Month: May 2015

The Telangana TDP leaders on Saturday alleged that the fear of losing fifth seat in the MLC elections has led Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to give a statement threatening to dissolve the Assembly.

Speaking to media persons here, TDP leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao dared KCR to dissolve the Assembly and seek fresh mandate. He accused the Chief Minister of using his cabinet colleagues as ‘brokers’ to ‘purchase’ the MLAs of opposition parties. He said that the Chief Minister has lost trust on his own MLAs.

Acharya Balkrishna of Patanjali on Saturday said it was yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s ‘moral responsibility’ to visit their food and herbal park where a clash had led to the death of

one person.

He also criticized the irresponsible statements made by political parties on the incident.

As the US went on an offensive over the disputed South China Sea alleging the Chinese reclamation projects there may hinder freedom of navigation, China today hit back saying that free movement in the tense region was never hindered but it should not be abused.

“Over the years, there has never been any issue with freedom of navigation in the South China Sea (SCS) nor would such an issue come up in the future,” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said in a signed article carried by the state-run Xinhua news agency.

As many as 584 Haj pilgrims from Telangana, Marathwada and Hyderabad Karnataka regions have been selected for free accommodation in the Nizam’s Rubat in holy city of Makkah during Haj 2015.

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his “suit-boot ki sarkar” jibe, BJP today said such criticism shows that Congress has become “direction-less” even as it claimed that it had never commented on the clothes which former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru chose to wear.

The BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh Government is organising country’s first Bamboo Investors Meet“Investing in Green Gold” here at Bhopal from June 20 to 22.

The Telangana Government on Saturday accorded in principle approval for construction of 20 Flyovers /Junctions at an estimated cost of Rs 4,051 crore, which includes the cost of civil structure and Land Acquisition.

In order to protect the interest of the consumers and to ensure the financial health of the APDISCOMs, the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC), in a significant development today insisted the implementing agency of Domestic Efficient Lighting Program (DELP) scheme which is underway in the State to reduce the project costs and thereby the burden on the APDISCOMs and ultimately on end consumers.

IT Minister K T Ramarao today directed the officials to expand and strengthen Mana TV being run by the State government to provide jobs through training and skills.

During a review meeting with TSPSC Chairman G Chakrapani and other officials here, KTR asked them to name SAP NET after Telangana. The minister directed them to appoint a full-time CEO for Mana TV network and sought a detailed report of changes to be made besides writing a letter to Andhra Pradesh Government for payment of arrears for using SAP NET services.

Nine Left parties have condemned the “anti-people” policies of the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The Left Parties have also decided to form a Coordination Committee to fight on the farmers’ issues.

CPI Telangana State Council has asked the TRS government to extend Rs 5 lakh ex gratia to the families of farmers who committed suicides. The CPI also asked the State government to inquire into the reasons that forced farmers to end their lives.

On Saturday, CPI State Council Secretary Chada Venkat Reddy addressed a letter to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao stating that responding on suicides of farmers in Medak district, the High Court sought government’s explanation, but unfortunately the government did not respond.

Alampur Congress MLA Sampath Kumar said the arrest of students, who tried to storm the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) on Saturday, was an atrocious act on the part of the TRS government.

Andhra Pradesh Congress senior leader C Ramachandraiah has exuded confidence that former PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana would not leave the Congress as the latter is a good leader.

Speaking to the media here on Saturday, Ramachandraiah alleged that the TDP Mahanaadu was held for a self-praise by Chandrababu Naidu and criticize others. The BJP leaders were speaking in one tone in the morning and another version on ‘special status’ to Andhra Pradesh State in the evening.

Chief Secretaries of Telangana and AP Rajiv Sharma and IYR Krishna Rao respectively had a meeting with Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal this morning at New Delhi.

Telangana Chief Secretary mentioned in the meeting that in respect of Schedule Nine institutions the division of assets has to be done on the territorial basis. He also said with regards Schedule Ten institutions Telangana State is committed to provide services to AP State government on payment of cost. There will not be any joint management of these institutions as asked by AP government, he said.

Stating that the Telangana Government is yet to decide on conducting District Selection Commission (DSC) Education Minister Kadiam Srihari today said he will give clarity on teacher recruitment at a later date.

Addressing the media at Secretariat here, Kadiam said they are focusing on providing all facilities under “Swacch Telagana–Swacch Patashala” scheme. The State Government will spend Rs 145.75 cr for providing facilities such as drinking water, additional classrooms, toilets, power supply, strengthen the academic standards through filling of vacant posts.

Senior Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir today ridiculed the election of AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu as the TDP central committee.

A group of 24 schoolchildren from the Mawar Valley of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The students, belonging to Classes 6 to 8, are currently on a tour to various parts of the country as part of the Indian Army’s Operation Sadbhavna.

The Prime Minister interacted with the students on various subjects such as their studies, and their interest in sports.

The students were thrilled when the Prime Minister mentioned the names of cricketer Parvez Rasool and recent UPSC topper and IAS Officer Shah Faisal.

Rains in parts of Andhra Pradsh and Telangana eased blistering heat wave, which claimed nearly 2,000 lives so far, officials said.

The heat wave subsided as showers and thunderstorms brought much-needed relief to people reeling under scorching summer temperatures for last two weeks.

However, the day temperatures remained high in parts of the two states. Ramagundam in Telangana and Jangamaheshwarapuram in Guntu district of Andhra Pradesh sizzled at 47 degree Celsius.

Hardwar Police in a late night operation, detained 7 personal bodyguards of Baba Ramdev’s brother Rambharat.

Rambharat’s detention comes in connection with the clash at Patanjali Herbal Food Park and subsequent death of a truck union leader.

A fresh raid was also conducted at Ramdev’s food park were police recovered one sword, helmets and fifteen spears.

All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the Polytechnic Common Entrance Test (POLYCET) -2015 across Telangana State on Sunday from 11 AM to 1 PM across Telangana State.

The Osmania University Registrar on Saturday informed that the re-opening of Degree Colleges under the jurisdiction of Osmania University has been postponed.

Instead of June 1, the Degree Colleges will now re-open after summer vacation for the Academic year 2015-2016 on June 8. (INN)

Panic spread at a school today in Haryana after a 13-year-old boy allegedly made a hoax bomb call to the authority to prevent parent-teacher meeting, police said.

The class VIII student of a private school in Kurukshetra, rang up to the authorities to prevent his parents from taking part in a parent-teacher meeting which was scheduled to be held today, they said.

“We got a call from the school this morning that some unidentified person had rung up to say a bomb has been planted inside the educational institution,” Kurukshetra’s Superintendent of Police Simardeep Singh said.

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is mounting a political comeback, has expressed fears that the separatist Tamil Tigers could regroup and revive terrorism in the country.

“We are glad that terrorists are no more. But I have a suspicion that we may return to see terrorism,” Rajapaksa said.

“We don’t want to see that happening we want everyone to live in peace and harmony,” he told a religious gathering in the north central town of Anuradhapura on Friday.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka, the Union Cabinet on Saturday approved signing of a pact between the two countries to prevent human trafficking and ways to reintegrate the victims with their families.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Modi, has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on prevention of human trafficking especially trafficking in women and children: rescue, recovery, repatriation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking.

Alastair Cook was on the verge of breaking Graham Gooch’s England Test runs record at Headingley on Saturday.

At lunch on the second day of the second Test, England were 54 without loss in reply to New Zealand’s first innings 350 following some effective late-order hitting by the tourists.

Both Adam Lyth and fellow left-handed opener Cook were 27 not out. That left England captain Cook needing just five more runs to break batting mentor Gooch’s England Test runs record of 8,900.