HUJ Felicited to Press Academy Chairman Mr T.Surender

Newly Appointed Press Academy Chairman Mr Trimulgerry Surender
felicitated by Hyderabad Union of Journalists ,Me Somasunder Mr K
Amarnath,Mr K Sreenivas Reddy, Mr Devalapally Amar former chairman press academy also be seen ,  (Photo by RSJ THOMAS)========================================================================

Andhra Pradesh CM lauds Sonia for bringing popular initiatives for poor

Congratulating UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for being named as ''Woman of the Decade'' in an Online Survey, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today said she was the one who courageously went ahead with the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and got it passed by an overwhelming majority despite resistance from some parties.

The survey was done by one of the largest circulated Malayalam National Daily Group Mathrubhumi's popular women's online site mb4eves.com.In a statement, the Chief Minister said it was in the fitness of things that Ms Gandhi was selected by the women of the world on the historic occasion of 100th International Women's Day. Dr Rosaiah said, ''credit goes to Ms Gandhi, who courageously went ahead with the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and got it debated and passed by an overwhelming majority. This is in spite of the stiff resistance by some major parties.'' He said Ms Gandhi was also named as the third most powerful woman in the world in a survey conducted by CNN.Applauding her courage, and conviction, in going ahead with the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament which was in the cold storage for more than 15 years, Dr Rosaiah described her as one of the great women of the century who always stood for value-based politics the world has witnessed. ''Her patience, perseverance, integrity and involvement are to be appreciated for the welfare of not only the women, but to the under-privileged and weaker sections of the Society in particular and the common man of the country in general.''  (way2online)
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Telangana joint committee expel TDP

Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), which is spearheading the movement for separate Telangana state, has expelled main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP).The decision was taken late Friday at a JAC meeting attended by its convenor M. Kodandaram, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao, party ideologue Jayashankar and representatives of Telangana employees’ association.
JAC convenor Kodandaram told reporters after midnight that TDP was expelled as its legislators failed to resign in line with the JAC decision.
However, the arrest of JAC leaders during the visit of TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu to Mahabubnagar district and the recent attack by party activists on pro-Telangana lawyers triggered the expulsion
Kodandaram alleged that Naidu was acting in an undemocratic fashion by refusing to apologise for the attack on lawyers and also getting the JAC leaders arrested during his visit. “The TDP leaders from Telangana have also failed to speak out against this attitude of Naidu,” he said.The JAC had last month called upon all elected representatives from Telangana to quit to protest terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel formed by the central government.The JAC says that the terms of reference of five-member committee were not favourable for formation of the Telangana state.Except all 10 legislators of TRS and one of BJP, no other legislator has resigned.With the expulsion of TDP, the JAC now has only TRS and BJP as its political constituents. Ruling Congress party leaders from Telangana had last month quit JAC while accusing Kodandaram of taking unilateral decisions at the behest of TRS.Meanwhile, TDP leader from Telangana, Venugopala Chary criticised JAC’s decision saying it was taken under pressure from TRS. He said TDP legislators were ready to resign for creating a constitutional crisis but not for causing by-elections. “If Congress legislators had resigned we would also have submitted our resignations,” he said.The TDP leaders from Telangana will hold a meeting Saturday to chalk out their future course of action.The JAC was formed by all political and non-political groups from Telangana after the central government made a second statement Dec 23 calling for wider consultations over Telangana issue. They had alleged that central government had gone back on its Dec 9 statement to initiate the process for formation of Telangana state.  (way 2online)
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Obama to visit India later this year

President Barack Obama will visit India later this year though he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have a chance to discuss some bilateral issues at next month’s Global Nuclear Security Summit here.“No, mostly Prime Minister Singh’s visit in April will really be for the Global Nuclear Security Summit. That will be the primary purpose of the visit” in April, Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs told Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper.“I’m sure that he and the President will have a chance to discuss some of our bilateral issues.”“But, I think the focus in April will be on the nuclear issue,” he said noting Manmohan Singh has “already had a state visit in November, in which we had an opportunity to discuss the wide range of activities between our two governments and our two people.”In bilateral terms, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will have a meeting with External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna “to hold the next phase of their strategic dialogue, and we expect that to take place sometime in late spring or early summer.”“And then we expect the President will have the opportunity to visit India sometime later this year, but we don’t yet know exactly when that will be,” Blake said.  (thanks to way2online)
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PM-Opening The new legislative assembly and secretariyat complex,

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh opening the new Legislative Assembly, Secretarial Complex, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on March 13, 2010. The Chairperson, UPA, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri K. Rosaiah, the Union Minister of Textiles, Shri Dayanidhi Maran and other dignitaries are also seen. (Photo by PIB No.CNR-30791)
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