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  • Powerlifter honored for outstanding performance

    Powerlifter honored for outstanding performance

    Guntur: Veda Seeds – Powerlifter Nagam Gnana Divya from Katevaram village, Tenali mandal was felicitated by Tulasi Dharmacharan, Executive Director, of Veda Seeds.Tulasi Dharmacharan congratulated Gnana Divya on the occasion of winning bronze medal in the World Classic Powerlifting Championship held in Turkey in August & September 2022 and three golds and one silver medal in the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in New Zealand in November & December.

    On the occasion, Tulasi Dharmacharan said that it was a great honour for a girl from Guntur to achieve this feat and it was their responsibility to encourage such people. Dharmacharan announced that a cash award of Rs 30,000 will be given to Gnana Divya, who will participate in the 84+ kg sub-junior category in the Asian Equipped Powerlifting Championship from May 1 to 6 this year.

    Dharmacharan wished Gnana Divya, who has performed well in powerlifting championships held at district, state, South Indian, national and world levels, to win more medals in the future and bring more fame to the country. Gnana Divya’s father Venkateswara Rao and others participated in this programme.

  • Turpu Kapu took credit for MLC’s victory

    Turpu Kapu took credit for MLC’s victory

    Srikakulam: Turpu Kapu caste leaders claimed credit over winning of Uttarandhra graduates constituency MLC seat by the TDP candidate, V Chiranjeevi RaoThey are also expressed their dissent over domination of Polinati Velama leaders, Dharmana Krishnadas, who served as deputy CM and his younger brother, revenue minister, Dharmana Prasada Rao in Srikakulam district. Turpu Kapu caste is the largest voters’ chunk in Uttarandhra area and they are unable to take domination of Polinati Velama caste leaders as the caste people occupied fourth place in Uttarandhra.

    In Srikakulam, Turpu Kapu caste leaders expected MLC seat from local bodies’ quota but it was allotted to Yadava community leader, Narthu Rama Rao. Since then Turpu Kapu leaders express their dissent against the ruling YSRCP. Opposition TDP cashed the dissent of Turpu Kapus and elevated V Chiranjeevi Rao as the candidate for MLC who is also belongs to TurpuKapu caste. Leaders belonging to Turpu Kapu caste within the ruling YSRCP and Jana Sena party supported the TDP candidate to teach a lesson to YSRCP in MLC elections. TDP candidate, V Chiranjeevi Rao won over YSRCP candidate S Sudhakar with 27,208 votes’ majority.

  • Atmiya Sammelan started to improve coordination among BRS cadres

    Atmiya Sammelan started to improve coordination among BRS cadres

    Hyderabad: Adhering to Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party President K Chandrashekhar Rao’s instructions, district units of the BRS are conducting Atmeeya Sammelans to improve the rapport between grass-root level workers and State-level leaders.

    The objective behind these meetings is to create awareness among the 60 lakh party workers on the welfare programmes being implemented by the State government.

    In a way, these meetings also aid infusing new energy in the party cadre. After Peddapally district, which conducted a meeting on Friday, the BRS Rangareddy unit conducted a similar meeting at Bobbiligama village at Shabad mandal on Saturday.

    The party leaders were guiding the workers to counter false claims by the opposition parties claims and ensure BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao becomes the Chief Minister for the third time in the State.

    Right from BRS District Coordinators to MLAs, ZPTC and grass-root level workers, party activists turned up in large numbers for the meeting.

    After hoisting the party flag at the venue, BRS Rangareddy incharge MLC L Ramana said the meeting was being organized to learn about different issues and creating awareness about the welfare and development programmes. In each constituency, 10 such meetings would be conducted in the next four months, he said.

    The BRS MLC said the State government was working on to complete the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation project at the earliest to ensure provision of sufficient drinking water to households, besides irrigation water to farming community.

    “The Chief Minister is striving hard to get a Kisan Sarkar at the Centre but the BJP is creating hurdles. All the conspiracies of the BJP should be curbed and ensure that the BRS Chief becomes the Chief Minister for the third time,” said L Ramana.

    BRS MLA Yadaiah, Zilla Parishad Chairperson Teegala Anitha Reddy and ZPTC Patnam Avinash Reddy also spoke on the occasion.

    At a similar meeting in Peddapally district on Friday, Scheduled Castes Development, Minority Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar said opposition was unable to stomach the welfare and development of all sections in the State.

    Telangana’s welfare measures were reaching to the doorsteps of the households in the State. Impressed with Telangana’s programmes, there was growing demand to replicate the welfare and development programmes in other States as well, he said.

    In tune with the district units, the BRS Greater Hyderabad unit was also gearing up for conducting the rapport-building meetings in the city. Beginning with the Greater Hyderabad BRS General body meeting on March 21, rapport building meetings will be conducted till April 20, said BRS leader Dasoju Shravan.

  • Hand-shadow puppetry workshop concludes at Oxford Grammar School

    Hand-shadow puppetry workshop concludes at Oxford Grammar School

    Hyderabad: The closing ceremony of the 7-day Hand-Shadow Puppetry workshop, jointly organized by Oxford Grammar School, Deccan Heritage Academy Trust (DHAT), Spoorthi Theater Educational Puppetry Art and Craft (STEPARC), concluded on Friday.

    A puppetry show was organised by Frans Hackemers, a famous Dutch puppetry artist and resource person from the Netherlands, who entertained the students and the guests.

    Students who took part in the workshop came up with tree and animal puppets and also planted saplings and took pledges to protect the forests and save the planet’s wealth. Participation certificates to students and teachers were handed over by the Salar Jung Museum Director, Dr. A Nagender Reddy. He said that everyone has a responsibility to ensure the ancient arts do not disappear and are passed on to future generations.

  • 3 including lover arrested for murder of woman

    3 including lover arrested for murder of woman

    The Indora police have cracked the blind murder case of a woman, Suneeta Devi (43) of Chatak Koliyan village in Pathankot, whose body was found in bushes at Falai village here on February 25.

    The police have arrested three persons, including the deceased’s paramour — Baljeet Singh of Chatak Kolian village. The co-accused are Surjeet Singh, brother of Baljeet, and Amandeep, alias Pawan, of Mongo Sohi village of Punjab’s Amritsar. The trio was produced in a court and remanded in police custody for further probe.

  • 500 trees will be cut for heliport in Hamirpur

    500 trees will be cut for heliport in Hamirpur

    Over 500 trees will be axed to make way for a heliport proposed to come up close to the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) here. The district administration had surveyed three sites for the heliport near the district headquarters, but two of them were not found suitable.

    Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had visited the proposed site and directed the district administration to start the process of land transfer and development of the site. The site identified for the heliport is just behind the IHM and close to the campus of Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College and Hospital being constructed at Thai village in the Nadaun constituency.

    It is learnt that about 32 kanal (12,200 sq m) land has been identified. The Forest Department has estimated that over 500 trees will be axed for the heliport. Although a majority of these are pine trees, a number of mango trees and other varieties are also there. One pipal and one banyan tree are also there on the identified land.

    Rakesh Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer, said about 500 trees were standing on the identified land. The details of the trees were being compiled and would be sent to government.

  • Indian-American CEO named chair of community bond task force in Dallas

    Indian-American CEO named chair of community bond task force in Dallas

    Indian-American CEO of Dallas-based ‘Nextt’, Arun Agarwal, has been appointed chair of the Community Bond Task Force (CBTF) committee as part of the 2024 Capital Bond Programme development process.

    Agarwal will lead the Community Bond Task Force committee, a 15-member group, to assist the Dallas city council and city staff in reviewing and selecting projects for consideration in the 2024 Capital Bond Programme.

    Bond programmes are intended to pay for the city’s capital needs and must be approved by voters. That means the authorised funds cannot legally pay for salaries, benefits, and other ongoing programmatic costs.

    “I’m particularly excited to help make major investments in parks, trails, and recreational facilities,” Agarwal told PTI.

    “Mayor Johnson has been a true champion for our city’s parks and for the efforts to build a safer and more vibrant city. I look forward to working with Mayor Johnson, my colleagues on the task force, and the residents of Dallas as we work to prioritise our city’s most pressing needs.”

    “The upcoming bond programme will provide us with a critical opportunity to build for our future by investing in public safety, in infrastructure, and in our most significant needs,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said in a statement.

    “Arun Agarwal has proven to be an effective and engaged leader in our city, and I am confident he will advocate for the right priorities for the people of Dallas on this task force.”

    The task force will assess the city’s USD 13.5 billion needs inventory and recommend roughly USD 1 billion to the Dallas city council, which will make the final decision to call a bond election.

    The mayor said Agarwal’s appointment underscores his administration’s commitment to ensuring that parks are treated as a top priority in the bond programme.

  • PhD scholar arrested for raping children: CBI

    PhD scholar arrested for raping children: CBI

    The CBI has arrested a 35-year-old PhD scholar from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu for allegedly raping children, officials said Saturday.

    The agency had registered a case against the accused for allegedly creating and circulating child sexual abuse material in electronic form, they said.

    The CBI had found child sexual abuse images and videos from the Interpol database. Its further analysis using digital forensic tools gave the location of the incident to Thanjavur district.

    The agency conducted searches on the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating electronic gadgets, officials said.

    It was alleged that the accused was sexually abusing a child for the last four years whose nude videos and photographs were uploaded on his Google account.

    It was further alleged that the accused forced two minors (a boy and a girl) to perform sexual acts on them as well as on other minors, including a girl, the officials said.

    The accused then clicked the photographs and videos and forced them to bring more girls else he would publish this material on the Internet, the officials alleged.

  • Cabinet approves bill for the protection of doctors

    Cabinet approves bill for the protection of doctors

    Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren-led cabinet on Wednesday evening approved a bill for the protection of medical professionals and their property, fulfilling the longstanding demands of the state’s medical fraternity.

    The Jharkhand Medical Protection related to individuals, healthcare institutions (violence and property damage prevention) Bill which will be discussed in the Assembly later stipulates a maximum of two years jail term along with a fine of Rs 50,000 for individuals and groups indulging in violence and damage of the property of healthcare professionals.

    The bill also stipulates that such acts (violence and property damage) would be cognizable offence and would be investigated only by a deputy superintendent of police rank officer.

    There is also a provision for compensation in case of damage to the property of health institutions.

    The bill also mandates upon the healthcare institutions to provide complete medical details to the patients and their relatives admitted or seeking consultations in the OPD.

    The institutions would have to provide on the notice board cost/packages for the treatment of various ailments. They would have to hand over the bodies of deceased patients to their relatives for last rites.

    The hospitals/nursing homes would have to inform the district administration immediately of any complaint of medical negligence so that the district deputy commissioner can form a team for investigation into the complaint and submit a report in a fortnight.

    The hospitals would also have to install CCTV cameras and proper security at sensitive spots on their premises, set up a proper monitoring room for monitoring clinical establishment services, and ensure proper care of pregnant and lactating women and their newborn.

    The move comes against the backdrop of doctors in the state agitating for the protection of medical professionals after instances of assaults on them.

    However, there were varied opinions on the bill.

    “The punishment for offenders is too less. It specifies a maximum term of two years and a person can get a sentence of only six months too. The punishment should have been more harsh to deter those indulging in violence. It is merely an eyewash,” argued Indian Medical Association (IMA) Jharkhand former secretary Dr Mrityunjay Kumar Singh.

    Significantly, doctors in Jharkhand called off their proposed strike this month after a meeting with the government. However, IMA state functionaries expressed satisfaction over the bill.

    “We welcome the cabinet decision which will go a long way to protect the interest of the medical professionals in the state. We are satisfied with the provision of the bill, though we also agree that the jail terms should have been more. We hope that the government will soon pass the bill in the state Assembly,” said IMA Jharkhand president Dr A.K. Singh.

  • Rejuvenation of New Jalpaiguri begins with 2025 deadline

    Rejuvenation of New Jalpaiguri begins with 2025 deadline

    The Northeast Frontier Railway has started work to upgrade infrastructure at New Jalpaiguri — the largest railway station in north Bengal and the second most important station in northeast India.

    Last year, the railways announced that NJP was one of the 204 stations in the country to be upgraded with world-class features for enhanced passenger amenities.

    “The work to upgrade the station has already started. Demolishing of the old structures, including the front retail areas and offices in the main station building, has been carried out. This is being done to get the site ready for civil construction works according to plan,” said an official of NFR.

    According to him, the foundation work for the first arrival terminal is in progress while work for the second arrival terminal and the departure terminal will commence soon.

    “For these, ticket counters have been already shifted to a new location near the rest house of railway electrification. In due course, as the work progresses, the existing parking areas, parcel and RMS (railway mail service) offices will also be shifted,” the official added.

    The railways have said that Rs 334.72 crore would be spent on upgrading NJP.

    The station, officials said, will have new facilities like a covered parking area, round-the-clock power backup, drinking water facility, an air-conditioned lobby, offices, shops, high-speed escalators and elevators, an air concourse, shops and hotels.

    “The idea is to provide an airport-like feel and comfort to passengers. There will be complete segregation of arrival and departure areas. Once the station is ready, it can handle 70,000 passengers per day. We have set a target to finish the work by 2025,” said the official.

    As of now, NJP can handle 36,000 passengers a day. Around 80 passenger trains move through the station every day, apart from goods trains.