Tollywood Celebrities !!

Tollywood Actresses have come down heavily on TDP Leadership the other day. While one of them happens to be Nagari MLA RK Roja, The other celebrity in focus is TDP leader Kavitha.

YCP Leader Roja accused TDP Leadership of not giving due respect to women within the party.

At the same time, Kavitha who took part in Harita Haram programme at Gachibowli slammed TDP Leadership for its 'use & throw' policy. 'When TDP was in the Opposition, I used to receive a phone call seeking my presence every time when a dharna was staged. But, I was completely sidelined after forming the Government inspite of offering my services to the party for years,' she alleges.

As per talk in political circles, Kavitha has been looking forward to join TRS party. 

Yes, you read it right. The world famous Disneyland will have its Indian installment in the pearl city Hyderabad, according to the latest reports. The Telangana Tourism department has already started the groundwork in this regard.

Apparently, the Disneyland Hyderabad will be set up with a whopping 25,000 crore in 300 acres of land on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Ancient buildings, European buildings, giant dragons, Donald Duck etc trademark features of Disneyland will be seen in the Hyderabad's edition too.

A delegation from Disneyland USA will meet with the Telangana government to oversee the possibilities and logistics in setting up the popular entertainment theme centre in Hyderabad. Disneyland has its extensions in global cities like Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. - 

Hyderabad, June 11: Former union minister of state for coal and mines, Dasari Narayana Rao who was caught in the coal scam is fearing arrest any minute. It is learnt that he sought the help of the union minister Chiranjeevi and received a flak.

It may be recalled that the CBI found that Dasari had done undue favors to the Jindal group of companies and got investments into his Siri Media, in a quid pro quo operation similar to the one followed by Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

CBI initially stated that Dasari received Rs. 2.25 crore as an indirect kickback for allotting coal blocks to the Jindal group.

It is in this context that Dasari reportedly sought the help of Chiranjeevi, who expressed his helplessness. It is learnt that state ministers and close followers of Chiru, Ganta Srinivasa Rao and C Rama Chandraiah also refused to come to the rescue of Dasari.

It is being said that Chiranjeevi was hurt by the frequent criticism of his family by Dasari and this was the reason why he kept clear of Dasari's problems.

Hyderabad, June 12: Noted director and former union minister of state for coal and mines, Dasari Narayana Rao, responded to the charges leveled against him in connection with the coal scam.

Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Dasari suspected that there was disinformation campaign against him as part of a conspiracy to defame him. Stating that he was  a ‘Bobbili Puli’ and not ‘Boggula Puli’, Dasari assured his fans that facts would soon come out and asked them not to be worried.

It may be recalled that the CBI has said that  an amount of Rs.2.25 crore was transferred to a company owned by Dasari from the Jindal group, as a quid pro quo deal for the coal blocks he has sanctioned for it, violating the rules. CBI is charging that the Jindal group was sanctioned the coal mines on the basis of fake documents.

Apart from Dasari, CBI also named Congress MP Naveen Jindal, head of the group,  as an  accused in the case. It may be mentioned that the CBI conducted raids on Dsari's his offices and residence on Tuesday. CBI which already questioned Dasari once earlier, conducted extensive searches at his office and residence on Tuesday. It is learnt that CBI has information that Dasari had done some out of the turn favours for the Jindal group when he was the union minister. Searches which the CBI started at Dasari’s places at around 6 am on Tuesday, continued till 3 pm. Dasari was not allowed to either move out or answer phones during the period, said reports. CBI sleuths reportedly seized some documents from Dasari’s residence and office.

Five coal blocks were sanctioned to the Jindal group of Navin Jindal, a Congress MP during Dasari’s tenure as minister. Santosh Bagrodia was also a minister of state of the department at the time, along with Dasari.

Cases against Dasari and Jindal were registered in connection with the allocation of coal blocks in Amarakonda Murgadangal of Jharkhand. It is being said that the Jindal group got the sanctions through false documents. It is being said that Dasari might be arrested any minute now.

CBI registered cases under sections 120B, read with Sections 420 and 13 (1) (D). The agency has also registered cases against four companies of Delhi including Gagan Sponge Ltd and Jindal Steel and Power Limited and the Sowbhagya Media of Hyderabad. Dasari is a major stake holder of the 'Sowbhagya Media' which produces films and TV serials.

TRS senior leader and Medak Lok Sabha member M.Vijayashanti;s political future is uncertain. Party sources said TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is keen to contest from Medak and has almost zeroed in on the seat. The leadership is reportedly trying to convince Vijayashanti to contest from Secunderabad. However, Vijayashanti reportedly urged the leadership that she be fielded from Zaheerabad if she could not be accommodated in Medak.

Sources said KCR informed Vijayashanthi that he will contest from his native Medak district and asked her to fight from Secunderabad. The telugu film actor turned telangana protagonist informed KCR that she is not interested to fight from the city.

Vijayashanthi was not happy for shifting her from Medak Lok Sabha Constituency. Protesting it,  she did not attend a meeting conducted by KCR at party office last week. She was maintaining distance from the party and activities. KCR was trying to convince here but she is not available in the city in the last one week.

Hyderabad, June 12: The Osmania University Campus on Wednesday transformed into a battle ground again with the police personnel swinging lathis on the peacefully protesting students. Not satisfied with raining lathi blows on the students, the police also lobbed teargas shells.

The OU students took out a bike rally from the Campus demanding that the Kiran Kumar Reddy government accord permission to the Telangana Political JAC-sponsored Chalo Assembly Rally on June 14. However, the ever vigilant police personnel stopped the students at the NCC Gate and asked them to go back. Even as the students were pleading with the policemen that they would express their protest in a peaceful and democratic manner, the fastidious police personnel resorted to raining lathi blows on the students. Enraged over the police unwarranted action, the students too picked up stones and hurled them at the policemen. There were heated exchanges between the police and the students. Later, the police took the students into custody.

The OU Students JAC leaders made it clear that they would make the Chalo Assembly Rally a great success in spite of hurdles to be created by the police and the government. They also claimed that thousands of students from all the ten districts in the Telangana region arrived in the city. They also clarified that they were not afraid of  arrests and bind-over cases.

June 11: It looks as if the central government has no plans to concede the Telangana state. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said consultations were continuing to arrive at a consensus on the Telangana issue.

Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, he said it was difficult to arrive at such consensus.

When asked about Telangana Congress leaders leaving the party, Shinde said only two MPs and another leader had left the party and asserted that there would not be any more migrations. He also said no one had left the party after the three joined the TRS.

The way the UPA government has been postponing the settlement of the issue in the name of consensus, it looks as if it had no intention of conceding the separate state.

No comment on Dasari

Shinde refused to comment on the CBI raids on former union minister Dasari Narayana Rao and Congress MP Naveen Jindal.

When the media asked him about the raids on the two on Tuesday, he said the law was taking its own course. He said CBI authorities were doing their duty and there was nothing for him to comment about it. He said if they were involved in the coal scam, law would take care of it.

June 11: Film director and former union minister of state for coal and mines, Dasari Narayana Rao was grilled for 9 hours by the CBI sleuths here on Tuesday. It is learnt that the CBI was suspecting a transfer of Rs. 2.25 crore from the Jindal group to a company owned by Dasari for favours received when the latter was the union minister incharge of coal.

CBI which already questioned Dasari once earlier, conducted extensive searches at his office and residence on Tuesday. It is learnt that CBI has information that Dasari had done some out of the turn favours for the Jindal group when he was the union minister. Searches which the CBI started at Dasari’s places at around 6 am on Tuesday, continued till 3 pm. He was not allowed to either move out or answer phones during the period, said reports. CBI sleuths reportedly seized some documents from Dasari’s residence and office.

Five coal blocks were sanctioned to the Jindal group of Navin Jindal, a Congress MP during Dasari’s tenure as minister. Santosh Bagrodia was also a minister of state of the department at the time, along with Dasari.

Cases against Dasari and Jindal were registered in connection with the allocation of coal blocks in Amarakonda Murgadangal of Jharkhand. It is being said that the Jindal group got the sanctions through false documents.

Leena Maria Paul, an actress of Hindi and Tamil films arrested here for helping her male friend in a cheating case of Rs.19 crore, was also wanted in another cheating case in Chennai, police said Wednesday.

On the basis of photographs available with Chennai police, Paul, 25, was arrested Monday here. "Paul was wanted in another cheating case by Crime Branch of Chennai police," said the official.

Paul, who was arrested for helping her male friend Balaji alias Sekar Reddy alias Sukkesh Chandrasekar in cheating a Chennai based-Canara Bank of Rs.19 crore, will be seen in actor John Abraham's upcoming production "Madras Cafe".

In a joint operation of Delhi and Chennai police the actress was arrested near the Ambience Mall in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area along with four bouncers.

The weapons, seized from the bouncers, have an all-India licence obtained from Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir but are not endorsed by the Delhi licensing branch.

Balaji, who became aware of police presence fled in a Land Cruiser.

According to police, Balaji had approached Canara Bank in Chennai posing as an IAS officer and got a Rs.19 crore loan sanctioned using forged documents on the pretext of opening a firm.

"They came to Delhi and started living here at a farmhouse in Asola village situated in Fatehpur Beri area a month ago," said an official. Nine luxury cars were recovered from the farmhouse.

"Paul revealed that she did her schooling in Dubai, where her parents live. Her father is an engineer there. She was modelling and acting in films for the past two years," said the official.

The Delhi Police took up the investigation after a team from the Tamil Nadu Police approached them May 25 to trace the duo. On the basis of details available with the Tamil Nadu Police, they were located in a farmhouse.

Hyderabad, May 26: Andhra Pradesh continues to reel under severe heat wave conditions with temperatures touching record level like never before. On Sunday, 284 deaths were reported from various parts of the State. The death toll is as follows: Visakhapatnam 28, Warangal 23, Prakasham 26, Karimnagar 19, Nalgonda 26, Vizianagaram 22, East Godavari 20, Krrishna 20, Srikakulam 11, Adilabad 9, Guntur 15, West Godavri 7, Kurnool 6, Khammam 9, Nizamabad 9, Medak 4, Nellore 7, Ranga Reddy 2, Mahabubnagar 6, Chittoor 5, Hyderabad, Kadapa and Anantapur one each.  The toll is officially put at 486 since April this year.

The situation worsened especially in the past four days with temperatures crossing 45 degrees celsius at several places in the State. Palvancha and Kothagudem towns in the coal belt region of Khammam district recorded maximum temperatures of 49 and 48 degrees celsius repectively on Saturday while Rentachintala in Guntur district recorded 47.3 degrees celsius. It was 47 degrees in Vijayawada, Bapatla and Machilipatnam.

The Met.department has forecast that heat wave conditions would continue over coastal Andhra and parts of Telangana over next 48 hours. The Health authorities issued an advisory yesterday asking people not to venture out between 10.30 am and 4 pm to avoid sun stroke.

Meanwhile, deaths due to sun stroke are reported from several areas every day. A note issued by the State Disaster Management Department has put the number of deaths due to sun stroke at 274 since April this year.

Meanwhile, the Opposition parties demanded that the government declare heat wave conditions as a natural calamity and pay ex gratia to those who died due to sun stroke.

New Delhi, May 16: A Delhi court Thursday sent, to five days police custody, India fast bowler Sreesanth as well as his Rajasthan Royals colleagues Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, all arrested for spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Besides the three players, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma also sent to police custody the 11 bookies, arrested by special cell of Delhi Police from Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad in connection with spot fixing, which includes bowling no-balls at pre-determined times.

Police had sought seven days police remand of the 14, contending saying they have collected total 55 mobile phones and laptops and they have to recover hawala money.

Hyderabad, May 15: TRS senior leader and Medak district president M Raghunandan Rao raised a bogey of revolt against the party chief K Chandrasekhara Rao after he was suspended from the party after midnight on Tuesday.

Charging KCR of betraying the people of Telangana, he said he would go before the people and explain how KCR was betraying the cause of Telangana. He also said he knew all the particulars about where from funds and cheques were coming and how they were being utilized and threatened to divulge all these details.

Talking to the media here on Wednesday, Raghunandan Rao made serious allegations against KCR and Harish Rao, nephew of KCR and MLA from the district.

He said he knew how Congress leader KVP Ramachandra Rao gave suitcase loads of money to KCR in the Ashoka Hotel in Delhi when Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was the Chief Minister.

He said he also knew all the details about the TRS leaders meeting industrialists in Park Hotel and how much money they had collected. He even alleged that Kadiyam Srihari who left the TDP was being admitted to the party only for money. He questioned KCR if he did not remeber the betrayal of Kadiyam to the cause of Telangana when he was the minister. He said KCR and other TRS leaders had set aside the Telangana cause and were concentrating only on making as much money as possible.

Raghunandan threatened that he would release all the CDs containing the illegal transactions of KCR and other leaders in the Bashirbagh press club if the party did not go back on his suspension within 48 hours.

Claiming that he was loyal and never betrayed the party, Raghunandan questioned how he could be suspended at midnight even without giving information to him. He questioned if it was his fault to counter those who were attacking KCR. He has described KCR as the President of the Association of Timid Fellows of the World. He questioned KCR why he had not taken action against 3 TRS MLAs who violated the party whip in the MLC elections. He said KCR would not be able to achieve Telangana even if the party won 100 MLA and 17 MP seatss. 

Raghunandan said they all built the TRS as an anthill, toiling for 13 years and now snakes were sneaking into it. Referring to the charges that he was threatening industrialists and making money, he said he would rub his nose on the ground if it was proved.

Raghunandan said Harish Rao took money from him in TIrumala. He said despite taking money, Harish got him defeated when he contested as MLC. He charged Nayani Narasimha Reddy of collecting money by setting up labour unions in companies. 

He also alleged that Harish Rao tried to defeat KCR's son K T Rama Rao in Sircilla and still he was being spared. He questioned if it was not true that Harish Rao met the late Chief Minister Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and got clearance for his joining the Congress. He lamented that those who made severe charges against the party were now being admitted.

Raghunandan Rao has threatened to go to the court, if the charges made against him were not proved. He also said he knew where from the party was getting funds and cheques. He also threatened to make the betrayal of TRS to Telangana public. Referring to the charge that he was indulging in betrayal of the party since 2009, Raghunandan Rao questioned why they had not taken any action against him if he was indulging in betrayal since then.

Stating that he was not trying to join any other party, Raghunandan dismissed allegations that he met the TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu.

Is the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy facing opposition to his schemes like ‘Indiramma Kalalu’ and ‘Bangaru Thalli’ from his own ministers? A day after some ministers criticized that the Chief Minister took unilateral decisions, rebel ministers met in the PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana’s residence. They even decided to complain to the High Command about the Chief Minister’s style of functioning. 


The internal differences in the Congress party came to the fore with the ‘Bangaru Thalli’ scheme. Ministers were divided into pro and anti Kiran groups. Rebel ministers had met on Thursday morning at the residence of Botsa Satyanarayana. The Deputy Chief Minister Damodara Raja Narasimha, ministers Jana Reddy, Vatti Vasanta Kumar and D L Ravindra Reddy attended the meeting. It is learnt that they mainly discussed about the ‘Bangaru Thalli’ scheme in the one-hour meeting. It is learnt that the ministers expressed displeasure that the Chief Minister had not discussed the scheme in the cabinet and decided to complain against him to the High Command. It may be recalled that Botsa and DL had already criticized the Chief Minister indirectly, by stating that they knew nothing about the ‘Bangaru Thalli’ scheme. 


It is learnt that the Deputy Chief Minister Damodara Raja Narasimha expressed anguish that the Chief Minister had not said a single word to him about the ‘Indiramma Kalalu’ scheme. The dissidents are planning to meet the High Command after the Karnataka Assembly elections. Talk in political circles is that they planned to make the complaint to the High Command in such a way that it would take a definite decision on the Chief Minister. 


However, pro-CM ministers like Kondru Murali are claiming that the Chief Minister had discussed the ‘Bangaru Thalli’ scheme with available ministers. He dismissed dissidence by saying lightly that it was natural that one or two ministers might defer.

Visakhapatnam, April 27: Winding up his nearly seven-month long 'padyatra' (walkathon), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu Saturday promised to bring back Andhra Pradesh on the path of development and restore its glory.

Addressing a mammoth public meeting here Saturday night, Naidu made a slew of promises for all sections of people and assured that if voted to power in the next elections, he would fulfill all the promises.

The leader of opposition promised waiver of all loans of farmers to make agriculture profitable, protected drinking water to every village, jobs to all educated youth and monthly unemployment allowance in the event of an educated youth not getting employment.

Sharing his experiences of the padyatra, Naidu declared that the first file he would sign after swearing in as the chief minister would be to waive farm loans.

Describing electricity shortage as the biggest problem faced by the state, Naidu promised to put the sector back on rails. He pointed out how the sector was doing well and the state made all-round progress during his nine-year rule (1995-2004).

His other promises include a comprehensive insurance scheme for poor, improving the education sector, generation of jobs for youths, protection of women and girl child, closure of belt shops (unauthorized outlets of liquor shops), and waiver of interest on loans to women's self-help groups.

Naidu targeted Congress government for its inefficiency and YSR Congress party for the corruption. He blamed Congress party's misrule for the problems faced by people, while accusing late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy of looting public wealth while cheating people in the name of various welfare schemes.

He termed YSR party as a child of Congress, saying it was formed to protect the ill-gotten money. Naidu lamented that Hyderabad had become corruption capital of the country. He said ministers including the home minister were accused in YSR party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's illegal assets case and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy was busy in shielding them.

Naidu ruled out any truck with communal parties and claimed that TDP was committed to protect secularism. He predicted that regional parties would sweep 2014 elections and that TDP would once again play a key role in national politics.

Thousands of people from various parts of the state turned up for what is being seen as the main opposition party's major show of strength ahead of the next year's elections to the state assembly and Lok Sabha.

Earlier, the former chief minister unveiled a 60-feet pylon to mark the culmination of 2,817 km long padyatra, the longest such padyatra undertaken by a politician in the state.

Naidu's wife Bhuvaneswari, son Lokesh, brother-in-law and popular Telugu actor N. Balakrishna and top leaders of the party were present on the occasion.

By undertaking the padyatra, the 64-year-old broke the record of his bitter rival Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who had covered nearly 1,500 km in 64 days in 2003. That 'padyatra' helped Rajasekhara Reddy to bring Congress party to power in 2004, ending Naidu's nine-year-long rule.

Hoping to repeat history, Naidu launched his padyatra on Oct 2 last year at Hindupur in Anantapur district. He covered 16 districts, interacting with various sections of people to know their problems and making promises if TDP regains power in 2014 elections.

Hyderabad, April 23: In a startling finds one gets doubts whether Natasimha Balakrishna who is nurturing political ambitions is his father NTR's backstabber. His father NTR who is popular for having utmost self respect and who is credited with invoking telugu pride with his party Telugu Desam, vowed not to step into the village of Nimmakuru, Krishna dist, the moment his co brother's son Venkataratnam demolished the party flag post and the adjacent hospital building, the day before his arrival as CM.

The moment he was informed, he was pained at the way his relatives started behaving, though he did lot of developments projects for the place he loves. Even Nimmakuru villagers remember NTR and rever him a lot. However now they are surprised that his son Balakrishna dined with the enemies of his father, by visiting Venkataratnam's son's house not once but thrice and even staying there. To the top of it he insulted his father, without garlanding his statue only because Jr.NTR unvieled his grand father NTR and grand mother Basavatarakam statue during his visit.

Many feel Harikrishna is furious over this and even Nimmakuru villagers who are surprised wrote letters to TDP office. It has to be seen what CBN and Balayya says about this.

Kurnool, April 23: One more party is taking shape to achieve separate Rayalaseema state.

Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy, president of the Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samiti announced that he would soon launch his party and prepare it for the elections.

Talking to the media here on Tuesday, he said all the Rayalaseema leaders were insane Tughluks.

Guntur, April 23: The love affair of Tadepalligudem MLA Eeli Nani’s daughter came before a court here. E. Ramya, daughter of ruling Congress party legislator Eeli Nani, approached the Legal Services Authority in Guntur, claiming that she was kept under "house arrest" by her father since she married her classmate Sandip in 2008 after a love affair. As per Ramya, her father "detained" her at home for four years and also tried to get her re-married after she married her lover against his wishes. The father dismissed the claims. She alleged that Nani also got Sandip "kidnapped" by police. Stating that she fears for his life, she urged the authorities to intervene in the matter. The girl cried before the judge, who ordered police to shift her to the women's protection centre. Ramya revealed that she was in love with Sandip, her classmate in an engineering college. They married secretly after a four-year-long affair. However, her father refused to accept the marriage and did not allow her to move out of the house. Meanwhile, talking to reporters in Tadepalligudem, Nani said he or his relatives would never interfere in the life of his daughter. He denied the allegation that he kept her under house arrest or got Sandip kidnapped. He also broke down before the media, saying no father should face what he was going through.

Hyderabad, April 16: The evidence of Jannat Hussain, IAS officer and former Principal Secretary of the late Chief Minister Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is going to be key in the disproportionate assets case against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

It is learnt that the CBI mentioned the names of Sureedu, the former personal assistant of YSR and Jannath Hussain as key witnesses.

It is learnt that Jannath Hussain has stated to the CBI that Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, KVP Ramachandra Rao and Vijaya Sai Reddy used to participate in the official meetings held by YSR. It was also reported that Jagan and his assistant Sunil Reddy used to enter the Chief Minister’s camp office through the backdoor, avoiding the front, where always TV crew stand, recording the movements of leaders going in and coming out.

It is being said that Jannat Hussain and Sureedu stated that Nimmagadda Prasad, Penna Pratap Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy, Ramki owner Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Parthasarathy Reddy, Sajjala Diwakar Reddy and Sajjala Rama Krishna Reddy also used to meet Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy through the back door. This evidence would turn against Jagan as he has been claiming all along that he never went to the camp office and never intervened in the official matters.

It is also reported that Sureedu gave a statement before the CBI about how KVP played a key role in all the transactions. Sureedu reportedly said that any VIP wanting to meet YSR was routed only through KVP and even when someone bypassed him and went straight to YSR, he used to be sent back to KVP.

Convicted for five years for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Sanjay Dutt is not going to give up so easily. While he is to surrender in court on April 18th, it looks like arrangements are made for his quick return rather spending 3.5 years there.

In an emotional outburst during an earlier press meet, the actor clarified that he is not going to file any review-petition or mercy petition to shorten the punishment awarded by Supreme Court to him. However all that talk is not holding true as Sanjay Dutt is getting ready to file a review petition very soon such that his sentence will be shortened. Sources say that Sanjay's lawyers have finally found some loop holes in the case that can bail him out. As he is acquitted under TADA charges earlier and only punished with Arms Act, he is now going to ask that the punishment should also go much softer.

Legal experts however say that it takes an year for Supreme Court to entertain and give decision on Sanjay's petition in  the minimum. So the modern Sher Khan may not escape at least some time in Lord Krishna's birth place.