CM Seening off President at Airport,

Hyderabad,july,05,(Deccan Samachar Service DSS) DR.K ROSAIAH, HON’BLE CHIEF MINISTER IS SEEN SEENING OFF H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA SMT. PRATHIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL AT AIRPORT BEGUMPET, HYDERABAD ON 5-7-2010. - SRI E.S.L. NARASIMHAN, H E. GOVERNOR OF A.P, SRI MOHAMMED AHMEDULLAH Hon'ble Minister for Minurity Welfare, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES ARE ALSO SEEN. (Photo by I&PR No.CNR-9847)
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President-inaugurating the coronation celebration

Hyderabad,july,05, (Deccan Samachar Service DSS)H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA SMT. PRATHIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL IS SEEN INAUGURATING THE SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYA 500 YEARS CORONATION CELEBRATIONS AT RAVINDRA BHARATHI, HYDERABAD ON 5-7-2010. SRI E.S.L. NARASIMHAN, H.E. GOVERNOR OF A.P., DR.K ROSAIAH, HON’BLE CHIEF MINISTER, DR.J GEETA REDDY, HON’BLE MINISTER FOR I&PR, SRI S. JAIPAL REDDY, UNION MINISTER FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HON’BLE MINISTERS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES ARE ALSO SEEN. (Photo by I&PR No.CNR-469)
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Opposition strike hits hard Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, July 5: The nationwide shutdown called Monday to protest rising fuel prices hit hard Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh where many top leaders and hundreds of activists were arrested.The shutdown was partial in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and other major towns but total in some other places, affecting normal life. The strike was called by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Left parties separately was supported by Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Leaders and hundreds of activists of the parties were arrested for staging road and rail blockades and for forcing shops to down shutters in Hyderabad and 22 other districts. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in most parts of the state while bus services of the state-owned Road Transport Corp (RTC) came to a grinding halt. An official of RTC said it was operating only 20 percent of the bus services. The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station at Imlibun here, the biggest bus station in the state, wore a near deserted look as RTC suspended long-distance services. Buses going to the Tirupati temple were exempted from the shutdown. In Hyderabad, shops, petrol pumps and other business establishments were closed in some areas. The work in IT companies was not affected. All schools, colleges and universities remained closed while Osmania University postponed all examinations. Police kept Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president G. Kishan Reddy under house arrest here in view of President Pratibha Patil's visit to the city. He termed the police action as "undemocratic". Police had made tight security arrangements to prevent protests near Raj Bhavan and Ravindra Bharati where the president attended a programme. Senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu, Kishan Reddy and Bandaru Dattatreya were later arrested at the busy Khairtabad cross roads for staging road blockade. "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government has declared a war on poor people by increasing the fuel prices and we will fight against this on streets and in parliament by all democratic means," Venkaiah Naidu said. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu and leaders of Left parties were also arrested while holding protests here. Chandrababu Naidu was taken into custody along with several TDP leaders and activists when they staged a road block in the busy Ameerpet area. Tension prevailed as Chandrababu Naidu's supporters tried to resist his arrest for sometime. The protest caused a huge traffic jam in one of the main commercial areas in the city. Chandrababu Naidu later told reporters that the nationwide shutdown called by the opposition was a "grand success" as all sections of people were taking part in it voluntarily. "The government has to realise the seriousness of the price hike and roll back the hike. The opposition protests will continue until then," the former chief minister said. Police also arrested Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary K. Narayana and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader B.V. Raghavulu besides others.
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SCR to run spl trains from Narsapur to Nagarsol

Hyderabad, Jul 5: The South Central Railway will run special trains from Narsapur to Nagarsol from July 7 to 29, 2010, to clear extra rush of passengers.Accordingly, Special Train No 0727 Narsapur-Nagarsol will leave Narsapur at 1045 hrs on July 7, 14, 21 and 28 and arrive in Nagarsol at 0900 hrs the next day. In the return direction, Special Train No 0728 Nagarsol-Narsapur will leave Nagarsol at 1100 hrs on July 8, 15, 22 and 29 and arrive in Narsapur at 1045 hrs the next day, a press release here yesterday said.
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BHARATH BANDH: Chandrababu,Venkaiah among arrested in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, Jul 5 : Former BJP president M.Venkaiah Naidu, Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu, CPI(M) Politburo member B.V.Raghavulu and CPI National Council member K Narayana were among hundreds of BJP, TDP and Left Party workers were arrested today as they staged protests and 'rasta roko', demanding rollback of the fuel price increase, across Andhra Pradesh, which evoked mixed response.Mr Venkaiah Naidu and former Union Minister B Dattatreya were among the BJP workers arrested during a sit-in at Khairatabad Junction. State BJP president G Kishen Reddy was detained at his residence.TDP President N.Chandrababu Naidu was arrested as he squatted at Ameerpet Cross Roads for disrupting traffic and shifted to Banjara Hills Police Station where he continued to stage dharna, demanding not only rollback of fuel prices -- a part of Bharat Bandh agenda -- and also against the recent liquor policy of the State.
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Andhra minister promises probe into slain man's identity

Hyderabad,July 5: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P.Sabita Indra Reddy Monday said a probe would be ordered to find out if Hemchandra Pandey, killed along with Maoist leader Azad in a gunfight with police, was a leftwing rebel or a journalist as claimed by his family.Reddy gave the assurance when Pandey's wife Babita called on her here. Babita claims that Pandey was not a Maoist and that police killed him in a "fake encounter". The woman from Delhi told the home minister that police arrested Pandey in Nagpur and killed him along with Azad after bringing them to Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Claiming that her husband was a freelance journalist, Babita demanded a probe into his killing and punishment to the guilty. The minister pointed out that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) released a statement identifying Pandey as a Maoist. She claimed that Azad and Pandey were killed in a real gun battle with police. CPI-Maoist politburo member and spokesman Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and Pandey were killed in the forests of Adilabad district bordering Maharashtra Friday. Police said they were killed during a three-hour shootout but Maoists and civil liberties activists have alleged it was a stage-managed "encounter". Azad was cremated in Hyderabad Sunday while the body of Pandey has been kept at a mortuary in a government hospital in Bellampally in Adilabad district. Maoists had initially suspected him to be its cadre Sahadev. However, they later said he was a freelance journalist, who wanted to interview Azad. Hailing from Uttarakhand, Pandey was based in Delhi and was reportedly wrote for some Hindi dailies. The mystery over his identity deepened Sunday when a statement purportedly sent by CPI-Maoist said Pandey was a Maoist. However, the CPI -Maoist denied the party issued any such statement.
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Andhra Pradesh CM thanks Prez for her concern towards State

Hyderabad, Jul 5 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today thanked President Pratibha Patil for the concern and consideration she was showing towards the state.Dr Rosaiah also thanked her for bringing a Special Cake on the occasion of his 78th birthday yesterday. ''It was very kind of Her Excellency, President Pratibha Patil, to bring me a cake for my birthday. I have no words to express my gratitude to her for this kind gesture.I regard it as a special honour for me and will remember it forever", he told newspersons.Birthdays will come and go. But such a kind gesture from the President is a special moment in my life", he said.Mr Rosaiah also thanked Ms Patil on behalf of the state government for accepting the invitation and inaugurating the fifth centennial celebrations of Sri Krishnadevaraya's coronation at short notice.He also thanked the President for showing keen interest in agricultural operations and different welfare schemes for farmers in the state. State Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy and Agriculture Technology Mission Deputy Chairman and Adviser to state government D A Somayajulu briefed the President about various measures initiated by the state government for boosting agricultural production and towards farmers' welfare since 2004.Dr Rosaiah said the President had always shown special care for Andhra Pradesh. ============================================

We will intensify agitation: Chandrababu Naidu

Hyderabad,July 5: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the protest movement against fuel price hike would only intensify if the prices are not rolled back."The government has to roll back the prices, else we will only intensify our agitation," he told reporters here leading his supporters in a protest march in the Congress-ruled state.Chandrababu Naidu also courted arrest in Hyderabad along with other party leaders and supporters. Andhra Pradesh was badly hit by the strike with the plying of about 1200 Road Transport Corporation buses disrupted.There are reports of vandalism too from across the state

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