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JNTU embarrasses Kadiyam Srihari

Resulting in the carelessness of JNTU, Telangana EAMCET results on Thursday were uploaded on the websites much before Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari announced the results.   There is a norm that results must be uploaded on the website after minister announces results. This has embarrassed Kadiyam Sri Hari, however tired cover the issue saying ultimately results should reach students. When he was questioned by a journalist, How could this happen, he said he would inquiry in to the issue. _Srikar.Palwai

TRS happy with HC verdict on defectors

  The High Court has given its judgment on the seven MLAs, who defected into TRS party, but still continuing as Congress and TDP MLAs. Responding to a petition filed by the TDP, the High Court has allowed the seven MLAs to use their voting right in the MLCs elections to be held on June 1st in the Telangana state. The court said that it doesn't wants to interfere in the elections process at this moment.   Therefore, MLAs Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Teegala Krishna Reddy and Challa Dharma Reddy of TDP and the four MLAs of the Congress party, who are serving the TRS now, can cast their votes to the 5th MLC candidate fielded by the TRS party.   Although, the court ruling may makes no difference for TDP and Congress parties as both parties are not depended on them, it makes a large difference for the TRS party as it badly needs their votes for its 5th candidate’s victory. So far, TRS was able to garner support from seven MLAs of MIM party and one MLA belongs to the YSR Congress party, with which the total number of MLAs supporting its 5th candidate would be 11, including its 3 MLAs.   Still it needs 7 MLAs support to pass its 5th candidate in the MLC elections as minimum 18 MLAs are needed for passing each MLC. Even if the CPI and CPM parties that have one MLA each and the one nominated Anglo Indian MLA prepared to vote for the TRS candidate, even then also it needs 4 MLAs to pass its 5th candidate. TRS is very sure to get 4 MLAs support, but no one knows from which party it will get.

KTR calls Jagan seeking YCP MLA support

  Telangana IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao is said to be called YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday seeking his party MLA’s support to the TRS 5th candidate in the MLC elections. It is learnt that Jagan positively responds to his request. Actually, YSR Congress party has three MLAs in Telangana, but two of them have already joined the TRS party and only one MLA Venkateswarulu is continuing in the party.   There was a general belief that YSR Congress party will obviously vote for the TRS candidate as it has good terms with it. But, the complaint lodged by YSR party leaders against Telangana assembly secretary Dr. Raja Sadaram with EC yesterday has created some suspense about its intention. They complain that Sadaram is acting like the ruling TRS party agent and so he shouldn’t be allowed to conduct the MLC elections as returning officer. Their complaint creates an impression that YSR Congress party is not going to vote for the TRS MLC candidate. But, the suspense was cleared as Jagan Mohan Reddy is said to be positively responded to KTR’s appeal. KTR also approached MIM that has 7 MLAs, CPI and CPM parties that have one MLA each for their support.

30 sets of nominations filed on behalf CBN!

  During the second day of Mahanadu meetings today, TDP leaders from both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states have filed 30 sets of nomination papers on behalf of their president Chandrababu Naidu for the post of party central committee president. However, his election is mere formality as no one else is competing for it. Hence, TDP will declare him as it central committee president tomorrow, on the last day of Mahanadu meetings. Then he will constitute two separate committees for AP and Telangana states and polit-bureau members for central committee.   However, there was no hint about promoting Nara Lokesh in the party. Probably, TDP may make some announcement about his elevation in the party after Chandrababu Naidu takes charge as central committee president tomorrow. Some senior leaders like Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Payyavula Keshav and Achchem Naidu are insisting for elevation of his position in the party. Nara Lokesh is currently serving as convener of the party welfare fund committee.

Shivarama Krishnan died

  Shivarama Krishnan, former IAS officer and Chairman of AP Capital location selection committee, died on Thursday due to ill health. He was ailing with some serious health problems for last six months and was taking treatment in a private hospital in New Delhi.   He and his team members extensively visited all the 13 districts to study the geographical, political, economic conditions and various resources available in the AP state. However, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who has his own ideas and plans for development of the state has taken only some points from his report that suits his plans. YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy reacting this news said “We can offer rich tributes only if we implement the suggestions given by him in his committee report.”

Lokesh names his son as Devaansh

  Nara Lokesh has posted his son’s photo in Twitter and also named him as Devansh. He tweets “On the auspicious day of our grandfather’s birthday, we announce the name of our son “Devaansh.”

TRS luring him to vote for its MLC candidate?

  Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari, after filing his nomination papers for the MLCs elections, speaking to the media said “Our party fields the 5th candidate only because we are sure about his victory. But, we will not indulge in any kind of horse trading of MLAs of other parties.”   However, his party leaders have approached the lone independent MLA Donthi Madhava Reddy yesterday seeking his support for their 5th MLC candidate. According to reports, they assured him that he will be given appropriate position in the party, if he votes for the TRS candidate and joins the TRS party.   Currently, he is aligned with the Congress party. Hence, the Telangana Congress leaders also asked him not to leave the party and he agreed to continue in the party. Later, he declared the same. But, no one is sure how many MLAs from which party will jump into the TRS party in the last minute. BJP, TDP and Congress parties are taking all necessary precautions to keep their MLAs away from the TRS party and its temptations.

YSRCP unlikely to vote for TRS in MLC elections

  Telangana Assembly secretary Sadaram, who will be the returning officer for the MLC elections to be held on June 1st, may be set aside by the Chief Election Officer for acting in favour of ruling TRS party. TDP and Congress parties have complained against him to Chief Elections Officer Banwarlal and the YSR Congress also complained against him today.   Its leader Shivaram asked the Chief Elections Officer to put him aside in the MLC elections. Banwarlal has positively responds to his request and also assured to appoint two elections-observers to make sure no irregularities take place in the polling. But, this development hints that the YSR Congress party is not going to cast its single MLA vote to the TRS candidate. If so, the Congress party candidate Akulala Lalitha may expect its vote.   Although the polling date is nearing, TRS party that fields 5th candidate has not made any move so far to attract the MLAs of opposition parties. TDP appeals the High Court to order its three MLAs serving the TRS party to stay away from these MLC elections. If the court agrees for it, then chances of winning the elections of the TRS 5th candidate may be remote.

Mee Kosam Grievances Portal

  Andhra Pradesh government has recently launched a web portal that will enable the common people to file their complaints or make suggestions to the government on any issue. They can also post photographs and documents related to their complaints. But, Aadhar number is mandatory for filing any complaints in this portal.   Once it is accepted, the applicant will receive an SMS message or an e-mail acknowledging the complaint. Then the complaint will be forwarded to the concerned department for immediate action. If, the problem was not resolved in a stipulated period, then automatically it will be forward to higher officials for further action. Applicants can track their complaint status in the same portal using their Aadhar number. People can avail this facility round the clock at www.meekosam.ap.gov.in.

Power reloaded for TDP with Mahanadu

Telugu Desham Party on wednesday grandly raised the curtains for 34th Mahanadu in NTR memorial school grounds which is celebrated on the eve of late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao’s birthday.   Addressing the people from both the states, Chief Minister N. Chandra Babu Naidu strongly criticized Congress Party over their heinous governance for 10 years which had costed the lives of 24,000 farmers. He also mentioned statistics of farmers who could not refund the agricultural loans to the banks in telugu states where it was 93 percent in A.P and 89 percent in Telangana while average of India is just 53 percent.   Mr Naidu said situations in AP were even worse in 1995 when TDP came to power, besides all these obstacles, by 2004 we could provide state with excess electricity generation capacity with our reforms in Power sector, which ultimately brought considerable growth in the economy of the state.   Mr Naidu also added that congress again ruined the state’s economy with their unruly governance between 2004-14, scarcity for water and electricity also prevailed that pushed farmers in to the losses. “ Congress failed to complete the projects especially “Jala Yagnam” despite spending 85,000 crores and also failed in the execution of welfare and development activities” he added.   Bringing out the situations post bifurcation, he said Andhra Pradesh has fallen back in all the issues with the unconstitutional division of the state, we are trying hard to get over all these hurdles with our policies, we have also set few goals to put the state in top-3 in India by 2022, no- 1 state by 2029 and best investment region in the world by the year 2050.   He also opined that friendly governance is not possible between Telugu states with no other political party, it can only happen with TDP which could look after welfare of the people equally in both the states. -Srikar.Palwai

Will KCR lend his ear to CBN's appeal for cooperation?

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu in his speech given at Mahanadu meeting today, appeals his counterpart of Telangana state KCR to set aside the political rivalry and come forward to resolve the issues in an amicable way through negotiations for the sake of people and development of both states.   He said “any political is expected to fight with the government on behalf of the people when it is in opposition and is expected to serve the people when in power. TDP is playing these two different roles in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. But, it doesn’t mean that governments also quarrel with each other because their parties oppose each other politically. Let the political parties do their job and let the government work together for the development of both states. I suggest do not mix up the politics and governance.”   But, it is evident that as long as the TDP is around in the Telangana state and keep challenging the TRS party, the ruling TRS government may dislike to work together with the TDP government of AP State. Although, what Chandrababu Naidu said about political parties playing two different roles is 100 per cent correct, the political rivalry between the two parties may not let the TRS government to work together with the AP government. Chandrababu Naidu is also well aware about this fact, yet he appeals because he has faith in democratic process.

India Gets It's First Transgender Principal

Manabi Banerjee who currently works as a Bengali professor at Vivekananda Satobarshiki Mahavidyalaya is all set to become India's first transgender college principal Manabi Banerjee is assumed to head the Krishnagar Women’s College located 105 kms away from kolkatta in West Bengal from June 9.   “She has been teaching in a college for more than 20 years, and had the necessary administrative experience. She was chosen through the usual selection process,”said Dipak K. Kar, chairman of an education panel that selects college principals in the state. Welcoming the decision, Rattan Lal Hangloo, vice-chancellor of Krishnagar Women’s College affiliate Kalyani University said,   “Manabi is a fine human being, a good academician and an able administrator. We are hopeful her appointment will empower other members of the transgender community.” India’s transgender activists hailed the appointment as a proud day for a community that usually faces discrimination.   “This is a proud moment for us. It’s great that people have begun accepting transgenders. Everybody should feel proud about this decision,” said Rudrani Chettri, director of Mitr Trust, a group working for transgender rights. -Ratnakar

I never misused PMO: Dr. Manmohan Singh

  Dr. Manmohan Singh may be one among those very few persons in the UPA government, who carries a clean image despite facing allegations in coal block allocations and charge sheeted by the CBI in the same case. It is because personally he or his family or any of his relatives have not indulged in any scam or get any benefits out of any scam during his ten years of ruling. But, he let his government indulge in all sorts of corrupt practices and just kept watching them like a silent spectator. Hence, there is a mixed response about his role in corrupt practices. Hence, often he is forced to come out with explanations to some questions in this regard.   Responding to TRAI Chairman Pradip Baijal allegations that he threatens to face serious consequences if did not cooperate on 2G telecom licenses and to implicate Arun Shourie and Ratan Tata in the case,”   Dr. Manmohan Singh said “As far as I am concerned, I can say in all humility that I have not used my public office to enrich myself, to enrich my family or my friends.” He alleges that the Modi government keeps on harping on this theme of corruption because it wants to distract the attention of the people to non-issues.”   But, being former Prime Minister of the country he can’t expect his successor to spare him and his government from criticizing on corrupt practices and huge scams that takes place during his regime.

TDP to up grade to national level

  As reported earlier, TDP has presented a resolution in the Mahanadu meeting today proposing constituting of central committee, state level committees and necessary guidelines for it. The resolution was presented by party legal cell leader Kanakamedala Ravindra.   According to it, the party president will act as central committee president and he will appoint the presidents for state level committees. He will also appoint the polit-bureau members for central committee of the party, which will decide the course of its state level committees. Hence, TDP is going to elect its president Chandrababu Naidu as party central committee president after discussing about various points mentioned in the resolution. This would be the first step towards upgrading the TDP to national level. Chandrababu Naidu said that he wants to spread the party to other states also as early as possible.

Hyderabad Decks up Yellow for Mahanadu

Hyderabad Decks up Yellow for Mahanadu Telugu Desham Party to hold “Mahanadu” in a short while from now which would be continued for three days in NTR memorial school grounds at Gandipet. It’s going to be a very auspicious moment for the party as an important resolution elevating the regional party to national party likely to be passed.   Initially, Chandra Babu Naidu wanted Mahanadu to be held in “Amaravathi” which is capital region for Young Andhra Pradesh, later changed his decision to hold Mahanadu in Hyderabad as it would also help the party to strengthen in Telangana.   In tune with the party’s two pronged policy, the entrance at the venue will have two welcome arches. While one would depict the glory and culture of “Kakatiya rule”, the other gate would depict “Amravati” and its greatness. Leaders from Andhra and Telangana units have been working hard to make the event a big success. -srikar.palwai

CM Kejriwal patch up with Lt. Governor?

  The two week-long confrontation between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung abruptly ends with the Delhi High Court’s ruling given in favour of the Chief Minister. It termed as “suspect” the Centre’s recent notification barring the ACB from acting against its officers in criminal offences and held that the LG cannot act in his discretion. It suggests the LG to co-ordinate with the Chief Minister to ensure smooth governance in Delhi.   Arvind Kejriwal government also held an emergency open-cabinet meeting in the Connaught Park on Monday. Everyone believed that it is the first sign of declaring war against the LG and the Modi government. But, the LG is surprised to see when Arvind Kejriwal accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Chief Secretary K.K. Sharma have come to meet him on Tuesday for appraising him about the High Court ruling about the powers of the ACB and his views on the issue. He also appraised the LG about the cabinet meeting held on Monday. He told the LG that he is ready to co-ordinate with him and is expecting the same from him for a smooth operation of Delhi government.   People of Delhi are appreciating Arvind Kejriwal for trying a patch up with the LG instead of continuing the battle. However, he is going to give an acid test to the Modi government very soon by putting a demand for full statehood to Delhi.

NASSCOM launches cyber security task force

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and Data Security Council of India have launched NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force.    The task force to be directed by Rajendra Pawar, Chairman, NIIT  aims to build India as a global hub for providing cyber security solutions, developing cyber security R&D plan and develop a skilled workforce of cyber security experts.    The task force members will include industry leaders across IT, BPM and internet, heads of user organizations like banks and telcos as well as representatives from the government and academia. Its initial goal is to identify the key priorities and build the detailed action plan for the sector over a 12week period.    NASSCOM says the vision of the task force is to build the cyber security industry in India from the 1% market share to 10% by 2025; a trained base of 1 million certified and skilled cyber security professionals and build 100+ successful security product companies from India. _Ratnakar

T-Industrial Policy to be in affect from June 7

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao in a meeting with officials and minister decided to announce new indiustrial policy amidst top industrialists.   As per this policy, industries will be given a nod within the time constraint of 15 days including the allocation of land, water, and electricity after the application. He proclaimed that 1,60,000 acres of land have been allocated to the Telangana state Industrial Infrastructure Corporation.   He also ensured that there would be no delay in granting permissions to set up industries as application can be put up online and a separate cell in the CM’s office would go through applications and finalized through some discussions. -Srikar.Palwai

Raghuveera Reddy is also keen to join YSRCP?

  AP PCC President Raghuveera Reddy wrote a letter Election Commissioner today complaining against the ruling TDP government. He appeals the EC to derecognize the TDP for failing to fulfill its elections promises. The present and former PCC Presidents Raghuveera Reddy and Botsa Stayanarayana later speaking to the media have strongly criticized the ruling TDP for failing to implement its elections promises.    TDP MLC Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy sharply reacting said “Botsa Stayanarayana and Raghuveera Reddy both have lived like slaves before Jagan Mohan Reddy during late Rajashekar Reddy regime and still they are trying to impress him by criticizing our government. People are seeing what government is doing and how it is striving hard to develop the state, but the only couldn’t see it, because they do not want to open their eyes. They both seem very much worried about their future as Chandrababu Naidu is developing the state rapidly and is also building a world class capital city.”   So far, there were wide spread speculations about Botsa Stayanarayana’s efforts to join the YSR Congress Party. But, it appears Somireddy is suspecting that PCC President Raghuveera Reddy also may land in the YSR Congress Party on one day or the other in future. It is possible because, the Congress Party future is blink in the state and its situation is not at all improving despite his serious efforts. Moreover, some Congress leaders in the state are eying the PCC Chair and so they may pull down from his chair anytime.   Anyway, everyone knows that the Congress Party can’t return to power in the state for at least next 10-15 years. Hence, their ultimate destination would be the YSR Congress party only and probably that is why they are trying to please its president Jagan Mohan Reddy. If this speculation is not believed to be genuine, then they may be trying this silly idea of complaining to EC against the state government merely to catch the media attention.