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PoliticsFebruary, 16 Saturday, 2013 | Hyderabad

CM's West Godavari tour on SundayKothapalli Subbarayudu at Hyderabad, February 16 :

12.15 PM and attend Chief Minister N Kiran

arranged programme till Kumar Reddy will tour

1.15 PM. He will then West Godavari district on

reach Rajahmundry airport Monday. According to a Chief

Minsiter's Office, Kiran

Kumar Reddy will reach

Rajahmundry airport by

r e g u l a r f l i g h t f r o m

Hyderabad at 10.40 am on

Sunday and after meeting

officials and non-officials,

he will arrive at Helipad at

Swarnadhra Engineering by helicopter at 2 PM and

College, Narsapur, West return to Hyderabad by

Godavari District at 12 regular flight at 4 PM and

noon.reach Camp residence at

The Chief Minister will 4.40 PM.

reach the residence of MLA

Hyderabad, February 16: National

Commission for Minorities chairman

Wajahat Habibullah will begin his

two-day visit to the city on Sunday.

Wajahat Habiullah will address the

t w o - d a y N a t i o n a l N C P R I

Convention being held at AMR-

APARD Academy at Rajendra Nagar

on Sunday. He is also likely to attend

a few more programmes. He will

return to the national capital on

Monday.

NCM chairman on a two-day visit to city

Unseasonal rains play havoc, 10 killedWhile two persons were and Medak. Horticulture Khammam (1.0), Kadapa (72), Machareddy (71) Hyderabad, February 16: injured due to collapse of crops over 18,868 were (0.6), Krishna (0.2) and and Garide Palle (70).At least 10 people were house wall in Adilabad one damaged in five districts. Prakasam (0.1). Earlier in the day, killed and three injured was injured in Warangal. H e s a i d t h a t t h e As per automatic weather Agriculture Minister due to the unseasonal rains One Buffalo and seven enumeration of damages station data received from Kanna Lakshminarayana that lashed across the State sheep were also killed due was in progress. APSDPS, as many as eight held a review meeting to during the last 24 hours.

to thunder bo l t and Till 7.30 While six people were mandals received more access the damages. He electrocution. PM on Saturday, the State killed due to thunder bolt, than 70 mm of rainfall on directed the officials to As many as 134 houses in has received 7.8 mm of t w o d i e d d u e t o S a t u r d a y. T h e y a r e complete the enumeration Adi labad and 42 in rainfall. With 41.6 mm electrocution while two Gangadhara (99 mm), of damages and submit the Karimnagar were also Karimnagar topped the list others lost their lives due Boinpalle (93), Mallial report at the earliest.damaged while electricity of districts with highest to falling of housing wall. (90), Dahegaon (88), wires have fallen down in ra infa l l fo l lowed by Three each were killed in Rebbana (73), Pegadapalle Adilabad district. A d i l a b a d ( 3 1 . 1 ) , Nizamabad and Guntur According to Disaster N i z a m a b a d ( 2 6 . 0 ) , districts due to thunder M a n a g e m e n t Nalgonda (18.3), Medak bolt while one person was Commissioner Dr T Radha, (14.1), Mahaboobnagar killed due to electrical agricultural crops spread (11.7), Warangal (8.6), shock in Karimnagar and across 20,270 hectares R a n g a R e d d y ( 3 . 1 ) , Warangal districts. Two were damaged in four Chittoor (3.0), Kurnool persons were reported districts of Nizamabad, (2.9), Anantapur (2.4), killed due to falling of Karimanagar, Adilabad H y d e r a b a d ( 2 . 0 ) , house in Adilabad district.

3City

High level meeting on Feb 18 over power crisisHigh level meeting on Feb 18 over power crisis

Visakshaptnam, February 16: Like Kal,Aaj aur Kal, w h i c h b r o u g h t t h e generations of the Kapoor family together on the silver screen, Akkineni clan is all set to repeat the same feat. The news was announced by Akkineni Nagarjuna, who was here to inaugurate a jewellery showroom. The film titled Greekueerudu”

best actress award for w i l l h a v e g r a n d p a

portraying the role of Sita in Akkineni Nageshwara

Sri Rama Rajyam, will pair Rao, Nagarjuna and Naga

with Nagarjuna.Chaitanya.

Only Akkineni clan has Shooting will begin in

three generation of stars in June and fans have been

Tollywod apart from PJ very excited about the

Sharma, Sai Kumar and project, he said.

Aadi being the other clan. Nayana Tara, who won the

ANR, Nag, Chaitu filmstarts in June

area during their discussion. cost will come down if the New Delhi, February 16 :

“Our talks have veered gas is given from D6,” he Chief Minister N Kiran

round the strengthening of said.Kumar Reddy has said that Reacting on Jagan, he said, the party in the Congress he urged Congress Vice

ruled states,” he said.President Rahul Gandhi to "Congress will not be “We have said that the State expedite the Telangana affected by an individual. has got a raw deal in issue. We are all tentative. There allotment of gas quota and Speaking to reporters here will not be any setback to requested him that more gas on Saturday, he said that the Party, if individuals is needed from KG Basin strengthening the party in leave the party. They will for power generation. The the state was the main focus soon be replaced."

Expedite T issue: CM tells Rahul

CMD Hiralal Samariya February 18th meeting, mechanism and ensure consumers.Hyderabad, February 16: The Principal Secretary w h i l e t h e J M D s o f said that, “Chief Minister seven hours power supply Following worsening of also directed DISCOM APTRANSCO P Ramesh N Kiran Kumar Reddy is to farmers and suggested demand-supply position in officials to inspect the field and P Umapathi, CMDs of very particular that not t o p o f f i c i a l s o f the power sector, the State and assess the situation on DISCOMS - V Ani l even a single farmer should APTRANSCO/DISCOMs Government will conduct a daily basis for effective Kumar, Ahmed Nadeem, lose his standing crop due to monitor the feeder wise high level meeting on monitoring. The power February 18 to review its utilities are striving hard strategy to deal with the and making no stone crisis.unturned in taking several The demand is growing

steps to reduce the deficits abnormally with every

and to maintain the grid passing day. APDISCOMs

stability by purchasing an are currently supplying

additional power of around around 240 MU as against

1200 MW per month up to 300 MU per day. Demand

May, 2013.for power reached all time It may be mentioned that high of 311 MU on the State Government has February 7. From April directed the power utilities 2012 to February (upto to fully gear up to meet the 16th) 2013 the demand has demand for power to a been 82067 MU as against K a r t i k e y a M i s r a , K to failure of power supply power supply position and m a x i m u m e x t e n t , 7 4 0 9 8 M U f o r t h e Vidyasagar Reddy and and that seven hours of to take prompt action to especially to the farming corresponding period last other top officials of the supply to agrl. must be conduct substation level community during the year registering an increase utilities would attend the maintained at any cost meetings duly involving ongoing Rabi season to of 10.75 per cent. meeting. without compromise.” He t h e l o c a l p u b l i c protect the crops with The meeting to be held at Pr inc ipal Secre tary also directed utilities to representatives, farmers continuous monitoring and Vidyut Soudha will be (Energy) M Sahoo who has adopt 24 hours monitoring and other categories of making all the toll free call chaired by APTRANSCO reviewed the agenda of

February, 16 Saturday,2013 | Hyderabad

4State Politics

February, Friday 16,2013 | Hyderabad

reporters here on Saturday. Railway and RTC fares and a n n o u n c e d a f t e r t h e bearing the latest hike in Hyderabad, February 16 : He said that the Centre will further burden people government ceded the petro products, he said.Condemning the hike in should retain the control on who are already facing pricing control to oil The petrol and diesel pe t ro l p r i c e s , YSR pr ic ing of pe t ro leum hardships due to the companies. It is high time charges were increased at Congress has demanded products as it was t h a t t h e least 10 times after the that the Centre should during the pre-2010 government take Centre conceded the price retain the pricing policy period, he said. The back control of monitoring right to Oil methodology and the prices of petrol are determination of Companies, he said.State should provide a hiked by Rs. 1.50 p e t r o l e u m On Chandrababu Naidu’s cushion to absorb the and on diesel 0.50 prices," he said. comments, he said, “the increase in petro rates paise per litre from The hike will TDP leader could not hold instead of passing it on to Friday night. burden the public his flock together as people the customer. W e s t r o n g l y transport system and his own party members “YSR has done it earlier. condemn the hike of of Railways and have lost faith in him. When the Centre has petroleum products RTC to a tune of People are being attracted to increased the LPG gas ahead of the budget Rs 2,900 crores YSR Congress policies and price, YSR government

spiraling costs, he said session and the hike will a n d S t a t e h a s b e e n are seeing a future Chief did not pass it on to the adding that the fare hike a have a cascading effect on increasing bus fares and Minister in YS Jagan Mohan consumer but has given week before the budget pub l i c t r anspo r t and power charges exorbitantly. Reddy.”subsidy while the present session is mockery of essential commodities as It has burdened the customer His remarks about packages state government has no democracy.well, he said. by Rs 32,000 crores through and such talk shows that he concern for the common "Frequent hikes in petrol The hike of diesel and power surcharge and it is losing grip over the party, man,” party spokesperson and diesel prices are being petrol will jack up the should show concern by he said.Jupudi Prabhakar told

YSRCP condemns hike in petro prices

Naidu, who has sprained his leg after he tripped from the dais, has b e e n recovering and doctors have attended on h i m a n d advised rest. T h e T D P l e a d e r , h o w e v e r , continued his

Tenali, February 16: TDP padayatra after a brief halt.

leader N Chandrababu The padaytra, Vasthunna

Naidu’s padayatra has Meekosam, has started in

reached Tenali in Guntur Rayalaseema, went through

district.Telangana and touched

The weather was cloudy and Krishna and Guntur districts.

he was given a warm reception.

Naidu’s padayatra reaches TenaliHyderabad, February 16:

Chief Minister N Kiran

Kumar Reddy on Saturday

reviewed over phone from

Delhi with Chief Secretary

Minnie Mathew regarding

the heavy rains, hail storm

in Telangana districts,

mainly in Nizamabad,

Karimnagar, and Warangal

and the losses to standing

crops, cotton, etc. and their

stocks in market yards.

The Chief Minister asked

the Chief Secretary to

speak to collectors to send teams to assess the losses. He also asked the Chief

Secretary to direct the officials to provide immediate relief to the affected farmers and

villagers.

CM reviews heavy rains situation from Delhi

February, 16 Saturday,2013 | Hyderabad

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Two held in attempt to murder caseHyderabad, February 16:

The City Police have

arrested two persons who

were allegedly involved in

a case of attempt to murder

near Zoo Park on February.

Address ing a press

c o n f e r e n c e , A C P

Charminar Ram Mohan

Rao said that the accused

Shaik Mohd Khadeer (22)

and Mohd Gulam Saleem

allegedly stabbed Shaik

Sayeed Al Amoodi, a

resident of Tadbun, on Magistrate who remanded them to judicial The accused were arrested on Friday night and February 13. This incident occurred due to non-custody. The arrests were made by a team led the police have also seized one big knife and the payment of hand loan Rs 1.25 lakh which was by Kalapather Inspector Mohd Majeed.scooter used in the offence. They were later taken by Shaik Sayeed Al Amoodi from

produced before the Chief Metropolitan Khadeer.

transferred the US dollar to Tarun Tej’s Liberty Hyderabad, February 16 : In a case of cheating, The articles seized by the police include, one

Reserve account by taking Indian currency, forgery and cloning of credit card, the SONY VAIO E-series Laptop, Magnetic strip

who in turn purchased hacked credit/debit card Cyberabad Police on Saturday arrested two Reader – 606, 2-TB Hard Disk, ACER LED

information through online websites persons, including an engineering graduate. Monitor, 1-TB HGST Hard Disk, 8-GB

According to police, On February 15, the Cyber

Crime Police has registered a case in

Cr.No.09/2013 U/Sec. 419, 420, 468 IPC &

Sec. 66, 66 (C&D) I.T. Act of 2000.

The complainant, Koukur Shankar, Sales

Executive of Prodigy Computers at Kukatpally

told police that on February 11 one person came

to the shop and purchased one 2GB RAM for Rs

2800 by swiping Karnataka Bank Card and

again he purchased one Transcend DVD writer

with D link Router for Rs 2,900 by swiping the

above card. After some time he received a call

from ICICI Bank, who issued EDC Machine to

the shop that the above transactions are done Transcend RAM, Transcend DVD writer, D-

through fake credit card and requested him to Link Router, two Fast track watches, two Peter

apprehend the person who swiped the card. On England Pants, one Peter England Shirt, two darkcc.com and iwantim.com and loaded the information, police swung into action and Prestige Rice Cookers, one new MRF Hero same on to the unused credit/debit cards with arrested the accused who was later identified as Honda tyre tube, two new volleyballs made of the help of Magnetic Strip Reader and a laptop Donapudi Tarun Tej, a resident of Bachupalli.NIVIA, six Debit/credit Cards and one and purchased different items from different The police have also arrested Mekala Mallesh Samsung Galaxy S-II mobile.shops within the value of Rs 6000.of Balanagar, a dollar exchange broker who

Engineering graduate amongtwo held for credit card fraud

CrimeFebruary, 16 Saturday, 2013 | Hyderabad

6News in Pictures

Sharfiya Tajveed-o-Qirat Hifz Academy addresses a presser

ACP Charminar addresses a presser

MBT submits memorundum to Wakf Board Chairman seeking protection of Masjid E Takiya Gujrati Sha

Smt. Sharmila gari Maro praja prasthanam

Officials rescue child labour from Chandrayangutta area

February, 16 Saturday, 2013 | Hyderabad

7Business

Chopper deal: Joint CBI-MoD team to visit Italy tomorrowMinistry seeking a probe by which a l so expressed New Delhi, February 16: A it in the case which has inability to provide any help joint team of CBI and triggered a storm in the in the absence of any regular Defence Ministry is likely to country. case not having been leave for Italy tomorrow to Attached with the letter were registered by the agency, the probe the alleged kickbacks some Indian and Italian press sources said.in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP clippings, which the CBI helicopter deal.

The Defence Ministry had CBI sources said the team yesterday sent a team led by will meet Italian prosecutors Joint Secretary and an Air to ascertain the details of the Commodore of Indian Air case.F o r c e , w h o g a v e a The sources said two presentation to the CBI members of CBI comprising a b o u t t h e t e n d e r i n g DIG-level officer and a law procedures and various officer besides officers from stages while finalising the the Defence Ministry will be h e l i c o p t e r d e a l w i t h part of team.

said, could not form the basis AugustaWestland.The decision by the CBI

for registering a case.came as it virtually drew a

CBI had sought help of However, when pressed by blank from the Defence

Indian Mission in Rome the CBI officials about the Ministry in getting some

which too has not been able kickback allegations, the official inputs regarding to

to provide any authenticated team could not provide any alleged kickbacks in the

court documents to the answers to the sleuths, the case, official sources said

agency, sources said. sources said.today.

This was followed by CBI The CBI was handed over a

seeking help of Interpol letter from the Defence

RBI to cap interest charged by MFIs at 26%

Tokyo, : A to children. CGC, a chain Japanese business group of 220 companies and has offered to set up a free more than 3000 stores, residential school in India, will bear all the expenses based on the model of for the school, it said.Super 30, an educational Horiuchi said that It will programme which grooms identify talent and nurture underprivileged students them in the best possible for the prestigious Indian way, just as Anand does in Institute of Technology. Super 30.A t s u h i r o H o r i u c h i , Anand has appreciated the Chai rman, board of initiative and Horiuchi's directors of CGC group of concern for inclusive companies of Japan has quality education though offered a tie up to Indian he is yet to take a decision e d u c a t i o n i s t A n a n d on the offer.Kumar, who runs the Anand said that he will Super 30 programme in give it a serious thought as Bihar and requested him it is something that can to spearhead the school really help talent, which project. otherwise fades away for According to a press s h e e r l a c k o f release, Horiuchi said he opportunities. Quality wants to develop a school e d u c a t i o n t o d a y i s from Class I to XII in India increas ing ly ge t t ing on the lines of Super 30 as confined to the rich and a free residential school to well off.provide holistic education

February 16

Japanese business group plansfree residential school in India Gold Prices decline to 6 months low,

below Rs 30,000 markMumbai, : Gold Silver ready (.999 fineness) The metal, which hit a declined to a fresh six-month dropped by Rs 445 per kg to historic high of Rs 32,500 low and closed below the close at Rs 56,885 as per 10 grams on November psychological Rs 30,000 per compared to Rs 57,330 26 last year, lost a massive 10 gm mark at the bullion previously. 8.03 per cent in today's trade.market here today on aggressive unwinding by Globally, gold prices fell stockists and traders driven sharply and touched six-by global sell-off. month low following

positive comment from Silver also plunged below Federal Reserve Chairman the important Rs 57,000 per B e n B e r n a n k e o n kg mark on the back of i m p r o v e m e n t i n U S speculative selling. economy amid concerns

that monetary stimulus Standard gold of 99.5 per measures may wind down

The yellow metal has been cent purity tanked by Rs 200 earl ier than expected, witnessing immense selling per 10 gm to conclude at Rs prompting panic investors to p r e s s u r e a f t e r t h e 29,890 from Friday's closing sell aggressively.Government hiked import level of Rs 30,090.duty last month. RBI's strong The metal briefly breached policy measures to curb Pure gold of 99.9 per cent the $1,600-an ounce mark ballooning current account purity tumbled by Rs 195 per before regaining some lost deficit has also taken some 10 gm to finish at Rs 30,030 ground.shine off the precious metal.from Rs 30,225.

February 16

Kolkata, February 16, Chakrabarty advised 2013: he Reserve Bank of MFIs not to scale up their India (RBI) today said o p e r a t i o n s w i t h o u t micro-finance institutions u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e i r (MFIs) cannot charge limitations.interest rate of more H e s a i d M F I s than 26%. should extend Deputy Governor l o a n s f o r o f RBI K C i n c o m e C h a k r a b a r t y generat ing s a i d t h a t a c t i v i t i e s Charging more and not for t h a n 2 6 % i s consumption exploitation. If you purposes. They are not exploiting a should also focus person, then it is a on the credit-worthiness reasonable rate. So, the of borrowers, he said.RBI has fixed the rate at The RBI official also ruled 26%. out raising of margin cap Adressing a seminar on (the difference between MFIs organised by Indian income earned by MFIs Chamber of Commerce and cost of borrowings) here, Chakrabarty said from 10% to 12%.that MFIs are basically relevant because the Inefficient MFIs should banking system in the not be in the system as country is inefficient. The they had the potential to MFIs will be relevant for bring in a financial crisi, the next 10 to 20 years. he said.

February, 16 Saturday, 2013 | Hyderabad

8Top Story

securities of Rs 25,000 in Akbar Owaisi was not welcomed amid slogan them to come closer to him. Akbar Owaisi released the court on Saturday allowed to go out of shouting by hundreds of A majo r i ty o f MIM from jailmorning. However, they Adilabad Jail. MIM leaders and workrers workers who went from Receives warm reception f a i l e d t o w h o w e r e Hyderabad and other areas from thousands Adilabad, surrender his waiting outside in their cars and bikes, February 16: After about 40 passport, a the jail since brought Akbar Owaisi in a d a y s , M I M l e a d e r c o n d i t i o n morning. h u g e p r o c e s s i o n t o Akbaruddin Owaisi was laid by the A k b a r u d d i n Hyderabad.finally released on bail c o u r t t o Owaisi , who from the Adilabad District grant bail. looked fresh The MIM leader's convoy Jail in the alleged hate

d e s p i t e h i s has to be stopped at several speech case.It was only deter iora t ing places enroute Adilabad to i n t h e health after the Hyderabad as hundreds of While the Nizamabad court a f t e r n o o n a r r e s t o n people have gathered to granted bail to Akbar t h a t t h e J a n u a r y 8 , receive him. He was O w a i s i o n F r i d a y passport was waved at his garlanded at several places afternoon, the Adilabad surrendered supporters in and hundreds of people, Court pronounced the in the court r e s p o n s e t o including women, have judgment in the evening. to complete their slogans gathered on streets to give Since several formalities t h e b a i l shouting and him a warm reception.were required to be

Finally, at around 5 pm, formalities. By 4 pm, all the cheers. While several completed, Akbar Owaisi's Akbaruddin Owaisi came formalities for release were supporters tried to shake Finally, at around 10 PM, release was delayed on out of jail to receive the completed on receipt of hands with the MIM leader, A k b a r u d d i n O w a i s i Saturday. According to grand reception by his release order. However, due to security reaons, the reached Hyderabad.sources, Akbar Owaisi's s u p p o r t s . H e w a s due to security reasons, policemen did not allow lawyers furnished the two

Akbar Owaisi released from JailAkbar Owaisi released from Jail

his pictures, as Hyderabad, February 16: A A k b a r u d d i n lot has changed in the last 40 Owaisi donned a days since Akbaruddin complete new Owaisi was arrested by the look. He wore Adilabad police on January long and thick 8.m o u s t a c h e . Some analyst say While Akbaruddin Owaisi's t h a t t h e arrest took the MIM's moustache were popularity to its peak, the symbolic and MIM leader has proved that gives a message the Congress Government to Chief Minister could not shatter his N Kiran Kumar courage to fight against Reddy that he injustices. One can image was on par with the pain of a leader who had h i m i n a l l to remain in jail for about 40 m a t t e r s , days just for speaking a few

be t reated as "hate looking politician when he one case after the other, he including moustaches.l i n e s , w h i c h w e r e

speech", the MIM leader was arrested on January 8. wore a beard resembling misinterpreted and disliked,

appears to be in a He went to the jail with a the image of a matured MIM supporters are now by a few po l i t i ca l ly

confrontation mode. smile as he had full faith in politician.eager to hear the secret motivated people. Although

the judicial system. In the behind Akbar Owaisi's the courts will decide

Akbar Owaisi was a later days, when Akbar Finally on Saturday, the moustaches.whether or not Akbar

clean-shaved, smart- Owaisi was slapped with lens men were eager to take Owaisi's statements could

Akbar Owaisi dons new looksAkbar Owaisi dons new looks

February, 16 Saturday, 2013 | Hyderabad