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12,071 nominations rejected in Panchayat elections

  Since, all the political parties in the state have taken the Panchayat elections very serious, unlike previous time, huge number of nominations were filed this time and also proportionately rejected. The returning officers have rejected 12,071 nominations of Sarpanch candidates and 23,238 nominations for ward members.   Majority of the nominations were rejected for not filling the columns of the forms, rest of them due to non-submission of declaration forms related to their income, property, cast and property tax receipts etc. After scrutiny of nominations, total 1, 16,934 aspirants are remained in the Sarpanch post-race and 5, 43,208 candidates for ward member-posts.   However, the exact number of contestants will be known only after the withdrawing of nominations on 17th by the dummy candidates.

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State cabinet meeting on 19th

  The scheduled cabinet meeting which was cancelled on 12th July to enable the CM, Dy.CM and PCC President attend the core committee meeting will now be held on July 19th. During this meeting cabinet will chalk out an action plan for facing Panchayat elections. However, in wake of CM Kiran Kumar Reddy’s stand taken in favor United Andhra state, fresh problems from T-Ministers may brew in this meeting. Especially, Dy.CM. Damodara Rajanarasimha, K.Jana Reddy and other T-ministers may turn non co-operative for Kiran Kumar Reddy. They may ask him, how he expects them to seek votes in the Panchayat elections, when he argued in favor Samaikyandhra. However, Kiran Kumar may find his hands strengthened with Seemandhra Ministers supporting him. But, the split in the cabinet ministers may create embarrassing situation in the meeting and may make the job tough for CM.

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Jagan & Co remand extended till 29th

  CBI has court has extended the remand of Jagan Mohan Reddy, Gali Janardhan Reddy, Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, Vijay Sai Reddy, Srinivas Reddy, Sunil Reddy, Brahmananda Reddy till 29th of this month. The accused were presented before the court through video conference facility in the Chanchalguda jail. Former ministers Dharmana Prasada rao and Sabita Indra Reddy, who were also accused in Jagan’s disproportionate assets cases have also attended the court today, but were asked to attend the court on 29th.

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Sharmila digs at Botsa

  YSR Congress party leader Sharmila, who is passing through Vizianagaram district as a part of her ‘Maro Prasthanam’ padayatra has sharply criticized the ruling Congress government for its new liquor policy, with which it is encouraging the liquor business in the state that ruins number of families. Addressing the people at Cheepurupalli village, she said “Kiran Sarkar is not ashamed of running on the revenue generated from liquor business. It has particularly chosen Botsa Satyanarayana as its PCC Chief, who is known as kind of liquor syndicate. Congress party is making the lives of the people miserable with its decisions.”   Sharmila might have picked this particular point on liquor to criticize the state government, but she raised this point to dig at Botsa Satyanarayana in his home town. This will obviously make him to respond to her criticism.

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Gorkhaland demand surfaces again

  As afraid, the demand for separate Gorkhaland state once again surfaces on Sunday. Gorkhaland Janamukthi Morcha (GJM), which was agitating for separate state but somehow silenced by the government, has reiterated its demand on yesterday.   The GJM members, who had a meeting at Darjeeling yesterday have decided to write a letter to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde requesting to carve separate state for Gorkhaland along with Telangana.   The GJM president Bimal Gurang speaking to media has said, “We will request the Center to create separate state for us. If, it ignores our demand but grants Telangana state, then we will restart out agitations for separate state, soon after Center makes an announcement on Telangana.   This predicted development may have its impact on the Center and may discourages it from taking any favorable decision on Telangana. Even if it goes ahead and carve Telangana state, then it has Gurkhaland issue waiting for it in its backyard. So, the Gorkhaland issue may apply breaks to the Congress party on Telangana issue.

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Italian Middleman Ottavio Katrochi died

  Italian middleman Ottavio Katrochi, who was accused in Bofors deal, was died with heart attack at Milan, Italy two days ago. Katrochi, accused of managing the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for approval of Bofors deal. Rajiv was reportedly received Rs.80 crores as kickbacks in this deal. Katrochi has stayed in India until a case was filed against him in year 1993, but flees away from the country, when CBI plans for his arrest. CBI has filed a case and issued a Red Corner notice for him. Katrochi has managed to escape twice at Malaysia and Argentina. When, CBI fails to nab him even after two decades of efforts, the Delhi court has closed the cases pending against him in year 2011.   All the accused in Bofors deal-Rajiv Gandhi (Former Prime Minister), SK Bhatnagar (Former Defense Secretary), Martin Ordbo (Bofors Chairman), Vin Chaddah (Agent) and now Katrochi were died. The lone survivors in this case Hindujas were freed from this case in year 2009 by the court. Hence, the Bofors case was closed without bringing anyone to book, even after spending crores of rupees on investigation and legal proceedings.

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Mayawati ready to support Telangana bill

  BSP Chief Kum.Mayawati, who has been demanding for division of her Uttar Pradesh state into 4 states, obviously supports Telangana state formation. She said “If, the UPA introduces a bill on Telangana issue in Parliament, our party will support it. She, who recently declared that she too is in PM race, has sharply criticized her rival contender Narendra Modi for picking-up Ayodhya Ram Temple issue with political intentions. She said the law and order situation in UP state went out of control of Akhilesh Yadav’s government. Hence, she demands for imposing President’s rule on the state.   Mayawati, who lost to Akhilesh Yadav led Samjwadi Party in the last elections, is very desperate to return to power. But, since there are no elections in the vicinity, she is stressing for President’s Rule on the state. But, she is keen about division of the state as it would be beneficial for her party. So, she comes in support of Telangana demand as it will pave way for her separate states demand.

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Venu Gopalachari to join TRS

  Former TDP MLA Venu Gopalachari will be joining TRS party tomorrow in the presence of KCR at Telangana Bhavan. He made this announcement to media from Bainsa village on yesterday. He left the TDP along with Nagam Janardhan Reddy hoping to be inducted into TRS immediately. But, there was a delay in his admission into TRS. While, he is finally allowed to join TRS, Nagam Janardhan Reddy, who has been refused entry into T-JAC and TRS has recently joined BJP. So, these two former colleagues of TDP now become rivals with their entry into different parties.

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Rahul can’t be declared as PM candidate: Digvijay

  AICC member Digvijay Singh in his latest interview given to media has said “Congress party has no tradition of announcing its Prime Ministerial or CM candidates ahead of the elections. Hence, the party doesn’t want to announce Rahul Gandhi’s name as its Prime Ministerial candidate. We are not bothered about who will be BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate. Whether it is Narendra Modi or some else it makes no difference for us.”   Earlier, Digvijay Singh has given a call for the party asking to avert dual power centers in the party and government. He said it is creating a lot of confusion among the party and the government about whom to report and who to take the crucial decisions. He demands to empower Rahul Gandhi to handle party and the government as its sole chief, with which everything will go smooth. He also gives an impression that Rahul Gandhi will be the party Prime Ministerial candidate. Later, the party high command has made him calm over this demand by stating there is no need to change the present system as the smooth running of UPA government is itself stands testimony for the success of dual power centers system.   Hence, the major change in his stand over who will be the party prime ministerial Candidate indicates that Rahul Gandhi is not keen to enter into Dr.Manmohan Singh shoes after the next general elections, though Dr.Singh is ready to vacate seat for him.

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T-Congress leaders meetings begin

  The core committee failure to take a decision on Telangana issue naturally disappoints the T-Congress leaders. Hence, they have assembled at Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy's house at New Delhi today. V.Hanumantha rao, Madhu Yashki, Gutta Sukendar Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar Reddy, Basavaraju Saraiah, K.Jana Reddy, DK Aruna, Geetha Reddy, Sunitha Lakshma Reddy and few others attend this meeting. They have discussed about the prevailing situation and the consequent developments going to take place in the days to come.   In wake of the Congress indecision on the Telangana issue, their meeting is considered to be very significant as it may again leads to unrest in the party. The disgruntled T-Congress leaders, who have been patiently waiting for a favorable decision on the Telangana issue, may again take a war path with the party high command. They may also pressurize their high command to call for the working committee meeting soon, so as they can understand the actual game plan of their party.

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Bollywood actor Pran passes away

  Veteran Bollywood actor and Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee Pran Sikand (93), who was ailing with health problems was died yesterday around 8.30pm at Leelavathi Hospital in Mumbai.   Pran Sikand, fondly called as Pran Saheb was born on 12th February, 1920 in Old Delhi in a Punjabi family. He begins his film career in 1940 at Lahore with Punjabi film ‘Yamala Jat’ at the age of 20 years and did 350 films in more than six decades of his association with Bollywood. He has elevated the villain role to new heights with his marvelous performance. He also acted in a Telugu film Kodama Simham.   His performance in films Khandan, Jis Desh Mein Ganaga Behti Hai, Madhumathi, Johny Mere Naam, Vcitoria No:203, Zanjeer, Don, Duniya and dozens of such films have earned him name and fame. He won number of awards that includes film Fare Awards, other Awards presented by several organizations across the country, Padma Bhushan Award and the highest award in Indian film industry Dada Saheb Phalke Award in year 2013. Since, he was unable to attend the 60th national Awards function held at New New Delhi due to ill health, he was given the Award at his residence by the Broadcasting minister Manish Tiwari in April this year. His last riots will be performed at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai today. Bollywood and Tollywood mourn his death.

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OU JAC gives bandh call to educational institute

  As expected, the BJP, TRS, T-JAC, and OU T-JAC students have sharply reacted to the Congress decision of forwarding the matter to its working committee. OU JAC gave a bandh call for tomorrow to all the educational institutes in the region in protest against Congress indecision on Telangana issue. T-JAC chairman sharply criticizing the Congress party has said it has been cheating the people for years and now once again it did the same thing. He said they can achieve Telangana with their agitations but not with the mercy of Congress party. He said an action plan will be chalked out to intensify the agitations. TRS also said it didn’t expect much from Congress party as they are aware of its practices.BJP state president Kishan Reddy asked still how many days Congress wants to cheat the people? He warned the people of the region are going to teach a good lesson to it in the upcoming Panchayat elections.

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No announcement on Telangana

  The Congress party core committee meeting was just concluded, but no announcement was made by Digvijay Singh over bifurcation of the state. In his brief address to media, said that matter will be discussed in Congress working committee soon. He said core committee has taken the views of the state leaders and will discuss the same in the working committee soon. Hence, this will be very disappointing news to those who eagerly waiting for a positive announcement by the Congress party.

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Successful Business Symposium panel discussions and keynotes as part of NATS 2013 Sambaralu in Dallas

      NATS(North America Telugu Society) organized its convention Sambaralu 2013 at Irving Convention Centre, Irving, Texas and made the event a grand success. As part of the convention NATS conducted Business Symposium to help entrepreneurs, technology professionals, health care professionals & startup enthusiasts. Unlike earlier Sambaralu this time NATS conducted in exceptional way by involving successful entrepreneurs and industrialists from various sectors. AP Assembly Speaker Hon. Nadella Monohar Garu, attended as chief guest and shared encouragement of Andhra Pradesh government for SMEs and invited entrepreneurs to expand their business in Andhra Pradesh. Attendees well appreciated speeches from keynote speakers like Dr. M.S.Reddy(a.k.a Cheese Reddy), Dayakar Puskoor(Naya Ventures), Dr. R. Murali Krishna(Integris), N.T Chowdary(Nextwave Tech) & Sumanth Paturu(MD, ICOMM Tele Ltd), Pradip Kumar(Sri Krishna Jewelers) who shared their success stories. Panel discussion on Emerging Technologies attracted technology professionals who were interested to know more about Mobile, Cloud and Big Data technologies.  Panelists included are Dayakar Puskoor(Naya Ventures), Anil Soleti(Verizon), Bhaskar Krishnamshetty(Clouopia/Cisco), Kishore Dandu(Accenture), Prashant Achota(Epscilon) & Josh Fleig (Lousiana Economic Development Council). Gowri Shankar from Naya Ventures Moderated this panel discussion. Panel discussion on Startups & Harvesting attracted technology entrepreneurs who are looking forward to start new startups and get funding.  Panelists included are Raju Datla (Clouopia/Cisco), Kishore Kumar(Parvi Networks/Cisco), Ravi Chivukula(Allen Systems), Giri Peddinti(Ansell) -  Mahesh Rajagoplan from Resolveit  Moderated this panel discussion.   Panel discussion on Entrepreneurship attracted audience who are looking forward to start new venture and looked at the panel as guidance for strategy and focus.  Panelists included are Richard Tozer, Don Springer, Dr. Yoram Solomon - Raj Asava from Asava Consulting moderated this panel discussion. Panel discussion on Healthcare attracted various health care professionals, healthcare business owners and enthusiasts.  Panelists included are Dr. Sambamurthy Kona, Dr. A.V. Gurava Reddy, Phil Leamon, Philip Keane & Raji Kumar  -  Rao Telidevara from Qatalys moderated this panel discussion. Acharya  G. Veda Bhaskaram discussed about stress management and relaxation techniques for executives. Business Symposium is organized and supported by Sudhakar Pennam, Poorna Vemulapalli, Dayakar Puskoor, Rao Telidevara, Gopi Kandukuri and Sandeep Kilaru.

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Election schedule for 5 states in September

  The Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath has told the media that the Assembly elections schedule for the five states-Madhya Pradesh, Chattish Gargh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mijoram will be announced between September and October months. The five states complete their five years term between December 12th and January 4th. So, The Election Commission will announce the schedule between September and October. The prevailing unpleasant political situation in the country, especially at Center may encourage the UPA government to go for mid-term elections along with the five state Assembly elections.

CM Condemns resignation reports

  Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, who came to knew about the media reports about his plans to resign if party takes a favorable decision on Telangana issue, has condemned the reports as mere rumors. He said “I do not understand how such rumors spread? There is no question of my resignation come what ever the party decision may be. I have been telling that I will abide by the party decision and will stick to my word.” The latest news is Core Committee meeting has been rescheduled to 3.30pm from evening 4pm.

Will the SC verdict impacts political system

  The Supreme Court’s verdict over disqualification of people’s representatives caught in criminal activities has come as a big shock to the political parties and their leaders, because as many as 162 sitting MPs are facing criminal charges and 76 of them are subjected to conviction of more than 5 years jail term. Around 1460 sitting MLAs of all political parties are facing criminal charges and out of them 30 percent are involved in serious crimes that attracts a minimum 5years jail sentence. However, all of they are absconding arrest shielding themselves behind people’s representative act. The court verdict now not only pulls out those representatives from their shells, but also likely to push them behind bars.   Supreme Court also gave another significant verdict on Wednesday that bars the representatives from contesting from the jails. The verdict states that any person, who is in the jail or in police custody can’t contest in the elections. Clarifying it further, the apex court bench comprising Justices AK Patnaik and SJ Mukhopadyaya has stated “Only those who can cast their vote are eligible to contest in the elections. Any person, whose right of casting the vote was seized then his/her right to contest in the elections will also seize automatically.   When this ruling comes, all eyes in the state naturally turned towards Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was arrested by CBI in disproportionate assets cases one year ago. If, the latest verdict bared him from voting then it will automatically bars from contesting in the elections for the next 6 years. Several ministers like Dharmana Prasada rao, Sabita Indra Reddy, Pardha Saradhi, Mopidevi Venkata Ramana etc may face the same fate if attract these terms.

BJP unconditionally supports ‘T’ Bill: Kishan Reddy

  BJP state president Kishan Reddy speaking to media has said “I hope Congress will not turn around on Telangana issue again. It should keep its promise and make a formal announcement on Telangana state creation today without fail. If, it introduces a bill on Telangana in Parliament, our party is ready to vote for it without any preconditions. Congress should realize that the delay in taking a decision claims many lives here in Telangana. If it is really concerned for their sacrifices, then it should make an announcement in favor of Telangana. It has no other option but to create Telangana state or else it also very well knew that it has to pay dearly for it in the forthcoming elections. Instead of pushing itself and the state into a corner, better it take a positive decision on bifurcation in the core committee meeting.”

Yeddyurappa likely to return to BJP soon

  Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who faced corrupt charges and even spent few days in jail, was expelled from BJP few months ago. Then he launched his own political party Karnataka Jantha Paksha, hoping that he can make a clean swipe in the assembly elections held a couple of months ago. Though he couldn’t make dent in the elections, he was successful in bringing down the ruling BJP in Karnataka government.   During the election campaign, BJP president Rajnath Singh, senior leaders LK Advani, Narendra Modi have categorically said that the party is now free from corrupt leaders after Yeddyurappa’s exit from the party. He also flayed the BJP for betraying him and promised to teach a good lesson to it in the elections and he even kept his word by ensuring its defeat. Their conflict paves way for Congress party to grab the power in the state after two decades.   Then both he and BJP regrets for what had happened between them. Hence, BJP has sent feelers inviting him back into party and he too has shown all positive indications for his return. In his recent interview to media Yeddyurappa has said “I have already received some communication from BJP President Rajnath Singh and other senior leaders. I haven't come to any decision. I have to discuss about it with my colleagues. We will take a decision at an appropriate time. Modi is the "tallest" leader and more than half the people in the country want his leadership.”   Therefore, BJP may roll a red carpet to him in wake of the upcoming general elections in 2014.