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Jr. Doctors Govt Talks Fail: Deeksha Enters Day 10

The junior doctors in the state on the warpath for about 10 days with some of them going on indefinite fast. The medicos have been agitating for various demands, including a hike in stipend. Talks between junior doctors and Andhra Pradesh government have failed last night. "Except agreeing for regular payment of stipend, none of our demands has been accepted. The government is forcing us to continue the strike. It shows their lack of concern for public health. But we will still attend to emergency duties," a representative of the junior doctors told. State Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy said the medicos insisted on reduction in the compulsory service period in rural areas, which was not acceptable. The government spends huge amount of money on their education, he pointed out. However, efforts are going on from both sides to reach to a settlement. It may take another day or two to resolve the issue.   Video Source: tv9      

2G Scam: Trial Court to Decide Chidambaram Role

A trial court in Delhi is likely to decide on Saturday whether Union Home minister P Chidambaram should be made a co-accused in the 2G scam along with former telecom minister A Raja. The court is handling the trial of 2G Spectrum case in which Chidambaram is alleged of allowing the then telecom minister A Raja to gift mobile network licenses at staggeringly low prices. In a crucial verdict yesterday, the Supreme Court refused to order the CBI to investigate the actions of P Chidambaram who was Finance Minister when Mr Raja allegedly fathered India's biggest swindle. That decision, Justice AK Ganguly and GS Singhvi said, must be taken in two weeks by the trial court that's headed by Judge OP Saini. In another crucial verdict yesterday, the Supreme Court also cancelled 122 telecom licenses issued by A Raja in 2008. Reacting to the developments, the government maintained that the verdicts were not an indictment of either its governance or the Prime Minister and then Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Instead, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal argued, that the first-come-first-serve policy used by Mr Raja has been faulted by the court, and for this, the BJP must apologise to the country.   

Train Derails in Assam: 3 Dead, 50 Injured

3 people were dead and at least 50 passengers injured when the engine and five compartments of a train derailed after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam on Friday. The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into the vehicle and stuck on the track at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza railway stations leaving about 50 injured around 9.30am, railway sources said. The injured passengers were rushed by the local people to the Mirza Public Health Centre from where the critically injured were referred to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, police said. Railway officials along with rescue vans have rushed to the spot, railway sources said.  

BP Acharya Faints in Jail: Shifted to Hospital

Senior IAS officer and former APIIC MD, BP Acharya, who is currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail Emaar Properties case, fainted and fell down. Immediately the prison doctors attended and revived him. The doctors told that Acharya's BP fell down drastically and he suffered a mild stroke also. The jail authorities on advice of the doctors, shifted Acharya to Osmania Hospital, where he is being given treatment. It is not yet beeen decided whether he would be shifted to some corporate hospital or will be kept in Osmania further.       Video Source: tv9      

KCR Press Meet: Telangana Bhavan 2 February 2012

Spaeking in the press meet at Telangana Bhavan, TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) lambasted the Kiran Kumar Reddy government for its failure to respond to the junior doctors and 104 employees' grievances. He said that the Telangana movement has been slowed down for a brief period, but not been abandoned. The agitation will be intensified from the month of June, so as not to hamper with the annual examinations of lakhs of students in the region. KCR vehemently reiterated that a separate Telangana state will be a reality by all means and once it is achieved, all the anomalies perpetrated by seemandhra rulers will be put to an end. He assured that on formation of T-state all the contract employees in Telangana will be regularised. He also appealed to the people of Telangana to watch "Jai Telangana" movie, produced by Rasamayi Balkishan and make it a big hit. He said, he himself is going to watch the movie tomorrow at Devi theater along with partymen.     Video Source: tv9      

Shirdi Sai Padukas Spark Controversy on Tirumala Hills

Around seven hundred Shirdi Sai devotees from Maharashtra brought Saibaba's padukas in a palanquin on to Tirumala Hills for the darshan of Lord Venkateswara. TTD chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju accompanied by officials and archakas welcomed the Maharashtrian devotees and took the procession in to main temple. This incident has sparked a new controversy at the pilgrim place. Some local devotees and TTD personnel raised objection to bringing the 'Sai Padukas' (symbolic footwear made out of silver) in to temple saying that it was against Vaisanakha Aagama Sastram and amounts to unholy act. Maharashtrian devotees contend that it is a regular practice for them to come to Tirupathi with Sai Padukas for darshan. TTD chairman also said that the incident has precedence and Sai Padukas were earlier welcomed several times at Tirupathi. However, nothing has been resolved so far regarding the incident, as the Head Jeeyar of Tirumala is yet to respond on the issue.     Video Source: tv9      

Court Says no to Narco Test on Vijay Sai Reddy

The CBI special court at Nampally on Thursday said no to CBI plea for conducting narco analysis test on Vijay Sai Reddy, a close aide of YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, in a case involving Jaganmohan's alleged illegal assets. The CBI special court refused permission for narco-analysis test on the ground that, as ruled by the Supreme Court, it could not be conducted without the consent of the accused.

Yanam Violence: Mixed Response to Bandh

In the backdrop of violence incidents that took place in Yanam on 27 January, the one day bandh in Puducherry received a mixed response. The bandh was called by various trade unions to press for a judicial probe into the Yanam violence that led to the deaths of a Regency Ceramics Limited company official and a trade union leader. In the violence in Yanam, Vice-President of the Regency Ceramics Limited K C Chandrasekar was beaten to death by a frenzied mob. A trade union leader Murali Mohan also died allegedly in police action unleashed against violent group of workers. Police have arrested five persons in connection with violence and murder Chandrasekhar. The company had declared lock out of its facility in Yanam.A bandh call was given by AITUC, CITU and BMS. They also wanted a solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the deceased trade union leader. In Puducherry today, all government offices functioned normally. Police pickets were posted at vulnerable points. While Government buses operated with police escort, most of the interstate and intra state privately operated buses were off the roads. Police took into custody around 70 persons belonging to various political parties for staging road roko athe bandh call was given by AITUC, CITU and BMS. They also wanted a solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the deceased trade union leader.t various centres. Around 30 persons were taken into preventive custody last night, police source said. Shops and business establishments remained closed in the city while vegetable and fish stalls and road side tea stalls functioned normally on the outskirts of Puducherry.

Emaar Scam: BP Acharya Lands in Chanchalguda Jail

The CBI Special Court in Nampally today remanded the main accused in Emaar-APIIC scam, senior IAS officer BP Acharya to judicial remand till 15 February. The Special Court judge Naga Maruthi Sarma, ordered the remand when CBI officials produced Acharya before the court after the end of his 2-day custody. On the court's directions, Acharya was shifted to the Chanchalguda Central Jail. Acharya, the main accused in the scam, was discharged from the Nizam's Institute Of Medical Sciences on Wednesday night. He was admitted to NIMS after he complained of chest pain. He has been allotted with 3722 UT number in Chanchalguda jail. Keeping in view Acharya's health condition, he will be temporarily lodged in the hospital barrack and later will be shifted to ordinary cell, told the jail authorities.   Video Source: tv9      

LV Subrahmanyam: By Lord I Swear, I'm Innocent

IAS officer LV Subrahmanyam, who is now the Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, swearing on Lord Venkateswara says that he is totally innocent. He said that he didn't do anything wrong in Emaar Properties case during his tenure as the APIIC Managing Director. It is to be recalled that Mr. Subrahmanyam's name also figured along with BP Acharya in the chargesheet filed by CBI on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at Tirupathi, Mr. Subrahmanyam said "I have done no wrong and I'm innocent. I even worked overtime to finish the projects taken up by me as APIIC MD. It is possible that due to workload I might have committed small mistakes, but nothing I have done that is willful or wrong. I met the CBI officers twice and have given them whatever information I had. In spite of that, why they have included my name in the chargesheet, I'm not able to understand." He added, "I have done no wrong and nothing will happen to me. I don't know why all these things are taking place. I don't think they (CBI) are trying to implkicate me in this case, if they do also, Lord Venkateswara is there to take care of me."  

Another AP Cabinet Expansion Likely Before Budget Session

Yet another cabinet expansion is likely to take place before starting of the AP Assembly's budget session from 13 February, say the sources. Accoprding to informed sources, the chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is seriously contemplating to induct 3 more ministers in his cabinet, preferably from the Telangana region. The CM wants to fill the three vacancies arose due to the resignations of Konda Surekha, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Jupalli Krishna Rao, all from the Telangana region. Soruces said the move is reportedly to reward the T-Congress MLAS for keeping quiet on the separate state demand and cooperating with the government and the party. Towards that end, the CM himself is said to be pressuring the party leadership to agree for an early induction of some ministers from the Telangana region. As per the sources in the party, the exercise is likely to happen in the first week of February and that Kiran Kumar Reddy is waiting for an appointment with AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad and party president Sonia Gandhi to finalise the mini-expansion. The talk in the party circles is that deputy speaker Bhatti Vikramarka, a Dalit leader, will be taken as the replacement for sacked minister P Shankar Rao. The other two vacancies are slated to go to the Reddy community as no other castes are available and the names doing the rounds are that of Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy and Uttam Kumar Reddy.  

2G Scam: Supreme Court Cancels All 122 Licences

The Supreme Court of India cancelled all 122 2G Spectrum licences issued after January 2008. Certainly this move by the apex court is a major setback for the government as well as the former telecom minister A Raja, who is lodged in Tihar jail on charges of large scale corruption in allotting 2G licences. The supreme court has left it to the discretion of the trial court to decide whether home minister P Chidambaram needs to probed in the 2G scam. The SC said that there was no need for SIT to monitor the 2G scam probe. The SC verdicts came on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's petition seeking a CBI probe into the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the spectrum scam, and on two pleas by lawyer Prashant Bhushan seeking cancellation of 2G licences and setting up of an SIT to monitor probe into the scam. The Janata Party chief, Dr Subramanian Swamy, who is the petitioner in the 2G case, has alleged that Chidambaram, then the finance minister, could have prevented jailed former telecom minister A Raja from giving away spectrum at throwaway prices to select companies, but chose not to do so. Swamy had won a success in the court on Tuesday when Justices Singhvi and Ganguly upheld his right to seek the prosecution of Raja for the 2G scam and indicted the PMO for delaying prosecution of the sacked telecom minister.  

Emaar Case: CBI Files 1000 Pages Charge sheet

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a charge-sheet in the Emaar Properties case in the CBI special court, said CBI JD VV Lakshminarayana. The CBI interrogated 270 people in the case and collected 2,300 documents. The charge-sheet consisted of 1,000 pages. The Emaar Properties which developed Boulder Hills in 535 acres at Manikonda had 74 per cent of stake in the project, while 24 per cent was held by the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC).   Eventually, the share of APIIC was brought down to 0.6 per cent and the CBI was probing if there was any illegal transaction of money in reducing the stake of APIIC. It is also probing whether funding of Jagati Publications owned by Kadap MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been done through the companies involved in the Emaar scam.     VIDEOSOURCETV9

Another Ambedkar Statue Damaged in East Godawari

Ambedkar statue damaged: Satues of B R Ambedkar were destroyed by unknown miscreants at lakshmi polavaram in East Godawari district today. The exact reason behind destruction of statues is not yet known.The Dalit Associations are demanding immediate arrest of the culprits who destroyed the statues. Police are investigating the matter.       VIDEOSOURCETV9

Dead Body Found Near Tirupathi: Suspected to be Bhanu

According to latest reports, body of an unknown person was found floating in a pond adjacent to Tirupati airport at Renigunta on Wednesday afternoon. The locals found resemblances between the body and that of Bhanu Kiran, the main accused in Maddelacheruvu Suri murder case.   The police are trying to establish the identity of the dead person, who might have committed suicide or might have been killed by somebody and dumped the body in the tank. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) police in Hyderabad went on an alert and inquiring about the identity of the person. They have not yet confirmed whether the body could be that of Bhanu.   VIDEOSOURCETV9

Bhavani Island Resorts: Chiranjeevi For Thorough Probe

Erstwhile Praja Rajyam Party chief and Congress leader Chiranjeevi has asked the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to initiate an inquiry in to the awarding of Bhavani Island Resorts contract to Prathyusha Associates Shipping Corporation Pvt Ltd owned by state infrastructure minister Ghanta Srinivasa Rao. Chiranjeevi asked for the probe in the backdrop of TDP senior leader Devineni Umamaheswara Rao's allegations that Chiranjeevi and his brother-in-law Allu Arvind have benami shares in the deal. At a press conference on Tuesday, the PRP MLAs - Katasani Rami Reddy, K. Srinivasa Rao, Y. Srinivasa Rao, and P.Ramesh Babu along with Congress legislators R. Padmaraju and D. Vijaya Kumar flayed TDP MLA Devineni Umamaheswara Rao for levelling baseless allegations. Denying any wrong-doing or the use of influence to bag the global tender, Mr. Padmaraju said the firm owned by Mr. Ganta Srinivasa Rao got the tender after it offered Rs. 200 crore for a 37-year lease, while the next highest bidder had quoted Rs. 30 crore. The second bidder was a TDP sympathiser, who had leased out his building to the TDP office in Vijayawada and had set his eyes on the contract, Mr. Y. Srinivasa Rao said. He said it was totally false to allege that Mr. Ganta Srinivasa Rao was the front for Mr Chiranjeevi. The leaders said that TDP MLA D Uma Maheswara Rao was making cheap and baseless allegations against the minister saying that he was a benami for his leader Chiranjeevi. "The company owned by Srinivasa Rao quoted the highest amount in its bid, which was around Rs 200 crore for 30-year-lease period, while the second highest was around Rs 30 crore, which was submitted by a TDP leader from Vijayawada. Uma Maheswara Rao was making the allegation only to ensure that the minister will give up and the tender would go to his party colleague," they said. They also said that Srinivasa Rao was an MP and also MLA while he was in Telugu Desam Party. He is subjected to criticism and wild charges by others because he quit the party to join the PRP.  

No Entry for Dadi Veerabhadra Rao

When TDP leader in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao and some other leaders went to the chief minister’s camp office at Begumpet on Tuesday morning, the security personnel not allowed the vehicle though he had a prior appointment with the chief minister. A furious Rao and others returned without submitting a memorandum to the chief minister representing the case of the agitating junior doctors. Speaking to reporters later, Rao said he would organise a deeksha in the Council during the budget session. According to TDP sources, the chief minister called up Rao and apologised for the incident.  

Brahmanandam Birthday Special

Padma Shri Dr.Brahmanandam who has been spreading smiles since 20 years on-screen is celebrating his 56th birthday today. The Star comedian seems to be getting better and better with the age. It’s not a surprise that no big budget tollywood movie is without this comedian Brahmanandam. He has been ruling the tollywood from two decades.   We wish Brahmanandam a very happy birthday and hope he comes up with many more ever-green characters to spread smiles on our faces.    brahmanandam comedy scenes         VIDEOSOURCETV9

Emaar case: BP Acharya Suffers Heart Attack

Andhra Pradesh home secretary BP Acharya who was arrested on Monday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with regard to Emaar properties case has suffered heart attack. Sources say that BP Acharya suffered mild heart attack at about 6:30 pm, during the time when the CBI started the interrogation. He was immediately rushed to the NIMS hospital. A team of four doctors have been treating Acharya, who was kept under observation.     VIDEOSOURCETV9