PM meeting with OBAMA,

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the US President, Mr. Barack Obama, at Blair House, Washington on April 11, 2010. (Photo by PIB No:CNR-31189)
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Communal riots cases to be booked against prime accused: police

Hyderabad, Apr 11 : Additional City Police Commissioner (Crime) K Narasimha Reddy today said the communal riot cases would be booked against the prime accused in the recent communal riots in 25 police station limits, including old city in which three people lost their lives.Addressing a press conference here, Mr Reddy said the police were thoroughly investigating into the matter to know the reason for the riots and strict action would be taken against the culprits.He said it would take another 15 days to complete the investigation.He said so far 170 cases were booked and 272 persons, including the TDP Corporator Raju Singh, were arrested in this connection.Raju Singh was the prime accused in four cases, including murder cases, he added.Meanwhile, normalcy restored in all the 25 police stations without any incidents after lifting the curfew completely since yesterday.The city police lifted indefinite curfew imposed on March 29 as peace returned to the riot-hit old city of Hyderabad, providing much-needed relief to the people inconvienced by restrictions for the last 14 days.As a precautionary measure, prohibitory orders would be in force in the 25 police station limits for two days. All processions, meetings and demonstrations were banned in these areas, he added.The city police after relaxing curfew for two hours on April 1 in 17 police station limits, gradually increased the curfew relaxation period every day, before totally lifting the restrictions yesterday.The indefinite curfew was clamped in the wake of killing of three people since March 27 as violence, which erupted over putting of religious flags, spread outside the old city on March 29.Altogether 30 companies of central para-military forces were deployed in the communally-sensitive areas of the old city, besides state police, including personnel of the elite OCTOPUS force raised to combat terror strikes.
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Maximum temperature rises at few places in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, Apr 11 : The maximum temperatures rose at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and changed a little over Rayalaseema, the Met department said.The maximum temperature was significantly above normal at many places over Rayalaseema and at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.The highest maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded at Bhadrachalam, Nalgonda, Rentachintala in the state, they added.The Met office predicted that dry weather would prevail over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Rayalaseema during the next 48 hours.
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Andhra Pradesh CM to launch 5th phase of land distribution on Apr 14

Hyderabad, Apr 11: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today directed the officials to prepare a special comprehensive plan to help the landless poor to make the distributed land cultivable.He also wanted them to see that bank loans were made available to them to take up cultivation. The Chief Minister said unless the distributed land was made cultivable, the landless poor would not be able to sustain and make use of the land. "It is of no use distributing land to the landless poor, unless he is helped to cultivate it and the official machinery should come forward to help them," the Chief Minister said, adding an extent of 1,00,615 acres had been identified for distribution to over 69,506 beneficiaries in the 5th phase in 22 districts in the state.Each family was given land not exceeding 2.50 acres of wet land or five acres of dry land, including the land originally held by the family. The Chief Minister said the State Government had already distributed surplus land to the landless poor in the state in four phases to an extent of 6,03,809 acres.These lands had been distributed among 4,33,723 landless beneficiaries so far.The Chief Minister, who is going to launch 5th phase of land distribution at Shadnagar (Mahabubnagar District) on April 14, the birth day of Dr B.R Ambedkar, today discussed about the preparations for the fifth phase of the land distribution with Chief Secretary S.V. Prasad and other officials."Our Government aims to fulfill the mission of Dr Ambedkar for uplift of the weaker sections, particularly the SC/ST's by empowering them with land to achieve sustainable livelihood," the Chief Minister said.Working in this direction the Government will earmark 50 per cent of the total land being distributed in the fifth phase exclusively for the SC/ST beneficiaries.The Chief Minister suggested the Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao to take all necessary steps to make the land distribution programme for poor a grand success and in particular to ensure registration of distributed land only in the name of women, which was the ambition of the departed leader Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and to keep the names of the beneficiaries in the website prior to distribution.
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'Fatwa' against Sania,Shoaib for living together before marriage

Hyderabad, April 11: Tennis star Sania Mirza's marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has sparked another row with some religious scholars issuing a 'fatwa' or religious edict against their living and mingling freely even before the marriage is solemnised.Sunni Ulema Board, a group of religious scholars, said both the sportspersons were bringing disrepute to Islam and Muslim community through their actions. The board issued a 'fatwa' terming their actions 'haram' (forbidden) and asked Muslims to stay away from the April 15 marriage. "The kind of actions the two are indulging in like living together and addressing media together are 'haram' in Islam," said Moulana Haseebul Hasan Siddiqui, a religious scholar. Shoaib has been staying at Sania's residence here for more than a week and television pictures showed them dancing and doing physical exercises together. "Islam permits a man and woman to see each other only once before marriage and it does not allow them to live together and indulge in this sort of activities before marriage," he said. He felt that all the actions of Sania and Shoaib were bringing a bad name to Islam and the Muslim community and advised invitees to stay away from their marriage as men and women would mingle freely there in total disregard of Islamic principles. "Muslims should stay away from such gatherings where men and women mingle freely in violation of Islamic principles," he said. The religious scholar had also issued a 'fatwa' against Sania Mirza for favouring pre-marital sex three years ago. He had opined that Sania committed a big sin by promoting 'zina' (fornication). The tennis ace, however, denied making the remarks. Shoaib has already come under criticism from clergy for denying marriage with Ayesha Siddiqui even after admitting that he signed the 'nikahnama'. The Pakistani star last week divorced Ayesha after the latter filed a case of cheating against him.
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BJP demands cast-wise enumeration of OBCs,

Hyderabad,Apr 11: Former Union Minister and National Executive Member of the BJP Bandaru Dattatraya today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to undertake cast-wise enumeration of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the ongoing Census 2011 to get them their due share in the reservations.In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, copy of which was made available to the press, he said it was the long pending demand and the aspirations of the scores of people belonging to the backward castes for enumeration of their population caste-wise.He said the nationwide Census 2011 was considered to the biggest ever census attempted in the history of mankind and it was going to be a mammoth exercise given the size, diversity and population of India.He also said the census was a significant exercise for two important reasons. It gives a sense of the actual population in figures with other statistical details which would help formulate developmental schemes that would benefit all and reach even to the last rung of the society.Another important reason was the increasing threat nation had been facing from terrorism which has become a global phenomenon with focus on India. There have been reports that a large number of foreign nationals, especially from Bangladesh, had been living in India with more than three crore people illegally sneaking into India and living as Indian citizens.There was a perception that those who were missing were aiding terrorists who had become a threat to the very sovereignty of India.The Census was an occasion which would help the administration to trace and deport all illegal migrants, Mr Dattatraya explained.He said democracy thrives and development happens only when equal and equitable distribution of resources takes place. In order to ensure equal and equitable distribution of resources, it was important and imperative to collect socio educational and economic status of the disadvantaged people to design schemes for their empowerment.
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Andhra girl dies in acid attack by jilted lover,

Hyderabad, April 11: A 16-year-old girl died Sunday following an acid attack by a jilted lover in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, police said.Lalita Bai, a Class 9 student, died at a government hospital in Guntur after battling for life for four days. The girl had sustained serious injuries in the acid attack by K. Subba Rao, 23, in Tenali town Wednesday. Subba Rao, an agricultural labourer, was also injured as after throwing acid on the girl he splashed acid on himself and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. He told police that he resorted to the step as the girl had stopped talking to him and was seeing another man. Subba Rao is a native of Darsi village in Prakasam district while Lalita was a resident of Venigalla village near Tenali. He attacked the girl at Tenali when she went to her elder sister's house. According to police, he got familiar with the girl when she visited her sister-in-law in Darsi for a function a few years ago. Since then, he maintained contact with the girl over telephone. Lalita had stopped talking to him on the advice of her parents. Angered by this, he arrived in Tenali and attacked the girl. Police have registered a case against Subba Rao. The incident has again brought into focus acid attacks on women. The state is mulling a tough legislation to deal with the increasing number of such attacks. In Gutur district alone, five acid attacks took place last year. In December 2008, an engineering student in Warangal was killed and her friend was injured when three youths threw acid on them.     (newkerala.com)
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APCES Organised 184th Birthday Celebrations,

Andhra Pradesh Caste Elimination Society organised 184th Birthday

Celebrations of Mahatma Jothiba Phule at Bhaseerbahgh Press Club on 11.4.2010. On this occasion, Justice B. Chandra Kumar is addressing the meeting with Title - Our motto is to create casteless society.
Professor Keshavaraj Jadav and professor U. visweswara rao, Jb Raju,
DG Rama Rao,T.V.Devadutha, President,Dr.C.kasim, Mohammed Waheed
are also participated.     (Photo by RSJ THOMAS)=========================================================================