Storm over Union budget changes Andhra Pradesh political landscape

HYDERABAD: Be it the shortage of doctors or lack of proper facilities the number of surgeries performed at government medical colleges in Telangana is significantly lower than those performed in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The two procedures where the difference is significant are knee replacement and bypass surgeries. According to official records government teaching hospitals in Telangana saw only 26 bypass surgeries being performed in 2017 even as the count in AP hospitals was a staggering 406. In case of knee replacement surgeries the count was 16 for http://pokemonworld.vforums.co.uk/profile/kkmyntra Telangana versus 517 for AP. While medical facilities in Telangana are better than in AP the former has more corporate hospitals. As people prefer undergoing surgeries at these corporate hospitals under the Arogyasri or Employees State Insurance Scheme the number in government facilities is very low in certain specialisations said Karunakar Reddy B vice-chancellor of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences. He however dismissed lack of staff as a reason for this disparity. Staff shortage is not a major reason as we perform a lot of surgeries in other specialisations apart from orthopaedics and cardiology he said. Underplaying the issue K Ramesh Reddy director of medical education (DME) said that there are 133 specialisations including paediatrics wherein operations can be performed only in government hospitals for patients to avail of the Arogyasri scheme. In these departments he said the count of surgeries in Telangana is way higher. Between January and December we have performed a total of 77 915 major surgeries and another 1 77 986 minor surgeries across teaching hospitals in Telangana. The same trend continues in the outpatient and inpatient departments where we treated scores of patients in 2017 said Ramesh Reddy adding that lot of neurological and plastic surgeries and renal transplants among others have been performed in these facilities. Raising their concern over the disparity house surgeons said that it limits their scope for hands-on experience. Though there are a lot of surgeries happening in city hospitals which allow us a chance to learn in peripheral areas it isn t the case said Abhishek V a junior doctor while upholding the lack of staff as a serious concern.
The Bharatiya Janata Party today said it would give a fitting reply to those criticising the Narendra Modi government for not doing anything for Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh has been surging ahead on the path of progress thanks to the blessings and total support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the party asserted. The BJP said it would exhibit to the people a list of facts and figures and projects the Centre had sanctioned for the state. A misinformation campaign is being carried out against the Central government saying it had done nothing for AP and had ignored the promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014. We will go to the people and place all the facts before them BJP state president Kambhampati Haribabu said. Barring three promises we have fulfilled all the others. In fact the Centre has given much more to the state than what was provided for in the Reorganisation Act Haribabu added. The state unit s office-bearers district presidents and senior leaders of the party held an extensive meeting here today and discussed the ongoing political developments in the state in the aftermath of the presentation of Union Budget 2018-19. The meeting assumed significance against the backdrop of a slugfest between NDA partners BJP and TDP over Central aid to AP in the last four years. Addressing the meeting Haribabu who is an MP from Visakhapatnam said only the Dugarajapatnam port Kadapa steel plant and Visakhapatnam railway zone did not happen though they were promised in the Reorganisation Act. Though the railway zone at Visakhapatnam was found to be not feasible the Centre is discussing the issue with neighbouring states to find a way out. We are hopeful that a positive decision will come out soon he said. The port and the steel plant were under the active consideration of the Centre Haribabu added. Referring to the renewed demand for grant of special category status (SCS) to AP the MP said a special economic package that was equivalent to the SCS had been granted to the state. The dispute over bridging the state s revenue deficit (for the year 2014-15) would also be resolved soon he said adding that development was possible only through mutual co-operation between the Centre and the state. It has been so till now and hopefully will continue in future as well Haribabu said adding the Narendra Modi government was fully committed to help the state grow further. State Ministers Kamineni Srinivas P Manikyala Rao Narsapuram MP Gokaraju Ganga Raju the BJP floor leader in the Assembly P Vishnu Kumar Raju MLCs Somu Veerraju P V N Madhav and other senior leaders attended the meeting. Meanwhile MLC Veerraju said the BJP was also ready for a debate on what the Centre did for AP in the last four years. The BJP legislator was reacting to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu s announcement yesterday that he was ready for a debate on the Central assistance to the state. When we are allies why go for a public debate? Let him (Chief Minister) invite our state party president and he will give all details. Our president is ready to reveal all facts so let the Chief Minister call him and talk Veerraju a vociferous critic of the TDP said.
KADAPA : Five bloated bodies of suspected red sanders smugglers were fished out of a lake near Vontimitta on Kadapa-Tirupati highway in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday just 48 hours after a gang allegedly wriggled out of police clutches metres away from the site. Police said identity or cause of death is not known but suspect the deceased could be from Tamil Nadu. A senior police officer of Kadapa district denied cops chased smugglers but confirmed routine search operations of vehicles to stop movement of smugglers. Kadapa police shifted the bodies to the government hospital mortuary. The autopsy will ascertain cause of death. While villagers said they spotted seven bodies police could fish out only five from the lake. Police also recovered bags and belongings from near the lake. This comes a day after police opened fire in the air to stave off stone- pelting red sanders smugglers deep inside Seshachalam forest in Tirupati district. Five smugglers were arrested while others escaped into the forest Kadapa cops say no combing operation Speaking to TOI Kadapa superintendent of police Babuji Attada said they received information about floating bodies from villagers on Sunday afternoon. The deceased have not been identified. We can divulge details after identities are known he said. Asenior AP intelligence official said On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday police tracked down a vehicle carrying red sanders logs. On being intercepted the smugglers swiftly abandoned the vehicle and fled. The vehicle was shifted to the forest department and there was no encounter. We have to investigate whether the bodies were of red sanders smugglers. Speaking to TOI Kadapa hospital forensic doctor Prof Anand Kumar said After the autopsy on Monday we will zero in on cause of death. The viscera will be sent for forensic examination to find presence of diatoms. Villagers however said the men are not from surrounding villages but workers from Tamil Nadu who cut and transport red sanders logs. It s alleged men are smugglers who drowned while trying to escape a police combing party. Kadapa SP Babuji said no combing operation had been carried out in the area over the week. Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Operations Adnan Nayeem Asmi rushed to the spot and took stock of the situation. Later he issued a press statement saying they are verifying missing persons cases in adjacent districts. A case has been registered under Section 174 of CrPC. With the help of fishermen police and fire service personnel are still searching the lake for more bodies.
Andhra Pradesh Police are investigating the surfacing of seven bodies in a lake in Kadapa district s Ontimitta on Sunday. No external injuries were found on their bodies District Superintendent of Police Nagi Reddy told NDTV. The deceased may have been labourers working for red sanders smugglers unidentified officials said. Police however said they did not have any details about their identity yet. Since it must be 24 to 48 hours after death the bodies are bloated and it is very difficult to find out who they are and how they came there and what caused their death Nagi told NDTV.The Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force chief M Kanta Rao claimed he was not aware about the bodies found and said his team did not have operations in the area.
YSR Congress President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy last Monday had a meeting with party leaders including MPs at the end of the 85th day of his Pad Yatra to decide the course of action in their fight against the injustice allegedly meted out to Andhra Pradesh by the Centre. The Centre they say has not kept promises made to the state at the time of its bifurcation in 2014. 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New Delhi: The proposed petrochemical complex at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh a joint project of GAIL and HPCL seems to have hit a roadblock with the Centre asking the state government to pay Rs 5 000 crore upfront in the form of viability gap funding (VGF).Establishing a greenfield crude oil refinery and petrochemical complex has been mandated under Schedule XIII of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 which paved the way for the creation of Telangana state.The complex at Kakinada East Godavari district is proposed to be jointly set up by GAIL and HPCL both central PSUs.After a feasibility study by Engineers India Ltd GAIL and HPCL signed a memorandum of understanding with the AP government during the Partnership Summit in January 2017 for setting up the 1.5 MMTPA petrochemical complex on a 2 000-acre site in the Kakinada Special Economic Zone.But the Rs 30 000-crore project did not take off with the Centre and the state squabbling over the VGF said a top official.The proposed complex with a cracker unit was supposed to produce ethylene and its derivatives. SBI Caps did a preliminary financial appraisal and concluded that with a debt-equity ratio of 2:1 the project will yield internal rate of return of 9.8 per cent as against the hurdle rate (the minimum rate of return on a project) of 15 per cent. To bridge this gap viability gap funding in the form of an interest-free loan of Rs 1 438 crore per year has been suggested for a 15 year period beginning from the Project Zero date the official told PTI.Following a meeting between Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and GAIL authorities it was decided that SBI Caps would revise the financial model pegging down the power and water supply rates he said.Besides an upfront VGF payment as soft loan was also agreed to be examined taking different IRRs (internal rates of return). The detailed techno-commercial report for this project was still being prepared he added. The AP government has requested the Centre to reduce the IRR to 10-12 per cent on the lines of HPCL s Barmer refinery in Rajasthan. For the Barmer refinery the VGF has been reduced from Rs 3 736 crore to Rs 1 123 crore per annum adjusting the IRR to 12 per cent. But the Centre has been insisting that we chip in with a VGF of Rs 5 000 crore the senior official involved in the project pointed out.Naidu during his visit to New Delhi in January took up the issue with Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and expressed the state government s inability to foot the VGF bill. He wanted the petroleum ministry to take up the burden. We are awaiting a response from the Centre to our plea the official added.Meanwhile the state government also suggested an alternative location for the proposed project. Instead of Kakinada we proposed that the cracker unit be set up at the upcoming Machilipatnam Port which is closer to the state capital Amaravati. This will help in economic development of the region. The Centre is yet to respond even to this plea said the official.
NEW DELHI: The differences between BJP and TDP show no signs of abating with the former being secure that Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu does not have any option of an alliance outside the NDA and the saffron party keeping the doors open for Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP to walk in post Lok Sabha elections if it needs the numbers. TDP is in a fix over the Narendra Modi government refusing to play ball on several promises made by the previous Manmohan Singh-led dispensation when Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to form Telangana. Sources said payments for works done on a slew of projects including Polavaram irrigation project to those in new capital Amravati are pending as the costs have gone up and the Centre is not willing to provide the funds as per the revised estimates. YSRCP the main political opponent of TDP has declared that its MPs will quit if Andhra Pradesh is not given special status by April 5. While both parties are aware that the 14th Finance Commission has made it clear that no state can be given special status it has not prevented them from raking up this issue. However YSRCP has been alleging that TDP has been unable to get funds for AP from the Centre despite being a part of the NDA. This has made TDP up the ante against the Centre sources said. BJP has not been very forthcoming on the demands being made by TDP in the last four years. Naidu made 29 trips to Delhi since he became the chief minister but could have a structured meeting http://hsepeoplejobs.com/members/kkjabong/ with PM Modi only once on January 12 this year. Home minister Rajnath Singh had made a call to Naidu but that was only to reassure him. Even BJP chief Amit Shah has not discus sed any of the demands in his conversation with Naidu and only promised to look into the issues a TDP leader said. Modi has entrusted Shah and finance minister Arun Jaitley with the task of dealing with the TDP demands. Jaitley has loosened his purse strings on some occasions for Andhra Pradesh but the amount given has been highly insufficient TDP leaders said. The Modi government has a clear majority on its own in the Lok Sabha and this does not give TDP much bargaining power as an NDA partner. Moreover with Congress now a weak force in AP- 174 of its 175 candidates lost their deposit in the last Assembly elections in 2014- BJP has the option of having a post-poll tie-up with YSRCP. Sources said while a pre-poll alliance with BJP does not suit either TDP or YSRCP things would be different after elections. Jagan may antagonise his Christian and Dalit voters if he has a pre-poll tie-up with BJP. YSRCP is in touch with BJP brass in Delhi sources said.

N. Chandrababu Naidu: Andhra doesn't need anyone's benevolence

By: Express News Service | Hyderabad | Published: February 20 2018 4:28 am Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu (File) Related News Chandrababu Naidu dismisses demand for no-trust motion against Modi govtIrked with Budget Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu demands justice from PM ModiTDP and friendsAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the state did not need anybody s benevolence and the people s efficiency and hard work will do the needful. Provisions in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 and the promises made by the then Prime Minister https://www.allnumis.com/user/profile/kkmaketrip Manmohan Singh in Rajya Sabha have not been implemented. Our MPs have been fighting for justice to the state. We are not asking for anybody s benevolence. Our efficiency and hard work will be our saviours Naidu said while addressing district collectors IAS officers secretaries MLAs MLCs and party MPs via teleconference. He asked them to set targets and strive to achieve them. TDP and BJP leaders have been trading accusations over central assistance since the Union Budget was presented with TDP saying Andhra was ignored. The TDP has called for another meeting of its leaders to discuss how to take the protest for more Central assistance forward. They will also discuss whether to continue with the NDA alliance. An all-party meeting will also be called by the TDP. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Union Budget 2018: Ally TDP says disappointed Andhra Pradesh CM convenes party meeting Andhra Pradesh needs hand-holding due to low per capita income says N Chandrababu Naidu Tags: Chandrababu Naidu Sankaran KrishnanFeb 20 2018 at 8:13 amThere are so many promises given so far by diffe PMs whoever had the opportunity to Head the Nation but there are many who had failed to honour the commitment given to the Nation due to so many reasons and factors and just because MMS had promised do not expect that it is your State Right and you too as AP CM promised several things in your manifesto and can you say that all of your promises are implemented as regards the united AP (consist of AP and Telengana) and now as reorganized AP so far ???? and for this your Political Opponents itself will reply if you claim that you had done it as promised ???(0)(0) Reply
The people of Andhra Pradesh are wounded and if they are not given justice it will be painful Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday NDTV reported.Naidu s Telugu Desam Party the BJP s only ally in the south has been at odds with the Centre since February 1 alleging that the Union Budget did not allocate enough to Andhra Pradesh. On February 12 the party called the Centre s 27-page status report on aid given to the state a cinema script or fiction document . All through the first half of Parliament s Budget Session TDP leaders also protested inside the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over the issue. The party s main demand is that the Centre grants the state the Special Category status which will bring in large amounts of central funds as aid.On Saturday Naidu told NDTV at a summit organised by The Hindu in Bengaluru that he came to Delhi 29 times to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers but the centre s promises for financial support for the state have still not been met.Referring to how the Congress lost power as the people were angry with its decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh Naidu said the people punished the party that has done injustice for them in a democratic way . So what I am asking today Government of India is if you won t do justice the already wounded soldiers (of Andhra Pradesh) if you touch them it will be very painful. When there is a wound if you touch them also it will be more pain he said.While Naidu did not directly answer a question about parting ways with the National Democratic Alliance he pointed to his party colleague in the audience Union Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and said He is still in the cabinet. He said the state was only demanding what should be given to us The Hindu reported. Ours is an agrarian State without a big urban centre and we fall short by Rs 30 000 to the average per capita income in the rest of the country.
VIJAYAWADA: Irked over the lack of allocation for Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu has convened an emergency meeting of the party on Friday to take a call on whether to continue with the TDP-BJP alliance both at the Centre and in the state. Soon after the presentation of the Budget on Thursday Naidu conducted a teleconference with party leaders as well as TDP MPs in Delhi and convened a meeting of the TDP parliamentary board on Sunday. The allocations are very dissatisfactory and it is for BJP to explain how it will address this. In the meantime we will take the message to the people as to how AP was completely ignored in the Budget was Naidu s message to TDP leaders. Sources said several ministers and MPs told Naidu that the injustice can be answered only by severing ties with BJP. However Naidu advocated restrain for the time being and suggested that they wait for the Budget session to end before taking any decision. However by the evening he convened meetings on Friday and on Sunday as the disappointment over the treatment meted out to AP in the Budget was wide and deep said sources. In the evening Naidu met ministers and pointed out the railway projects sanctioned for Maharashtra. It is very disappointing he is said to have remarked. If this is the situation we will have to rethink the alliance said spokesperson Jupudi Prabhakar Rao. The chief minister is unhappy. We expected funds for AP but the Budget ignored the revenue deficit state and instead favoured developed cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru said agriculture minister Somireddi Chandramohan Reddy.
NEW DELHI: BJP is making all efforts to reason with ally TDP on its various demands for Andhra Pradesh with PM Modi keeping a tab on the developments. But chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is not satisfied with the assurances and his MPs have threatened to walk out of NDA if the demands are not met. Modi has given the responsibility of placating TDP chief to BJP president Amit Shah and FM Arun Jaitley. He has also promised TDP leaders that he will get in touch with Naidu to sort out the issues sources said. Last week saw hectic activities from both sides with TDP protesting in Parliament and near the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises. TDP MPs raised slogans and displayed placards in the Well of the House. YSRCP and some Congress MPs from Andhra too protested to press for giving more funds to Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra CM was away in the UAE last week but soon after he returned on Friday he got a call from Shah. Modi is likely to speak to Naidu after he returns from the four-nation tour. Modi has asked Shah and Jaitley to mediate. The FM gave some assurances in his reply to the budget debate in both the Houses but this hasn t satisfied TDP. The two BJP leaders are likely to hold discussions with TDP leaders this week. Naidu has had his way with the Centre during the Deve Gowda and AB Vajpayee governments but does not have much bargaining power with the present dispensation as BJP has a clear majority in the Lok Sabha. TDP is bargaining hard and protesting aggressively to get more funds for building the new Andhra capital in Amravati the Polavaram project and a new railway zone at Vishakapatnam. Naidu should realise that he can get more from Modi by discussing the issues. The prime minister is not the type who will yield under pressure a senior BJP leader said. Another senior BJP leader said the Centre found that Naidu has waived some farmer loans and incurred other expenditure but is demanding reimbursement from the NDA government for them. Pandering to his request will lead to a flood of similar requests from other states including those ruled by BJP a situation the Centre does not want to get into. BJP leaders are aware that TDP may finally pull out of NDA though after a few months and closer to the elections assembly polls in Andhra will be held along with the Lok Sabha polls early next year. This may help TDP pin the blame for not doing enough for AP on the Centre s non-cooperation .
Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government has done maximum for Andhra Pradesh the state has refused to relent. Reports have indicated that chief minister and Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu instructed his partymen to keep up pressure on BJP till justice is done to the state. Naidu s unwillingness to relent to BJP s overtures is not without reason. The sentiments in the state are so strong that the perceived injustice is the spotlight of the day. Here s why: 1. The Government of India is supposed to compensate for the revenue deficit as the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh lost capital city Hyderabad to Telangana. This city accounted for the lion s share of the combined state income. The revenue deficit was initially estimated at Rs 16 700 crore. The amount was later revised by the Centre to Rs 7 500 crore and the central government only paid Rs 3 977 crore. While the Andhra government claims that the revenue deficit to be paid by the Centre is Rs 12 500 crore the Centre claims that the due in this regard is merely Rs 138 crore. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told Parliament that the central officials are discussing the issue with the state officials to arrive at a consensus on how much should be paid to the state in this regard. But nothing seems to be materialising much to the chagrin of Naidu administration. The state government meanwhile. has proposed that the Centre may appoint a committee headed by none other than the former IAS officer YV Reddy to settle the dispute. However a senior functionary in the state government who is in the knowledge of things told Firstpost that the Centre is not forthcoming in this regard. File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. PTI 2. The re-organisation of the state was strongly opposed by the people of Seemandhra who now constitute the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. But as the then UPA government took a political decision to bifurcate the state special category status was promised to Andhra Pradesh to assuage the feelings of the people of the state. Thus the bifurcation of the state was predicated upon the assurance by the then prime minister on the floor of the House and the two cannot be separated. In fact the BJP has been demanding special status for ten years. However the UPA government conceded to this demand and agreed to grant such a status to Andhra Pradesh for a period of only five years. Despite the fact that senior BJP leaders like M Venkaiah Naidu and Jaitley were the authors of special status the Narendra Modi government has refused to grant special status to Andhra on the pretext that the concept of special status seizes to exist with the new devolution formula proposed by the 14th Finance Commission. However the NDA government promised special package in lieu of specials status. As per this it was promised that the Centre would fund to the tune of 90 percent in regard to centrally funded schemes. Thus the additional central grant is arrived at Rs 16 447 crore. The Centre proposed to compensate this through higher central component in Externally Aided Projects (EAPs). But the execution of such projects would take time. Therefore the state preferred direct fiscal transfers. As half of the 14th Finance Commission period was already over the state government desired 50 percent of payment. But the state government also argued that the Centre has hardly paid Rs 400 crore. 3. The State Reorganisation Act promised railway zone for Visakhapatnam. But even this decision is inordinately delayed as Odisha seems to be not in favour of it as it would lose the earning centre like Vishakhapatnam. Though the Centre is not making it explicit it is clear from even a cursory look that the BJP due to its political stakes in neighbouring Odisha is dragging its feet on implementing the provisions of an act passed by Parliament. The argument that the Vizag railway zone will be unviable is fallacious as Vijayawada and Guntakal will be added to Vizag zone once it is separated. When Ram Vilas Paswan could ensure railway zone for Hajipur and it is viable why can t Visakhapatnam opined leaders from Andhra. 4.The reorganisation act has also promised to set up a steel plant in the backward Rayalaseema district of Kadapa. The district has iron ore mines. The state government has even offered to give these mines as captive mines for the proposed steel plant on free of cost basis as the quality of the ore is low grade. This offer of the state government would make the proposed steel plant viable as raw material itself accounts for 50 percent of cost of production. While the private steel plants of Tatas Jindals etc. have been allotted captive mines by the government of India the public sector Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is denied such captive mines forcing the plant to incur losses. Inflicting further insult on the state now the Centre is not coming forward to set up Kadapa steel plant despite state reorganisation act recommending it. 5. As per the act the Polavaram project will be taken up as the national project and the Centre would bear the expenses. But due to inordinate delay in clearing the bills the state government is incurring an interest burden of Rs 300 crore. To avoid this the state urges the Centre to create a revolving fund but to of no avail. 6. As per the reorganisation act the centre has agreed to provide funds for the development of necessary infrastructure in seven backward districts of Rayalaseema and North Coastal Andhra. So far only Rs 1 050 crore were released at the rate of Rs 150 crore per district. What kind of infrastructure can be created with this meagre funding only centre should know. 7. The reorganisation act also mandates Centre to fund the construction of a green field capital at Amravati for the state of Andhra Pradesh as the existing capital of Hyderabad became the capital of Telangana. However no specific resources were mentioned in the act. Taking advantage of this the NDA government has granted only Rs 1 500 crore so far. The fact that the underground drainage works taken up in Vijayawada and Guntur were also included in this head on the pretext that these two cities also fall in the capital region has further infuriated the state. 8. The centre has to set up Dugarajapatnam Port in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. But the construction encountered certain objections as sensitive ecosystem of Pulicat Lake and the satellite launching station ISRO of Sriharikota are very near to Dugarajapatnam. But the centre neither addresses these hurdles nor propose an alternate place. 9. Andhra Pradesh should also get a petroleum refinery and cracking unit as per the bifurcation package. But the HPCL-GAIL consortium is reportedly seeking a viability gap funding of Rs 1 200 crore per year for a period of 15 years from the state government. The state feels this is unfair as it is the assurance of state bifurcation and any such viability gap funding should come from the centre itself. 10. To implement the state reorganisation act centre has already setup several educational institutions in the state. But the flow of funds is tardy and the these institutions are yet to take off in any significant manner. Andhra feels that is has been let down. Neither the provisions of state reorganisation act nor the promises made therein and thereafter have been fully implemented leaving no other option for the state but to protest. The author is a former MLC from Telangana and currently teaches journalism at the Osmania University
The rift between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) seems to be widening further with the latter expressing displeasure over the allocation given to Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu asking party MPs to keep pressuring the government to demand a substantative announcement for the state media reports said. Naidu currently in Dubai called an emergency teleconference meeting with TDP MPs late on Thursday and said that the Centre was behaving in such a way that it was making people of Andhra Pradesh feel that they were not part of the nation said a report in The Times of India. During the conference some of the TDP MPs told Naidu that the party should keep up the tough stance towards the Centre. Naidu told us to protest in a serious way. The chef minister expressed unhappiness over the response from the Centre over the last 3-4 days Thota Narasimham TDP floor leader in the Lok Sabha was quoted as saying in the report. File image of Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. AFP Naidu also told the MPs that he will conduct another round of teleconferencing with them on Friday according to a report in Deccan Chronicle. Naidu according to India Today has also said that a crucial decision regarding the alliance will be taken in a couple of days. Special package to Andhra Pradesh Naidu s teleconference came hours after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday said that the Centre was sympathetically working on all issues concerning Andhra Pradesh and a decision on a special package would be finalised over next few days. Jaitley who was replying to a debate on the general Budget in the Lok Sabha told agitating members from Andhra Pradesh including those from the TDP that a package was promised to the people of Andhra Pradesh after Telangana was carved out of it and while several parts of the package had been implemented some work was being done. Cracks in TDP-BJP alliance Unhappy with Jaitley s statement in Parliament and claiming inadequate allocation of funds to Andhra Pradesh Naidu on Thursday reportedly told the TDP MPs that the state was being given step-motherly treatment by the Centre. TDP BJP s biggest ally in the South earlier expressed disappointment over Jaitley s Budget that it said did not address the state s needs. Since the last few weeks there has been a strong mood among TDP leaders to break away from the alliance with the BJP. Some senior TDP leaders on 2 February said off the record that almost everyone including many district unit chiefs wanted the party to end the alliance. Naidu has also reportedly expressed serious displeasure over the Union Budget and wondered why the Centre ignored the state. Naidu s dilemma Naidu and the TDP have repeatedly shifted their stance on the alliance with BJP in the last few days. On 2 February Naidu apparently dissuaded his senior party colleagues from speaking about the fate of the alliance with BJP. Two days later the TDP said its alliance with BJP in Andhra Pradesh and the Centre was very much alive. As and when it is required the chief minister and party chief will take the decision. As of today it (the alliance) is just going on. We never said (about snapping ties)...it s all speculation TDP leader and Union minister Y Satyanarayana Chowdary was quoted as saying by PTI on 4 February. Three days later launching a scathing attack on the government TDP gave the Centre an ultimatum. The party even hinted that if the demands were not met the TDP would leave the alliance. We have maintained the alliance dharma for five budgets. This is the final chance to fulfil your promises and assurances. It is now or never. We understand you have numbers (of MPs) to render us irrelevant but elections are fast approaching (and) based on current trends the coming (2019) elections may be challenging TDP MP Jayadev Galla was quoted as saying by IANS. With inputs from agencies
Amaravati: Amid reports of a strain in ties between the BJP and the TDP Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Wednesday that it is a problem between the two governments which is to be resolved in Parliament and not on the streets.He also asked the Centre to spell out a plan of action for the state with clear timelines.The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) had earlier publicly voiced unhappiness over the recent Union budget not offering any special benefits to Andhra Pradesh. This is a problem between two governments (the Centre and the state). This is a problem on which we have to fight in Parliament and not on the streets Mr Naidu told his party MPs legislators and senior leaders in a teleconference.He demanded that a special discussion for two hours be taken up in Parliament to debate all issues related to the bifurcation (of AP) and review the implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014. The implementation of promises made in the Rajya Sabha by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the special economic package announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (in September 2016) should also be reviewed he said. The Centre should clearly spell out what it has done for the state in the last four years and what it will do now. It should announce a plan of action with clear timelines Mr Naidu said.On Mr Jaitley s statement in the Rajya Sabha yesterday over Andhra Pradesh s revenue deficit and assistance under externally-aided projects Mr Naidu asked What is this new formula (for bridging the revenue deficit) now? When no formula was applied to divide the state why a new formula now to help the distressed state? he asked. It is not correct to refer only to the funding from the National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD) when we sought an assistance from Hudco and other agencies as well under employee assistance programmes (EAP) he added.Mr Naidu directed the TDP MPs to continue the din in Parliament even if you get suspended . We have converted the problems of AP into a national agenda. The injustice done to AP has become a point of debate across the country. We now have to go ahead rationally and secure our rights the TDP chief said.Since it was the previous (UPA) government at the Centre that committed the mistake the onus was now on the current (NDA) government to rectify it he said.Notably amid an unease in its ties with the BJP a delegation of TDP MPs including Union ministers Ashok Gajapathi Raju and YS Chowdary had met Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. CommentsClose X The leaders of the two parties said the meeting was an attempt to address the strain in ties after the TDP expressed unhappiness over the Union budget not offering any special benefits to Andhra Pradesh.Prior to it Mr Chowdary had played down speculation that the TDP will break its alliance with the BJP.
By: PTI | Amaravati | Published: January 27 2018 9:56 pm Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran) Related News N. Chandrababu Naidu: Andhra doesn t need anyone s benevolenceChandrababu Naidu dismisses demand for no-trust motion against Modi govtIrked with Budget Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu demands justice from PM ModiAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday without taking names hit out at NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar over the latter s comments on the state saying some people are speaking without any understanding of the state s woes. Some people are asking why we (AP) need hand-holding when we are registering the highest economic growth. They are speaking without any understanding. This is not correct Naidu said at a press conference here this afternoon without taking any names. During his recent visit to the state the NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman had made certain observations on AP s economic growth and had opined that the state with your 11 per cent and 15 per cent (economic growth rate) you will soon not need any hand-holding. Kumar had said Yes we will do whatever hand-holding we can. But I am sure one that with your 11 per cent and 15 per cent (economic growth) you will soon not need any hand-holding. Naidu speaking on Saturday said Yes we have a double digit (economic) growth rate. Our growth is the highest in the country but our per capita income is still low. Extending hand-holding support is the Centre s responsibility. Naidu further said Isn t there a need for the Centre to compensate us (for the financial woes caused by the state s bifurcation)? That s what I am asking. Straight question. It is our right. I am very clear on that. He said they had only been requesting the Centre to correct the injustice done to AP on account of bifurcation adding that he had given all the figures to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting on January 12. I explained that despite the highest growth rate our per http://www.dannychoo.com/en/profile/kkpigeon capita income is still the lowest. We are Rs 35 000 to Rs 40 000 less than others. I asked him why you will not give us hand-holding support Naidu said. The Prime Minister he added promised to get everything examined and also personally look into the issue and correct things . We have to wait (for the outcome) Naidu said. Naidu responding to a question on the BJP s demand for appointment of a Governor exclusively for AP said there was no need for a controversy on it. It is not correct to speak on some institutions. Some people talk politics but I remain dignified. It is not correct to speak frequently and on the streets about persons holding honourable positions he said. BJP state president and MP K Haribabu recently wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh requesting that an exclusive Governor be appointed for AP in place of E S L Narasimhan who has been holding charge of both AP and Telangana since June 2 2014. The BJP s floor leader in the Assembly P Vishnu Kumar Raju even criticized the Governor for being biased against AP . For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News TDP and friends Union Budget 2018: Ally TDP says disappointed Andhra Pradesh CM convenes party meeting Tags: Chandrababu Naidu No Comments.

Scrapped $500 mn Israeli missile deal back on track: PM Benjamin Netanyahu

JERUSALEM: India will purchase Israel s Spike anti-tank guided missiles Israeli media nowadays quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as announcing weeks after New Delhi scrapped the USD 500 million beneficial defence deal. The deal changed into cancelled some weeks in advance of Netanyahu s visit to India and its renewal is taken into consideration to be a prime strategic fulfillment the Jerusalem Post pronounced. India will buy Israel s anti-tank spike missiles the paper quoted Prime Minister Netanyahu as announcing after spending the day along with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Netanyahu who is on a six-day visit to India stated the final information and scope https://kkjabong.wufoo.com/forms/z2nvsx70kfy07p/ of the deal are nevertheless within the procedure of being worked out the paper said. Another main Israeli daily Haaretz said that the deal is again on the table . Quoting Israel s National Security Adviser Meir Ben- Shabbat the paper said that present day talks are trending in a superb path and extra information may be disclosed later. The Israeli arms firm Rafael Advance Defence Systems Ltd had earlier this month confirmed that India cancelled the deal and expressed regret over the selection. As consistent with the authentic inspiration India had deliberate to acquire the ATGMs for the Army at a value of USD 500 million. The Indian defence ministry has been strongly pushing for transfer of technology in procuring various weapons and different platforms from foreign defence majors as part of its huge policy initiative to encourage domestic defence industry. Official assets in New Delhi had in advance indicated that the concept to accumulate the missile device faced hurdles whilst Israeli facet apparently expressed reservations in making sure full switch of technology as in step with the provisions of the Make in India initiative. The employer had currently inaugurated its centers in Hyderabad in which the venture became to be accomplished. Ahmedabad: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nowadays defined Mahatma Gandhi as one of the high-quality prophets of humanity.Mr Netanyahu arrived here this morning and held a grand roadshow along with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier than traveling the Sabarmati Ashram the abode of Mahatma Gandhi for a long term.In a four-line message jointly signed by way of Mr Netanyahu and his spouse Sara inside the tourist s log e book at the ashram the Israeli dignitaries said their visit turned into inspiring . An inspiring go to to the fireplace of one in all humanity s wonderful prophets of inspiration- Mahatma Gandhi- Mr Netanyahu wrote in the e book.Earlier the Israeli PM and his wife spent round 20 minutes inside the ashram premises wherein they visited Hriday Kunj the house of Mahatma Gandhi.The two dignitaries additionally attempted their fingers at the charkha the hand spinning wheel which become emblematic of India s quest for self-reliance in the course of the liberty conflict.They additionally flew kites for a couple of minutes as their go to comes just a few days after Uttarayana (or Makar Sankranti) the Gujarat s famous kite pageant. CommentsClose X Gandhi had spent a huge a part of his lifestyles within the Sabarmati Ashram after he again to India from South Africa to steer India s non-violent freedom battle.He left the ashram in 1930 when he took out the Dandi March from right here with a vow not to return to the vicinity till India were given Independence. AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is ready to roll out the purple carpet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives right here the following day along together with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The leaders will preserve a roadshow a good way to begin from the town airport and quit at the Sabarmati Ashram a adventure of eight kilometres. Around 50 ranges will be erected at the roadside alongside the stretch and those from unique states of the usa will welcome Netanyahu. The leaders who take to each other throughout Modi s visit to Israel in July final 12 months the primary by using an Indian prime minister could visit centres of excellence and inaugurate any other such facility. They will go to the Sabarmati Ashram where Mahatma stayed for a long term. Around 50 degrees have been constructed alongside the roadside at the eight-kilometre stretch. Cultural programmes may be carried out by troupes of various states as well as ethnicity to welcome the visitors Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation s status committee chairman Pravin Patel said. The Indian Jewish humans may also welcome the two leaders he said. The metropolis especially the stretch from the airport to the Sabarmati Ashram has been decked as much as welcome Netanyahu alongside together with his spouse Sara. Modi and Japanese premiere Shinzo Abe had additionally held a joint roadshow during the latter s go to here in September closing year. The Indian top of the line had shown Abe and his spouse around at the Sabarmati Ashram. They had additionally spent a while at the Sabarmati Riverfront evolved for the duration of Modi s tenure as Gujarat chief minister. Modi had also accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse to the riverfront during  the latter s India go to in 2014. According to the tentative agenda Modi and Netanyahu might first visit the Sabarmati Ashram on their arrival here the next day. Both the dignitaries will be accorded a grand welcome Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had earlier said. From the Ashram Modi and Netanyahu could go to iCreate an independent centre of excellence close to Bavla metropolis close to the town Rupani stated. ICreate turned into formally released in 2011 with the aid of Modi when he become the chief minister. The group mentors budding marketers and publications them to installation begin-usain step with an reputable. The Israeli top minister will even present Modi a unique gift -- the Gal-Mobile water desalinisation and purification jeep the two leaders rode at Israel s Olga beach final year. There could be a stay demonstration of desalination of sea water that the two high ministers will witness thru video conferencing from the iCreate centre on Janaury 17. The jeep is stated to fee round 390 000 shekels (about USD 111 000). The leaders might then continue for a Sabarkantha- based totally centre of excellence for agriculture mounted by means of Isreal. They will inaugurate a studies facility for cultivation of dates in Kutch with the aid of remote manipulate from Sabarkantha the leader minister had in advance said. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the 3rd annual Raisina Dialogue in Delhi.Agra / Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the 1/3 edition of the geo-political convention Raisina Dialogue in Delhi today and laid pressure at the want to broaden economic army and political electricity to emerge as a robust state. PM Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also attended the inaugural session. Delivering his inaugural deal with the Israeli gold standard liked the efforts being made by the Narendra Modi government to cut bureaucratic red tape and improve ease of doing commercial enterprise. Mr Netanyahu who is in India for a 6-day reputable visit visited the Taj Mahal in Agra nowadays. His spouse Sara who's accompanying him on his India visit was also there. He back to New Delhi this evening in an effort to inaugurate the 3rd annual Raisina Dialogue. The Raisina Dialogue is India s surest overseas coverage and geo-political conference. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also took element inside the inaugural consultation of the three-day conference which has an outstanding line up of more than one hundred fifty audio system and over 550 delegates. The Raisina Dialogue is jointly organised through the Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation and could take area on the Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi s diplomatic enclave. The subject of the Raisina Dialogue this yr is Managing Disruptive Transitions: Ideas Institutions and Idioms . Here are the highlights on https://www.viki.com/users/kkjabong/about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Jan sixteen 201823:04 (IST)Prime Ministers @narendramodi and @netanyahu will inaugurate the iCreate Center at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad. They will even visit a Startup Exhibition and engage with innovators and Startup CEOs. P.C.Twitter.Com/r8C3iz5sUN- PMO India (@PMOIndia) January sixteen 2018Jan 16 201823:04 (IST)Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu will journey to Gujarat tomorrow where they may be attending numerous programmes.The two will continue to Sabarmati Ashram from Ahmedabad Airport and pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi there.Jan sixteen 201823:02 (IST)In Gujarat PM @narendramodi and @IsraeliPM@netanyahu will go to the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Vadrad in Sabarkantha district. They will inaugurate the Centre of Excellence for Date Palms at Kukama thru a video link. The leaders may also engage with farmers. %.Twitter.Com/hhbX4TCXPO- PMO India (@PMOIndia) January sixteen 2018Jan sixteen 201820:40 (IST)PM Netanyahu s visit to India underlines party of 25 years of diplomatic relations between India and Israel said EAM @SushmaSwaraj in her vote of thanks at the third #RaisinaDialogue. #ShalomNamastepic.Twitter.Com/ZpV9SCRlhJ- Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) January 16 2018Jan sixteen 201820:39 (IST)We accept as true with in India stated @IsraeliPM Benjamin Netanyahu even as talking on the Raisina Dialogue nowadays in New Delhi. PM @narendramodi and EAM @sushmaswaraj were gift on the event. #ShalomNamastepic.Twitter.Com/n1OmxgSkCE- Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) January 16 2018Jan 16 201819:39 (IST)PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara toured the Taj Mahal: This is a moment of relaxation on a completely in depth go to. I would like to thank Indian PM Modi for allowing us this moment as well. In India we met lots love love for Israel and here we are in the temple of love. Percent.Twitter.Com/YX9sbH9AdC- PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) January sixteen 2018Jan sixteen 201819:35 (IST)Democracies bind and hook up with each different in natural approaches: Israel PM NetanyahuDemocracies bind and hook up with every different in herbal methods. I saw sympathy and friendship of humans. When I walked in streets of India similar to in Agra a person said to me we are so satisfied that you are buddies with our PM we are friends with you

Jind rape-murder: Kin of accused demand compensation

New Delhi: HighlightsChief Minister ML Khattar said one of the attackers recognized Girl s father hit out at administration and demanded justice Body had many injury marks personal parts mutilated says physician A 15-year-old female in Haryana missing seeing that last week after she left home for training lessons became found lifeless on Saturday with 19 intense injuries to her body and symptoms of unspeakable torture. Her liver and lungs have been ruptured and an object were jammed into her body docs stated.The Class 10 scholar from a village in Kurukshetra went missing on Tuesday. Her mutilated half-naked body turned into observed close to a canal about 100 kilometres away in Jind. It turned into included simply by a torn shirt and there were wounds on her face neck lips and chest. She became believed to have died two days in advance. The frame had many injury marks the personal elements have been mutilated and there were lot of internal accidents. Signs of sexual assault are seen and looks as if three-4 humans have been responsible a tough and blunt thing become inserted inner her symptoms of drowning also found stated a doctor in PGI Rohtak SK Dattarwal.He stated it was obvious that the lady had struggled to get away however became gagged and someone sat on her chest.The lady s father hit out at the management. My daughter become abducted and raped. She changed into tortured... If management had achieved its process properly an incident like this would have by no means passed off he wept. Two groups led through senior officials have been installation to analyze the schoolgirl s rape the police in Jind.The attack has been compared to the Delhi gang-rape wherein a 23-12 months-vintage medical scholar -- who came to be called Nirbhaya -- died after being gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in December 2012.Two special investigation groups led through senior officers have been installation to investigate the schoolgirl s rape said the police in Jind.This and more rapes have jolted Haryana just days after the state hailed its beti bachao (keep daughters) marketing campaign following an development inside the gender ratio.In Panipat an eleven-12 months-old female changed into raped and strangled after she become abducted on Saturday when she had left her house to dump rubbish. CommentsClose X A 22-yr-antique girl turned into abducted and gang-raped for 2 hours in an SUV in Faridabad remaining evening.Last month a six-12 months-vintage girl become raped and killed within the country s Hisar district. She had additionally been tortured with a stick. CHANDIGARH: An altercation over volleyball policies among third cousins ended up in a shooting incident at Gangoli village in Pillukhera area of Haryana s Jind district on Sunday nighttime. Sonu Singh (23) and 19-year-antique Ashish Singh alias Happy are third cousins as they belong to equal extended family and their grandfathers have been first cousins. A fortnight ago the 2 guys had an altercation that have been resolved simplest after intervention in their circle of relatives members. They had some other vociferous argument at some point of a local volleyball recreation within the village. Ashish and Sonu were gambling a volleyball in shape in opposing teams and had a controversy over a point and the rules of the game. An angry Ashish left the in shape and returned with an https://www.prodivnet.com/users/raj-nadh/ unlicensed weapon. He shot at Sonu who turned into gambling volleyball. Sonu collapsed and Ashish controlled to get away. Sonu became rushed to Jind s civil sanatorium and from there has been transferred to PGIMS Rohtak as his condition became crucial. The police booked and arrested Ashish in an attempt to murder case registered against him at Pillukhera police station. Jind SP Arun Nehra stated the weapon used by the accused become unlicensed so a section of Arms Act has been added to the charges. Instead of taking Sonu to Rohtak his family took him to a non-public medical institution in Sonipat. Soon after recording his assertion we registered the case. Accordingly Ashish has been arrested. During interrogation he confessed that he used an unlicensed weapon Raj Kumar SHO of Pillukhera police station said. CHANDIGARH: Two automobile-borne youths shot useless a cashier hired in a hen farm in Jind on Tuesday morning and escaped with a sack containing Rs 22 lakh from the victim inside the large daylight hours. The sufferer Chanderpal died instantaneous after being hit via bullets. According to the CCTV photos from the cameras set up close to the spot of crime the whole incident lasted 17 seconds and the criminals made precise after looting the booty. Jind superintendent of police (SP) Arun Singh Nehra said the police had some critical clues about the robbers. Our teams are already at the process. We are taking help from the cyber cell crew to crack the case. We are hopeful of sorting this out within the subsequent couple of days he said. According to statistics Chanderpal who hailed from a village in Bhiwani become one of the near confidants of rooster farmer Kuldeep Singh who lives in Jind metropolis. His activity turned into to collect money and later make payments to the hen feed suppliers. Like other days Chanderpal had gathered the price of Rs 22 lakh and had saved the cash at the residence of his company. On Tuesday morning at round 10 am he had picked the bag containing cash from his business enterprise s house to depart for office. He turned into driving a bike and kept the bag in his lap. The CCTV pictures discovered that as Chanderpal reached the office near Narwana road a car drove near him. Two youths sporting a firearm approached him. First they assaulted him after which opened fireplace earlier than fleeing with the bag and leaving him unconscious immediately. The robbers escaped and the victim changed into rushed to the sanatorium wherein he changed into declared introduced lifeless. We are seeking to join sure missing links. We are hopeful of catching the accused very quickly stated the Jind SP. CHANDIGARH: A 40-yr-old guy changed into rushed to health center after he was shot with the aid of his first cousin and uncle outdoor the district courts complicated of Bhiwani on Wednesday afternoon. Identified as Subhash Singh a resident of Sandhwa village had come to the office of registrar to select his sale deed of a property. With bullet allegedly fired from a rustic made weapon stuck below the temple he turned into rushed to medical institution Inspector Ajit Singh the SHO of Civil strains police station stated that a case of try and murder and Arms Act has been registered against the 3 folks who consist of the assailant his father and brother. Police registered the case on the grievance of one Mahavir Singh a relative of Subhash. Singh informed that Subhash had resumed the civil case against his first cousin Ramesh and his father Ishwar Singh. The case is under investigations at the court of District Revenue Officer (DRO) of Bhiwani. According to facts Subhash had come to the office of Tehsildar that's situated close to the district courts complex. While he turned into parking his bike the accused together with one more individual got here. One of them opened hearth on Subhash from the close variety. All the 3 managed to get away earlier than those gift on the spot should react. Senior officers of police department who include the DSP Jagat Singh rushed to the spot. We have accumulated the CCTV photos of the cameras set up around the venue and the 3 persons who are suspected to be the accused http://darkenlight.net/forum/user/editDone/3037.page might be seen chasing the victim. Rest reality will come out after we arrest the suspects Mor instructed newshounds. AMARAVATI: An 18-yr-old female marrying three women of her age within the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has created pretty a stir. According to the police the teenage female turned into an worker in a cotton mill at Itkulapadu village of Kasinayana mandal in Pulivendula. Rama Devi turned into very pleasant with one of the ladies Mounika who's a co-employee inside the cotton mill. The friendship blossomed into love and that they determined to get married. They secretly were given married in Pulivendula final month. Mounika came to her dad and mom house for Christmas festival. Then her parents found that she is constantly speaking approximately Rama Devi. Later the parents concept that they each have end up near pals and invited Rama Devi to their house. The girls spoke about their mystery marriage with Mounika maintaining that she can t live with out Rama Devi. The taken aback parents attempted to counsel them but they refused to listen. Following this Mounika s family contributors lodged a grievance with Jammalamadugu police. The police found that the lady had married two different ladies earlier than marrying Mounika. The victims were identified as Bujji Vandana and Mounika. Police registered a case and took up the investigation. The police officers are looking to suggest the woman such as Ramadevi. Read the story in Telugu

5 rapes in 3 days in Haryana: Manohar Lal Khattar says "I am hurt"

CHANDIGARH: The wide variety of sexual assaults on ladies in Haryana in the remaining three days rose to five. Four of the ladies were minors. In the ultra-modern crime a three-and-a-1/2-12 months antique female turned into brutally raped through a juvenile in a residential colony in Hisar https://www.givology.org/~kkgoib/ on Tuesday. The crime came to light while the woman who had gone missing returned domestic crying in pain. Her clothes were blood stained. Her mother rushed her to a private health center in which she changed into medically tested. The boy changed into arrested and turned into sent to the juvenile domestic in Ambala on Tuesday said Saroj Rani station house officer (SHO) of Hisar ladies police station. In another assault a young people raped a student of sophistication IX in a village falling under the Sonipat Sadar police station on Sunday night. Meanwhile Haryana leader minister Manohar Lal Khattar met BJP country wide president Amit Shah on Wednesday. An reliable at the chief minister s workplace stated the meeting with Shah changed into scheduled ahead especially on organisational issues and to speak about the visit of the BJP leader to Jind on February 15. The CM reached on Tuesday and held assembly with different leaders on organisational troubles. The assembly in Delhi was deliberate whilst Shah had long past to Haryana for 3 days recently the official said. He introduced that the regulation and order difficulty inside the recent instances was being treated right away . Sources stated that before leaving for Shah s workplace Khattar had an interaction with a team of law enforcement officials which include inspector-popular of police (CID) Anil Kumar Rao. The officers up to date him about the status of modern instances in conjunction with comparative figures of cases registered throughout the Congress regime between 2012 and 2014. Later interacting with the media in New Delhi Khattar expressed his concern approximately the latest instances of crime against ladies. I am hurt at the cases of rape. We will not spare even a single accused and all those concerned in the instances might be in the back of bars. I request the opposition parties not to inn to politics on these crimes he said. Khattar elaborated at the measures taken by using his government to decrease crime against ladies. Systems were stepped up and we've got modified officers even as much as the IG degree. Such cases of crime in opposition to ladies have took place inside the beyond as nicely. I will request the opposition now not to politicise those said Khattar. In Chandigarh the opposition events continued to assault both BJP and Khattar. A joint delegation of the Mahila Congress headed with the aid of its president Sushmita Dev and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda met governor Kaptan Singh Solanki and sought motion against the Khattar government Updated: January 17 2018 7:04 pm Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar. (File) Related News In face of growing rape cases Oppn asks Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar to quitHaryana rape-murder: Give culprits punishment harsher than demise says woman s fatherRape incidents: Haryana government to centralise its girls helpline numberHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday advised the competition events now not to politicise the recent rape instances within the nation. Condemning the upward push in variety of crimes towards women Khattar stated Such incidents are unfortunate. We ll take strict movement and tie up all loose ends. We have made modifications inside the police administration and transferred a few officers pronounced news business enterprise ANI. Khattar s remarks got here within the wake of increasing range of rapes being said from Haryana. A 15-yr vintage Dalit woman from Kurukshetra was allegedly gangraped and murdered along with her frame mutilated and injuries all over together with her face neck lips and chest. In every other incident an eleven-yr-old Dalit female was gangraped and murdered in Panipat district. This comes near on the heels of any other incident wherein a 45-yr-old labourer become arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-yr-vintage female and putting a wooden stick inner her close to Kurukshetra gangrape-murder case: Decomposed frame of boy who went lacking along with lady observed Listing down the projects taken by using the authorities to make sure women protection Khattar stated We commenced Dial one hundred Project will even begin 1090 Project so ladies in danger can immediately touch police. We ll investigate topics take assist of counseling or felony movement because the want be. He also added that special courts may be installation to make certain fast trial of rape cases. I appeal political events to no longer politicise the issue he added. Meanwhile mentioning that rape incidents were taking region for all time RC Mishra ADGP Ambala Range stated It s a part of society. Role of police is to probe nab criminal

4 rapes in 72 hours but Haryana top cop says 'no big deal'

CHANDIGARH: While the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP authorities in Haryana has been opposing CBI probe and pointers of movement in opposition to a few officials into the forest scams exposed by using Magsaysay awardee and whistle-blower Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi the Central authorities led by way of the BJP has termed the stand of the country government as false and supported CBI probe. In an in depth respond filed currently towards Haryana government s plea difficult CBI probe into the case the Union ministry of surroundings and wooded area (MoEF) has strongly adversarial the state s plea. The affidavit filed with the aid of MoEF on behalf of the Central government has submitted that contents of the Haryana government s petition have been false and that allegations levelled via the nation in chargesheet in opposition to Sanjiv Chaturvedi have been discovered to be baseless. It was in addition submitted that the Union government after consulting principal vigilance commission (CVC) had counseled the country to sign in an FIR towards the responsible and to transfer the case to the CBI. In its petition the country of Haryana had been contending that the MoEF had illegally constituted a committee that had given easy chit to Chaturvedi and indicted nation government officers. It has been similarly contended via Haryana that the committee had submitted a document casting aspersions towards its officials with out giving them any possibility of listening to. The kingdom has been contending that the orders of the Central authorities were unconstitutional and violated the principles of natural justice. Significantly the petition become filed by using then Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in 2014 for quashing the President s orders and the Central government panel s recommendations for a CBI probe into the scams exposed by using Chaturvedi. However the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP authorities in Haryana had initially determined to withdraw it in May 2016 but later endorsed the petition filed by the Hooda government. The matter changed into also got here up for listening to on Wednesday and Chaturvedi s counsel recommend Sudershan Goel submitted that the case filed via Haryana challenging orders exceeded through the Union government become now not maintainable inside the HC due to the fact such cases can simplest be filed immediately within the Supreme Court below Article 131 of the Constitution of India. Goel similarly submitted that the order underneath project become applied three years prior to the filing of this petition and consequently the writ petition became now not maintainable. The recommend for the Haryana government but give you the report bearing on the case and sought days time to put together the case. Now the case has been adjourned for January 24 for final hearing. The problem The MoEF record of the two-member panel comprising inspector wellknown of forest A K Srivastava and Shally Ranjan had indicted the workplaces of then chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and different senior officers for fabricating fake fees towards Chaturvedi and had advocated a CBI inquiry. Subsequently the President had revoked the rate-sheet against Chaturvedi on January 19 2011. Haryana continues to deal with a regulation and order disaster with a couple of incidents of rapes being suggested over the last few days. In the beyond month at least five incidents of rape (or gang-rape) were mentioned within the nation. In three of those incidents minor women have been now not handiest raped however additionally brutalised through the accused. On Tuesday a three-12 months-antique girl was allegedly raped by way of a 14-yr-vintage boy in her colony in Hisar district following which the accused become apprehended on Wednesday. The boy who lived in her neighbourhood allegedly raped the girl on Tuesday when her mother and father who're day by day wage labourers were away for paintings. The accused allegedly threatened the female later with dire result and fled from the spot she said. According to the grievance the female narrated the incident to her parents once they back home. In some other case of brutal sexual attack inside the country a 50-year-antique guy turned into arrested for allegedly mutilating the personal components of a ten-year-vintage woman by way of placing a wood item police said on Monday. The incident befell in an area near Pinjore and the police said that as in step with the criticism the accused had now not raped the female however assaulted her in a brutal way. A 15-yr-old female s half-naked body was located on 13 January near the bank of a canal in a village in Jind district days after she had long past lacking from her village in Kurukshetra district. The girl changed into brutally assaulted her private elements mutilated and a number of the critical organs ruptured police had said. The decomposed body of the main suspect in the case turned into recovered at Bateda near the Karnal-Kurukshetra border on Tuesday night time. The suspect who become missing since the time of the crime become recognised to the sufferer CNN-News18 reported. Representational photo. Reuters Hindustan Times suggested that the circle of relatives of the accused stated that he couldn t have committed the crime. He couldn t even kill a rat they said. A Class XII scholar he went to the same college as the girl who turned into his classes junior. Both came from the identical village have been Dalits or even had the same lessons instructors. On Sunday the body of the every other victim an eleven-12 months-antique girl become observed in a village in Haryana s Panipat district. The professional stated she became abducted through two guys on Saturday night when she had long past out to throw rubbish within the village dump yard. The police stated that the two guys who lived in her neighbourhood were arrested on Sunday. After abducting her the accused took her to a residence in which they allegedly raped and strangled her. They additionally burnt her clothes in a bid to destroy proof. In Faridabad district a 22-yr-vintage female who become returning home from work on Sunday evening became kidnapped and gang-raped by way of 4 men in a moving vehicle for almost two hours an NDTV record said. In any other incident in December a six-year-old woman turned into raped and killed in Uklana region in Hisar district. Some unidentified men had allegedly abducted the female when she become napping along with her sister and mother at their domestic in a slum place. Doctors who carried out the post-mortem exam had said that the victim s gut become ruptured during he incident. Politicians react The incidents have led the Congress to call for the dismissal of the Manohar Lal Khattar authorities in Haryana alleging a whole breakdown of regulation and order inside the kingdom. A Congress delegation led by way of former leader minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda submitted a memorandum to the governor on Wednesday and sought the imposition of President s Rule in the country. In response Khattar advised political events now not to politicise such issues. Describing the latest incidents of violence against girls as unlucky Khattar assured humans that the authorities would take all measures to arrest the culprits and put them in the back of bars. Such incidents are distinctly condemnable and we should talk collectively how to avoid this sort of heinous crimes in future Khattar said. Police officials have been directed to heighten patrolling in their respective regions. Apart from suspension of NGOs 3 IG (Inspector General) stage officials had been transferred. A quantity of projects are being taken to similarly enhance the operating of police he said. Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said that on a median a rape and a murder appear in Haryana every 8 hours. I assume it is time that crime prevention and crime manage is taken significantly by means of the chief minister who's additionally the house minister of the kingdom he stated. It is an difficulty approximately the protection of the female baby and girls. People in Delhi are as a good deal affected by the developing crime incidents in Haryana as everywhere else so I assume Government of India should additionally take stock of this deteriorating situation and speak to the chief minister and reprimand him if necessary Surjewala stated. Haryana BJP media in-charge Rajiv Jain on Wednesday condemned the current incidents of gang rapes in the state and said the country authorities would take strict movement in these kinds of instances and ensure that the culprits were given most punishment. Defending the BJP government on this trouble Jain talked about that incidents of rapes gang rapes murders and honour killings passed off often throughout the tenure of previous Congress authorities (2005-2014). With inputs from businesses CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu men started out their marketing campaign in rousing fashion with a complete 113-fifty eight victory over Haryana on the hole day of the 68th National Basketball Championship at Nehru Indoor Stadium right here on Wednesday. Having completed runners-up final yr it became as emphatic a statement as feasible from the hosts as they look to head one better this time around. Right from the primary area Tamil Nadu had been in the driving seat as they went about their undertaking with rigour and reason. Starting with Jeeva P Aravind Annadurai Prasana Venkatesh Justin J and Raghu Ram MA it turned into a courageous selection name through Tamil Nadu as they overlooked India players Akilan Pari and Rikin Pethani from the starting 5. Coach Milan Opacic s selection highlighted the Serbian s self assurance within the squad as they cruised to a 27-19 lead at the cease of the first sector. If that was stunning there has been greater to comply with. In the second one region TN imposed themselves on a timid Haryana side which controlled only six factors inside the whole area. The outcome was TN strolling away with a sixty five-25 lead through the half-time c program languageperiod. As the groups came again out TN gave some of their other players a chance secure within the know-how that the competition changed into sealed of their favour. Justin become the top-scorer for the house aspect with 22 points. While Ankit turned into the lone vivid spot for Haryana with 18 points to his credit it wasn t exact sufficient. Tamil Nadu will now be up towards Gujarat in any other Group B stumble upon on Thursday. Gujarat might be desperate for a win to boost their morale having lost to Punjab sixty five-seventy six on Wednesday. For the guys from Punjab Gurvinder Singh Gill turned into the top-scorer with 22 factors while Satnam Singh contributed 17 points. Defending champions Uttarakhand meanwhile also had a clean beginning to the tournament as they edged past Odisha 85-62. Kerala who are protecting champions in the girls s segment will start their campaign towards Karnataka on Thursday. TN ladies beat MP: Like their male counterparts the TN ladies too had little hassle in their opener. Facing Madhya Pradesh they prevailed 68-48 in a Group A stumble upon on Wednesday. TN s S Pushpa lived up to her recognition as one of the younger players to observe out for scoring a complete of 14 factors for the aspect. They may be up against Chattisgarh subsequent. The Manohar Lal Khattar authorities in Haryana has banned the discharge of Sanjay Leela Bhansali s arguable film Padmaavat Health Minister Anil Vij stated these days. Vij said a decision to this effect was taken at a assembly of the country Cabinet maintaining in view the emotions of a large range of folks who felt that historical had been distorted inside the period drama. The minister said that inside the previous Cabinet assembly too he had demanded a ban at the movie. In the ultimate cupboard meeting I had raised the problem of banning the movie due to distortion of historical facts by the filmmaker Vij stated. In that meeting the chief minister had confident that after the censor board clears the film a selection will be taken via the government he brought. In these days s Cabinet meeting I once more raised the difficulty and said the movie have to be banned in Haryana keeping in view the law and order state of affairs of the nation because the movie changed into facing stiff opposition from diverse quarters Vij advised newshounds here after the meeting. He said the whole Cabinet which met right here these days underneath the chairmanship of Chief Minister Khattar supported him after which a choice become taken to ban the release of the movie in Haryana. Film Padmavati/Padmavat banned in Haryana the senior Cabinet Minister had tweeted earlier. Film Padmavati/Padmavat banned https://www.sophia.org/users/ahmed-khan/ in Haryana

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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-generation policy that eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in a move that critics say is the brand new instance of Trump management regulations that might harm communities of colour who have traditionally been targeted by means of anti-drug directives. An official at the Justice Department said that the guidelines installed place by using the administration of President Barack Obama to ease federal enforcement of recreational marijuana vendors abiding by using state laws created a secure harbour for the marijuana industry to perform in these states and... There's a notion that this is inconsistent with what the federal regulation says. Federal prosecutors have now been instructed to disregard that Obama policy and have been advised to approach recreational marijuana dispensaries working according to country law inside the same way that they could another case. Read greater Mike Tyson to open forty-acre marijuana inn known as Tyson Ranch It become interpreted as a secure harbour for people Mr Sessions stated of the Obama-generation guidelines. This memo does now not have secure harbours in it. During the Obama generation several states moved to pass recreational marijuana legal guidelines such as Colorado and Washington states. And just days in the past California opened up its leisure marijuana marketplace -- the biggest state within the united states to this point to do it. Critics of the brand new Department of Justice directive point out that America s so-referred to as battle on pills has led to skyrocketing incarceration fees within the country predominantly among populations of black and brown Americans. The arrests and imprisonment that has resulted from those drug guidelines together with the ones surrounding marijuana have broken communities disenfranchised could-be voters and denied simple services to the ones who have been swept up they are saying. But this modern coverage is in-line with previous anti-drug sentiments Mr Sessions has expressed they are saying inclusive of a memo earlier despatched this final 12 months to federal prosecutors pulling back a distinctive Obama-generation coverage that allowed them to pursue lighter sentencing for crime suspects in positive instances (inclusive of drug violations). In snap shots: four/20 Marijuana global rallies 25 display all In pics: four/20 Marijuana international rallies 1/25 A man wears a marijuana leaf mask during the yearly 4/20 hashish tradition birthday celebration at Sunset Beach in Vancouver British Columbia AP 2/25 A lady smokes marijuana on Parliament Hill on four/20 in Ottawa Ontario Getty Images 3/25 James Reed smokes a joint at some point of the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado Getty Images four/25 People signal a 4/20 sign up Parliament Hill on in Ottawa Ontario Getty Images 5/25 A girl smokes marijuana on Parliament Hill on 4/20 in Ottawa Ontario. Polling released showed robust help in Canada for a government pressure to legalise recreational use of marijuana however many would really like the proposed minimum age for consumption to be raised. Sixty-3 percentage of respondents told the Angus Reid Institute they assist legalisation Getty Images 6/25 A man smokes marijuana during the once a year four/20 marijuana rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Ontario Canada http://celebrate.mywedding.com/jabong Reuters 7/25 Demonstrators smoke marijuana at some stage in the 4/20 Santiago rally in favour of legalisation in the front of the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago as part of the Global Marijuana March that's being held in loads of towns international Getty Images eight/25 People play with a ridicule marijuana joint all through a 4/20 celebration to call for legalisation and to have fun marijuana culture outdoor the Senate constructing in Mexico City Mexico Reuters 9/25 Adam Eidinger co-founder of DCMJ palms out unfastened marijuana joints to DC residents who worked on Capitol Hill as a part of the first Annual Joint Session to mark 4/20 day and promote legalising marijuana on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Getty Images 10/25 Police arrest Rachel Ramone Donlan after she handed out loose marijuana joints to DC residents who worked on Capitol Hill as part of the first Annual Joint Session to mark four/20 day and sell legalising marijuana on Capitol Hill in Washington DC AFP/Getty Images eleven/25 Police arrest Rachel Ramone Donlan after she handed out free marijuana joints to DC citizens who worked on Capitol Hill as part of the first Annual Joint Session to mark 4/20 day and promote legalising marijuana on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Getty Images 12/25 Thousands of human beings gather to smoke marijuana at some stage in the 420 Santiago rally in front of the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago Getty Images 13/25 People attend the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado Getty Images 14/25 Kevin Barron and Lasean Moore of Raleigh North Carolina percentage a joint during the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado Getty Images 15/25 Nic Ruhl takes a pull on a giant hand rolled joint at exactly four:20pm MDT for the duration of the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado Getty Images 16/25 Various cannabis paraphernalia on display at a vendor s stall for the duration of the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado Getty Images 17/25 Mo Banez of Austin Texas lighting a joint during the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado Getty Images 18/25 A guy shows a large field of cannabis at some stage in the Denver 420 Rally at Civic Center Park in Denver Colorado. The rally held yearly is a celebration of each the legalisation of hashish and hashish way of life. Colorado is one of twenty-six U.S. States together with the District of Columbia that has legalised the usage of cannabis both recreationally or medically AFP/Getty Images 19/25 Sitting in small businesses on mats shaded by means of trees inside the Rose Garden just across from the Knesset individuals lit up because the clock struck four:20 for the local version of the traditional international April 20 seasoned-marijuana activities referred to as 420 rallies Getty Images 20/25 An Israeli smokes a marijuana joint in Jerusalem during a rally at the Rose garden Getty Images 21/25 Sitting in small companies on mats shaded through timber in the Rose Garden simply throughout from the Knesset members lit up because the clock struck four:20 for the neighborhood model of the traditional global April 20 seasoned-marijuana events referred to as 420 rallies Getty Images 22/25 An Israeli woman poses with a ridicule marijuana joint in Jerusalem during a rally on the Rose lawn to have fun 420 and to specific their defiance of modern-day legal guidelines Getty Images 23/25 aelis bypass round a marijuana joint in Jerusalem in the course of a rally at the Rose lawn to rejoice 420 and to explicit their defiance of modern legal guidelines Getty Images 24/25 An Israeli smokes a marijuana joint in Jerusalem at some stage in a rally at the Rose lawn to celebrate 420 and to explicit their defiance of contemporary law Getty Images 25/25 An Israeli smokes a marijuana joint in Jerusalem on April 20 2017 throughout a rally opposite the Knesset to celebrate 420 and specific defiance of current legal guidelines AFP/Getty Images Sessions has no longer demonstrated himself to be someone who cares about those communities Maria Mcfarland Sánchez-Moreno the govt director at the Drug Policy Alliance advised The Independent. This is more proof about the callousness that he has and the willingness and hobby in pursuing guidelines on the way to harm overwhelmingly humans of colour. There were kind of 8 million marijuana arrests among 2001 and 2010 in keeping with an estimate through the American Civil Liberties Union accounting to more or less one bust every 37 seconds. That level of enforcement led to an expected 3.6 billion a yr spent on policing the drug that take a look at determined even though the availability of the drug remained in large part unchanged. Of the arrests that resulted from those busts black human beings were disproportionately impacted and have been 3.Seventy three times more likely as white human beings to be arrested for marijuana possession. But as California Colorado and Washington State -- among different states-- illustrate the frenzy for legalisation has been gaining momentum. All informed seven states and the District of Columbia have legalised recreational marijuana in a few form of every other wielding a remarkable windfall of more tax dollars counted into the hundreds of tens of millions a yr. Read extra California brings in New Year with criminal marijuana income New Year brings with it complete set of vital new laws California marijuana legal guidelines defined Number of pregnant girls the usage of marijuana rises Republicans and Democrats alike reacted to Mr Sessions alternate in policy with frustration. Jay Inslee the Democratic governor of Washington vowed to protect his nation legal guidelines in opposition to federal infringement . Meanwhile Colorado s Republican Senator Cory Gardner said that he become blind sided via the new coverage. I am prepared to take all steps vital along with holding DOJ nominees till the Attorney General lives as much as the commitment he made to me prior to his affirmation Mr Gardner wrote on Twitter. Representative Dana Rohrbacher a Republican from California framed the choice as a gift to drug cartels. The lawyer popular of the USA has just added an extravagant vacation gift to the drug cartels. By attacking the desire of the American people who overwhelmingly favour marijuana legalisation Jeff Sessions has shown a desire for permitting all commerce in marijuana to take area in the black marketplace Mr Rohrbacher wrote in a declaration a good way to inevitably bring the spike in violence he mistakenly attributes to marijuana itself. It isn't always clear what's going to occur now that the new marching orders had been handed down with the aid of the Department of Justice. The new policy doesn t explicitly order any district legal professionals to attention on enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states which have legalised the drug for recreational makes use of leaving open the opportunity that states with legalised marijuana ought to see a patchwork of enforcement efforts depending at the district. Congress has the possibility to act later this month as nicely should it pick out to and could increase price range restrictions on federal enforcement of medical marijuana dispensaries need to sufficient of an appetite exist to rebuke the attorney standard. In terms of the advantage of what this means it s one of these conditions wherein time will best tell if this actually changes the scenario at the floor Alex Kreit an professional on federal drug coverage at Thomas Jefferson School of Law informed The Independent. One federal law enforcement respectable stated his approach might not exchange. US Attorney Bob Troyer who oversees Colorado stated in a assertion that the Department of Justice had directed prosecutors to comply with standards that have long ruled all of our prosecution selections . The United States Attorney s Office in Colorado has already been guided via these standards in marijuana prosecutions focusing especially on figuring out and prosecuting individuals who create the finest safety threats to our communities across the kingdom Mr Troyer stated. We will regular with the Attorney General s cutting-edge steering keep to take this method in all of our paintings with our law enforcement companions all through Colorado . Mr Kreit stated that differing enforcement requirements would go away citizens with a weird prison landscape to navigate. I might no longer be amazed if at least a couple US legal professionals offices decide to intrude with these nation laws Mr Kreit said noting that more liberal districts may not ramp up enforcement. 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