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Judge Pattabhi Son Sent to 14 Day Judicial Remand

The accused in the ‘cash-for-bail’ scam — retired judge T.V. Chalapathi Rao and suspended CBI judge T. Pattabhirama Rao’s son T. Ravichandra, were shifted to Chanchalguda jail for 14 days of judicial remand on Sunday morning. The accused face allegations of involvement in former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy’s ‘bailgate’ scam. Both of them were produced before the judge on Saturday evening.     Meanwhile, the CBI court has written to the transport department of Karnataka, asking for valuation of the seized vehicles of Gali. Letters have also been sent to the director general of civil aviation, requesting valuation of the chopper seized from the former minister. The letters were sent through the CBI office at Koti. The court took the decision following the plea for the release of seized vehicles filed by Gali and his Obulapuram Mining Comp-any. The helicopter is parked in a hangar at Jakkur aerodrome in Bengaluru and the cars are at Gali’s house. After valuation, the court will decide the value of the surety bonds to be furnished by Gali and his companies before release. A Bell helicopter, a Rolls Royce, a BMW, and a Maserati were among the high-end vehicles seized.

TRS to Support UPA Candidate

The TRS is learnt to have decided to support UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential elections, rather than the candidate to be fielded by Mamata Banerjee-led opposition combine and probably supported by the National Democratic Alliance. This has surprised the political pundits as Pranab Mukherjee has been a bitter opponent of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and he was the one who had stone-walled the formation of Telangana state in the past.   On the other hand, NDA is favourable to the Telangana statehood demand and so, KCR’s choice should have been an NDA-backed candidate. But for a strange reason, KCR chose to support the UPA candidate. It only shows he has some sort of understanding with the Congress or he is not interested in the Telangana state formation in the near future.

Gali Bail Scam: Retired Judge Chalapathi Rao Arrested

Retired district judge T.V. Chalapathi Rao, his son Anil Kumar and suspended CBI judge T. Pattabhirama Rao’s son Ravichandra were taken into custody by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) following raids on their houses here by the agency in connection with the cash-for-bail scam involving Pattabhirama Rao.   The ACB conducted simultaneous raids on Mr. Pattabhirama Rao’s flat at judges’ quarters in Banjara Hills, Mr. Chalapathi Rao’s house at Ashoknagar here and his brother Srinivas Rao’s house at their native Chilakaluripet in Guntur district from the early hours on Saturday. Another team of ACB also left for Bellary in Karnataka to search the house of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy’s brother Somasekhar Reddy who was personally involved in negotiating the deal with Mr. Pattabhirama Rao. The officials whisked away in their car Ravichandra to Ashoknagar branch of Corporation Bank where a few lockers were issued to him recently after completing the search at judges’ quarters. Similarly, Mr. Chalapathi Rao and his son were also driven away to an undisclosed place. The ACB will, however, have to get the permission of the A. P. High Court for arresting Pattabhirama Rao.

30 killed in Maharashtra Bus Accident

At least 30 people were killed and 14 others injured on early Saturday when a private bus carrying pilgrims to Shirdi fell off a river bridge on the outskirts of Osmanabad town, around 450 km from Mumbai, police said.   The ill-fated bus, owned by Kaleshwari Travels, was on a journey from Hyderabad to the famous pilgrim centre of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra when the tragedy occurred around 2.30am, Osmanabad Police said. A majority of the injured are in serious condition and the casualty figure is expected to go up. The injured have been rushed to hospitals in Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur and other neighbouring towns, and efforts are on to identify the dead.

Swami Nithyananda Gets Bail

Nithyananda Gets Bail: Swammi Nithyananda, arrested in an assault case, was today granted bail by a Ramanagara court. Judicial First Class Magistrate Komala granted the bail. Nithyananda was sent to one-day police custody yesterday after he surrendered before the court in Ramanagara. He had later filed a bail petition.   The self-styled godman, already facing criminal charges including rape and out on bail after his arrest in 2010, courted fresh trouble when police on June 8 booked him and his followers for allegedly assaulting a mediaperson during a press conference at his ashram at Bidadi near here.

After Poll Tension: All Three Parties to Hold Meetings Today

With the polling completed for the byelections on 12 June, all the three major parties, Congress, YSR Congress and TDP are reeling under after-poll tension. The immediate political future of these parties would highly depend on the outcome of  these byelections. In this backdrop, all these parties have decided to hold strategy  meetings late on Thursday. Basing on the results predicted by some of the exit polls on Tuesday evening, there is optimism in the Congress and the TDP that it could be a close contest and that they could secure a few seats, a confidence they did not have when the byelections were announced. The mood in the YSR Congress is also tense, as it is their future that would be the most impacted either for the better or for the worse depending on the number of seats they secure. At the same time, there is apprehension in the ruling party and the leading opposition party over a possible exodus in the wake of Jaganmohan Reddy putting up an impressive performance. The meetings have been slated for later in the day as most of the political leaders including chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and TDP president Chandrababu Naidu will be pre-occupied with the wedding of Chiranjeevi's son and actor Ram Charan Tej on Thursday morning.  and the informal meetings are slated for later in the day. The YSR Congress leaders are meeting in the late afternoon, which the party working president Vijayamma and daughter Sharmila will attend. The meeting will take place after some of the family members including Jagan's wife Bharati meets Jagan, who is currently lodged in Chanchalguda Jail.

AP By Poll Results Tomorrow

AP By Poll Results 2012: Results of bypolls 2012 to 1 loksabha and 18 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh will be out tomorrow. It seems that YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy has already become an undeclared winner of the by elections which have been held on june 12.   The counting of votes is slated to begin at 8 AM on 15 june. The results of 1 loksabha and 18 assembly seats are expected to be out by tommorow evening. However, a  survey shows that despite all corruption allegations against him, YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy may bag major number of seats.

PM Will Stay Till 2014: Congress

Rejecting the Mamata-Mulayam combine choice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as presidential candidate, Congress declared that the PM will stay till 2014. It said that it can't spare the Prime Minister as presidential candidate. "Manmohan Singh will stay prime minister till 2014," Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters. "We cannot afford to spare Dr. Manmohan Singh," he added. It was the first comment of the party since Trinamool Congress' Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday listed Manmohan Singh as one of their preferred choices for the president's post. The Congress also said no to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's name as presidential candidate. The party stood by its choice of Pranab Mukherjee and vice-president Ahmed Ansari as its candidates. Meanwhile, in a surprise turn of events, presidential hopeful P.A. Sangma has decided not to contest the election scheduled next month. Instead, the NCP leader articulated his support for former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the post of President.  

Kodali Nani to Join YSR Congress

Sources inform us that producer Kodali Nani, a close buddy of NTR Jr, has finally decided to join the YSR Congress in a couple of days as bypoll results would be announced Friday and Nani is already in touch with YS Jagan. Nani informed about his plan to all his friends.     Kodali Nani is now a Telugu Desam Party's MLA from Gudivada constituency and TD president Chandrababu Naidu gave him the party ticket only on the insistence of NTR Jr. He produced two films - Sambha and Adhurs - with NTR. Meanwhile, his proposed film with NTR in the direction of Harish Shankar has changed hands. A top producer is now in talks with NTR to produce this film

Hyderabad Gets New Name as Corruption Capital

Anna team member and ex-cop Kiran Bedi gave a new name to Hyderabad. She termed it as the 'Corruption Capital. Kiran Bedi, who was in city on Wednesday to mobilise public support for the 'Aar ya Paar', an indefinite fast program by team anna members from 25 July at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Speaking at the public meeting in Wesley School grounds, she demanded that the Centre immediately constitute a special investigation team to look into the charges against 15 ministers in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet, including Presidential aspirant Pranab Mukherjee. She questioned why the government and the media were silent when former CM YSR and Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy amassed wealth. Expressing shock at the huge spending in the byelections in AP, she said she received reports that in some places voters were paid as much as Rs 15,000 per family. “I don't know who is buying and who is selling. Media and EC should know. People will have to pay a heavy price for accepting cash for votes. The money meant to be spent on developmental works would be diverted by corrupt politicians to bribe voters. They should reject it," she said. Stating that corruption was a matter of very serious concern, Ms Bedi sought a strong Jan Lokpal Bill, criminal justice system, a good and independent investigating agency and an independent and honest judiciary to stem the rot.

15 Killed in Fire Accident at Vizag Steel Plant

At least 15 people were killed and 20 others injured in a major fire that broke out at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Wednesday night, witnesses said. The fire broke out following a huge blast in the oxygen house of the Steel Melting Shop (SMS) II wing of the public sector undertaking in the coastal city also called Vizag, about 600 km from here.     The toll could go up as several injured are said to be battling for life at the Seven Hills Hospital. There was chaos at the hospital as the medical staff found it difficult to attend to several badly injured workers. The bodies were shifted to the steel plant general hospital. While there was no confirmation of the toll either from steel plant authorities or police, the legislator from Gajuvaka constituency, C. Venkataramaiah and some other witnesses said as many as 15 people were killed. The victims include officials and permanent and contract workers.This is said to be the worst disaster in the 40-year history of the steel plant. Also known as the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the steel producing company was set up in 1971.

High Court Refuses to Cancel Vijay Sai Reddy Bail

The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition by the CBI to set aside a lower court order which granted bail to Vijay Sai Reddy, an aide of jailed YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, in illegal assets case.   The high court refused to cancel the bail granted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court. It opined that the CBI had failed to produce any material to prove that Vijay Sai Reddy tampered with the evidence. The high court asked Vijay Sai Reddy, who is the number two accused in the case, to cooperate with the CBI in the investigations. Vijay Sai Reddy, who is an auditor of Jaganmohan Reddy’s companies, was released on bail April 30.

Ghazal Singer Mehdi Hassan Died

Ghazal Singer Mehdi Hassan Dead: India-born Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan, the melodious voice behind evergreen hits like 'Patta patta, boota boota' and 'Kab ke Bichhare', died today following multiple organ failure at the age of 84.   Hassan, who had millions of fans in India and Pakistan, had been admitted to the Agha Khan Hospital in the southern port city of Karachi some days ago. He had been in a serious condition and was on ventilator.  "My father passed away at 12:22 PM after a long battle against different ailments," his son Arif Hassan said.  Hundreds of fans gathered at the hospital on learning of his death.  Hassan was born into a family of traditional musicians at Luna village in India's Rajasthan state in 1927. His family migrated to Pakistan at the time of Partition in 1947.  Hassan cut back on his performances in the late 1980s due to illness.

Nithyananda will be Back Tomorrow

Self-styled godman Nithyananda's ashram has issued a press release saying he'll be back at the Bidadi ashram on Thursday. The police, however, are still on the look out for Nithyananda over allegations of sexual abuse. The police are expected to arrest all those named in an FIR filed after an altercation between the media and his followers.   Nithyananda's lawyers moved the Karnataka High Court to quash the first FIR on Tuesday. The state government is also set to take over his ashram near Bangalore ordering his property to be searched and seized. Nithyananda, already facing criminal cases including rape on complaints from some former disciples last year, is reportedly absconding from his ashram at Bidadi in Ramanagara district near Bangalore.

Maharashtra SSC 10th Results Announced

Maharashtra SSC 10th result 2012: The much awaited SSC result 2012 has been announced on Wednesday. The SSC result link will be activated around 1.00 pm on official website http://mahresult.nic.in/.     MSBSHSE has made broad arrangement for publishing of SSC result 2012. The Maharashtra class 10th result can be accessed from 10 websites-http://mahresult.nic.in, www.msbshse.ac.in, www.mh-ssc.ac.in, www.sscresult.mkcl.org, www.exametc.com, www.results.bharatstudent.com, www.rediff.com/exams, www.ednexa.com, www.studyssconline.com and www.myssc.in Students can also get their SSC result 2012 on mobile. For BSNL (Maharashtra circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 57766 For Rediff.com India Ltd (Maharashtra and Mumbai circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 573335000 For Airtel (Innova, Maharashtra and Mumbai circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 55077 For Innova (Mumbai circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 8800654242 Students can use the printout of marks for admission to XIth standard, Polytechnic or diploma courses or ITI. Though they will have to submit the proof of original copy later. However, the students can receive their original marksheet on June 22 from their schools. According to a MSBSHSE press release, students can apply for revaluation marks after receiving the original marksheet. The last date for revaluation of marks is July 2.

Swami Nityananda on The Lookout of Karnataka Police

Controversial Swami Nityananda, who is facing allegations of anti-social and immoral activities in his Bidadi ashram, besides allegations of land encroachment and criminal intimidation, is on the lookout of Karnataka police. The district administration of Ramanagaram and senior police officials started searching controversial Swami Nithyananda following directives of Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda to seal the ashram and arrest Nityananda. On Tuesday afternoon, a team led by the assistant commissioner SP Agarwal, with the orders, rushed to the Bidadi ashram and initiated the search procedure. The orders, issued by home minister R Ashoka, directed the authorities to investigate the allegations of anti-social and immoral activities in the ashram, besides allegations of land encroachment. The minister demanded a report within 15 days. Agarwal said that besides Nithyananda, the police were also on the lookout for some of his confidants who were involved in violent incidents at the ashram. However, no arrests have been made so far in this case. It is believed that Nityananda, who is eluding his arrest eversince the orders are out, has fled the ashram and taken shelter in the Madurai Aadheenam.  

Maharashtra SSC 10th Results Today

Maharashtra SSC result 2012: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will declare the SSC (Class X) results on Wednesday, June 13 at 1 pm, according to the notification on their website (www.msbshse.ac.in/newsite/newhome.html).     More than 3.5 lakh students appeared for the examinations in 2012. The exam results will be as per the Best-Five basis as displayed on the marksheets and the admissions in Junior colleges would also be granted on the same basis. Students who want to apply for re-evaluation of marks can file their requests after receiving their original marksheets on June 22. The last date to apply for re-evaluation is July 2. Marksheets downloaded from the internet will not be considered for revaluation purpose. Last date for submission of application for the supplementary exam in October is July 2. With late fees, it's July 6. The applications should be submitted through the respective schools. Results on websites http://mahresult.nic.in www.msbshse.ac.in www.mh-ssc.ac.in www.sscresult.mkcl.org www.exametc.com www.results.bharatstudent.com www.rediff.com/exams www.ednexa.com www.studyssconline.com www.myssc.in Results on mobile For BSNL (Maharashtra circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 57766 For Rediff.com India Ltd (Maharashtra and Mumbai circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 573335000 For Airtel (Innova, Maharashtra and Mumbai circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 55077 For Innova (Mumbai circle): type MSSC (seat no) and send to 8800654242

Indian Presidential Elections on July 19

The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the schedule of the presidential polls. The elections will be held on July 19th followed by the counting on 22nd July. The Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath said that the notification for Presidential poll will be issued on June 16 and the last day of nomination will be June 30.The term of the current President expires on July 24.

Clashes in AP: 4 Killed, 24 injured

Four people were killed and 24 others injured Tuesday in a clash between two groups in a dispute over a piece of land in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district, police said. The clash took place at Lakshmipuram village in Vangara mandal of Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, about 700 km from here.   Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has ordered a probe into the incident. The rival groups attacked each other with bombs and sharp-edged weapons, according to police. While two persons died on the spot, two others died from injuries at a hospital at Rajam town. One of the groups was said to have taken advantage of the situation as most of the policemen in the area were sent for deployment for Tuesday's by-election from the Narsannapet assembly constituency in the district. The clash sent panic among the villagers, who complained that police reached there after nearly three hours. In Hyderabad, the chief minister ordered a probe into the incident and directed the district collector to pay compensation of Rs.1 lakh each to the kin of the dead and Rs.25,000 each to the injured.