Wish you a happy new year 2006 Saturday, December 31, 2005 | Pavan
Hyderabad police commissioner A.K. Mohanty imposed traffic restrictions around Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad on the occasion of New Year celebrations on the night of December 31. Traffic will not be allowed on NTR Marg, Necklace Rotary and Upper Tank Bund from 10 pm on December 31 to 2 am on January 1. Meanwhile, the Hyderabad city police will undertake extensive checks to curb prohibited activities on the eve of the New Year like: Drunken driving Rash driving Speeding Triple riding on two-wheelers Eve teasing Road rage Consuming liquor in public Burning crackers in public places Creating disturbance by making too much noise Throwing colours on passersby
Nizams' Jewellery Exhibition: High security Saturday, December 31, 2005 | Pavan
De-monstrating undiluted spirits in the face of heightened terrorist threat in the country, the security personnel at the Salar Jung Museum said that the priceless Nizams' Jewellery Exhibition that is being opened on Saturday would be a "smooth and hassle free affair." Deputy Commandant, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) D. Shyamala said, "We are fully geared for the big show. There is nothing to worry about." Asked whether the CISF, that is incharge of the security for the jewellery inside the SJM campus, has made any changes in view of the shooting incident in Bangalore on Wednesday, she said that the required measures were already in place and it did not have to bring about any substantial changes in its plan.
Laila gets married on Jan 6 Saturday, December 31, 2005 | Pavan
Heroine Laila is getting married to her boyfriend Mehdi, a Mumbai-based businessman.. She will tie the knots on January 6, 2005 in Mumbai. Laila, who made her debut with Egire Pavurama in Telugu and recently acted in Mr and Mrs Shailaja Krishnamurthy, was formerly involved in a love affair/scandal with Tamil director Bala who gave her a big break with Nanda and Shivaputrudu. But as Bala got married to his niece six months back, Laila seems to have lost hopes on love and is finally settling in life with Mehdi, with whom she has been dating the past six months. Mehdi gifted Laila a diamond set as a wedding present, while she has bought him a Tag Heur watch.
Senior Congress leader and Visakhapatnam-I legislator Dronamraju Satyanarayana, who died in Hyderabad on Wednesday night, was among the most important party leaders here. Known as "Apara Chanakya", he could be called a giant-killer too. In the 1977 post-Emergency Lok Sabha elections, he defied the Jaiprakash Narain wave to defeat Tenneti Viswanadham, then Janata Party State president. > Dronamraju filed a petition comprising 200 allegations of corruption against then chief minister N.T. Rama Rao. The Andhra Pradesh High Court found prima facie evidence in seven charges. Though nothing came of it, "the court comments had its impact on the 1989 elections," which NTR lost, said Pendurthy legislator Tippala Gurumurthy. Another significant victory came when he secured salaries to temple employees on par with government employees. > Close follower Vankayala Tataji said Dronamraju liked mythological plays and classical music. His favourite character was Duryodhana, and he acted the part during his youth. He was a heavy smoker, and enjoyed mimicking people. Dronamraju 'became' chief minister in a movie Tegimpu starring Bhanu Chander and BJP leaders Ch Vidyasagar and Ale Narendra, now in the Telangana Rashtra Samiti. It flopped. > Dronamraju was born on December 19, 1933, in Chinamushidivada, on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, to Dittakavi Satyanarayana and Vijayalakshmi. He lost his mother when was three months old and was adopted by village karanam Dronamraju Appalanarasimham and Sanyasamma. > He lost his adopted mother and moved to his relative's care in Vizianagaram. Graduating from MR College, he took up the hereditary post of karanam after the death of his adopted father. His wife Savitri died in 1979 and he married Parvathi a year later. He has four sons, one of whom died last year, and two daughters. Except Srinivas, who is president of Vizag city Congress committee, none of them joined politics. Dronamraju was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, to the Rajya Sabha in 1988 and 1994, and to the Assembly in a byelection from Pendurthy in 1980 and from Visakhapatnam-I in 2004.
Issue all orders in Telugu language, staff told Friday, December 30, 2005 | Pavan
Telugu Official Language Committee chairman A.B.K. Prasad stressed that there was an absolute need to change the mindset of the district officers. Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy had given the green signal for initiating stern action against anybody violating the instructions and directions of the Official Language Committee, he added. Addressing a meeting at the ZP meeting hall, Chittoor on Thursday, he said that there was no difficulty in using the official Telugu language for all correspondence. He said that the High Court had given directions to lower courts to deliver their judgements in Telugu only. He said that he had visited nine districts and observed the implementation of the official language.
YSR supports Tirumala ropeway Friday, December 30, 2005 | Pavan
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy said the proposed ropeway project from Tirupati to Tirumala was safe and eco-friendly. He said that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) would be asked to create awareness about the project among the public. The Chief Minister, who arrived at the helipad here from Hyderabad to launch the Tirupati edition of the CPI organ Visalandra, told reporters that the proposed ropeway would not affect the sanctity of the hills and that ropeways had been constructed at various hill shrines like Palani in Tamil Nadu and Haridwar.In Tirupati, due to heavy rains there were continued landslips in the second ghat road, affecting normal flow of traffic, he said, adding that in this context the construction of a ropeway would be helpful for pilgrims visiting Tirumala. The TTD trust board had recently given its nod for constructing the ropeway, the Chief Minister said. Dr Rajasekhar Reddy said the ropeway project would provide improved facilities to the pilgrims.
Decks cleared for World Bank loan to Andhra Pradesh Friday, December 30, 2005 | Pavan
The State government is likely to avail the Rs 1,600-crore Structural Adjustment Loan from the World Bank in the last quarter of 2005-2006, sources said. The decks were cleared for the loan with the Central government recommending Andhra Pradesh’s proposal to the World Bank on Monday. Sources told that the World Bank officials immediately told the State government counterparts that a high-level delegation would visit the State on January 30 to finalise the loan. The loan conditions will not have direct financial implications on the people in the form of user charges or increased taxes.
Ramadasu is my personal choice: Nagarjuna Friday, December 30, 2005 | Pavan
"People always say that whenever we do something about Lord Rama, some unforeseen events happen. Likewise, we recently lost our unit members in an accident while we were shooting at Karanataka. I offer my condolences to their family members. But when I talk about the film, I should say I have been eager to do this film ever since I was narrated the script during the shooting of my film Mass. When I accepted Annamayya, I did it for a change. But in the case of Sri Ramadasu, I have been taught about Sri Ramadasu and it's my personal choice," he told the media.
Hilton to build 5-star hotel in Hitec City Friday, December 30, 2005 | Pavan
Hilton Hotels, one of the largest hotel chains with over 500 hotels and 1,47,667 rooms worldwide, will be setting up a deluxe property in Hyderabad, the ground-breaking, or bhoomi puja, of which is scheduled to be held in the second week of January. The hotel will have 300 rooms and 100 service apartments, and is estimated to cost Rs 200 crore, sources familiar with the development told this newspaper on Thursday. The State government has allocated 4.33 acres of land adjacent to Shilpakalavedika for the hotel property. "The government has also permitted the hotel project's promoters to use Shilpaka-lavedika as a conference facility," the sources said. Hilton has formed a joint venture company with Progressive Constructions, owned by K.S. Rao, a former Congress MP, and the My Home group, promoted by Dr J. Rameshwar Rao. "Hilton has a 26 per cent stake in the company, while Progressive Constructions and My Home have a 37 per cent stake each. The hotel will be managed by Hilton," the sources said.
KCR moots pressure group in UPA Friday, December 30, 2005 | Pavan
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president and Union labour minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, under pressure from his party cadres to do something on the Telangana front, has floated a new idea to regroup the non-Congress, non-Left allies within the United Progressive Alliance to pressurise the Central government. Mr Rao's latest move, so far not supported or substantiated by any other party, comes in the wake of pressure from a section of his party, to resign from the UPA government and start a ground level agitation to revive the Telangana Statehood issue. Sources said that Mr Rao wants to buy some more time and this new idea floated by him could buy him a few more months from his followers in Telangana.Mr Rao confirmed that he had already discussed the idea with about five constituents of the UPA, including RJD supremo and railway minister Lalu Prasad. "They have, in fact, evinced interest in the proposal," he said, while expressing the hope that the first meeting of the proposed coordination panel would be held next month. Asked if the coordination panel was to pressurise the Congress to implement the demand for separate Telangana, Mr Rao said each of the partners of the UPA had their own demands specific to their regions.
NRI Events at US on 30th Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Pavan
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TRS rebels to meet today Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Pavan
After lying low for a month, the dissident group in the Telangana Rashtra Samiti will hold its meeting at an undisclosed place on the city outskirts on Thursday to chalk out a plan of action to put party president and Union minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao under constant pressure.The dissident group, comprising legislators Mandadi Satyanarayana Reddy, Duggyala Srinivasa Rao, B. Sararani and four others, is now unhappy over the alleged indifferent attitude of Mr Chandrasekhar Rao and A. Narendra.
Kalachakra Summit: Residents feel event will make life better Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Pavan
People of this historical town, have high expectations on the Kalachakra 2006. The State government has allocated over Rs 53 crores for providing basic infrastructure in the town for the grand event. Besides the visit of the Buddhist spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, Amravati residents expect a massive turnout of monks and foreign tourists. Thanks to the event the town is being given a new look, with various departments creating permanent assets. The State tourism department will be constructing a 120-feet Dhyana Buddha statue, which would be a permanent and special attraction for the town. The locals believe that the statue would pull more tourists, many of them foreigners, in the years to come. This would bring additional revenue to the town. The tourism department has also constructed a restaurant, a new addition to the town. The massive State Archaeology department building on the Guntur-Amaravati road has been redesigned as a special museum for Buddhist relics. The town is also getting internal roads, open drains, additional (high power) electricity lines, drinking water system and additional rooms and toilets for the welfare hostels.
Siddarth's two releases in January Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Pavan
Hero Siddarth is starting the New Year with two massive releases. The charming hero has two releases lined up in January 2006 – his Telugu film, Chukkallo Chandrudu and also his debut Hindi film, Rang De Basanthi. While Chukkallo Chandrudu is releasing on Sankranthi, Rang De Basanthi releases late January. In Rang De Basanthi he plays friend to the lead actor Aamir Khan
Allu Arjun's Happy audio on Jan 1st Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Pavan
Allu Arjun is not in the race for Sankranthi this time. His current film, Happy, will have a late January release. Its music is hitting the market on January 1st, 2006. Pawan Kalyan will be the chief guest for this audio release function. Aditya Music is releasing the audio into the market; Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music. Happy has almost finished its shoot; about 90 percent of the talkie has been shot. Karunakaran is directing the film with Genelia and Allu Arjun teamed up for the first time.
AICC pleanary: Congress meet motto hints at Rahul's leadership Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Pavan
The theme of the four-day AICC plenary session to be held from January 21, according to Pradesh Congress Committee president K. Keshava Rao, is 'Naya Bharat, Nayi Nasal, Nayee Awaaz' (new India, new generation and new voice). Congress circles are agog with speculation that "Nayi Nasal" refers to the generation of Mr Rahul Gandhi, son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. They expect to see the Amethi MP projected as the future leader at the session, and the GenerationNext of the party to get more space, Congress sources said. Sources said that Priyanka Gandhi too could come to the session, the sources said. However, nothing had been finalised. Sources here said that the Congress leadership would prefer to hold elections to the 12 seats for the Congress Working Committee. Nominating candidates to the elective seats on the CWC would be seen as an effort to impose leaders, these sources said.
Veteran Congress leader and Visakhapatnam-I legislator Dronamraju Satyanarayana died on Wednesday night at Care Hospital, Hyderabad.He was 73. He was ailing for the past week and had been airlifted here from Visakhapatnam on Monday. Satyanarayana suffered from multi-organ failure and was on life support and had gone into coma on Tuesday night. He had celebrated his birthday on December 19. Known as Apara Chanakya, his biggest moment came when he defeated Tenneti Viswanadham in the Lok Sabha elections in 1977 during the Jaiprakash Narayan wave. He was twice member of the Rajya Sabha, twice of the Assembly and chairman of the Visakhapatnam zilla parishad.
Zee Telefilms lone southern player Zee Telugu has completed six months.Topping Zee Telugu's strategy as the channel driver is the interactive gameshow Gold Rush, running Monday to Thursday from 9 pm to 10 pm. Anchored by popular Telugu television personality Udayabhanu, the show is targeted at housewives. The channel has been using a locally created format and the winners are awarded gold as the name suggests. > As per the Tam data offered by the channel, Gold Rush has helped Zee Telugu to claim the fourth place in the particular time band, behind Gemini TV, ETV and Teja TV. According to the Tam data provided for week 48, Zee Telugu has recorded a share of 1.24 per cent for weekdays while for weekends it is 1.86 per cent. Quoting the Tam data, the channel claims that its programme GRPs have touched the 50 mark in week 49.
Round Up 2005: Telugu TV Market Wednesday, December 28, 2005 | Pavan
Kalanithi Maran's Sun Network blew the bugle first by unveiling its fourth Telugu player Adithya TV -- an entertainment channel targeting the youth in April this year. The channel, with a strong line-up of music shows, films, film-related programming, events, chat shows and various live interactive programmes, got along with the viewers instantly. > Zee Telugu unveiled a brand new line up, especially for the primetime, during the re-launch. In its efforts to bring in the female viewership, it launched a ladies only game show Goldrush and four daily soaps. The channel has also introduced various music and film based shows while knocking off some Hindi-dubbed shows in the process. > Maa TV's plans to launch a news channel is yet to materialise while the uplinking issues affected Raj TV Network's plans to launch a Telugu news channel. > Presently, as per Tam ratings, TV9 and ETV2 lead the news channel pack and Teja News is in the last spot. Both ETV2 and TV9 were launched ahead elections which helped the channels to get established to a great extent. At the same time, Teja News didn't have any major news properties to cash-in on during its launch. > In its second year, a succsssful run it has been enjoying uptil now has inspired TV9 to plan a Kannada news channel.
A Tibetan tent for Kalachakra summit at Amaravati Wednesday, December 28, 2005 | Pavan
The Dalai Lama will be preaching from a splendorous Tibetan tent in Kalachakra-2006, to be held in Amaravati from January 5 to January 16. This is the first time a Tibetan-style structure has been erected to host the Buddhist summit. The tent has been raised over a three tier stage measuring 67 feet and the roof panels have been decorated with traditional Tibetan Thangka art in 11 colours. Facing the tent is a 120-foot statue of the meditating Buddha in the Dhyana Buddha Vihar on the west side. "The earlier Kalachakra summits were hosted in ordinary buildings and conference halls," said Dojee La, who is in charge of beautification of the tent. "It is indeed a great privilege to create this traditional tent." Designed by master Thangka painter Tenpa Choephel of Norbulingka Institute, the tent features traditional Tibetan symbols like umbrellas, gold fish, pots, conchs, fruits, and mirrors.
Count down: 9 days left for the Kalachakra Buddist Summit Wednesday, December 28, 2005 | Pavan
Though only nine days are left for the Kalachakra Buddhist summit, many arrangements are still to be made by the district administration. The administration had earlier promised to complete all works, including the laying of roads and pipelines and construction of toilets and health centres before Christmas. It has now extended the deadline to December 31. As per the agreed-to schedule, the venue has to be handed over to the organising committee by January 1. Construction of a divider on the main road is in the initial stage and the small lane that leads to the venue from the main road is yet to be completed. Even the road which is exclusively for the Dalai Lama from the Vijayanthi Guest House is yet to be completed. But work is going on at a fast pace as the spiritual leader is expected to arrive here by January 2. The AP Transco has started erecting poles on Tuesday to bring electricity to the venue. Officials have opened a control room at the Mandal Revenue Office on Tuesday, while the medial and health department has only started deploying its first batch of staffers.
Human stem cells can treat liver failure Wednesday, December 28, 2005 | Pavan
A group of doctors and scientists here is ready to take up human clinical trials to treat end-stage liver failure using grafted stem cells. "There's no need for us to wait further. All our studies on animal models have be-en successful," said hepatologist C.M. Habeebullah, who is chairman of Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics (CLRD). "The idea is to repopulate the cells in the damaged liver within three to four days of grafting of stem cells," he said. He said that stem cell technology could help doctors overcome the shortage of livers for transplant. CLRD and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology have jointly carried out research on stem cell technology to treat end-stage liver failure. Dr Habeebullah was delivering the keynote address, Stem cells, clinical applications Hype or hope, organised by the Indian National Science Academy at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology at Hyderabad on Tuesday. Referring to the method of transplantation of stem cells from adult donors, carried out at many places, he said its success was limited due to reduced proliferation capacity in in vivo (within the body) conditions. Data from liver studies had shown that hepatic pro-genitor, or oval, cells (liver cells which activate themselves and regenerate cells) proliferate when transplanted within the liver (intra-hepatically), he said.
List of DUBBING Telugu films in the year 2005 Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
1. Jan 28 Rakshasudu 2. Jan 28 Shatru 3. Feb 11 Rowdy Mutha 4. Feb 18 Simha Garjana 5. Feb 25 Jaisurya 6. Feb 25 Bhutala dibba 7. Mar 5 vishanagini 8. Mar 11 Junior Jamesbond 9. Mar 11 Rakshana 10. Mar 18 Gudachari 116 11. Apr 8 Lady Brucelee 12. Apr 8 Excorsist 2 13. Apr 14 Chandramukhi 14. Apr 14 Mumbai Express 15. Apr 14 the Dangerous Forest 16. Apr 15 Deyyam Veta 17. Apr 29 xxx-s secret agent 18. May 13 Mayadvepamlo Mantragatte 19. May 13 Dhoolpet Policestation 20. May 27 Underworld 21. May 27 Vastad 22. May 27 Manmadha 23. May 27 Winner 24. May 27 Air Bud 25. Jun 10 Nuvve naaku pranam 26. Jun 10 Deyyala Kompa 27. Jun 17 Aparichitudu 28. Jun 24 Kiladi 29. Jun 30 Guru 30. Jul 9 Marshal Arts 31. Jul 15 Koti 32. Jul 15 War of Worlds 33. Jul 29 Agni Betaludu 34. Jul 30 Satti 35. Aug 1 Sahara - Sahasame Vijayam 36. Aug 12 Major Rana PRatap 37. Aug 12 Deyyala Kota 2 38. Aug 25 Akhandudu 39. Aug 26 Vikram 40. Aug 26 Naluguru Monagallu 41. Aug 26 The real dragon 42. Sep 9 Kartavyam 43. Sep 16 James 44. Sep 16 antarishna pishacalu 45. Sep 23 Remo 46. Sep 23 Judgement 47. Sep 30 Deyyalaku mogudu 48. Sep 30 Chalaki Raani - Kiladi raaja 49. Oct 2 Jee 50. Oct 12 Premiste 51. Oct 13 Terminator 4 52. Oct 21 Akasam lo bhukampam 53. Oct 21 Kamakshi 54. Nov 1 Maza 55. Nov 4 Gazini 56. Nov 11 SMS Memu vyasuku vacham 57. Nov 11 Jaggubhai 58. Nov 26 Marana Poratam 59. Dec 1 S.P.Nayak 60. Dec 2 Premadukanam 61. Dec 3 Aaru 62. Dec 16 Kingkong 63. Dec 24 Natudu 64. Dec 29 Bharath Chandra 65. Dec 30 Meckanass gold 66. Dec 30 Praacheena Kamasutra
List of STRAIGHT Telugu film in the year 2005 Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
1. Jan 1 Pelli kaani pellam avutundi 2. Jan 6 Balu ABCDEF 3. Jan 6 Bucchi Babu 4. Jan 14 Dhana 51 5. Jan 14 Naa Alludu 6. Jan 14 Nuvvu Vastanatne Nenoddantana 7. Jan 21 Evadi gola Vadidi 8. Feb 4 Aare.. ! 9. Feb 4 786 O Khaidi Prema katha 10. Feb 4 Keelugurram 11. Feb 5 Pandem 12. Feb 10 Evaru Nenu 13. Feb 11 Orey Pandu 14. Feb 12 Dhairyam 15. Feb 12 Manasu Maata Vinadu 16. Feb 18 Thanks 17. Feb 18 Sankranthi 18. Feb 24 Radhagopalam 19. Feb 25 Relax 20. Feb 26 Sravanamasam 21. Mar 3 Slokam 22. Mar 4 Youth 23. Mar 5 Okkare Kani Iddaru 24. Mar 5 Prayatnam 25. Mar 5 Premika 26. Mar 11 Swamishankar 27. Mar 25 Chakram 28. Mar 25 Sada Mee Sevalo 29. Mar 25 Kiladi kurrallu 30. Mar 30 Rowdy Raani 32. Mar 31 Soggadu 32. Mar 31 Swetha Seventh 33. Apr 1 Andagadu 34. Apr 6 Bunny 35. Apr 6 Avunanna Kadanna 36. Apr 15 Muddula Mogudu - allari Pellam 37. Apr 21 Ayodhya 38. Apr 22 Subhash Chandra bose 39. Apr 28 Hungama 40. Apr 28 Mr.Errababu 41. Apr 28 The 10 Strangers 42. May 6 Naa pranam kante Ekkuva 43. May 7 Antanokkade 44. May 12 bhadra 45. May 13 Kukuma 46. May 20 Narasimhudu 47. Jun 3 Atta neekuturekkada 48. Jun 4 Andarivaadu 49. Jun 10 Meghamala O pellam Gola 50. Jun 10 Kadante Avunananile 51. Jun 10 Valayam 52. Jun 17 Mogudu pellala Dongata 53. Jun 24 Jagapathi 54. Jun 24 anna Sainyam 55. Jun 24 Devi Abhayam 56. Jun 30 Anukokunda Oka roju 57. Jul 1 Naa upiri 58. Jul 1 Nireekshna 59. Jul 1 Oka Urilo Modalina Premaktha 60. Jul 8 Anukshanam 61. Jul 9 A film by Aravind 62. Jul 15 Kanchanamala Cable TV 63. Jul 15 Manasa 64. Jul 21 Super 65. Jul 22 Siva 66. Jul 29 Punyabhumi 67. Jul 29 Rendella Taruvaata 68. Jul 29 Manmadharavula Kosam 69. Jul 29 Gulabeelu 70. Aug 4 Premikulu 71. Aug 5 Nikkis Engagement 72. Aug 10 Atadu 73. Aug 12 Nuvvante Naakistam 74. Aug 12 Gopalam 75. Aug 12 deeksha 76. Aug 19 Andhrudu 77. Aug 19 Please Naaku pellayindi 78. Aug 19 Master Minds 79. Aug 19 Sorry Vellostanu.. itlu Deyyam 80. Aug 20 Adirndayya Chandram 81. Aug 25 123 from Amalapuram 82. Aug 26 Grahanam 83. Aug 26 Madanika 84. Sep 1 Okkade 85. Sep 1 Muddula Koduku 86. Sep 7 Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu 87. Sep 8 Atanu + Ame = 9 88. Sep 9 Viri Viri Gummadi pandu 89. Sep 9 Amma mida ottu 90. Sep 9 Rambha I love u 91. Sep 15 allari Bullodu 92. Sep 16 Nayakudu 93. Sep 16 O chirugaali 94. Sep 22 Good Boy 95. Sep 29 Political Rowdy 96. Sep 30 Chatrapathi 97. Oct 5 Allari Pidugu 98. Oct 13 bhageeradha 99. Oct 21 Modati Cinema 100. Oct 21 Vamsam 101. Oct 21 Kanne Vayasu 102. Oct 22 Apple 103. Oct 28 Bhama KAlapam 104. Oct 29 Danger 105. Oct 29 Mogudus - Pellams 106. Oct 29 Mestri 107. Nov 4 Pandu.. ee center ayina ok 108. Nov 18 Meenakshi 109. Nov 18 Ayinda leda 110. Nov 19 Ramba - Urvasi 111. Nov 19 bhagavan 112. Nov 23 Seenugadu Chiranjeevi fan 113. Nov 25 Honeymoon 114. Nov 26 Vennela 115. Dec 1 Blue 116. Dec 2 Muckachitram .. life style 117. Dec 3 Sree 118. Dec 3 Mahanandi 119. Dec 9 Kaaki 120. Dec 10 Paurusham 121. Dec 10 Yuvakulu 122. Dec 10 Yekkadikeltundo Manasu 123. Dec 16 Sahasam 124. Dec 16 Whistles 125. Dec 16 Venkat tho Alivelu 126. Dec 21 Jai Chiranjeeva 127. Dec 24 Alex 128. Dec 30 Gautam SSC 129. Dec 30 Magasimham
Jai Chiranjeeva Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Bhumika Chawla, Sameera Reddy, Arbaz Khan, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Rahul Dev, Brahamanandam, Tanikella Bharani, MS Narayana, Sunil, Venu Madhav, Pingpong, Sameer, Kondavalasa, Uttej, Sudha & Sujitha Story - dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas Music: Mani Sharma > Story Satyanarayana Murthy (Chiranjeevi) is a good hearted man in Amalapuram. The sudden death of his niece comes as a rude shock to him. But later on, he realizes that it was not a natural death, but died due to a careless shootout. He visits Hyderabad in search of the culprit who killed his niece. The rest of the story is all about how he accomplished it with the help of divine intervention and Neelima (Bhumika Chawla). > Analysis Chiranjeevi is in his elements again in this film by playing it to the galleries in comedy department. 70% of the scenes involving Chiranjeevi are dealt in humorous way. First half of the film is satisfactory with entertainment. There is lag in the second half. Sunil, marriage and Brahmanandam episodes are dealt well in the second half. Climax should have been handled better. The plus points of the film are Chiranjeevi and comedy dialogues by Trivikram. On the flipside, the main revenge objective of hero was not efficiently projected. We have to wait and see how Jai Chiranjeeva! fares at the box office!
Students to give marks to teachers Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
Andhra University academic senate has approved the system of valuation of teachers by students. Disclosing this to newsmen here on Monday, vice-chancellor Prof. Venugopala Raddy said a questionnaire has already been prepared for this system which was decided upon in earlier senate meeting. The senate also approved the reintroduction of revaluation of post-graduate examinations from the current academic year. The meeting was held at Visakhapatnam on Monday was presided over by chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education Prof. K. C. Reddy. "PG revaluation system was abolished four years ago," said Prof. L. Venugopala Reddy. The senate also decided to introduce six months diploma course in yoga and consciousness from next month onwards and a three months certificate course in Telugu for non-Telugu students. Physically fit students with Intermediate qualification would be eligible for the yoga course, the vice-chancellor said.
NRIs cheat Swiss doctor Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
A Swiss ophthalmogist who spent Rs 7 crores to set up a superspecialities hospital in a East Godavari village finds himself barred by the people who run it. Andre Mermoud, 45, associated professor and head of the department’s glucoma unit, University of Lausanne, funded an orphanage in Kesavadaspalem in East Godavari, 256 km from here. An Indophile, he wanted to set up a charitable superspecialities hospital but was deterred by the high land costs. Enter Solomon Darvin and his French wife Amy. Dr Mermoud accidentally met the couple in France in 2001. They heard of his dream project and offered land in their native village Mori, close to the orphanage. They ran the Project India Compassion Trust (PICT) that owned the land. "An oral contract was entered into and it was decided the Trust would look after the administration and I the medical side," Dr Mermoud told. Rs 1 crore was put in PICT's account in five phases in 2001. The hospital was completed in October 2002 and the total transmission was Rs 4 crore. Equipment worth Rs 3 crores was set up. When he ran short, Dr Andre floated Vision For All, a voluntary organisation, and raised funds. More than 50 doctors from Switzerland visited the hospital. An agreement was entered into with LV Prasad Eye Foundation and the University of Lausanne for technology transfer and periodical inspection. Suddenly, things soured. "Mr Darvin objected to the appointment of Hindu doctors," Dr Mermoud said. But the first surgery had been conducted in June 2003 and the hospital inaugurated in July 2003, without his knowledge. In August this year, Mr Darvin wrote to Dr Mermoud that he would not be allowed into the hospital, and that he could only send the money. "I was shocked and decided to file a case," Dr Mermoud said. His counsel T.V.S. Kanakaraju said a criminal case was filed in Rajolu court in East Godavari and a complaint registered with Saketipalem police station. But, in July, Mr Darvin had filed caveats in East Godavari courts, The couple is holidaying in the US and could not be contacted.
Tsunami-One year: Victims fail to get houses Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
The Gunturdistrict administration has failed to provide permanent houses to the tsunami victims in the district. For the district, Rs 12.84 crore was sanctioned for construction of 3,209 houses in Bapatla and Kuchinapudi Assembly constituencies. The task was handed down to the organisations like Dioceses, Rotary, IREF, AMG and so on. These organisations assured to add some more funds to Rs 40,000 being shared by the government. But they never specified the figure. It was targeted to finish the housing construction by September as they were sanctioned in April. But, gradually all the schedules were surpassed without any outcome. Though there was no dearth of land at Nizampatnam, some revenue officials reportedly tried to purchase the lands of local MLA Mopidevi Venkataramana. But, it was revealed that the land being offered for sale was an assigned land on which transactions were cancelled after 1977.
Maoists fear drives "Ponnala" to take bus Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
Naxal fear is forcing ministers to take extra precautions while embarking on trips to interior forest areas. Major irrigation minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who comes from this district, on Monday visited Medaram, the venue of Sammakka-Saralamma tribal fair, located in the thick Tadwai forests amidst unprecedented security and secrecy. The minister, who travelled in his official vehicle till Mulug, 70 km from here, took an ordinary RTC bus from there to reach Medaram, a distance of 60 km. The other RTC buses in the area were also diverted on the route in which the minister's bus travelled so as to confuse the Naxalites. A police constable was posted at every culvert on the Hanamkonda-Medaram route.
Hyderabad shivers as mercury drops Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
The mercury dropped four degrees Celsius in a day, sending Hyderabadis rushing back for their sweaters and shawls that they had kept aside in view of the warm nights last week. The minimum temperature on Sunday (for which recordings are available on Monday) was 11.5°C, four degrees below Saturday’s 15.5ºC. From 10.8°C on December 17, the minimum temperature had gone up to 19.6ºC on December 23. It began dropping gradually, but Sunday night saw the steepest fall. Experts at the Hyderabad Meteorological Department attributed the recent spell of warm weather to the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal. The depression he-ld off the chilly wind blowing in from the north. With the depression gone, the northern winds clutched the region in its grip. HMD director G. Sudhakar Rao told, "due to the cyclone, the warm clouds increased the temperatures."
Tsunami one year: Disaster cell not ready for calamity Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
There have been several false alarms about tsunamis after the big one struck on December 26 last year, but the State government's department for disaster management (DDM) is yet to take its first steps towards being prepared for disasters, sources said. The DDM is yet to concretise a plan for evacuation, identification of risk prone zones and chalking up sea water inundation zones to counter high tides, the sources said. The DDM is the sole agency for taking up such activities in the State. The aspect of preparing evacuation zones is vital considering the number of casualties caused by last year's tsunami. Even the process of training people living in the high risk zones by conducting mock drills not only for a tsunami-like situations and also the frequent cyclones in the coastal districts have not been taken up by the department officials, sources said.
High Court stays move to gift land to SS Trust Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
The Andhra Pradesh High Court stayed the proposal to allot prime land abutting the Osmania University campus, where the Central Training Institute for the Disabled is located, to Sri Satya Sai Trust. A division bench comprising Justice T. Meena Kumari and Justice K.C. Bhanu told the authorities not to allot the land, which is being utilised for the welfare of the disabled persons, to a private trust. The bench said it was open to the government to allot an alternative site to the trust. The interim orders were passed on a taken-up writ responding to a letter by one G. Sravan Kumar complaining against the proposal. The State had written to the Centre asking for the land in exchange for a site on the outskirts of the city. The court observed that the (present) site would be more convenient for the disabled and they cannot be asked to go for training to the outskirts of the city for the sake of a private trust. It also said that allotment of land for a private trust would not serve any public purpose.
RSS plans to woo BCs into its fold Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
The RSS invite to Backward Classes leader R. Krishnaiah to Sunday's convention in the city was part of a bigger plan to attract the BCs by including them in its fight against the five per cent reservations to Muslims, sources said. The RSS for the first time organised meetings on caste basis to unite leaders of the BCs against the government's decision to provide reservations to Muslims. It held meetings in all the district headquarters and invited BC leaders to oppose the quota. Earlier, for the first time, it elevated Mr P. Venkateswara Rao, who belongs to the Scheduled Castes, to the level of saha sanghchalak, deputy chief of the State unit.Political circles were of the view that the invitation to Mr Krishnaiah was part of the RSS’ efforts to come out of its 'upper caste' image. "There is a nationwide effort by the RSS to reach out to the deprived sections," State BJP vicepresident S.V. Seshagiri Rao pointed out.
Tight security to the Dalai Lama for Kalachakra Tuesday, December 27, 2005 | Pavan
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy instructed the police department to ensure tightest possible security to the Dalai Lama and his entourage during the 12-day Kalachakra empowerment programme to be held at Amaravati in Guntur from January 5 to January 16, 2006. Interacting with the officials concerned through video conference from Secretariat, Dr Rajasekhar Reddy said the Dalai Lama and his disciples were the most important dignitaries and hence it was the responsibility of the State government to provide all faciltiies and security to them. "We have to take extreme care to ensure that they (monks) are not put to any sort of inconvenience. Police should see that the Buddhist monks are not ill-treated or cheated by the local antisocial elements. A proper grievance redressal mechanism should be in place during the ceremony," he said. The Chief Minister also asked the police department to make all arrangements for the smooth flow of traffic and ensure that there are be no traffic snarls anywhere, as more than a lakh tourists were expected to attend the Kalachakra ceremony. The officials explained to him that thoroughfare over Prakasam barrage would be thrown open for vehicular traffic during the Kalachakra, which would ease the traffic flow.
Jai Chiranjeeva screening in US Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
Due to the MTA transit strike in New York City, JC will not be able to move the prints from JFK airport to Newark and ship them out to various centers – in time for Wednesday’s screenings. Because of this, Wednesday’s shows are cancelled in the following centers. According to sources regular shows will start from Thursday onwards. > 1 San Jose 2 Dallas 3 St. Louis 4 Chicago 5 Memphis 6 Detroit 7 Kansas City There is a very good chance of screening the film on Wednesday in the following centers. 1 New Jersey (North Bergen) 2 Virginia 3 Atlanta 4 Boston If not for the MTA transit strike, JC would have continued with the Wednesday’s screenings.
Court strikes at illegal constructions Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
The AP High Court struck in a big way at illegal constructions in the twin cities. It directed the government and municipal corporation not to regularise any illegal construction whether by administrative action or otherwise. It also set up a mechanism to speedily deal with all pending cases on illegal constructions.The bench comprising Chief Justice Ganpath Singh Singhvi and Justice R. Subash Reddy was dealing with an appeal filed by M.V. Srinivas seeking the court's intervention to stop illegal construction on a vacant site abutting Manasa Apartment at Begumpet.
Hoax bomb hits theatre screening new film Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
A telephone call saying that a bomb had been placed in Maha Lakshmi theatre at Kothapet (Hyderabad) on Nagole road turned out to be a hoax. The theatre, seating about 600 persons was screening a new film on Wednesday. Police asked the theatre authorities to advance the interval soon after they received the phone call. The viewers were asked to go out of the theatre and police pressed a bomb disposal squad into service. They checked the theatre for an hour and found no bomb.
Policy on new dams soon: YSR Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
The State government will issue a comprehensive policy on irrigation to clear doubts on the ongoing Rs 26,000-crore 25-dam Jala Yagnam, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy said. It would contain details on contentious issues like region-wise allocation of water, irrigated area and inter-State issues, besides environmental and rehabilitation issues.The Chief Minister told mediapersons after an all-party meeting on the Pothireddypadu head-regulator issue (which diverts water to Kadapa) that the State would consider the views of experts before finalising the policy. He said that the government would hold its all-party meeting on Pola-varam in the first week of January.
CM sops to be checked by AICC panel Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
The election manifesto committee of the All-India Congress Congress Committee (AICC) will make surprise field visits in different parts of the State on March 4 and 5 in 2006 to study the implementation of various promises made by the State Congress in its election manifesto.The manifesto committee, comprising AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, PCC president K. Keshava Rao, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and others met at Hyderabad to review the implementation of election promises. Mr Digvijay Singh said the committee had thoroughly gone into the implementation of promises in various State government departments and expressed satisfaction over the progress made so far.
IIIT's e-sagu gives good yield in Warangal Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
e-sagu, the IT-based personalised agricultural extension system taken out by the city-based International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), has been a success in Warangal. In all, 1,000 farmers took part in the project and each farmer earned a profit of about Rs 3,820 per acre from their cotton fields. Emboldened by this, agricultural scientists have decided to extend the project to 5,000 farmers growing six varieties of crops in 25 villages in Khammam, Ranga Reddy, Mahbubnagar, Anantapur, Warangal and West Godavari.
Andhra to fight Orissa on Polavaram Thursday, December 22, 2005 | Pavan
The State government has decided to challenge before the Central Water Commission (CWC), the contention of the Orissa government that the Indira Sagar (Polavaram) project will submerge several villages and agricultural lands and displace hundreds of tribal and non-tribal families in Orissa. Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik had written to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy recently, resenting the decision to build the dam without consulting his government. He had demanded that the work be stopped forthwith pending discussions. He also wrote to the CWC expressing an-guish that it gave clearances without consultations.
NTR Ashok in Turkey Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
Two songs are currently being shot for Ashok on NTR and Sameera Reddy for Ashok in picturesque locations of Turkey. The unit will be back in Hyderabad this month end. And then the director Surender Reddy will can the interval bang and climax action sequences here in Hyderabad > Dil Raju who recently tasted sucess with Chatrapathi distribution in Nizam bagged Jr. NTR's Ashok. Rumor is that he paid whooping sum of four crores twenty eight lakhs for the film.
State's finances show dip in fortune Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
Despite the government's tall claims, the State's financial position does not look too bright, if one were to go by the mid-year economic review.Finance minister K. Rosaiah tabled the report on the halfyearly financial performance in the Assembly on Tuesday. The report assesses the economy’s performance from April to September. Though revenue receipts (tax and non-tax revenue) have gone up marginally by about Rs 730 crore in the first half, there was a steep decline in capital receipts such as recovery of loans by about Rs 2,637 crore when compared to the same period last year. Because of this, the total receipts came down from Rs 20,844.58 crore in the first half of 2004 to Rs 18,364.94 crore this year. Recovery of loans was extremely poor: Rs 77.23 crore against Rs 658.52 crore last year.
FIR on colleges with false claims Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
A division bench of the High Court asked the State government to register FIRs against corporate colleges which issued false advertisements. The bench asked the police to complete the investigation in this matter within a month and to proceed as per the provisions of law.The bench passed the orders while responding to a letter written by Giri Kumar from Nellore complaining that due to the advertisements, parents were pressurising children to get ranks. The bench passed orders in a PIL seeking enquiry into the advertisement by Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions claiming that their candidates had secured certain ranks.
DNA helps nab killers Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
DNA fingerprinting of bloodstains found on the clothes of the victim and suspects helped police to crack a murder case. On the basis of this evidence, police arrested Mohammed Hameed alias Abu, 22, a resident of Kishanbagh and Syed Saber, 22, of Gulbarga in Karnataka, for killing a person in Mangalghat. They were produced before court and remanded to judicial custody. The murder took place on November 4. Hameed and Saber were walking along the road in an inebriated condition and a person bumped on them accidentally. "The duo got angry and there was a scuffle. They slit his throat and smashed his head with a boulder," said the West Zone Deputy Commissioner Amit Garg.
FM radio to target villages Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
A group of entrepreneurs hopes to take digital FM radio to the villages in 15 districts. The AP State DTH, FM Radio and Digital Cinema Federation is to spend about Rs 1 crore initially for setting up a network of FM stations in the districts. Apart from popular entertainment, the stations, which will be linked to each other, will broadcast information pertaining to agriculture, medical emergencies, trade and weather. Since FM radio covers a small area, the information can be highly area-specific. The federation was formed by a group of technicians belon-ging to the AP Broadcasting Engineering Society (BES).
Bolt from blue: Astronomy students can't teach maths Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
Students doing post-graduate astronomy course at the Osmania University are shocked at the decision by authorities not to allow them to teach physics and maths at intermediate, degree and polytechnic courses. This means that the 60-odd students of the university will not be eligible for the posts of lecturers in junior and degree colleges. Incidentally, Osmania University is the only institution in the country to offer full-fledged astronomy courses at the postgraduate level. According to the authorities, the decision was taken since the M.Sc (Astronomy) syllabus was different from the M.Sc (Physics) syllabus. Majority of the astronomy students are paying their fee by taking classes in physics and mathematics in degree colleges. Following the decision, the astronomy students have boycotted their class in protest. "At the time of admission, it was stated that we were eligible for teaching in all intermediate and undergraduate colleges," said P. Venkat Rao, a student. "Now they say we are ineligible".
Don't dig roads for AICC pleanary: Sonia Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
AICC president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked hosts Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee to ensure a "Hyderabad resident friendly" plenary session and avoid digging up of roads for setting up arches. This was conveyed to Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and PCC president K. Keshava Rao by AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh at the co-ordination committee meeting of the Congress party held at Gandhi Bhavan. "We are fully geared up to hold the AICC plenary session. However, the party president Sonia Gandhi has made it clear that there should no extravaganza and austerity should be maintained at the meet" he said.
Telangana-zone gets most water projects Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
Minister for major irrigation Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Tuesday said Telangana would be the biggest beneficiary of the ongoing and proposed irrigation projects as part of Jala Yagnam. Speaking to mediapersons here, the minister said the existing irrigation facilities, other than minor and well irrigation, in Telangana region was 22/75 lakh acres, of which 19.22 lakh acres were irrigated under major irrigation and about 3.53 lakh acres under medium irrigation. As part of Jala Yagnam, it was proposed to take up 27 major and medium irrigation projects in Telangana region to create irrigation potential of 46 lakh acres.
Megastar Chiranjeevi’s latest big-budgeted extravaganza Jai Chiranjeeva is to be premiered today. Producer Ashwinidutt is conducting a big exclusive premier show of Jai Chiranjeeva at the same venue at Prasad I Max 9 pm on Wednesday.The film hits the screens across the state tomorrow (Dec 21, 2005) with more than 300 prints. In Hyderabad it is releasing in 33 theatres. And this is the first film in Andhra Pradesh to use the 'new ticket policy'. According new GO issued by the state government of Andhra Pradesh, a producer can hike ticket price for his film upto Rs 70 for upper stall in the first two weeks of its release.
AP council bill receives Parliament approval Wednesday, December 21, 2005 | Pavan
Parliament on Tuesday approved the revival of the AP Legislative Council with the Rajya Sabha passing a legislation in this regard. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Bill, 2005 earlier passed by the Lok Sabha, was okayed by the Rajya Sabha with 85 votes in favour and 25 against after the Telugu Desam pressed for a division. It now moves to Rashtrapati Bhavan for presidential ass-ent. After this is a long process to set up the 90-member council. A notification has to be issued and the full election process held for mandal and zilla parishads and panchayats, graduates and teachers constituencies. The local bodies will elect 31 members to the council, the Assembly 31, there will be eight members each from the teachers and graduates constituencies and the government will nominate 12 members.
Balakrishna film shoots in Vizag Friday, December 16, 2005 | Pavan
Hero Balakrishna has finished a major schedule for Ambika Arts. Just recently a song was canned on Balakrishna and others and the unit left for Vizag. Starting today, the film shoots another schedule in Vizag about two weeks. Actually the unit had planned a major schedule in Vizag two months back but due to some reasons, the shoot was cancelled mid-way and came to Hyderabad. Now they are shooting the original scenes that were planned earlier here. A song on Balakrishna will also be shot here in Vizag and key scenes involving heroines Sada and Tanushree Dutta (who is making her debut in Telugu) and other artistes.
State evades power bills of Rs 1,258 cr Friday, December 16, 2005 | Pavan
The finance department has taken APTransco for a big ride by avoiding payment of Rs 1,258 crores, the cost of waived agriculture power bill arrears. After the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government took over in May 2004, it had waived Rs 1,258 crores in power bill arrears of farmers, apart from providing free power. The government had then promised that it would reimburse the APTransco since, as per the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission’s order, any concession should either be borne by the government or be shared by other consumers through increase in power tariff.
5 functions a day for 'most wanted' CM YSR Friday, December 16, 2005 | Pavan
Be it be Satyanarayana vratham, engagement ceremony, birthday or marriage, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's presence is fast becoming a must in VIP circles. Dr Reddy’s is the most sought after presence for politicians, industrialists and big shots. His ranking has gone up particularly after the Congress's thumping win in the municipal and cooperatives elections. On Wednesday night, Dr Reddy attended five marriages, crisscrossing the city between 7 and 9 pm. He rushed from one venue to the other, his path cleared in advance, spending a few minutes at each place, shaking hands and posing for photographs. An aide of the Chief Minister said that Dr Reddy was invited to eight marriages on Wednesday. After much persuasion, he agreed to drop three invitations due to paucity of time.After attending the Assembly, Dr Reddy attended the marriage of Ms Jaya, daughter of Srikakulam collector A. Koteswara Rao, at Jaya Gardens, Somajiguda. He cut across the city to Sikh Village to attend the marriage of Mr Venkat Pavan Kumar Apparao, nephew of Nuzvid Congress legislator M.V. Prasad Apparao, at Raja Rajeshwari Gardens. Then it was off to Imperial Gardens for the marriage of Mr Shyam Kumar, son of K.E. Krishnamurthy.
NSUI state convention on December 20 Thursday, December 15, 2005 | Pavan
National Students Union of India (NSUI) one-day state level convention will held on December 20, at Public gardens (Telugu Lalitha Kalathoranam) from 9 am to 5 pm to discuss and suggest ways to implement the state and central governments student welfare schemes in the state. Mr. Syed Azmatulla Hussaini, State President, NSUI said that the central and state governments had designed many welfare programmes for students. He said they would discuss in the convention on ways and means to ensure that the benefits of the programmes reached majority of the students.
Venky's Laxmi audion launch at tourist spot Thursday, December 15, 2005 | Pavan
The music launch of Hero Venkatesh's Laxmi is going to be a special event. It will be held at Taramati Baradari, a historic and tourist place in Hyderabad on December 18 th. Aditya music has bagged the music rights. The last time an audio release function was held at Taramati Baradari was for Nagarjuna's Mass last year. Initially the producer Nallamalupu Srinivas wanted to release it on Venkatesh's birthday but due to technical reasons, the music release date is postponed to 18th.
Rajnikant's shivaji begins shooting in Hyderabad Thursday, December 15, 2005 | Pavan
Rajnikant's Shivaji has begun its regular shoot in Ramoji Film City (Hyderabad). The film's producers AVM, also advertised this with a complete poster of Shivaji and Rajini's stylish photographs in various Telugu newspapars. The Telugu version is owned by N V Prasad and Paras Jain. Shivaji is directed by Shankar, the highest paid director in South India. Major part of the shoot will be held in RFC, Hyderabad, where a huge set has been erected by Tota Tarani.
Tiruppavai to be recited in Tirumala Thursday, December 15, 2005 | Pavan
With the commencement of auspicious month of Dhanurmasam on December 16, Thiruppavai would be recited during this period in Lord Venkateshwara temple instead of Suprabhatam. Goddess Andal also known as Godadevi, one of the celebrated Alwars and daughter of Periyalwar (Vishnu Chitta) had sung Thiruppavai (Sri Suktham) in praise of Lord Vishnu. As a mark of reverence for Goddess Andal, Thriuppavai has been introduced in the Tirumala temple and also in all the Vaishnav cult temples during Dhanurmasam in lieu of Suprabhatam.
'Blinded' woman can see: Doctors Thursday, December 15, 2005 | Pavan
U. Bhagyalakshmi, who almost lost her vision after being administered a wrong medicine in a public health centre, is yet to get justice. The health department has gone back on its promise to take stringent action on the authorities of the PHC at Adilabad where the woman was given the wrong drug. The department found out that a homeopathy drug meant for stomach pain was administered to her eyes by a sweeper of the PHC. However, it made light of the issue by saying that the drug would not damage the eyes. Apart from serving a memo to the in-charge of the PHC and dismissing the sweeper, health officials have done pretty little for the victim.
New Aromatic plants growers' societies in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
Aromatic Plants Grower's Association of India (APGA) will set up Aromatic plants growing farmers' societies at State and District levels for helping the farmers.Mr. Shantanu Kumar, Association South India in-charge, speaking at a press conference said that the National Horticulture Board of the Union Agriculture Ministry, has been considering the issue of empowering the growers of horticulture crops by way of formation of product specific association at various level viz. District, Regional, State and finally at National level. He reminded the Board initiated the process of setting up of the federal organization at national level to act as nucleus around which subsequently the societies at State District level be constituted.
Box office report October-November Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
Surya starrer Ghajini surpassed all the recent Telugu straight Telugu films and emerged as the real winner. The film released into Telugu by B Madhu and Allu Aravind is now reaping in huge profits. All the recent releases – Jagapathi Babu’s Paandu, Krishna Vamsi's Danger, Ravi Teja's Bhageeratha, Mogudus Pellams, Modati Cinema – had dismal show at the box-office. Some of these films could not even run for a week decently. Though, another dubbed film, Vikram's Mazaa flopped miserably, the success of Ghajini and Premiste are eye-openers to our filmmakers. > Top 3 films 1. ghajini 2. Premiste 3. Chatrapathi > Flops in Oct/Nov 2005 1. Allari Pidugu 2. Bhageeradha 3. Danger 4. Mazaa 5. Paandu 6. Modati Cinema 7. Moguds Pellams 8. Bhama Kalapam 9. Vamsham
United Christmas Celebrations on Saturday at Hyderabad Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
The Untied Christmas Celebrations will be held from 5.30 pm on December 17 at Lalitha kala Thoranam, Public Gardens,Hyderabad said the United Christmas Celebrations Committee chairman Mr. K.R.W. Yesudas in a press release. He said they had requested Chief Minister Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy to be Chief guest. Arch Bishop of Hyderabad, moderator and Bishop of CSI, Bishop of Methodist Conference, and other Bishops, heads of churches and Christian institutions will participate in the celebrations. For the past 26 years UCCC played a unique role of bringing all denominations and independent Christian assemblies, organizations together to praise the Lord and demonstrate their unity in Christ, he reminded.
Director Vijaya Bhaskar Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
"Jai Chiranjeeva will be regarded a very unique film in Chiranjeevi's career for a long time," successful director K Vijaya Bhaskar. In chitchat with press persons on the sets of Jai Chiranjeeva at Hyderabad he tells about the film and his experiences working with the megasta... > It's a great experience Vijaya Bhaskar said it has been a great learning experience working with Chiranjeevi. "Everyday I have learnt something or the other from him be it on filmmaking or life," he told the media. He also denied the comments that Jai Chiranjeeva is not based on his story written in his formative years. "I wrote a story called Bharat Ratna for Chiru in 90s. It was prepared using his image of that time. His image has grown to a bigger proportion now. It is completely new story prepared by Trivikram and me." > Chiru's punches When asked the film will have his trademark punch dialogues. "Yes, there will be entertainment in my style but it will be more of Chiranjeevi's film. But Chiranjeevi gaaru came up some tremendous punch dialogues. He adds special punch to the even normal ones." > Song in Mauritius "Music and choreography are highlights of the film apart from Chiranjeevi’s acting. Raju Sundaram, Lawrence, Chinni Prakash and Brinda have choreographed the songs. Dances will be a big treat for the fans and general audiences as well. We are going to shoot song (Thumsup..) in Mauritius from December 1st on Chiranjeeva and Bhoomika.
Sree Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
Disappointing: Sree Cast: Manoj, Tamanna, Mohan Babu, Sukanya, Brahamanandam, Sunil, Naga Babu, Rajesh, Khayyum, Raghu Babu, Giri Babu, Jaya Prakash Reddy and others Music: Sandeep Chowta Produced by: Laxmi Prasanna Banner: Sri Laxmi Prasanna Pictures Story, and directed by: Dasarath > Manoj has done extremely good job. He is good at action sequences. But he needs to shed some more kilos to look glamorous. Tamanna looks pale on the screen. Mohan Babu in a villain turned hero role walks away with the honours. On technical side too, the film boasts nothing. Though Sandeep's score is better on hearing but on the film it has not that much impact. Cinematography by Arun Kumar is adequate. The dialogues are pretty tame > The film is about granite mafia. Sri, short for Sriram (Manoj), jolly guy, resides in Buvaneshwar. He falls in love with Sandhya (Tamanna). But Sandhya’s father has rivals who are trying to eliminate him. The rivals headed by factionist Bikshapathi (Devaraju) occupy granite mines and lands illegally. They are on the look out for their former trusted aid Basavanna who suddenly turns good Samaritan after getting married to Durga (Sukanya). It is later revealed in a flash back episode that the Sri is non-other the son of Basavanna. The rest of the film is how Sri takes revenge on the murderers of his father.
IAS medicine for Secunderabad Gandhi Hospital Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
For the first time in its history, the prestigious Gandhi Hospital here will go under IAS control. The State government has decided to set up an administrative body to run the hospital, streamline its functioning and develop it into a multidisciplinary super speciality hospital on the lines of corporate hospitals. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy cleared the proposal.The logic of appointing an IAS official is that the government will not need to interfere in the hospital's functioning on a day-to-day basis. If any problem arises, the chairman can directly interact with the government. "The hospital will more or less function autonomously, like the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences. The government will continue to provide budgetary support to the hospital to build up infrastructure,"sources said.
Babu walked out in the Assembly over vegetable price Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
Former chief minister and TDP Supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu walked out of the Assembly with party legislators to protest the spiralling prices of vegetables and other essential commodities and the government's "failure" to rescue the consumers. Congress members jeered as the TD members left the House.This is the second time that Mr Babu has walked out of the House since the session began on December 3. Last week, he led legislators out to protest the government’s "lopsided" approach in ensuring legal sanctity for five per cent reservation for Muslims in employment and education sectors. Tomatoes, potatoes, brinjal, carrot, beans and other vegetables took the House by storm with Congress and Telugu Desam legislators reeling out market prices, the Congress insisting that the prices were under control and the Telugu Desam disputing the figures. While admitting that the prices of vegetables had shot up due to loss of horticulture corps to rain during the last three months in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring States, marketing minister Botsa Satyanarayana said the prices were now on the down swing.
Happy birthday Venkatesh Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Pavan
We at My-telugu.com wish Venkatesh a very happy birthday. Hero Venkatesh turns 46 today (December 13, 2005). He shied away from lavish celebrations but had participated in a small birthday function held today at Ramanaidu studios, Hyderabad. His fans raised some money towards the Saving Little Hearts foundation and Venkatesh handed over the amount to the foundation on the occasion. Later Venky went to his home and enjoyed the special day with his family members. Venkatesh who has got clean image is presently working for Laxmi. Its shoot is now going on in Hyderabad. The film's music will be released on 17th of this month.
Y2K bug to hit in '38: Experts Monday, December 12, 2005 | Pavan
Computer experts say the wired world will turn upside down in January 2038, a date that seems far away but is already being accessed by computers to log in land leases and commercial agreements. The problem is akin to that of Y2K, only this time it is for real, warn experts. Experts have set the disaster time for computers at 03:14:07 GMT, January 19, 2038, a Tuesday. At that moment, many computers will "run out of time." The next second, they will begin showing the time as 8:45:52 PM GMT, December 13, 1901. If you are willing to take a risk and crash your computer, you could try the following exercise: change your computer system date to January 19, 2038, and time to 03:14:07 or beyond, and send a message on Yahoo Messenger. The messenger crashes. Chances are that if you are using Internet Explorer, it could get corrupted. All network based applications could stop functioning.
Karimnagar rocks Beijing Olympics Monday, December 12, 2005 | Pavan
It is Beijing which is hosting the Olympics in 2008, but the excitement is felt more in Karimnagar. Of course this has more to do with stones than sports. Construction of sports complexes and stadiums are in full swing in China and the Tan Brown variety of granite available in abundance at Karimnagar has become hot property there. Tan Brown granite is the most low-priced stone available in the market and its use in the construction of Olympic villages has given a fillip to the granite industry in Karimnagar. Most of the quarries in the district are located around Odyaram village, about 16 km from the district headquarters.With exports to China picking up fast, Karimnagar has become a major granite hub akin to Cheemakurthi in Prakasam, which is popular for its black galaxy variety, and Visakhapatnam, known for its Indian blue granite. Quarries in Karimnagar have exported granite worth Rs Rs 60 crore in the last financial year.
Venky's Laxmi on Sankranthi Monday, December 12, 2005 | Pavan
Venkatesh's film Laxmi will be released on January 14th, 2006.The music release ceremony of Laxmi has been postponed to December 17th. Initially the producer Nallamalupu Srinivas wanted to release it on Venkates's birthday but due to technical reasons, the music release date is pushed further. According to sources music will be out on December. Ramana Gogula has scored the music, while Nayanatara and Charmi are playing opposite Venky in the film.
Rosaiah's alludu at dirty dance, gets arrested Sunday, December 11, 2005 | Pavan
A newly constituted police task force team here arrested finance minister K. Rosaiah's son-in-law and prominent local citizens while they were watching a striptease. The minister blamed the Telugu Desam for spreading "this type of culture". They were celebrating the birthday of builder Phanindra at the Pearl Hall of Hotel Meghalaya at Visakhapatnam. Sipping liquor, they were watching six girls from Mumbai and Hyderabad dancing to popular Hindi and Telugu songs. Just when the clock struck 12, the task force personnel entered the hall and broke up the party.
Decoits hijack RTC bus Sunday, December 11, 2005 | Pavan
Armed dacoits wearing monkey caps held 60 RTC commuters bound for Hyderabad hostage for three-and-a-half terrifying hours just 20 km from the city. Threatening them and occasionally beating up the passengers, they stole Rs 4.6 lakh worth of cash, gold ornaments and mobile phones. In scenes reminiscent of aeroplane hijackings, they forced the passengers to bend down on their seats, walked up and down intimidating passengers with weapons and forced them into total submission. None of the 60 passengers on the bus dared lift a finger. This is the third such incident in three months. Police suspects that one Kokkula Raju alias Jaini Devendar, a resident of Ambaripet in Karimnagar district, could be behind the dacoities.
Pinishetty's son as hero in Teja’s film Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
Veteran director Dasari Narayana Rao is producing this film, while Ravi Raja Pinishetty’s son is making his debut as hero. Tammareddy Bharadwaj will oversee the entire film. Director cum cinematographer S Gopal Reddy’s son Sandeep Reddy who worked with Bollywood cinematographer Anil Mehta is making his debut as cinematographer. While Dasari producing the film itself is a topic of the industry, Tammareddy Bharadwaj acing as direction-supervisor can be called variety.
Nag in RGV's film Shiva 2006 Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
Shiva, the film, changed the course of Telugu film industry. The path breaking film is now all set to be remade in Telugu. After a long gap, the sensational Ram Gopal Varma and hero Nagarjuna combo is happening again for this remake of Shiva. Yes, Ramu has informed a Telugu film magazine that he is remaking the classic, Shiva, with hero Nagarjuna. In the original, Nag essayed the role of a angry young student but in the new version of the film titled Shiva 2006, he plyas the role of a police officer who takes up on the corrupted system.
NRI TV Serial in Gemini Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
TOORPU PADAMARA A new NRI made daily serial on Gemini TV from Nov. 21st Time: 12:30 – 1:00pm on Nov. 21st. Frequency: Every week day Monday thru Friday Story: Rao Chalasani, NRI living in U.S. Producer: Purna Chalasani, NRI living in U.S. Banner: UNUM Film Creations Website: www.unumcreations.com
I will refuse Dy.CM post: PJR Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
Former Congress Legislature Party leader and Khairat-abad legislator P. Janardhan Reddy denied that he was lobbying for the deputy chief minister's post for himself. Reiterating his demand for creation of deputy chief minister's post while speaking to newsmen here, Mr Janardhan Reddy suggested that a Backward Caste member from Telangana should be appointed the deputy chief minister. Asked specifically if he will refuse if he was offered the post, Mr Janardhan Reddy said, "I will definitely refuse," and added that it would be better if it were to be given to a OBC and there are any number of OBC ministers in the Cabinet. He expressed his disappointment with the manner in which his government was going about on the whole question pertaining to Telangana. He also sought expansion of the Cabinet at the earliest.
TD behaviour irks Speaker Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
State Assembly Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy expressed anguish over the behaviour of the Telugu Desam legislators who stalled the House on. TD members stalled Zero Hour demanding the suspension of Guntur range inspector general of police Rajwant Singh who, they alleged, had threatened to use "third degree methods" against a police constable for refusing to give a false complaint. They said that the IG was trying to protect Narasraopet deputy superintendent of police Prudvi Narayana, who has been named in the murder of TD leader Anji Babu.When Mr Dhulipala Narendra (TD) raised the issue, Home Minister K. Jana Reddy assured that he would look into the matter but TD legislators demanded a detailed reply. The Speaker said as per rules of the Zero Hour, when matters of public.
Power bills to come down soon Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
Starting from January, domestic and commercial electricity consumers in the State will get marginally reduced power bills for about six months. The AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has ordered distribution companies to share the benefit of their reduced fuel expenditure with the consumers. How much each consumer will benefit is being worked out. As per the fuel surcharge adjustment formula fixed by the tariff order, electricity utilities (Discoms) profit or loss caused by decreased or increased fuel bills will have to be passed on to consumers. In the past, discoms used to calculate the 'fuel surcharge adjustment bill' on quarterly basis whenever there was an increase in fuel expenditure and collect the amount from the consumers after obtaining permission from the APERC.
Defaulters prepare to repay Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
Defaulters of urban co-operative banks have begun making enquiries about possible settlements with the Registrar of Cooperative Societies and the AP Cooperative Bank, a day after the Supreme Court allowed co-operative banks to pursue defaulters to recover outstanding loans, official sources said. Joint registrar V. Amarender Rao at the Registrar of Cooperative Societies told "We are getting enquiries from defaulters who are now willing to cough up part of the dues." Mr Rao is also liquidator for the collapsed Prudential Urban Cooperative Bank.Apcob managing director M. Veerabhadariah said that the Supreme Court judgement would help coop banks recover their dues. "It's a great relief," he said. Echoing his sentiment, Mahendra Kumar Patodia, chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry — Andhra Pradesh, said, "The Supreme Court ruling will prevent the defaulters from getting away. They will now have to seek settlements with the banks."
Congress used Muslims: Owaisi Friday, December 9, 2005 | Pavan
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said the Muslims were doing worse under the Congress government. He reeled out statistics to show that Muslims had not benefited from welfare measures.Participating in the short discussion on minorities welfare and Muslims reservations in the State Assembly, Mr Owaisi said the Congress had made several promises in its manifesto for the 2004 Assembly elections only to garner Muslims’ votes but had ignored them after coming to power. The budgetary allocation for minorities welfare had been reduced from Rs 62 crores during the Telugu Desam regime toless than Rs 50 crores.The Minorities Welfare Corporation had targeted to spend Rs 26 crores but had not released even Rs 26 lakhs so far. A recent bankers’ committee meeting had been told that less than one per cent of the Muslim beneficiaries had been given loans by the Minorities Welfare Corporation in seven months, he said.
Jai Chiranjeeva coming on Dec 21 Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Megastar Chiranjeevi's Jai Chiranjeeva is releasing December 21st. According to sources, the film’s release date is confirmed on that date. The film directed by Vijayabhaskar for Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi banner has already become a craze among Chiru's fans and as well as general audiences. The film audio, which is released, recently was already a hit says the producer. Bhumeeka and Sameera Reddy play the heroines. Manisharma scores the music.
Rajamouli film from 11th Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Director S S Rajamouli's new film with hero Ravi Teja is going to be launched on December 11th. The film is being produced by M L Kumar Chowdhary on his banner Keerthi Creations.Anushka is playing the female lead. Soon after the success of Chatrapathi, Rajamouli is contemplating this film with another mass story, that is to be provided by his father Vijayendra Prasad.But the grapevine has it that the basic plot of the film was provided by director Chandrashekar Yeleti. It is yet to be confirmed by the Rajamouli. Keeravani scores the music. This will be second film for Ravi Teja for Keerti creations banner after his first major hit, Idiot.
Neelakantha's new film 'Nandanavanam 120 KM' Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Show and Missamma's Director and National award winner Neelakantha has turned producer again with film his new film "Nandanavanam 120 KM". He is all set to start the film from Dec 7th. The film will have debutant hero Ajay Varma, while the search for heroine is going on, Neelakantha told. The film under Blue Sky Films banner will be completed in two schedules. P.G.Vinda handles the camera, while Vijay provides the music. Neelakanta will be handling major departments - story, screenplay, dailogues, directing and producing it.
Pawan Kalyan's Annavaram recording began Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Pawan Kalyan's new film is titled, Annavaram. The film's recording muhurat was held on Sunday Ramanaidu studios. Music director Ramana Gogula is now recording a sloka for the film. The film will be launched on December 15th. RB Chowdary presenting the film, Paras Jain and NV Prasad will produce it on thier newly launched banner - Megasupergood films. Although Pawan is working for Bangaram, he has catered dates to this Annavaram too. Upon the suggestion of Chiranjeevi, Pawan has now decided to come up with more films. Sandhya of Premiste fame is confirmed as the sister role in the film.
English courses to beginners from today Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Nizam college’ English Language teaching Centre will organize Pronunciation and Communication skills courses for house wives, and beginners from December 5. The courses will be of 50 sessions of 2 hours each. The classes will be conducted from 3 to 5pm. Course fee is Rs. 600, including reading materials. For more details, interested can contact the Director ELTC, Nizam College, Hyderabad.
Air Deccan opens bookings on 127 ATR Flights Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Air Deccan, India's first low cost carrier, today announced the opening of bookings on 127 ATR flights for travel between February 2006 and March 31, 2006. The bookings on the internet will open on the morning of December 4, 2005 at 6.30 am. Bookings for all Airbus sectors are already open for travel till March 2006. ATR Sectors for which bookings will open are: Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Baroda, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cochin, Calicit, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Gwalior, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamnagar, Jammu, Kandla, Kanpur, Kolhapur, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Nagpur, Pune, Rajkot, Tirupathi, Trivandrum, Tuticorin, Trichy, Vizag and Vijayawada.
ING staff to strike work on Dec 26 Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
The All India ING Vysya Bank Employees Union and All India Vysya Bank Officers Association have served notice on the bank management that it would stage a day’s strike on December 26 to press for various demands. The AIIVBEU general secretary, Mr K.J. Ramakrishna Reddy and AIVBOA general secretary Mr R. Govardhana stated that the management was not recruiting clerks, sub-staff, part time employees and officers on permanent basis. The bank has not recruited any staff for the past nine years, they alleged. The repeated pleas to recruit staff fell on deaf ears, they said.
MBT to observe 'black day' on December 6 Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Majlis Bachau Tehreek (MBT) called upon the Muslims to observe black day and State bandh on December 6 on the occasion of 13th anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid. It also demanded the Chief Minister Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy to take steps to see that no protester was harassed by the police in the name of law and order, as was done in the earlier TDP regime. Dr. Qayam Khan, Convenor of the party, said that December 6, 1992 was the blackest day of the Indian history and shameful to the Indian secularism. He reminded that the constitution of the country was challenged by the Sangh Parivar fascist forces by demolishing the Babri Masjid.
CD of Purandaradasu Keerthanalu released Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Shiva Sena State President Mr. Dinesh Kumar Tiwari released an audio cassette and CD of 'Purandaradasu Keerthanalu' rendered by popular singer Mr. R. Vishnu Satyanarayanan, grandson of Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer, at News Centre. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Tiwari said that slokas and keerthanas were treasures of Indian literature and culture. They would help in inculcating qualities like humane nature and faith in God, which would lead to better and peaceful society, he opined. He expressed concern over domination of western music over the Indian traditional music forms. He stressed the need to revive the Indian traditional music art forms to protect out culture
Knowledge centres in all villages by 2007 Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
With an aim to facilitate setting up of knowledge centres in all the six lakh villages in the Country by the year 2007, in collaboration with the multi-stakeholders, Government had initiated a nation-wide "Mission 2007-Every Village a Knowledge Centre" (VKC). The main objective of this mission is to facilitate and accelerate the provision of knowledge centres in each village, which aims at income-generation opportunities for poor women and men farming communities and all disadvantaged people, said Ms. Geetha Sharma, operations Manager of Mission 2007, on the sidelines of the venue of Andhra Pradesh State Consultation . She said that this journey started in 1992 under the visionary of Prof .M. S. Swaminathan , father of green revolution. A national alliance comprises of more than 230 development organisations which includes 22 government bodies are also part of the mission, she said. She reminded that the Union Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram had allocated Rs.100 crore which can be routed through NABARD, for setting up of these village Knowledge centres.
Today is last day for revision of electoral rolls Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
The Election Commission of India has extended the last date for filing claims and objections under the special summary revision of electoral rolls, 2006 upto December 5, 2005. Nellore district and Makthal Assembly constituency of Mahaboobnagar district were exempted from this, according to an official press release. Further, for the convenience of the public, all the designated locations (except post offices), will remain open in the State (except Nellore District and Makthal Assembly constituency) to receive the claims and objections from eligible persons from 10.30 am to 5 pm on December 4, Sunday, though it is a public holiday.
Tirumala-Tirupati rope-Way Project opposed Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Objecting to Government's proposal to revive once shelved Tirumala - Tirupati rope way project, the BJP national secretary Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya today demanded the Chief Minister to clarify the Government stand’s on the project. Addressing a press conference along with State vice-president Mr. Baddam Bal Reddy, he said that the previous TDP Government had shelved the project respecting the sentiments of the pontiffs and other Hindu religious leaders. But it is learnt that the present Congress Government has decided to take up the Rs.30 crore project basing on tourism considerations, he said. Mr. Dattatreya said Tirupati is not a tourist spot to any sentimental Hindu, and nobody is ready to accept the proposal. Stating that it is a very sensitive issue, he advised the Chief Minister not to hurt and rake up the Hindu sentiments.
Sweeper at PHC blinds woman with wrong drug Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
A sweeper administered homoeo menthol drops, meant for treatment of stomach disorders, into the eyes of a 30-year-old mother of two, effectively blinding her at a primary health centre in a village in this district. The incident occurred on November 22 but came to light on Saturday when relatives of the woman, Uskamalla Bhagyalakshmi, 30, an agriculture labourer of Kundaram of Jaipoor mandal, lodged a complaint at the Kundaram police station. The village is about 200 km from here. Medical officer Dr Ganesh Rao of the Kundaram primary health centre (PHC) examined Ms Bhagyalakshmi, who had complained of eye problems, and prescribed some drops. She went to the pharmacy where sweeper Srinivas administered homoeo menthol drops. The moment he put the drops in her left eye, Ms Bhagyalakshmi complained of intense burning. The sweeper said it was a normal reaction and proceeded to put the drops in her right eye.
AP Cricket: Arjun Yadav threatens Rayudu Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
In an ugly display, Hyderabad cricket team captain Arjun Yadav ran towards Andhra cricketer A.T. Rayudu with a stump during the Ranji trophy match between the two teams. The players were called back immediately, but officials cited poor visibility and declared a draw. Towards the night, the players were forced to shake hands. Sources said there would be no action against either player. Arjun is HCA secretary Shivlal Yadav’s son. Rayudu had moved to Andhra earlier this year because, he said, of pesonal reasons.
Rain claims 9 lives in Nellore Monday, December 5, 2005 | Pavan
Rains continued to paralyse life in Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts on Sunday under the influence of a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal. Nine people died in rain-related incidents in Nellore district on Saturday,Sunday and Monday. In Nellore, Swarnamukhi, Kalangi, Kaivalya, Pambaleru and Karipeti rivulets in Gudur division have been overflowing inundating low-lying areas. About 40 villages have been cut off from the outside world as a result of the floods. Several roads and rail tracks have either been washed away or damaged. Cold winds claimed seven lives in the district. Two more people were washed away in rivulets. In Chittoor, the crest gates of Kaly-ani dam, the only drinking water source to Tirupati, was opened after water reached the maximum level
