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India, Russia to sign 18 agreements in Goa

  India and Russia are expected to ink defence deals worth billions of dollars during the meeting in Goa on Saturday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit. They include the procurement from Russia of four stealth frigates and five units of the S-400 anti-aircraft system, and the announcement of a joint venture for the manufacture of 200 Kamov-226T helicopters in India. In a game-changing arms acquisition, India is going to ink a Rs 39,000 crore deal for five new-generation Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, which can destroy incoming hostile aircraft, stealth fighters, missiles and drones at ranges of up to 400-km.  India and Russia are likely to sign as many as 18 agreements. Russia and India were close allies during the Cold War, but recently the relationship has become morecomplex. Talks have been held annually since 2000 and hosted alternately by Moscow and Delhi. Both sides will also approve a roadmap of measures timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Karunanidhi’s wife meets Sasikalaa over Jaya's health

The wife of DMK Chief M Karunanidhi, Rajathi Ammal, visited Apollo Hospitals in Chennai on Thursday night to enquire about the health conditionof Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Hospital sources said international specialist and consultant from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, Dr Richard Beale, and the AIIMS team, comprising Dr G Khilnani, Professor of Department of Pulmonology Medicine, Dr Anjan Trikha, Professor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, and Dr Nitish Nayak, Professor of Department of Cardiology, visited the hospital recently. "Rajathi Ammal wished the chief minister a speedy recovery," said a party leader. It is likely that Rajathi Ammal's daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi also would visit the hospital. Rajathi Ammal's visit comes close on the heels of DMK treasurer M K Stalin and senior leaders S Duraimurugan and K Ponmudi visiting the hospital on Saturday. The expert panel, during its earlier visit to the hospital on October 6, had drawn up a detailed medical management plan to treat the 68-year-old AIADMK supremo.

Jio effect; Airtel gives 100Mbps unlimited free internet

  India's number 1 telecom operator Airtel has launched its high-speed broadband service V-Fiber in India, which Airtel claims offers speeds up to 100Mbps. Airtel offered unlimited Internet for the next three months for free as a trial. Airtel V-Fiber is currently available in Chennai, but it will be expanded to 87 other cities in the next few weeks. Bengaluru and Delhi& NCR will follow Chennai's lead in getting the "superfast broadband." Airtel is currently offering up to 16Mbps speeds, which mark V-Fiber a major step up. Airtel is also accepting pre-orders for V-Fiber on its website and also notes that there would no increase in the monthly rental for those who opt for it. To a question on the tariff of the voice calls Jio said, "We would like to confirm that voice calls — local, STD and national roaming — are completely free and will remain so on the Jio network with any of the tariff packs".

When will AP SCS vacate DG’s bungalow: HC

  Hyderabad: On Thursday, Special Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, P V Ramesh was given time until Monday by the division bench of Hyderabad high court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice U Durga Prasad Rao to tell HC the amount of time he will be needing to vacate MCR HRD’s Director General’s official building. The institute’s estate officer served eviction notice, following which Ramesh has dared in the Hyderabad High Court and he was ordered by a single judge to vacate the bungalow in a month, because of which a written appeal has been filed by the ex DG.

KCR is backing his relatives: Revanth

  Warangal: On Thursday, the working president of state TD, A Revanth Reddy said, “The Chief Minister of Telangana is responsible for ryots incurring losses because of the sale of fake seeds”. He alleged that it was K Chandrasekhar Rao who was backing his relatives to supply spurious seeds and was causing the problem. The alleged negligence of the government of the state towards the peasants has been condemned by the working president who said, “The CM is saying that the ryots are very happy while they are upset about the loss of the crop which has been caused by fake seeds and heavy rains”.

YSR congress writes a letter to the PM

  Hyderabad: The President of YSR Congress Party in response to the allegations made by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu and his cabinet colleagues has written a letter on Thursday to Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. In the letter the PM was asked to issue the list of 2016 IDS by the President of YSRCP who said, “If the allegations made by Mr Naidu are true, then that individual will be Mr Naidu’s benami as he is the one who revealed the secret figures accurately”.

A pay & play facility is approved by GHMC

  Hyderabad: A pay and play facility has been approved at twelve sports complexes by the standing committee of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for the sports like cricket, badminton and Tennis. Additional sports commissioner of GHMC, Shiva Kumar Naidu K on this context said that, the pay and play concept was already functional at the Sports Authority of Telangana and now the GHMC wants to experiment with it. “The GHMC is yet to launch the website to make online bookings and it will display the rates too”, he added.  

HC stays land allotment to TIIC

  Hyderabad: On Thursday, the draft notification that has been issued by the government of the state on 23rd of September 2016 to allocate 314 acres of land to Telangana Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation at Meerkhanpet has been stayed the high court of Hyderabad. An interim stay has been granted by Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao while handling a petition which has been filed by D Anthamma and two others who belong to Meerkhanpet, who informed the court that the lands which were being sought for TIIC were earlier assigned to poor peasants at various periods by the government to save livelihood. 

No further changes to the reorganized DAS

  Hyderabad: On Wednesday, declaration has been made by the government of the of Telangana that the state would not perform any further changes with regard to the District Administration System that has been reorganized recently. The government of the state had said that, the last notification on the reorganization of districts had been issued after performing detailed study. Considering further demands for the creation of mandals, revenue divisions and districts is out of question, TG government said in a press release that has been issued by the CMO.

A co-worker assaults an SC minor girl

Hyderabad: A rapist and two other suspects have been apprehended and have been charged under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act by the police of Hyderabad for raping a sixteen-year-old nurse who was his co-worker at Ramakrishna old age home which is located at LB Nagar. P Kasi Reddy, the inspector of LB Nagar said that, his friends Subba Rao and Venkatesh had also tried to assault the girl, adding that, she has been dropped to her room and was warned by them when she raised an alarm. The management and the police have been informed about the incident later by the victim.

Life sentence for 2 was confirmed by HC

  Hyderabad: Life sentences which were in two different murders awarded by the Sessions judge, Ongole in the state of Andhra Pradesh and additional Sessions judge in Khammam, Telangana, have been confirmed by the high court of Hyderabad. Hyderabad High Court’s divisional bench constituting Justice M Satyanarayana Murti and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar has made the confirmation for murdering Illa Soma Reddy and hurting two others physically at Dubagunta in the district of Prakasam.

Quthbullapur faces high pollution

Hyderabad: Toxic chemical waste is being dumped into drainage lines by the industries, which has become an important problem at Quthbullapur. Homes have had been often moved and protests were made by the residents because of the stink that is emerging from the manufactories. Quthbullapur TRS MLA K P Vivekananda on this context said that, the entire constituency was located in and around major engineering as well as pharmaceutical industries. The areas that face high pollution were the whole of Subash nagar and parts of Quthbullapur and Jeedimetla, he said accusing that, the pollution control board had not taken action against the polluters.

UG supplementary exams will be boycotted

Hyderabad: A flash strike has been declared by the Private Degree Colleges’ Association asking the state to release Rs 200 Crore with regard to fee reimbursement dues. Vijay Bhaskar Reddy, the general secretary of the association, said in this regard that, they had informed Osmania and Kakatiya Universities’ vice chancellors that they had decided to boycott the supplementary exams that might take place from 15th of October. Whereas, Prof S Ramanchandram, the vice chancellor of OU said that, the officials were examining whether exams could be conducted in government colleges and whether inconvenience would be caused to the students.

All Indians should share credit for surgical strikes

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said all Indians including those who have raised doubts can share credit for the operation as it was done by the armed forces and not by any political party. "No one thought India could do something like this," the Defence Minister said, stressing that the army was "given a free hand" by the government, which he praised for having "the guts to take decisions." “To my knowledge there were no surgical strikes carried in the past. Those action can at the best be called as ‘covert operations where the action was taken first and the government was informed later. But the September 29 strikes were a result of a government’s decision,” said Parrikar at Forum for Integrated National Security in Mumbai. Several political leaders and parties have questioned the surgical strike and have sought proof. The Congress, while officially supporting the government over the strike, has also said that similar operations were undertaken during its tenure also.

FIR against MS Dhoni's wife in fraud case

  The FIR has been filed by Denis Arora against MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi Dhoni and three others under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 420 in a fraud case. Sakshi Dhoni was the director of Rhiti MSD Alamode Pvt. Ltd, which has stocks in a gym and fitness centre called Sportsfit World. The complaint has been filed by one Dennis Arora of Gurgaon, whose father Vikas had a 39 percent stake in the gym. This stake was sold to the directors Rhiti MSD Alamode and was worth Rs 11 crore. Arun Pandey, one of the directors of Rhiti MSD Almode Private Limited, however, said that they had paid more than the shares Vikas Arora had transferred. Pandey added that Sakshi had left the company almost a year ago and the case could not be registered against her. Moreover, as the case is pending for arbitration after the Delhi High Court’s order, no FIR should have been registered.

Sushma Helps A Son to Attend His Father's Funeral

  A woman from Karnal, who had just lost her husband, urged Sushma Swaraj on Twitter to help her son in the US get an Indian visa. Despite it being a holiday, Sushma Swaraj not only replied to her but also made sure that this issue was resolved at the earliest. On Tuesday morning, Sarita Takru whose husband died the day before, tweeted to the minister asking for her help to get an Indian visa for her only son Abhai Kaul in the US, so that he could reach in time for the cremation. On noticing Takru's tweet, Swaraj asked for her son's phone number so that she could extend help. Thanks to her quick response, a son was able to get the visa in the nick of time to attend his father’s funeral. She took the matter into her own hands, and kept the mother updated about the developments. It was another one of the instances where the minister has won people's hearts for taking time out from her busy schedule to attend to indian's needs.

Co-passenger shoots a man in bus in TN

  A 25-year-old auto driver was allegedly shot dead by two armed men in broad daylight in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district on Wednesday. The police said the victim died on the spot. As the bus proceeding to Coimbatore slowed down at Padanthal Junction, the accused jumped off it and escaped. The deceased has been identified as Karuppasamy of Valluvar Nagar in Kovilpatti. Police said the government bus was going from Nagercoil to Coimbatore. Karuppsamy boarded the bus at Kovilpatti and took a ticket to Madurai. He was sitting in the rear portion of the bus. A man who was sitting near Karuppsamy took out a gun and shot him after a brief altercation. The incident happened around 11am when the bus was nearing Sattur. The police suspect that previous enmity over a murder reported under Kovilpatti East police station limits could be the motive behind daring crime.

Ajay Sarma gets UTF’s support

  Vishakhapatnam: United Teachers Federation’s support has been announced to Uttarandhra Abhivruddhi Vedika’s General Secretary Ajay Sarma A. He will be standing for the post of MLC in the coming elections which would be conducted in the month of February or March when MVS Sarma’s term expires. According to State Co President of UTF, Vijay Gowri, people who graduated before 1st of November 2013 are eligible to enroll themselves as voters till 5th of November and following the decision of the election commission fresh enrolment will be necessitated.

Shivtek Industries’ managers were arrested

  Kurnool: Shivtek Industries Private Limited’s manager and plant manager were apprehended and were charged by Kurnool Rural Police for negligence in reference with the fire mishap that took place on 8th of October in the company’s factory which is located at Gondiaparla Village. A four member committee constituting DFO Bhupal Reddy, DSP Ramana Murthy, SE Prasada Rao and RDO Raghu Babu was formed in this regard by the collector of Kurnool, Ch Vijayamohan to carry out an inquiry and to present a report for the same.