You might have understood by now regarding what we are talking about. If the whole episode of Bhanu can be used against YSR Congress, Bandla Ganesh against Congress, then who is going to play spoilsport for Telugudesam.
As don Bhanu is revealing many things related to his association with Mangali Krishna, a close aide of YS Jagan, opposition is busy equating his misdeeds with YSR Congress. Likewise, based on a complaint lodged by an overseas distributor, some people are trying to relate produce Ganesh Babu's money as PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayana's benami investment.
These two persons have become food for political parties who are trying to corner YSR Congress and Congress. Political circles are now saying that alleged sex scandal queen Tara Chowdary has links with a young MLA from Telugudesam party. If they could pull out a little clue at least against this politician, it is sure that TDP will dig its own grave.
As don Bhanu is revealing many things related to his association with Mangali Krishna, a close aide of YS Jagan, opposition is busy equating his misdeeds with YSR Congress. Likewise, based on a complaint lodged by an overseas distributor, some people are trying to relate produce Ganesh Babu's money as PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayana's benami investment.
These two persons have become food for political parties who are trying to corner YSR Congress and Congress. Political circles are now saying that alleged sex scandal queen Tara Chowdary has links with a young MLA from Telugudesam party. If they could pull out a little clue at least against this politician, it is sure that TDP will dig its own grave.
Shocking! Shocking! Shocking! The other day we have witnessed veteran director Dasari Narayanarao singing the tunes of Megastar. Now, arch rivals of Chiru, Jeevitha-Rajasekhar too joined under his umbrella.
After their much hyped entry into BJP bombed like anything, Jeevitha-Rajasekhar once again knocked the doors of Congress party. 'We're hurt all these days because Congress leaders haven't solved our differences with Chiru, though he has became the face of party now', says Rajasekhar. However Rajasekhar never cleared who has resolved their differences, but nodded his head to join hands with Chiru if they are ordered to do so.
State's political circles are shocked with the moves of Jeevitha and Rajasekhar and are busy finding reasons behind their joining hands with Chiru. Observers are saying that Rajasekhar is trying for an MP ticket in Congress for 2014 polls and hence this move.
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The much awaited programme Satyamev Jayate has started on a grand note to an ode to motherhood. Satyamev Jayate is a reality show that throws focus on lives of the people, their pains, problems, hurdles and how bravely they fought them.
Started in multiple languages, Satyamev Jayate was successful in dragging lakhs of people to television screens sharp at 11 AM on Sunday.
The first episode of Satyamev Jayate began with Aamir Khan briefing the greatness of mother. And the episode was all about female foeticide. Aamir Khan told the fellow countrymen that ‘ a man is responsible for a birth of female and a woman has no role in it.’ Before Aamir Khan went into the statistics and how this female infanticide began in India, he spoke to three mothers who faced countless series of problems for carrying female foetuses.
Aamisha, an average mother from Gujarat was the first woman who came to the reality show—Satyamev Jayate to share her feelings of motherhood with Aamir Khan. Married in December 2000, Amisha had to undergo abortions six times within eight years. She said she was taken to a hospital, given an injection and by the time she opened her eyes..she lost her baby in the stomach. She said doctors talk in code language to tell the family on sex determination. If it was a boy they would say Jai Shree Krishna and Jai Mata Di if a girl. Last time when she was conceived, she wanted to save the child, and went to her parent’s home where she gave birth to a baby girl. Her in laws later took her and her daughter to home. She was ill-treated and kicked out of home and she was not given her daughter. She at last took the help of a lawyer to get her daughter and now the case is in the court.
The second mother who came to the show was Parveen Khan from Madhya Pradesh who was married in 1994. She was ill-treated for giving birth to two girls. She was even attacked brutally one day by her husband. With the help of doctors, she was saved. She said she now completed her B.A, got a good job and even taking care of her family.
The show then aired a few bytes of some people who spoke on reasons behind female foeticide. Many were of the opinion that illiterate and rural people are indulging in crimes. Negating these opinions, the show introduced Dr. Mitu Khurana who was also a victim of female foeticide. Mitu faced n number of problems for denying ultra sound test when she was conceived. She gave birth to twin baby girls. Dr. Mitu Khurana approached the court over the bad treatment she received. The case is now in the court.
Aamir Khan later introduced a researcher, Rambabu. He has said that even urban people, educated ones indulge in female foeticides. Even chartered accountant and IAS officers also resort to such crimes.
Later who spoke on this issue was Dr. Sailaja who had been practicing in a small village in Rajasthan. She said adivasis never showed any discrimination between boy and a girl. In fact, she said adivasis believe that girl is a sign of fortune.
Aamir Khan has said that learned and educated people should learn from adivasis, who treat boy and girl equally.
How did female foeticide begin?
Dr. Puneet who spoke on the show has told Aamir Khan as to how female foeticide had begun in India. It was in 1970 that the message of population control was wide spread by the authorities. A few doctors were trained at government hospitals on abortions. Those doctors trained in abortions had actually began to play the role of family advisors.
They have not only advised family planning but allegedly asked parents to eliminate if a girl was born. Although the Government soon asked hospitals to stop this act, the bullet from the gun had been shot already! And the trained doctors started practicing this heinous act at private clinics. This became a good business to them and in 1990 ultra sound machines came into existence that could determine sex within a few minutes. This not only boosted the business of gynaecologists who allegedly determined the sex and later eliminated the girl babies but also the manufacturers of ultra sound machines.
Dr. Puneet said India should implement what Korea implemented a few years ago in their country in order to put a check to the same. Korea Government cracked its whip against all those doctors removing foetuses. The doctors were kept in jails and their licences cancelled. The problem of female foeticide came to an end within a year.
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Satyamev Jayate’s 1st episode focuses on female infantic
The much awaited programme Satyamev Jayate has started on a grand note to an ode to motherhood. Satyamev Jayate is a reality show that throws focus on lives of the people, their pains, problems, hurdles and how bravely they fought them.
Started in multiple languages, Satyamev Jayate was successful in dragging lakhs of people to television screens sharp at 11 AM on Sunday.
The first episode of Satyamev Jayate began with Aamir Khan briefing the greatness of mother. And the episode was all about female foeticide. Aamir Khan told the fellow countrymen that ‘ a man is responsible for a birth of female and a woman has no role in it.’ Before Aamir Khan went into the statistics and how this female infanticide began in India, he spoke to three mothers who faced countless series of problems for carrying female foetuses.
Aamisha, an average mother from Gujarat was the first woman who came to the reality show—Satyamev Jayate to share her feelings of motherhood with Aamir Khan. Married in December 2000, Amisha had to undergo abortions six times within eight years. She said she was taken to a hospital, given an injection and by the time she opened her eyes..she lost her baby in the stomach. She said doctors talk in code language to tell the family on sex determination. If it was a boy they would say Jai Shree Krishna and Jai Mata Di if a girl. Last time when she was conceived, she wanted to save the child, and went to her parent’s home where she gave birth to a baby girl. Her in laws later took her and her daughter to home. She was ill-treated and kicked out of home and she was not given her daughter. She at last took the help of a lawyer to get her daughter and now the case is in the court.
The second mother who came to the show was Parveen Khan from Madhya Pradesh who was married in 1994. She was ill-treated for giving birth to two girls. She was even attacked brutally one day by her husband. With the help of doctors, she was saved. She said she now completed her B.A, got a good job and even taking care of her family.
The show then aired a few bytes of some people who spoke on reasons behind female foeticide. Many were of the opinion that illiterate and rural people are indulging in crimes. Negating these opinions, the show introduced Dr. Mitu Khurana who was also a victim of female foeticide. Mitu faced n number of problems for denying ultra sound test when she was conceived. She gave birth to twin baby girls. Dr. Mitu Khurana approached the court over the bad treatment she received. The case is now in the court.
Aamir Khan later introduced a researcher, Rambabu. He has said that even urban people, educated ones indulge in female foeticides. Even chartered accountant and IAS officers also resort to such crimes.
Later who spoke on this issue was Dr. Sailaja who had been practicing in a small village in Rajasthan. She said adivasis never showed any discrimination between boy and a girl. In fact, she said adivasis believe that girl is a sign of fortune.
Aamir Khan has said that learned and educated people should learn from adivasis, who treat boy and girl equally.
How did female foeticide begin?
Dr. Puneet who spoke on the show has told Aamir Khan as to how female foeticide had begun in India. It was in 1970 that the message of population control was wide spread by the authorities. A few doctors were trained at government hospitals on abortions. Those doctors trained in abortions had actually began to play the role of family advisors.
They have not only advised family planning but allegedly asked parents to eliminate if a girl was born. Although the Government soon asked hospitals to stop this act, the bullet from the gun had been shot already! And the trained doctors started practicing this heinous act at private clinics. This became a good business to them and in 1990 ultra sound machines came into existence that could determine sex within a few minutes. This not only boosted the business of gynaecologists who allegedly determined the sex and later eliminated the girl babies but also the manufacturers of ultra sound machines.
Dr. Puneet said India should implement what Korea implemented a few years ago in their country in order to put a check to the same. Korea Government cracked its whip against all those doctors removing foetuses. The doctors were kept in jails and their licences cancelled. The problem of female foeticide came to an end within a year.
Dr. Puneet has also said that all the doctors who did abortions in India should be kept in Tihar jail. Even women doctors are also involved in this crime, he added.
When Aamir Khan asked as to how many doctors’ licences were cancelled by Medical Council of India (MCI), Dr. Puneet said that not even one licence was cancelled over the same.
Later two journalists—Mr. Sheikawat and Meena spoke to Aamir Khan on their sting operation seven years ago, which was on female foeticide. The footage revealed many doctors who were allegedly ready to do abortions. The case is now in different courts since many doctors are involved in this and unfortunately even arrest warrants were issued on the journalists.
Satyamev Jayate team went to a group of unmarried men in a village in Haryana. They told that were not married since there were hardly any brides available. And they blame female foeticide for their unmarried status. That’s in fact true; elimination of girls would only result in an imbalanced sex ratio.
Aamir Khan called upon everyone to realize the importance of women. He has asked people to grow from within and put a check to this problem. The show received good response. It’s sure that Satyamev Jayate would have an impact on a large number of people.
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Bhanu Kiran, the prime accused in the killing of factionist Suri, has revealed that he earned Rs.18.5 crore by getting works pertaining to Hundri Neeva project and procured nine fire arms by different means to carry out extortions, the CID said on Friday.
Bhanu confessed to the CID that he took letter pad and copy of the gun license belonging to Dharmavaram ex-MLA Kethi Reddy, Surya Pratap Reddy and procured two fire arms from Abids.
Bhanu was arrested on April 21 at Zaheerabad for killing Suri. He was produced in the Nampally court on Friday and remanded to judicial custody till May 18.
DG S.V. Ramana Murthy, CID Additional said, “Bhanu confessed that he, along with associates Mangali Krishna and Sudhakar Naidu and others, procured country-made fire arms for use in extortion and other settlements. Out of nine fire arms procured, two were recovered from Bhanu and his other associates, including Sulam Subbaiah.”
Bhanu confessed that he paid Rs 1 crore to Moddu Srinu out of the money he got through the settlements.
He was involved in the liquor business with Gangula Sundar Reddy, Satyanarayana Reddy and Pavan Kumar. He came into contact with Suri through them.
In 2004, while Suri’s wife Bhanumathi contested Penukonda by-elections, he canvassed for her.
When Suri was lodged in Cherlapally jail, he met him regularly.
Bhanu is involved in several cases of conspiracy and violation of the Arms Act in Ramgopalpet, Saifabad, Begumpet, Kukatpally, CCS, Patamata, Banjara Hills, CID and Panjagutta.
In 2006, Bhanu Kiran, along with Mangali Krishna, an aide of Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, were involved in a 7-acre land dispute near Chirec Public School opposite Serilingampally Revenue Divisional Office and extorted Rs 1.2 crore from producer Sivaramakrishna.
“With the extorted money and by threatening the land owners, land was purchased by him and his associates — Abbireddy Mallikarjun Reddy, Ediga Srikanth Goud, Dantuluri Krishna alias Mangali Krishna, S. Srinivas, V.V. Madhu Mohan Reddy and others.
The CID has identified the properties having clear title deeds and registered in the name of Bhanu and his associates,” said Mr Ramana Murthy.
The accused also purchased land in Bandar port area.
Bhanu, Suri along with one Jambula Srikanth Reddy acquired six acres of land in Dharmaram mandal of Karimnagar district by floating benami companies, for mining of maple red granite on lease by investing Rs 1 crore. The land was forcibly taken from Vanga Sudheer Reddy.
In another case, Bhanu, Suri and their associates with the help of NIMS deputy RMO Dr Sharath Naga Prasad and others grabbed 5.27 acres of agricultural land belonging to Sudheer Reddy on the outskirts of Pendyala village. Subsequently, 4.27 acres of land was registered in the name of G. Hemalatha Reddy.
“We are taking steps to freeze the bank accounts of Bhanu and his associates. If any of the victims are willing to lodge a complaint, the CID is ready to register the case. We will maintain confidentiality” said Mr Ramana Murthy.
Investigations revealed that Bhanu had helped one K.V.N. Reddy in the Handri-Neeva contract. Mr Ramana Murthy said, “During 2005-2006, Bhanu, along with his associates, was involved in the Handri-Neeva project and threatened other contractors not to submit their tenders and bagged projects worth Rs 178 crore in the names of JK Constructions, GVR Constructions and Coastal Constructions. They amassed Rs 18.5 crore for this deal.”
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Hyderabad: Film producer Natti Kumar on Thursday denied media reports that he has links with Bhanu Kiran, the prime accused in the murder of factionist leader Maddelacheruvu Suri.
In an interview to a private channel, Natti Kumar stated that has no connection with the land settlements and film financing by Bhanu Kiran and Suri.
Stating that film producer C Kalyan has benefitted from the finance of Bhanu Kiran and Suri in the industry, Natti Kumar said that he was ready to give any information in this connection to probing agency if they need.
'Both of them are involved in the production of films belonging to C Kalyan of Balaji Colour Labs. I have substantial evidence to this,' he stated.
Stating that CID has not called him for the investigations so far, Kumar said that he was ready to provide information to the agency over the allegations on land deals and other settlements in the film industry. Natti kumar alleged that he had received threatening calls from Bhanu Kiran.
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Hyderabad, May 4: Nandamuri Hari Krishna, member of Rajya Sabha and TDP Politburo has caused considerable commotion in the TDP circles by abstaining from the Politburo meeting held here on Friday.
Though it was said that Hari Krishna was busy with Rajya Sabha session, it is being said that Hari Krishna was never known for his regular attendance of RS and hence it was just an excuse.
When Hari Krishna’s absence was noted, it was felt that he was responding to the ongoing dispute between his son Jr. NTR and his brother Bala Krishna, who was supported by the TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu.
It may be mentioned that Jr. NTR was hurt that the Krishna district TDP has given a call for the district bandh on the very day his latest film ‘Dammu’ was scheduled for release. He was hurt that the Krishna district party president Devineni Umamaheswara Rao has refused to postpone the bandh despite repeated requests by his fans and supporters including Vallabhaneni Vamsi, TDP urban president and party MLA Nani.
It was reported that Jr. NTR has asked Vamsi to give a jolt to the party leadership by meeting Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Shocked by the deliberate meeting of Vamsi, TDP leadership has issued him a show cause notice. It is now being said that both Hari Krishna and his son Jr. NTR were trying to give another jolt to the party by permitting Vamsi to join the YSRC. It is being said that it is in this backdrop that Hari Krishna has boycotted the politburo meeting of TDP, to serve as a warning to Naidu.
'Kathi' and 'Mr.Nookayya' heroine Sana Khan went furious after reading the news that she is indulged in a sex-racket. Earlier in the morning, reports from Bangalore stated that a Bollywood actress and model Sana Khan was arrested by Karnataka Police under prostitution charges.
With the name 'Sana Khan' springing out, media got connected to the name of our heroine 'Sana Khan' immediately and published reports. Later in the evening, Bangalore posed inspector cleared the air that it is that Sana Khan which media is speculating. It is indeed clarified that a Bollywood junior artiste with the same name is the one that got booked by police.
Authorities are blaming police people for not giving proper piece of information to the media. 'Kathi' heroine Sana Khan, who is in a state of shock, is unavailable for a comment.
With the name 'Sana Khan' springing out, media got connected to the name of our heroine 'Sana Khan' immediately and published reports. Later in the evening, Bangalore posed inspector cleared the air that it is that Sana Khan which media is speculating. It is indeed clarified that a Bollywood junior artiste with the same name is the one that got booked by police.
Authorities are blaming police people for not giving proper piece of information to the media. 'Kathi' heroine Sana Khan, who is in a state of shock, is unavailable for a comment.
Hyderabad, May 4: The victims of Bhanu Kiran, principal accused in the Maddelacheruvu Suri murder case, are coming out one after another after his arrest.
Speaking to media persons here on Friday, film producer Natti Kumar alleged that Bhanu Kiran had criminally intimidated him many a time. He also alleged that film producer C Kalyan was a close associate of Bhanu Kiran and played a key role in the settlements made by the latter.
Questioning why C. Kalyan was not arrested so far, Natti Kumar said that all shady activities of Bhanu Kiran will come to light when Kalyan was taken into custody and put to intense questioning. He also made it clear that he never involved in the settlements made Maddelacheruvu Suri and Bhanu Kiran.
After the arrest of yesteryear South Indian heroine, Yamuna another heroine from Tollywood has hit the news for allegedly involving in flesh trade. Sana Khan who appeared in Kathi and Mr. Nookayya was apparently arrested at an apartments in Koramangala where the Tollywood heroine was running a prostitution ring.
The police who went in disguise of customers caught Sana Khan and other girls at apartments. They conducted this undercover raid after they got credible information from an arrested broker who gave all clues of the prostitution ring.
The police recovered blue films, cash, CDs and even mobile phones from the apartments. The police have reportedly filed a case against her. This news came in as shock to Tollywood yet another time.
God knows how many Tollywood heroines are going to come into the picture and get arrested for the same reasons as the days pass by.
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HYDERABAD: The state government on Thursday said that the new physics marks obtained in the advance supplementary exam being held on May 16 for the 1.8 lakh Intermediate students who failed in it would not figure in the Eamcet merit list. Secondary education minister K Parthasarathy said that Eamcet rank list was scheduled to be out on May 24 and the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) was in no position to declare its results before that. Eamcet officials have made it clear that the rank list announcement would not be postponed.
Furious students and parents, whose protest had forced the government to agree to advance the exam date from May 24 to 16, held a protest in front of BIE office on Thursday. "If the government is not willing to consider the new marks while calculating Eamcet ranks, why did they advance the date? They raised false hopes," said N Nagaraju, a parent. Ironically, the government had advanced the dates to allow the students to be eligible for competitive examinations, including Eamcet, BITSAT (for BITS, Pilani), IIT-JEE and AIEEE.
Higher education minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha has reportedly called for a state-level meeting of all stakeholders, including AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University ( JNTU) and Board of Intermediate Education on Friday to discuss the issue.
Till last year, students taking advance supplementary examinations were considered for the Eamcet rank list. But this year, the higher education department issued a GO in the second week of April - before the Inter results - saying that these students would not be considered for Eamcet as hardly a few hundred appeared for it.
However, in an unusual development this year, a huge number (1.8 lakh or 31% of total Inter students) failed in the physics paper. Protests finally forced the state government to advance the advance
supplementary exam date to May 16. Of the total 5.6 lakh students who appeared for the physics paper, 4.8 lakh are appearing for the advance supplementary, including the 1.8 lakh who failed.
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Furious students and parents, whose protest had forced the government to agree to advance the exam date from May 24 to 16, held a protest in front of BIE office on Thursday. "If the government is not willing to consider the new marks while calculating Eamcet ranks, why did they advance the date? They raised false hopes," said N Nagaraju, a parent. Ironically, the government had advanced the dates to allow the students to be eligible for competitive examinations, including Eamcet, BITSAT (for BITS, Pilani), IIT-JEE and AIEEE.
Higher education minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha has reportedly called for a state-level meeting of all stakeholders, including AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University ( JNTU) and Board of Intermediate Education on Friday to discuss the issue.
Till last year, students taking advance supplementary examinations were considered for the Eamcet rank list. But this year, the higher education department issued a GO in the second week of April - before the Inter results - saying that these students would not be considered for Eamcet as hardly a few hundred appeared for it.
However, in an unusual development this year, a huge number (1.8 lakh or 31% of total Inter students) failed in the physics paper. Protests finally forced the state government to advance the advance
supplementary exam date to May 16. Of the total 5.6 lakh students who appeared for the physics paper, 4.8 lakh are appearing for the advance supplementary, including the 1.8 lakh who failed.
HOWRAH: A 47-year-old schoolteacher from Howrah was hauled up for showing pornographic material on his mobile phone to students. Bally resident Debasis Das, who taught English at Belur High School, was arrested on Thursday after parents lodged a complaint against him. Das was also suspended from the school immediately.
A couple of months ago, MLAs of Karnataka and Gujarat were accused of watching it in their respective Assemblies. And now, a 47-year-old schoolteacher from Howrah has been hauled up for showing pornographic material in his mobile phone to students. Bally resident Debasis Das, who taught English in the Belur High School, was arrested on Thursday after parents lodged a complaint against him. He was also suspended from the school immediately.
Das taught English to students of Classes V to VIII in the all boys' school. On Thursday morning, hundreds of parents turned up at the school and demanded a meeting with headmaster Tapas Chattopadhyay. The headmaster was shocked when the parents accused Das of showing obscene photographs and film clips on his mobile phone to their sons. The parents also staged a demonstration outside the school premises demanding the teacher's suspension.
The parents then lodged a complaint with the police, accusing Das of sexually harassing their children. Das was arrested and taken to the police station.
"The governing body of the school is taking this charge very seriously and we have suspended him. I will also take up the matter with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. In December, 2011, this teacher was suspended for academic reasons. The suspension was revoked in the end of March and he started taking classes again. We are treating this complaint very seriously though," Chattopadhyay said.
Nishat Pervez, DC(HQ), Howrah City Police, confirmed that the teacher was arrested and investigations were on. Display of pornographic material to minors is a punishable offence in India and Das is liable to be sentenced if the charges against him are proved.
NAGPUR: A day after the case of a drunk man raping his mother-in-law was reported at Koradi police station, another shocking incident of a four-year-old girl being raped was reported at Nandanvan police station on Wednesday.
According to the police, the girl and her younger brother were asleep when their mother heard her screaming. When she rushed to the room, she found her daughter bleeding. The mother then made a police complaint.
However, in the medical reports the doctors mentioned that it is very difficult to say whether the girl was sexually assaulted or not.
Senior police inspector Sunil Jaiswal said, "As per the medical reports, there is bleeding but no injury was found. Yet, as claimed by the mother, we have registered an offence of rape against an unknown culprit."
According to the police, the victim and her family had come to the city to attend her uncle's marriage on Tuesday. The family hailed from Nagbhid.
On Wednesday night, the girl, her brother and other children were asleep in the uncle's house at Abbu Miya Nagar while the family members and other relatives had gone to the reception party which was being held about 20 metres from the house in a pandal.
Around 10.30pm, the girl's mother came to the house for some work and heard her daughter crying. Spotting the blood stains, she told in her complaint that the kid has been either raped or an attempt has been made.
Cops said that since the girl is still crying in pain and is too small to give a statement, the case is not clear. "The victim has now recovered from the pain and her mother is questioning her slowly with some woman constables. So far, the girl has not said about any relative had come to her or any stranger. She is repeatedly saying that she felt something like a needle hurting her," said Jaiswal.
Cops are still questioning the other children asleep in the same room and other relatives.
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According to the police, the girl and her younger brother were asleep when their mother heard her screaming. When she rushed to the room, she found her daughter bleeding. The mother then made a police complaint.
However, in the medical reports the doctors mentioned that it is very difficult to say whether the girl was sexually assaulted or not.
Senior police inspector Sunil Jaiswal said, "As per the medical reports, there is bleeding but no injury was found. Yet, as claimed by the mother, we have registered an offence of rape against an unknown culprit."
According to the police, the victim and her family had come to the city to attend her uncle's marriage on Tuesday. The family hailed from Nagbhid.
On Wednesday night, the girl, her brother and other children were asleep in the uncle's house at Abbu Miya Nagar while the family members and other relatives had gone to the reception party which was being held about 20 metres from the house in a pandal.
Around 10.30pm, the girl's mother came to the house for some work and heard her daughter crying. Spotting the blood stains, she told in her complaint that the kid has been either raped or an attempt has been made.
Cops said that since the girl is still crying in pain and is too small to give a statement, the case is not clear. "The victim has now recovered from the pain and her mother is questioning her slowly with some woman constables. So far, the girl has not said about any relative had come to her or any stranger. She is repeatedly saying that she felt something like a needle hurting her," said Jaiswal.
Cops are still questioning the other children asleep in the same room and other relatives.
Washington, : An Indian-origin woman in the US set her husband on fire and locked him in a bathroom, after promising him a hot oil massage, police said.
Shriya Biman Patel,25, has been arrested on charges of first-degree felony aggravated assault and arson and booked into the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas.
An Austin police statement said officers answering a family disturbance call at a north Austin apartment Monday night found a naked, severely burned 29-year-old man screaming in pain on the floor, with his wife nearby and a strong smell of gasoline in the air, the Daily Mail website reported Friday.
Fire Captain Andy Reardon said the man was expecting his wife of one year to massage him with oil but the oil turned out to be gasoline.
The man, whose name has not been released, was airlifted to Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio where he is said to be in a critical condition, suffering from second and third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body.
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Hyderabad, May 2: “Power is not a means it is an end. One does not establish a political power in order to safeguard a revolution. One makes the revolution to establish political power”
Ironically, the political masters and the TPJAC, a platform of intellectual cahoots that have been leading the “Telangana movement” (the Ultimate War for Telangana & a revolution of its own kind) began to safeguard their political powers at the cost of the movement. In the process, they turned the movement which has been spiraling out to be a ground swell of peoples’ sentiment into a show of an extended and a brazen form of an ordinary “political confrontation” that one comes across day in day out among the political class.
In the process they are unashamedly engaged in slugfest in trying to establish a political power in the guise of championing the ongoing Telangana movement. Instead of consolidating the movement to establish political power, they are engaged in political slugfest to claim the authority over it.
As a result the very existence of TJAC has become doubtful with its two main constituents TRS and BJP pulling it in different directions. The TRS wants to send the BJP out of the joint action committee which has been spearheading the Telangana Movement after branding it as a communal party.
Not satisfying with that KCR, TRS supremo even wants to throw out Kodandaram from TPJAC who hitherto been known as a religiously sincere marionette of KCR. It appears that the subservient Kodandaram has suddenly become a thing of allergy to KCR.
The whole game plan of both the main Telangana protagonist parties is to hog unrivalled domination over Telangana movement so as to consolidate the Telangana vote in their favour. In the process they gave a new dimension to political equations in Telangana region subjecting the Telangana protagonists into confusion and tearing TPJAC asunder.
Aware of TRS' game plan, the BJP is working hard to spread its roots wide and deep in the region to become a force to reckon with, and is leveraging heavily on its national party's image and its commitment to the Telangana cause.
With the Parkal by-election round the corner, the TRS wants to execute its plan to expel the BJP out of TJAC and thus gain electoral advantage in the by-election which the BJP is also fighting. The TRS is worried about the growing strength of the BJP and wants to clip the saffron party's wings so that it could not pose a threat to its own existence.
On the other hand, wanting to play its cards carefully, the BJP is ready to face the TRS but wants to remain in the TJAC to derive political benefit. It plans to take the help of other Telangana organisations to check the growing clout of the TRS with TJAC.
Once again the sentiments and aspirations of Telangana people seemed to have become a plaything for politicians. The sudden turnaround and decision of leadership to tear TPJAC asunder to hog the political domination indicated a “movement failed and politics won situation”.
The Ultimate war for Telangana suddenly became a mission to reclaim political supremacy and became an unwelcome distraction from real cause. The movement instead of becoming an instrument to achieve Telangana has turned out to be an ocean of chaos. If the latest developments are any indication, the progress of an emotionally appealing movement suddenly morphed into a new election platform for politicians.
The movement has become a battle to be waged before media cameras as it is more of scoring political points. Its impetus, it seems did not spring from the inchoate and deeper sentiment of the people, but much from the imperatives of electoral politics.
There seemed to be nothing transcendent and epochal about the self styled Ultimate war, it is more of inspiring the voters and messianic rhetoric of its leadership.
History has a fascinating way of playing with the human beings in ways they themselves are unable to comprehend. History once again proved that it can be repeated, Telangana people are playing their roles on the stage of current Telangana movement without knowing that their actions can draw parallel to the long forgotten actors who left the same stage, while the character of the politicians leading the present movement in many ways seemed to be relics of compromise witnessed on the same stage in 1969.
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Hyderabad: Nithin has put an end to his flop stream with the romantic comedy 'Ishq' that has recently completed its 50 days.
The success has turned him choosy. Nithin is taking lot of care and time to choose his roles.
He has signed a film with Kollywood director Vijay and Bellamkonda Suresh will produce this film under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner.
Shruti Haasan is being considered for the female lead role and if the talks turn fruitful, Shruti will play Nithin's love interest in the film. Anirudh Ravichander of '3' fame will score the tunes.
There has been buzz earlier that Nithin may act in a film to be directed by 'Ee Rojullo' fame Maruthi but apparently, he is yet to give his nod for the project.
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Hyderabad: Sultry siren Mumaith Khan, who sizzled Tollywood has disappeared from Telugu films for some time now. She has been busy shaking legs for hot item numbers in B-town for films like 'Rowdy Rathore'.
The good news for her fans is that she is all set to act in a full-length Telugu movie. She has reportedly signed a film where the she will be playing the central character.
To be directed by DVK Nageswara Rao, the film would be produced by KS Prasad under the banner BS Entertainment. While the production house is new, the director is one film old; his first film was 'Aunty Uncle Nandagopal'.
'The story is inspired by a real-life incident which took place in Maharashtra. The story revolves around Mumaith Khan's character; it is a story of a young couple, played by debutantes. We will shoot in Bangkok, Mumbai and Hyderabad extensively," the producer said.
The genre of the film is not known, but there is a host of comedians in the cast. Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam , MS Narayana, Krishna Bhagawan in addition to Tanikella Bharani, Bharath, Prithvi and Master Bhuvan will play key roles. Nandamuri Hari is the editor. Music is by Praveen Imidi.
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Hyderabad/Vijayawada, May 3 (INN): Telugu Desam Party leader Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan on Thursday gave reply to the show-cause notice served by party president N Chandrababu Naidu over his meeting with YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy during the election campaign in the Krishna district.
In his explanation, Vamsi Mohan reportedly mentioned that he had met Jagan Mohan Reddy 'accidentally' in the election campaign and there was no political significance to his meeting as reported by the media.
Stating that he has not done any mistake, Vamsi Mohan said that he has no plans to quit the TDP to join the YSR Congress party. 'I will remain in the TDP and continue to serve as a loyal worker," he stated.
In his letter, he said that he had never indulged in anti-party activities and in future, he would never make any comments against the party which could damage its image.
Earlier, he came to the TDP office to give explanation to party president N Chandrababau Naidu in person.
However, the leaders did not allow Vamsi Mohan to meet Naidu and asked him to give his letter to senior leader G Buchchaiah Chowdhary.
With leaders not allowing him to meet TDP chief, Vamsi Mohan sent his letter to Naidu, according to sources.
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Hyderabad, May 3: People of the Sitaphalmandi area in the heart of the city have been spending sleepless nights, fearing that ghosts were on the prowl, killing innocent people.
A series of deaths of children has caused the residents of some of the areas of Sitaphalmandi suspect that it was the work of evil forces.
Residents said that one healthy person who was talking with his friends has suddenly rushed into his house and hanged himself, for no reason. Residents are stating that several such inexplicable deaths were occurring in the area. Residents wrote the name of Lord ‘Ram’ prominently on the outer walls of their houses in red paint, to dispel evil forces. Youth are patrolling the streets with sticks, through the nights so that elders could sleep peacefully (though none could explain how they proposed to attack a ghost with a stick).
Visits of representatives of Jana Vignana Vedika (which campaigns for rational and scientific thinking) to the area, have not helped instill any confidence among the residents. Fearing the ghosts, several people have locked their houses and went off to relatives’ places. Some are spending the days at their houses and sleeping in temples during nights.
However, neither the government nor other political parties have done anything to restore confidence among the people as they were all busy with their election strategies.
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Junior artist and model Sana Khan was arrested by the police while indulging in prostitution. The actress and 8 foreign girls were picked up from an apartment in Bangalore on Wednesday.
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Police received feelers that some Bollywood actresses and foreign girls were carrying on the world’s oldest trade in Anita Meadows in the sixth block of Koramangala area. Police acted as per a perfect plan and caught the girls in their act. Police posing as prospective customers approached the call girls through brokers and fixed rates. On entering the apartment as innocent customers, police arrested the hookers. They said there were some girls from Kazakisthan apart from Sana Khan among the arrested call girls. They said they have seized some blue film CDs, a lap top and cash from them.
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Skin shows, bikinis, lip-locks and other side businesses are encouraged for heroines as long as their status update is 'single'. Once they tie the holy knot everything should change, else their families may not support them.
We have seen a bunch of aunties returning to silver screen even after marriage. If they pick some family roles that look dignified, everything goes well. Else, if they shed clothes again, marriages will be disastrous. Looks like, same kind of thoughts are worrying the in-laws of cute heroine Sneha, who is going to ring wedding bells on May 11th. Reports are heard here and there that this tempting beauty wants to continue in films even after marriage.
But, she hasn't given the clarity about the kind of roles she will be taking up. People are saying that it became possible only for ravishing damsel Aishwarya Rai to rock as a top heroine even after marriage that too with a bit a skin show. They feel that Sneha's case is different and she may not get her 'wild dreams' satisfied without support from in-laws.
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TTD Chairman, Board Members with Vedic pundits and priests, to attend Lord Srinivasa Kalyanam at Sri Guruvaayoorappan Temple in New Jersey on May 5th 2012.
Sri Guruvaayoorappan Temple (Sri Krishnaji Mandir) and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) are organizing Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam in New Jersey on Saturday May 5th 2012, in the midst of thousands of devotees with "Srinivasa Govinda" and "Sri Venkatesa Govinda" chants reverberating all over.
The Grand opening and Mahakumbhabhishekam of the Sri Guruvaayoorappan temple is planned to be conducted on July 1st of this year. The Chairman, J.E.O, Several Board members and other officials of TTD are on their way to Sri Guruvaayoorappan Temple, to grace this occasion. All the Sevas that are done at Tirumala for Srivaru will be performed on May 5th starting at 6.00am with Suprabhatam, followed by Tomala Seva, Archana and Kalyanam. Srivari Mahaprasadam, Tiruchanoor Ammavari KumKuma, Srivari Laddu Prasadam will be distributed.
Preparations are going on in full swing and several hundred volunteers are working tirelessly to make this event a memorable one. Devotees can participate in this divine event and register at www.krishnatemple.org srinivasakalyanam at the earliest.
Sri Guruvaayoorappan Temple (Sri Krishnaji Mandir) and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) are organizing Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam in New Jersey on Saturday May 5th 2012, in the midst of thousands of devotees with "Srinivasa Govinda" and "Sri Venkatesa Govinda" chants reverberating all over.
The Grand opening and Mahakumbhabhishekam of the Sri Guruvaayoorappan temple is planned to be conducted on July 1st of this year. The Chairman, J.E.O, Several Board members and other officials of TTD are on their way to Sri Guruvaayoorappan Temple, to grace this occasion. All the Sevas that are done at Tirumala for Srivaru will be performed on May 5th starting at 6.00am with Suprabhatam, followed by Tomala Seva, Archana and Kalyanam. Srivari Mahaprasadam, Tiruchanoor Ammavari KumKuma, Srivari Laddu Prasadam will be distributed.
Preparations are going on in full swing and several hundred volunteers are working tirelessly to make this event a memorable one. Devotees can participate in this divine event and register at www.krishnatemple.org srinivasakalyanam at the earliest.
Fair and lovely beauty Tamanna has scored the first blockbuster of her career with Racha. She has a big role to play in this magical success. Tamanna's glamour is one of the prime reasons for mass audience to watch Racha multiple times. This film brought her immense craze among the masses and Tamanna is hoping to build on this foundation.
However, Tamanna is being branded as 'Mega' heroine as she is doing films with all the mega heroes that are currently in action. After pairing up with Allu Arjun and Ram Charan, Tamanna is all set to romance Pawan Kalyan in Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu. She has also done 100% Love film produced by Allu Aravind. She starred in Oosaravelli in between and currently doing Endukante Premanta with Ram and Rebel with Prabhas.
Recently she opted out of Mahesh, Sukumar's film and signed on the dotted line for Rambabu. This gave an impression that she is only willing to do films with mega heroes. But Tamanna strongly condemned these speculations and stated that she is open to do films with all the heroes. She told that a series of films with mega heroes happened by chance and she didn't plan to do so.
However, Tamanna is being branded as 'Mega' heroine as she is doing films with all the mega heroes that are currently in action. After pairing up with Allu Arjun and Ram Charan, Tamanna is all set to romance Pawan Kalyan in Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu. She has also done 100% Love film produced by Allu Aravind. She starred in Oosaravelli in between and currently doing Endukante Premanta with Ram and Rebel with Prabhas.
Recently she opted out of Mahesh, Sukumar's film and signed on the dotted line for Rambabu. This gave an impression that she is only willing to do films with mega heroes. But Tamanna strongly condemned these speculations and stated that she is open to do films with all the heroes. She told that a series of films with mega heroes happened by chance and she didn't plan to do so.
Hyderabad, May 3: TRS senior leader and former MP Vinod has said that as the union Home Minister Chidambaram has informed the Lok Sabha that the TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu has met him in connection with the Telangana issue, it has now become clear that it was Naidu who had scuttled the Telangana process.
Talking to the media here on Thursday, Vinod said in sharp contrast to Chandrababu’s claim several times in the past that he never met Chidambaram; the Home Minister has specifically stated that he had met him. He said with this, the real nature of Naidu has been exposed.
He said while Naidu was duping the people by stating that he and his party were staunch supporters of the 'T' cause, he has been subverting the process all along.
Vinod has demanded that Naidu must clarify in what context he has met the Home Minister. If he has not met Chidambaram as he has been claiming, he should move a privilege notice against the union minister for giving misleading information to the Lok Sabha, he added.
Hyderabad: Bollywood is full of surprises. Viewers are in for one when the much-awaited remake of 'Zanjeer' hits the screen.
Tollywood superstar Ram Charan's tinsel town debut has Mahie Gill doing an item number.
The other item number will be by none other than Sunny Leone. Director Apporva Lakhia and the producers are in talks with the porn star.
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Hyderabad: Director Sukumar is busy directing Mahesh Babu for a song for the next seven days. The untitled flick, (Chandrudu isn't confirmed yet) will be released in January 2013. This song will be picturised on Mahesh Babu in Hyderabad.
Devi Sri Prasad has composed music for a Mahesh film for the very first time. Produced by 14 Rees Entertainment (Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta and Anil Sunkara or Dookudu fame) this one will see cinematography by Ratnavelu of 'Robot' fame.
You can expect a visual treat this time too because Sukumar is working with Ratnavelu for the third time. For 'Jagadam', Ratnavelu has used the famous 35mm camera, perking up the visual appeal. The movie has already set high expectations among people and hopefully Devi Sri Prasad has got the best tunes in store!
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s Prabhu Deva, who parted ways with Nayanthara recently, on a rebound? The choreographer-actor turned director who is still recuperating from his broken relationship with Nayanthara hosted a birthday bash. The party was well attended by friends from the film industry, but it was Trisha who stole the limelight.
The Dammu actress was so excited about the bash that she tweeted: 'Prabu Deva as always put up 1 of his best shows. My all time fav. N he hosted a yummy dinner fr his day. Was good catchn up wit everyone.'
Sources at the party generated wicked whispers about how Trisha was being super friendly with the birthday boy. When questioned in an interview about her relationship with the director, she said that she was a close friend of the choreographer. 'I was the heroine in both of his Telugu films.
Right from that time, we've been very close friends. We will obviously talk intimately whenever we got the opportunity to meet.' She starred in Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Pournami, both directed by Prabhu Deva.
Does that mean that Prabhu has officially closed the Nayanthara chapter and is getting on with life with Trisha as his new 'best friend'?
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Chennai: Actors Sneha and Prasanna who are set to tie the knot on May 11 have formally invited media to their wedding which will take place in Chennai. The duo acted together for the first time in 'Acchamundu Acchamundu'.
They apparently hit it off well during the making of the movie and ever since rumours have been rife that they are a couple. Late last year, they admitted that they are seeing each other.
The couple will marry twice, first under Naidu tradition following it up by Brahmin tradition. Commenting on this Prasanna said, 'Yes, I will tie the knot twice, so that it would stay strong.'
The event also witnessed the soon-to-be-wed couple suggesting that they will be living together for some time away from their parents. The 'Sri Ramadasu' actress is keen on enjoying all duties and privileges of a married woman.
Rubbishing rumours that Sneha will stop acting after getting married, Prasanna said, 'I want her to pursue acting but it is up to her'.
Entire Tamil film industry besides big-wigs of Tollywood are expected to grace the high profile wedding.
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Hyderabad:The much-awaited multi-starrer of Telugu industry 'Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu' (SVSC) starring Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Samantha and Anjali in the lead roles is likely to release on September 18, thus matching up to the sentiment of Mahesh Babu, who released his 'Dookudu' around same time last year.
At a time when every other maker is trying to publicise his film as much as he can, 'SVSC' has been kept under wraps by producer Dil Raju.
The first look of the film is yet to be released and it is heard that Raju will reveal it on May 31 which happens to be the birthday of superstar Krishna.
'Dookudu' and 'Pokiri's first look too released on the same day hence Raju who is known to be superstitious about dates is following the same.
Directed by Srikanth Addala, the film, a socially relevant family drama will see the Venky and Mahesh playing brothers while Prakash Raj and Jayasudha will be seen as their parent's. Mickey J Meyer is composing the music for the film.
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AMALAPURAM: A BC girl was beaten to death by her father at Gadellanka village in Mummidivaram mandal on Monday night for falling in love with an SC boy.
According to villagers, Bonthu Nandini Sirisha (20), daughter of Venkateswara Rao and Ananta Lakshmi, fell in love with K Durga Prasad (23) who resides in front of her house.
But Prasad who studied up to Intermediate, did not respond. Nandini, an eighth class dropout, continued to love him. She was not having meals properly for the past one week. When Nandini tried to make a phone call to Prasad through a coin box, her father noticed it.
He warned her against making any attempts to contact Prasad who applied for a constable post. Venkateswara Rao who went home in an inebriated condition last night, beat Nandini to death for craving for Prasad despite his warning.
Later, he left the body in the kitchen shed in the backyard of his house and went to sleep. Some neighbours who heard the cries of Nandini, informed the matter to the police. They did not go to the rescue of the girl as Venkateswara Rao is a 'sadist'.
Mummidivaram sub-inspector P Ganesh said he received a phone call around 11:30 pm. He rushed to the village immediately and found the body of Nandini in the kitchen shed.
Venkateswara Rao, who is an agricultural worker, got three sons and a daughter. Two of his sons are in Kuwait.
The SI said Venkateswara Rao tried to hush up the murder by throwing the body of Nandini into the river in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Inspector KBG Tilak also visited the house. Venkateswara Rao and Ananta Lakshmi were arrested.
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Power Star Pawan Kalyan is indulging in power packed romance with sterling beauty Shruti Hassan in beautiful Switzerland locations. Film makers of 'Gabbar Singh' are in total awe of gorgeous Geneva. Insiders reveal that film unit has decided to use power train to shoot the song 'Dil Se' for the dynamic tunes of Devi Sri Prasad.
Entire film unit is in awe when they were travelling capturing the scenic beauty of Switzerland. Shruti was over the moon and she shared her Powerful train experience with her fans tweeting “Most stunning train journey in Switzerland haven’t been on a train in a ages so having a blast”.
Harish Shankar has directed this venture which will be releasing in the second week of May amidst huge expectations of millions of Power Star fans.
Nalgonda, May 2: Noted film director Dasari Narayana Rao has said that people have developed contempt for the present day politics.
Speaking to the media at the Vijaya Vihar guest house in Nagarjuna Sagar on Tuesday, Dasari said he was producing the film ‘Assemblylo Dongalu Paddaru’ film to show how politics had degenerated now.
It is being talked about, that Dasari is targeting Chiranjeevi in this film. Dasari has a grouse against Chiranjeevi as his Rajya Sabha seat was given to the former Mega Star. Dasari has been reportedly criticizing Chiranjeevi in his private talk with his close associates. Film Nagar sources say that his forthcoming flick would be a satire on Chiranjeevi.
Hyderabad, May 2: Telangana political JAC appears to be preparing for a confrontation with the TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao.
According to information, JAC core committee has called a meeting of district chairmen to whom KCR made telephone calls and asked them to support him to remove Prof. Kodandaram from the JAC chairman post. It is learnt that several district JAC chiefs had attended the meeting of the core committee held at the Telangana Film Chamber near clock tower in Secunderabad. KCR’s attitude towards the JAC and its chairman, his highhanded feeling that JAC should be subservient to him were elaborately discussed in the meeting. Apart from Kodandaram, Telangana employees JAC leaders Swamy Goud, Devi Prasad, Srinivasa Goud and Rajender Reddy attended the meeting. District chiefs of JACs of Nalgonda, Warangal, Medak and Nizamabad were also present at the meeting.
The JAC core committee has reportedly decided that only one of the Telangana parties should contest from the Parakala constituency in Warangal district. It was also decided in the meeting to prevail on the TRS and BJP to field only one candidate. If that is not possible, JAC may field its own candidate and give a call to the people to vote for that candidate and not TRS or BJP.
New Delhi, May 1 (INN): The Congress High Command on Tuesday finalized the list of 15 out of 18 candidates for the ensuing assembly by-elections in the State.
According to sources, the High Command is yet to take a decision on three Assembly constituencies of Polavaram, Parakala and Macherla.
The following is list of aspirants for the 15 Assembly constituencies:
Tirupati - Venkata Ramana; Emmiganur - Rudragoud; Payakaraopeta - Gantela Sumana; Ramachandrapuram - Thota Trimurthulu; Ongole - Magunta Parvathamma; Narsannapeta - Dharmana Ramdas; Narsapuram - Kothapalli Subbarayudu; Railway Kodur - Eswaraiah; Pattipadu - T J Sudhakarbabu; Rajampeta - Meda Mallikarjuna Reddy; Udayagiri - K Vijayarami Reddy; Anantapur (Urban) - Rasheed Ahmad or his wife; Rayadurgam - Patil Venugopal Reddy, Allagadda - Gangula Prathap Reddy and Rayachoti - Ram Prasad Reddy.
According to sources, the High Command also gave green signal for T Subbarami Reddy's candidature from Nellore Lok Sabha constituency.
According to Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana, the aspirants' list would be announced after getting approval from the Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
He said that the list was finalised unanimously by both Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and himself.
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NEW YORK/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street protesters smashed windows in Seattle, were chased through New York streets by police on scooters, and clashed with officers in Oakland on Tuesday in May Day demonstrations intended to revive their movement against economic injustice.
While many events involving thousands of protesters were peaceful or even festive and few injuries were reported, dozens of people were arrested at rallies across the country, including more than 30 in New York during a series of skirmishes throughout the day.
In Oakland, police in riot gear fired tear gas and flash-bang grenades to disperse protesters who they said threw objects at officers and struck them with corrugated metal shields. City officials said marchers also vandalized two banks, a police van and a news vehicle. Nine were arrested.
"I was standing on the outside and the cops came in, snatched two people in the crowd, beat them and put them in the paddy wagon," Occupy Oakland organizer Caitlin Manning said.
Much of the violence and vandalism was attributed to black-clad anarchist elements within the Occupy movement who have been involved in previous confrontations with police, marring what began as a peaceful anti-Wall Street protest movement.
But the clashes they helped spark last year had also served to inject new life into the protests as demonstrators took up the issue of police brutality following running clashes in Oakland and pepper spray incidents elsewhere in the country.
In downtown Seattle, protesters carrying black flags on sticks shattered the windows of several stores including a Nike Town outlet and an HSBC bank before police moved them out of the area. Others smashed windows at a Seattle federal building, and several were taken into custody.
Inspired by the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street movement captured world attention last year with a campaign decrying the gap between rich and poor and a political system and tax structured tilted toward the wealthiest 1 percent.
'YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL'
In New York, where the Occupy movement began last September, thousands packed New York's Union Square in a party-like atmosphere with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
"It's definitely a restart for Occupy Wall Street," said Lily Schwarzbaum, 21, who is from New York but studies in Montreal, Canada. "Occupy Wall Street has been very conscious of making it a kick-off."
But before the day was out, about 400 New York protesters - many wearing black clothes and bandannas - ran onto Broadway as police chased them on scooters.
Police also reported 10 instances of harmless white powder -- apparently meant to raise an anthrax scare -- being mailed to financial institutions and others, along with notes saying, "Happy May Day ... This is a reminder you are not in control."
David Meyer, sociology professor at the University of California, Irvine, said the movement needed to rein in its more radical elements if it wanted to retain support by the American public.
"The challenge is that the most radical action, particularly if it's violent, is going to get the most attention," Meyer said. "The broader Occupy movement runs the risk of being discredited by its own radical flank."
In that vein, Occupy Cleveland canceled its events "out of respect for the city" after five self-described anarchists were arrested on suspicion of plotting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge over a national park.
Occupy Cleveland said in a statement the men arrested were associated with their movement but that "they were in no way representing or acting on behalf of Occupy Cleveland." The group said it was committed to non-violent protest.
OFFICER HURT IN LOS ANGELES
Although labor unions rejected pleas from leaders of the Occupy movement for a general strike, forcing demonstrators to abandon a plan to shut down San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, activists hailed the day's events as a step forward for a movement that had grown inactive and cash poor since capturing world attention last fall.
"We've been building important alliances and radicalized people in what they're willing to endorse. I mean, we never even used to celebrate May Day. Now look at this," said David Graeber, an anthropologist and author active in the movement.
May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, has long been a day on which the labor movement holds street demonstrations and marches, but less so in the United States than elsewhere around the world.
In Los Angeles, thousands of protesters including a large contingent of immigrant rights activists, some waving Mexican flags, marched through the downtown financial district, remaining mostly peaceful despite a few minor skirmishes.
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, who took part in the rally, said he gave some 200 workers at the company's downtown Los Angeles factory the afternoon off to participate.
"We want to support a non-apartheid system," Charney told Reuters, referring to U.S. immigration policies.
Lieutenant Andy Neiman, a spokesman for the Los Angeles police department, said a female police officer was struck by a skateboard during a scuffle with protesters and was taken to a local hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
Ten people were arrested near Los Angeles International Airport after they blocked a major thoroughfare.
In Portland, about a dozen people were arrested after clashing with police during a downtown march.
(Additional reporting by Lily Kuo in Washington; Edith Honan in New York; Ronnie Cohen in Larkspur, California; Teresa Carson in Portland; Andrew Stern in Chicago; Malathi Nayak in San Francisco; Laura Myers in Seattle; Evan Pondel, Mary Slosson and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Writing by Dan Whitcomb and Dan Trotta; Editing by Philip Barbara, Cynthia Johnston and Lisa Shumaker)
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Kamal Hassan's dream project 'Viswaroopam' is attracting attention of all. This 150cr high budget film is produced in unison by Rajkamal films international and PVP cinemas banner. Film's shooting is completed and sources say the film takes on international terrorism. Kamal is presently busy with the promos of the film. Trailer of the film will be screened starting from today in all theatres in TN and later will be made available to all. The film is a trilingual in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
Film makers are maintaining complete secrecy regarding Kamal's role. Kamal even trained under Kathak's renowned dancer Briju Maharaj and insiders reveal that the dance is the heart and soul of the film. One is not sure what Kamal discussed and how he dealt with international terrorism but a quick info is he will be seen as a dreaded terrorist in the film.
Till now it was rumored that he will be seen in the role of Army General. Whether he is doing both the roles or only a single role is a million dollar question. Top director Puja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea, Jaideep Ahlawat are featuring in the film tuned by Shankar, Eshan, Loy.
Rajahmundry, May 2 (INN): Rajahmundry police on Monday arrested a six-member gang for luring gullible women into prostitution by offering them easy money. These women were later sent to Hyderabad from the city, the police said.
Acting on the definite clues, a police team arrested the six members of the gang in the wee hours of Monday at Kotipally bus stand. The arrested have been identified as S Santhosh and R Raj Kumar of Visakhapatnam, M Vijay and V Srinu of Rajahmundry), M Kumar alias Babji of Samalkot and N Satyanarayana of Ravulapalem.
According to Rajahmundry Two Town Sub-Inspector Ramanamma, the accused have been luring the women to brothels by enticing them with false promises of money. Once into the gang's trap, the women would be shifted to work as prostitutes in Hyderabad, Ms Ramanamma told INN.
Five women were also rescued from the clutches of the gang, the SI said. She identified these women as M Rajeswari and M Roopa from Rajahmundry, U Lavanya from Visakhapatnam, G Sruthi of Kakinada and T Selvamani of Undrajapuram.
The police also recovered six cell phones, Rs 30,000 in cash and a car that the gang members were using for transportation. Rajahmundry Two Town police registered case under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.
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Eluru, Feb 13 (INN): Unidentified criminals managed to strike gold, literally, when they whisked away a suitcase containing 1.6 kg gold and Rs 13 lakh in cash from a goldsmith in the West Godavari district on Sunday. According to Sub-Inspector T Suryanarayana, the theft took place when the goldsmith, identified as B Balaji was heading towards Vijayawada from Bhimavaram town in a state Road Transport Corporation bus.
Balaji had come from Coimbatore to Vijayawada and Bhimavaram to purchase gold and old jewellery from goldsmiths. The goldsmith used to melt the gold and make new ornament which he sell to his clients in North India and Coimbatore. After purchasing gold in Bhimavaram, Balaji was heading towards Vijayawada in a RTC bus. He had kept the suitcase containing the jewellery and the cash on the overhead luggage rack. Unfortunately, the goldsmith dozed off during the journey.
On reaching Elurupadu in Kalla mandal, the goldsmith noticed that his precious cargo was missing. Balaji lodged a complaint in this regard at Kalla police station. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bhimavaram, formed a special team and alerted the East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna district police. Kalla Sub-Inspector T Suryanarayana registered a case.
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Hyderabad, May 1: New Democracy has expressed its anger at the TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao trying to dislodge Prof. Kodandaram, Chairman of the Telangana JAC.
Though Eetela Ravindra, TRS Legislature Party leader has on Monday denied that there were any differences between the TRS and the JAC, Suryam, spokesperson of the New Democracy told the media that he had information that KCR has called JAC chiefs of four or five districts and told them that Kodandaram was behaving in a high-handed manner and has to be removed. He said that it was feudalistic to feel that JAC was the creation of the TRS and has to be subservient to it. He said when he spoke to Kodandaram, he has refused to talk, and this gave him a clear idea of the seriousness of the situation.
This is the first time that New Democracy, a partner of the JAC and the Telangana movement has come out in the open and criticized TRS.
Suryam has said that chairmen of some districts have called his party leaders and informed about the phone calls they had received from KCR expressing displeasure over the style of functioning of Kodandaram and asking them to help remove him. He said New Democracy had demanded immediate convening of the JAC meeting and Kodandaram had agreed.
Suryam has said it was highly improper on the part of KCR to state that it was he who has created JAC and hence it should act according to his diktats. This amounts to unilateral and feudalistic behavior, Suryam said. When TRS and BJP take on each other in an election, he said JAC could not express support to any one of them. JAC was created to fight for Telangana and not for ensuring the victories of political parties. He said his party was viewing at KCR’s behavior as violation of the terms and conditions under which JAC was created and accepted by all the partners. He said it was unfair on the part of either TRS or BJP to demand support of the JAC for them in the Parakala by-election. If JAC supports one particular party it would lose its credibility, he added. Stating that Kodandaram should maintain independent stance, he said no one has the authority to dictate terms to him.
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Before reading much into title, let’s be clear. It is for a movie. Andhra Mirchi Anushka who is in hibernation for some time is keen to play the role of Vidya Balan in Bollywood film ‘Kahaani’.
In ‘Kahhani’ Vidya played a pregnant NRI woman comes to India to search his missing husband. Anushka saw the movie recently awestruck with the performance of Vidya Balan and expressed her interest to do the role. After knowing her interest, few producers are trying to grab the rights of the movie to make it a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil.
‘Damarukam’ is the only Anushka’s movie awaiting the release in Tollywood.View Gallery: Anushka
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May 1: A 54-year-old Indian-origin court clerk in Britain was caught watching porn by a judge during a rape trial. The man said he did so as the case was "boring".
Debasish Majumder viewed the explicit material while a sex attack victim gave evidence at the Inner London Crown Court, the Daily Mail reported.
He will now be supervised for 18 months and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years. His computer usage will also be monitored.
Majumder, a resident of Haringey, north London, had been working for the court service for 27 years.
He confessed he routinely watches internet porn when he was bored.
"I only looked at porn because the case was boring and did so once or twice a week since December 2009," he told police.
The man was spotted by Judge Nigel Seed and he subsequently reported the incident.
Detectives then found indecent images of children and extreme porn on his home computer.
The Kingston Crown Court heard the man made a series of porn searches on the internet during the rape trial in December 2010.
The court sentenced Majumder to seven months in prison, suspended for two years.
The prosecutor told the court how the judge noticed "cartoon-like" images on his clerk's computer but was unable to ascertain whether they were sexual.
Later, he found him looking at a list of pornographic websites.
Majumder admitted to charges of misconduct in public office, possessing indecent pseudo images of children and possessing extreme pornography.
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May 1: A young Indian family, including two children aged five and three, was found dead Tuesday in their home in this Australian city.
The bodies of accountant Nilesh Sharma (36), his wife Pritika (32), and children Divesh (5) and Divya (3) were found Tuesday morning in their home in a leafy Melbourne suburb Glen Waverley.
"The homicide squad has been notified and are attending with the Monash Criminal Investigation Unit," a Victoria Police spokeswoman told media.
"The circumstances of the deaths are under investigation," she added.
The investigating agencies are not reported to be looking for any suspect at this stage.
The police made the shocking discovery after they received a call from a concerned relative asking for a 'welfare check' on the young family.
According to media reports, Nilesh Sharma was found dead in the hallway while the other bodies lay in their bedrooms.
Abhay Singh, a family relative, has been quoted as saying that the couple did not have marital problems.
"It's a mystery," he said.
"I was devastated. I fell into pieces. It's very sad," he said, adding: "The kids were very amicable, well mannered, polite and well presented."
"We are all devastated. Very shaken - a whole family is destroyed."
Post-mortem examinations will be undertaken Wednesday to find out the reason behind the deaths of the Indian family which had moved to Australia from Fiji a decade back.
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Government Whip Toorpu Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy today strongly criticized Telangana Political JAC chairman Prof. Kodandaram and his party MP Ponnam Prabhakar for attacking Rajya Sabha member Renuka Choudary.
Talking to the media here on Tuesday, Jagga Reddy questioned Prof. Kondandaram what authority he had to decide who was from Telangana and who was not. He also criticized his own party MP from Karimnagar Ponnam Prabhakar for challenging Renuka to contest from Parakala constituency of Warangal district, in the ensuing by-elections.
Jagga Reddy has demanded an apology from Kodandaram for criticizing Renuka Choudary. He also described the 'T' JAC chief as the dummy of the TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao. He said that KCR did not need any other dummy as he himself has become one. He claimed that the TRS has got weakened in the Telangana region and KCR was forced to look at alternative means to cheat the people as they were no longer believing him.
The firebrand MLA has questioned whether Kodandaram considers himself to be the touchstone to decide who was a Telanganaite and who was not. He also said that Ponnam Prabhakar has no stature to criticize Renuka Choudary. He said that Prabhakar has become an MP by sheer luck. He said that there was no sense in their argument that Renuka Choudary was not from Telangana.
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Former minister and YSR Congress leader Konda Surekha has said that she would very soon divulge information about the irregularities committed by the TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao.
Speaking to the media here on Monday, she has asked KCR to state how many families of 'T' martyrs his party had helped. She has alleged that Congress and TRS have been hand-in-glove since the last eleven years. She said if people felt that Telangana would be possible if TRS won her Parakala seat, she was ready to quit the contest. She has asked the people to think if Telangana would be a reality if TRS won the seat.
She said KCR himself had admitted that his party was strengthening itself through the Telangana sentiment. She has expressed confidence that she would win the ensuing by-election.
