Telecom sector problems coming to an end: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the problems facing India's troubled telecom sector are nearing a solution and the new policy being brought in would address concerns of worrying investors, providing a new impetus for growth of the communications industry.

 

He also stressed the need to strengthen the country's manufacturing capabilities in telecom in particular and in electronics in general.

"This sector has had to face some tough challenges in the past months. However, I believe that under the distinguished leadership of (Telecom Minister) Kapil Sibal, the period of difficulties is now coming to an end," the prime minister said, inaugurating the India Telecom 2012 conclave in the capital... Read More

Jayaprada now at cross roads

Veteran actress and MP Jayaprada said she would return to Andhra Pradesh politics. However, she hastened to say that she is yet to decide the political party she would work with, as she has enough time before elections.

I will take a decision at a right time, she told reporters on the sidelines of an inaugural function. Jayaprada inaugurated a facility at Life Slimming Cosmetic Clinic...Read More

Jagan’ bail plea posted for hearing on December 11

The AP High Court on Monday posted the hearing on the statutory bail petition of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy to December 11.

Jaganmohan Reddy, who filed his statutory bail petition in the CBI special court stating that he deserved bail as it had been more than 90 days since he was arrested, moved the AP High Court after the lower court dismissed his plea... Read More

TRS is a secular party, but achieving Telangana by any means our priority

Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA T Harish Rao stated in the Legislative Assembly on Sunday that his party was secular since its inception and would remain so in future too.

Responding to MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi's suggestion to TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao for not joining the BJP-led NDA, the TRS MLA said that the TRS has always been a secular party. He said KCR was known for his secular credentials and the TRS too has remained secular since its inception.

 

Referring to the speech that he made in the Legislative Assembly on Saturday demanding Rs 5,000 crore budget for the minorities, Harish Rao said that Hindus should raised the issues of Muslims and vice-versa.

You got 7 seats because of Congress - Kiran to Owaisi

The growing rift between Congress and Majis-e-Ittehadul Muslimneen has come to the fore in the State Assembly with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi moving into a confrontation mode during the discussion on SC,ST Sub-Plan Bill 2012 with each challenging the other on the Minorities issue.

 

Intervening in the discussion Chief Minister said, "the secular credentials of the Congress cannot be questioned and MIM has benefitted from the Congress by winning seven assembly seats.'... Read More

IK Gujral Former Prime Minister passes away

Former Prime Minister I K Gujral, who headed a rickety coalition government in the late 1990s, died on Friday after a brief illness.

Gujral, 92, breathed his last at 3.27 PM in a private hospital after a multi-organ failure. He was admitted to the hospital on November 19 with a lung infection, family sources said.

IK Gujral with Chandrashekhar and the then Delhi Chief Minister Sushma Swaraj in May 1998.

The former Prime Minister, who was ventilator support, had been unwell for sometime. He was on dialysis for over a year and suffered a serious chest infection some days ago.

He will be cremated in nearby Delhi tomorrow.

Gujral, who migrated from Pakistan after partition, rose to become the Prime Minister with a big slice of luck after he came up through the ranks - starting as Vice President in NDMC in the '50s to later become a Union Minister and then India's Ambassador to the USSR...Read More

Another famous Reddy leader meets Jagan, Ready to ditch Congress

In a major setback to Congress in Telangana region, senior Congress leader form Adilabad Indrakaran Reddy and former MLA Koneru Konappa today met YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in Chanchalguda jail indicating that they will join YSR Congress.

 

A leader with good following, Indrakaran Reddy was elected to Parliament and assembly as well and is considered as a major force to reckon with told media that he will be joining YSRCP soon... Read More

It's a political game changer, not bribe to voters, says Chidu

Gearing up for the next general elections, scheduled in 2014, the Congress Tuesday termed its big-ticket plan to directly transfer cash to various social welfare beneficiaries as a “game-changer” and “politically revolutionary” step for UPA-II.

 

“It will be a game changer,” Finance Minister P Chidambaram said at a press conference at the Congress headquarters here.

 

“It is a politically revolutionary step. It was a promise we made in the 2009 manifesto,” added Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who accompanied Chidambaram...Click Here

Egypt’s judiciary rejects request to send Mubarak to military hospital

Egyptian judiciary has rejected a request made for transfering country’s former president Hosni Mubarak from prison hospital to a military hospital, Xinhua reported.

 

Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib al-Adli are serving life sentence in prison over charge of ordering to kill protesters during the uprising last year.

The country’s Cairo Administrative Court refused Tuesday the appeal to transfer Mubarak from the hospital of Tora prison to a military hospital, according to official news agency MENA...Read More

Bears Turn Bullish on Facebook

One of biggest bears is adding fuel to the stock’s recent rally.

 

Bernstein Research, the most bearish firm on Facebook after the social network went public in May, upgraded the social network this morning to outperform from market perform. The firm said Wall Street may be underestimating... Click Here

In AP,Telugu compulsory from Ist class to Intermediate

Telugu is all set to be made a compulsory subject in all schools and junior colleges across the State.

 

The proposal was discussed during a meeting between Primary Education Minister S Sailajanath and Official Languages Commission chairman M Buddha Prasad at former's chambers in the State Secretariat here on Monday... Click Here

Sweeping victory for Narendra Modi, Latest opinion poll predicts

 

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lead the state for the third successive term, with an increased number of seats, says the opinion poll conducted by ABP News and AC Nielsen in October.

The opinion poll conducted all over Gujarat has projected 124 seats for the BJP, seven more than the 117 it won in the 2007 assembly election.

While the opinion poll brings cheers to the BJP and its supremo in Gujarat, Narendra Modi, it scales down the share of Congress seats to just 51. That is eight short of the 59 seats the party won in the last assembly elections... Read More

Aam Admi Party - Kejriwal names political outfit 'Aam Admi Party'

Arvind Kejriwal named his new political outfit the Aam Admi Party at a meeting here Saturday of around 300 founder members, a supporter said. The Congress objected to the name saying "aam aadmi" was its plank.

The member, who did not wish to be named, said the party's name was proposed by activist Mayank Gandhi and Chandramohan.

 

Ahead of the meeting he told reporters outside the venue, Kejriwal said: "This party is for common men, women and children of the country, who are tired of politicians."

"We will form a national executive for running the party and also discuss some 25-30 important issues," he said.

The Congress objected to the choice of the party's name, saying the slogan of "aam aadmi" has long been linked to the Congress...Related News

Sharmila mastered in winning Telanagana voters

Asserting that Telangana has a special place and affinity in the hearts of YSR and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Sharmila has said YSR Congress is committed for the development of the region, which has been the launching pad for many welfare schemes of YSR.

'The development of Telangana region has been high on the agenda of YSR Congress and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will strive to bring back the golden era of YSR who has given a lion'sshare to the region in all the welfare schemes he had launched,' Sharmila told a large gathering on course of her Maro Praja Prasthanam, that entered Telangana on Thursday.

Be it the free power connections, or other schemes like Aarogyasri, Pavala Vaddi or Rs 2-a-kg rice, it was Telangana which was given a major share... Click Here

Andhra teacher makes student drink urine? Probe begins

Authorities in Andhra Pradesh have launched an investigation into allegations that a teacher in a private school allegedly made a five-year-old student drink urine.

An official of the education department at Anaparthy 'mandal' (block) in East Godavari district of coastal Andhra region began a probe into the incident amid contradictory versions over what happened at the Satyabhama Primary School.

 

District education officer (DEO) Srinivasa Reddy said he had asked block education officer Somi Reddy to conduct an inquiry and submit a report.

http://www.andhrareporter.com/andhra-latest-news/12948-andhra-teacher-makes-student-drink-urine-probe-begins

Kejriwal to launch political party Monday

Politician-activist Arvind Kejriwal has said he will launch his political party here Monday.

Replying to queries on the Aap Ki Adalat TV show, Kejriwal invited people to join his party in large numbers.

 

"Presently our experts are working on 30 different subjects to prepare a framework for the proposed political party. We will invite people's views on the draft framework soon," he said... Click Here to read more

CBI court summons BS Yeddyurappa in graft case

 

A CBI special court has issued summons to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, his kin and others in a graft case related to a mining scam case during his tenure from 2008 to 2011, said a senior official on Wednesday.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Venkata Sundarshan, who issued the summons on November 16, directed Yeddyurappa, his sons BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra, son-in-law RN Sohan Kumar, former minister Krishnaiah Shetty and eight others, including chief executive and vice-president of a steel company in Bellary to appear in court on December 10.

Raghavendra is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Shimoga, about 260 km from here, and the home town of Yeddyurappa.

"All the accused have to be present in the special court on December 10 for cross-examination and further interrogation," said the official... Read More

Bal Thackeray’s newspapers sport black front pages

 

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray‘s favourite newspapers, Saamna (in Marathi) and Dopahar Ka Saamna (in Hindi), were published with a full black cover jacket and a full black cover page Sunday.

Thackeray, who passed away Saturday, was the founder-editor of both the newspapers, though the day-to-day affairs were managed by his hand-picked and trusted executive editors... Click Here

Thackeray shared strong bond with his Muslim physician

He was considered a right-wing Hindu leader — but Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, who died Saturday, had full faith in a Muslim doctor, who was treating him for the last four years.

One might never to able to solve the mystery as to why Thackeray trusted his family’s health on Jalil Parkar, but the meticulous chest physician ensured that the trust was never broken.

In 2009, when Thackeray had severe breathing difficulty, it was this doctor, trained in the United States, who came to his aid and over a period of time became a permanent visitor to Matoshri — the Thackeray residence.

Even as Thackeray headed a party known for its right-wing Hindu nationalist views, Parkar never complained of any religious biases. He in fact said Thackeray was one of the kindest souls he had interacted with... Read More

Bal Thackeray cremated with state honours

Lakhs of people paid last tributes to their beloved leader and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray here Sunday as his mortal remains were consigned to the flames. Thackeray's son Uddhav lit the pyre at 6.17 p.m.

 

Uddhav's cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj stood by him in support as Thackeray's mortal remains were consigned to the flames.

Uddhav was an epitome of compassion and dignity as he lit the funeral pyre of his father. He had earlier broken down at the beginning of the funeral procession...

News Source: Andhra News Website