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Spicejet overshot the runway at Tirupati

On Saturday night, SpiceJet flight 1047, which was carrying 78 persons from Hyderabad to Tirupati including the ex-Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy and the crew, has overshot the runway of Tirupati airport.  Nobody got injured in the accident and all the passengers have been evacuated by the security and airport personnel safely.Anam, the TDP leader and the former Minister said that, they didn’t know that the plane overshot the runway. The aircraft came to a sudden halt with a thud and it was a miraculous escape as none of the passengers were injured, he said adding that, there were many women and children in the aircraft.

Report to work at Amaravati by Sep 19: AP

HYDERABAD: AP’s employees in Hyderabad were directed by its government to report to work at Amaravati, which is going to be the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, by 19th of September and complete the relocation by the end of the month. The government of the state would start functioning from the interim complex of the government, which is located at Velagapudi Village, from first of October.U Murali Krishna, the president of AP Secretariat Employees’ Association informed that, 50 percent of the employees had been shifted to Vijayawada as well as Guntur and the remaining staff would shift by the end of the month.

Modi is responsible for everything?

Publicity- Human beings would go to any extent in order to gain publicity. We have many examples to prove that people spend huge amount of money to gain it. From normal indiviuals to VIPs, everyone wants to be the center of attraction. Some people say what they do and some do what they say. Politicians feel that saying is more important even if they are doing it or not. Kejirwal’s Aam Aadmi party belongs to the same category. AAP spent huge amount of money on advertisements after Kejirwal became the chief minister of Delhi. The party spent Rs. 80 crore in the first year and spent Rs. 500 Crore in the previous year for advertisements, most of which have been broadcasted outside of the state. Ajay Makan, the chief of Delhi congress with regard to the amount spent by AAP criticized the party by saying that, Delhi’s government is not having enough money to increase the salary of sanitation employees, but, it is having huge amount of money to spend on the advertisements. He also filed a petition with regard to the advertisements in Supreme Court, to which SC responded and ordered the Central government to conduct investigation on the advertisements of AAP with the help of a committee. The committee is going to report the details of the amount spent on advertisement and is going to report whether the advertisements are according to the Supreme Court’s guidelines or not. If it violates Supreme Court’s guidelines AAP must pay the amount spent on the advertisements to the government. AAP on the contrary claimed that, BJP is taking revenge on their party and as a part of it the committee has been appointed. AAP also accused that BJP is supporting the Centre so as to defame their party. Whereas, the Centre on the contrary followed Supreme Court’s order and appointed the committee.  After looking at the whole situation it could be said that AAP doesn’t know how to rule the government. The party didn’t do anything beneficial for the people so far and is investing on advertisements so as to deviate the public. AAP wouldn’t receive any votes from the Delhi citizens as the ruling party hasn’t done anything to the people. Therefore, it could be summarized that the party has spent huge amount of money so as to gain strength in the north as well as in the south.  There is nothing wrong in broadcasting the advertisements of the party, but, AAP shouldn’t have used the people’s money to do it. If the appointed committee reports the details, the reputation of the party would diminish. So therefore, AAP is trying to claim that the Central government and Narendra Modi are responsible for the whole situation to happen. 

3 Guinness world records at Modi's birthday events

Yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 66th birthday andthe entire nation wished him in their own special ways. In one such case the prime Minister's birthdayevents set three Guinness world records. Atul Bakery has joined forces with Shakti Foundation, an NGO working for the empowerment of rural women, and prepared a 7-foot tall cake that weighs a total of 3750 kilograms. “Ours will be above 8 feet and it may go to up to 12 feet too weighing 2 tonne to 2.5 tonne. We have already taken pre-approval and guidelines of the same from Guinness Team,” the report quoted Sonal Rochani, co-founder of Shakti Foundation as saying. The giant cake will by mentally challenged and underprivileged girls in presence of more than 5,00 other women at the Maliba Party plot at Vesu, Surat.  The cake, which was made by a set of 30 chefs, seeks to honour both, PM Modi and his Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign. In another event thousands of differently-abled participants on their wheelchairs have created a new world record. The eventheld at Gujarat's Navsari saw the biggest ever logo made by the 'Divyang' participants on wheelchairs which has made its way to the Guinness World Record. The logo read, "Happy Birthday PM". Another record attempt will be made by providing hearing aids to 1,000 hearing-impaired persons.  The Gujarat state government, which will organise the grand celebration, will distribute 17,000 kits among 11,223 differently-abled people. 

‘TRS is most corrupt in the country’.

WARANGAL: On Saturday, Amith Shah, the President of Bharatiya Janatha party labeled that Telangana Rashtra Samithi was most corrupt in the country. He addressed a rally yesterday that has been conducted by BJP at Hanmakonda for celebrating Telanagana Liberation Day.Shah’s guns were trained by him on the Chief Minister of Telangana for not celebrating the occasion officially. KCR has been charged by Shah with being ‘scared’ of Asauddin Owasi, the President of MIM. The BJP president stated, “KCR ji, it is not Owasi who made you chief minister, but the people of Telangana”.

Identify and fill all permanent posts: HC

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh has been asked by the Hyderabad High court to follow the existing system of out sourcing its tasks in the government hospitals. The court said that, the batch of cases relating to the outsourced employees in the public health sector portrays the grim picture and consequences of globalization.A Ramalingeshwar Rao, the Justice of Hyderabad’s High Court said that, the services of nursing and paramedical staff cannot be outsourced according to Article 21 of the constitution and directed the state to identify all the permanent posts and fill them up through the regular channels under the Andhra Pradesh state and Subordinate Service Rules. 

Jealous father kills 21 month cancer survivor daughter

  21-month-old baby girl, Maddox, was brutally killed by her father all due to jealousy that she has been receiving a lot of attention than him. Maddox had spent the last year with cancer and beat the disease into submission. Prosecutors say Lawrence may have killed his daughter because he was jealous over the attention she'd received from her cancer diagnosis. Ryan Lawrence, 25, was arrested two days after he abducted his little girl, leaving a message for his wife saying that he might harm her or himself, police said. “Ryan, if you're listening, please just bring Maddox home,” Maddox’s mom, Morgan Lawrence, tearfully pleaded after her daughter was taken. “Maddox, I love you honey. Ryan, please, just at least call.” Lawrence admitted in court to beating his daughter to death with a wooden baseball bat before burning her body in a fire pit and then tying her remains to a cinder block and dumping them in the water. Maddox's mother, Morgan Lawrence, told police her husband was supposed to pick her up from her job at the Destiny USA shopping mall the night of February 20 but instead left the car and keys for her in a parking lot.

Students throw Ink on Health Minister

  Unhappy with the lack of infrastructure at the medical institution, the students of AIIMS, Bhopal, registered their protest by throwing ink at Union Health Minister JP Nadda. The more than 50 medical students had gathered in protest, and the police had to use mild force to disperse them as they tried to block the health minister’s car. Two girls were injured by official car carrying the union health minister as the later tried to evade protests by medical students on Saturday. One of the wheels of the vehicle carrying health minister ran over the foot of the two medical students.   One of them later fainted on the spot. Both the injured were rushed to AIIMS Bhopal hospital for treatment. The injured were identified as Ijya Pandey and Anjali Krishna and are third year MBBS students. The incident took place at the entrance of the medical college. Nadda was on his first visit to the institute. AIIMS, Bhopal, despite its reputation, has not been able to provide students with basic facilities. In the past few years, several ministers have visited the institution and promised better facilities and infrastructure. However, the promises remain unfulfilled.

Dhoni shares his experience about his biopic

  In a media integration to promote a biopic on him, Indian Cricket ODI captain MS Dhoni said that he wanted the biopic on him to show his journey, the inherent struggles in “decision making processes” rather than “glorify him” and that’s precisely what Mahendra Singh Dhoni told film’s director Neeraj Pandey during the conceptual phase of ‘MS Dhoni-The Untold Story’. "One thing I told Pandey (director Neeraj) is that this movie should not be to glorify me. It's about the journey of a professional sportsperson and that's what it should depict.” he said.  He also said that it was slightly difficult for him to narrate his story to the filmmaker. "All those things that had happened became fresh in my memory - from where I lived, how my school was, where we played.   I went blank. It was nice to be in the past for a moment and you get a view of what others think about me. I have never talked to my parents about cricket and it was nice to get a glimpse of what they really thought about me.” He further added, "I was a little worried when initially the concept of the movie came but once we were in, I was not worried about it as I was just narrating my side of the story.” Asked if he could have played the character himself, Dhoni smiled and said that acting is “very difficult job which should be left to the actors, who know what to do“. He said working as a TTE (Train Ticket Examiner) at Kharagpur railway station (in Bengal) toughened him up and made him a better person.

Celebrities wish PM Modi as he turns 66 today

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be turning 66 years today, began his birthday, as he does every year, with a visit to his mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar to seek her blessings. PM went to his mother's residence without the carcade or any officials. He greeted locals on his way home. With a packed schedule ahead in Gujarat today, the Prime Minister had reached his mother's home by 7.15 am and spent about half an hour there. Heeraben Modi, 97, offered the PM a special sweet she had made for him and they chatted for a while before the PM touched her feet and left. He later tweeted pictures of the meeting and said - "A mother's love and blessings are the elixir of life." This is the PMs third visit in recent times to Gujarat, where Assembly elections are due next year.   While his fans are showering their love for him on social networking sites like Twitter, celebrities were not left behind as big names from various fields conveyed their wishes to the Prime Minister. #HBDPradhanSewak is trending since morning and people are wishing the prime minister in different ways like making collages of his photos or sharing his videos on Twitter. Amitabh Bachchan has written virtually a poem reminiscing how he was left surprised by Narendra Modi's warmth after every meeting with him since 2009 and why he was not surprised when Modi became the Prime Minister. Aamir Khan has hoped that the coming year be more memorable for Modi than the earlier ones. Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry has recollected how he got a lesson in leadership during his first meeting with Modi in 2012. 

BCCI gives in; invites Azharuddin For India's 500th Test

  Mohammad Azharuddin was imposed a life ban for his alleged involvement in match-fixing when the scandal first broke out in 2000. While Azhar had been acquitted by the court, the BCCI has so far avoided inviting him for official events. In a departure from BCCI's earlier stand, the parent body has extended an invitation to Mohammed Azharuddin for the Indian cricket team's historic 500th Test match and the former captain has accepted it. The upcoming match against New Zealand at Kanpur will mark India’s 500th game in the traditional format. Asked about Azhar being extended invitation, senior BCCI functionary Rajeev Shukla said that he saw nothing wrong in it. "He is also a former India captain," Shukla said. "Sachin, Vengsarkar, Srikkanth and Azhar have confirmed that they would come for felicitation.   Ajit Wadekar has informed board that he is not keeping well and won't be able to attend," UPCA secretary Shukla said. Former captains including the likes of Nari Contractor, Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag are expected to make it to the Green Park stadium. Present India A’ coach Rahul Dravid, and senior team coach Anil Kumble are also likely to come for the event.

Trump hints at Clinton's assassination again

  “Take their guns away!” Donald Trump demanded to loud cheers during a section of the speech, referring to Hillary Clinton's bodyguards . A speech in which he said his rival wanted to “destroy your second amendment” and he accused Clinton of “arrogance and entitlement”. He said, “I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons,” said Trump. “I think they should disarm immediately. What do you think? Yes? Take their guns away. She doesn’t want guns. Take them. Let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away, OK, It will be very dangerous".   Last month at a rally in North Carolina, Trump implied that gun rights supporters could potentially stop Clinton from appointing someone to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace deceased Justice Antonin Scalia. "Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment," he said. "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know." Both candidates have been protected by the Secret Service for months, but Trump's latest take on Clinton's security detail brought swift denunciations, particularly from Clinton allies.

Navy's guided missile destroyer launched in Mumbai

  Mormugao, an indigenously built warship equipped with a range of high-tech missiles was launched in Mumbai on Saturday. the vessel has been built by government-run Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) and belongs to Visakhapatnam class of ships being constructed under Project 15B. Mazgaon Dockyard priest Shri Puranik performed the mandatory pooja and blessed the ship. The launch ceremony was attended by Admiral S Lanba CNS and Mrs Reena Lanba along with other dignitaries. Mormugao is the second destroyer of the Project 15B. The first destroyer, INS Visakhapatnam, was launched in 2015.   The Indian navy aims to take the level of indigenisation in this project to 68%, from the current 66%. This project is in continuation of the 15A, under which the INS Kolkata and INS Delhi class of warships were built. In 2011, the government had sanctioned four 15B ships at the cost of Rs 29,700 crore. Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba’s wife Reena launched the bedecked ship at a function at Mazagaon Docks at noon. The vessel is yet to undergo certain testings required by Indian Navy. In one year, the Indian Navy has inducted five ships into its fleet, including three warships. Vice Admiral G S Pabby said that their target is to have 212 ships in its fleet by 2027.

Rohit Sharma & Rahane receive Arjuna Award

  Indian Cricketers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, who have been named in the Indian team for the three-Test series against New Zealand, beginning on 22 September on friday were given the Arjuna Award by the Sports Minister Vijay Goel at a function held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Friday. Rahane and Rohit could not earlier receive the Arjuna Awards from the President of India, as they were participating in international tournaments. Speaking on the occasion, Goel said that while there’s no doubt that cricket is among the most popular games in India, the current government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to promote other sports as well. He said the recent success of the country’s athletes at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has made every Indian proud.   The Arjuna Awards, instituted in 1961, are given to sportspersons for consistently outstanding performance for four years preceding the year of award and who have also shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. The awardees are given a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dressand award money of Rs.5 lakh. Rahane is currently the vice-captain of the Indian Test side with Virat Kohli at the helm of the affairs.  Team India coach Anil Kumble and few other cricketers congratulated them for this honour.

26 have been arrested for harassing women

HYDERABAD: 26 people were nabbed and were arrested by the SHE teams for harassing women during the immersion of the Ganesh idols that took place across the city. The arrested include seven minors, six students and an airport employee. Decoy police caught seven at Secunderabad, three minors at Lakdikapool, three at Tankbund, three at Lumbini Park, one at Amberpet, five others and three students at Old City and one at Telugu Talli fly over.  The accused were arrested and were charged by the cops for creating nuisance and the authorities would produce them in the court soon.

NIA slaps 5-year-jail on an LeT operative

  HYDERABAD: On Friday, NIA special court in Bangalore sentenced a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative from Hyderabad to five year imprisonment for conceiving collusion to kill politicians, police personnel and journalists, who belong to the right wing, from Bangalore, Hubli, Nanded and Hyderabad. A B.com student from Hyderabad, Obaid Ur Rehman and some others have been convicted by the NIA special court, which is located at Bangalore, for conducting reconnaissance, identifying the leaders in the city, who belong to the right wing, and for sharing the details of the same with the members of the gang to eliminate them.

A student from UoH committed suicide

  HYDERABAD: On Saturday, Hyderabad Police said that Praveen, a student from University of Hyderabad committed suicide during the early hours of the day. The police made preliminary inquiries which indicated that Praveen was found hanging to the ceiling in his room by the students of L Block on the campus of University of Hyderabad. Around 4 AM in the morning the Resident Medical Officer of the campus has been alerted by the students who found Praveen. The RMO along with other staff members rushed to the room and shifted him to the hospital where he was declared dead by the doctors. Gachibowli Inspector Ramesh said that the reasons behind the death were not yet known.

Make sure that the saplings survive: TG CM

  HYDERABAD: On Friday, the Chief Minister of Telangana with regard to the delay in the implementation of Haritha Haram programme informed officials that, neglecting the programme would not be taken lightly. KCR reviewed the tree plantation programme’s progress and said to the officials that, efficient steps must be taken to make sure that the saplings survive. The officials, who gave the information about the number of saplings which have to be planted this year, were asked by the CM to use press water tankers and idle fire engines to water the plants. Furthermore, he added that he would pay attention to Haritha Haram programme and would study the implementation of the same during the districts’ inspection tours.

Animal enclosures are flooded with water

  HYDERABAD: On Friday evening, almost all the animal enclosures in the Nehru Zoological Park where flooded with water due to the heavy downpour in many areas of the city. B-complex syrup has been administered and oral antibiotics were added in animal feeds by the authorities soon after the animals showed the signs of illness. Shivani Dogra, the Zoo curator said that, the current situation was a result of the lack of adequate number of water outlets. They need to build vents with larger outlets and at the moment, the large volume of water coming in from the tank doesn’t get channeled, she said adding that, the animals would be allowed access to the display area as currently there was a danger of them falling sick after drinking dirty water.