Party and contended that since no FIR had been registered against him nor any court had made any observation “there is no question of stepping down”.

Re-polling in four booths if EVM data not retrieved: SEC

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State Election Commissioner S R Upadhyay today said re-polling will be ordered in four booths if data from EVMs are not retrieved.

In four booths under Raghunathpur, Murshidabad and Madhyamgram municipalities where results were announced today, problems have been reported with EVMs.

“If the EVMs are not retrieved, there will be re-polling. Engineers from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) have gone and if they are not able to retrieve the data, then re-poll will be ordered,” Upadhyay told reporters here.

US teen solves Rubik’s Cube in 5.25 seconds, sets world record

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An American teenager acted even faster than a robot and set a new world record after solving Rubik’s Cube in just 5.25 seconds at an official World Cube Association competition.

Collin Burns lopped an impressive 0.3 seconds off the world record for solving a the Cube at the completion in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with a regulation and pre-scrambled cube, the Verge reported.