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Who is behind Kavuri’s attack on Congress?

Former Union Minister Kavuri Sambha Siva Rao has recently attacked and criticized Congress party with his comments. The reason behind the criticism is not known and it has become a hot topic in Andhra Pradesh’s politics. Samba Siva Rao earlier criticized Chandrababu Naidu after joining Bharatiya Janatha Party. He changed his voice recently. Congress has become his major target at the moment. With the help of his comments it could be said that, Congress is the main reason for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. According to the sources, Kavuri’s prominence has been increased in the recent years and BJP is using him to degrade the Congress party. BJP is the main reason behind all the comments which were made by Kavuri, said the sources.   

‘I won’t go again and again’: AP CM

On Thursday, Chandra Babu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh made interesting comments by saying that, he informed Modi that he wouldn’t be going to Delhi again and again. He said that, he would visit the secretariat’s chamber on the occasion Dusshera, adding that, he would review the works of Polavaram project every Monday. The CM also said that, the government was planning to complete the works of the Polavaram project by 2018, adding that, he had requested the Prime Minister to provide the benefits that should be received by the state under the law of bifurcation.      

Bihar Govt challenges Shahbuddin’s bail in SC

The Bihar government on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of RJD strongman Mohammed Shahbuddin’s bail. Shahabuddin, a former lawmaker of Lalu Yadav's RJD or Rashtriya Janata Dal, walked out of jail last weekend after 11 years. He faces 40 criminal cases including murder, kidnapping and extortion. The 49-year-old was jailed in 2005 when Nitish Kumar first came to power, ending the RJD and Lalu Yadav's 15-year rule. An embarrassed JD(U) leadership was forced to clarify that RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav do not share Shahabuddin’s view on Nitish. Party sources said that the chief minister has also expressed displease at Shahabuddin’s comments. The Siwan native, Chandrakeshwar Prasad, has alleged that three of his sons were murdered by the criminal convict. Chandrakeshwar's lawyer Prashant Bhushan told the Supreme Court that that the Patna High Court made a mistake releasing Shahabuddin from jail. Bhushan said that a free and fair trial wouldn't be possible with the history-sheeter, that is, Shahabuddin, out on bail. "Witnesses won't depose against Shahabuddin out of fear," Bhushan told the Supreme Court. "I didn't ask for 'chanda' (donation) as Shahabuddin is saying, I'm asking for government help," Chandrakeshwar said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had yesterday demanded the immediate arrest of Shahabuddin and accused the former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) parliamentarian of being the main conspirator in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.

Cong loses in Arunachal Pradesh again

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday staged a dramatic exodus of Congress lawmakers and joined a BJP ally, leaving only one member with the ruling party.“We have all decided to and joined the PPA today (Friday) morning in the larger interest of Arunachal Pradesh. Since the PPA is already part of NEDA, we think that is the best option to work for the larger interest and overall development of the state,” Arunachal Pradesh deputy chief minister Chowna Mein. PPA chairperson Kameng Ringu said the Congress MLAs joining his party was waiting to happen. "It is a homecoming after a temporary exile," Ringu told reporters after the surprising political development in Arunachal Pradesh. The Congress has 44 legislators in the house of 60. The only Congress MLA who has not defected is former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki. Asked for the reasons behind the development, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein said that for a resource-starved state like Arunachal, it is necessary to be with a bigger party to get more development funds from the Centre. However, Mr. Tuki, who was out of the station, could not be contacted for his comments. The PPA had ruled the State for a brief period from March 3 to July 13 this year under Pul. Earlier the PPA had formed the government in 1979 when Tomo Riba was the Chief Minister. Mr. Riba, who took oath on September 18, 1979, ruled the State for 46 days before being deposed on November 3, 1979.

Cracks wide open in UP SP political scene

Cracks seemed to be visible out there in the open in the Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi party political scene ahead of the much anticipated poll season coming up. After a high-level drama for five days in the Yadav clan, the family reached a truce today. Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today downplayed the ongoing feud between his son Akhilesh and brother Shivpal. Addressing the media Mulayam said, "Samajwadi Party is a family, there canonot be a division till I am alive." He said, "It is elections time, we should all come together and work. There is no fight between Ramgopal Yadav, Akhilesh & Shivpal." He said, "Every father and son duo faces issues. There is no rift. But there is fault of our people as well, who spoke to media." Akhilesh had earlier said that "some people" had a problem with him since he was the chief minister, a statement that Shivpal refused to let go unquestioned.  "The UP CM's chair is such that one becomes egoistic. But one should not be egoistic," he told reporters in the evening. He also sought to shield controversial SP leader Amar Singh whom both Akhilesh and Mulayam's cousin Ram Gopal Yadav had insinuated as the reason for the flare up.

Davis Cup:Upset stomach forces Nadal out against India

In a big upset to the tennis loving crowd in Delhi, Rafeal Nadal pulled out of the Davis Cup match against India just an hour before the match. Rafael Nadal has pulled out of Spain's Davis Cup World Group playoff tie vs India due to a stomach bug. He will be replaced by Feliciano Lopez in the singles rubber.  If Nadal, the 14-time Grand Slam winner, recovers on time, he could play the reverse singles against Saketh Myneni on Sunday. There was huge anticipation about Nadal playing in India, and that too in a Davis Cup match. The RK Khanna Tennis Complex stands were also expected to be packed due to his presence. But the sudden development will affect the crowds turnout it seems. The second singles of the tie will be between Saketh Myneni and world number 13 David Ferrer, according to the draw announced by the International Tennis Federation yesterday. India and Spain have locked horns thrice so far in Davis Cup with the European nation leading the head-to-head record 2-1. The last time India played Spain was as far back as 1965 when they lost the away tie 2-3. The pulling out of Nadal, a 14-time Grand Slam singles winner, is a huge dampener for the tennis fans in the Capital who turned up in huge numbers to watch the Spaniard in action.  

Four children drowned in a tank

HYDERABAD: On Thursday, four children died in a catastrophic incident that took place at Kandukur Mandal, which belongs to Ranga Reddy district. 13 year old Shiva, 14 year old Bunny, 13 year old Srujan and 14 year old Shilpa drowned in 20-feet-deep Poredi Kunta. The police as well as the locals rushed immediately and fished out the bodies from the tank. According to P Narayana- the assistant commissioner of police, a boy who was passing by the tank saw the children drowning and alerted the locals. The commissioner said that, the Police joined the locals to search the children who were drowning and after four hours of effort they found their bodies, adding that, none of them knew swimming.

‘It is not possible to shift all the files’

HYDERABAD: Government of Telanaga recently announced that it is going to increase the number of districts in the state to 27 from 10. The Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandra Shekar Rao following the proposed plan ordered that the police department and the revenue department offices should commence their operations on the first day of the formation of the new districts. The police and the revenue department official with regard to the commencement of the departments’ operations said that, it was not possible to shift all the files to the new districts, revenue divisions and mandal offices within a short period of time. A joint collector, who is also involved in the process, said that, each district had about five to ten lakh revenue records and it would take three to four months to segregate, to provide index numbers and to transport the files that belong to the newly proposed districts.

We don’t want to repeat the mistake: AP AG

  HYDERABAD: On Thursday, Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Durga Prasad Rao were told by Dammalapati Srivinas, the Advocate General that, they were looking for an agency that could convert the green fields in the capital region into modern metropolis, when Andhra Pradesh urged the high court to allow a world class agency to build Amaravati, which is going to be the capital of AP. They don’t want to repeat the mistakes that were committed by those who built Naya Raipur, Chandigarh, etc. that had remained mere administrative areas with no facilities that could attract and retain people, particularly from trade and commerce, the Advocate General added.

Nayeem was helped by the Sub registrar

HYDERABAD: Telangana Police are currently concentrating on the officials of the government who worked with the gangster Nayeem. The Police recently interrogated an official from the registration and stamps department. Nalgonda police, after interrogating Nayeem’s family members and his associates, and after the evaluation of the records of the land that are in their possession, said that, a senior employee from the sub registrar office played a vital role in helping the slain renegade Maoist. The senior employee has been taken into custody and has been interrogated by the cops for 2 days. The Bhongir police official said that, during the process of the interrogation, the employee confessed that he had worked for the Maoist who used to pay him Rs. 50,000 for each deal and that the gang members threatened him when he refused to obey the orders of the gangster.

TG pays premium on the insurance of crop

  HYDERABAD: The government of Telangana, in order to help the farmers as well as the insurance companies, decided to pay the premium on the insurance of the crop on behalf of the peasants in a single DD. On Thursday, some of the ministers of the government have met so as to analyze the situation of the agriculture insurance in the state. T Harish Rao – the irrigation minister, Pocharam Srinivas reddy – the Agriculture minister and C Laxma Reddy – the health minister attended the meeting and discussed about the premium amount that has to be paid by the farmers to the insurance companies which were later asked by the ministers to submit the details of the premium amount within two weeks.      

CEO of Patanjali is 25th richest Indian

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali's CEO Acharya Balkrishna, has officially become one of the richest Indian.  According to the Hurun India Rich List 2016, 44 year old Acharya’s wealth amounted to a whopping Rs 25,600 crore (approximately $3.9 billion). Patanjali Ayurved, a fast growing FMCG whose net sales for the financial year 2015-16 stood at Rs 5,000 crore, is a household name now. Balkrishna holds as much as 94% of the company’s shares and does not take any salary. Balkrishna Suvedi, popularly known as Acharya Balkrishna who is supposed to be a close aide of the yoga guru is the brain behind Patanjali’s success. But his billionaire status doesn’t come without controversies around his Indian citizenship and his education. His high school and Sanskrit degrees from Sampurna Nand Sanskrit University, allegedly do not exist on records. Balakrishna who was born to Nepalese parents who later migrated to India. He heads 34 companies and three trusts associated with Ramdev and the Patanjali banner. Among other achievements, Patanjali interestingly claims the Acharya rediscovered the Sanjivani booti — the famed herb that rescued the life of Lakshman.

To serve Rahul Gandhi lunch; Dalits borrow food

A dalit family had to go through the trouble of borrowing food in order to serve a meal to the Vice President of Congress party, Rahul Gandhi. As a part of the Congress' campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited the Dalit community in the Bada Gaon village in Mau district. And this is where the incident occurred. A Dalit family reportedly borrowed money to prepare food for the Congress scion. The family borrowed over 10 kgs of flour from a relative's house and other food material from the neighbours in order to prepare food for Gandhi and the party workers accompanying him. Dalit card back fired on him when the Dalit at whose home Rahul and Ghulam Nabi Azad ate lunch said that he had to borrow money from his brother to buy food. Playing the Dalit card, Rahul Gandhi chose to eat lunch at a Dalit’s house in Baragaon village during his Kisan Yatra on Sunday. Rukmina Devi, wife of Swaminath Ram, served roti and potato chokha to them when they went to the Dalit's home. "Rahul ji enquired about our living and the problems we are facing. I told him that we hardly manage to meet our basic needs," Swaminth said. However, in his chat with Rahul, Swaminath left out the part about having to borrow food. Rahul Gandhi was like a God to us so we had to prepare no matter what. Will repay the debt somehow said a family member. 

Stalker kills girl in TN

S Dhanya, a 23-year-old old woman was hacked to death at her house in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Wednesday night allegedly by a man whose overtones she had turned down. According to the police, her parents had gone out when a boy who was reportedly stalking her committed the crime. Special teams are on the lookout for the accused. According to a report, Dhanya, who was already engaged to be married, was alone at home when one Zahir allegedly entered through the backdoor of the house and attacked her with a sickle after she spurned his advances. Zahir then allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison after killing Dhanya. He has been admitted to an ICU ward of a hospital in Palakkad, said the report. The distraught parents told the police that Dhanya was constantly being pestered by a 27-year-old man named Zakir. When police enquired about the said person, they found him in an unconscious position. Police immediately rushed him to the hospital where he is currently being treated. Dhanya's parents got her engaged to a youth from Kerala and the marriage was to be solemnised in October. It is learnt that Wednesday being a holiday for Onam, Dhanya’s fiancé had come to see her and they went to a nearby temple and returned home. Later that day, Dhanya’s father took ill and her parents left her in the house and went to a hospital. On returning home around 7 p.m. they were shocked to see Dhanya dead. Months ago, a Tamil Nadu man hacked to death an Infosys techie in broad daylight after she repeatedly spurned his proposals.

iPhone 6,6s India prices slashed by Rs.22000

In some good news for those who are looking to purchase an Apple iPhone soon, the company has slashed the prices of its phones in the indian market. The iPhone 6s 128GB model is now priced at Rs. 60,000, a Rs. 22,000 price cut from its earlier price of Rs 82,000. The iPhone 6s Plus 128GB in the meanwhile is now priced at Rs. 70,000, seeing the same Rs. 22,000 price drop from its Rs. 92,000 launch price. The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus now start at Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 60,000 respectively, a drop of Rs. 12,000 each compared to their launch price, and you also get double the storage at 32GB, compared to 16GB last year. Apple's 4-inch smartphone iPhone SE, which was launched in March this year, also got a price cut. The 64GB version of iPhone SE, available for Rs 49,000, will now be available at Rs 44,000. Recently, Apple's iPhone 6s was rated as the world's top-selling smartphone model in the second quarter of 2016. The US giant currently accounts for two of the three top-selling devices shipped worldwide.  The iPhone 7 Plus 32GB, 128GB and 256GB will cost Rs 72,000, Rs 82,000 and Rs 92,000 respectively, while the iPhone 7 32GB, 128GB and 256GB will be priced at Rs 60,000, Rs 70,000 and Rs 80,000 respectively. The iPhone 6s Plus 32GB version costs Rs 60,000 and the iPhone 6s 32GB storage variant costs Rs 50,000. The price cut was expected as Apple usually cuts prices of its products a few days before the launch of the new iPhone. In this case, Apple discounts come almost after a week of the launch of iPhone 7 series. Apple’s iPhone 7 will come to India on October 7.

After 5hr surgery Kejriwal not talk for few days

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday underwent a five-hour throat surgery in Bengaluru, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government said. “The surgery corrected an anatomical abnormality of his oral-pharyngeal and palatal area, which was causing small amounts of saliva to trickle into his air passages whenever his regular breathing was affected by allergy or other factors,” said a statement issued by the Narayana Health City (NHC), where the AAP chief was treated. Kejriwal's chronic cough+ has been the result of a series of anatomical abnormalities that included an enlarged tongue+ and a soft palate, along with other problems in the structure and positioning in his mouth and throat area. He was operated on Tuesday for persistent cough which has troubled him for over 40 years. "There was a restricted space for the movement of his tongue and an enlarged soft palate and uvula in relation to a slight increase in the volume of the tongue that caused kinematic problems in the function. The surgery involved correction of a significant septal spur and palato-pharyngeal (small muscle at the roof of the mouth) correction. There was repositioning of the tongue-base relationship along with the reorganisation of the chin area. The aim of the correction was functional restoration rather than that of a disease," it said. He has been advised not to talk for a couple of days and based on his recovery, further decisions will be taken.   

TG will promote sports in a big way: Mayor

HYDERABAD: On Wednesday, National Handball Championship’s poster has been revealed by Bonthu Rammohan, the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad. The championship would be held at Gachibowli Indoor stadium from 4th of October to 9th of October.  On this context, the Mayor said that the state government was determined to promote sports in a big way and would not be found wanting in supporting any genuine talent. The number of incentives given by the chief minister of Telangana not just to the outstanding achievers but also to the needy youngsters was a reminder of the commitment of the government, he added.

Madhapur CCS arrested three offenders

HYDERABAD: On Wednesday, an interstate burglary gang was busted and three offenders were arrested by the investigators of Madhapur Central Crime Station. Karada Prashantha Kumar from Patna, Premamnad Pradhan from Gajnam and Panigrahi Sushant Kumar from Gajapathi were arrested by the Police. Over 100 offences had been committed by the gang since 2014 at LB Nagar, Kukataplly, Chaitanyapuri, Humayun Nagar, Bowenpally, Saroor Nagar, KPHB, Vanasthalipuram and Punjagutta - Hyderabad, and at MVP Colony, Arilova and Dwaraka Nagar - Vishakapatnam. The accused were arrested at SR Nagar by the cops who also recovered a Maruti Alto, Rs. 8 Lakh worth gold and six cell phones from them.

‘GHMC fails to provide quality material’

HYDERABAD: On Wednesday evening, heavy rains were seen by several parts of Telangana and Hyderabad, because of which many people got stranded. The commuters have complained about the ditches as well as potholes on the roads of the city, which remain the same on the next day even after complaining. However, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s contractors played the regular blame game when questioned about the unrepaired roads. When the General Secretary of the Contractors Association of GHMC R. Hanumath Sagar was asked about the roads, he said that the GHMC failed to provide them with the right kind of material as prescribed by the central government.