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Lay 4-lane roads on all sides of Yadadri

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, the officials were directed by the chief minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao to provide facilities and to provide accommodation for one lakh devotees for one single day at Laxmi Narismha Swamy Temple, Yadadri. The place was visited and the works related to ongoing renovation have been inspected by KCR who directed the temple authorities to build 4-lane roads on all the four sides of Yadadri and to develop flora so as to meet the demand of flowers near the temple premises.  

‘BJP is using surgical strikes as a tool’

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, Mr Digvijay Singh, the general secretary of AICC, in an event which has been organized in the city, alleged, “The Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janatha Party are using surgical strikes as a tool to gain political mileage”. MR Singh also said, “BJP has changed the definition of the word “Secularism” in such a way that it suits the communal agenda of the party”, adding “BJP’s attitude is that if anyone opposes them, then they will be termed as anti-nationals”.

RSS meet will be held at HYD from?

  Hyderabad: The national executive council meetings of Rashitriya Swayamsevak Sangh would be conducted from 23rd of October in the city of Hyderabad for three consecutive days at a place which is not far away from Ghatkesar. Key resolutions would be deliberated and would be passed by the top brass of RSS on literacy and on security with regard to the nation which includes the recent developments of India as well as Pakistan. The General Secretary and Sarsanghachalak of RSS will be taking part in the meeting along with 400 other delegates according to the sources.

National Kabaddi player's wife commits suicide

  Wife of a national-level kabaddi player, who also represents a franchise in the Pro-Kabaddi League, allegedly hung herself from a ceiling fan at her home in west Delhi on Monday night. Twenty-seven-year-old Lalita, wife of Rohit Kumar, was found hanging at her home in Nangloi, police said. She had married Rohit Kumar, who represents Bengaluru Bulls in the Pro-Kabaddi League, on March 16, a senior police officer said. It was a love marriage and her second marriage. Her father-in-law used to taunt her about getting married for the second time, police said. A suicide note was found in her room, in which she has blamed her husband of torturing her, police will be scanning its content. "She has made a number of allegations in her video message and her note. She alleged that her in-laws and Rohit used to mentally and physically harass her. They would even make dowry demands," said a senior police officer. A senior police officer said her parents gave their statement in front of the SDM and alleged that their daughter was harassed by her husband and in-laws. "A case was registered under sections 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 304(B) (dowry death)," said the officer.

RS 175 Crore is sought by Bandaru

  Hyderabad: The Central Government was urged by the Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minster, to release an amount of RS 175 Crore to the University of Osmania, which is going to hold its hundredth anniversary in the coming year i.e., in 2017. A Memorandum has been submitted to Prakash Javadekar, the human resource and development minister, on Tuesday by the Union Minister who said, “Steps must be taken so as to improve the infrastructure facilities in one of the largest universities of the state in the country”.

TG is quizzed over the rates of the land

Hyderabad: The government of Telangana has been asked by the High Court of Hyderabad if the state has revised the market rates of the lands according to the guidelines before the issuance of notifications which have been made to purchase land. While dealing with a petition which has been filed by M Kodanda Reddy, the Ex congress MLA, Hyderabad High Court’s division bench constituting Justice A Shankar Narayana and Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan directed the government to provide an explanation with regard to the same by the end of next week. 

Illinois and Telangana sign an MoU

  Hyderabad: A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the governments of Telangana and Illinois in the United States so as to interact and collaborate in different fields with the help of expertise sharing. The agreement has been signed in Chicago by Mr Hardik Bhatt, the State chief information officer and secretary of Illinois Innovation and Technology, and Mr Arvind Kumar, the principal secretary of Industries and Commerce, at an event, which was attended by the consul-general of India, Dr Ausaf Sayeed and K T Rama Rao, the IT minster of Telangana.

HC puts Puvvada’s society works on hold

Hyderabad: On Tuesday, Mamata Educational Society’s management, which is located in Khammam and which is owned by Puvvada Ajay Kumar, an MLA of TRS, was directed by the Hyderabad High Court not to construct on the land, which was regularized by the government of the state, for 3 weeks. A petition, which was filed daring the construction that was taking place on a regularized land by Sudhakar Rao Mandadapu, was being dealt by the division bench of Hyderabad High Court which has put the society works of an MLA of TRS on hold.

TTDs’ funds are questioned by PIL

  Hyderabad: On Tuesday, public interest litigation has been admitted by the High Court of Hyderabad daring Tirumala Tirupati Devanstanams’ action for not depositing the endowment administration fund’s under assessed contribution. Notices were issued to both the governments and to Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam and they were asked by a division bench of the High Court constituting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice A Shankar Narayana to file a written statement confirmed by affirmation.

Suspicious Drone spotted by Pilot in Mumbai

  An Indigo flight pilot spotted a suspicious drone minutes before landing at the Mumbai domestic airport. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) control room informed the airport police that at around 5. 55 pm, IndiGo flight 6E-755 pilot Asish Ranjan saw a drone some 100 feet below the plane at Kurla during landing. Ashish Ranjan, pilot of Indigo Airlines flight 6E-755 from Dehradun, told authorities that he spotted a drone some 100 metres below the aircraft on Kurla side, while landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at around 7.30 PM. The pilot alerted the Area Traffic Control (ATC), who contacted the police. The information was forwarded to the Intelligence Bureau, Anti-Terrorism Squad, Special Branch of police and Crime Branch, a police officer said. Currently, drone flying is banned in India.

September 2016 was the hottest ever: NASA

  According to data released on Monday by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, this past month was the warmest September in the 136 years since record-keeping began for this kind of data. According to the 2014 National Climate Assessment, a report compiled by a team of more than 300 experts, temperatures have increased at the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere and in the oceans over recent decades, while snow and ice cover have decreased. Sea levels are rising, season lengths are changing and "increasing trends in extremes of heat and heavy precipitation events" have been been observed globally, according to the NCA's report. The string of temperature records brings global warming close to the 2°C (3.6°F) level of warming that scientists warn could lead to the worst effects of climate change. In February, the global temperatures were 1.2°C (2.2°F) higher than average.The Nasa figures are calculated using publicly available information from about 6,300 weather stations around the world, including ships and buoys that measure the temperature of the sea.

Indian-Americans prefer Clinton over Trump

  In what seems to be like a boost to the Hillary Clinton camp majority of Indian-Americans prefer Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump as their choice for the next US President when it comes to issues of immigration, religious freedom and outsourcing, a survey said. Most of the respondent preferred Clinton over Trump on immigration (59 to 29 perc ent), religious freedom (67 to 27 per cent), outsourcing (52 to 22 per cent) and trust issues (40 to 17 per cent), the Foundation of India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS-USA.org) said while releasing the results of the survey carried out on Indian-Americans about their opinions on the two US presidential candidates. However, the New York-based billionaire has an edge over Clinton when it comes to India-specific foreign policy of the United States and the fight against terrorism.

Modi praises Army for Surgical Strikes

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi commented on Tuesday at a public meeting, saying everyone is talking about the army these days without directly referring to the surgical strikes which happened recently. “Our army’s valour is being discussed across the country these days. We used to hear earlier that Israel has done this. The nation has seen that Indian army is no less than anybody,” he said. Addressing his parivartan rally in Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, Modi called the state the god’s land and the martyr’s land. He also talked about the One Rank One Pension policy as the right that had been granted to the soldiers in the state. "One Rank One Pension was hanging for 40 years, and it is our government which completed that work. Not only soldiers but their families bless me. We have released Rs 5,500 crore and promise to deliver the remainder soon," the PM said, in what was his first trip to Himachal since he won the Lok Sabha elections. Earlier today, Modi dedicated to the nation three hydro-electric projects (HEPs) in the state, with a generating capacity of 1,732 MW.

Relief for Smriti Irani in Fake Degree Case

  The Patiala House Court today refused to summon former HRD minister Smriti Irani in the fake degree case. Irani had allegedly given false information about her educational qualifications in the election affidavit. The court dismissed it on the ground that there was a 11-year delay in filing the complaint and the lack of original documents available with the Delhi University. The court also observed that the complaint was filed to harass Irani only because she is a central minister. Irani’s educational qualifications came under scanner after she contested the 2004 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The degree case was filed last year by a man called Ahmer Khan, who accused Smriti Irani of making contradictory statements about her education in affidavits that she filed while contesting different elections.

Pak chai seller becomes Internet sensation!

  A tea seller from the streets of Islamabad, Pakistan has become the most talked about person on Twitter today. He looks nothing less than a supermodel, with blue eyes and a brooding look, as captured by a photographer by the name Ali in the picture. His high-fashion supermodel looks while pouring tea has got people talking on Twitter. The photographer called Javeria, or 'Jiah,' Ali, who posted the photo on her Instagram handle after which it went viral on social media platforms said that she found him in the Itwar Bazaar area of Islamabad during a photo-walk she participated in a few months ago. "I took his picture during a photowalk I attended a few months back, but shared the post recently on Instagram and someone shared it on other social media platform after which it went viral," Jiah said.

This is the secret behind Kohli's Nickname!

  The book 'Driven' written by veteran sports journalist Vijay Lokapally recalls various events involving Indian Test Cricket captain Virat Kohli. In 2014, on the occasion of Teacher's Day Virat gifted a car to his Guru  Rajkumar Sharma. Rajkumar stood perplexed as Virat's brother Vikas requested him to step out of his house. A gleaming Skoda Rapid was parked at the gate -- a gift from Virat to his mentor". He said, "It was not merely because he had gifted me the car. It was because of his emotional touch to the process of reminding me how much he treasured our association, and valued the role of a teacher in his life." A new book written on the Indian Test captain reveals the 'secret' behind Kohli getting a nickname as Chikoo. "One evening, he returned to the hotel with his hair nicely cropped. He has spotted a fancy hair salon close by and given himself a new look. 'How is it?' he asked excitedly as he ran into a couple of younger colleagues. 'Not bad, you look like a Chikoo (Sapodilla)," joked Ajit Chowdhary, the assistant coach looking from a distance. "The name struck. Chikoo. Virat didn't mind it all.

Name Kohli's Girlfriend,9th class exam Question

  In a shocking question which appeared for the Physical Training or PT exam, class nine students of Chacha Nehru Hindi High School in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra had to name India's Test captain Virat Kohli's girlfriend. The multiple choice question offered students these options to pick from - Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone. This Hindi high school in Bhiwandi has sparked controversy for this question. Last month, the Indian Air Force engineering exam featured a question on actor Deepika Padukone, leaving social media stunned. Now, a Maharashtra school has gone a step further and asked students a rather absurd question about cricketer Virat Kohli. Before this, a civil engineering exam question paper featured a question on Tamil blockbuster Baahubali. Students at Vellore Institute of Technology were asked to design engineering set-pieces for the film's war sequences.

Singapore gets its first Diwali-themed train!

  Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has joined in the festival preparations for Diwali by launching a special-Diwali based train for the first time. Diwali is a festival that brings the entire country together in the happy festivities connected to it. It seems it is also bringing other cultures closer to us with the White House hosting an annual lamp lighting ceremony.     Now it’s Singapore’s time. Singapore’s famous Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) launched its first Diwali-themed train on October 15. In a series of pictures that were shared on the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) Facebook page, one can see the decked up coaches with rangolis, diyas, festoons and the works also  two platforms at Singapore's Little India Station. Little India, of course is a well-known ethnic district in Singapore, a nation which lists an Indian language - Tamil - as one of its official languages, and Diwali as a public holiday.    

Union Minister hits back at Anurag Kashyap

  Union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju said today that film director Anurag Kashyap questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the boycott of Pakistani artists after Uri, is "without any logic" and a ploy to grab attention. Anurag Kashyap had recently tweeted to PM Modi on his silence over Pak artists ban. He asked PM to apologise for his visit to Pakistan in December last year. He also stood in support of Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, which is facing trouble because of the presence of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. Kashyap, 44, said that why should only filmmakers, who have completed shoot of their respective films, have to face the situation of a ban. Rijiju has brushed off Kashyap's rants as a publicity stunt. He tweeted, "A new fashion has developed in India. A student or a film person can put a question or speak against PM without any logic to get into news."