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SHC receives 16,972 applications for Haj-2013

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The Andhra Pradesh State Haj Committee has received as many as 16,972 applications for the Haj 2013 from the aspiring Haj pilgrims of the State.

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Anantapur, 394 from individuals who have extended Hyderabad, April 4: The Andhra Chittoor, 134 from East their wholehearted cooperation in Pradesh State Haj Committee has Godavari , 541 from completing the Haj applications received as many as 16,972 Guntur, 578 from Kadapa, phase in the state from 5th applications for the Haj 2013 from 379 from Kareemnagar, February to 30th March 2013. He the aspiring Haj pilgrims of the 145 from Khammam, 416 t h a n k e d t h e v o l u n t a r y State.from Krishna, 521 from organizations; volunteers; Out of the total applicants 8,700 are M e d a k , 3 9 0 f r o m Members, Executive Officer and males, 8272 are females and 20 Nalgonda, 210 from officers and staff of the State Haj infants. Hyderabad with 8345 N e l l o r e , 1 3 0 f r o m Committee, District Haj Societies applications stands first followed by Prakasam, 773 from who have extended cooperation in 960 from Kurnool, 844 from Ranga Reddy, 113 from filling up the Haj Application N i z a m a b a d a n d 7 8 2 f r o m Visakhapatnam, 302 from Forms. He has also thanked the Mahbubnagar. Only seven Warangal and 48 from Management, Medical Officers applications were received from West Godavari 48. and Para Medical staff of the Vizianagaram and there was no Haj SHC Chairman Syed Princess Esra Hospital, Shah Ali applicant from the Srikakulam Khaleeluddin Ahmed has Bunda, Hyderabad for issuing district. According to the SHC, as expressed his gratitude to Medical Fitness Certificate of the many as 382 applications were all the institutions and Haj Applicants.received from Adilabad, 578 from

SHC receives 16,972 applications for Haj-2013

Chiru to act in film topromote Tourism

New Delhi, April 4: The 150th film But this time around things seem to of Chiranjeevi has always been be moving.elusive. Much has been written Speaking to reporters, he said that about it. World Tourism Seminar from April There were denials, no comments, 11 to 14. The Tourism Minister said some came up with names, that he will act in a film that would heroines, directors, producers and promote Tourism. He said that the many other names. However, Oscar winner Life of Pi has left a nothing was finalized. great impact on him.

PoliticsThursday, April 4, 2013 | Hyderabad

opposition and ruling party as Hyderabad, April 4: Left Parties well.extended their solidarity with The Chief Minister had assured YSRCP leaders who are on an that there would be some relief. indefinite fast at the New MLA His cabinet co l leagues C quarters here on Thursday.Ramachandriah, PCC President MLAs Gunda Mallesh (CPI), Botsa Satyanarayana senior leader Julakanti (CPM) and other leaders V Hanumantha Rao and union went to the camp site, where the minister K Chiranjeevi had Party Honorary President YS criticized the government for the Ijayamma along with MLAs and hike in power charges.MLCs are on fast. The Left Parties have given a They criticized the Congress bandh call on April 9, which will government for the hike in power be supported by all political charges and demanded that the hike parties. Ten Left Parties went on should be immediately rolled back.fast and the baton was taken over Meanwhile, Chief Minister N by TDP and it was passed on to Kiran Kumar Reddy is holding a BJP and now YSRCP is on cabinet sub-committee meeting to indefinite fast. Meanwhile, a PIL discuss the percentage of roll back was admitted in the High Court or to come out with an amicable which has asked the basis on solution on the power crisis as the which the charges were increased. State is under fire from the

Left Parties solidarity to YSRCP

City

losing battle for Nellore Lok Ongole, April 4: Union Minister D Sabha by-election and lost Purandeswari today vis i ted badly at the hands of YSRCP Karamchedu in Prakasam district.candidate M Rajamohan Farmers pleaded with her to provide Reddy.MSP to tobacco and groundnut. Recently, there was a They also urged her to help in easing p r o t o c o l i s s u e a n d the procedures for exporting Purandeswari had to cancel groundnut. There is no restriction on her visit to Visakhapatnam as the farmers’ choice of crop, she said.Chief Minister’s programme Karamchedu happens to be her was also fixed on the same husband Daggubati Venkateswara day.Rao’s native village. He lost her Indications were clear, when mother recently. That apart,, there the local MLA went to press is lot of pressure on the High describing Purandeswari as Command to shift Purandeswari arrogant. Subbarami Reddy from Visakhapatnam to some other followed it up by saying that Lok Sabha seat in Prakasam or he is the next Congress Guntur districts. T Subbarami c a n d i d a t e f r o m Reddy is the strong contender for Visakhapatnam.the Visakhaptnam seat. He fought a

water problem. The BJP Hyderabad, April 4: The leader also alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party on Chief Minister and other Thursday gave a call for cab ine t min i s te r s los t State Bandh on April 9 complete grip over the over energy crisis and administration. Citing an hike in power tariff.example, he alleged that Addressing a press Minister N Raghuveera conference at the State Reddy has boycotted the BJP Headquarters, BJP Revenue Sadassu in Krishna State President G Kishan d i s t r i c t d u e t o n o n -R e d d y s o u g h t t h e cooperation by the officials. cooperation of people for Asking the Chief Minister to the State Bandh. He said take grip over administration, that the BJP's hunger he advised him to represent strike over power issue the Cent re for tak ing g o t o v e r w h e l m i n g additional gas and coal to response from the people.

Delhi to protect his seat of power, he never overcome energy crisis. BJP MLAs E Blaming Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy visited the National Capital to seek Centre's Lakshminarayana and Y Srinivas Reddy were for the on-going power crisis, Kishan Reddy help in resolving energy crisis and drinking also present during the press conference. said that while he was frequently touring New

BJP calls for AP Bandh on April 9

that Naidu made some derogatory remarks H y d e r a b a d , A p r i l 9 : against the Kapus and he must withdraw the Endowments Minister C remarks while tendering an apology.Ramchandraiah on Thursday Ramchandraiah also slammed the TDP chief demanded that Telugu for his criticism on the State Government over Desam Party president N energy crisis. He said that as the Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu tender Naidu failed to plan anything for the future and an unconditional apology for due to his mistakes the State was under the grip allegedly making some of severe power crisis. He also condemned remarks against Kapu YSRCP leader Vijayamma and said that she has community.been targeting the government out of A d d r e s s i n g a p r e s s frustration over her son Jagan Mohan Reddy's conference in the Congress imprisonment in the disproportionate assets Legislature Party office, case.Ramchandraiah said alleged

Ramchandraiah seeks Naidu's apology for Kapu comments

Purandeswari visits Karamchedu

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State Politics

TRS pickets Renuka’s houseHyderabad, April 4: TRS women’s wing on Thursday picketed the house of AICC s p o k e s p e r s o n R e n u k a Choudhary demanding an apology for her remarks against Telangana agitation. Telangana Women groups JAC convenor Sandhya along with other activists sat on dharna in front of her residence at Banjara Hills. They were protesting against Renuka’s remarks on people who died during the Telangana agitation. The protestors had thrown eggs, stones, slippers and brooms at her house. Police whisked them away from the scene.

Bh im (Doorda r shan ) we re Hyderabad, April 4: Adade adjudged as the best serials telecast Adharam, the daily teleserial being during 2012. The award winning beamed by ETV bagged the best serials were selected from the daily serial award.serials and features telecast by The annual Vasireddy Sitadevi various channels.Awards given by Yuvakalavahini The awards will be presented to the were announced here today.winners at a function to be held at Besides Adade Adharam, High Tyagaraja Gana Sabha on April 10.School beamed by Gemini TV,

Kalavari Kodalu (Zee TV), Veer

Adade Adharam wins besttele-serial award

Prof Kodandaram appearsbefore court

the Sadak bandh case for stalling Mahabubnagar, April 4: Telangana traffic on the Hyderabad-Kurnool Political Joint Action Committee highway demanding a separate leader Prof M Kodandaram, MLA state.Etela Rajender and Jitender Reddy Police registered cases against today appeared before a court near m a n y a g i t a t o r s a n d P r o f here on Thursday.Kodandaram was in jail. He was The leaders appeared before later released on bail.Alampur court in connection with

Gadar’s wife meets CMH y d e r a b a d , A p r i l 4 : Balladeer Gadar’s wife today called on chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy along with representatives of some social organizations. “It is 16 years since Gadar was fired at by some miscreants and no action was taken against them,” they

Gadar was fired at by a group told the chief minister. Though a

claiming to be from some unknown case was registered there was no

group at his Alwal residence in progress in it and no one was

Secunderabad. He survived the arrested so far, they said.

attack and since then stopped

h a s Hyderabad, April 4: A case was directefiled with the State Human Rights d t h e Commission againsrt film star DGP to Mahesh Babu for appearing in f i l e a liquor brand promotional film.detaile Amru Naik, fan of the Tollywood d report star has approached the SHRC by June taking objection to the hero 5 on the appearing in an advertisement film issue.of a liquor brand.

Reacting to the complaint, SHRC

Complaint against Mahesh Babu

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State PoliticsThursday, April 4, 2013 | Hyderabad

News in Pictures

TDP activists launch signature campaign

Trunk falls on HT wires in Yakutpura

Congress MLC visits Dargah Yousufain

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Business

covert companies and private trusts based in the covert companies and bank accounts.Washington: Hidden dealings of politicians, British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands, -- The mega-rich use complex offshore con artists and the mega-rich in more than 170 Singapore and other offshore havens. structures to own mansions, yachts, art countries, including India, have been exposed They include American doctors and dentists masterpieces and other assets, gaining tax by a group of international journalists sifting and middle-class Greek villagers as well as advantages and anonymity not available to through a trove of 2.5 million secret files.Russia corporate executives, Eastern European average people.Described as perhaps the largest cross-border

-- Many of the world's top's journalism collaboration in banks - including UBS, history, the International Clariden and Deutsche Bank - Consortium of Investigative have aggressively worked to Journalists (ICIJ) claimed to provide their customers with have laid bare the secrets of secrecy-cloaked companies in more than 120,000 offshore the British Virgin Islands and companies and trusts and nearly other offshore hideaways.130,000 individuals and agents.--A well-paid industry of Wash ing ton ba sed ICI J accountants, middlemen and Wednesday said in the days to other operatives has helped come it would give stories offshore patrons shroud their relating to individual countries i den t i t i e s and bus ines s from "Secrecy For Sale: Inside interests, providing shelter in The Global Offshore Money m a n y c a s e s t o m o n e y Maze", the largest investigative l a u n d e r i n g o r o t h e r reporting project in its 15-year misconduct.history.

and Indonesian billionaires, Wall Street -- Ponzi schemers and other large-scale Launched in 1997 by the Centre for Public fraudsters, international arms dealers and fraudsters routinely use offshore havens to pull Integrity, a Washington DC-based non-profit, families and associates of long-time dictators, off their shell games and move their ill-gotten ICIJ said its worked with 86 investigative ICIJ said. gains.journalists from 46 countries, including India, Among the key findings: ICIJ said the files illustrate how offshore to produce the report providing what it called "a -- Government officials and their families and financial secrecy has spread aggressively transparent look into the secret world of tax associates in Azerbaijan, Russia, Canada, around the globe, allowing the wealthy to avoid havens and the individuals and companies that Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia taxes, fuelling corruption and economic woes use and benefit from them."and other countries have embraced the use of in rich and poor nations.The files identify the individuals behind the

Gold in global markets, which normally set price trend on the domestic front, lost 1 percent to USD 1,541.82 an ounce, the lowest level since May 30 and silver by 1 percent to USD 26.73 an ounce, the lowest level since July 24 in Singapore.In addition, sustained selling by stockists following sluggish demand on off marriage season further fuelled the downtrend.On the domestic front, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 New Delhi,4 April : Gold prices dropped to percent purity fell further by Rs 100 each to a ten month low on Thursday by falling Rs Rs 29,500 and Rs 29,300 per ten grams, 100 to Rs 29,500 per ten grams due to respectively. Sovereign held steady at Rs sustained selling by stockists, influenced 25,100 per piece of eight gram in limited by a weak global trend.However, silver deals.recovered by Rs 500 to Rs 51,750 per kg on On the other hand, silver ready found low low level buying by industrial units. The level buying support from industrial units metal had tumbled Rs 2,250 in last two and recovered by Rs 500 to Rs 51,750 per s e s s i o n s t o h i t 1 5 - m o n t h l o w s kg while weekly-based delivery shed yesterday.Sentiment in gold remained another Rs 70 to Rs 50,830 per kg.Silver bearish after it extended losses in global coins continued to be asked around markets, on concern that investors are previous level of Rs 78,000 for buying and seeking higher returns in other assets as the Rs 79,000 for selling of 100 pieces. global economy recovers.

Secrets of tax havens exposed in global media probe

Gold Rs.29,500 per 10 gm Vodafone hopeful of solution on tax case:Analjit Singh

The issue relates to the British firm's acquisition of Indian telecom assets of H u t c h i s o n W h a m p o a . Chidambaram too had said earlier that the government would find a solution for the tax issue.Vodafone has been slapped with an income tax demand notice of Rs 11,200 crore on Vo d a f o n e I n d i a n o n -its 2007 acquisition of Hong executive Chairman Analjit Kong-based Hutchison S i n g h t o d a y e x u d e d Whampoa's stake in its confidence that a solution Indian telecom business.would be found to the Rs Vodafone had written to the 11,200 crore tax liability Finance Ministry seeking case.settlement of the tax issue. "We are hopeful of solution," This fo l lows Finance Singh said after meeting Ministry's reminder notice to F i n a n c e M i n i s t e r P t h e U K - t e l c o m g i a n t Chidambaram here but Vodafone in January for refused to provide any payment of tax.further details.

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people and we demand that proper that the scope of this scheme will up in uncertainty due to the Hyderabad, April 4: YSR Congress steps should be taken to safeguard be increased and the private squabbles between the private has urged the State Government

h o s p i t a l s a n d and the private hospital government, he said.managements not to Turning down as lock horns and dilute rumours the talk that the Aarogyasri scheme there is dissent among which has been the the party circles, he lifeline to the weaker said some of the sections.leaders could not “The welfare scheme attend the Current introduced by YSR has d h a r n a o f Y S been a boon to the Vijayamma as they poorer sections and were busy in their both the government r e s p e c t i v e a n d t h e p r i v a t e c o n s t i t u e n c i e s hospitals should come u n d e r t a k i n g t h e to some understanding agitation programme.and should not shelve it We have chalked out a at any cost,” party programme and are spokesperson Ambati the flagship welfare scheme of hospitals threatening to withdraw

following it. We will be holding a Rambabu told reporters here on YSR, he said. support to the scheme if there is no praja ballot from April 5 and also Thursday. “ We w a r n t h e h o s p i t a l increase in tariff, it seems to be a participated in the April 9 bandh Any attempt to do away with managements and the government situation of attrition which is not call, he said.Aarogyasri or to dilute the terms as well not to be defiant but arrive advisable. When asked about the differences will not be tolerated as the scheme at some amicable solution and sort Even the minister speaking in a in the party at the local levels, he has gone well with the weaker things out,” he said. Nearly 3.73 defiant voice only flares up the said, we have appointed party sections, he said. The contradictory crore people have benefitted out of issue instead of solving it in a coordinators at 294 places and if s t a t e m e n t s f r o m t h e the Aarogyasri and most of them mutually beneficial manner, he something goes wrong at one or representatives of private hospitals returned to normal and they are hail said. The scheme that has two places it need not be the same and the government have been and healthy due to this scheme. benefitted a large section of the everywhere, he said.sending wrong signals to the The Chief Minister announcing state population should not be end

Do not dilute Aarogyasri: YSRCP

Aarogyasri: Will not yield to pressure

scheme and they cannot blackmail Hyderabad, April 4: Minister for the government,” he said.Medical and Health, Kondru Private hospitals have demanded to Murali on Thursday said that increase the tariff failing which they corporate hospitals have benefitted will not encourage the scheme, he a lot from Aarogyasri scheme and said.the government will not yield to the Government has invited private pressure of such high-profile hospital representatives for talks to hospitals.sort out the issue. The government “We will not yield to pressure wants to implement the scheme tactics of private hospitals. Most more effectively while the hospitals funds were channeled to private are demanding more funds.hospitals under the Aarogyasri

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