Telangana Telugu Desham Party seems to be self-regulating itself. Even before TDP national president Chandrababu Naidu had a say about detention of MLC Deepak Reddy, the TTDP leaders said that there are plenty more fish in the sea while Deepak Reddy is just small one. While the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is yet to respond on the incident, Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said that after finding out all the details they will respond. It is apparent that TTDP is aware of the wrong doings of the MLC by terming him as a “small fish”.
It may be noted that after the arrest by CCS police, Anantapur MLC Deepak has been remanded to 14 days judicial custody and is shifted to Chanchalguda Jail. It may be recalled that KCR critiqued Chandrababu for having deceived the Telangana TDP and abandoning it last week. The TDP chief, said he would guide and lead the TTDP leaders as they are also working for the welfare of the people. Evidently, TTDP leaders preferred people over the guidance and leadership of Chandrababu.
TTDP president L Ramana also alleged that thousands of crores worth land is being encroached by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s followers. Ramana asked the CM, to handcuff the trespassers instead of chaining the farmers who are demanding fair price.
In a major embarrassment for the Telugu Desham Party, Andhra Pradesh MLC Deepak Reddy has been detained by the Hyderabad police on Tuesday. Deepak who was unanimously elected as MLC few months ago, was arrested in four land grab cases. His gang has been accused of criminal trespassing in major parts of Hyderabad. The allegations include document forgery, grabbing hundreds of acres of land among others. Deepak along with his lawyer Shailesh Saxena and another broker were detained by the police.
Deepak who joined TDP in 2012 is married to the daughter of JC Prabhakar Reddy. There are several cases already against him related to encroachment, damage to property and other related activities. Deepak who has MBA degree from United States allegedly owns mining and mineral companies. This incident against MLC comes within less than a month after CBI booked TDP MLC Vakati Narayana Reddy. It may be recalled that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu suspended Vakati from the TDP hinting that the MLC might be taken back if he proved innocent.
Veteran film director and former Union Minister of State Dasari Narayana Rao was cremated with state honours near here on Wednesday.
Leading film personalities, politicians and fans besides family members, relatives and friends bid a tearful adieu to Rao, who breathed his last on Tuesday in a private hospital after prolonged illness. He was 75.
The last rites were performed at Rao’s farm house at Moinabad, about 60 km from Hyderabad.
Rao’s eldest son Harihara Prabhu lit the funeral pyre as a police contingent presented gun salute. The funeral was performed adjacent to the ‘samadhi’ of Rao’s wife.
Rao, who holds Limca World Record for directing the most films and directed generations of film stars — from thespian N.T. Rama Rao to Nagarjuna, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday following prolonged illness. He was 75.
Earlier, he was shifted from his Jubliee Hills residence to the office of the Film Chamber to enable people to pay their last respects.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited Film Chamber office and described Rao’s demise as a great loss to Telugu film industry.
“Telugu film industry has lost a pillar. He was institution in himself,” said Naidu. He recalled that from a modest background, Rao become director, writer, actor and later politician and worked hard for the welfare of weaker sections.
Celebrities like Pawan Kalyan, Junior NTR, Daggubati Venkatesh, Allu Arjun, Narayana Murthy, Naga Babu, Vijayachander, Raghvendra Rao, Dil Raju, Mohan Babu, Krishna, Nassar and filmmaker Trivikram paid their last respects.
Actor Mohan Babu, whose career was launched by Rao, broke down.
“He was like a father to me. My entire family forever is indebted to him,” Babu said.
Actress-filmmaker Vijaya Nirmala said she was “shaken” and that he always treated her like a sister.
Having directed 151 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi, Rao produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 as a dialogue writer and lyricist.
Some of his famous films include “Premabhishekam”, “Megha Sandesham”, “Osey Ramulamma” and “Tata Manavadu”. He planned to make a biopic on late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
A multi-faceted personality, he served as Union Minister of State for Coal in United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. It was during his tenure that the scandal over coal blocks allocation rocked the nation.
Hoping to make huge revenues, Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) has decided to take up auction six big land parcels totalling 15 acres in Raidurg, Hi-Tec City and Khanamet. This auctioning will help us know where Hyderabad stands with respect to its real estate growth. On the other hand, buyers are choosing Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai and Pune over the prime metros like Mumbai and Delhi.
Post bifurcation there were many reports on how real-estate will fall flat in the newly formed state of Telangana. However, contrary to the speculations, the income through registrations has seen a significant rise from the fiscal year 2015-16 to 2016-17. The revenue increased from Rs 3,100 crore to Rs 3,528 crore while the real growth rate around 14 percent putting Telangana in first position in South India. After Telangana only Kerala has seen a growth by 5percent. The other south India states including Andhra Pradesh saw a dip. The revenue through registrations in AP fell to 4 per cent, 5.61 per cent in Karnataka and 18.36 per cent in Tamil Nadu.
However, 83 per cent of Telangana registrations are from Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts only. In West Hyderabad alone, 11,877 houses are estimated to be under construction since last year. There is an increase in sales as well because of the implementation of huge projects. At least 600 houses are taken as a part of each project. Consequently, there is really good increase in prices of real estate.
On the contrary, in counterpart Andhra Pradesh the muddle in capital city construction and drought are obstructing the real estate boom. Sales have been halted around the capital city. The Singapore Consortium has set a condition that government should give permission to others only after the work in their plots is completed. The initial excitement to relocate to Amaravati from Hyderabad is fading. The government’s hoped that the citizens of AP will shift their businesses from Hyderabad to Vijayawada but in vain. With Real estate growing rapidly in Hyderabad, those who wanted to swing to Amaravati are reconsidering their plans. It is known that real estate elites of Rayalaseema and Nellore regions established themselves in Bengaluru.
Hyderabad is in a league of its own and as such is lucrative, so even the employees who are posted in AP are not completing shifting their base including the Chief Minister’s family. It will take time for media and entertainment industry to shift their base, even though they have started operations. By 2019, as the election fever grips in, there might be some movement. Everyone is hopeful about the AP capital and want it to constructed at the earliest. The plains have to be converted into sky-rise buildings, industrial corridors and others which can attract investments to make Amaravati a functional capital.
Hyderabad is a city where there is outpouring love and compassion. The environment and cleanliness in the city is shaped not only by those in influential positions but by everyone who lives or work in the city of pearls.
Heavy rain with strong winds with speed of around 120 to 150 kmph in a hailstorm created mayhem in the capital city on Tuesday night. Around 300 trees fell to the ground. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) wrestled with the fallen trees to clear the path. GHMC team along with along with members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been working to restore services and bring back normalcy.
One such affected user took to twitter and asked KTR to send GHMC officials to remove the fallen branches of an uprooted tree. KTR said “Don’t get me wrong but why can’t you & your friends try & do some basic cleanup instead of leaving it for @GHMCOnline Afterall it’s our city”. The Minister in just one tweeted conveyed that cleanliness of the city begins by cleaning one’s mind.
Also, this is the best time to plant a tree in Hyderabad as a respect to the fallen 300 trees, especially for the tree near Hasmathpet that fell to the ground after 200-years of existence. In the words of Anchor and actor Pradeep Machiraju “it’s the duty of each one of us to regain the Green! Let’s unite to make this place(Hyderabad) a better one by planting more trees”
Don't get me wrong but why can't you & your friends try & do some basic cleanup instead of leaving it for @GHMCOnline Afterall it's our city https://t.co/NcWXR8tQmL
Superstar Mahesh is fighting hard for his next movie titled Spyder which is said to be a stylish action entertainer and has huge dose of action episodes throughout. AR Murugadoss is directing the film and the actor wrapped up the next schedule in Hyderabad recently after which he flew to Goa with his family. Mahesh has been shooting outdoors for the film mostly due to which he could not spend time with his family in the recent times. Hence the actor flew to Goa to chill out with his family in this hot summer.
With Spyder release pushed to August, the makers too are not in a hurry and the entire shoot will be wrapped up by the mid of June. The actor will return back to Hyderabad during this weekend after which he will get back to shoot. Mahesh is romancing Rakul Preet Singh for the first time in Spyder which is a bilingual and is produced by NV Prasad, Tagore Madhu. The movie has been aimed for August 11th release this year.
Rashmi Sharma (39) committed suicide in Alkapur Colony, Puppalaguda, Hyderabad as her family returned from the US. After working for eight years in the US with the Bank of America, Sanjiv Sharma husband of the deceased could not get an extension on his H1B visa due to the new rules. The family had to return back to the country a month ago and were forced to sell property, furniture in the US at a very low price.
Depressed over the return, the victim allegedly committed suicide, when her husband and their two sons had stepped out to get laptop repaired. When Sanjeev along with the kids returned home, they found that the house was locked from inside and Rashmi did not respond to the knocks. Consequently, then broke the door and found her hanging from the ceiling.
It’s been less than a month since the family moved to Hyderabad from the US. Rashmi who hails from Uttar Pradesh apparently was dejected over returning to India and shifting to Hyderabad and not even New Delhi or somewhere in North India. A case of suspicious death was booked, however, police said that there was no sign of major differences between the couple.
Hyderabad based startup FIXU is an Umbrella brand for everything. Founded in the year 2016 by Vamshi Krishna, the startup provides on-demand service professionals such as Electricians, Plumbers, Beauticians, Carpenters, Painters and Pest controllers through its mobile app. Telugu360 is in conversation with Vamshi, who tells us more about his early startup…
Could you pitch for your startup?
Everybody needs a handyman and there are many available in the market. But yet a person has to wait 3-5hours for a repair to be done. FixU sends a handyman to your doorstep in just 10to15minutes. With 25plus services in Hyderabad, FixU is an Online-handyman aggregator who knocks your door in the shortest possible time.
What is something you did not anticipate will ever happen?
First let me tell you the bad surprise. Five days after we went live, our website was hacked. Fortunately, the data was encrypted and couldn’t be stolen. The good or let me call it the best surprise is, being about 75days old startup we got selected for Facebook’s developer-focused FbStart programme.
You are the only startup in Hyderabad to be selected for the FbStart. How is it helping you?
Yes. We are also the seventh Startup in India to receive access to $40,000 worth of credits and services from the social networking giant. It is giving us more than 25plus advantages where startups spend in initial stages. We got amazon credits up to 3lakhs per year for cloud services. A considerable amount of cost is cut for an early stage startup. Also, we get free marketing credits, access to the exclusive community of Facebook’s developers for one full year.
What is next in store being part of FbStart?
FbStart in itself is a big thing for a 3month old startup. The tech part helped us to get there. Now we got selected for global competition by Facebook for all the startups curated for Fbstart. Only few of them have been selected and we are one of them. If we win we will get 1crore prize money which would be 50 percent cash reward and 50 percent facebook goodies. We hope to be the one who is selected from startups across the world as this will help in funding.
What is your funding pattern?
We are currently bootstrap and are earning decent commission on every single transaction. This will be able help us to get through the next 6to8months easily. However, we are hunting for investors for our angel round. The market potential for our startup is as high as 8billion dollars in India. We are looking for 20percent equity dilution, 250000$ to complete 1lakh transactions on FixU.
You have seen failures in two startups on your part. What differently you did for this to work?
Yes, two startups did not work for me, but that did not stop me from pursuing what I want. This time we are going hard on technology. The technology is so robust that anyplace in this world, just plug and play the app. Apart from that there is a lot of learning in terms of financials, legalities, mentors that I am carrying forward from ecosystem.
How do you differentiate yourself from your competitors?
There are startups like us but they are just another version of Just-Dial. Our vendors are not restricted by the location and can get orders outside the radius of the vendor. We are on-demand service. Fortunately, our customers need not schedule the request and are not bound by location.
Where do you see yourself in next 5years?
There is a demand for us and we want to add another 75services to our bucket list. We want to make our presence felt in at least two cities by end of August – Bengaluru and Mumbai. We will be capturing all over India particularly Tier1 and Tier2 cities. In another six to seven years we want to go international. Hopefully, FixU will be soon deciding rates of every technician or service personnel every day.
You are a small team; how will you achieve your expansion plans?
We want to invest in a good team but with our technology driven app, sitting in a small room with an internet connection one can run FixU. The direct employment rate is low, no new warehouse is required nor do we need to train resource. Our technology is our strength, registration process is online with curated updates. We are onboarding hundreds of handymen.
What was a big challenge for you and how did you overcome?
Onboarding vendors has been a big challenge always. A sudden change in an unexplored market will confuse the vendors. Our vendors are servicing maximum within distance of 3to5kms. We are sending vendors in more than 80% cases in 10-15min. Another big thing is, Reliance Jio which helped in easing our woes, we are FixU, before and after Jio. This will take forever for our competitors to kill us.
What’s in store for users in the immediate future?
We have a big update next month. This will make changes to UI and it easier than current version. We are doing a rebranding activity. Apart from that, before the offers expire, download the app on Android and IOS and get any outstanding fixes for your home repaired immediately.
Osmania University(OU) is celebrating 100 years of existence today. On 26th April 1917, a Firman was issued for the establishment of the University which also detailed the Mission and Objectives. With a special focus on the iconic Arts college building, the entire campus is illuminating with colourful laser lights to celebrate 100years of existence.
The Inaugural of the centenary celebrations will be initiated by President Pranab Mukherjee which will host the Chancellor and Governor ESL Narasimhan, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Minister for Education Kadiam Srihari and as many as twenty thousand spectators.
The university is named after its founder, Nawab Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam to rule Hyderabad. OU was established with ‘Urdu’ as the medium of instruction. In the year 1948, as the university completed three decades of existence, the princely State of Hyderabad became a part of new Independent India. Subsequently, Urdu was replaced by English as the medium of instruction.
Initially, the University Departments and Offices were located at different places in the city. It was only in 1934 that the University was shifted to the present campus. The motto of the University is “Tamasoma Jyothirgamaya” which means ‘Lead us from Darkness to Light’. The governor of the state is the chancellor of the University. Spread across 1600 acres the university has UGC, NAAC, AIU affiliations.
The university conferred Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1953) with Honorary Doctorate, likewise Dr. Man Mohan Singh (1994). OU apart from giving the society like one of the former Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Parliamentarians, Legislators, eminent scholars, scientists, writers, sportsmen and is known as the land of uprising. Be it protests in 1969 or 2009, OU students have converted all the agitations into people’s movement.
SS Rajamouli’s prestigious project Baahubali: The Conclusion is gearing up for a massive release on April 28th in record number of screens. The makers announced that the film will release in IMAX format which left Hyderabadis in delight. With PRASADS having an IMAX screen, there has been huge demand for tickets. The inside news is that the film will not be released in IMAX format however it will be released on the large screen in regular format.
With the new projectors costing a bomb, they are in no mood to update the equipment, which resulted in this. However the large screen is being renovated currently and will be re-opened with Baahubali: The Conclusion. SS Rajamouli and his team will watch the special screening of the Telugu version at 9 AM on April 28th in PRASADS informed a source. The entire tickets for the show have been acquired by the ace filmmaker.
Telugu360 was in conversation with a co-founder of a Hyderabad startup who in a candid conversation mentioned – “At least, two people have told me that they left their job in the US – one to join family business and other to start their own business. I emphasize on today. Since Trump came in the number has been going up. I know a lot of them who already left and there are people who are contemplating to return home”
This is going to be the case with most of the Indians, who will now know at least one ‘foreign returned techie’. It is apparent that the Indians in the US have accepted the Trump change and are looking to come back home. As each month is passing by the number of Indians searching for jobs in India is snowballing. As per the analysis of one of the Big four companies, 600 Indians were looking to return home in December and by March the number hit 7000.
A workable option for companies to not only retain the Indian workers but also address the shortage of workers in US is through global in-house centers (GICs). The idea for GICs was to maintain low cost but now they can turn into a facility for talent.
POTUS Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to look at tightening the H1B visa programme used to bring high-skilled foreign workers to the country, as he tries to carry out his campaign pledges to put “America First”. On similar lines Australia abolished the 457 visa programme used majorly by Indians, in the national interest to put Australians and Australian jobs first. The rising nationalism is going to cost India intensely.
Police detained leaders of Telangana unit of Congress party here on Monday as the opposition intensified its protest over shifting of ‘Dharna Chowk’, a popular venue of protests in Hyderabad.
Tension prevailed at Tank Bund in the heart of the city as several leaders sat on satyagraha at the state of B.R. Ambedkar but police evicted them on the ground that there is no permission for the protest.
Telangana state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, former ministers Bhatti Vikramarka, Mohammed Ali Shabbir, D. Nagender and former MPs V. Hanumantha Rao and Anjan Kumar Yadav were among those detained and shifted to different police stations.
The Congress party had called for the protest to demand Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government to revive ‘Dharna Chowk’ at Indira Park in the heart of the city.
Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that TRS government is suppressing the voice of opposition by shifting ‘Dharna Chowk’ to the city outskirts. “This move is undemocratic. The government is not ready to tolerate the voice of dissent,” he told reporters.
The Congress leaders said TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who organised many protests in the city including Million March during Telangana movement, was not snatching the rights of the opposition parties.
The protest by the Congress came a day after leaders of Dharna Chowk Protection Committee launched a month long relay hunger strike at the Communist Party of India (CPI) headquarters, Mukhdoom Bhavan here.
The committee comprising leaders of CPI, CPI-M, other Left parties and mass organisations denounced the attitude of the Chief Minister and said the government was denying the democratic rights of the people to protest.
Noted educationalist and former Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Chukka Ramaiah said that it was unfortunate that Chandrasekhar Rao, who participated in many agitations programmes and meetings at Indira Park during the Telangana movement, now does not want that very Chowk to exist.
‘Dharna Chowk’ had been the venue of thousands of protests by political parties, people’s organisations, students’ groups, employees’ unions and others for over two decades.
Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao had last week defended the police move to shift ‘Dharna Chowk’ to the city outskirts saying that that some parties were deliberately creating problems in the name of protests. He also stated that the venue doesn’t make any difference as the opposition will still be able to highlight the issues and bring them to the government’s notice thanks to the coverage by the media.
Last month, leaders of all opposition parties had come together to meet Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan Rao and submit a memorandum protesting the government’s move.
Telangana new municipal minister K T Ramarao today announced an ambitious 100-day action plan for the development of Hyderabad city.
The Action Plan was prepared incorporating many of the promises chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and KTR himself gave to the people during campaign to the GHMC elections. The campaign was led by KTR.
Ramarao, who has been entrusted with the responsibilities of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, following landslide victory in GHMC polls, said addressing the people’s grievances would be the top priority and an app and a portal would be created for the complaints. Ramarao said the city would soon have 40 model markets at various places. They would be constructed at a cost of Rs 28 crore. The GHMC , he said, would construct a 25 km cycle track with world-class standards.
To enhance the employability of youth in Hyderabad, GHMC would start skill development programs in a big way. The other important items incorporated in the action plan are:
1. Cleaning of Hussain Sagar Lake will be taken up in three phases
2. Establishing 20 parks in various colonies and setting up 150 gyms
4. All applications pending under LRS and BRS schemes
5. speedy collection of garbage
6. Release of 32,000 new tap connections
7. completion of the pending reservoirs in Hyderabad
8. Rs 100 crore assistance to women’s groups
9. All on-line clearance for constructions in 30 days
[intro]Andhra Pradesh Government decided to invite suggestions on Draft Master Plan and Perspective Plan of Amaravati. The Singapore submitted plans would be put up online for a month. People and experts can give their suggestions and changes to the plans.[/intro]
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Government decided to invite suggestions and change from experts and people to the Draft Master Plan and Perspective Plan of Amaravati city. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a three-hour meeting with Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) Vice-Chairman, and Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister P Narayana, and senior officials of the authority on Thursday. The chief minister who made some suggestions to the plans, also asked the officials to notify the draft plans for people to see and respond.
The plans will be put online for 30 days from the date of notification to receive suggestions, objections and changes from people and experts. Once this process is over, then the government will move forward with the next phase of selecting a Master Developer to begin construction of the capital city. Prior to this, farmers who had given their lands to the capital city would be allocated plots.
Somebody commented that Indians waste as much food as the whole of United Kingdom consumes. Even though poverty and droughts stare into our face every day, food wastage is an alarming issue in the country.
Our bazars, markets, streets and homes and dust bins bear testimony to this statement. It is as if Indians, who want their country a super power, are hell bent on to prove that their nation is no longer poor and their it is really suffering from surfeit of food.
Recently, United Nations Development Program said up to 40 pc of the food produced in the country is being wasted. As much as 21 million tonnes of wheat are wasted. In fact, agriculture ministry admits to the fact that about Rs. 50,000 crore worth of food produced is wasted every year in the country.
Now, the Hi-tech city Hyderabad has proven what UNDP and Union Agriculture Ministry said correct. Food wasted in Hotels, homes, functional halls, vegetable markets and hospitals form the half of the garbage generated in the fifth largest city in India, According to Robin Hood Army, a voluntary organization that works to get surplus food from restaurants to feed the less fortunate people in cities across India and Pakistan. Spoorthy of ‘ I Support Robin Hood Army’ revealed that their organization collects waste food to feed the poor in Hyderabad daily. Last month her organization fed more than 4000 poor with the surfeit food, which otherwise would have been thrown in to garbage bins, collected from hotels in Madhapur, Banjara Hills and other places in the city. ‘Lack of good is not a challenge. Food is available to anyone who needs it’, says GHMC in a report. Spoorthy said in order to avoid the food go waste they had tied up with several hotels in city, who give the leftover food to the organization so that they could feed poor.
There are over 20,000 registered hotels in Hyderabad city and the number would be more if road side stalls are included. Expert say about 10 to 20 pc food is wasted in the warehouses of Food Corporation of India. Imagine the quantum of wasted food in Hyderabad?
[intro]Of late, Neta’s in Telangana State capital Hyderabad has began a new tradition of laying foundation and inauguration stones to walls and footpaths to make their mark.[/intro]
Hyderabad: Neta’s try to make a mark of their own on everything they do while in power. But, these days some of the TRS minister seems to have not enough on hand to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony, or to lay foundation stones to new construction of buildings. May be for such major events only bigwigs in the TRS party or government are mostly preferred. So, some of the ministers and MLAs have left with no other option have been now finding their solace in laying foundation stones making construction of masonary walls, re-laying of footpaths and even painting footpaths as an occasion to make their mark.
Right-wing Hindu groups sought an official ban on the ‘Beef Festival’ scheduled to be held on December 10 by Left wing and Dalit organizations of Osmania University, Hyderabad. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on Friday registered its protest with Hyderabad District Collector and urged collector K Nirmala to intervene and protect the University atmosphere from being polluted by some student groups.
It has become a tradition for assertive Dalit organizations and Left wing student association in Hyderabad to organize Beef Festival as response to the imposition of rightist anti-beef culture. Though the cultural event began in University of Hyderabad, Osmania University has been carrying it forward. This year All India Students Federation (AISF), Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU), Students Federation of India (SFI), Bahujan Students Federation (BSF) and some faculty members joined hands to organize the Beef Festival on December 10, normally observed as ‘Human Rights Day’. According to organizers, the December 10 has been chosen to uphold the food rights of the people. The organizers have also invited noted writer and activist Arundhati Roy, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, former MP and noted Dalit activist from Tamil Nadu Thol Tirumavalavan to participate in the event.
Criticizing the organizers for attempting to vitiate the academic atmosphere on the campus, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti demanded action against the student groups responsible for the Beef Festival.
“We condemn the so called Beef Festival. Consuming and serving beef on the campus hurts religious sentiments of Hindu community. This type of festivals go against the established university traditions. Educational institutes are like temples and students should help maintain the sanctity of the place,” said Chandra Moger, Samiti’s coordinator.
The organization alleged that some miscreants and anti-social elements among the University students were willfully organizing this Beef Festival only to foment trouble on the campus. Recalling the 2012 Beef Festival which led to the violence causing injuries to scores of students, the organization urged the collector and University authorities to ban the festival to prevent recurrence of violence on the campus.
Hundreds of youth led by All India Youth Federation (AIYF) burnt the effigy of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Babu Jagjeevan Ram’s statue, opposite Nizam College, today demanding filling up all vacancies in the government departments.
Telanana youth are a worried lot. Because, the state government is tardy in issuing notifications for the recruitment. KCR promised a job for each family in the separate state. But, with projects like Kakatiya Mission and Water Grid project cornering more funds, the state wants to delay the promised recruitment. The idea behind this is that once the proposed private investments pour in, there would be bumper crop of jobs for youth. So the government’s delay is planned. Only the jobs that are essential such as engineers and police constables are being filled up to pacify the youth.
Against this background on Tuesday, AIYF organized the KCR-effigy burning program.
AIYF State general secretary B Anjaneyulu said KCR, who had assured one job to every household, has miserably failed to release job notifications even though the State government completed 18 months. It was not proper on the part of KCR to initiate steps to fill only police jobs, he said.
“There are about 2000 vacant posts in Group-I category and 6000 posts in Group-II category, 12,000 posts in Group-IV and 10,961 teacher posts in schools across the state. Government should issue notification to fill all these vacancies.,” he said. Anjaneyulu said youth of Telangana, who fought without caring for their education were a disillusioned lot.
” About 20 lakh students have completed their education and waiting for employment opportunities. Hoping that Telangana state would start recruitment, they have spent thousands of rupees for coaching and have been staying in Hyderabad at exorbitant living expenditure. Their families also spending anxious moments about the future of their children,” he said.
He warned that AIYF will launch a movement with unemployed youth if the government failed to fill vacant posts immediately across the state.
Students belonging to NSUI organized burning of effigy of Central Minister Nitin Gadkari against his statement that the Government would appoint BJP members as heads of Educational Institutions and students are not supposed to question the decision. They said Gadkari’s statement revealed the intent of Modi’s government to saffronize the educational institutes in the country. They said they would oppose any move to destroy the secular character of educational institutions in the country. NSUI President Motha Rohit, State General Secretary Rakesh Yadav, Hyderabad youth congress Sanghi Reddy, Ashok Chary, Sohail Ali, Subbu, Kanna, Akhil,Ravi Teja, Sudhakar etc participated in the program organized at Dilsukhnagar chowrastha.
