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  • Cuddapah: Congress alleges law and order collapse in the state

    Cuddapah: Congress alleges law and order collapse in the state

    Kadapa (YSR district): Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Gidugu Rudra Raju said that law and order has completely deteriorated in the state.

    Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the PCC president pointed out that the brutal murder of YSRCP leader Srinivasulu Reddy in broad daylight in Kadapa on Friday was a clear evidence to the state of affairs in Andhra Pradesh.

    Alleging that no development has taken place in the last four years of YSRCP rule, Rudra Raju demanded Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to explain to people why he had failed even to set up steel plant in his own district despite maintaining good relations with the BJP government at the Centre.

    He said instead of obtaining Rs 5 lakh crore special package for backward Rayalaseema region, the Chief Minister had placed the state at the feet of Central rulers for his vested interests.

    Recalling the comments of Union home minister Amith Shah during his public meeting recently on the irregularities and poor state of law and order in the state, the PCC leader questioned why the Centre was not ordering an inquiry by Central agencies into them if it is really against the YSRCP.

    Claiming that there was a vast political polarisation is going on in the state, the Congress leader appealed to people to extend their support to his party in the interests of achieving Special Category Status (SCS) and other benefits promised ruing bifurcation.

    AICC AP affairs in-charge C D Meyyappan said that presently country was in anarchy and development is possible only with Congress.

    PCC media committee chairman Dr N Tulasi Reddy said that people are vexed with the anti-people policies being pursued by both the Central and state governments. He said that people are waiting for an opportunity to teach a lesson to them in the coming elections.

  • Complete failure of law and order in the state: Gidugu Rudra Raju

    Complete failure of law and order in the state: Gidugu Rudra Raju

    Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gidugu Rudra Raju alleged that law and order situation declined in the State and anti-social elements are ruling.

    He said the brutal murder of a 15-year-old boy in Repalle is the best example of the deteriorating condition of law and order in the State.

    Addressing the media at the party office Andhra Ratna Bhavan here on Wednesday, Rudra Raju extended condolences to the bereaved family.

    He said Congress is trying to help the family of the deceased boy.

    Referring to the Youth Congress, he said the All India Youth Conference will be held in Bengaluru from July 10 to 12.

    He released a poster in this regard. He said the conference will discuss various issues and declare the plan of action about the future of youth in the country.

    Referring to the BJP-led Union government, the APCC chief alleged that the Central government betrayed the people of India. He said BJP promised to provide two crore jobs in a year, but grossly ignored the promise.

    AICC secretaries Mayappan, Christopher Tilak, APCC working president Janga Gowtham, Mahila Congress leader Sunkara Padmasri, State Youth Congress president Lakkaraju Ramarao and other leaders participated in the press conference.

  • Telangana government striving for women empowerment in the state: Collector VP Gautam

    Telangana government striving for women empowerment in the state: Collector VP Gautam

    Khammam: The government has taken steps towards empowerment of women and giving them more importance in decision making, said district Collector V.P Gautham while participating in a programme organised at Shri Bhakta Ramdasu Kalakshetra to celebrate Women’s Welfare Day as part of decennial celebrations of State formation on Tuesday.

    He said the respect of Anganwadi workers has increased as they are called Anganwadi teachers. The salaries of Anganwadi teachers and nurses have increased by 300 per cent.

    He said that there are 36 women corporators in the city corporation, which is more than 50 per cent. He added that women should be in decision-making positions and understand problems and sufferings quickly.

    He said that women occupy the top 3 positions in the IAS, and instead of 33 percent, if social assistance is provided, 50 to 60 percent will be women.

    He said that support pensions are being provided to 70,000 widows and single women. He said that 45,000 families have been benefited under Kalyan Lakshmi. He said that child marriages have been curbed with this scheme.

    He said that 19,113 girls are studying in 45 Gurukula in the district. He said that the Arogya Lakshmi scheme implemented by the government is being implemented to prevent anemia by providing nutritious food to pregnant women.

    He said that apart from providing nutritious food to pregnant women and infants with milk and egg, the government will provide support to the growth of the born children through the Balamrutam Plus programme.

    The women leaders performed Bathukamma, Kolatam dances in the event.

    SUDA Chairman Bachu Vijay Kumar, Agriculture Market Committee Chairperson Dorepalli Shweta, Khammam Municipal Corporation Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi, Deputy Mayor Fatima Johara, Raghunathapalem MPP Gowri, Corporators, DRDO Vidyachandana, District Welfare Officer G. Jyoti, officials and others participated in the programme.

  • Punjab CM Unveils Vision Document For State

    Punjab CM Unveils Vision Document For State

    Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ON Tuesday unveiled a ‘Punjab ‘vision document 2047’ and described it as a roadmap for a progressive and prosperous state.

    On this occasion, the CM underlined the urgent need to rejuvenate the economy and fiscal health of the state.This document envisages holistic development of the state when India completes its 100th year of Independence, he said.

    Mann said this document consists of nine departmentalized sections and 16 socio-economic indicator-based sub-sections focusing on the current status, major challenges that the state is facing and envisages short-term and long-term strategies to overcome these challenges.

    As per the document, a rate of growth of the economy at 7.5 per cent by 2030 and 10 per cent by 2047 will be achieved, said an official release quoting Mann.

    The document also aims at bringing the investment-gross state domestic product (GSDP) ratio to 25 per cent by 2030 and restoring the investment-GSDP ratio of Punjab to 32 per cent by 2047 by improving the investment climate in the state and initiating the economic governance reforms for time-bound and hassle-free clearance of industrial projects.

    Mann said the service sector like information technology-enabled services (ITES), including BPO, online education, social media and entertainment will be developed and application of digital technologies in the service sector will also be incentivized.

    The generation of decent jobs by boosting investment in all sectors and building a synergy between industry and educational institutions to improve employability and startup ecosystems will also be ensured through this document, he added.

    For improving the fiscal health of the economy, the suitable strategy is prudent fiscal management, he said adding, the targets and strategies for different identified sectors have been framed keeping in mind the requirements of the state.

    -With PTI Input

  • 84 mandals of the state will face severe heat today

    84 mandals of the state will face severe heat today

    The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority has announced that heatwaves likely to occur in 84 mandals today. It said that there is a possibility of high temperatures to be prevailed in other places as well. Dr. BR. Ambedkar, Managing Director of AP Disaster Management Authority, advised that people should be alert to the severity of the sun and suggested that the elderly, pregnant women, and infants to take appropriate precautions.

    According to APSDMA,vone mandal in Anakapalli, six in Bapatla, 5 in East Godavari, 4 in Eluru, 17 in Guntur, 11 in Kakinada, 1 in Konaseema, 13 in Krishna 13, 15 in NTR and 11 mandals of Palnadu district are likely to experience heatwaves. Also, parts of Alluri, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla and Palnadu districts are likely to record temperatures of 45°C – 46°C today and parts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Manyam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Konaseema districts are likely to record temperatures of 42°C – 44°C.

    On the other hand, some parts of Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Nandyal, Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai YSR, Annamayya and Chittoor districts are likely to record temperatures of 38°C – 40°C.

    Meanwhile, 44.5°C temperature was recorded in Nandiwada of Krishna district and Narsaraopet of Palnadu district yesterday. Gudur in Tirupati district recorded 44.4°C and Dwaraka Tirumala in Eluru district recorded 44.3°C.

  • Bengal Govt Confers State’s Top Honour To Bethune Collegiate School

    Bengal Govt Confers State’s Top Honour To Bethune Collegiate School

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday presented the state’s top honour ‘Banga Ratna’ to Bethune Collegiate School on the occasion of its 175th year and expressed hope that the institute will someday occupy the No 1 place among all schools across the globe. The school which was set up by John E D Bethune, in north Kolkata with 21 students in 1849, is rated as one of the best girls’ boarding schools in the city.

    At a function at Netaji Indoor Stadium in central Kolkata, attended by students, guardians, and teachers of the state-run school, Banerjee handed over a trophy and citation to Sabari Bhattacharya, the teacher in charge of the educational institution.
    It is a matter of pride for all of us that Bethune School has attained such pre-eminence in the country and the world. You will one day occupy the number one place among all schools in the world,” Banerjee said amidst thunderous applause of the gathering.

    Tracing back to the days of 1849 when the school came into existence, Banerjee said “You charted the path of women’s emancipation in those days. Over the years, your pupils had made their mark and excelled in every field being the true embodiment of ‘Nari Shakti, Matri Shakti’(women empowerment). To this date, Bethune School is performing the same role.

    ”The teachers of this school are imparting knowledge related to wisdom, unity, amity, compassion, and humanity to make our daughters multifaceted – excelling in various fields.”

    The chief minister said it was Bengal which had pioneered women’s emancipation. “Our history is the history of pride, tolerance, and progressiveness. Nowhere else you will find so much tolerance,” Banerjee said.

    Pointing out that the May 10 programme was preceded by the birth anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore on Tuesday, she said “It is a matter of great pride that the national anthems of both India and our neighbour Bangladesh had been composed by Gurudev – ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ respectively.

    “Bengal is the soil of Netaji who had coined the phrase Jai Hind instilling patriotic fervour among people. Bengal is the place where Gandhiji set up his base in 1947 and launched an indefinite fast to stop the country from being engulfed in flames. We have renovated that house in Beleghata area of the city,” she said.

    Banerjee also dwelt on the personal rapport between Gandhi and Tagore and how both of them dealt with issues confronted by pre-independent India. Tagore had returned the knighthood offered by the British government in protest against the Jalianwala Bagh massacre, she pointed out referring to the role of luminaries from the state in the freedom movement, social reforms and people’s uprising. The chief minister said B R Ambedkar, Chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution, had gone to Parliament from Bengal Assembly.

  • Uttarakhand Police Orders Probe After State FM’s Video Of Trashing Youth Goes Viral

    Uttarakhand Police Orders Probe After State FM’s Video Of Trashing Youth Goes Viral

    Uttarakhand Police on Wednesday issued a statement after a shocking video of the VVIP arrogance of a state cabinet minister Premchand Aggarwal went viral as he got involved in a physical brawl with two men in Rishikesh. The incident happened on Tuesday (May 2) afternoon when the minister was returning after attending an event in Haridwar as he got stuck in a traffic jam. Following this he had an argument with a man identified as Surendra Singh Negi which soon caused a heavy traffic jam in the area.

    The minister as well as Negi have been pinning the blame on each other for the brawl. Taking cognisance of the incident, Uttarakhand Police Headquarters released a statement and informed that SSP Dehradun has been instructed to conduct an impartial inquiry regarding the case.

    “After Uttarakhand cabinet minister Premchand Agarwal’s video of a scuffle with a youth in Rishikesh went viral, SSP Dehradun has been instructed to conduct an impartial inquiry into the Rishikesh incident on the basis of evidence and facts,” the statement read.

    Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Gets into Brawl
    The video of the incident went viral on social media where the minister is standing in the middle of the road having a verbal conversation with men before slapping one of them. Soon Aggarwal’s security personnel and supporters intervened and began brutally hitting both men.

    Premchand Agarwal’s office issued a statement stating that the men began misbehaving during the traffic jam. The man tore the kurta of the minister after which his security and supporters intervened. The minister said Negi, who was on a motorcycle, pulled up next to his car. Aggarwal alleged that the windows of the car were down and Negi started abusing him. When he objected, he started arguing with him and even attacked him tearing his kurta. When his gunner tried to come to his rescue, his uniform was also torn by Negi, alleged Aggarwal, a former speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly.

    He claimed he had lost everything he had in his kurta pockets.

    Describing Negi as a “blackmailer masquerading as a social worker,” Aggarwal said an FIR would be lodged against him for attacking a minister. The minister, who is an MLA from Rishikesh, told reporters that Negi had called him once about some problem with a road and he had reached there “within five minutes”.

    “He calls himself a social worker but is a blackmailer. Initially, I used to think he was an active worker,” Aggarwal alleged. The video shows Aggarwal and Negi arguing on the road when the minister slaps him.

    When a man comes to Negi’s rescue, Aggarwal’s gunner slaps him several times. Then Negi tries to hit the gunner from behind with some blunt object picked up from the road. But the gunner turned around just in time to hold him back and all of them including the minister pounced on Negi chasing him across the road and delivering a flurry of blows and kicks on him.

    While Surendra Singh Negi who got indulged in the brawl with the minister stated that Premchand Agarwal’s security began assaulting him and his friend.

  • Meghalaya HC Tells State To File Affidavit On Measures Taken To Ease Traffic In Shillong

    Meghalaya HC Tells State To File Affidavit On Measures Taken To Ease Traffic In Shillong

    The Meghalaya High Court has asked the state government to file an affidavit indicating the steps taken and proposed to be taken to ease the traffic congestion in Shillong.

    A division bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee said this while hearing a PIL on the matter on Monday.

    “The state’s affidavit should indicate the plans to be implemented over the next few months, those over the next few years and the long-term goals taking into consideration the rate of increase of private cars and vehicular traffic, the burgeoning tourism industry and the available space,” the bench said.
    The order stated that several months back, the state had indicated that most of the parents of school-going children in the city had agreed to opt for their wards being ferried to schools by bus, provided the state government took the responsibility of running such a service.

    “Indeed, it was indicated that about 50 to 60 buses were being acquired for such a purpose. However, nothing seems to have been implemented in this regard,” the court said.

    The court also said that there were other long-term and short-term plans which had been tentatively indicated, particularly following suggestions by the IIM, Shillong and by a foreign agency engaged by the state for such a purpose.

    “Again, nothing appears to have come of it apart from a ropeway being planned, and that too, for tourism purposes,” it added.

    The next hearing of the case will be held on May 3.

  • So many lakh rupees have been approved for 25 rural road projects in the state.

    So many lakh rupees have been approved for 25 rural road projects in the state.

    Shimla. Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh has informed that under RIDF, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Navard has sanctioned Rs 10273.82 lakh for 25 rural road projects in the state. He has said that within the next 30 days these road projects will be finalized and work on them will be started.
    Vikramaditya Singh said in a statement that the state government is serious about the construction of roads in rural areas and their maintenance. He said that rural development and strengthening its economy is also his main goal. For this, special attention will be paid to road construction and their maintenance in the state.
    Vikramaditya Singh said that under the guidance of Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, the state would establish new dimensions of development. He said that every possible effort will be made to ensure that the road and other development works are completed within the stipulated time. He has expressed gratitude to the officers of Navard, especially Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, for the construction of these roads, due to whose efforts this amount has been approved for the construction of 25 rural roads.

  • Green team ready to control plastic pollution in the state

    Green team ready to control plastic pollution in the state

    Wanaparthy: Green Team, a conservation group of outdoor enthusiasts from Wanaparthy has joined hands to establish plastic-free zones in the State. It has emerged to safeguard nature and keep it neat and orderly. They began this journey as a hobby, developed as a group and formed an NGO. The major objectives of the Green Team includes environmental protection, green initiatives and zero plastic motive. The team aims at engaging public and the government in cleanup campaigns to safeguard the environment and create a plastic free zone.

    The first project conceived by the team is a cleaning drive at Tirumalayya Gutta, a sacred grove located close to Wanaparthy in Telangana. This grove has a Lord Venkateshwara temple on top of the hill. The place is surrounded by dry deciduous, and scrub forests as well as enormous rock boulders. As the team started to clean up the area, they collected close to 1280 kg of trash, including plastic, glass bottles, paper plates, and other items. The picked up trash was delivered to the municipal corporation for proper disposal.

    Speaking to The Hans India, one of the team members, Divya Teja, said, “50 volunteers, 10 clean up drives, and 2 awareness sessions were put in by the team to clean up Tirumalayya Gutta. When we noticed people throwing plastic bottles, cigarette butts, alcohol bottles, and others, we took up an initiative of cleaning the place and invited our other friends to take part in this.” The team conducted the clean up drive along with forest officials and school children.

    Another team member, Krishna Sagar, founder of the team, said, “As Tirumalayya Gutta is located on the hillock, tourists visit this place for recreation, and they cook and drink, and the plastic gets accumulated in this area.” The team urges the public not to throw plastic waste on the hill, and if the waste is generated, they need to take it back home and throw it in the dustbin. They also request the government to arrange a tollgate near the entrance of the hill and not allow any plastic items and take steps to prohibit single use plastic.