G. Srinivas (General Secretary SSS), addressing The press conference

Hyderabad,13,Dec, Telangana Samanvaya Samithi,Telangana Co-ordination Committee..press conference addressing G. Srinivas (General Secretary), Vidha Sagar Advocate (Adhikara Prathinidi), V. Venkat reddy (Advisor) (photo by RSJ Thomas)
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Andhra Pradesh govt sanctions Rs 430.98 cr as relief

Hyderabad, Dec 13 : The Andhra Pradesh Government has accorded administrative sanction of Rs 430.98 crore to various departments from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for relief measures for the losses and damages due to the recent heavy rains, floods and 'JAL' cyclone.Out of Rs 430.98 crore, the agriculture department has been sanctioned Rs 170.77 crore, Horticulture department Rs 1.87 crore, Animal Husbandry Rs 15.88 crore, Fisheries Rs 1.84 crore. The remaining amount was for Sericulture, Handloom Textiles, Roads and Buildings, Rural Water Supply,Irrigation, Health, Panchayat Raj, Municipal Administration Departments.The government had sanctioned relief of Rs 8.83 crore for damaged houses, an offcial press release said here tonight.
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Former Mayor T Shakuntala resign, from Cong, join Jagan group.

Dec 13 : Former Mayor Tadi Shakunatala announced that she had resigned from the Congress Party and would join the new regional party being floated by Former Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.However, Senior Congress leaders told that Shankuntala's move was not politically significant, as she had earlier defected from CPI to Join Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) and later joned the Congress. Meanwhile, Mr Jagan, son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy continued his tour of Krishna district to console the rain affected farmers, He was given a warm welcome in many villages.At Patha Majeru village, Mr Jagan alleged that the state government had failed on all fronts in providing a helping hand to the affected farmers. The government was working against the ideals and wishes of former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, he alleged and claimed that the government would ''fall'' soon.
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Andhra Pradesh universities act bill introduced in Assembly

Hyderabad, Dec 13 : Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy today laid the Andhra Pradesh Universities Act (Amendment) Bill, 2010 on the table of the Hosue.After Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar asked the minister to present the Bill on behalf of Minister for Higher Education C Damodar Rajanarsimha, he introduced the Bill.Later, the Deputy Speaker announced that the motion has been carried and the Bill was introduced in the House. It could be taken up for discussion.Mr Manohar also announced that the Andhra Pradsh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Bill 2010, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2010 and the Andhra Pradesh Self-Help Groups Women (Leasing of Agriculture Land) Bill, 2010, which were introduced in the House on Saturday would be taken up for discussion tomorrow evening along with today's Bills.
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Telangana stir: Andhra withdraws cases against students

13,Dec,2010, Buckling under opposition pressure, the Andhra Pradesh government Monday said it was withdrawing around a third of criminal cases against students and others who took part in the movement for a separate Telangana state.Making a statement in the state assembly, Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy said 562 cases against 2,436 people were being withdrawn.A total of 1,667 cases were registered against 8,047 people during the protests between December 2009 and September this year.She said all cases were divided into two categories depending on their gravity. While petty cases like violation of prohibitory orders, road blockades and attempt to suicide were being withdrawn, cases like arson and attack on public and private property would be examined.“Of the total cases, 122 against 411 people were closed at the police station level during the course of investigation, while 383 cases against 2,500 people were pending in court,” she said.The statement came after the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) paralysed the state assembly Friday and Saturday over this demand. It forced an adjournment Monday as well.The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and TRS expressed dissatisfaction over the statement and demanded that all cases against the students in all the regions be withdrawn unconditionally.Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy assured the house that every case was would be thoroughly examined.“The government will take an appropriate decision at an appropriate time in respect of the cases which were not withdrawn,” he said.Reddy appealed to students not to resort to violence during protests.Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi demanded that the cases booked against 422 Muslim youths in the old city of Hyderabad in the aftermath of communal clashes this year be withdrawn as well.The chief minister told him that the two issues could not be clubbed. He, however, said the government was ready review these cases.(photo by RSJ THOMAS)
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Chandrababu Naidu stages sit-in in front of Andhra assembly

13,Dec,2010, Leader of Opposition N.Chandrababu Naidu Monday staged a sit-in on the road in front of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly building to protest the arrest of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislators and farmers’ leaders.Angry over the attitude of police, Naidu told reporters that he would not end his protest unless all the arrested legislators and leaders were freed.Earlier, TDP leaders claimed that Naidu had a narrow escape when a police vehicle carrying the arrested legislators almost ran over him. The former chief minister was trying to stop the vehicle but the driver did not apply the brakes and Naidu’s security guards pulled him back in the nick of time.“Is this the way you treat a former chief minister? Is it democracy or what?” an angry Naidu asked police officers when they tried to persuade him to end his protest.It all started when a group of leaders of some farmers’ organisations reached the assembly building to submit a memorandum to Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, demanding relief for farmers whose crops were damaged in recent heavy rains.When security personnel did not allow them inside, they sat on the road to lodge their protest.Meanwhile, legislators of the TDP, the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) came out of the assembly and joined the protest. Police then bodily lifted the legislators and farmers’ leaders and took them to a waiting vehicle.On hearing about the arrests, Naidu too came out of the assembly and tried to stop the police vehicle.The TDP chief alleged that the government was not only running away from a debate on the farmers’ issues in the assembly but was also adopting “high-handed” attitude towards opposition legislators and farmers.(photo by RSJthomas)
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