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Botcha Satyanarayana to Appoint DCC Chiefs

Botcha Satyanarayana is gets green signal from the party high command on Thursday for appointment of District Congress Committee presidents and revamp of the PCC. AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, after an hour long discussion in Delhi, reportedly told Satyanarayana to go ahead with the exercise. Satyanarayana in fact did a lot of homework in the recent past in this regard, but with the party high command asking him to wait in the wake of frayed tempers over the delay in announcement of a decision on Telangana, he could not do anything. As the Congress is beginning to allow itself the luxury of the first stirrings of hope that there may not be any jolt on the T issue at least in the near future, the PCC chief has got the go ahead signal.

Ripley's 2011 Top Story: Indian With 39 Wives, 94 Kids

Ripley's 2011 Top Story: An Indian man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren, all living under one roof, holds the numero uno position in Ripley's Believe It or Not, top 11 strangest stories for this year. Ripley's Believe It or Not! is considered to be the authority on all things odd, amazing and unusual. The annual list of the strangest stories of the year was released by it on Thursday. Topping the list of 11 strange stories, is the story reported by London-based newspaper The Telegraph, about Ziona Chana, who lives in a four storied building with 100 rooms in a mountainous village in Mizoram, sharing borders with Burma and Bangladesh. "It's a safe bet that Ziona Chana would not be impressed watching '19 Kids and Counting' or 'Sister Wives'. The 66-year-old Indian man has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren," said Ripley's Believe It or Not in a statement. "I once married 10 women in one year," Chana is quoted as saying by The Telegraph. According to the daily, Chana met his oldest wife, who is three years older than he is, when he was 17. Other strangest stories include 'Implanting organs in the name of art';  'Liechtenstein for hire at $70,000 a Night; 'Blind dog gets own guide dog'; 'Cemetery collector with 29 bodies arrested'; 'Alabama company turn gun lovers' Ashes into ammunition' and 'Mexican vampire woman Maria Jose Cristerna immortalized in wax' by Ripley's among others.   Source NDTV

Cabinet Post Eludes Chiranjeevi Again

News spread like wildfire last weekend that PRP chief Chiranjeevi would be getting the much awaited cabinet post along with RLD chief Ajit Singh in the on going expansion of the Central Cabinet. But this time too, the cabinet post has eluded the PRP chief. Congress senior MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao appears to be the reason behind Chiranjeevi not getting the post this time. According to sources, Kavuri is reported to have taken a serious objection to the party High Command offering central minister post to Chiranjeevi, ignoring the claims of senior MPs like him who have been loyally serving the party for the past more than 20 years. Another senior Congress MP from the state, Rayapati sambasiva Rao is also a contender for the central cabinet post. Not only at the Center, there appears to be problems for even his other followers getting into the state cabinet. Minister and Royalaseema leader T G Venkatesh has categorically said that PRP men including Chiranjeevi will not be accommodated either in the center or the state. The PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayan's statement that PRP leaders have to wait till February next year, also hints at Chiranjeevi has been sidelined both at the center and state cabinet expansions.     Video Source: snehatv.com    

Online Booking For Aakash Tablet Starts

Aakash Tablet PC : The much awaited Akash Tablet is now available for sell on Friday. The world's ultra low cost tablet PC is available for customers and it can be booked online. The pilot version of Akash PC, mainly for students, is priced at Rs 2500. This is available for all whether they are students are not. The Canadian company DataWind, who manufactured the Akash tablet, said that the online booking is available for students version and the pre booking is for UbiSlate 7, the upgraded version for all. The commercial version of Akash Tablet, UbiSlate 7 is priced at Rs 2,999. However, payment mode for both versions is cash on delivery.The delivery of UbiSlate 7 will start from January 2012. The delivery will be made within a week of online booking.   You can place your order for Akash Tablet at the official website http://www.akashtablet.com. However, the website is not responding at this moment due to heavy traffic or some other technical snag. The commercial version of Aakash tablet will sport Android 2.3 and will have a resistive touchscreen and Cortex A8-700 MHz processor and. It is also powered with graphics accelerator HD video processor, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of internal memory. Other specifications are a one standard USB port, 3.5 mm audio jack, a 7 inch display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, resistive touchscreen, GPRS and WiFi support.  

Bomb Threat Outside IT Park in Chennai

A bomb scare created a flutter outside an IT park in Ambattur, Chennai on Friday. The IT park houses companies like TCS and others. More than a thousand employees were evacuated after the reports of bomb threat. The search is on for the bomb. A company spokesperson said another tenant in the building that houses the TCS training facility received a call threatening the safety of the facility this morning. All employees and faculty were evacuated from the location in an orderly manner. The police and specialist teams have taken control of the facility and are conducting their investigations into the incident.

Bengal Hooch Tragedy: Death Toll Rises to 161

In one of the worst hooch tragedy in the country, at least 161 people have died and more than 300 others are battling for life in West Bengal. Most of the victims are poor labourers, rickshaw-pullers and hawkers, who fell ill after consuming the spurious liquor from several illegal joints since Tuesday night, from Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered an investigation by the CID into the tragedy, while 10 persons have already been arrested. The liquor samples have been sent for forensic examination.  

Samaikyandhra, Jaiandhra Activists Clash In Vijayawada

Thursday at Prakasam barrage when Samaikyandhra and Jaiandhra activists got involved in a verbal duel in front of the Sri Potti Sriramulu statue here. The incident took place when both groups gathered to garland the statue of Sri Potti Sriramulu on his death anniversary. While a group led by Congress leaders Konjeti Ramesh, Kolanukonda Sivaji and CL Kantha Rao shouted pro-Samaikya Andhra slogans, the group headed by BJP leader Jagannatha Raju raised their voices in favour of Jai Andhra. The two groups had soon started jostling each other with the fracas continuing for half-an-hour. Police reached the spot and pacified the warring groups. Samaikya Andhra JAC convenor Kolanukonda Sivaji said that it was unfortunate that BJP leaders were trying to drive a wedge between the people of the two regions for political gains. "They have insulted Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu who gave his life for the formation of Andhra Pradesh," he said. He demanded that BJP leaders apologise immediately and withdraw all future programmes in support of Jai Andhra.

Bengal Hooch Tragedy: Death Toll Rises to 131

In one of the worst hooch tragedy in the country, at least 131 people have died and more than 300 others are battling for life in West Bengal. Most of the victims are poor labourers, rickshaw-pullers and hawkers, who fell ill after consuming the spurious liquor from several illegal joints since Tuesday night, from Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered an investigation by the CID into the tragedy, while 10 persons have already been arrested. The liquor samples have been sent for forensic examination.

Govt May Take back Unused APIIC Land

The issue of major companies and organizations that were allotted huge chunks of government land and have still kept it unutilized came up for discussion at the two-day collectors conference that began here on Wednesday. In all, 4,885 acres of land that has been allotted to the companies and organizations have been lying unutilized. Of these, the APIIC distributed the lion's share of 3,300 acres while the state government allotted 1,555 acres. The noted companies and organizations that got land from the government and kept it unused include EPTRI (10 acres), Ambedkar Open University (27 acres), Airport Authority of India (9 acres), CMC (25 acres), and IDL (620 acres). The companies and organizations which have kept the land allotted by APIIC unused include Lanco Hills for Technology Park (50 acres) Fem India (100 acres) and AP Housing Board (120 acres). The state government has already issued show cause notices to some of the organizations and companies as to why the land should not be recovered from them for not utilizing it for the purpose it was given. "We have already issued notices to some organizations like Airports Authority of India. We will take action against them as per the Telangana Alienated Land Rules, we are given permission to proceed to" said Ranga Reddy collector V Seshadri. Land in Ranga Reddy district have become most precious in view of its proximity to Hyderabad and the fact that vacant land is the state capital is more or less saturated. At present, the land rate in Ranga Reddy district is hovering around Rs 10 crore per acre. Sources told that apart from the issue of the vacant land, the collectors' conference is also likely to look into the issue of the land allotment made to 40 companies that later reported sick.  

Suri and Co Land Settlements Surfacing

It is more than a year now since Rayalaseema faction leader Maddela Cheruvu Suri alias Suri was killed by one of his henchmen Bhanu. Though there were many reports that Suri and Co. indulged in land settlements in and around Hyderabad, nobody dared to complain against them. Since Suri is dead and Bhanu is on the run, several victims of the duo are coming out and deposing before the police . Recently, one of suri's aides Madhu was arrested in connection with a land settlement in Maheshwaram village the police are unearthing more such incidents and more arrests are in the offing , say the sources.      

CBI Digging Deep Into YSR Tenure

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's illegal wealth case, is also digging into the land allottments and contracts awarded during the tenure of late YS Rajasekhar Reddy. The CBI, who has obtained crucial evidence in Jagan illegal assets case, has also unearthed number of irregularities in land allottments and irrigation projects during YSR's tenure. The investigating agency is planning to question some more IAS and Irrigation officials in this regard.       Video Source:etv2india    

OMC Mining Case : Rajagopal Gets Bail

The CBI special court has finally given bail to V D Rajagopal, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation in the OMC illegal mining case. Rajagopal had approached the court for the fourth time yesterday seeking bail on various grounds. Rajagopal is the third accused in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation’s illegal mining case along with Gali Janardhan Reddy and B V Srinivas Reddy. Rajagopal is in jail since November though his house was raided by CBI a month earlier when the sleuths found huge amount of gold, properties and cash in his house. Rajagopal was asked to provide a bond of Rs. 50,000 besides surety of two persons and also warned against going abroad and advised to be in constant touch with the CBI on a daily basis.  

Kolaveri di Support to Anna Hazare

Here's an interesting tribute to Anna Hazare's fight against corruption by Viresh Chapte and team. TheSanjeevani team has uploaded this video on Youtube with the appeal: "To support Anna Hazare's Protest against Corruption we have made this video. Pls share this video to show your support against corruption - Vande Mataram." As a token of support to Anna Hazare's fight against corruption, we present the video here requesting our readers too to lend their support.       Video Source: TheSanjeevani    

Balakrishna's Entry Into Politics: Special Story

Balakrishna's Entry Into Politics: Special Story    

Anaa Hazare Name Surfaces in a Land Grabbing Case

Crusader against corruption and India Against Corruption activist, Anna Hazare, who is fighting tooth and nail for a stronger Lok Pal Bill in Delhi, is found involved a land grab and selling case. This was discovered when the Supreme Court on Tuesday scanned some documents pertaining to an old case. The documents revealed that a prime Pune plot belonging to the central Gandhi Smarak Nidhi was allegedly usurped by its Maharashtra chapter and handed over to a realtor-developer for Rs 1.62 crore in 1999. Hazare was a prominent member of Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi when the alleged land grab and sale happened. The case has now been brought to Supreme Court by Pune’s charity commissioner after passing through the district court and Bombay High Court. The central Gandhi Smarak Nidhi informed a bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and S S Nijjar on Tuesday that the illegal transfer of title from the main unit to the state unit was done surreptitiously and illegally in 1977 and it came to light only in 1999 after a part of the property was handed over to Rohan Builders for Rs 1,62,92,500. Both the appellate charity commissioner and district court held that the Maharashtra unit had no title over the land, which belonged to the central Nidhi. However, the high court asked the district court to reconsider the Maharashtra unit’s contention that the central body took 24 years, until 2001, to challenge the transfer of property to the builder. Appearing for the central Nidhi in SC, senior advocate U U Lalit and counsel Neela Gokhale said an appeal against the illegal transfer of title in 1977 was filed in 2001 before the joint charity commissioner, which held that the state unit had no ownership over the property and hence could not have transferred a portion of it to the builder. In this appeal before joint charity commissioner, Kisanrao Baburao aka Anna Saheb Hazare was shown as respondent number 8 as a member of the state unit.

Chandra Babu Assets: HC Ruling put on Hold

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today reserved its judgement on a public interest petition filed by YSR Congress president YS Vijayamma seeking central agencies to investigate into the alleged disproportionate assets of N Chandrababu Naidu, former chief minister and others. The bench comprising of Justice G Rohini and Justice Asutosh Mohanto had yesterday kept in abeyance the order earlier passed by the previous Division Bench to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the allegations of Vijayamma, the widow of late chief minister YSR Reddy. The High Court had earlier on November 14 ordered a preliminary probe by the CBI into the assets of Naidu while admitting a petition filed by Vijayamma who had accused Naidu of doling out several favours to select corporate houses and amassed huge wealth

Bengal Hooch Tragedy: Death Toll Rises to 98

In one of the worst hooch tragedies in the recent times in West Bengal, 98 people have died after consuming illegal countrymade liquor in South 24 Parganas district. According to police, four people have been arrested. Over a 100 others have been hospitalised. Many of the victims are labourers, rickshaw pullers and hawkers. A medical team has been rushed to the area and the government has announced Rs 2 lakh as compensation for the family of each victim. Meanwhile, angry locals vandalised a hooch manufacturing unit in protest. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she was in favour of taking strong action to stop sale of illegal liquor besides dealing with the problem socially."I want to take strong action against those manufacturing and selling illegal liquor," she said."But this is a social problem also and this has to be dealt with socially also along with action," she said in an interview to a Bengali news channel.

Bomb Blast in Manipur PWD Office

Three persons were injured when a powerful blast took place in the high-security office of the Manipur Public Works department on Wednesday. The grenade, suspected to have been kept on the top floor of the three-storey building where the chief engineer's office is located, exploded around 11.30 am.The bomb smashed window panes and damaged doors during peak office hour, police said. All the injured were admitted to hospital. The building has been heavily fortified by securitymen after government officials faced frequent extortion demands by various militant outfits. “It was a very powerful timer bomb,” said Additional DGP V Jathang who along with DGF Y Joykumar visited the spot soon after the explosion  

Debate on Black Money in Parliament: Highlights

After senior BJP leader LK Advani moved an adjournment motion on black money in the Lok Sabha today and accused the government of being soft on the issue, the Congress hit back at them by saying the problem of black money is a legacy issue. Here are the highlights of the debate.   Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee   Will not enter into a debate to win some brownie points $ 213 Billion lost by India from 1948-2008 suggest reports I want to have an authentic, authoritative assessment  of the quantum of black money We have  to deal with other sovereign countries - there are laws, international practices which we have to follow. Black money issue serious, must not politicise it Tax havens are not located in developing nations like India. They are located in developing countries. They had doggedly refused double-taxation agreements. They started negotiating only when G-20 countries, led by US, started putting pressure Today we have agreements with 60 nations; remaining 15 are in the process of negotiation Even with Switzerland the agreement for sharing information has been signed in September 2010; they said they would give us prospective information. No country in the world got information from Switzerland with retrospective effect. Adavni ji spoke of dirty money; we are fully aware of it and this Parliament has a legislation on it. All evasion or avoidance cases are not criminal cases in this country. Neither your government did it, nor our government did it. Income Tax department does not administer IPC. They collect taxes, check evasion If I share the information I have, our sources of information will dry up Disclosure of names would make offenders withdraw their money from foreign accounts, and we will not be able to trace the money. There is an element of surprise - how money is seized, how investigations are done. If there is an element of criminality, definitely the names can be disclosed. I am disturbed that Mr Ad   LK Advani's address to Parliament:   Should we wait for Assange to reveal black money offenders? Names of 782 Indian tax evaders being kept secret Black money stashed abroad needs to be brought back Supreme Court said Government is soft on black money Black money used for funding terrorists Issue of black money never taken up in House before Adjournment motion is a failure of government Government silent on the names of black money account holders Rs. 25 lakh crore stashed in Swiss banks Government has to explain why it wasn't proactive Government should disclose names of those connected to Hasan Ali Government must bring out white paper on black money PM, Finance Minister must bring a law on black money   Shashi Tharoor's address to Parliament   Wrong to say UPA not serious Can't name Swiss account holders Have to abide by treaties   Congress' Manish Tewari's address to Parliament Problem of black money is a legacy issue Black money due to economic models we have followed Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp                                                                 Source NDTV Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp   Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp   Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/highlights-debate-on-black-money-in-parliament-157856&cp