Tejasvi Surya Seeks to 'change Hyderabad', triggers Twitter storm

Tejasvi Surya Seeks to 'change Hyderabad', triggers Twitter storm

Bangalore South Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya triggered a Twitter storm on Monday during his visit to the city where he addressed a ‘Change Hyderabad’ campaign.

The BJP leader posted details about his meeting in the city by changing its name.

For a few hours in the afternoon, an unprintable word in Telugu trended as a hashtag added to Tejasvi Surya’s name. The Hindu is not printing the word whose implied meaning is go away. It quickly degenerated into a battle of IT cells with liberal use of expletives.

The MP was in the city to campaign for BJP candidates contesting the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections.

A linguistic parallel had played out in Kerala during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s in 2016 with #PoMoneModi. While the phrase in Malayalam was a play on a movie dialogue, some non-Telugu users had to use urban dictionary to get the meaning of the Telugu cuss word.THindu

Amid Covid Surge, Night Curfew Imposed in Parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

Amid Covid Surge, Night Curfew Imposed in Parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

Gujrat Government on Friday announced that starting 21 November, it has imposed night curfew in Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara between 9 pm and 6 am in the wake of surging coronavirus cases in the state, according to news agency ANI report.

The announcement by Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel came after the state government on Thursday had decided to impose complete curfew in Ahmedabad from 9 pm of 20 November to 6 am of 23 November, after which a night curfew will remain in force.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation declared night curfew from 9 pm to 6 am every day from tomorrow in order to control the spread of COVID-19. The situation was reviewed late night and it has been decided that a complete curfew shall be imposed from tomorrow night 9 pm till Monday morning at 6 am in the city of Ahmedabad," an order said on Thursday.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the prevailing situation, the Gujarat government has put on hold its earlier decision to open secondary schools and colleges in the state from November 23, said an official release

Moreover, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also imposed a night curfew between 10 pm and 6 am from tomorrow in the more virus-affected cities in the state.

"Night curfew to be imposed between 10 pm to 6 am, starting from November 21 in Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Vidisha, and Ratlam districts. People engaged in essential services & factory workers are exempted," Chouhan said.

However, Chouhan on Friday rejected recent reports that the state government is mulling to impose lockdown again in MP

Govt to Help all Effected People: KTR

Govt to Help all Effected People: KTR

Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao said the State government has decided to extend help to the people who had been impacted first by the coronavirus-triggered lockdown and later the heavy rains in the State, particularly in the State capital.

Speaking to the media here on Saturday, Rama Rao said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and other Ministers discussed the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the financial condition of people, as well as the governments at the Cabinet meeting on Friday. “It was decided that some more help should be extended to the people. Accordingly, the Chief Minister asked us take necessary measures to give more relief to the affected,” the Minister said.

The Minister said the flood-affected families in GHMC and 15 other adjoining municipalities who did not receive the flood relief of Rs 10,000 announced by the State government, can now get the aid by submitting an application through nearby Mee Seva centres.

On providing all relevant details, the authorities will verify their authenticity and provide Rs 10,000 at their doorstep or deposit the amount in their bank accounts. The State government disbursed more than Rs 470 crore to 4,75,871 families in GHMC and adjoining municipalities towards immediate flood relief.T Today

GHMC Elections on December 1, Results on December 4

GHMC Elections on December 1, Results on December 4

Elections for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will be held on December 1 and the counting will take place on December 4.

The State Election Commissioner, C. Parthasarathy released the schedule here at a press conference and said election code has come into place with immediate effect. He said the nominations will start from November 18 (Wednesday) and end on November 20.

Scrutiny will be done on November 21 and the last date for withdrawal of candidates is November 22. The display of ward electoral rolls will be on November 18.

Replying to a question on the schedule being released on such a short notice without giving adequate time for the political parties to prepare, Mr. Parthasarathy said as per the new GHMC Act the dates have to be decided in consultation with the government.

He said 74,04,770 voters will participate in the elections of which 38,56,770 are men, 35,46,847 are women and 669 voters are registered in the ‘other’ category. He said 2,700 polling stations have been identified as problematic and among these 257 were in the critical category, 1004 in the hypersensitive category and 1439 in the sensitive category.

The GHMC will ensure distribution of voter slips to all the voters and the same can be downloaded from ‘tsec.gov.in’ website. Location of the polling station can also be identified using an App. Maximum ceiling limit for election expenditure for each candidate is ₹5 lakhs.

Robrey in Reliance Digital Store Burgled in Hyderabad, Accused at Large

Robrey in Reliance Digital Store Burgled in Hyderabad, Accused at Large

Police are in pursuit of a gang of thieves who burgled a Reliance Digital store in Hyderabad’s Madinaguda area early on Saturday.

“We are tracking the offenders,” Madhapur Deputy Commissioner of Police M. Venkateshwarlu told IANS.

Venkateshwarlu said the offenders came in a multi-utility vehicle around 4.15 a.m. on Saturday morning to commit the burglary at the electronic appliance store.

However, he is not sure about the value and volume of the stolen goods but said some brand new cellphones, laptops and others were stolen.

The police is yet to receive the full details of the stolen stuff.

Meanwhile, police are analysing the CCTV footage of the theft and tracking the car of the accused who are reportedly heading for Maharashtra.

We have some information, we are tracking that vehicle. They are going towards Pune,” said Venkateshwarlu.

Registration of Non Agriculture Property on Dharani Portal from November 23

Registration of Non Agriculture Property on Dharani Portal from November 23

In a relief to those who have been awaiting registration of non-agriculture properties to resume, Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided that it will begin on November 23 through Dharani portal.

The resumption of registrations will be launched by Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar.

The Chief Minister, during a review meeting with officials at Pragati Bhavan here on Sunday, said: "The process of registration of agriculture lands through the Dharani portal has become popular among people. In the state, people are of the view that a new era has begun in land registration. The feedback coming from the field level was quite satisfactory. The Dharani Portal has overcome the initial teething problems. In another three to four days it would overcome all the initial problems. We have decided to commence registration of non-agriculture lands only after resolving all the issues pertaining to Dharani Portal."

Registration of properties was halted on September 8 ahead of the new Revenue Act, 2020 being brought into force. The order halting the registration of properties said that the decision was to provide quality service to citizens.

After Dharani portal was launched on Oct 29, registration of agriculture properties resumed but those of the non-agriculture properties remained suspended since the process of uploading of records pertaining to the non-agriculture properties to the portal was not fully completed.IE

Actor Asif Basra Allegedly Dies By Suicide in Dharamshala

Bollywood actor Asif Basra was found dead at a private guest house in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala on Friday, as per a report by ANI.

The local police and forensic team reached the spot and an investigation into the matter has been initiated. As per some reports, Basra is said to have allegedly died by suicide. Reports also state that the actor had a property on lease in McLeod Ganj for the past 5 to 6 years and visited there frequently.

Film actor Asif Basra was found dead in a private complex in Dharamshala. The forensic team is at the spot and the police are investigating the matter," SSP Kangra, Vimukt Ranjan was quoted as saying by ANI.

Asif Basra was part of films such as Jab We Met, Kai Po Che!, Hichki and Parzania. He was also a part of the recent popular series Pataal Lok.

Telangana High Court Asks State Government to bain Sale, Bursting of firecrackers

Telangana High Court Asks State Government to bain Sale, Bursting of firecrackers

The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to ban the sale and bursting of firecrackers in the state. In a hearing on the issue on Thursday, the court directed the Telangana state government to give widespread publicity to the ban.

 While the government informed the court that it was following NGT guidelines on bursting of firecrackers, the court said that the bursting of firecrackers and setting off of fireworks, might contribute to the further spread of Covid-19.DC

Rohit Sharma Included in India Test Squad for Australia tour, BCCI announces revised ODI, T20I teams

Rohit Sharma included in India Test squad for Australia tour, BCCI announces revised ODI, T20I teams

Rohit Sharma was included in the India Test squad for Australia tour but the senior India selection committee and BCCI medical team after consulting the opener decided to rest him from the ODI and T20I series in Australia.

The BCCI also provided updates on Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy and announced a revised India ODI, T20I and Test squad for the Australia tour.

Sanju Samson - The Selection Committee has added Sanju Samson as an additional wicket-keeper to India’s ODI squad.

Ishant Sharma - The senior Indian fast bowler has been undergoing his rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Once he fully recovers and gains sufficient match fitness, he will be added to India’s Test squad.

Varun Chakravarthy - The spinner has been ruled out of the T20I series owing to a shoulder injury. The selectors have named T Natarajan as a replacement.

Wriddhiman Saha - The senior Indian wicket-keeper sustained injuries to both his hamstrings during his side’s IPL game on 3rd November. A call on his availability will be taken later.

Team India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.

Team India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper).

Team India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj.

Youngster Dies as Tiger Attacks in Asifabad Telangana

Youngster Dies as Tiger Attacks in Asifabad Telangana

A tribal youngster was attacked and killed by a tiger, when he went to the forest areas to graze cattle on the outskirts of Digida village in Dahegaon mandal on Wednesday. The badly mauled body of Sidam Vignesh (21) was found later by fellow villagers.

According to reports reaching the district headquarters, three tribal youth, Vignesh and his two friends Bolishetti Naveen and Sidam Srikanth went to the forest areas to graze cattle. “The tiger appeared suddenly, lunged at Vignesh and dragged him away” the terrified duo recalled. Vignesh seemed to have been killed in the first strike itself.

The duo who almost froze with fear on seeing the tiger, but managed to scamper towards the village. They alerted the villagers, who gathered in large numbers. Later the villagers and the duo dared to venture into the forest area where Vignesh was attacked. After some search, the villagers found the body of Vignesh.

The big cat seemed to have eaten some flesh and abandoned the body.