Telangana

    Telangana: Students thrashed by teacher end up in Siddipet hospital

    Physical education teacher of a social welfare residential school at Kondapak hit the students for turning up late for special classes by 10 minutes Siddipet: A physical education teacher thrashed students of a social welfare residential school at Kondapak for turning up late for special classes on Wednesday morning. With the beating by teacher Vasu, who took the attendance when the students came to class late by barely 10 minutes, being quite brutal, teachers had to shift a couple of them to government hospital in Siddipet. School vice-principal Krishna said that several students had complained to him that the teacher had beat them. The issue was taken to the notice of higher officials, the vice-principal said. With one of the students, Harshavardhan, a native of Ramanathapur in Hyderabad, complaining to his parents, they arrived at the school and demanded the suspension of Vasu. More parents soon turned up and staged a…
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    Telangana Governor approves Bhu Bharathi Bill introduced by Congress government

    Efforts will be made to implement the new Act at the earliest, says Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy HYDERABAD: Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said Governor Jishnu Dev Varma had approved the Bhu Bharathi – 2024 Bill and efforts would be made to implement the new Act at the earliest. The State government had introduced the Bhu Bharathi Bill to extend comprehensive and better revenue services to people. All measures have been taken to address the land issues permanently, he said here on Thursday, adding that instructions were issued to officials to frame rules and guidelines at the earliest and implement the same. One revenue officer would be appointed for every revenue village. The revenue officials should work as per the people’s aspirations and address all their issues, he added. Meanwhile, the Minister said evaluation of about 95 per cent of Indiramma Indlu applications was completed. Save for Hyderabad, the evaluation…
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    Bandi demands Congress government to clear Arogyasri, fee reimbursement bills

    Due to non-payment of Arogyasri amount, poor and the needy are not able to get health services from network hospitals, says Union Minister of State for Home Hyderabad: Blaming the Telangana government for the Arogyasri scheme empanelled hospitals’ decision to stop providing services under the scheme from January 10, Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay demanded the government to immediately clear the pending bills of Arogyasri. The Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) has announced that it will suspend Aarogyasri services from January 10 due to a pending payment of approximately Rs 1,100 crore from the government. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, Sanjay said due to the non-payment of the Arogyasri amount, the poor and needy were not able to get health services from the empanelled hospitals. “On one hand, you have announced that you are increasing the ‘Arogyasri’ limit to Rs 10 lakh…
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    Telangana: Chia cultivation is new favourite for farmers in Sangareddy district

    New practise of cultivating Chia seeds across the Karnataka border in Sangareddy district is being witnessed now Sangareddy: There is a new favourite crop for farmers living along the Karnataka border nowadays. They are slowly shifting to cultimation of Chia seed cultivation. Hitherto, they used to cultivate Sunflower, Maize and other crops during summer. They seemed tohave drawn inspiration from their counterparts across the border in sowing Chia, which has its origins in Mexico. Chia sees know for their rich fibre content are in good demand now. Moreover, the farmers said they had cultivated the crop to beat the monkey and wild boar menace since they would not eat the crop. The 90-day crop is nurtured with a dry irrigation (ID) method. Irrigating the crop once a week would be enough. The farmers of Dhanasri, Gopanpally and other villages in Mogudampally were cultivating the crop for the third consecutive year while farmers…
    National

    Tirupati stampede: Probe ordered, Naidu transfers SP, two officials

    Says he noticed some loopholes in TTD administration, also flags new system of issuing tokens introduced by the previous regime in Tirupati as against the earlier system of giving them in Tirumala Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said he would order a judicial inquiry into the stampede incident that left six people dead and dozens injured, besides transferring three senior officials including the district Superintendent of Police. Addressing a press conference, Naidu said he has ordered suspension of two officials, including a DSP, for their dereliction. He further said he noticed some loopholes or leakages in the administration and monitoring mechanisms in Tirupati which should have been ‘perfect’. Expressing grief over the incident, Naidu said he is announcing Rs 25 lakh ex gratia to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh to those injured. According to him, a new system of issuing tokens was…
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    Pawan reacts on Tirupati stampede, says “we are extremely sorry”

    Andhra Deputy Chief Minister says some devotees expressed doubts that the incident must have been staged and that some policemen who should be the first responders, did not act on time Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Thursday said he is profusely apologising to the nation and Hindu community for the stampede incident that left six people dead and dozens injured. After visiting the injured at the hospital here, Pawan Kalyan said some devotees expressed doubts that the incident must have been staged and that some policemen who should be the first responders, did not act on time. He further said he was hearing some reports that there are gaps between the Executive Officer and the Board of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. He said the TTD Board, EO, and JEO should take responsibility for the incident and suggested that they should give up “VIP focus”. “To the entire nation, to the entire…
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    Andhra Pradesh CM orders judicial probe into Tirupati stampede

    The officials who were responsible for this including the DSP Sri Raman Kumar, In-charge of that point SV Gosala Director Dr Harinath Reddy have been suspended while JEO Goutami, SP Sri Subbarayudu and CVSO Sri Sridhar have been transfered. Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has on Thursday ordered a judicial probe into the stampede in Tirupati that left six dead and nearly 40 injured.  Naidu who expressed deep grief over the death of devotees during the stampede incident occurred at Tirupati on Wednesday night, and said he would initiate steps to ensure a hassle-free Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam to the devotees on the day of Vaikuntha Ekadasi. Addressing mediapersons here on Thursday evening, Naidu said the incident where in six devotees lost their lives in a stampede that occurred near in Tirupati while waiting in queue lines for Vaikuntha Ekadasi Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam tokens has shocked and disturbed him…
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    Jagan blames Naidu for stampede, says sanctity of Tirumala degraded

    Former Chief Minister demands an exgratia of Rs 50 lakh each for the kin of the deceased and Rs 5 lakh each for the injured Tirupati: YSR Congress Party president and former Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday blamed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for the stampede in Tirupati, which claimed the lives of six devotees and left many others injured. After calling on the injured at a hospital, he said that the sanctity of Tirumala temple had been degraded as never before had such an incident taken place. He alleged that the entire police force was deployed for Chandrababu Naidu’s Kuppam tour for three days and there was no police for crowd management which led to the stampede. Naidu, the EO, the AEO, the TTD chairman, the SP, and the Collector should take responsibility for the incident, in which six persons died and nearly 50 persons were injured, he said. The former Chief Minister demanded…
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    Railway Board initiates steps to finalise site for SCoR headquarters

    It has appointed an OSD for the proposed zone to oversee the upcoming infrastructure and ongoing activities related to its formation Visakhapatnam: The Railway Board has expedited its initiatives to decide on the site for the office of the general manager of the proposed South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) in Visakhapatnam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday for a roadshow and launch of multiple rail and other projects, virtually laid the foundation stone of this new railway zone. “Land parcels have been allocated at two different places in Visakhapatnam but we are yet to get clarity on the site for headquarters office for zone and staff quarters,” a railway official from the East Coast Railway Zone said. The Railway Board has already appointed an OSD for the proposed zone to oversee the upcoming infrastructure and ongoing activities related to its formation. The Indian Railways has 17 zones…
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    Telangana government yet to clear Rs 3,900 crore dues to alcobev sector: BAI

    Commercial viability of prices set by the State government has become far too stressed, says Brewers Association of India DG Vinod Giri New Delhi: A day after the country’s leading brewer United Breweries suspended supply to Telangana, beer industry body BAI on Thursday said the commercial viability of prices set by the State government has become far too stressed. The prices allowed to supplier companies are actually below the cost of goods supplied as these prices are based on the cost of production in 2018-19, said Brewers Association of India (BAI) DG Vinod Giri. On Wednesday, United Breweries Ltd (UBL), which operates with popular beer brands like Kingfisher, Kalyani Black, Heineken, and Amstel Bier, announced to suspend the supply of its beer to Telangana State Beverages Corporation with immediate effect. The decision has been taken due to the non-revision of the basic price of the company’s beer from 2019-20 by Telangana State Beverages…

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      Canada temple attack: AP Dy CM Pawan Kalyan urges Trudeau govt to take steps for safety of Hindus

      In a social media post on Monday night, Kalyan said Hindus are a global minority, and as such, they receive little attention, little solidarity, and are easily targeted. Amaravati: Describing the attack on a Hindu temple in Canada as “more than an isolated incident”, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has said the incident pained him deeply and expressed hope that the Canadian government would take necessary steps to ensure the safety of Hindu community there. In a social media post on Monday night, Kalyan said Hindus are a global minority, and as such, they receive little attention, little solidarity, and are easily targeted. Every act of hatred, every instance of abuse against them is a blow to all who cherish humanity…

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      Adilabad: Farmers worried as delays hit cotton procurement

      Farmers said procurement centres were not identified in several parts of Asifabad and Mancherial districts except for a few major centres. Consequently, farmers were forced to sell the cotton produce to private traders Adilabad: Farmers are facing inconvenience in selling their cotton produce following insufficient procurement centres across erstwhile Adilabad district. The erstwhile Adilabad district is regarded as one of the largest producers of cotton in Asia. The cotton crop was raised in 10.15 lakh acres in the Vanakalam season in Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts. Officials estimated that erstwhile Adilabad district would register a yield of 71.05 lakh quintals this year. The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) had announced that it would create 24 centres under the…

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      BRS leaders demand CCI centre in Khammam market to procure cotton

      The farmers explained to the BRS leaders that the traders and officials denied procuring cotton without even examining the cotton they brought to the market. Khammam: The BRS ranks held an agitation in Khammam agricultural market over the problems faced by cotton farmers in the district and demanded the State government to come to the rescue of the farmers. The party district president, MLC, Tatha Madhusudhan, former MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, former ZP chairman Lingala Kamal Raju, former market committee chairman Gundala Krishna and others visited the market on Tuesday. The farmers explained to the BRS leaders that the traders and officials denied procuring cotton without even examining the cotton they brought to the market. Madhusudhan questioned the authorities as to why the Cotton Corporation…

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      Students, BRSV demand release of scholarship, fee reimbursement in Adilabad

      Students studying Intermediate, degree and post-graduation courses staged a sit-in in front of the Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA)-Utnoor. Adilabad: Under the aegis of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi Vidyarthi (BRSV) wing, around 300 students staged a dharna demanding immediate release of scholarships and fee reimbursement in Utnoor mandal centre on Tuesday. Students studying Intermediate, degree and post-graduation courses staged a sit-in in front of the Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA)-Utnoor. They raised slogans against the government for delaying the payment of scholarships and fees under the reimbursement scheme. They demanded it to sanction the scholarships and fees. BRSV district president Dharani Rajesh alleged that the government was adopting anti-student policies. Accusing the government of negligence in releasing scholarships and fees under the…

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      I take Pawan Kalyan’s remarks ‘positively’: Andhra Pradesh HM Vangalapudi Anitha

      Home Minister Anitha’s response came a day after Kalyan criticised her over the deteriorating law and order conditions and rising violence against women in the State Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha on Tuesday said she viewed Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan‘s remarks on her handling of the state’s law and order situation in a constructive way. Anitha’s response came a day after Kalyan criticised her over the deteriorating law and order conditions and rising violence against women, particularly five months into the tenure of the new coalition government, comprising the TDP, BJP, and Janasena, in the state. “I took his (Kalyan’s) comments positively. His press meet was, in fact, encouraging… He provided a supportive foundation for my work and urged me to…

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      Harris, Trump locked in tight race as millions set to vote in US presidential poll

      Political observers bill the unpredictable race for the 47th President as the most consequential one in decades while appearing to project a grim picture for the country’s future under Trump presidency Washington: The race between Democratic leader Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump for the White House has been truly unprecedented as it saw drama, tragedy, political comebacks, fierce rhetoric and a historically razor-tight contest. As the fight reaches its crescendo with the big election day just a few hours away, many political observers billed the unpredictable race for the 47th President of the US as the most consequential one in decades while appearing to project a grim picture for the country’s future under a Trump presidency. In her final days of campaign, Vice President…

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      Ahead of US poll, North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles

      Japan’s Defence Ministry says missiles believed to have already landed at sea and there were no immediate reports of damage Seoul: North Korea on Tuesday fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, the South Korean military said, as the country continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the US presidential election. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately specify the number of missiles detected or how far they flew. Japan’s Defence Ministry said the missiles were believed to have already landed at sea and there were no immediate reports of damage. The launches came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a flight test of the country’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile designed to reach the US mainland. In response to that launch,…

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      Salman Khan gets another death threat, told to ‘apologise or pay Rs 5 cr’

      According to police officials, the person who sent the message claimed he is brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has received received another threat, a police official said on Tuesday, adding the person who threatened the actor has demanded Rs 5 crore from him. The threat message was received on the Mumbai traffic police helpline and an officer read it around midnight, the official said. The person who sent the message claimed he is brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the police official said. “If Salman Khan wants to stay alive, he should go to our (Bishnoi community) temple and apologise or pay Rs 5 crore. If he does not do so, we will kill him; our gang is still active,”…

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      India’s wedding season biz expected to surge 41 pc to Rs 6 lakh crore: CAIT

      From 11 auspicious dates the previous year, this year’s season would have 18 dates which is expected to fuel the business growth, with Delhi alone expected to see Rs 1.5 lakh crore business across 4.5 lakh weddings this year, estimates compiled by CAIT show. New Delhi: The upcoming wedding season in India which will extend from November 12 till December 16 is likely to generate business worth nearly Rs 6 lakh crore from 48 lakh weddings which constitutes a 41 per cent increase over the corresponding figure of Rs 4.25 lakh crore recorded for 35 lakh weddings last year, according to a study carried out by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). From 11 auspicious dates the previous year,…

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      Mercedes Benz, driven by ‘drunk’ youth, mows down woman in Karnataka

      After the accident, the accused tried to flee from the spot but was caught by bystanders who allegedly thrashed him Bengaluru: A 30-year-old woman died after she was hit by a luxury car being driven by a youth, who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, police said on Tuesday. Dhanush (20) was arrested, they said, adding that he has been sent to judicial custody. According to police, Sandhya AS was crossing the road near the Kengeri TTMC (Traffic and Transit Management Centre) on the busy Mysuru Road on Saturday when she was hit by the Mercedes Benz car which then crashed into a bike. After the accident, the accused tried to flee from the spot but was caught by bystanders who allegedly thrashed him.…

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