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AP Assembly: YS Vijayamma Speech on NCM

Former chief minister late YSR widow and YSR Congress MLA from Pulivendula, Smt. YS Vijayamma made her first speech in the state assembly on Monday during debate on the No Confidence Motion gainst the government. While thanking the Speaker for allotting her time speak, she said that it is very unfortunate that she had to speak on the no confidence move against the very Congress government, which her husband had strived to bring to power in 2009. She spoke at length on the welfare schemes started by YSR and how the present government has failed in implementing them.            

Nag, Narendra Chowdary own i-1 Hyd Team

i-1 Super Series Hyderabad Team owned by Narendra Chowdary and hero Nagarjuna   i-1 Super Series Hyderabad team will be announced within few days. Mr. Narendra Chowdary, Chairman of NTV Group and President, Jubilee Hills Co-operative Society, and Nagarjuna, popular hero in South India are owing the Hyderabad team. The title of the club and logo will be launched shortly. Mr. Narendra Chowdary is the President of Telugu News Broadcasters Association  (TNBA)and who is holding four channels under Rachna Telivision Pvt Ltd – NTV (Top Telugu news channel), iNews, Bhakti (Top Devotional channel in India) and Vanitha (First women’s channel in India). Mr Chowdary is also engaged with Power and Infra projects in India. Another team from South India is Chennai Super Sonics, which was announced recently. And Mr K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, Chairman of Ind –Barath Power Infra, an Infrastructure Development company is the owner of the franchise. The i-1 Super Series will have nine city-based teams from across the country with each team having a driver of Indian origin and an international driver. The series will be held in 12 races across five premier venues including the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Noida, besides international tracks in UAE, Malaysia, Bahrain and Qatar. The drivers, both Indian and foreign, will be bought by the teams in an IPL-like auction. The inaugural i1 Super Series season will begin in January 2012 and the teams will compete for $ 2m USD prize.

Jagan Camp MLA to back Congress

Why did Congress MLA from Darsi in Prakasam district Buchepalli Sivaprasada Reddy, who is an ardent supporter of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, return to the Congress on Sunday, expressing confidence in the Kiran Kumar Reddy government?According to YSRC leaders, it was nothing but the cost of the election. Darsi happens to be constituency where the stakes are very high with candidates having to spend huge amounts of money for campaigning. YSRC leader Ambati Rambabu said if Sivaprasada Reddy supports noconfidence motion, he would be disqualified and would have to fight a byelection from his constituency.  

Babri Masjid Anniversary : Red alert in Hyderabad

Police in Hyderabad have sounded a high alert ahead of December 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid which is coinciding this year with 'Yaum-e-Ashoora', the 10th day of 'Muharram'. Security has been stepped up across the Andhra Pradesh capital, especially in the communally sensitive Old City. Police have deployed additional forces to maintain peace in view of calls by various Muslim organisations to observe the day as 'black day' and also for the smooth conduct of the annual 'Moharram procession'.   Police are taking no chances in view of the recent communal attacks in the city. According to police, at least six activists of Hindu Vahini were arrested last month for attacks on members of a minority community.Hyderabad Police commissioner AK Khan said known communal offenders were taken into custody as part of measures to avert any untoward incident.Police also launched vehicle checking operations in various parts of the city from Sunday evening. Additional Director General of Police SA Huda said additional paramilitary forces were also deployed to maintain law and order.Every year, the police make elaborate arrangements for the historic 'Moharram' procession but as the day is coinciding with the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, police were making additional security arrangements. Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), a political party in the Old City, has called for a shutdown Tuesday as a mark of protest over the 1992 demolition. It is also demanding that the mosque be rebuilt on its original site at Ayodhya.    

State Peaceful Says The Governor

Andhra Pradesh Governor Mr. E S L Narasimhan, who is on a three day visit to the national capital, met the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday. After meeting Chidambaram, the Governor spoke to the media. He told that the meeting with the Home Minister was just a courtacy call. He told that he didn't submit any report to the HM on either about the situation in the State or on the Telangana issue. The Governor said that he doesn't have anything to do with the additional security forces deployed in the Telangana region. He said it is the government who will decide about withdrawing of the forces. To the question whether the government has the majority, he said that the Speaker will decide about it. It is under the purview of the Speaker to see whether the government is in majority and withstands the no confidence motion. He said that the government is taking all possible measures to tackle the drought situation in the state. By and large, the state is peaceful with allthe offices working inj Telangana and employees attending to their respective duties, he said.      

Jagan, MLAs Meet to Discuss No Confidence Motion

Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday held a meeting with Congress MLAs who are loyal to him about the no confidence motion against Kiran government moved by the TDP. In all 21 MLAs from Congress party loyal to Jagan have attended the meet. Jagan Mohan Reddy reportedly insisted upon the MLAs to support the no trust move by TDP. The MLAs expressed their apprehensions that it would be inviting disqualification, if they chose to support the motion in spite of whip issued by the Congress party. They were also doubtful about the success of the motion as they were certain that the TDP can not muster the required number of votes to pull down the government. However, Jagan insisted upon MLAs that, they have to support the motion, since it was his party that assured the TDP to lend support if the latter puts up a no trust motion.       Video Source: snehatv.com  

CBI Interrogating Lakshmi Parvathi: Comedy Video

Here's the comedy spoof that is making waves in on Internet nowadays. In this spoof former chief minister and the legendary late NTR's wife Lakshmi Parvathi has been shown as being interrogated by the joint director of CBI Mr. VV Laxminarayana. The makers of the spoof have declared that the video isn't aimed at offending anyone in particular, but is intended for entertaining the viewers. We too present the same here for our readers to watch it with the same intention.          

Chiru And His MLAs Unhappy With Congress

For the first time after his Praja Rajyam Party's (PRP) formal merger with the Congress in August, actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi Saturday openly expressed unhappiness over the ruling party's attitude towards his legislators. Talking to reporters in the assembly premises after his party legislators met him, Chiranjeevi said it was because of his party that the Congress government was surviving in the state. He alleged that the Congress was making PRP legislators wait endlessly. He was referring to the Congress failing to fulfil its promise of accommodating them in the state cabinet and other posts. The PRP has 18 members in the 295-member assembly and its support is crucial to the government in order to defeat the no-confidence motion.      

CBI charge sheets Reddy in Obulapuram mining case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday formally filed charges in illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy. The CBI filed its charge sheet in the special court dealing with CBI cases at Nampally criminal court complex here. The charge sheet names Janardhana Reddy, his brother-in-law and OMC managing director B.V. Srinivasa Reddy and former director of mines V.D. Rajagopal as the accused. They are all lodged in Chanchalguda Central Jail here. The name of arrested Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Y. Srilakshmi, who was released on bail Friday, did not figure in the charge sheet. The CBI is yet to get permission from the central government to prosecute her. CBI sources said the names of Srilakshmi and other accused might be included in the supplementary charge sheet at a later date. The accused have been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, theft, criminal trespass, breach of trust by public servant and forgery. The OMC has been charged with illegally mining iron ore in areas other than those allotted to it in Obulapuram area of Anantapur district. The CBI officials brought the 100-page charge sheet and supporting documents running into thousands of pages to the court in 10 trunks. The charge sheet has been filed under sections 120-B, 420, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 13 (2) read with 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.      

IAS officer Srilakshmi Gets Conditional Bail

Senior IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi was released from Chanchalaguda Central Prison on Friday evening after she was granted conditional bail by a CBI court. Ms Srilakshmi was arrested by the CBI almost a week ago for her alleged role in the Obulapuram mining scam. As a condition of her bail she had to execute two sureties, each of Rs 25,000. While granting bail, the court directed that she should be available to the CBI whenever required for the purpose of investigation CBI judge B. Naga Maruthi Sharma also directed that she should not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the investigation agency, and she must surrender her passport. The court which heard arguments from both sides on Thursday, felt that bail could be granted as all the allegations made against the petitioner were based on documents and because she is a woman and is not keeping good health.  

Laxmi Parvathi Evicted From NTR's House

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder late N T Rama Rao's widow N Lakshmi Parvathi was on Friday evicted from the house, in which she had been staying since the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's death 15 years ago. According to the police, the house, located in posh Banjara Hills, was vacated following a court order. Lakshmi Parvathi was not present in the house when the police shifted the items. The house is owned by Uma Maheswari, a daughter of late Rao, and she was represented by her brother Ramakrishna in the matter. "We are not doing anything. This is a court order. Bailiff has come," Ramakrishna said. Parvathi had sought to stay in the house but lost the case in court. Maintaining that she would abide by law, Parvathi, however, claimed other family members had a vindictive attitude towards her. "I asked for a few days time to vacate as another house was not ready for me. They created a scene there by bringing police. What harm I have done to them?" she asked. Late N T Rama Rao married Lakshmi Parvathi in early 1990s, after the death of his first wife, against his family's wishes.The allegedly growing clout of Lakshmi Parvathi led to a revolt against NTR and his ouster from power subsequently.  

Gali Case: OMC Director Rajasekhar Arrested

Company (OMC) director B Rajasekhar in the illegal mining case. CBI sources said the investigating agency arrested Rajasekhar at Bellary in Karnataka and is being brought to Hyderabad. Rajasekhar is the fifth accused to be arrested in the high-profile case and this latest arrest came just a couple of days before the CBI is to file a charge sheet in the court.  Incidentally, he is brother-in-law of VD Rajagopal, the former managing director of the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC), is already already in Chanchalguda jail.      

Sonia Gandhi First Appearance After Surgery

UPA chairperson and AICC president Smt. Sonia Gandhi, who is considered the most powerful Indian politician, on Tuesday gave her first speech since undergoing surgery for an undisclosed illness. The 64-year-old Gandhi appeared along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a rally of the Youth Congress led by her son and likely future Prime Minister of India, Rahul Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi, heir to a family dynasty that has ruled India for most of the post-Independence era, spoke clearly and, while appearing to wear heavy make-up, she showed no obvious signs of suffering from cancer as has been widely reported in the media. On the outset she looked normal, but she lacked the usual charisma and fatigue was clearly visible on her face.    

Karunanidhi Son Stalin Booked in Land Grab Case

After arresting several DMK leaders and former ministers on charges of illegally appropriating prime property, Tamil Nadu Police party is now zeroing in on president M. Karunanidhi's son M.K. Stalin and grandson Udayanidhi Stalin. A case was registered against Stalin, Udayanidhi Stalin, builder Subba Reddy, Raja Shankar, Venugopal Reddy and Srinivas for threatening and coercing one N. Seshadrikumar to sell his house here. Sources said Stalin may be arrested at any moment.        

Eggs on Jagan's Face in Guntur

Kadapa MP and YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who resumed his odarpu yatra in Guntur district, had to face an unhappy situation in this district on Wednesday night. Jagan Mohan Reddy reached Mutluru village under Vatticherukuru mandal at around 10 PM and started addressing the people from a dais erected there. Suddenly, some miscreants on top of an adjacent house started hurling eggs on him. Some eggs hit Jagan who was shocked at the development. There was commotion and tension mounted, forcing the police to resort to lathi charge to bring the situation under control. Some people who were not connected with the incident were injured in the lathi charge. They protested saying that the police, instead of catching those who hurled eggs, had beaten them up unnecessarily. Jagan has camped in the village for the night after the public meeting. Victims went to the place and expressed their protest over police beating them unnecessarily.

Jagan Camp MLAs in Dilemma Over TDP No-confidence Motion

The Jagan camp MLAs are in a dilemma whether to support Chandrababu Naidu's noconfidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government or not. Though their leader YS Jagan Mohan had instructed them to support the no-trust move, the MLAs feel that Naidu is not really intending to bring down the government. In a move to signal the seriousness of his intent to bring down the government, Jagan said in Guntur Wednesday night that his MLAs would support Naidu’s motion regardless of how serious the latter is. Jagan convened a meeting of the MLAs in Hyderabad at the residence of MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy and asked them to support the noconfidence move. But most of the J camp MLAs, sources said, have not given firm commitments that they would indeed abide by his fiat. Though YSRC leaders claim that not less than 22 MLAs are in their camp, observers say not more than eight of them will vote for the no-trust motion. According to sources, only nine MLAs Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Amarnath Reddy, Golla Babu Rao, Mekapati Chandrasekhara Reddy, G Srikanth, Gurunath Reddy, K Srivinasulu, B Sivaprasad and Balineni Srinivasa Reddy attended the meeting. When Jagan asked them to support Naidu’s no-trust move, some MLAs are said to have argued that since Naidu does not really intend to bring down the government, supporting the motion would only invite disqualification. But Jagan reportedly insisted that the motion be supported lest people think they have an understanding with Congress. However after the meet, Subhash Chandra Bose said all MLAs in the J camp would support the no-trust motion though they doubt Naidu’s sincerity about pulling down the government.

Srilakshmi Sent to Jail: Sabitha Gets Clean Chit

Senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, arrested in the illegal mining case involving Gali Janardhan Reddy-owned Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), was sent to judicial custody till December 12 by a local court. The CBI, probing the case, has given clean chit to state Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy, who was Minister for Mines & Geology when the mining leases were issued to OMC. CBI argued in the court that it was the duty of Srilakshmi to see that everything was in order before issuing the leases. As a minister Sabita Indra Reddy has merely sanctioned the leases. Srilakshmi was detained by CBI on Monday; she is accused of favoring OMC in grant of mining leases in 2007. Her bail plea says that she was only involved in processing of the file which led to issuance of the Government Order granting the lease. The lease had been provisionally granted by the Andhra Pradesh government one year before she took charge as secretary, Industries and Commerce, it says. Srilakshmi, when produced before the Special CBI Court after completion of three-day CBI custody, requested the judge with folded hands that she be kept at CBI office (for the duration of judicial custody) rather than in the jail. But she was sent to the Chanchalguda jail till December 12. Her husband, Gopi Krishna, himself a senior IPS officer, was by her side during the court proceedings. The court also reserved the order on her bail plea till tomorrow, after hearing the arguments.      

Shankar Rao Hints at 2 Ministers' Involvement in Land Allotments

State Handloom & Textiles Minister Dr. P Shankar Rao skipped the crucial cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat on Wednesday (30-11-11) keeping everyone guessing what could have been the reason. It was reported that the reason for minister's absence was that he was busy in a meeting discussing the problems of weavers with floor leaders of all parties at the Lakeview Guest House. As per the sources, Shankar Rao already gave hint to the reporters on Tuesday itself that he would be skipping the meeting on Wednesday. He is said to have told them "I left the last cabinet meeting midway as I was not inclined to sign on the resolution allocating about 35 acres of assigned land at Timmapur to an entrepreneur for setting up a cold storage." The cabinet ratified the allotment of 35 acres of land to a private person at Thimmapur village, about 20 to 25 km away from city, at a meagre price of 6 lakh per acre. "I wrote a letter to chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy opposing the land allotment but there is no response from the government", he said. Without mentioning the names, Shankar Rao alleged that a minister from Nellore and another from Mahaboobnagar district played a key role in the allotment of the land. He said he would not sign if such land allocation proposals came at the cabinet meeting on 30 November. Moreover, his priority was conducting a meeting of floor leaders of all parties on weavers' issues on the day rather than attend the cabinet meeting, he is said to have told the reporters.  

Babu Absolves Himself From Vijayamma's Allegations

In a bid to absolve himself from the allegations levelled against him by YSR Congress Hon. President YS Vijayamma, TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu has also started his own investigation into the allegations. Naidu made efforts to gather information regarding the hotel in Singapore, which Vijayamma alleged it belonged to Babu. Naidu wants to prove that the hotel doesn't belong to him. Accordingly, Chandrababu wrote a letter to the Singapore High Commissioner seeking details about the hotel mentioned by Vijayamma. The Singapore High Commissioner informed Naidu that the hotel belonged to someone from British Virginia Island (BVI). Vijayamma also alleged that Satyam Ramalinga Raju has funded his son Lokesh's education in the Stanford University. Naidu said "This allegation is also wrong. The US universities are not in such a situation to sell seats for money." He pointed out that his son worked in the World Bank, GE and also in the Singapore Prime Minister's office before joining the family business. Reiterating that Vijayamma's petition was baseless, Naidu said his party leaders filed a petition in the high court against Jagan with all documentary evidence. Making counter-allegations that the Congress was behind Vijayamma filing the petition against him, Babu said, "The truth will come out very soon. I can only tell my opponents that I did no mistake in public life," Naidu averred. "My life is like an open book", he added. Now it is for the CBI to trace the real owners of the alleged hotel in Singapore and see that whether the persons from British Virginia Island (BVI) had any links with Naidu.