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Ashwin creates history;fastest to take 200 wickets

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the 30-year-old today surpassed legends Waqar Younis and Dennis Lillee to become the second fastest bowler to claim 200 Test wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin's third scalp against New Zealand in the second innings was his 200th in the longest format. The ball spun back sharply and hit the Kiwi skipper in line of the stumps. Ashwin had also dismissed Williamson in the first innings of the match, with a peach of a delivery. Australia legspinner Clarrie Grimmett leads the chart, reaching the milestone in 37 Tests. Ashwin achieved the milestone in his 37th Test match, bettering Waqar and Lillee, who both took 38 Tests. The world No.1 all-rounder, who was seven wickets away from hitting the 200-wicket mark, went wicketless on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against New Zealand at Kanpur and it took him 16.5 overs to get his first scalp. Ashwin is the ninth Indian bowler to record 200 in Tests and also the ninth highest wicket-taker for the country in a list lead by current coach Anil Kumble (619).

28k illegal buildings will be bulldozed

HYDERABAD: On Saturday, the Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao said that, 28000 buildings, which were built illegally on Hyderabad’s storm water drains, would be bulldozed in order to prevent floods during heavy rainfall. The CM said that, the government of Telangana would not allow any illegal constructions in the city, adding that, flying squads for each of the 24 municipal circles which were assisted by police would be pressed into service to pull down the illegal structures that are under construction at the moment. KCR added that, they were determined to demolish all the buildings which were constructed illegally on obtruded storm water drains across the city and blocking rain water flow to prevent flooding.  

MANUU’s teachers will go on hunger strike

HYDERABAD: Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s teachers, after being transferred to university’s off campus locations in Bengalure and in Darbangha in Bhiar from the main campus that is located at Hyderabad, said that they would go on hunger strike against the move that has been taken. Saheer Zaman, who is one of the teachers, said that, they had 15 days to join the campuses where they had been transferred. If there was no response by then, they would go on hunger strike, he said adding that, he had raised issues of improper functioning in the university.

TG is looking at ways to change laws: KCR

HYDERABAD: On Sunday, K Chandra Shekar Rao, after reviewing the situation in the state as well as city, addressed a press conference at Secretariat in the wake of heavy rains. KCR, in response to a question which was asked on the steps being taken to rid Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation of corrupt staff by the government of the state, said, “There is no redemption in sight for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from corruption and if the government were to begin taking action against corrupt staff, then no one will be left in GHMC.” Furthermore, the CM also added, “The government of Telangana, in an attempt to eliminate the employees from indulging in corruption with impunity and settling down into their comfort zones, is looking at ways to change laws to make it possible to transfer them from the civic bodies to other positions in the state”.

Indian army and NDRF swung into action

HYDERABAD: On Saturday, in order to launch food distribution drives following heavy rains, Indian Army and National Disaster Response Force swung into action. After MET department warned that the rains would continue for five more days, citizen groups, who earlier involved in the food distribution activities, are currently concentrating on providing medicines and fighting sanitation and health issues. Film actor Navdeep said that, that was the second phase where the focus was on sanitation and health care. Mosquito repellents, sanitary napkins, blankets, rugs, bed sheets, and non-perishable food items like biscuits, rusk, etc., were needed and he added that they were making arrangements for the same.

KCR & KTR should come out of their slumber

HYDERABAD: On Saturday, after visiting the inundated areas of Alwal in Kukatpally, TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that the ‘government of Telangana’’s negligent and lethargic attitude had pushed the whole of Hyderabad city into a chaotic situation. Uttam Kumar in reference with the Municipal Minister and Chief Minister of Telangana also said, “Neither of them held a comprehensive review on civic conditions in the city and today’s situation was the outcome of continued negligence. At least now KCR and KTR should come out of their slumber and take immediate action to bring back normalcy”.  

Apple buys Hyd start-up for shocking amount!!

  Tuplejump, a Hyderabad-based machine learning startup that helps companies to store, process and visualise big data with its unique software has been acquired by US tech giant Apple. "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans." the Cupertino giant told a publication, indicating the deal was likely an acqui-hire. Founded in 2013, Tuplejump's two co-founders Rohit Rai and Satyaprakash Buddhavarapu have already joined Apple while third cofounder, Deepak Alur, joined Anaplan - a Cloud-based business modelling and planning platform for sales, operations and finance. nearly all of Tuplejump's 16 employees are in the process of becoming Apple staffers. A back-of-the-envelope calculation by an expert put the valuation at about $20 million (Rs 27 crore). "When there is a talent hire, the cost of hiring is usually calculated based on the last few years' salary," the expert said. "So, for a 16-member team, I think it would probably come up to around $4 million a year, making this deal for something around $20 million (including for possible IP evaluation)". This deal comes a month after Apple acquired another machine learning company Turi. It had also bought deep learning company Perceptio in October last year.

Yuvraj Singh reveals his wedding details!!

  In a recent interview cricketer Yuvraj Singh has revealed that he will wed his long time girlfriend model actress Hazel Keech in December. The preparations for the gala wedding are already on. Yuvraj’s cricketer friends and Hazel’s film industry friends all are going to be present. Yuvraj who is extremely popular amongst his female fans expressed, “I have been through a lot in life. There comes a phase when you want to settle down. There is a right time for everything in life. I want to get married, and this is the right time for it.” He added, “You get married only once. A wedding is an occasion you want to celebrate with everyone. We were always sure we wanted to invite everyone to the wedding. It will be a three-four day affair. We will have a couple of events to make sure all my cricketer friends get to attend them. Preparations are in full swing.” The wedding functions will be held in Delhi and Chandigarh and both Sikh and Hindu rituals (since Hazel's mother is from Uttar Pradesh) will be followed. Yuvraj and the model-turned actress met at a friend's party last year and since then they had been spotted together at many public events. Hazel, born in Essex, England, rose to popularity after she played a crucial role in Salman Khan's Bodyguard (2011) and the telugu film, Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.

Bollywood comes out in support of Pak actors

  Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's affiliate Chitrapat Sena has warned the Pakistani actors to leave the country asap in the wake of the recent Uri attack in base camp at Jammu & Kashmir, which killed as many as 18 army personnel. “ We give a 48 hour deadline to Pakistani Actors and artists to leave India or MNS will push them out.”"We won't let 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' and 'Raees' release as it has Pakistani actors, says MNS. Bollywood now has come out in support of the Pak actors. Vikram Bhatt said India should push for declaring Pakistan as a terrorist state than involving actors into the situation because that will "trivialise" the issue. "We should concentrate on making sure that Pakistan is declared a terrorist state. That should be our effort. This (asking Pak actors to leave) is like trivialising the issue-- whether artists or cricket should be allowed nor not...  "How does that matter? What matters is that people are dying, we have been constantly suffering... And the only thing we do is ban artists!" he said.  Film critic Mayank Shekhar said culture is apolitical and when government of India has given permission to Pakistani actors to work here, any other political outfit should not "spread fear" among people.  

Russia joins Pak in first ever joint military drill

“A contingent of Russian ground forces arrived in Pakistan for first ever Pak—Russian joint exercise from September 24 to October 10,” army spokesman Lt—Gen Asim Bajwa tweeted along with some photographs of the Russian and Pakistan troops. Russia and Pakistan came together on Friday for theirfirst-ever joint military exercise called 'Friendship 2016' in a development that will be watched keenly in both Delhi and Washington DC. The Russian embassy in New Delhi, in a statement, said: "Contrary to some reports appearing in a section of the press, the Russia-Pakistan anti-terror exercise is not being held and will not be held in any point of so-called "Azad Kashmir" or in any other sensitive or problematic areas like Gilgit and Baltistan." "The only venue of the exercise is Cherat. All reports alleging the drills taking place at the High Altitude Military School in Rattu are erroneous and mischievous," it said. The exercise is to take place in a mountainous area in the eastern Punjab province. Both countries have long experience of counterinsurgency operations in this difficult terrain, which they want to share with each other. The exercise was first announced in January and is a signal that “Moscow and Islamabad are interested in deepening military-to-military relations,” Pakistan's ambassador to Moscow Qazi Khalilullah said.

Delete user data till Sep 25; HC to WhatsApp

  The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that WhatsApp has to delete all data on users who choose to stop using the service before Sept. 25, when the new policy takes effect. WhatsApp revised its privacy policy last month to share data with owner Facebook and allow targeted ads and messages from businesses, laying the groundwork for the free messaging service to begin making money. Students Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi, 19 and 22 respectively, then filed a public-interest litigation seeking to block those changes. The court also asked the telecom regulator TRAI to examine the feasibility of bringing internet messaging applications like WhatsApp under the statutory regulatory framework.Senior advocate Pratibha M Singh, who had argued on behalf of the two students, called the judgement 'path-breaking'. "It is a major dent on their policy, definitely. WhatsApp will have to make changes," she told. WhatsApp had told the court that once a user deletes an account, information and data on that person is no longer retained on its servers. It also clarified that only a user's name and phone number are shared and not the content of the messages which are encrypted.

HC stayed the warrant issued to MLA Elvis

  HYDERABAD: On Friday, the bailable warrant that has been issued against MLA Elvis Stephenson, a complainant in Cash for Vote case, was stayed by the Hyderabad High Court. Senior counsel G Vidya Sagar said, “The petitioner has filed a petition before the single judge asked him to rescue from hearing of a quash petition filed by one Jerusalem Mathaiah, who is one of the accused in Cash for Vote scam”, to the court. The division bench comprising of Justice Anis and Justice V Ramasubramanian dismissed the rescue petition and directed initiation of action against Stephenson under Contempt of Court Act.

TG government initiates polio clean up

  HYDERABAD: On Friday, the Commissionerate of Health and Famiy Welfare informed that, the action has been started by the government of Telangana soon after type 2 polio vaccine virus has been discovered in Nagaole Nala. The actions include revalidation of health facilities and cold chain points in public as well as private sector of any tOPV i.e., trivalent oral polio vaccines; and self-declaration by government and private health facilities that they are not using tOPVs for the purpose of vaccination. The commissioner in reference with the initiated actions said that, the virus isolated from surveillance was just vaccine derived and there was no reason for concern.

Water from Jurala was released to Srisailam

  HYDERABAD: On Friday, water from Jurala Project has been released to Srisailam Project, where the water level is rising fast, by the officials of irrigation department as Jurala project in Mahaboobnagar was full to brim due to heavy inflows from the areas of upstream. However, the water level of Nagarjunsagar Project is low when compared to other projects and on this context, Telangana’s irrigation minister T Hairsh Rao said that water could be released to Nagarjunsagar if the water level of Srisailam project becomes full in the coming week.

Shooting at Washington mall; 3 dead

  Police were searching for a gunman who killed three women and injured two other people at a Washington state mall before fleeing the area. A gunman opened fire in a crowded mall north of Seattle. The Washington State Patrol said the four were shot on Friday at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, about 105km north of Seattle. It previously said four people had been killed. "We have one adult male victim from the Burlington mall shooting who arrived by air this evening to Harborview Medical Center at approximately 9:30 p.m. He is in critical condition," said hospital spokeswoman said. “We are still actively looking for the shooter. Stay indoors, stay secure,” authorities said. Authorities released a surveillance image of a suspect apparently walking through a store and holding a rifle. They described the suspect as a Hispanic man wearing black who was last seen walking toward Interstate 5. The Cascade Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Burlington, Wash., that opened in 1990, according to the mall’s website. It features J.C. Penney, TJ Maxx, and Macy’s stores, among other shops, restaurants and a movie theatre. Cascade Mall is a popular destination for shoppers from British Columbia.

Be ready to help people in need: KCR

  HYDERABAD: Following heavy rains in the city, Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao, who returned to city on Friday evening after visiting Delhi, asked all the district administrations to set up control rooms in each and every district of Telangana. The Chief Minister asked the officials as well as the politicians to be ready to help people in need and also said that filling up of large number of water bodies, including reservoirs, lakes and tanks, augurs well as a welcome development for the state of Telangana.

Third most corrupt body in HYD is GHMC

  HYDERABAD: Since 2011, 24 GHMC officers have been arrested by the Anti- Corruption Bureau’s Hyderabad unit. Most of the officers were from Sanitation, Advertisement and Town planning departments.  The officials from ACB have gone on record by stating that, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is the most corrupt body in the city after the transport and electricity departments.  A senior officer from ACB’s Hyderabad unit said that maximum raids recorded were on Town Planning officers and a majority of them earn money while allocating building permissions, adding that, they were found accepting bribes for issuing building occupancy certificates despite deviations in constructions.

India seals Rafale Deal For 36 Fighter Jets

India and France on Friday concluded an Inter-Governmental Agreement for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets to cost the nation Rs. 58,000 crore. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves LeDrian signed the contract in Delhi on Friday after years of tortuous negotiations between the two countries. The Rafale aircraft will allow the airforce to strike targets in Pakistani soil even while flying within the Indian airspace. The Narendra Modi government had cleared the deal amid indications that the French government waived off the advance guarantee, allowing India to save 134 million euros. These combat aircraft, delivery of which will start in 36 months and will be completed in 66 months from the date the contract is inked, comes equipped with state-of-the-art missiles like 'Meteor' and 'Scalp' that will give IAF a capability that had been sorely missing in its arsenal. The features that make the Rafale a strategic weapon in the hands of IAF include its Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Meteor air-to-air missile with a range in excess of 150 km. India needs at least 42 squadrons of fighters and has an existing strength of 32. The fighter fleet will go down further by about 10 squadrons as the MiG-21 fighters - dubbed flying coffins because of their poor safety record - will have to be grounded.  

Samsung phone catches fire on Indigo flight

  A Samsung Note 2 led to a sparks and smoke in an IndiGo flight flying between Singapore and Chennai on Friday morning, said a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official. Samsung has been struggling with battery explosion issue on its latest Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. Samsung has already recalled around 2.5 million units sold globally and stopped sales in India and several other countries. While the issue is with Galaxy Note 7, it is unclear what could have caused Galaxy Note 2 to catch fire mid-air. The incident happened at an IndiGo flight. Sources at IndiGo indicated that "it was not fire, but smoke and spark''. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) therefore, has called in Samsung officials on Monday. The department has also advised the airline to make an announcement on every flight asking passengers to switch off their Samsung Notes on flights. “IndiGo confirms that a few passengers travelling on 6E-054 flight from Singapore to Chennai noticed the smoke smell in the cabin this morning (September 23, 2016) and immediately alerted the cabin crew on board. “The crew quickly identified minor smoke coming from the hat-rack of seat 23 C and simultaneously informed the Pilot-in-Command who further alerted the ATC of the situation on board,” the airline said.