Janakiram's final rites at His Moinabad Farmhouse

Last rites of veteran film actor Nadamuri Harikrishna's eldest son Janakiram, who died in a road mishap on Saturday evening will be performed on Sunday afternoon at  Moinabad farmhouse in Hyderabad. However in the last minute they changed their decision. As such JanakiRam's farewell will start at afternoon 2 PM from Harikrishna's house at Masab Tank and will reach farm house by evening 4 PM.Later his final rites will be performed in his farm house.According to reports, A team of doctors...

Six dead at Hisar ashram, Rampal's brother arrested while trying to flee

Six dead at Hisar ashram, Rampal's brother arrested while trying to flee Six people, incuding a child, have died during the action at the Hisar ashram to arrest controversial sect leader Rampal, but the cause of their deaths is yet to be known, Haryana police said Wednesday. Haryana DGP SN Vashisht said at a news conference that the dead included five women. The bodies which were found inside the ashram were sent to hospital for postmortem examination. "There were no bullet or other injury marks on the dead. The police have not yet entered the ashram. The autopsy will reveal the cause of deaths," Vashisht said emphasising the ashram...

Inter exam row: AP ministers meets governor

Inter exam row: AP ministers meets governor HYDERABAD: A delegation of Andhra Pradesh ministers called on governor E S L Narasimhan and requested him to persuade the Telangana regime to agree to a common schedule for the Intermediate examinations to be held next year. While the TDP government announced the schedule from March 11-31 for the exams next year, the TRS regime said later that it will conduct the exams separately. The ministers who called on the governor included Ganta Srinivasa Rao (HRD), Kamineni Srinivas (health) and Acham Naidu (youth and sports). Speaking to the media after the meeting, Ganta Srinivasa Rao said the...

CM to address party workers on November 20

CM to address party workers on November 20 Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will address party workers in the city on November 20. The party will hold its extended general body meeting at the A Convention Centre. Party leaders from both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will attend the meeting. The party is also expected to extend Rs 2 lakh insurance scheme to the cadre of the congregation, besides 20 per cent discount on selected corporate hospitals. Irrigation minister Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao and the City Police Commissioner AB Venkateswara Rao visited the A Convention Centre to inspect the security and seating arrangements. Elaborate...

New president for Panchayat Raj Chamber

New president for Panchayat Raj Chamber Vijayawada: Pamidi Venkatrao of Prakasam district has been elected president of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Chamber on Tuesday. The general body meeting of the chamber elected the new office-bearers for the year 2014-16. The other office-bearers included K Madhusudhana Rao of Guntur district as vice-president, M Ramakrishna Reddy of Krishna as general secretary, G Yadhusekhar Nayudu of Chittoor as executive secretary, T Koulutlayya of Kurnool, J Chandramouli of Srikakulam and K Satyanarayana of Vizianagaram district were elected secretaries of the chamber. The newly-elected body felicitated...

New policy for street vendors soon

New policy for street vendors soon The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) would soon come up with a new policy for street vendors in the city and also provide them financial assistance through bank loans. The GHMC Commissioner, Somesh Kumar, said the policy to streamline and support the street vendors would be implemented from January, 2005 and steps taken to ensure these small merchants and vendors do not face harassment from the police and civic body staff. At the same time, to help them avoid debt traps in the form of borrowings from money-lenders at high interests, efforts would be made to assist them with loans from...

Unknown persons fire at businessman in KBR Park in Hyderabad

Unknown persons fire at businessman in KBR Park in Hyderabad Hyderabad: Unidentified persons targetted Aurobindo Pharma managing director Nityananda Reddy's car on Wednesday morning at the KBR park in Hyderabad. The firing took place at the high profile Banjara Hills area, where many VIPs are known to come for their morning walks at the park. Three shots were fired, as locals reported hearing loud gunshots near the area. The attackers have escaped. Jubilee Hills inspector Muralikrishna said that Nityananda Reddy was safe from the firing that took place. The miscreants are suspected to have used AK-47 automatic weapons for...

Can Hussainsagar be emptied?

Can Hussainsagar be emptied? Is it possible and viable to dry out Hussainsagar lake, clean it and have it filled with fresh water, as mooted by the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao recently? Since the idea of emptying the water body during the summer was floated, the possibilities of taking up such an initiative have become a topic of discussion among the administration and experts. Questions are being raised as to how the water from the lake spread over 1,200 acres and a full tank level of 513.43 metres could be drained out. With a shore length of 14 km, Hussainsagar has two outlets, one near the Marriot Hotel side and another...

Syrian government bombing kills at least 13

Syrian government bombing kills at least 13 Activists say that a Syrian military airstrike killed at least 13 people and wounded another 20. The activist collective, the Aleppo Media Center, and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say military aircraft used “barrel bombs” _ crude bombs made from canisters laden with explosives _ to strike the Qabr al-Inglizi area in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Tuesday. The Observatory said at least 13 were killed, including two children and a woman, and that the death toll was likely to rise because more people were buried under the rubble. The Syrian military’s...

AP Cabinet approves cancellation of barytes leases

AP Cabinet approves cancellation of barytes leases The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has decided to cancel barytes mining leases issued in Mangampeta, Kadapa district in 2004 and institute an inquiry into their allotment. Fresh leases would be allotted by floating global tenders. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Minister Palle Raghunataha Reddy said it was decided to cancel GO MS 296 of 2004 through which the leases were allotted. The Cabinet Sub-Committee on corruption would inquire into the irregularities since there was loss to the State exchequer, while profit was illegally...

Fiji is an important partner for India: PM Narendra Modi

Fiji is an important partner for India: PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: India and Fiji on Wednesday signed three agreements on Wednesday even as PM Narendra Modi announced visa on arrival for Fiji people. Addressing Fijian parliament, PM Modi called Fiji a leader in the region and highlighted the need to make make travel easier between the two countries.Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced a $5 million fund to promote small business and village enterprises in Fiji, after his talks with Fijian counterpart Frank Bainimarama."I regard Fiji as an important partner for India. We have deep and enduring ties of history and culture. Fiji...

Rampal's supporters attack cops, 200 injured in clashes

Rampal's supporters attack cops, 200 injured in clashes More than 200 people were injured in violent clashes at self-styled godman Rampal Maharaj’s ashram in Haryana on Tuesday as police lobbed teargas and used batons to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing supporters who vowed to prevent his arrest, police said.  Police tried to storm Satlok Ashram on the outskirts of Hisar city to arrest the 63-year-old self-styled godman who is wanted on murder charges when his supporters fired with country-made weapons from inside.Rampal’s followers fought pitched battles by lobbing petrol bombs to thwart the charge by a 3,000-strong contingent...

Mothkupalli Says CM KCR is acting like a rowdysheeter

Mothkupalli Says CM KCR is acting like a rowdysheeter Telangana TDP leader Mothkupalli Narsimhulu  came heavily on Chief Minister KCR. Telangana Chief Minister is behaving like a street rowdie sheeter, said Mothkupalli. He asked KCR to reveal the reason for conducting 'operation akarsh' and luring the MLAs and MLCs of Congress and TDP to join TRS. KCR is luring the TDP and Congress leaders by giving them attractive offers. How can the CM invite the leaders into his party who has not resigned to their previous party, questioned Mothkupalli. He challenged the Telangana Chief minister to make such candidates contest the elections...

Australian PM Abbott says Modi is like a 'brother'

Australian PM Abbott says Modi is like a 'brother' Melbourne: "Narendra and I." Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said this at a joint press conference with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after a summit talks while stressing how the two countries were expanding their cooperation in various areas. The personal warmth Abbott shared with Modi was reflected yet again at a reception at the iconic 161-year-old Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) where he said Modi is like a "brother.""Narendra and I," said Abbott on couple of occasions while referring to the determination of the two leaders to work together to help strengthening of relations....

AP Decisions in Cabinet Meeting

AP Decisions in Cabinet Meeting The cabinet ministers met today in the new Andhra Pradesh secretariat. This meeting is conducted under the guidance of the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. The capital area authorization department and maritime board appointment are to be discusses in the meeting. Given the recent outburst and egos between the ministers, this has gained interests of several people about how Chandrababu will deal the situation. The following are some of the decisions made in the Cabinet Meeting Approval for Capital region development authority (CRDA). The decision on making the Bill or ordinance related to the same...

AP Govt Changes Rajiv Aarogyasri To NTR Aarogya Seva

AP Govt Changes Rajiv Aarogyasri To NTR Aarogya Seva Ex CM- late YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s brainchild Rajiv Arogyasri has got a name change. The programme aimed at providing private multi-speciality medical facilities to the poor and downtrodden at zero cost, has now been rechristened as NTR Aarogya Seva. Andhra Pradesh Cabinet which has met on Tuesday has finally approved this significant change of the popular government scheme.Government of AP has also increased the number of diseases, under the ambit of NTR Aarogya Seva, to 1038 from previous 938. Also, AP cabinet decided to increase the treatment cost up to Rs 2.5 Lakh.Meanwhile, Cabinet...

Speaker suspends Congress MLAs from Assembly

Speaker suspends Congress MLAs from Assembly Assembly speaker Madhusudhana chari suspended the Congress MLAs for one day today. As soon as the assembly proceedings started, the congress MLAs demanded the speaker to carry out the discussion on the defections of the political leaders. As the MLAs obstructed the assembly proceedings, Minister Harish rao proposed the suspension of the MLAs for which the Speaker gave the approval. Puvvada Ajay kumar, DK Aruna, Batti Vikramarka, Jeevan reddy, Geeta Reddy, N. padmavathi, Rammohan Reddy, Sampath kumar, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Ram reddy Venkata reddy, Komati reddy Venkata reddy are some of the...

KCR violating rights of House: Kishan Reddy

KCR violating rights of House: Kishan Reddy BJP Leader Kishan Reddy, speaking to the reporters at the media point stated that the Telangana Chief Minister KCR is violating the rights of the house by making statements during the assembly sessions withou attending the sessions. The CM has violated the rights of the House by announcing the names of the Telangana state Bird, animal, Flower and tree during the Assembly sessions without attending the same. The BJP has submitted notices against the Chief Minister KCR to the Speaker related ot the above. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})...

GHMC to introduce 50 more bio-toilets

GHMC to introduce 50 more bio-toilets The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will install 50 bio-toilets by the month end. Somesh Kumar, Commissioner, GHMC, held a review meeting with the officials here on Monday on bio toilets. He directed the officials to install the toilets at strategic locations in the city. On an average, 300 people make use of the already existing toilets. There are plans of designing toilets for women in the future. The toilets will be solar powered and designed in such a manner that advertisement revenue could be generated. It is reported that 1.5 lakh litres of water per year could be saved by using...

AP CM promises to make Vizag as the most favoured destination

AP CM promises to make Vizag as the most favoured destination Praising the people of Visakhapatnam for their strong resolve in overcoming hurdles caused by Cyclone Hudhud, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu promised to rebuild the port city into a modern one that could then become into the most favoured destination for investors and employees alike. Addressing a gathering in the city after planting a sapling on Monday to launch the ‘Rejuvenating Vizag’ campaign, the chief minister said the city has a wonderful topography and sought people’s cooperation in converting it into the most sought after destination.Later, Chandrababu...