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Jayalalitha fine, will return home soon: AIADMK

  "Amma (Jayalalithaa) has progressed very well under the daily monitoring of Apollo Hospital doctors and specialists and soon she will return home," AIADMK spokesperson C R Saraswathy told reporters in Chennai. Saraswathy said Jayalalithaa, who had dedicated her life to public service, was "taking rest" as per the doctor's advice. "Otherwise, she is completely well and will come home soon. God is by her side on her health," she said. The AIADMK chief was admitted to Chennai’s Apollo Hospital with high fever and dehydration on September 22 but news of her treatment has been tightly controlled with cryptic health bulletins adding colour to the rumours flying around. The latest bulletin on Jayalalithaa’s health was issued on October 10. In its earlier bulletins, all that the hospital said was Jayalalithaa was responding well to treatment and in the last bulletin it informed that the CM was being constantly monitored and was under observation. Even after 9 days, the Apollo Hospital and state government have maintained silence about the CM’s health.

Shock for Congress as top leader joins BJP

  Former Congress state president of Uttar Pradesh and MLA Rita Bahuguna Joshi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. She joined the BJP in the presence of party president Amit Shah. Joshi reached the BJP office at Ashoka Road on Thursday afternoon and addressed a press conference in the presence of party president Amit Shah and other senior leaders. A prominent Brahmin face of the party, Joshi had served as Congress party UP president between 2007-2012. As reported earlier on Monday, Joshi was reportedly unhappy with “being sidelined” in the party. Besides that, her nonavailability to the media for the last few days has only added fuel to the fire. Joshi had led the party in the last assembly pollsin the state in which Congress came a poor fourth. State BJP leaders when contacted said a final call on this has to be taken by the party's central leadership. A top source in the Congress said, "We have no indication of her joining the BJP, but we will speak to her. She is a senior leader."

90% Apple chargers on Amazon are fake

  It has come to light that 'genuine' Apple accessories like Lightning-to-USB cables and USB power adapters sold on Amazon and Groupon are 90 per cent fake. The situation, says Apple, is even worse where third-party sellers are concerned. While the ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’ tag gives buyers confidence that purchased products will be delivered, it gives no assurance that the items are genuine. Indeed, the lawsuit alleges, the vast majority of them are not. Although the counterfeit devices have been removed from Amazon’s storefront, there are several worrying developments that have come to light following Apple’s investigation into the issue. First and foremost, the fake products haven’t been properly tested or certified, meaning they likely “lack the safety features necessary to protects users from shock and fire hazards.” Apple argues that its own reputation is damaged when consumers buy what they believe to be genuine products which then fail to perform as they should, or which prove to be dangerous.

Lawyer shocks with 125 Cr unaccounted income

  A top lawyer of Delhi sent shocking waves in the legal fraternity as well as in the income tax department after he declared unaccounted income worth Rs 125 crore. The declaration was made by him when officials of the Income Tax department searched his South Delhi residence. The lawyer, who first came to the limelight when he bought a bungalow in central Delhi for Rs 100 crore, is reputed to be well networked in legal circles. Sources in the I-T department said their search threw up documents about several other properties of the lawyer, besides his investments allegedly in shell companies. The I-T searches on the lawyer’s premises came just within a week of the closure on September 30 of the government’s income disclosure scheme, a four-month window for declaring unaccounted money. The tax department is cracking down on consultants and lobbyists. 

ADHM row: Producers meet Rajnath Singh

  A group of Bollywood producers have decided to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh this afternoon, in the wake of the continuous threats to disrupt the screening of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil after it releases on October 28. After the meeting, filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt – the president of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India said the home minister had assured them 100% support. “Rajnath Singh assured us 100% support and that he will convey to CM to maintain law and order,” Bhatt was quoted as saying. “Rajnath Singh said he will speak to chief minister of every state and that Ae Dil Hai Mushkil will release without any violence or issue,” Bhatt added. The film – which stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan – ran into a storm of protests after nationalist groups, an umbrella organization of single-screen threatres and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena said they won’t let any movie featuring Pakistani artistes get screened in Indian cinemas.

TS ACB has not sought any order from court

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, the high court of Hyderabad has been informed by the Telangana State ACB that, any order from ACB court had not been sought by it for a new investigation in cash-for-vote case. Stay has been granted and brief facts were sought by Justice T Sunil Chowdary while hearing to the petition which has been filed by the chief minister Chandrababu Naidu with regard to the mentioned case. The judge, who was urged by Mr Naidu’s counsel to postpone the case to Thursday, said that the High Court would deal with the petition on 27th of October.    

MIPs must be completed by the year 2017

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, the officials were directed by the Irrigation Minister of Telangana, Mr T Harish Rao, to finish the medium sized pending projects which are related to irrigation by the end of the coming year 2017. While addressing a meeting the minister along with the senior officials of the irrigation department discussed the plan for facilitating irrigation to the Rabi Crop Season and reviewed the water availability in 36 medium sized and 15 major projects.

Security breach; Banks block 3.2 Million debit cards

  Major banks in India will either replace or ask users to change the security codes of as many as 3.2 million debit cards in what's emerging as one of the biggest ever breaches of financial data in India. Of the cards, 2.6 million are said to be on the Visa and Master-Cardplatform and 600,000 on the RuPay platform. While State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to reissue debit cards to six lakh customers who had used their cards at suspect networks, other banks are asking customers to change their ATM PIN. They are also blocking international transactions that can be conducted without PIN. The fraudsters were able to steal information by way of malware introduced to Hitachi Payment Services, which provides ATM and point of sale services. Sources said similar attacks had occurred at the National Payments Corporation and HDFC Bank. However, HDFC Bank and NPCI said that they had not experienced any specific ransom malware threat. Axis Bank has hired EY to investigate the cyber attack that it had experienced.

Lay 4-lane roads on all sides of Yadadri

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, the officials were directed by the chief minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao to provide facilities and to provide accommodation for one lakh devotees for one single day at Laxmi Narismha Swamy Temple, Yadadri. The place was visited and the works related to ongoing renovation have been inspected by KCR who directed the temple authorities to build 4-lane roads on all the four sides of Yadadri and to develop flora so as to meet the demand of flowers near the temple premises.  

‘BJP is using surgical strikes as a tool’

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, Mr Digvijay Singh, the general secretary of AICC, in an event which has been organized in the city, alleged, “The Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janatha Party are using surgical strikes as a tool to gain political mileage”. MR Singh also said, “BJP has changed the definition of the word “Secularism” in such a way that it suits the communal agenda of the party”, adding “BJP’s attitude is that if anyone opposes them, then they will be termed as anti-nationals”.

RSS meet will be held at HYD from?

  Hyderabad: The national executive council meetings of Rashitriya Swayamsevak Sangh would be conducted from 23rd of October in the city of Hyderabad for three consecutive days at a place which is not far away from Ghatkesar. Key resolutions would be deliberated and would be passed by the top brass of RSS on literacy and on security with regard to the nation which includes the recent developments of India as well as Pakistan. The General Secretary and Sarsanghachalak of RSS will be taking part in the meeting along with 400 other delegates according to the sources.

National Kabaddi player's wife commits suicide

  Wife of a national-level kabaddi player, who also represents a franchise in the Pro-Kabaddi League, allegedly hung herself from a ceiling fan at her home in west Delhi on Monday night. Twenty-seven-year-old Lalita, wife of Rohit Kumar, was found hanging at her home in Nangloi, police said. She had married Rohit Kumar, who represents Bengaluru Bulls in the Pro-Kabaddi League, on March 16, a senior police officer said. It was a love marriage and her second marriage. Her father-in-law used to taunt her about getting married for the second time, police said. A suicide note was found in her room, in which she has blamed her husband of torturing her, police will be scanning its content. "She has made a number of allegations in her video message and her note. She alleged that her in-laws and Rohit used to mentally and physically harass her. They would even make dowry demands," said a senior police officer. A senior police officer said her parents gave their statement in front of the SDM and alleged that their daughter was harassed by her husband and in-laws. "A case was registered under sections 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 304(B) (dowry death)," said the officer.

RS 175 Crore is sought by Bandaru

  Hyderabad: The Central Government was urged by the Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minster, to release an amount of RS 175 Crore to the University of Osmania, which is going to hold its hundredth anniversary in the coming year i.e., in 2017. A Memorandum has been submitted to Prakash Javadekar, the human resource and development minister, on Tuesday by the Union Minister who said, “Steps must be taken so as to improve the infrastructure facilities in one of the largest universities of the state in the country”.

TG is quizzed over the rates of the land

Hyderabad: The government of Telangana has been asked by the High Court of Hyderabad if the state has revised the market rates of the lands according to the guidelines before the issuance of notifications which have been made to purchase land. While dealing with a petition which has been filed by M Kodanda Reddy, the Ex congress MLA, Hyderabad High Court’s division bench constituting Justice A Shankar Narayana and Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan directed the government to provide an explanation with regard to the same by the end of next week. 

Illinois and Telangana sign an MoU

  Hyderabad: A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the governments of Telangana and Illinois in the United States so as to interact and collaborate in different fields with the help of expertise sharing. The agreement has been signed in Chicago by Mr Hardik Bhatt, the State chief information officer and secretary of Illinois Innovation and Technology, and Mr Arvind Kumar, the principal secretary of Industries and Commerce, at an event, which was attended by the consul-general of India, Dr Ausaf Sayeed and K T Rama Rao, the IT minster of Telangana.

HC puts Puvvada’s society works on hold

Hyderabad: On Tuesday, Mamata Educational Society’s management, which is located in Khammam and which is owned by Puvvada Ajay Kumar, an MLA of TRS, was directed by the Hyderabad High Court not to construct on the land, which was regularized by the government of the state, for 3 weeks. A petition, which was filed daring the construction that was taking place on a regularized land by Sudhakar Rao Mandadapu, was being dealt by the division bench of Hyderabad High Court which has put the society works of an MLA of TRS on hold.

TTDs’ funds are questioned by PIL

  Hyderabad: On Tuesday, public interest litigation has been admitted by the High Court of Hyderabad daring Tirumala Tirupati Devanstanams’ action for not depositing the endowment administration fund’s under assessed contribution. Notices were issued to both the governments and to Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam and they were asked by a division bench of the High Court constituting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice A Shankar Narayana to file a written statement confirmed by affirmation.

Suspicious Drone spotted by Pilot in Mumbai

  An Indigo flight pilot spotted a suspicious drone minutes before landing at the Mumbai domestic airport. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) control room informed the airport police that at around 5. 55 pm, IndiGo flight 6E-755 pilot Asish Ranjan saw a drone some 100 feet below the plane at Kurla during landing. Ashish Ranjan, pilot of Indigo Airlines flight 6E-755 from Dehradun, told authorities that he spotted a drone some 100 metres below the aircraft on Kurla side, while landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at around 7.30 PM. The pilot alerted the Area Traffic Control (ATC), who contacted the police. The information was forwarded to the Intelligence Bureau, Anti-Terrorism Squad, Special Branch of police and Crime Branch, a police officer said. Currently, drone flying is banned in India.

September 2016 was the hottest ever: NASA

  According to data released on Monday by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, this past month was the warmest September in the 136 years since record-keeping began for this kind of data. According to the 2014 National Climate Assessment, a report compiled by a team of more than 300 experts, temperatures have increased at the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere and in the oceans over recent decades, while snow and ice cover have decreased. Sea levels are rising, season lengths are changing and "increasing trends in extremes of heat and heavy precipitation events" have been been observed globally, according to the NCA's report. The string of temperature records brings global warming close to the 2°C (3.6°F) level of warming that scientists warn could lead to the worst effects of climate change. In February, the global temperatures were 1.2°C (2.2°F) higher than average.The Nasa figures are calculated using publicly available information from about 6,300 weather stations around the world, including ships and buoys that measure the temperature of the sea.