inaugural ceremony of jurrat times urdu weekly at press club hyderabad,

Hyderabad,6,feb(DSS) Janab Abid Rasool Khan Chairman AP State Minorities Commission releasing Urdu weekly "JURRAT TIMES" at Press Club Basheerbagh in Hyderabad on Thursday. In picture Prof. S. A. Shakoor, Special Officer, Mohammed Fayaq Nawaz Printed and Publisher and Owner,Hafiz Peer Shabbir AhmedMLC,Janab Anwar Ali khan, Iftaquar Ahmed, Khaleequr Rahman.news pic rsjthomas.hyderabad(PHOTO BY RSJ THOMAS)

BJP slams Congress on Telangana, but will support statehood bill

Hyderabad:feb 3, Slamming the Congress for enacting a "political drama" over the Telangana issue, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asserted his party would certainly support the statehood bill in Parliament but with certain riders. BJP would support the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill "without compromising on the basic principles" and only after securing "justice to all" (regions), he said here. Lashing out at Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh for his statement that the Bill, which stipulates creation of Telangana state, would get Parliament's nod if the BJP co-operated, Naidu said "You never consult...you want to insult. What is this political tamasha (drama)?" Addressing the state executive committee meeting of BJP this afternoon, the Rajya Sabha MP said the Congress had no right to question his party over the statehood issue. "The Prime Minister proposes and the (AP) chief minister rejects. The Congress delayed a decision on Telangana for ten years calculating votes and percentages that will accrue to it. Is it a party at all?" While 1,000 youths lost their lives in Telangana for the cause of a separate state, 350 died in Seemandhra for a united state, the former BJP president said. "Is not the Congress responsible for this? Now they are building temples for Sonia Gandhi and hailing her as the mother of Telangana. What is this tamasha going on in the state?" the former Union Minister asked. Referring to Singh's remarks that they permitted the Andhra Pradesh Congress leaders to "defeat" the Telangana Bill in the State Legislature, Naidu said that there could not be a more ridiculous claim than this. Asserting that the BJP, which favours creation of smaller states, would not go back on Telangana, with ten districts and Hyderabad as the capital, Naidu, however, wanted the Centre to address the concerns of both the regions. "Our demand is that justice should be done to all regions. Without compromising on the basic principles, we are ready to support the Bill (in Parliament)," he said. State BJP President G Kishan Reddy and other leaders attended the meeting.(thanks to times of india)

AAP hopeful of increase in popularity graph,

28,jan,(DSS)LUCKNOW: Despite recent criticism over Arvind Kejriwal's nightlong demonstration, ministerSomnath Bharti controversy and expelled member Vinod Kumar Binny spilling the beans, Aam Admi Party is looking forward to an increase in its popularity graph. "AAP was seen getting 18 % vote share in different poll surveys when the candidates were not even finalised. Once, we declare candidates, the percentage would further increase," Sanjay Singh, spokesperson and member political affairs committee told reporters in Lucknow here on Monday. Singh is in UP to hold several public meetings in Amethi where AAP member Kumar Vishwas is expected to contest elections against congress party icon Rahul Gandhi. Singh also announced that AAP would release its list of Lok Sabha 2014 candidates in the second week of February. He stated that the party was willing to field candidates on 300-odd seats across the country. And in UP, the party wants to field a candidate on all 80 lok sabha seats. The leader however clarified that in case the party was not able to find a suitable candidate, it would abstain from fielding anyone. Party office bearers stated that screening committees have been formed at zonal and state level to check the credentials of all those who have applied to contest election. The zonal team would choose some names and the final selection would be done by the political affairs committee.

Kapil Sharma walks out of CCL, leaves organisers fuming

Jan,28(DSS)Stand up comic Kapil Sharma, who was supposed to co-host the inaugural day of CCL 4 with Mandira Bedi in the city on Saturday, walked out of his hosting duties at the nth hour, apparently due to not getting a vanity van!

BADSHAH KHAN expected to start work on January 30

jan,28,(DSS)Even as his friends and family rally around Shah Rukh Khan, who hurt himself in a freak accident at a five-star hotel in Mumbai last week, speculation continues on when King Khan will return to work.  While there are sources who have been putting two and two together and making twenty-two out of it, an insider says, "There is a strong possibility that SRK will join work on January 30. A huge set has been erected in a Mumbai studio. The plan is to shoot some key scenes and a song. Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood and Boman Irani are also required to participate."

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many cases registered in Andhra liquor scam

Hyderabad, April 17 : The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Andhra Pradesh has registered six more cases relating to the fraud committed in auction of liquor shops in six districts.The ACB, which submitted its status report to state high court Monday, Tuesday said it was focusing on the real beneficiaries running the liquor shops in the names of people who hold white ration (below poverty line) cards."ACB is aware of the financially sound people owning white ration cards but that is not the focus of investigation. This irregularity will be taken care of by the district administration," the agency said in a statement here."ACB applied this primary filter only to initiate investigation and reach the core offenders who obtained licences in the name of innocent people with an intention to gain control over liquor trade in the districts," it added.The ACB said it learnt that in some districts, the core offenders asked these innocent people to go on a "pilgrimage" and be not available for ACB investigation. It requested the local elders to counsel them not to be afraid of ACB but to assist in investigation.The investigations revealed that over 60 percent of license holders in Srikakulam, East Godavari, Nellore, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool districts possess white ration cards.The high court Monday asked the ACB to rope in income tax department in the investigations to probe how white card holders managed to mobilize the huge money required for the liquor shop licenses.The case has political ramifications as it allegedly involves some top politicians including a few ministers. The liquor traders are allegedly paying huge money to politicians, excise and police officials to cover up their irregularities.The court has also asked the government to reconsider the transfer of ACB additional director Srinivas Reddy, who was heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the scam.The opposition parties alleged that the government transferred the official to shield ministers involved in the scam. ======================================================

US' Maryland signs sister state agreement with Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, Nov 28 : US state Maryland Monday signed a sister state agreement with Andhra Pradesh, the first such agreement with any Indian state.On the first day of his visit to India, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed the agreement with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.The agreement is expected to help in collaboration in various sectors like life sciences, biotechnology and information technology."We hope there will be many opportunities for our two states to collaborate in business, trade, agriculture, education and health," said O'Malley.The Maryland leader, who began six-day visit to India Monday, is leading a 100-member delegation including business leaders, educators and elected officials from his state, situated on the US' east coast."Our states have tremendous in common. We are home to major ports and have strong agriculture traditions and agriculture economies," he said.Describing Andhra Pradesh as one of the most progressive states in India, O'Malley pointed out that both Andhra Pradesh and Maryland were strong in life sciences, biotechnology, IT, cyber security and pharmaceuticals.
Kiran Kumar Reddy said the two states could have greater cooperation in the area of agriculture to improve productivity and to leverage technology for providing better services to people.The chief minister said his government was focusing on education and on employability of the youth passing out of colleges.Earlier, the Maryland governor witnessed signing of three agreements between Maryland and Indian companies.The agreements include one between ANGARAI, a Greenbelt-based management consulting firm and Chennai-based product development company CI to pursue opportunities in mobile and web applications.Rockville-based Sheladia Associates, an engineering, architecture and development company signed an agreement with two Indian firms, SaiMatarani Toll Ways Ltd and Gayatri Projects Ltd.Sheladia will provide design and project management services valued at USD 3.7 million for upgrading Panikoili-Rimouli section of national highway 215 to a four-lane facility.
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Andhra speaker rejects resignations of 61 lawmakers

Hyderabad, Nov 28 : Andhra Pradesh assembly Speaker N. Manohar Monday accepted resignations of four lawmakers from the Telangana region but rejected resignations of 61 other legislators, including those belonging to the ruling Congress but loyal to the YSR Congress party.The speaker accepted resignations of three legislators of the Congress and one of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), all of them from the Telangana region, who quit their respective parties to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).The legislators whose resignations were accepted include former minister J. Krishna Rao, G. Goverdhan and T. Rajaiah, who quit the Congress to join the TRS early this month. The resignation of TDP's Jogu Ramanna, who switched loyalty to the TRS, was also accepted.In a decision, which is likely to trigger uproar during the winter session beginning Dec 1, the speaker rejected resignations of 61 others but did not take any decision on the resignations of 14 others.A total of 81 lawmakers belonging to the Congress, the TDP and the TRS submitted their resignations for various reasons during the last three months.In all, 53 lawmakers from the Telangana region, including 32 of the TDP, 12 of the TRS and four of the Congress, had submitted their resignations demanding separate statehood to the region.Twenty-eight other lawmakers, including 26 of ruling party and loyal to Jaganmohan Reddy, quit protesting the attempts to link late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to alleged irregularities in land allotments by his government.The speaker accepted the resignations of two rebel legislators of the TDP Nov 12 from the 294-member assembly.While N. Janardhana Reddy had resigned on the Telangana issue, Prasanna Kumar Reddy had joined Jaganmohan Reddy's group.
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Woman IAS officer sent to judicial custody

Hyderabad, Nov 29 : A special CBI court Tuesday remanded Andhra Pradesh IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi to judicial custody till Dec 12 in an illegal mining case involving former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Co (OMC).The court sent her to CBI custody for three days. The judge directed the CBI to produce her again before the court on the evening of Dec 1.Srilakshmi, presently family welfare commissioner in the state, was arrested Monday evening.The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official, the fourth accused in the case, allegedly favoured OMC by granting iron ore licence when she was secretary in charge of mines in the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy government.The CBI sought her custody for 15 days on the ground that it wanted to question her regarding various aspects of the case. The CBI counsel said it needed to gather more information about her role and the involvement of other public servants.Srilakshmi's counsel opposed the investigating agency's plea and pointed out that she always cooperated in the probe by making herself available for questioning whenever she was summoned.The court sent her to CBI custody for three days while remanding her judicial custody till Dec 12. The CBI sleuths later shifted her to the CBI office at Koti for questioning.The investigating officers claim to have evidence that Srilakshmi granted iron ore mining lease for 68.5 hectares at Obulpuram in Anantapur district to OMC in violation of rules.The 1988 batch officer, the wife of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer M. Gopalakrishna, is facing charges of criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy and cheating.A visibly shattered Srilakshmi reportedly remained awake through the night in CBI custody. Claiming innocence, she told CBI officials that she signed the files under pressure.She is the second official to be arrested in the case.Janardhana Reddy and OMC Managing Director B.V. Srinivasa Reddy were arrested from Bellary in Karnataka Sep 5. Former mines director V.D. Rajagopal was arrested Nov 13. All the three are lodged in Chanchalguda Central Jail.The IAS officer's arrest came days before the Dec 3 deadline for the CBI to file chargesheet in the case.The case against OMC was registered in 2009 for illegal mining in Anantapur district bordering Karnataka.
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Official Date for Eid Al-Adha Announced

(USA) 29th,Oct,The Hajj Authorities have announced the official day of Eid al-Adha to be Sunday, November 6, 2011. That means that today is the first day of the Islamic New Year, of Hajj, and also the start to the ten most blessed days in the whole year. For those of us who are not able to make Hajj this year, we are still blessed with ten of the holiest days in the year, where Allah multiplies all our good deeds by 700. Just like during Ramadan, we can make sure the extra blessings of Allah are not lost by fasting, giving charity, reflecting in extra prayers, extending forgiveness, and engaging in good deeds all day long.Some of our ISNA youth in MYNA compiled a list of resources to better educate and inspire our community about activities we can engage in during these ten blessed days. We would like to share those resources with you and pray you enjoy a blessed month.
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SEMINAR ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT SHREE INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TIRUPATI BY Mr. VAJIH KAHN , HR HEAD -VISION LABS

Chennai-3rd,Sep,2011,   HR Head Mr. Vajih Khan from Vision Labs conducted a placement seminar here at Shree Institute of Technical Education, Tirupati (R), on Staurday 3rd Sep 2011.While presenting his tips and techniques on Employability Skills required for B Tech and MBA students during the campus placements, he emphasized on the importance of creativity, communication skills and logical thinking to the students. He also appreciated the facilities being given to the students and also the comprehensive placement training programme being run by the college authorities. Vision Labs is a 25 year old software company catering to government, defence and research organizations with its diversified software products like GIS, CAD, CAM, Image Processing, Remote Sensing, Simulations, Electronic Warfare, Vision Systems etc ,Later in the evening, Mr. Vajih Kahn also took part in a meeting on placements hosted by the institution and assured his services in the future. Mr. T. Damodaram- the Chairman, Mr.V. Anand - the Director Admn, Dr. P. Raghavulu- the Principal, Mr. A. Babu Naidu- the Training and Placement Officer also took part in the meeting,(photo by RSJ Thomas),
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