POLITICS
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Oct- 2024 -15 October
Heavy rain throws normal life out of gear in central and south Karnataka
India Meteorological Department officials say a low pressure area that formed over the Bay of Bengal was the trigger for the widespread rainfall Bengaluru: Downpour since early Tuesday threw life out of gear in central and southern parts of Karnataka, including the State capital Bengaluru. India Meteorological Department officials said a low pressure area that formed over the Bay of Bengal was the trigger for the widespread rainfall. They said the arid regions of northern parts of the state would witness similar weather conditions in the next 24 hours. “This situation will prevail for the next three to four days,” an official said. Students and office-goers in Bengaluru in particular had a tough time following road congestion due to rain. Many low-lying areas were waterlogged. The…
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15 October
Andhra Pradesh witnesses heavy rains, IMD predicts more showers
According to the Meteorological Department, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam are likely to witness vigorous monsoon activity on Tuesday Amaravati: Heavy rains lashed several parts of Andhra Pradesh in the wake of a well-marked low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, which moved from the southeast part of the sea towards west and northwestward direction and lay there on Tuesday morning. The weather system is likely to intensify into a depression and continue to move west-northwestwards towards north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh Coasts in the next two days, said the Meteorological Department in a release on Tuesday. According to the Meteorological Department, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam are likely to witness vigorous monsoon activity on Tuesday, with fairly widespread rainfall distribution. A…
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15 October
Delay in payment of rent: Owners lock residential schools across erstwhile Adilabad
Around 20 schools were closed in different parts of Nirmal, Mancherial, Adilabad and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts. Adilabad: Residential educational institutions run on rented premises were locked by owners in protest of the delay in payment of rents by the government across erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Telangana Backward Classes Residential School in Bellampalli and Luxettipet towns and other parts of Mancherial district were locked by the owners. Members of the owners’ association displayed a banner at the main entrances of the schools explaining the reason behind the owners’ decision. Around 20 schools were closed in different parts of Nirmal, Mancherial, Adilabad and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts. “Due to the inordinate delay in payment of rent for 30 months, the buildings are…
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15 October
Jagga Reddy sparks row with ill-treatment of Telangana State bird during Dasara
The Congress leader, along with his family, held the birds inappropriately to display them to citizens in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 Sangareddy: A major controversy erupted as Congress working president and former Sangareddy MLA T Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy put four Indian rollers, the State bird of Telangana, in a cage to display them to citizens of Sangareddy during the Dasara festivities organised at Ambedkar stadium in the town. Jagga Reddy, his wife and Telangana Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) Limited chairman T Nirmala Reddy, the couple’s daughter Jaya Reddy, and son Bharath Sai Reddy also held the birds inappropriately to display them to citizens in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. When Jagga Reddy’s followers shared them on social media, the pictures…
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14 October
Fourteen held for attempt to murder, vandalising juice centre in Asifabad
Police said 14 persons belonging to different parts of the town were apprehended for their alleged role in the attempt to murder and damaging of the fruit juice centre resulting in a conflict between two sections in the town on Sunday night. Mancherial: Fourteen persons were arrested on the charges of attempt to murder and for vandalising a juice centre in Kagaznagar on Monday. In a statement, Kagaznagar DSP Ramanujam and Inspector Srinivas said 14 persons belonging to different parts of the town were apprehended for their alleged role in the attempt to murder and damaging of the fruit juice centre resulting in a conflict between two sections in the town on Sunday night. More accused persons would be taken into…
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14 October
AP to establish Ratan Tata Innovation Hub in Amaravati: Chandrababu Naidu
The Chief Minister convened a review meeting to assess the policies related to Industrial Development, MSME, and Food Processing, emphasizing that generating employment is the government’s top priority. Amaravati: The government of Andhra Pradesh will soon establish Ratan Tata Innovation Hub in Amaravati, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said here on Monday. The Chief Minister held a review meeting on the policies being adopted for Industrial Development, MSME and Food Processing and made it clear that generating employment is the top priority of his government. Chandrababu Naidu said that industrial policies should be in accordance with this and should pave the way for Speed of Doing Business by attracting investments. He felt that more exercise was needed on the policy on private industrial…
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14 October
Three economists share Nobel Prize for explaining wealth disparities between nations
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson from MIT, along with James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago, were honored for their research on how institutions are formed and impact prosperity. Stockholm: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to three US economists for providing new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations, trying to help solve the puzzle why some countries are rich and others poor. Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago in the US were awarded the coveted honour for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity. Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson have demonstrated…
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14 October
Mancherial: Realtor arrested for land grabbing, attempt to murder
Kunta Srinivas, a realtor from Peddapalli was arrested on the charges of occupying a piece of land and attempting to murder a man here on Monday Mancherial: A realtor, who was booked on charges of murdering a lawyer couple from Manthani three years ago, was arrested on the charges of occupying a piece of land and attempting to murder a man here on Monday. A sword was seized from his possession. Mancherial Inspector R Bansilal said that Kunta Srinivas, a realtor from Gunjapadugu village in Manthani mandal in Peddapalli district and one of the accused persons in the sensational murder of the lawyer couple, was apprehended for encroaching upon a plot of 2,000 sq yards belonging to P Sudhakar Reddy, K…
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14 October
BRS opposes Navy Radar Station; KTR demands Damagundam forest be declared eco-sensitive zone
He said his party, in association with environmentalists, would continue to fight against the project, which threatens the environment and endangers the Musi River, a vital water source in the region Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao announced that the party was opposed to the establishment of the proposed Very Low Frequency (VLF) radar station for the Indian Navy in the Damagundam forest area of Vikarabad district. He said his party, in association with environmentalists, would continue to fight against the project, which threatens the environment and endangers the Musi River, a vital water source in the region. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, is slated to lay the foundation for the construction works of the…
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14 October
Indian national jailed in Singapore for failing to return money mistakenly transferred
On October 14, Periyasamy Mathiyazhagan pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds, admitting he used the money to pay off debts and send some to his family in India. He had worked for a plumbing and engineering firm from 2021 to 2022. Singapore: A 47-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to nine weeks’ jail by a Singapore court after he failed to return SGD 25,000 (Rs 16 lakh approximately) mistakenly transferred to his bank account, despite knowing the money did not belong to him. On October 14, Periyasamy Mathiyazhagan pleaded guilty to misappropriating the money and told the court that he had used the money to pay off his debts and remitted some of it to his family in India. Periyasamy worked for a plumbing and…
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