POLITICS
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May- 2023 -12 May
State is exploiting farmers, says Naidu
TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu started his padayatra as part of Rythu Porubata from Tanuku to Iragavaram village by foot. He organised a Rachabanda programme with farmers. KAKINADA: Telugu Desam President and the former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the state government was exploiting farmers in the purchase of paddy. Naidu arrived in Tanuku and went to the former TD leader late Y.T. Raja who died during Covid-19 period at Tanuku in West Godavari district and consoled the family members. Later, he started his padayatra as part of Rythu Porubata from Tanuku to Iragavaram village by foot. He organised a Rachabanda programme with farmers. Naidu alleged that four to five kg of extra paddy were taken by buyers from…
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12 May
OPINION
Dilip Cherian | What’s Kishor’s next move? Can he actually pose threat to Nitish? Prashant Kishor. What are retired IAS and IPS officers doing with ace poll strategist-turned-neta Prashant Kishor? Given the man’s track record of working with some of India’s biggest political parties, including the BJP, Congress and TMC, it is not surprising that there is speculation about his next move, after his year-long padyatra through seven districts of Bihar under his Jan Suraj Abhiyan. Some observers believe that he may be waiting for the right opportunity to present itself before jumping back into the fray. Another possibility is that Kishor may be exploring new avenues for political engagement through activism or advocacy work. The news of six retired IAS…
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12 May
OPINION
Abhijit Bhattacharyya | When will Indians counter China’s rising arrogance? Once again, the vainglorious and obnoxious arrogance of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a wing of the Communist Party of China, and the country’s defence minister Gen. Li Shingfu and foreign minister Qin Gang, were on full display in the past few weeks, in New Delhi and Goa, as the two attended different meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. As Gen. Li came to New Delhi, after detailed consultations in Beijing on the “regional security situation” with Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen. Syed Asim Munir, and nonchalantly blurted out cunningly-crafted words of deception prompted by wolf-warrior diplomats that the “India-China border is generally stable”, foreign minister Qin Gang audaciously chose to…
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12 May
Smuggled gold worth 8 crore seized in Vijayawada
Four persons carrying 13kg gold with them were arrested under provisions of the Customs Act 1962. Representational. VIJAYAWADA: The Customs here has made a huge seizure of smuggled gold worth 8 crores in an early morning operation. Commissioner of the customs commissionerate (preventive) K. Engineer said the carriers of smuggled gold were split into teams and travelling in a car and in private buses from Chennai to Vijayawada. “They were waylaid at Kaza Toll Plaza and Bollapalli Toll Plaza in the wee hours of Thursday. A huge quantity of gold was seized from them,” he said. The commissioner said 13 kg of gold was seized from the gang. Their foreign imprints were deliberately erased to try and camouflage the process of…
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12 May
Solar dryers to relieve woes of Kurnool onion farmers
A woman beneficiary processing onions at Thadakanapalle. KURNOOL: The Kurnool administration is providing a “solar solution” to farmers towards addressing the problem of excess moisture content in the onion and tomato produced in the district. Officials are promoting the use of home-based solar drying equipment at Thadakanapalle village in Kallur mandal. Women groups are being encouraged to do the drying of the onion and tomato stocks in a hygienic manner. “The onions cultivated here have excess moisture content. This is preventing farmers from storing or transporting them to other places. Onion harvesting season in the region is from August to March,” officials said. Onion is grown in an area of 44,600 hectares in Andhra Pradesh with a productivity of 16.2 tonnes…
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12 May
Cabinet reshuffle, PTR gets IT
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan. CHENNAI: State Finance and Human Resources Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan was allotted the Information Technology and Digital Services portfolio in the first ever Cabinet reshuffle made by Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday when TRB Rajaa, who was sworn in as a new Minister by Governor RN Ravi, was entrusted with Industries. Thangam Thennarasu, who was hitherto taking care of the Industries Ministry and was behind the organization of investors meets, will now handle Finance and Human Resources Management, an official press release said. Soon after Rajaa was sworn in at the Raj Bhavan in a brief function, the DMK top brass, along with the new minister, visited the Anna Samadhi and the M…
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12 May
TD slammed for politicising Jagan’s mega penance
MLA Malladi Vishnu. VIJAYAWADA: AP state planning board vice-president Malladi Vishnu objected to the politicisation of Chandi, Rudra, Raja Syamala, Sudarshana Sahita Sri Lakshmi maha yagnam by Telugu Desam and other opposition leaders. He claimed that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government was committed to the welfare of the people and development of the state. This mega penance was towards this, Vishnu said adding that the yagnam, which features 450 rituals, will be written in golden letters in the state’s history. The MLA contended that TD’s obstruction was nothing but aimed at restraining the state’s prosperity, much like the way demons did when gods were performing yajnas. Recalling the demolitions of Hindu temples during the TD government, Vishnu said that…
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12 May
India’s missile technology 95 per cent indigenous: NSTL chief
VISHAKHAPATNAM: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed India’s missiles and torpedoes with components that are nearly 95 per cent indigenous, disclosed Dr. Y. Sreenivasa Rao, outstanding scientist and director of Naval Science and Technological Laboratories (NSTL), Visakhapatnam. Speaking as chief guest at the National Technology Day celebrations organised at the NSTL premises on Thursday, he expressed the strong belief that with joint endeavour, public and private organisations, along with academic institutions; can make India a top country in research and development. National Technology Day is celebrated on May 11 every year to commemorate the successful nuclear test – Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) – conducted on May 11, 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan. An exhibition has been held on the occasion during…
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12 May
Nitish, Pawar discuss strengthening opposition unity ahead of LS polls
Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday discussed efforts to strengthen opposition unity ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections, the two leaders said. Kumar, who visited Pawar at the latter’s residence in south Mumbai along with deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, told reporters that what the ruling BJP is doing is not in the interest of the country. Earlier, he met Uddhav Thackeray at the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader’s Bandra home. What the BJP is doing nowadays is not in the interest of the country. In such a situation, if more and more opposition parties unite, it would be better for the country, he said. Kumar said many parties have got in touch with them.…
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12 May
Int’l Commission on Irrigation and Drainage to meet TS irrigation officials
Officials will discuss participation of Telangana in the 25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 74th International Executive Council meeting to be held at Visakhapatnam from November 1 to 8. Hyderabad: Representatives of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) will meet Special Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar and Engineer -in- Chief Muralidhar here on Friday. They will discuss participation of Telangana in the 25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 74th International Executive Council meeting to be held at Visakhapatnam from November 1 to 8. The Congress has key issues such as tackling water scarcity in agriculture, alternative water resources for irrigated agriculture and new farm techniques that can be adopted to help increase water productivity on its agenda. Dr…
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