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Uddhav Thackeray Hospitalized in Mumbai

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has been admitted at Mumbai's Lilavati hospital and may undergo angiography, according to sources.   Shiv Sena sources said that Uddhav was not feeling well since his recent foreign trip and was today admitted at Lilavati for a routine checkup. Hospital sources confirmed that Uddhav was admitted to the ICU, accompanied by his family doctor. party sources said the picture would be clear only after the medical bulletin.

Court Dismisses CBI Plea For Jagan Narco Test

The cbi court on Monday rejected the investigative agency’s petition to conduct narco, polygraph and brain mapping tests on YSR Congress party chief and Kadapa MP, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his financial advisor, V. Vijay Sai Reddy.   The CBI’s petition was rejected on the ground that it was not permitted without their consent as per Supreme Court judgement. The CBI wanted to perform these tests on both of them as they did not cooperate with the investigation in the assets case against Mr. Jagan. It had even challenged them to give consent for the test to prove their innocence. It offered to admit low dosage of drugs for the narco test so that there was no harm to their health. Mr. Jagan and Mr. Sai Reddy contended that there was no question of giving consent because they had nothing left to share with the CBI as the investigative agency has gathered all details form them when they were given in police custody.  

After Guwahati Molestation, Similar Case Happens in Chhattisgarh

Barely a week after the Guwahati minor girl molestation case, in which the girl was stripped on road by over 40 youth, a similar case has happened at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh state on Sunday. The henious crime took place at a tourist spot in Bilaspur, where a girl was celebrating birthday along with her lover. Three youth, who were in an inebriated condition, suddenly reached the spot. They first pounced upon the lover and robed him of his cell phone and cash. Then they hit the him black and blue and made the girl strip naked. After she was fully naked, the youth filmed her on cellphone. The culprits are now circulating MMS of clipping among friends. When contacted, the local police feigned ignorance and said that no complaint has been received by them in this regard so far.      

Packed Dead Bodies Found on Tracks at Vizag Rly Station

People were given to a rude shock when human dead bodies made into several parts and packed in a travel bag and plastic covers were found lying on tracks at Vizag railway station. The incident created a lot of sensation among the passengers present at the station. Immediately Railway Police swung into action and took the bodies into their possession and started investigation. On preliminary findings, the police could come to a conclusion that, the person/persons were killed somewhere else and were thrown here. Their bodies have been severed into parts to avoid identification of the victims. The Rly. SP, who visited the site, told that the bodies have been sent for post mortem and it is too early to come to any conclusion. It is yet to be ascertained whether plastic bags contained parts of two bodies or it is only one person killed. Whether it was a man or woman and when did the murder took place. After getting this information, then only further investigation can be taken up, he said.      

TDP Chinnam Rama Kotaiah to Join Congress

TDP MLA Chinnam Rama Kotaiah of Nuzvid, who has been keeping every one guessing on his future plans, has ultimately given indication to his joining the Congress. This shock to the TDP comes hardly on the heels of the departure of Gudivada MLA Kodali Nani, who left the party and joined the YSR Congress.   Chinnam Rama Kotaiah has created shock waves some time ago, by announcing that he would not contest on TDP ticket in 2014 even if it was offered to him. It was then said he was likely to join the YSRCP. Chinnam has however met the party chief Chandrababu Naidu later and assured him that he would not leave the party. After Nani left TDP it was said Chinnam would also follow him into the YSRCP. He has however suddenly appeared before the media with Congress party’s official spokesperson and MLC Paladugu Venkata Rao on Sunday and surprised every one. He told the media that he would vote for UPA’s presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, stating that was best suited for the post. He said that he had requested Paladugu to give him an opportunity to have a photograph taken with Pranab after his election. Paladugu has said he has written four books and would have them launched by Pranab after his election. He has assured Chinnam that he would be able to meet the President and have a photograph taken with him.  

4 Amarnath Pilgrims Killed, 30 injured in Bus Accident

Four Amarnath pilgrims were killed this evening and thirty others injured as the bus they were travelling in, fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel, 22-Km from Dharamsala. The accident occurred when the private bus with 40 pilgrims on board, was returning to Delhi from Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir Himalayas, Additional DGP S R Mardi said.   Most of the victims were from the national capital and Uttar Pradesh. Seven of those injured are serious, he said. Unconfirmed reports said death toll could be more as all the bodies had not yet been recovered and some of the passengers were still feared trapped in the wreckage of the bus. A rescue team led by Deputy Commissioner K R Bharti and SP Daljeet Singh was on the spot and to oversee efforts for recovery of bodies.    

I'll Contest for LS from Vizag: TSR

TSR on Sunday declared that he was getting ready to contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Visakhapatnam constituency. “Though I contested from Nellore recently and I am still concentrating on developing the Nellore constituency, I would like to contest from Visakhapatnam  in the next elections; if the Congress high command gives its nod for the same,” he said.   Asked where sitting MP Purandeshwari would have to go, TSR reminded that it was who had brought her into the Congress party and recommended her name for the Visakhapatnam seat in the past. “We are very good friends. No doubt, she is also trying hard for the development of Visakhapatnam constituency. At the same time, I am also doing a lot of service for the constituency. The people wish that I represent them in Lok Sabha,” he asserted.  

Devineni Nehru Tries to Grab Prime Land in Hyderabad

Former Kankipadu MLA Devineni Rajasekhar Nehru alias Devinenu Nehru is allegedly trying to grab a 200 crore worth prime land in Banjara Hills, Road No.2, Hyderabad, belonging to one Ramachander Yadav and brothers. As per Ramachander Yadav's brother, their father purchased the land in 1950 and since then it is in their possession. In 2007, Devineni Nehru tried to take possession of the land claiming that the land belongs to him. But the Yadav brothers drove him out of the land. Again today - on Saturday morning, Nehru came to the site accompanied by some of his henchmen and tried to lay fencing around the land. On getting information, the Yadav brothers rushed to site and resisted Nehru's attempts to occupy the land by force. Though Nehru fled the scene after Yadavs entered, there ensued a minor scuffle between his goons and Yadavs. Police intervened in time and took both the parties to the police station.     Video Source:tv9telugu  

Guntur Psycho Search Update

Guntur Psycho Rachakonda Sambasiva Rao alias psycho Samba, who escaped from police custody near Kondapally quilla on Thursday, still remains untraced after thirty six hours. More than 300 policemen from Krishna and Guntur districts are intensively searching for the psycho in Kondapally quilla forest, which is spread in about 3200 acres. The area is full of swamps and ponds inhabited by poisonous snakes and other reptiles making it difficult for the police to carry on search operations. However the relentless police personnel are continuing their search and hope to nab the psycho any moment. They are very confident that he is still alive and hasn't gone away from the quilla area.      

Indiramma Bata: CM Kiran East Godawari Tour

AP CM Kiran Kumar Reddy started on 'Indiramma Bata' tour program to East Godawari district this morning. He will be touring in the district for three days. He is scheduled to reach Madhurapudi aerodrome at 10.40 AM and from there to Gokaram at 11.10 AM. There he will inspect the Primary Health Centre (PHC) and reach Kishnunipalem in Gokavaram mandal at by 11.50 AM to review the works taken up under employment guarantee scheme. The CM will also interact with Indira Jalaprabha beneficiaries during his tour. Later in the day after lunch he will reach Rampachodavaram Residential Junior College by helicopter. At 3 PM he will inaugurate the Bhupathipalem Project at Gandhinagar. He will interact with Tribalas and farmers at Pedda Geddada - 4 PM, Girijana Welfare School inspection in Musurumilli village at 5.10 PM. Later in the evening he will return back to Rampachodavaram to inspect AP Residential Junior College and halt there for the night. The above schedule is going to get delayed as the chief minister's flight was delayed for a couple of hours at Shamshabad airport due to inclement weather. It is also possible that the CM may have to cut short some of his engagements during the three day tour, if the weather worsens still further. Meanwhile, at Gokavaram Telugu Desam Party staged protest against Indiramma Bata declaring that they will obstruct CM's tour in the district. Police arrested Rajanagaram TDP MLA Pendurthi Venkatesh and several others in this connection. The arrests caused the protestors to resort to stage dharna and rasta roko resulting into heavy traffic jam near Korukonda.  

Where is Vallabhaneni Vamsi Now?

Ever since Gudivada MLA Kodali Nani met YS Vijayamma and Jagan, TDP leader and Jr NTR's close buddy Vallabhaneni Vamsi has gone into hiding. He is neither in touch with party leaders nor reachable on phone since few days. Few months back, Vamsi gave a public hug to Jagan at Vijayawada and the party leadership immediately issued show-cause notice to him. He gave a clarification stating that he has no plans to leave TDP and if at all that situation arises he would completely stay away from politics. Despite being the president of Vijayawada Urban TDP, Vamsi hadn't condemned or commented on Nani's issue till date. As a result, Speculations were making rounds now that he would go in Nani's way.   However, Vamsi's followers were condemning the reports saying that their leader wouldn't quit TDP till his last breath. They say, Vamsi has undergone surgery recently and taking treatment for his ailment from the past few days, but will be back in action soon to play active role in TDP again.    

ED to Record Jagan Statement From Today

Enforcement Directorate will begin recording the statement of jailed YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in the Andhra Pradesh capital from today.   A joint team of ED investigators from Delhi and Hyderabad will record Jagan's statement in connection with the case registered against him under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A Hyderabad CBI special Court had recently granted permission to the agency to question the Kadapa MP, who was arrested on May 27 in a disproportionate assets case, with regard to alleged suspect foreign fund flow into his firms. The ED has been allowed to grill him till July 21.  

Guntur Psycho Escaped From Police Custody

Guntur Psycho alias Rachamalla Sambasiva Rao, who was arrested by Mangalagiri police on Wednesday, escaped from its custody a short while ago. He jumped from the jeep, in which he was being shifted from Guntur to Vijayawada for recovery of stolen jewellery. Psycho Samba, as he is also called, has been creating sensation for the past two years by attacking lone women and robbing them. He was caught yesterday by the police while trying to attack a woman. Guntur CCS men have been interrogating him since yesterday. According to sources, police have recovered some stolen jewellery in Guntur basing on his confession and were taking him to Kondapalli to recover some more. 2 SIs, 2 CIs and ten constables were accompanying him in the van he was being shifted. Near Kondapalli, he suddenly jumped out of the van and fled. The police alerted the surronding police stations and started a manhunt for the fleeing psycho.  

Gali Bail Scam: One More Judge arrested

The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB), who is probing the maining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy cash for bail scam, has arrested yet one more Judge Prabhakar Rao on Thursday. ACB sleuths took Judge Prabhakar Rao into custody in Srikakulam this morning for his involvement in the case. Last week he was suspended from service and since then he was staying in Srikakulam. The ACB also conducted raid on the residence of Prabhakar Rao. So far four persons have been arrested in connection with the sensational Gali Janardhan Reddy's cash for bail scam. It is alleged that the mining baron was able to purchase his bail from CBI Special Court by bribing the then Judge Pattabhirama Rao with the help of a retired judge Chalapathi Rao and one Hyderabad based rowdysheeter Yadagiri Rao. Judge Pattabhirama Rao's son Ravichandra is also involved in the case and is already in jail along with his father and Chalapathi Rao. ACB is on the look out for a jr. lawyer Adithya, who is also involved in the case. It is said that Adithya has gone untraced since arrest of Pattabhrama Rao along with 1 crore cash, a part of the deal, which he had in his possession.  

Finally Guntur Psycho in Police Custody

Mangalagiri police have finally nabbed a man, who has been on an attacking spree on lonely women for the past two years. A man named Rachamalla Sambasiva Rao alias 'Psycho Samba' and also known as 'Guntur Psycho, was arrested by police on Wednesday. Samba, who mainly targeted women, was chased by locals when he attacked a woman on the outskirts of the town. They alerted the police who caught him and shifted him to the station. The Mangalagiri police, who had launched a serious hunt for Samba after three successive attacks against women about six months ago, confirmed the identity of the criminal. The psycho was caught on CCTV cameras set outside a house, which he has been attempting to break-in since few days. The video footage shows clearly that the psycho used to first conduct recce in daytime and select houses for breaking-in at night. The police also recovered a cellphone belonging to him. It is said that by this cellphone he used to stealthly film women while taking bath. Sources said the police were grilling him as to why he was always choosing women as his targets. Police have also summoned Samba's parents and other relatives to identify him.    

Unknown Persons Attack JR.NTR Office

Jr NTR Office Attacked: Young tiger NTR's filmnagar office has been attacked and defaced by unidentified persons yesterday mid-night. As reported, the mob has pelted big stones and destroyed the furniture including a vehicle parked over there with sticks. No one were present at the office and the mob has slipped off within no time, says reports . So far, there is no official statement from Jr NTR's office on this incident. The present state of politics might be the reason behind this attack, says sources. Couple of days ago, NTR has addressed the press in the same office on his close aide Kodali Nani's political move.

Who is Right: Nani or Rajendraprasad?

There has been a lot of hullaballoo going on for the past couple of days since Gudivada TDP MLA Kodali Nani quit the party to join the YSR Congress Party. Not only TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu instantly suspended Nani from the party, but also termed him a backstabber. Naidu even described Nani's act as political prostitution and alleged that the later has sold himself to Jagan Mohan Reddy for 30 crore rupees. Babu asked his party leaders to revolt against and thrash people like Nani, who desert the party for their personal gains. On Wednesday, Nani too retaliated and said that he didn't leave the party on his own, but was necked out of it. He questioned Babu whether Telugu Desam Party was his 'father's property' and how can he suspend him without giving a chance to explain why he met Jagan in Chanchalguda jail. Nani said that he would approach the court about his suspension from TDP. Nani too called Naidu a backstabber and recalled the incident when Chandrababu Naidu necked out late NTR and took into hands reins of the party. In this backdrop, NTV channel arranged for a vis-a-vis teleconference between  TDP senior leader and MLC Rajendraprasad and Kodali Nani. Here is the video clip of allegations and counter-allegations between Nani and Rajendraprasad.    

Kodali Nani Attacks Chandrababu Naidu

Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Nani said he had not left TDP, but was necked out. He has alleged that Naidu was driving out all the loyalists of late N T Rama Rao, founder of the party, so that he could bring his son Lokesh into politics and give the reins of the party to him. Questioning why he was suspended, he said it was atrocious that he was not even asked for an explanation before being sent out. He said he would go to court on the matter. He has also demanded an apology from Naidu for sending him out without even serving a show cause notice.     Denying the charge that he has received a package of Rs. 30 cr. for joining the YSR Congress from Jagan, Nani said he would swear on his two daughters Vijaya Durga and Kanaka Durga that he had not taken even a single rupee. He has questioned the TDP leaders who were leveling that charge, if they brokered between him and Jagan to finalize that deal. In fact, it was Naidu who has sold Rajya Sabha tickets for Rs. 300 crore, he has added. He has also questioned Naidu how much he had received for sending his brother into the Congress party. Nani has also said that Jagan had leadership qualities and he had no objection to work with him. If it was money that mattered to him, he would have joined the Congress party when YSR was alive, Nani added. He said Naidu had fallen on the feet of NTR and hopped from Congress to TDP. However, he has backstabbed the great leader later to become the Chief Minister and Naidu’s pet dogs were now hounding out NTR loyalists, Nani has alleged. Stating that he had come into the TDP as he treated late NTR as God, he said it was Hari Krishna who was responsible for his political career, and Jr. NTR who fought with the party chief and got him TDP ticket twice from Gudivada. He said he had redeemed his debt to the two, by winning the seat twice. Nani said it was because of his love for NTR and the Nandamuri family that he remained in TDP and not because of Naidu. Referring to the claim of TDP leaders that Naidu was a great leader, Nani has questioned why of the 17 tickets issued by him in Krishna district in 2009, only two won the assembly elections. He said he won the elections only because of his own strength and not because of Naidu.  

Tara Chowdary Discloses Names of VIP Clients

Talking to a Telugu TV channel on Tuesday evening, Tara chowdary disclosed several names of VIP clients. Not mentioning the name, obviously referring to guntur congress MP Rayapati Samba Siva Rao, she said ‘That MP’ has asked for some girls to do massage to him. She said she sent some girls to him. She has also mentioned the names of one MLA and several police officers, who sought sexual favours from her or asked her to send girls. She said several people got ‘favours’ from her using her weakness for making it big in films as an actress. Stating that she had not done any wrong, she has blamed that ‘they’ made her a scapegoat, by forcing her commit wrong things. She said she has quit the film industry when she realized that it was not a bed of roses. Stating that she has received several phone calls from ‘that MP’ and his followers during 2008 and 2009, she said she was threatened and they even tried to kill her.   Releasing a call list, she said she was ready to face any punishment if her call list was proved wrong. Replying questions, she said she only saw TDP leader Revanth Reddy on TV and never met him. Likewise when asked about Jogu Ramanna, she said she did not even know him.