Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters ahead of the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2024. (File photo by Reuters)
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Israeli regime is solely to blame for escalating tensions in West Asia.
“The main one responsible for the tension that gripped our hearts on the evening of April 13 is [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his bloody administration.”
Those are the words made by the Turkish leader in a televised address on Tuesday.
Speaking at the presidential complex after a cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said new tensions could be expected in the region until the “oppression and genocide” in Gaza ends.
In his remarks, Erdogan underscored his administration’s role as a stable actor amidst global turmoil, attributing this to its balanced foreign policy and achievements in the defense industry.
The Israeli regime launched its genocidal campaign in the besiged Gaza Strip in early October after a surprise attack by the Hamas resistance movement in retaliation for decades of Israeli atrocities.
Since then the Israeli regime forces have killed more than 33,800 Palestinians in Gaza.
In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim ruling that ordered the Tel Aviv regime to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
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Sricharan Sandipagu of Viveka Foster School, Ponnur, Andhra Pradesh won the Brilliant Trophy Juniors Online Chess Tournament on Tuesday.
Updated On – 16 April 2024, 11:15 PM
Sricharan Sandipagu
Hyderabad: Sricharan Sandipagu of Viveka Foster School, Ponnur, Andhra Pradesh won the Brilliant Trophy Juniors Online Chess Tournament on Tuesday.
He scored 12 points from as many rounds to finish ahead of Adhyayan Banerjee with 10.5 points and Krishna Rallabandi with 10 points in second and third places respectively.
Elon Musk-owned X said it disagreed with the election commission’s orders.
Social media platform X said on Tuesday it withheld some posts in India containing political speech from elected politicians, political parties, and candidates for office after the country’s election commission ordered their takedown.
Elon Musk-owned X said it disagreed with the election commission’s orders.
“We call on the Election Commission to publish all of its takedown orders going forward,” X said.
The mango supplies to the city started in February itself, a month before its regular arrival time and since then the supplies have been encouraging.
Updated On – 16 April 2024, 11:08 PM
Hyderabad: Great news for mango lovers in Hyderabad this summer! Thanks to the early arrival and abundant availability of the ‘king of fruits’ in the city, aficionados of this seasonal fruit will now have access to the choicest varieties at affordable price.
The mango supplies to the city started in February itself, a month before its regular arrival time and since then the supplies have been encouraging.
The fruit has arrived in huge quantities at the Batasingaram market in Hayathnagar, and also at Kushaiguda, Bowenpally, Jambagh and Gudimalkapur.
At the Batasingaram market, since the beginning of the season, 12,929 truck loads of mangoes have arrived.
The arrivals are from Mahabubnagar, Wanaparthy, Ranga Reddy, Khammam, Vikarabad, Nagarkurnool, Mancherial, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Warangal and Gadwal in Telangana while from Andhra Pradesh the fruit arrivals are from Ananthapur, Krishna, West Godavari and Kurnool districts.
“The local produce of Telugu States is transported to North India where there is huge demand for it. At least 60 per cent of the mango yield is sent to Delhi, Haryana, and other States by farmers because it fetches good prices for them,” says Batasingaram fruit market secretary Ch. Narsimha Reddy.
Good arrivals means, the average mango lover in Hyderabad now can taste different varieties of mangoes like Banganapalli, Kesar, Himayat, Totapari, Dasheri, Alphonso and several more.
“The supplies will continue till the month of June. Compared to last two years, this year, the arrivals have been very good,” says Narsimha Reddy. A kilogram of mangoes is now priced between Rs 120 and Rs 140. In the next few weeks, the prices will further reduce, and people can buy a kilogram of mangoes at a price of Rs 80 to Rs 100.
The Morrocan national Achibili Amine (27) came to India on a student visa, which expired in 2018 while the passport issued by the Kingdom of Morocco was valid up to 2021.
Published Date – 16 April 2024, 11:05 PM
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing along with the officials of Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) deported a national from Morocco for allegedly overstaying in the country and indulging in drug peddling.
The Morrocan national Achibili Amine (27) came to India on a student visa, which expired in 2018 while the passport issued by the Kingdom of Morocco was valid up to 2021.
Amine continued to stay despite the expiry of the visa issued by Indian authorities and started peddling drugs.
He was caught by the HNEW team and remanded in a case along with another drug peddler, Saeed Ali Mohammad Al Kafri, said DCP Task Force, S Rashmi Perumal. After obtaining a travel pass the Hyderabad police and FRRO officials deported him on Tuesday.
Reviewing horticulture development programmes, he said the State could not utilise its share of funds from the National Horticulture Board for the last five years.
Published Date – 16 April 2024, 08:41 PM
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao on Tuesday directed officials of the Horticulture Department to focus on programmes being implemented by the National Horticulture Board and explore possibilities for making maximum use of its support for the benefit of the State.
Reviewing horticulture development programmes, he said the State could not utilise its share of funds from the National Horticulture Board for the last five years. He stressed the need for developing hi-tech commercial horticulture production clusters and cold chains as part of the effort for developing post harvest storage infrastructure in a big way. He wanted the officials also to pay equal attention to Central government schemes such as Oil Palm Area Expansion Programme, National Bamboo Mission and Sub-Mission on Agro-Forestry for development of the horticulture sector in the State.
The Minister said companies tasked with oil palm plantation in the State should speed up their activity so as to realise the targets set for them. He wanted oil palm saplings to be made available adequately to meet the demand from the farmers next year.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories manifested a high level of cooperation and interoperability between Iran’s Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Baqeri made the statement in a message to Army Chief Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi ahead of the National Army Day on April 17.
In a multi-pronged attack, dubbed Operation True Promise, Iran launched late on April 13 hundreds of drones and missiles at the occupied territories in response to the regime’s aggression on the Iranian diplomatic facilities in the Syrian capital of Damascus on April 1.
The Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus had killed two generals of the Quds Force of IRGC, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, as well as five of their accompanying officers.
Baqeri praised the Iranian Army’s power of deterrence and defense capabilities against the country’s enemies over the years, and said the force has consolidated its standing as an “efficient, modern and powerful” army in the fields of ground, air, sea, defense and electronic warfare.
“The manifestation of such preparedness was the solidarity, cooperation and synergy of the Army with the IRGC during the historic and proud Operation True Promise in punishing the Zionist aggressor regime, which showed to the international community a new level of the defense power of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces,” Baqeri said.
In another message on the same occasion, IRGC’s Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami congratulated the nation on the National Army Day and said the “brilliant” performance of the Army in cooperation with the IRGC forces in various missions has guaranteed the country’s deterrence power.
Salami said the interoperability of the Army and IRGC serves as a “source of pride for Iran and Iranians,” and is “enviable” for the enemies.
On April 13, the IRGC targeted the Israeli-occupied territories with a barrage of drones and missiles. The extent of the damage on Israeli military bases across the occupied territories is yet to be specified.
Following the reprisal, Iran warned Israel against taking any retaliatory actions and also urged the United States to try not to involve itself in the conflict and signaled that it viewed the matter as “concluded.”
President Ebrahim Raeisi said in a statement on Sunday, “If the Zionist regime or its supporters demonstrate reckless behavior, they will receive a decisive and much stronger response.”
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations also said in a statement that Tehran’s response to Israeli aggression was a “legitimate defense” in accordance with the UN Charter, warning Washington to “stay away” from the matter.
Manikya Reddy filed this writ appeal in the year 2014 challenging the single bench order of dismissing his writ plea wherein the writ plea, he challenged the waqf tribunal order of declaring his property as waqf property.
Published Date – 16 April 2024, 10:51 PM
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Hyderabad: 1. A two-judge bench of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti on Tuesday disposed a writ appeal in a matter pertaining to challenging the action of Jama Masjid in encroaching a part of the lands allotted to OU employees Society at Shaikpet by declaring it as waqf property.
Manikya Reddy filed this writ appeal in the year 2014 challenging the single bench order of dismissing his writ plea wherein the writ plea, he challenged the waqf tribunal order of declaring his property as waqf property.
The case of the appellant is that Osmania University Employees Cooperative Housing Society Limited was allotted Acs.65.07 cents of land at Shaikpet Village by the State government for construction of houses.
That the society converted the land into plots and distributed the same among its members wherein the appellant has purchased 179 square yards from one of the Society’s member in 2011 and later sold it.
That Jama Masjid and its anti-social elements tried to encroach his property as such he filed a complaint and was also granted a decree by Civil Court, restraining the Jama Masjid to enter into the said property.
Whereas the counsel representing Jama Masjid contends that they have filed a suit before Waqf Tribunal where they sought a declaration stating that the property of the appellant comes under waqf property.
Also, the sale deed executed in transferring the said land will stand null and void.
Observing that the proceedings before Waqf tribunal are pending, the bench disposed the matter by stating that the tribunal has power to decide whether any property belongs to waqf board or not and granted liberty to appellants to raise contentions before the Waqf tribunal.
2. The Telangana High Court on Monday held that Public Interest Litigation case is not maintainable for Service matters relying on apex court decision, the division bench declined to proceed further in the PIL. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti dealt with a PIL case filed by Telangana Education Development Foundation, challenging the validity of the notification issued on September 9, 2023 regarding vacant teacher posts in various categories i,e, School Assistant, Secondary Grade Teachers, Language Pandits and Physical Education Teachers in Government and Local Body Schools under the control of Director of School Education, Telangana, Hyderabad. The said notification also reveals that vacancies should fill up by way of Direct Recruitment through Departmental Selection Committee. It is the case of the petitioner that the said notification is in not de-reserving the 668 posts of Urdu Medium Teachers reserved for OC, SC, ST, BC and other special categories into general category. The reserved posts are not being filled up since 2006 due to non-availability of reserved candidates as per roster system. On the other hand, special government pleader representing the state contended that the PIL is not maintainable, as per the guidelines of Supreme court a PIL is not permissible so far as service matters are concerned. Speaking for the bench Chief Justice Alok Aradhe asked the Government pleader that how can you keep the posts vacant since 2006, what did you do?, how come they are still vacant?”. The special Government pleader informed the court that approximately 200 posts are filled out of 668 Posts. Observing the said submissions, the bench came to the conclusion as per the apex court orders a PIL Cannot be maintainable in service matters and accordingly disposed the case.
3. Justice Dr. G Radha Rani of Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Warangal in a criminal petition filed by Tasleema, Sub-Registrar Officer of Mahabubabad. Tasleema filed this petition seeking directions to ACB to enlarge her on bail. It may be recalled that Tasleema was arrested for alleged collection of bribe from the public for registering the conveyance deeds. The judge posted the matter to April 19 for further hearing.
The Eden Gardens on Tuesday was witness to something special on Tuesday. Sunil Narine, after 15 years since making his first-class debut, scored his career’s first century at the age of 35 years and 326 days. The century came in 49 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals. The West Indies allrounder, who has been promoted up the order, slammed 13 fours and six sixes on way to slamming a 56-ball 109. The century was met with joyous reaction from Shah Rukh Khan, team owner of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir has been really influential in Narine’s rise. During his stint as IPL captain, Gambhir had used Narine as a pinch-hitter at the top of the order. Former India and CSk star wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel praised Gambhir for giving Narine a new role.
“When Gautam Gambhir was captain of KKR, he was completely convinced that Sunil Narine is the kind of player who could win them matches if he opened the batting. He came back to KKR and has done just that. A lot of things make a difference. Knowing you have someone who backs you, allows you to bat with confidence. Without a doubt, his batting is exciting. If you score 85 off 39 balls and it feels like every other ball can go for a four or a six, it is exciting,” Parthiv Patel said as quoted by Jio Cinema.
A resident of Vidhyanagar, , Kolanupaka Sahana , Sahana pursued her school education in Ken Crest high school in Karimangar and got 9.8 GPA in SSC.
Published Date – 16 April 2024, 10:31 PM
Karimnagar: An engineering graduate, Kolanupaka Sahana secured the 739th rank in the UPSC Civil Services examination, results of which were announced on Tuesday.
She got the rank in her fourth attempt. A resident of Vidhyanagar, Karimnagar, Sahana pursued her school education in Ken Crest high school in Karimangar and got 9.8 GPA in SSC.
She studied intermediate (MPC) in Gayatri junior college and got 979 marks. She later did her B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) from JNTU, Kukatpalli, Hyderabad, after which she got a job with L&T company. However, she did not join with a view to prepare for the UPSC examination.
In order to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming an IAS officer, she started preparation for civils and took coaching in Delhi.
In the first attempt, she did not even qualify in prelims examination and now won the rank in the fourth attempt. Sahana is the daughter of Geetha and Jayashankara Prasad, who works with a vernacular news daily in Karimnagar.
Her brother is pursuing MBA after completing B.Tech.
