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Ban on TV-9, ABN Channels likely to be lifted soon

  It was almost 3 months that ABN Andhra Jyothy and TV9 news channels banned in Telangana. Despite objections and protests from all sections of society, the ban continuing till date. After a heated debate on this issue held in Rajyasabha today, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting-Prakash Jawadekar summoned a meeting MSO union leaders at New Delhi and warned them if they do not lift the ban before Monday, their licenses will be cancelled. He fumes on them for taking law into hands and controlling the media. He made it clear that this would be the last warning and meeting and no further negotiations will be held with MSOs.   Telangana MOS unions president Sharma assured the minister that ban on both news channels will be lifted immediately and will not repeat such actions against media in future. So, both news channels are likely to be aired from tomorrow or day after tomorrow all over Telangana.

Next, High Commissioner’s turn for reshuffle

  After replacing and shuffling of governors of several states, Modi government is planning to replace India’s High Commissioners and Ambassadors appointed by previous government. India’s High Commissioners to UK-Rajan Mathai, Canada-Nirmal Kumar Verma, Norway-Norman Anil Kumar Browne are likely to be replaced by Modi’s choice of persons. According to reports, senior journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who is also a close friend of Prime Minister Modi, is likely to replace Rajan Mathai as Indian High Commissioner to UK. Brahma Chellaney, who is also in Modi’s team, is likely to appointed as Indian High Commissioner to Canada. Several other names are in consideration for these high end positions. Modi government may start the reshuffle process very soon.

Cabinet approves amendment in Juvenile Act

  The union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the amendment of Juvenile act, reducing the juvenile age from 18 years to 16 thus considering the juveniles as adults, who involved heinous crimes like Nirbhaya case. The amended juvenile act will empower the Juvenile Justice Boards to take convict the juveniles with appropriate punishments.   The latest amendments also give more clarity on procedures and strengthening corrective measures for offences committed against children. The amendment also adds a new list of offences like physical harassment of children, ragging, peddling, carrying, supplying or smuggling of any intoxicating liquor, narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to the existing juvenile act. It also makes it mandatory for all the child care organizations to register with appropriate government authority, otherwise will be heavily penalized.

Hyderabad Metro Rail Trial run conducted

 Finally, people of Hyderabad had a sigh of relief with their long standing dream for Metro rail fulfilled. Today, trial run for metro rail has been conducted between Uppal and Tarnak areas and its quite smooth and successful. Few more such trials have to be conducted before allowing it for public use. Once, the trail runs are successfully completed and Centre gives permission, Metro rail facility will be open for public.

Army Officer trapped by Pakistani spy

  Patan Poddar, who is serving Indian Army in Madras Regiment as Subedar has been trapped by Pakistani women suspected to be a spy. They got in touch through social media one year ago. She introduces herself as Anushka Agarwal an army research scholar. After becoming close, she starts gathering army secrets, present positions of different regiments’ and their movements, maps and officials’ phone numbers etc. from him.   She lures him by sending her nude photos and videos. However, Patan Poddar never suspected her or hesitated to share top secrets of the army with an unknown person like her. Poddar has come to Secunderabad Artillery Centre recently.   His superior officers got suspicion after seeing him spending  late nightsat internet. After confirming that he is sharing Indian army secrets with Pakistani woman, they lodged a complaint with Hyderabad Central Crime Police on Wednesday. Police have arrested him and is questioning him. It is learnt that Poddar has admitted that he has shared army secrets with unknown woman through email.   Hence, the Indian army has to make corrective measures to prevent repeatation of such incidents in future.  

Nara Lokesh responds to KCR challenge

  Telangana CM KCR has challenged his counterpart in Andhra Chandrababu Naidu to compete with his government in development instead of daily quarrelling. However, Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh responds to his challenge and said “Chandrababu Naidu has been telling the same to Telangana government from the day one, but it goes unheard and they are now asking us to compete with them in development.”   “We know what to do for our people and how to develop our state. He (KCR) should concentrate on his own state development instead of throwing challenges to others. AP government is now providing uninterrupted power to many districts and every town and village will be given uninterrupted power supply from October 2nd. Here we have power supply, but there in Hyderabad no power. I think Telangana government should resolve this issue first before criticizing or challenging others, said Nara Lokesh.

DK Aruna eyes T-PCC President Post

  Whether or not Congress party is in power, its leaders’ attitude will never change, proves T-Congress leaders. As they mounting pressure on their high command for immediate change of PCC President Ponnala Lakshmaiah, several aspirants are making rounds in New Delhi to grab his chair. The front runner in this race is former minister DK Aruna. She met party state political affairs in-charge Digvijay Singh on Wednesday night and asked him to give her an opportunity. Strengthening her claims, she said that she won elections three times consequently and helped five MLAs of her district to win the elections. So, obviously I deserve to become PCC President, argues DK Aruna. However, she said “I don’t whether our high command is replacing present PCC President or not, but in case if replacing, I appealed for a chance to me.

Compete with us in development: KCR to AP government

  Compete with us in development: KCR to AP government Responding to AP government’s objections on his decision to change the name of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University after Professor Jayashankar’s name Telangana Chief Minister KCR stated that “AP government is creating unnecessary controversies over everything. The university is under 10th schedule. So, students from AP also will get 15% quota in the seats. AP government, which is keen to spend Rs.1.5 lakh crores for building the capital city is not willing to spend money on its own students. If, AP government is ready it can compete with us in development. We do not want to claim a single NP of others, but AP government is making claims on everything that belongs to us.”

AP objects on name change of Ranga University

  Telangana government has issued a GO ordering change of name of Acharya NG Ranga’s Agricultural University as Professor late Jayashankar Agricultural University. AP government is objecting Telangana government’s decision. AP Deputy Chief Minister KE Krishna Murthy, ministers Pullarao, Narayana and few others have met Governor Narasimhan today and complained him over this issue. They remind him about courts repeatedly warning the Telangana government over several issues. They asked Governor to order Telangana government revoke its decision of changing the university name. However, Telangana government may consider the objections are nothing but intruding its sovereign space.   Earlier, CM Chandrababu Naidu has proposed changing Shamshabad (Rajiv Gandhi) international airport name back to its original name NTR International airport for which civil aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has immediately agreed. If so, Telangana government may also raise objections, in case he tries to change the name upon AP government’s insistence. Hence, both governments should try to resolve such issues through dialogue like Speakers of both states have amicably settled the issues related to sharing of chambers in Assembly building.

Last hurdle in Engineering Admissions removed

  Indeed it is really pleasant news to hear that at last chief secretaries, higher officials of Andhra and Telangana states technical boards have finally attends a meeting being held at AP Higher education council office today to chalk out action plan for conducting EAMCET counseling process. Telangana officials have attending the meeting after Supreme Court made it clear that it will not allow government to prolong the admission process for any reasons. Hence, the officials attending the meeting are currently discussing on the schedule for conducting counseling process. So, the last hurdle for conducting engineering admissions is removed with today’s meeting. Students of both states can expect an official announcement anytime on the admissions schedule.

Supreme Court rejects T-government plea

  As predicted, Supreme Court has turned down Telangana government’s plea for extending time to conduct engineering admissions. The apex court orders AP and Telangana governments to complete the counseling process before end of August month and begin classes from September 1st week. The court suggested Telangana government not to divide the students on regional basis and also warns that it will not allow governments to divide the students on nativity base. The division bench comprising Justice NA Babde and NJ Mukopadyay said every student should have equal opportunity for pursuing higher education irrespective of their region.   The court also made it clear that admission process should be made as per the existing laws and Presidential orders. Responding to Telangana government’s council Harish Salwe’s arguments of reimbursing fees only to Telangana students, the bench suggested that fees reimbursement matter can be sorted out in a later period. Telangana government, which is averse to join the admission process by AP higher education council, has agreed after the apex court rejects its plea for extension. Hence, the engineering counseling in AP and Telangana states will be held as per the schedule announced.

One is not enough-Alva’s Autobiography next

Outgoing Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva plans to release her autobiography soon, where she will describe her 45 years journey in the field of politics and her experiences in public life. 72-year-old Margret Alva, who completed her tenure as Rajasthan Governor today, says the book will be about how she got into public life at a time when women were not welcomed in politics.She was however quick to clarify that this book was not intended to create a controversy or grab headlines like Congress veteran Natwar Singh's autobiography One Life is Not Enough  and it would take more than 4 to 5 months to complete the book.She has also declared that her election phase was over and has not thought about returning to active politics and will do what the High Command says.

Magnitude of 5.3 Earthquake hits Johannesburg

Just two days after the massive earthquake in China which has left more than 400 people dead , an earthquake measuring 5.3  on the Richter scale  has shaken buildings in Johannesburg and surrounding areas in South Africa. There are no immediate reports of casualties following the earthquake today, wherein the tremors were also felt in the regions of Pretoria and Hartbeespoort, a nearby resort town. The USGS said the quake was centered in Orkney, 105 miles southwest of Johannesburg.Quakes are a concern to the ecologists as  there are mining companies that operate around Johannesburg area.

No postponement for Mandal elections- HC

The Hyderabad High Court on Monday when dealing with a PIL filed by V. Narayan Rao, former MPTC member of Konijerla mandal  which had come for hearing has refused to postpone the elections to the posts of Mandal Parishads Presidents and Khammam Zilla Parishad Chairman post which has been  scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday. In the Public Interest Litigation which was seeking to retain earlier reservations for the Presidents of Mandal Parishads and Chairman of Zilla Parishad of Khammam district was not proper even after the issuance of AP Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, which allowed transfer of seven mandals in Khammam district of Telangana state to the residuary state of AP.

KCR will address media at 7PM today

TRS President KCR visited Karimnagar district for the first time after becoming the Chief Minister of Telangana state. He received a grand welcome from TRS MLAs Rasamai Bala Kishan and V Satish, TRS activists and people from the district. A big rally was held from the Gandhi statue to the Collector’s office ,where people from all over the district gathered at Karimnagar city, in big numbers to attend the rally. The city was fully crowded on this occasionwhere the Chief Minister will be participating in various programmes pertaining to public health, municipal administration, R&B and other departments. The Sikh Community in Karimnagar accorded him a traditional welcome and presented him with a sword. It is said that the Chief Minister wants to launch a  comprehensive development of districts starting from Karimnagar as he knows every inch of Karimnagar district and what is required for its progress. He will address the media at 7 PM in the evening today at Karimnager and share his plans and ideas for the development of the district.

Clarification sought for re-registration of number plates

A petition filed by one Rammohan Chowdary, a resident of Hyderabad, challenging the GO issued by the government on July 17, where it asked all vehicle owners in the state of Telangana to change their number plates from the AP to TS through a process of re-registration. The petition which came up for hearing at the High Court on Monday at a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar who had given one day’s time for the Government of Telangana to clarify as to what authority the government has and from was it mentioned in legal statues   in asking the car owners to go for re-registration and  explain about adding the letters TS in their labels, in place of their existing AP. This re-registration process has led to a lot of confusion among the citizens as it would mean undue delay and harassment in registration of the vehicles again. Looking at the limitations in which the Road transport officials operate in , it would be more feasible if the new vehicles be registered with the TS name and the existing vehicles  be left as they are. Meanwhile the Bench has reserved the matter for hearing on Tuesday.

Find Hyd City Bus nos in a new App

Finding your way in the City of Hyderabad just got easier for bus commuters ! Rikitam Technology, a city based mobile application company has launched a new app called Findbus@Hyd which provides information on the bus numbers, routes and frequency, to the bus commuters in the city.Available for download in Android and iPhone appstores this app can help find and make a proper route plan.You can access a list of bus numbers from any bus stops, select the source and destination stops and make bus route plans so that you can easily travel in the city .The application also  lets users search for RTC buses by number, displays bus numbers plying between select stops, displays a list of bus numbers passing through bus stops and also shows buses that will stop near the user.The company has developed a tie up with the Road Transport Corporation for updated bus route information and the app is free download for helping the local commuters  and people who visit the city of Hyderabad travel hassle free.

44 Nurses from Libya arrive in Kochi

After the Iraqi crisis where 46  nurses from Tikrit were brought back to India , the first batch of 44 Keralite nurses  from  Libya arrived in Kochi from Dubai today. These nurses were working in various hospitals in Libya and out of the 58 nurses 44 of them reached the Tunisian border  from Tropili  two days ago. The second batch of 43 nurses have reached the Tunisian border yesterday.  The continuous fighting between rival military groups  in Tripoli over the past three weeks and clashes between Islamists and army in the eastern city of Benghazi has prompted several countries to evacuate their nationals and diplomatic staff.Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is leaving no stone unturned to get the nurses back safely and  has written to the External Affair Minister Mrs Susham Swaraj for facilitating the safe return of the nurses.

Golconda for Independence Day in T

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has directed Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma to make arrangements to celebrate the first Independence Day after the formation of Telangana state at the Historic fort. The Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and other higher officials have  made a preliminary visit to  the site and oversee the arrangements for the flag hoisting celebrations to be conducted there. An exhibit with a tableau on the history of Telangana is also going to be displayed there. KCR has expressed his desire to conduct Independence Day celebrations at the fort henceforth, akin to how it’s done at the Red Fort in New Delhi. But looking at the space constraint and security issues and with the Army having its outpost there conducting the event there could pose several issues and the feasibility of conducting this event would be sorted only  after this event is over.