Disclosing this at a meeting of BJP Kisan Morcha on Monday, BJP State President G Kishan Reddy accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of deceiving farmers by not fulfilling the promises made to them during the assembly election campaign.
Published Date – 1 April 2024, 06:40 PM
Disclosing this at a meeting of BJP Kisan Morcha on Monday, BJP State President G Kishan Reddy accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of deceiving farmers by not fulfilling the promises made to them during the assembly election campaign.
Hyderabad: The State unit of BJP Kisan Morcha will hold Rythu Satyagrah on April 5 to protest against the anti-farmer policies of the State government.
Disclosing this at a meeting of BJP Kisan Morcha on Monday, BJP State President G Kishan Reddy accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of deceiving farmers by not fulfilling the promises made to them during the assembly election campaign.
“Revanth has promised to waive farm loans upto Rs. 2 lakh immediately after coming to power. But despite completing 100-days in office he has not taken any steps in that direction. He has cheated the farmers to get their votes,”he said.
He asked the members of the Kisan Morcha to tour villages and create awareness among the people about various schemes and programmes launched for the benefit of the farmers by the Modi government.
They discussed ways to address the inconvenience caused by emanating of smoke due to burning of dry and wet waste generated from the Mancherial civic body to residents of Andalamma Colony and surrounding areas.
Updated On – 1 April 2024, 06:42 PM
Mancherial: Members of a joint committee formed following a directive by the National Green Tribunal inspected the Dry Resource Collection Centre (DRCC) on the outskirts of Andalamma Colony here on Monday.
Members of the committee comprising of Telangana Pollution Control Board Chief Environmental Engineer Hanumantha Rao, Zonal Officer Laxmi Prasad and Mancherial municipal commissioner A Maruthi Prasad inspected the DRCC.
They discussed ways to address the inconvenience caused by emanating of smoke due to burning of dry and wet waste generated from the Mancherial civic body to residents of Andalamma Colony and surrounding areas.
Maruthi Prasad said that steps were being taken to address the menace by 10 days by creating a permanent dumping yard.
He stated that Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) agreed to provide a piece of 25 acres for the facility, following a request made by the civic body.
He noted that the centre would be shifted to the land once it was handed over to the municipality. He added the process of transferring land was under progress.
Md Naheem Pasha, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mancherial Assembly Constituency Coordinator, who moved the NGT in September 2023, said that residents of Andalamma Colony and Green City, and ACC Colony were diagnosed with respiratory related ailments due to the toxic gases and foul smell produced from the DRCC.
He claimed that apex tribunal issued an order to form the committee responding his to petition. Pasha stated that some residents were unable to visit doctors considering their weak financial background. He regretted that children were forced to use nebulizers. He urged the members to address the menace at the earliest.
Known for its highest pumping and motor capacity in the world and its support of the largest surge pool facilities, just one of the seven pumps was switched on, resuming its operation around 4 pm on Sunday.
Published Date – 1 April 2024, 06:34 PM
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Hyderabad: They ridiculed it in every way they could, from calling it a mammoth mistake, a waste of money, a scam to a flop show, flawed and useless.
But when every other source failed to quench the thirst of people in erstwhile Karimnagar, the very people who derided the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project are now depending on it.
The water-starved people of Ramadugu, Malyala, Boinpalli and Gangadhara mandals, who were at their wit’s end asking local authorities and elected representatives for water for several weeks, will testify to the significance of the Kaleshwaram Project.
They are now offering prayers expressing their gratitude to the Bahubali motors of the Gayatri pump house in Package 8 of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) for ending their travails overnight.
People in a cluster of villages in the vicinity of Lakshmipur are celebrating the arrival of water in their ponds and tanks ahead of the peak summer.
They are also hailing former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for his farsightedness that went into the construction of the Gayatri pump house, which bailed them out from acute scarcity conditions today.
Earlier, on Sunday, with pressure mounting pressure following repeated protests by the public and farmers, the State government issued special instructions to initiate steps to augment the supply of drinking water in different gram panchayats where people were up in arms for water.
The Lakshmipur underground pumping station (Gayatri pump house) of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project came in handy for them. The Gayatri pump house, equipped with seven Bahubali motors of 139 MW capacity each, will lift three tmc of water a day.
Known for its highest pumping and motor capacity in the world and its support of the largest surge pool facilities, just one of the seven pumps was switched on, resuming its operation around 4 pm on Sunday.
Water was lifted to the Sriramsagar Flood Flow Canal, filling many of the drinking water supply sources up to the Mid Manair project with 0.1 tmc of water, and the operation was completed in just three hours, thereby complying with the special instructions issued by the government.
This emergency supply has been sourced from the Sripada Yellampalli project, which has been left with only 7.85 tmc of water as against its gross storage capacity of 20.17 tmc.
The water from Sripada Yellampalli was the only hope to cater to the drinking water needs of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and towns and habitations en route.
Welcoming the government decision to draw water from the KLIS sources to meet the drinking water needs in Karimnagar villages, V Prakash Rao, former chairman, Telangana Water Resources Development Corporation, said the real importance of Kaleshwaram was known in meeting such emergencies.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy must realize that the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme was the only dependable source for a major part of the State, he said.
Revanth Reddy must take steps to ensure that the lift operation from Medigadda barrage is resumed at least by the next Yasangi season by completing the project rehabilitation task at the earliest.
When the NDSA wanted the barrages of KLIP to be emptied to facilitate end-to-end investigation of the structures, the water should have been lifted to the reservoirs upstream instead of letting them flow down to the sea.
Such a measure would have given an additional advantage to the State, wherein many projects, including Mid Maniar, were on the verge of going empty, he said.
Following his side’s 20-run win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game, Delhi Capitals (DC) pacer Khaleel Ahmed said that he has worked extremely hard in the domestic season, and his ultimate goal is to play for India. Delhi Capitals clinched their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season with a 20-run triumph over the defending champions Chennai Super Kings at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Khaleel was adjudged as the ‘Player of the Match’ for his spell of 2/21 in four overs.
Following the win, Khaleel said during the post-match presentation, “I have worked hard in the domestic season. I played a lot of matches in the last six months, which has helped me know my game better. I love it when the ball swings and the batters get beaten. Have tried to figure out how I can keep myself fit. The red-ball game teaches you a lot about how the ball is coming out of the hand. The ultimate goal is to play for India.”
Khaleel featured in six Ranji Trophy 2024 matches, taking 14 wickets at an average of 25.78, with the best bowling figures of 4/19.
DC won the toss and opted to bat first. David Warner (52 in 35 balls, with five fours and three sixes) and a returning Prithvi Shaw (43 in 27 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) started off well with a 93-run opening partnership. Following their dismissal, DC lost their direction for a while until Rishabh Pant (51 in 32 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) scored some quick runs to take the side to 191/5 in their 20 overs.
Matheesha Pathirana (3/31) was the pick of the bowlers for CSK.
In the run-chase of 192, Khaleel Ahmed (2/21) and Mukesh Kumar (3/21) troubled the CSK batters with their line and length, and at one point, CSK was 75/3 in 10.2 overs. Useful knocks came from Ajinkya Rahane (45 in 30 balls, with five fours and two sixes), Daryl Mitchell (34 in 26 balls, with a four and two sixes) and MS Dhoni (37* in 16 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes), but DC secured a 20-run win, restricting the five-time champions to 171/6.
Khaleel got the ‘Player of the Match’ for his match-winning spell.
CSK is in the second spot with two wins and a loss, giving them four points. DC is in the seventh spot, with a win and two losses, giving them two points.
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Kejriwal, the AAP’s national convenor, was arrested on March 21 and subsequently remanded in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody.
Published Date – 1 April 2024, 04:59 PM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals wife Sunita Kejriwal speaks to the media after Rouse Avenue Court sends her husband to judicial custody till April 15 in an alleged money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case, in New Delhi on Monday. Delhi Minister Atishi is also seen.
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal‘s wife SunitaKejriwal on Monday accused the BJP of having only one motive — to put her husband in jail during the LokSabha elections.
Kejriwal, the AAP’s national convenor, was arrested on March 21 and subsequently remanded in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody. He is accused of being directly involved in a conspiracy related to the formulation of the now-scrapped excise policy, favouring certain individuals.
A trial court on Monday sent Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15.
“He was questioned for 11 days, the questioning is complete. The court has not declared him guilty. Why has he been put in jail?”SunitaKejriwal told reporters while leaving the Rouse Avenue court.
“They (the BJP) have only one objective — to put him in jail ahead of the LokSabha polls. The country’s people will give a reply to this dictatorship,” she said.
Prior to taking command, General Varshney paid homage to the brave souls at the EME War Memorial at 1 EME Centre Secunderabad.
Published Date – 1 April 2024, 06:22 PM
Hyderabad: Lieutenant General Neeraj Varshney, VSM took over as the Commandant of Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), Secunderabad and 75th Colonel Commandant of the Corps of EME on Monday, April 1, 2024. The General Officer is a first generation army officer and the son of a Professor who taught at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar.
Prior to taking command, General Varshney paid homage to the brave souls at the EME War Memorial at 1 EME Centre Secunderabad. Before assuming the charge of MCEME, he was commandant of EME School at Vadodara. Gen Varshney is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and has attended the prestigious Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Higher Command course at Army War College & Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.
On assuming command of MCEME, Gen Varshney extended his greetings to all ranks of MCEME, veer naris, veterans and defence civilian employees as well as their families. He exhorted all EME Personnel to commit themselves to excellence in training and work with complete dedication to the service of the nation and the army.
The MCEME Commandant, in addition to his military qualifications, holds five Masters degrees in diverse fields including Technology, Business Administration, Defence Studies, Social Sciences & Strategic Management.
Lt General Varshney is a much solicited speaker on strategic and management related topics at Army War College, College of Defence Management, Military Institute of Technology, Naval War College, Gatishakti University, CPWD Officers Academy, Railways Staff College, ITM University and various Management Institutes across the country, a press release added.
The staff responsible for the mix-up have been suspended
A shocking mistake at a Prague hospital resulted in a foreign woman undergoing an abortion she never wanted. CNN Prima News reported that the four-month-pregnant woman arrived for a routine checkup on March 25th at Bulovka University Hospital.
Incredibly, a series of errors allowed her to be anesthetized and operated on, despite being the wrong patient. Hospital staff, including nurses, doctors, a gynaecologist, and even the anesthesiologist, failed to identify her correctly. The hospital blames a language barrier for the nightmarish mix-up.
The healthy pregnant woman was then subjected to a curettage, a type of uterus surgery and method of abortion, that was scheduled for the other patient. Following the procedure, the woman miscarried.
The media outlet reported that aside from gross staff negligence, a language barrier led to the traffic incident.
Speaking to Czech media outlet Seznam Zpravy, gynaecologist and vice-chairman of the Czech Medical Chamber Jan Prada said: ‘A Czech-speaking patient would probably actively resist the fact that she is going to undergo a procedure that she does not understand’.
“The goal must be to do a root analysis, identify the causes, and set a process so that this never happens again,” David Marx, chair of the Czech Society for Quality in Healthcare, told the news outlet.
“According to the findings so far, as a result of a serious violation of internal regulations on the part of the employees concerned, the surgical procedure was initiated on the incorrectly identified patient,’ Bulovka spokeswoman Eva Stolejda Libigerova told CNN Prima News.
The staff responsible for the mix-up have been suspended and the hospital is investigating the incident.
‘If violations of mandatory working procedures are revealed as part of the ongoing internal investigation, specific individuals will be held personally responsible for it,’ the spokeswoman added.
Ten to 20 days of heat waves are expected in different parts of the country (Representational Image)
New Delhi:
India is set to experience extreme heat during the April to June period, with the central and western peninsular parts expected to face the worst impact, the IMD said on Monday as the country prepares for seven-phase general elections from April 19.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said above-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country during the April-June period, with a high probability over central and western peninsular India.
Normal to below-normal maximum temperatures are likely over some parts of the western Himalayan region, northeastern states and north Odisha, he said.
Above-normal heatwave days are likely over most parts in the plains during this period. Ten to 20 days of heat waves are expected in different parts of the country against a normal of four to eight days, he said.
Gujarat, central Maharashtra, north Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, north Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh are likely to experience the worst impact of heat waves, Mohapatra said.
Above-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country in April, with a high probability over central south India.
Normal to below-normal maximum temperatures are likely over some parts of the western Himalayan region and the northeastern states in April, the IMD said.
Above-normal heatwave days are likely over many areas in central India and the adjoining areas of the northern plains and south India in April, the weather office said.
Two to eight days of heat wave are expected in these regions against a normal of one to three days, according to Mohapatra.
Gujarat, Maharashtra, north Karnataka, Odisha, west Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are predicted to experience the worst impact of heat waves in April.
Lok Sabha polls in India will take place in seven phases between April 19 and June 1.
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Two more persons who were booked in the case were still at large. Rao further said that a case of abduction, seriously injuring and abusing using caste name was already registered against the nine persons.
Published Date – 1 April 2024, 05:59 PM
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Mahabubabad: Seven persons were on Monday arrested on the charges of abducting, abusing and assaulting a Dalit youngster at Pogulapalli village in Kottaguda mandal on March 19.
Mahabubabad DSP Thirumal Rao, in a press statement, said that Gadde Swamy, Atukuri Harish, Chevva Shiva, Vattam Nagaraj, Guggilla Narasiah, Baraiboyina Ashok and Gajula Venkateshwarlu were apprehended after probing into the assault against Vankayala Kartheek of Gunjedu village.
Two more persons who were booked in the case were still at large. Rao further said that a case of abduction, seriously injuring and abusing using caste name was already registered against the nine persons.
He warned that stern action would be taken against those who commit illegal activities.
Karthak was kidnapped and assaulted indiscriminately by the nine alleging that he had stolen their music system used in weddings and functions.
