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Sushma Helps A Son to Attend His Father's Funeral

  A woman from Karnal, who had just lost her husband, urged Sushma Swaraj on Twitter to help her son in the US get an Indian visa. Despite it being a holiday, Sushma Swaraj not only replied to her but also made sure that this issue was resolved at the earliest. On Tuesday morning, Sarita Takru whose husband died the day before, tweeted to the minister asking for her help to get an Indian visa for her only son Abhai Kaul in the US, so that he could reach in time for the cremation. On noticing Takru's tweet, Swaraj asked for her son's phone number so that she could extend help. Thanks to her quick response, a son was able to get the visa in the nick of time to attend his father’s funeral. She took the matter into her own hands, and kept the mother updated about the developments. It was another one of the instances where the minister has won people's hearts for taking time out from her busy schedule to attend to indian's needs.

Co-passenger shoots a man in bus in TN

  A 25-year-old auto driver was allegedly shot dead by two armed men in broad daylight in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district on Wednesday. The police said the victim died on the spot. As the bus proceeding to Coimbatore slowed down at Padanthal Junction, the accused jumped off it and escaped. The deceased has been identified as Karuppasamy of Valluvar Nagar in Kovilpatti. Police said the government bus was going from Nagercoil to Coimbatore. Karuppsamy boarded the bus at Kovilpatti and took a ticket to Madurai. He was sitting in the rear portion of the bus. A man who was sitting near Karuppsamy took out a gun and shot him after a brief altercation. The incident happened around 11am when the bus was nearing Sattur. The police suspect that previous enmity over a murder reported under Kovilpatti East police station limits could be the motive behind daring crime.

Ajay Sarma gets UTF’s support

  Vishakhapatnam: United Teachers Federation’s support has been announced to Uttarandhra Abhivruddhi Vedika’s General Secretary Ajay Sarma A. He will be standing for the post of MLC in the coming elections which would be conducted in the month of February or March when MVS Sarma’s term expires. According to State Co President of UTF, Vijay Gowri, people who graduated before 1st of November 2013 are eligible to enroll themselves as voters till 5th of November and following the decision of the election commission fresh enrolment will be necessitated.

Shivtek Industries’ managers were arrested

  Kurnool: Shivtek Industries Private Limited’s manager and plant manager were apprehended and were charged by Kurnool Rural Police for negligence in reference with the fire mishap that took place on 8th of October in the company’s factory which is located at Gondiaparla Village. A four member committee constituting DFO Bhupal Reddy, DSP Ramana Murthy, SE Prasada Rao and RDO Raghu Babu was formed in this regard by the collector of Kurnool, Ch Vijayamohan to carry out an inquiry and to present a report for the same.  

AP forms a joint committee with ISRO

  Vishakhapatnam: The government of Andhra Pradesh wants the universities that are run by the state to use data and technology which is available with Indian Space Research Organization in their projects as well as in their research. Today the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu while addressing ISRO’s scientists’ and officials’ meeting said, “AP will form a joint committee with ISRO to trace out the ways in which universities that are run by the state can utilize the available technology and data with regard to navigation, space exploration and remote sensing”.

‘I will serve you till the end of my life’

  Hyderabad: On Tuesday, K Chandrasekhar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana inaugurated Siddipet district on the occasion of Dusshera. National flag has been hoisted and the first collectorate at Siddipet has been inaugurated by the Telanana CM. KCR on this context said that he was the son of soil and he would serve us till the end of his life, adding that, he made three promises to us i.e., bringing Godavari water, railway and forming districts; and all the three promises were being fulfilled.

2 girls & 2 boys drown in a canal

Hyderabad: Nalgonda police said that, two teenage boys and two girls who belong to the state of Andhra Pradesh died inhaling a canal’s water in the district of Nalgonda on Tuesday. A senior police official said that, all the four bodies had been retrieved and the deceased were from AP, adding “The incident took place at 9 in the morning when the four have gone to wash their clothes in a canal that is located in Nadigudem Mandal”.  

Dipa Karmakar to return BMW presented by Sachin

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who made a permanent place for herself in the Indian olympic history with a spectacular performance in the Rio Olympics 2016 was showered with gifts on her return back home. Among the gifts was a swanky BMW presented to her by Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. But reports coming in suggest that she is all set to return the BMW gifted to her by him, owing to maintenance issues. Dipa, who is the first ever female gymnast from India to have participated in Olympics, is contemplating to return the car to the original owner V Chamundeswaranath, president of the Hyderabad Badminton Association because of the high maintenance costs which come along with the luxury vehicle. Dipa and her family are facing a hard time trying to maintain such an expensive car on the narrow and broken streets of Agartala. She has been advised not to worry about maintaining the expensive gift and focus on the future challenges to come. Dipa’s coach, who spoke on her behalf in her absence said that it wasn’t just her decision a collective one by her family and him.

After report on Govt, Journalist cant leave Pak

A journalist has been barred from leaving Pakistan after his report on the alleged rift between the Government and the army. Cyril Almeida, tweeted about this development just past midnight today. Pakistan's government has imposed a travel ban on a leading journalist after he sparked an uproar by reporting that civilian officials had clashed with the military over its covert support for militants. Cyril Almeida, an assistant editor at Dawn, the country's oldest and most prestigious English daily, announced early Tuesday he had been placed on the "Exit Control List". "The participants were unanimous that the published story was clearly violative of universally acknowledged principles of reporting on national security issues and has risked the vital state interests through inclusion of inaccurate and misleading contents which had no relevance to actual discussion and facts," said an official statement.

Stop using Galaxy Note 7 phone says Samsung

Samsung has temporarily suspended production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, an official at a supplier for Samsung said Monday, amid a series of media reports that some Note 7 replacements have caught fire. A YouTube video showing an oven-gloved Burger King employee struggling with a burning Galaxy Note 7 has become a viral illustration of the crisis facing Samsung over its troubled smartphone. The video has been viewed over one million times since it was posted on the video-sharing site on Saturday, two days before Samsung announced a global halt to sales and exchanges of the Note 7. The halt is in cooperation with consumer safety regulators from South Korea, the United States and China, the official said on the condition of anonymity. "This measure includes a Samsung plant in Vietnam that is responsible for global shipments (of the Galaxy Note 7)," the official said.

India to soon have Trains with glass top coaches!

Indian Railways will soon come up with glass top coaches equipped with infotainment system, similar to that in Switzerland, which will be introduced on regular trains in Kashmir Valley and Araku Valley in Tamil Nadu. Jointly designed by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC); Research, Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), and Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Glass ceiling coaches will be operational in December this year. “Three such coaches will roll out from ICF, Perambur in December this year. The first coach will be tagged in a regular train in the Kashmir Valley while the other two will be part of some train passing through the picturesque Araku Valley (K K Line, Waltair station) on the South-Eastern Railway,” IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director Dr A K Manocha said. Giving details about the interiors of these coaches, Dham Ghaj Prasad, Group General Manager (Infrastructure), IRCTC said, "The coaches will be ultra luxurious with rotatable chairs to provide the passengers an aerial view through partly glass ceiling". Further, the coaches will have ample leg space and also equipped with modern infotainment system for the benefit of tourists, he said.   

TG CM appoints IAS officials as collectors

Hyderabad: On Monday, IAS officials’ appointment as collectors was ordered by the Chief Minister of Telangana for the districts that are new. K Chandrasekar Rao asked the collectors to take charge from Tuesday and to issue orders employing other staff. The President of TRS as well as the Chief Minister KCR at first assured 24 new districts in the election manifesto in the year 2014, but because of the pressure from citizens as well as the opposition parties, notification was issued only for 21 districts. 

Survey to be held to protect Ramannakunta

Hyderabad: Hands have been joined by three departments i.e., Revenue Department, Secunderabad Cantonment Board and Defense Estates’ Office in order to protect the hundred-year old Ramannakunta and to deal with the perils of impingments.  Sunil Nathani, the Tehasildar of Tirmulghery said that, they took up a survey after SCB CEO approached them by using electronic total station devices to fix the lake’s boundaries, adding that, the revenue department earlier used to fix full tank level and the boundaries of the lake basing on SCB maps.  

KCR is indulging in loose talk: Uttam

Hyderabad: On Monday, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, the president of state congress responded to the comments made by the Chief Minister of Telangana and said that KCR lacks political culture. Mr Uttam said that, that was not them, but KCR who was indulging in loose talk, adding that, KCR lacks political culture and he was the only CM who doesn’t like to meet people. He also said that, TRS ruling was similar to Tughlaq’s ruling and they were not against the districts which were going to be formed, but were against irrational division, adding that, peasants were in dire straits in many districts.

A teenager dies due to medical negligence

Hyderabad: On Sunday, the parents an eighteen-year old teenager protested in front of a doctor’s house cum clinic which is located at Nagole and alleged that their offspring died because of the medical negligence. V Siva, a bike mechanic went to registered medical practitioner Shankar’s clinic as he was suffering from fever. Two injections were given to Siva by Shankar and as his condition was not improved two more were administered on Saturday. As his health was deteriorating his parents admitted him into Sri Laxmi Narsimha hospital. Later on, Siva got admitted into a corporate hospital located at LB Nagar and on Sunday night he passed away while taking treatment.

A tea stall owner was nabbed for swindling

Hyderabad: A tea vendor who stays at Tirumala was on Monday caught by an SOT team for cheating people. Spiritual leader Rambhoopal Reddy Y and his disciples from Karimnagar were cheated by him for RS.18 lakh.    Several people from Hyderabad were also defrauded by the vendor who acted to be an official of Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams. He stayed in the lodges and became friends with the employees of the same. According to the sources, the victims were asked to transfer money into the lodge employees’ accounts and were promised that they would get jobs in TTD.

TG police to host a memorial run

  Hyderabad: A Memorial Run for the first police martyrs of India would be hosted and a platform for the people of the state would be created by the police of Telangana on 16th of October to communicate with the law enforcement officers. “The programme will help the citizens understand policing”, DGP Anruag Sharma said, “The cops will also conduct a 2-day exhibition for the public”, adding that, they launched a website for the same and anybody could register themselves offline or online to participate in the run. 

‘TAS - the only solution that’ll do justice’

Hyderabad: The joint collectors’ appointment in the newly formed districts or in the districts which are reorganized might cause new problems for government of the state of Telangana. The officials of Group I from the departments of Non-Revenue are upset as non- IAS background officials might be appointed by the government of Telangana because of the shortage of civil service officials. The Group I officers association’s president, Mr M Chandrashekar Goud in this regard said that Telangana Administrative Service was the only solution that’d to justice to all the officers of Group I and that were hopeful of the government of Telangana executing that in the near future.

CM appoints chairpersons to 9 undertakings

  Hyderabad: On Sunday, party loyalists of Telangana Rashtra Samithi were appointed as chairpersons by the Chief Minister of Telangana to 9 different public sector undertakings. KCR appointed Peddi Sudarshan Reddy as the State Civil Supplies Corp’s chairman, M Yadav Reddy as Kakatiya Urban Development Authority’s chairman, A Rajaiah Yadav as Sheep and Goat Development Corp’s chairman and L Kishen Rao as State Agros’ chairman from Warangal. The CM also appointed G Balamallu as the State Industrial Infrastructure Corp’s chairman, Eda Shanker Reddy as the Irrigation Development Corp’s chairman, Mandula Samuel as the Warehousing Corp’s chairman, Banda Narender Reddy as the Forest Development Corp’s chairman and A Venkateshwar Reddy as the State’s Sports Authority’s chairman.