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Ganta want to be first to shift to Vijayawada

  During the recent cabinet meeting held by CM Chandrababu Naidu, a three member committee comprising Principal Secretaries of Finance, Transport and Municipal has been formed to study the scope for shifting of Head of the Departments from Hyderabad to Vijayawada. The committee was given 15 days’ time to submit its report. However, Minister Ganta Srinivasa rao wants to be first to move into Vijayawada. He said all the state-level offices of education department will be shifted to Vijayawada very soon.   For this purpose, he personally inspects some buildings of Andhra Loyola College, SRR and CVR Government College at Machavaram on Sunday accompanied by his department officials. On this occasion, speaking to media he said “I want to move into Vijayawada as soon as possible to ensure smooth administration of the departments in my ministry. Although, some delay takes place, notification for teacher’s recruitment will be issued very shortly and this recruitment drive will be held every year from next year onwards.”

Errabelli mid-night meeting with CM KCR!

  TDP senior leader Errabelli Dayakar rao, who these days is facing very embarrassing situation due to his colleague Revanth Reddy’s serious allegations on his industrialist friend, seems is ready to bid good bye to party anytime. He was spotted going to Telangana CM KCR’s camp office at Begumpeta on yesterday night around 10.30 and while returning nearly after one and half hours. Media aired the video clippings, but he denied meeting CM KCR and media reports. Errabelli was seen sitting in the vehicle that came out of CM’s KCR office in the video clippings aired by the media today. So, one could assume Errabelli may leave the party any time. He has been hinting about this development since long time, but the time seems ripe now to take plunge into TRS. Probably, he may hit the media with this news anytime from now.

British Citizen in ISIS militants hostage

  ISIS terrorist group has released one more video today showing a Britain journalist in its hostage. The video footage has the journalist’s brief statement.   He introduces himself as Jhon Kently. He said “My life is now in the hands of militants. I am not sure whether they will spare me or kill me. It becomes clear that there was no use of waging war in Iraq and Afghanistan countries. Then, why again our countries are preparing for a war again? May be you think that I am speaking like this because a gun has been pointed at my head. But, I would like to say there is nothing to lose for me except my life. I am telling all this just reveal the facts to the world.” ISIS militants, who so far beheaded two Americans and one British citizen, may not spare him too. But, not even the mighty forces line US and Britain can save his life. Indeed, it is horrifying situation for him. Let us pray may god help him and save his life from militants.

NIT likely to come-up near Tadepalligudem?

  A central team accompanied by state ministers and some officials have toured in West Godavari district today in search of suitable place for setting-up National Institute of Technology (NIT). They have visited some private and government engineering colleges in the district. Minister Ganta Srinivasa rao, who is also in this team said that state government is keen to start classes from next academic year somewhere in the private or government engineering colleges till permanent structures are ready.   Endowments Minister P Manikayala Rao, who is in this team said the institute needs at least around 300 acres of land. He said they have identified government lands near Ramasingavaram and Tadepalligudem in the district suitable for constructing permanent structures for the institute.Praveen Prakash-Joint secretary for Union HRD ministry,  Neelam Sahani-Higher Education principal secretary, district collector Katamaneni Bhaskar, Sailendra Kumar-Public Works department chief engineer  and few others accompanied the central team.

AP will get New Railway Zone soon: Sadananda Gowda

   Union Railways Minister DV Sadananda Gowda speaking to media at Secunderabad yesterday said “New Railway zone to Andhra Pradesh state is in our top priority list. It may be granted any time after October 14th that is when the committee formed for it will table its report. I am also waiting for its report. I assure there will be no delay on my part in this matter. As soon as I receive the committee report, I will quickly forward it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approval.”   Railways Minister also elaborates about his government’s policy in allowing Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in Railways. “Since it is taking too long to complete any project on government funding, we have decide to allow FDIs in Railways also, but they will be confined for development of new railway lines, introducing of speed trains and bullet trains. FDIs will not be allowed in operations and existing railway services. “We have developed a new procedure, call it model concession agreement for executing its projects under public-private-partnership (PPP) mode. This is a framework of contract between two that sets the terms for incentives and targets for the private players,” he said.

Are bad day’s beginning for Botsa?

  It seems fresh troubles await former PCC President Botsa. It is not any big secret that the ACB inquiry on his liquor syndicate businesses initiated by former CM Kiran Kumar Reddy abruptly discontinued after his lobbying at his party high command. However, TDP government seems is planning to order an inquiry freshly into his alleged liquor syndicate businesses very soon. Excise Minister Kollu Ravindra said that state government is thinking about ordering a fresh inquiry into Botsa Satyanarayaan’s liquor businesses keeping in wake of massive scale that he is doing it. If, state government really orders an inquiry into his liquor businesses, definitely it will become very difficult to come out of this time, because there is no one to hear at New Delhi now.

Stalemate continues on seat sharing between BJP and Sena

  Stalemate on seat sharing between BJP and Shivsena continues in Maharashtra even when hardly 25 days left for the state assembly elections. While BJP is demanding 50 percent seats out of 288 seats, Shivsena is offering only 133 seats to it, while wants to keep the rest to self. BJP is pressurizing Shivsena to quickly react to its proposal otherwise is obliged to snap ties its two decade long alliance with it.   However, Shivsena is not ready to succumb to BJP pressures. Both parties argue that it is a matter of self-respect and hence can’t step back on their stands. The ruling Congress party will be quite happy if they snap ties, as it will weaken their strength in the state. BJP has fared very poor during latest by-elections held in Maharashtra. So, the general belief is if BJP fails to strike a deal with Shivsena and it leads to triangular contest in the state, obviously it will benefit ruling Congress party.

Regional Passport Office in Vijayawada soon

    According to latest in formation, following the appeals by AP state government, External Ministry has sanctioned a full-fledged Regional Passport Office (RPO) to Vijayawada since the new capital of the state is going to emerge there only. Currently, the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Vijayawada is catering the needs of the surrounding districts. It will replace by Regional passport Office, once the necessary procedures and offices premises are arranged. The PSKs in Vijayawada and Tirupati have been attached to Vizag RPO after bifurcation of the state. Once this new RPO start functioning at Vijayawada, the PSK in Tirupati is likely to be attached to it.

Are Jagan’s party review meetings serving purpose?

  YSR Congress party President Jagan Mohan Reddy has been conducting party review meetings in Ananthapur district since yesterday. The intention is to review the party position in the district and take corrective measures if any. However, he dedicates his time to criticize ruling TDP and its Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. He said ruling TDP government is trying to escape from its elections promise of crop loans waiver. However, he owed not to let it escape.   He tried to educate his party leaders on how narrowly YCP has missed the chance to win the general elections. He said a mere five lakhs votes have betrayed his party electoral chances. He said it is because he doesn’t want to make false promises to win the elections like Chandrababu Naidu did. His agony can be understood, but he seems is unable to come out of it even four months after the elections.   He may not promised to waive off crop loans, but his repeated statement about party defeat with just five lakh margin is underlining that he is regretting for not committing for such promise, that he argues brings TDP into power. However, he made several such un-practical promises during his elections campaigning, but he is conveniently ignoring them all. He wasted five precious years’ time in the past and still is wasting. The current review meetings underline that he has not learnt any lessons from his past.

Mandolin Shrinivas passed away

  Mandolin Shrinivas passed away at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Friday morning around 9.30 due to failure of lever transplant.   U. Srinivas, who become noted as Mandolin Srinivas, was born on February 28th, 1969 in Palakollu inAP state. He developed interest in music at the tender age. Srinivas who is obsessed with his father Satyanarayana’s Mandolin becomes expert in playing the instrument within a year or so. He begins his glorious musical journey at his 9 years age with a first public music concert. His extraordinary musical skills and in-depth knowledge about it has placed him in top in the musical world. He was honored with prestigious Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards.The news about his sudden death has comes as a terrible shock to music world as he was just 45 years.

AP Government ropes in Metro Guru Sreedharan

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has taken a wise decision. He roped-in Metro Rail Expert E. Sreedharan into his upcoming Metro Rail Projects in AP. He convinced him to join the AP Metro Rail team as principal advisor. Sreedharan, the former Delhi Metro Rail Project Chief has proved his mettle by completing the project well before in advance against all odds. Chandrababu believes that his expertise and experience will help the three projects complete smoothly during his present term. State government will pay Rs.1.5 lakhs per month as honorarium for his services.   State government has proposed to start three Metro Rail Projects simultaneously in Vizag, Vijayawada and Tirupati in the state. Already it constituted an expert committee to evaluate the bids filed six companies for submitting feasibility report on these projects. Perhaps, Sreedharan may join the expert committee now. Chandrababu Naidu’s decision to rope-in an expert like Sreedharan, in context of the controversy erupted on Hyderabad Metro Projects, indeed is a wise decision. His presence around may avert many such issues in the upcoming projects.

What makes Venkaiah stay away from Metro controversy?

  Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu’s response on Hyderabad Metro Rail Project controversy is quite apt. He said “I do not want to respond on this matter but, discontinuing the project at this stage is not advisable. Hence, the company and Telangana government resolves issues if any through dialogue.”   Being from AP state, any comment against anyone in this issue will certainly leads to another controversy, knows Venkaiah Naidu. So, he prefers to stay away from this issue. Moreover two metro projects will be coming in AP state. His involvement in the present project may create unexpected troubles for the forthcoming projects in AP. It is to be noted that although, none of the TDP leaders of AP spoke on this issue until now, TRS leaders are blaming AP CM Chandrababu Naidu and his leaders in this issue. So, Venkaiah Naidu’s decision to stay away from the controversy is very wise one.

Medical Colleges retain seats, but costs Rs.10 crore

  Today, Supreme Court takes-up the petition filed by AP and Telangana medical colleges challenging Medical Counsel’s decision of canceling around 1,000 medical seats in both states due to lack of proper infrastructure in the colleges. The apex court has agreed to issue an order to Medical Counsel to allow them fill 1000 seats, but with a condition. The court asks the medical colleges to submit a bank guarantee for Rs.10 crores each along with an assurance letter to arrange necessary infrastructure. The apex court warned the colleges that, their bank guarantees will be seized in case if they fail to provide prescribed infrastructure in the colleges. It is learnt the medical colleges have agreed to apex court proposal. So, around 1000 medical seats will be available in both states.

Hema Malini controversial remarks

  Veteran actress and MP from Mathura-Hema Malini has made controversial remarks on widows and their nativity. During her recent visit to her constituency, speaking to media she said “There are around 40, 000 widows in this place and still many from Bihar and West Bengal are arriving to spend their last days in this holy place. There is no room left here for them. Instead of taking pains to come here, they could settle somewhere in their states, where hundreds of temples are situated. Both those state governments have to look after the widows coming from their states. I will talk to concerned officials to address this problem.”   Obviously, her comments make fume the women organizations and women politicians on her. They strongly condemned her remarks and demand her for apology for derogatory remarks. Former Minister DK Aruna and YSR Congress party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma have condemned her remarks with strong words.   DK Aruna said “It is quite unfortunate to hear such words from a respectable woman MP, who hails from Tamilnadu but now settled in Mumbai. She should know that any citizen of the country has all rights to choose where to live in the country. She can’t order the people not to come to her constituency. She can’t make rules on regional lines.”   Hema Malini should realize the fact that she too moved into highly crowded Mumbai city and settled there. If the same thumb rule is applied to her also, then she has to return to her native state Tamilnadu. Being a women and respectable MP, she should see their case in women’s point of view rather than regional lines.

Jagan’s case fits for Business School lesson?

  K Surender, the public prosecutor representing CBI has made very interesting remarks on Jagan Mohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets during his arguments on his case in the CBI court yesterday. He said “If Jagan Mohan Reddy legally made so much wealth in such a short span of time, indeed his success story would have been made as a subject for Harvard Business School, but it didn’t happen because he accumulated his wealth through illegal means. He utilized the opportunity of having his father late Rajashekhar Reddy as Chief Minister of the state and made enormous wealth in a very short span.”

Can BJP and Shivsena afford to snap ties?

  The up-coming Assembly elections of Maharashtra are straining the two decade relations of BJP and Shivsena parties as both parties differ on seat sharing. Shivsena has unilaterally decides to keep 153 seats for itself and offered 135 seats to BJP out of 288 seats. It believes that it deserve that much because it is the one that is going to help BJP to win the seats offered to it as BJP can’t win them on its own.   Shivsena has a strong reason for its arguments. It believes that BJP becomes very weak after the deaths of its two top leaders Pramodh Mahajan and Gopinath Munde, who are believed to be face of the party in Maharashtra. So, Shivsena suggests BJP to settle for 135 seats offered by it.   However, Union Minister Nithin Gadkari wants BJP snap its relations with Shivsena for emerging strong in the state. He believes that BJP need not to surrender to a regional party like Shivsena merely to get a handful of seats in addition. He seems to be convinced his party president Amit Shah with his arguments. So, although he was present around, he let Gadkari to hold the party meeting in Mumbai on Saturday that discussed about seat sharing, poll alliance with Shivsena party.   However, some common friends like Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana President Raju Shetty and Rashtriya Samaj Party President Mahadeo Jankar are trying to bridge the gap between the two parties. BJP and Shivsena may resolve their seat sharing issues definitely, otherwise they are aware that have pay to very dearly for it, because the ruling Congress party in Maharashtra will strive hard to retain power.

T-Government jumps for damage control on Metro Rail

Soon after news broke out about L&T Company’s letter to Telangana government proposing to quit Hyderabad Metro Rail Project stating it is not viable anyway after bifurcation of the state, Telangana government quickly jumps to control the damage occurred with media reports. KTR has condemned the reports and suspects some conspiracy behind them.   Telangana state Principal Secretary Rajiv Sharma has summoned Metro Rail Project MD VNS Reddy and discussed about this matter. Later, Mr. Reddy also rubbished the reports. Then, L&T Company’s MD and CEO VB Gadgil came to media to condemn the media reports. He said that his company will complete the project in-time with the co-operation of the state government. He said that hurdles in such big project are quite common and they can be cleared through negotiations. He asserted that his company wrote letters, but it is necessary to communicate with the state government to make progress in the project. He also condemned the reports as baseless and untrue.   If, the reports about L&T’s letter to state government are not true, then who is behind this leakage? From where it is generated?

Was Jagan’s ‘Z’ category security really withdrawn?

   YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy has filed a petition in High Court challenging AP government’s decision of scaling down his security. He was provided ‘Z’ category security cover since last three years.However, ruling TDP government has replaced it with simple security cover from September 13, argues Jagan’s counsel DV Sita Rama Murthy in the High Court.   He argues that government’s decision is political motivated and appealed the court to pass interim orders for restoring ‘Z’ category security cover to his client. But, P Venu Gopal the AP Advocate General rubbished Jagan’s counsel’s arguments. He argued that state government has never withdrawn the ‘Z’ category security cover to Jagan Mohan Reddy and it is still intact. The court adjourned Jagan’s petition to two weeks.   Hence, Jagan Mohan Reddy and state government have to submit evidences in support of their arguments. Since, both their arguments are quite against, it is understood either of them are lying. State government can furnish the official records pertaining to his ‘Z’ category security cover. So, Jagan has to come-up with concrete evidences to prove that state government is guilty, otherwise his petition may back fires upon him.

Is Modi Charisma fading away?

  Maharashtra and Haryana states Assembly elections will be held on October 15th. Hence, hardly one month time is left for NDA and UPA alliances to face the elections. In this context, the latest verdict of by-elections conducted for 33 Assembly and 3 Loksabha seats, leaves the ruling NDA disgruntled and boost the spirits of beleaguered Congress party. BJP lost 13 of its sitting MLA seats to Congress and Samajwadi parties in these by-elections. Congress party which has been desperately trying put its leg back into Gujarat and Rajasthan is succeeded in its efforts with these by-elections. It clinches 13 seats from BJP in these two states.   Congress and Samajwadi parties describe this development as Modi’s fading charisma and vote against BJP’s communal politics. Naturally, BJP rubbishes their arguments. It believes different local factors in the constituencies have played spoilsport in BJP’s victory, otherwise it could make a clean sweep in these by-elections also.   BJP reasoning may be justified but if seen overall can’t be justified, because, the same local factors and issues were there when it made a clean sweep in the general elections. So, although it rubbishes the opposition parties arguments and claims, it is time for it to wake up and do something, otherwise it will be too late to do anything.