Intense speculation and suspense continued in the political circles, more so in the ruling Congress party, on Sunday also, on what is going to happen after the Chief Minister and the PCC chief goes to New Delhi for another round of consultations with the High Command on August 27.
Guntur Congress MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao is deeply dejected after his request for appointment as the TTD chairman was rejected by the party leadership.
YSR Congress is said to be courting Congress senior leader and MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao who is in a state of depression after the party high command has ignored his claim for the TTD chairman post.
The Union government’s decision to direct the National Transmission Power Corporation NTPC) to make available additional 350 mw of power to Andhra Pradesh can be attributed to the unstinted efforts of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s recent visit to New Delhi.
Keeping in view of the critical juncture in power sector due to shortage of fuel, Andhra Pradesh Energy Coordination Cell (ECC) today appealed to all the electricity consumers for inculcating the habit of energy conservation by treating as a social responsibility.
Keeping in view the international scenario on the farm prices, export prices and requirement submitted by the Indian tobacco Association (ITA), the Tobacco Board today fixed a crop size of 170 m kgs for Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha for the crop season 2012-13. At its 134th meeting here today, the Board resolved the shifting of Barns from Keesara, Thorredu auction platforms, Thulluru and Bhadrachalam area to any other soil regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Andhra Pradesh with 85 points bagged the overall championship of the 18th Seniors and 17th Juniors National Kickboxing championship on the concluding day here today. Assam rifles secured the first place in the team championship in the senior category with Nine gold, four silver and three bronze medals while Delhi in second with six gold, five silver and five bronze medals.
Accusing UPA government of being “arrogant and despotic”, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said the onus is on Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh to accept the responsibility for the “arbitrary and discretionary” allocation of 142 coal blocks.
In hard hitting comments, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha also said the Prime Minister’s Office should be judged by standards “much harsher” than those which would apply to ministers like A Raja who had to resign over the controversial 2G spectrum license allocation.
Two persons were today arrested for allegedly helping two main accused of an abduction and rape
case in Sikar district, police said.
Girdhari and Yograj, who had helped the main accused in the case, were being interrogated since August 21 and were
arrested after their involvement was verified during the investigation, SP, Sikar, Gaurav Srivastava said.
A minor girl was abducted and raped by Suresh and Ramesh on the night of August 20, he said.
The duo were arrested from a village near Salasar road on Friday, the SP added.
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Faced with an acute shortage of power, Andhra Pradesh government today appealed to the consumers to take measures for saving power.
In an open letter to the 2.5 crore electricity consumers in the state, the Energy Coordination Cell, Energy
Department of Andhra Pradesh government has urged them to inculcate the habit of energy conservation by treating it as a social responsibility.
As a short term measure, power utilities have finalised orders and entered agreements for procurement of
A teenage girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Howrah district, police said today.
The incident took place last night when the class nine student was raped by Sheikh Shahrukh at a desolate place in
Krishanrampur village in the district, they said.
An FIR has been lodged against the absconding accused while the further probes are on, they added.
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The Task Force formed by the Andhra Pradesh government to check the facilities and quality of education imparted in professional colleges like engineering would begin its work soon.
Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha held a meeting with the members of the Task Force and other officials
of Technical Education here today.
An official release quoted him as saying that admissions into the institutions should be made on the basis
of merit and not with a commercial motive.
In an attempt to honour the great scholar Haroon Khan Sherwani, Maulana Azad National Urdu University has announced establishment of Haroon Khan Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies. The centre will also serve the dual purpose of promoting study of the Deccan besides paying tribute to the great scholar. Professor Haroon Khan Sherwani’s contributions to the study of medieval Deccan are remarkable.
Over the past 5 years around 350 Pakistani citizens, majority of them Hindus, have melted into Rajasthan’s local population. Sources say that they are unwilling to return owing to unfavourable state of affairs of their native country. However security agencies suspect that a large number of overstaying Pakistanis are ISI agents.
Since 2007 around 23000 have come to Rajasthan of them 4624 did not return even after the expiry of their visas.
The ULFA Sunday warned of attacks on “Indians” in Assam if “atrocities” on Assamese people did not halt in other parts of the country.
A statement signed by its elusive chief Paresh Baruah alleged that 14 Assamese youth had been killed in “mainland India”.
“The atrocities on Assamese … must be stopped immediately, failing which we will be forced to take necessary action on Indians living here,” said the statement.
The statement also warned India-based Muslim groups against spreading communal hatred in Assam.
Fresh incidents of violence were reported Sunday from Assam’s troubled Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts.
Police recovered the body of a missing person near Bogribari area in Dhubri district Sunday morning, while two people, including a woman, were injured in an attack by a group of miscreants in Salakati area of Kokrajhar district, a senior police officer said.
Five bodies were recovered from Chirang district Saturday evening, following which an indefinite curfew was clamped in the district and which continued Sunday.
Ahead of assembly elections, former union minister and five-time chief minister Virbhadra Singh has been appointed Himachal Pradesh Congress president, replacing Kaul Singh, party leaders said here Sunday.
“Virbhadra Singh’s name has been cleared for the post of PCC (Pradesh Congress Committee) chief,” a party leader, who declined to be named, told IANS.
He said Virbhadra Singh would meet party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Monday.
Two-time state Congress chief Kaul Singh told IANS that he has resigned.
Making it clear that he would not respond on Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao’s resignation issue, PCC Chief Botcha Satyanarayana said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would look after it.
Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Botcha said that power cuts have come down and the situation would improve further in a few days. He asked the private Engineering colleges managements to help sort out the Fees Reimbursement issue.
Telangana Political JAC Chairman Prof Kodandaram, stated that the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was behaving like a faction leader with regard to Polavaram project.
Owners of sand lorries staged a dharna near Auto Nagar at Vanasthalipuram in protest against the alleged harassment by the authorities.
Stating that false cases were being booked against them, lorry owners held a rasta roko and blocked vehicular traffic on the national highway.
Police had a tough time in clearing the traffic.
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Telugu Desam senior leader and Rajya Sabha member T Devender Goud on Sunday criticised the YSR Congress party for politicising the issue of reservation for Backward Classes.
Talking to media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan, Devender Goud suspected the commitment of the YSRCP over announcing 100 seats for Backward Classes in the elections on the lines of TDP. He accused the YSRCP of not showing real affection over the BCs and allotted 100 seats with an eye on vote bank. He ridiculed the YSRCP proposal of allotting tickets for BCs through lottery system.
Medical Education Minister Kondru Murali Mohan on Sunday reiterated that the doctors were not responsible for the death of infants in government hospitals.
Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Sunday asked the officials of Task Force on Engineering Colleges to act tough against the colleges which flout rules and regulations.
Telugu Desam Party senior leader K Yerran Naidu on Sunday accused Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy of shielding Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao, against whom the CBI has filed charge sheet in connection with disproportionate assets case.
Hailing the Cabinet Sub-Committee’s report on the SC/ST Sub-Plan, Rajya Sabha member K Chiranjeevi on Sunday appealed to the State Government to consider a similar sub-plan for the Backward Classes in the State.