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Mayor held review meet on functioning of GHMC call centreGHMC Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain has directed GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu to conduct weekly reviews on the functioning of GHMC 24/7 call centr. Page:4

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urban local bodies (ULB) and Hyderabad, May 22: State Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) Panchayati Raj Minister K on the basis of the existing 60.5 Jana Reddy on Wednesday per cent quota to backward said that the Local body classes, Scheduled Castes and elections in Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Tribes.are likely to be held within a

month. The apex court had passed the Addressing a state-level orders on a petition by the State convention of the Congress Government challenging the party here, he asked the decision of the state high court party cadre to gear up for the directing the authorities to hold polls. As elections to gram the polls by fixing 50 per cent panchayats and mandal r e se rva t ion fo r va r ious parishads are likely to be sections.held in June last week or July The term of ULBs ended in first week. Elections to zilla

September 2010 and that of parishads, or district level

PRIs in July 2011. They have bodies, are expected in since then been under the rule August.of special officers in the Jana Reddy asked party absence of elected councils.workers to ensure that the The central government had Congress wins a majority of bodies could not be held for the last hold elections to urban local

stopped the release of statutory seats in local bodies ahead of next two years due to certain problems bodies.grants to the tune of Rs.1,500 year's elections to the state in providing reservations to various The Supreme Court in February crore to PRIs due to non-conduct assembly and parliament. sections. He, however, did not say this year had asked the State of elections.The minister said elections to local when the Government proposed to Government to conduct elections to

Andhra local body polls likely in a month

Cameras is made Hyderabad, May 22 : South available to higher Central Railway is strongly officials on real committed to eliminate the time basis through m e n a c e o f t o u t s a n d Railnet with the midd lemen in Ra i lway he lp o f an IP Reservation Ticketing area address assigned to through intensified monitoring each one of them.of Computerized Passenger These Surveillance Reservation System (PRS) Cameras are now Offices and Booking Offices. faci l i ta t ing the To facilitate observing and D i v i s i o n a l monitoring the working of authorities such as these offices, SCR has taken Divisional Railway the initiatives of installing Manager and Sr. Video Surveillance Cameras at D i v i s i o n a l Computerized Passenger C o m m e r c i a l Reservation System Offices M a n a g e r t o and Booking Offices at major m o n i t o r t h e S t a t i o n s . S u r v e i l l a n c e working of the Cameras have already been Reserva t ion or installed at Secunderabad, Booking Counters Vijayawada, Guntur, Nanded for appropriate and Guntakal Stations during i n t e r v e n t i o n . May, 2013 and it planned to set

Offices and also to observe the presence of Facility is also available for recording the Video up such Cameras at other major stations also in middlemen in the ticketing area who may images and storing them for subsequent viewing due course.approach the passengers near reservation in case any untoward incident is reported.These Cameras are used for observing the counters. The footage of these Surveillance activity of touting, if any, in the Reservation

SCR Sets up Surveillance Cameras at Reservation Offices

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no more? Jagan Mohan Reddy didn't Pulivendula, May 22: Both UPA-2 hold any public post between 2004 Government at the Centre and the and 2009 and he never stepped into Congress Government in the state are the Secretariat. In such a case, how being protected by Telugu Desam can you find fault with him?' she party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, asked.charged YSR Congress party theatrics against the ministers facing honourary President Y S Vijayamma allegations have followed his secret on Wednesday.meetings with Congress leaders in Addressing media persons after Delhi during his recent trips, she said, ar r iv ing a t Pu l ivendula f rom demanding probe into several scams Hyderabad, Vijayamma said the Kiran that took place during Naidu's regime. K u m a r R e d d y - l e d C o n g r e s s “Naidu's involvement in all the scams Government has slipped into minority including the Eleru Canal scam should but Naidu came to its rescue by be probed,” she said.issuing whip to its members during the No public institution is working in a no-trust vote.systematic manner in the country “In fact, Naidu has been protecting under the UPA Government but Naidu b o t h t h e s ta t e a n d c e n t r a l has chosen to support it for his own Governments for his selfish reasons,” political survival, she charged, adding she remarked. “He wants to avoid a the Congress leadership has no p o s s i b l e C B I p r o b e o n t h e concern for people's issues.wrongdoings he committed during his

regime.” Vijayamma has arrived here on a in the name of fighting corruption. all the 26 GOs issued by them were in Vijayamma said Naidu has been two-day tour of Pulivendula “Both Congress and TDP have order, the Government has not yet targeting YSR Congress chief YS constituency. She will inaugurate conspired and sent Jagan Mohan come out with an official statement on Jagan Mohan Reddy for this reason safe drinking water schemes at Reddy to jail. They are now trying to the issue.only. Starting from the MLC polls, he

Vempally and K. Raju Pally today ensure that bail is denied to him,” “When the ministers objected to has been in cahoots with the Vijayamma charged. She said while calling them tainted, how can you and will participate in the Vardhanti Congress and is enacting dramas now the ministers are openly declaring that make allegations against YSR who is of YS Raja Reddy tomorrow.

Naidu behind the survival of both UPA and state Govt: Vijayamma

performing their duties Hyderabad, May and irresponsible while 22: GHMC Mayor t r a n s a c t i n g t h e Mohammed Majid grievances stating that H u s s a i n h a s the complaint has been directed GHMC attended without even Commissioner M looking to it. He further T Krishna Babu to informed that he was conduct weekly getting lot of complaints reviews on the with regard to functioning func t ion ing o f of call centre for which he GHMC 24/7 call was forced to make a centre (155304). surprise visit to the call Mayor he ld a centre to know the facts.review meeting Majid Hussain directed w i t h G H M C the Commissioner that Commiss ioner, stringent action has to be A d d i t i o n a l taken against the staff C o m m i s s i o n e r including the Deputy ( A d m n . ) a n d

Commissioners for their negligent attitude in performing the duties Additional Commissioner (IT) about the call centre in his chambers with regard to call centre grievances. He further directed the today.Additional Commissioner (IT) to correct the information regarding Mayor has appreciated the functioning of call centre and the transfers of the field level staff in the data base of call centre at escalation mechanism maintained there and he was very furious regular intervals. about the working style of ground level staff, who are not at all

Mayor held review meet on functioning of GHMC call centre

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get 12 Parliament seats and the YSR Congress 11.T h i s s u r v e y naturally caused anxiety to the Congress leaders and ranks. Sensing the feel ing of insecuri ty, the Chief Minister m e n t i o n e d specially about the survey. He told the

Hyderabad, May 22: The Chief Congress workers not to worry about Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy the surveys. He told them that in the appears to be worried about the latest name of surveys, these channels survey of the Headlines Today and C interview 300 people and claim that Voter painting a picture of doom for to be the opinion of the entire the Congress. Kiran tried to enthuse population. He reminded that despite the party ranks by dismissing the the surveys predicting unfavourable survey at the extended meeting of the situation for the Congress, the party Congress party held here on won 70 percent of the seats during the Wednesday. recent cooperative elections. He It may be mentioned here that the exuded confidence that the party survey has said that the Congress would record a better percentage of would get only 7 Lok Sabha seats in victory if all worked together in the the next elections from the state. The coming Lok Sabha elections.survey also said that the TRS would

CM worried about survey?

H y d e r a b a d , M a y 2 2 : KCR and KTR received money Nanakramguda Plot Owners from the Emaar Properties. Association has said that there Members of the Emaar Properties was hundred per cent truth in the Victims Association demanded charge of Raghunandan Rao, CBI probe into the role of KCR's expelled leader of the TRS, that family members in the Emaar the family members of the trs scam. The association also chief K Chandra Sekhara Rao demanded that there should be a were involved in the Emaar probe into the forceful money Properties scam. collections of the TRS.The association has also said that

KCR received money from Emaar

Hyderabad, May 22: A controversy the flexi banners put up at the venue. arose about the photo of Chiranjeevi, They questioned how Chiranjeevi union minister and key leader of the could be ignored. party, missing in the banners of the Congress official spokesperson Congress party at its extended Gautham and minister Danam meeting in the Kotla Vijaya Nagender convinced the former Bhaskara Reddy stadium in the Mega Star's supporters by stating capital on Wednesday. that they would have his picture Supporters of Chiranjeevi had included in the banners and also protested against the organizers for ensure that such a mistake would not not including Chiranjevi's photo in recur in future.

Where is Chiru photo?Hyderabad, May 22 : S p e c u l a t i o n s o f Government Chief Whip Gandra Venkataramana Reddy joining TDP went high when he met Telugu Desam party President N Chandrababu Naidu here on Wednesday.

Reports came out after Gandra met TDP Chief at his residence. However, Gandra clarified that he had only met Naidu to invite him on his daughter's marriage. "There was no political discussion during the meet," said Gandra.

Gandra joining TDP?

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He also said that our main Hyderabad, May 22: GHMC aim is to protect nature so Mayor Mohammed Majid naturally whatever right we Hussain has inaugurated have in this planet every “Nandanavanam” project on living being is also having the occasion International the same right whether it is Biodiversity Day today at a plant, aquatic life or Imlibun Park, which is aimed animal we should respect to create awareness among this right and ensure that t h e c h i l d r e n a b o u t we don't occupy their space biodiversity. and totally dry them out of Mayor said that GHMC is very place. So that our duty is to keen to develop Urban encourage all the living Biodiversity in the twin cities being and we are sure that as per the decision taken at all the citizens will come up COP-11 conference held last and act to improve the year in the month of October biodiversity.2012.The Commissioner said It is decided to give more create awareness about civic Urban Biodiversity in the twin

that the GHMC is confident that importance to Biodiversity in sense to the students so that c i t i es . Today GHMC i s the initiatives which are taken GHMC limits for which GHMC they can a lso fee l the conduct ing In ternat iona l up now in the city and the score has created a separate responsibility and to join hands Biodiversity day. The GHMC will definitely reach around 65 Biodiversity wing to bring the to make Hyderabad clean, has improved the score from 39 as part of improvement of change among the citizens life green and pollution free city. in the last October during COP-biodiversity. style to be more healthy to lead L a t e r o n , M a y o r h a s 11 to almost to 59 points now

the life in clean, green and The proposed 14 biodiversity administered biodiversi ty w h i c h i s v e r y g o o d healthier atmosphere. parks: East Zone- Mallapur pledge. improvement in the score. While addressing the gathering, behind Sanjay Nagar South GHMC Commissioner M T Hon'ble Chief Minister and Majid Hussain said that GHMC End Colony Park. South Zone Krishna Babu said that the Hon'ble Governor have put a is the only Corporation in the Huda Colony. North Zone-GHMC is taking up initiatives for target of reaching 65 points to Country who has started this APIIC Colony. Central Zone- U r b a n B i o d i v e r s i t y the next COP-12 which is initiative of conserving life and Open space near MCRHRD, Management result ing in scheduled to be held in South species. GHMC is striving very Ashwini lay out, Nandagiri converting in the human Korea in 2014.hard to create awareness about Hills, Road No.44, Jubilee settlements as similar to the The GHMC is taking up biodiversity duly coordinating Hills, Open space down balance eco systems to host development of 14 major parks with the school managements Daspulla Hotel. West Zone-biodiversity and make the city for development of biodiversity for active participation of the Deepthisri nagar, Kukatpally safe and sustainable for living. where the native species and students so that they can The initiatives include tangible plants will be given lot of (near lodha), Mollakathva change their life style to be development activities and i m p o r t a n c e a n d l o t o f Cheruvu, Mayuri Nagar, more healthier in pollution free strategic steps to create a social educational material especially Gulmohar Colony. environment and to protect the change by way of providing depicting the use of plants etc., N. Chandra Mohan Reddy, species and living organisms in b i o d i v e r s i t y e d u c a t i o n , The Commissioner further Addi t ional Commissioner the planet. t r a d i t i o n a l k n o w l e d g e stated that each plant literature (Urban Biodiversity) N. Ravi Earlier GHMC Mayor and conversation, building the will be made available to the Kiran, Zonal Commissioner Commissioner went round the capacity of staff. GHMC has student and the GHMC is giving (South), Ramesh Kumar, students who were participating enhanced the financial and free admissions to the students Director, Urban Biodiversity, in the painting competition and human resource allocation to in the parks to enjoy the park Deputy Commissioners, A. interacted with the students the sector, he added. and as well as see various Vijaya Laxmi, S. Pankaja, about biodiversity and praised The Commissioner, GHMC said varieties of plants and to s e n i o r o f f i c i a l s f r o m them for coming up with good that Rs. 25 crores has been understand the nature and also Hort icul ture, Heal th and initiatives. Mayor further said allotted for the biodiversity wing to encourage them to live with Engineer ing wings have that school managements must to take up lot of initiatives on the environment and the nature. participated in the programme.

Project Nandanavanam inaugurated on International Biodiversity Day

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KUALA LUMPUR May 22: T h a i l a n d a n d music industry executive.The low-AirAsia, Asia's largest low-cost Japan.Thai AirAsia cost carrier has grown from two carrier by f leet s ize, said recorded a 24 per planes when Fernandes bought the Wednesday that first-quarter net

cent increase in then-struggling airline in 2001 to a profit fell 39 per cent year-on-year

r e v e n u e , w h i l e total fleet of more than 120 A320s.due to a loss on Indonesia AirAsia's The airline, one of the biggest borrowings.revenue rose 34 per customers for European aircraft

The airline said in a filing to the cent in the first maker , is expecting nearly Malaysian stock exchange that quarter year-on- 360 more aircraft to be delivered up profit for the three months ending year, it said. to 2026.March 31 was 104.79 million A i r A s i a G r o u p

Aireen said AirAsia Malaysia ringgit ($34.79 million) compared chief execut ive w4ould get six aircraft this year, to 172.44 million ringgit in the o f f i c e r four fewer than initially planned same quarter last year.Revenue for said the y e a r s t r o n g l y, d r i v e n b y "to make room for associates to the quarter stood at 1.30 billion company would continue to a n o u t s t a n d i n g f i n a n c i a l grow".ringgit, up 11.3 per cent from the expand in each of its markets.performance last year," said chief Last month, AirAsia announced it same period last year, due mainly to

e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r A i r e e n "It is important not to be has begun recruiting pilots for a no-a seven per cent increase in Omar.AirAsia has also set up complacent, especially with the frills Indian airline joint venture passengers, the company said in a subsidiary budget carriers in new competitive landscape" in with planned for later statement.Indonesia, the Phil ippines, Malaysia, said Fernandes, a former this year."The company has started off the

foreign exchange

Airbus

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Tata group

AirAsia net profit falls nearly 40% in 1st quarter

The Minister was critical emerging issues in an this country to put in place a s p e a k i n g a t a increasing dynamic, complex and financial regulatory system that seminar on the interconnected financial world". will serve us well for next 50 or 'Indian Financial On the suggestion of FSLRC to more years," he said, adding the Code' (IFC) which enact IFC as an omnibus legislation Companies Bill, which has been w a s f r a m e d b y to regulate financial sector, the passed in the Lok Sabha, still Financial Sector Minister said: "I am not sure how awaits passage in the Rajya Sabha.Legislative Reforms much this law will go through in the He said the existing framework C o m m i s s i o n same fashion when it finally goes to also contains overlap of laws and (FSLRC) with a Parliament ... (but it) will be a agencies under which conflicts view to update the major milestone in Indian financial occur. "In recent times we had turf laws and regulations sector reforms."The recent collapse battles between regulators," he dealing with the of chit-fund company Saradha in s a i d .New Delhi May 22: Amid outcry

sector. The seminar was organised West Bengal, in which people have The FSLRC in its report had over Ponzi schemes causing huge b y I n s t i t u t e o f C o m p a n y lost thousands of crores, has suggested that financial sector losses to common people, Finance S e c r e t a r i e s o f I n d i a . underlined the need for tightening regulators such as Sebi as well as Minister P Chidambaram on The present financial architecture, regulatory mechanism to deal with Irda be merged into a Unified Wednesday sa id there a re the Minister said, "has evolved collective investment and Ponzi Financial Agency (UFA) and the regulatory gaps and efforts are over the years with a sequence of schemes. Chidambaram said unlike role of RBI be restricted to being made to frame a new law to piecemeal measures and piecemeal in the past, the implementation of regulating banks and managing o v e r s e e f i n a n c i a l s e c t o r.l eg i s la t ions responding to the FSLRC recommendations m o n e t a r y p o l i c y ."The present arrangements have a immediate pressures from time to would require positive inputs from “Alongside, very careful analysis number of gap areas, where no time. It is not specifically s t a k e h o l d e r s . of every sentence of the existing regulators are unambiguously in-comprehensively designed to meet "Passing legislation in India is not laws and every section of proposed charge, such as issue of regulatory s o m e k e y o b j e c t i v e s " . easy, it has become even more code will need to be taken up before oversight over diverse Ponzi The multiplicity of regulators complex with coalitions and we agree upon large scale repeals of schemes that we have discovered create gaps, ambiguity and legitimisation of obstruction as a legislation. The requirements on recently. These are cleverly regulatory overlap due to lack of Parliamentary tactic. Nevertheless, this new arrangement will be designed to be out of the purview of role clarity, he said, adding "this w e c a n n o t g i v e u p . understood and attempts made to regulatory agencies," he said.creates inefficiencies in addressing "We are duty bound to people of adopt necessary changes," he said.

FM for plugging regulatory gaps in financial sector

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Sports Meet in Azampura Division

International Biodiversity day celebrated in Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.

Sri Nadendla Manohar Speaker handing over the formal letter of

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Hyderabad, May 22: TDP chief N. writing baseless reports, Naidu everyday. Referring to the charges corrupt practices of Jagan. He said Chandrababu Naidu has dismissed described it as a waste paper. He against him, Naidu questioned the YSR regime was a synonym for the charge that he was in the grip of questioned whether he was a whether late YS Rajasekhara corruption. He also said there was the corporate sector. political novice to be in the grip of Reddy was a nincompoop to keep no need for him to join hands with Speaking to the media here on the corporates. Stating that some quiet for five years if he had really the Congress. Wednesday, Naidu dismissed corporate leaders were coming into done any wrong. He said he had The TDP supremo demanded that reports that he was giving party politics with service motto, Naidu given clarifications on all the the Congress high command tickets only to the rich and claimed that all the parties had charges leveled against him. He should own responsibility for the influential. He asked on what basis corporate leaders in them. He said it was Jaganmohan Reddy, corruption. He sarcastically said he had given ticket to Gadde Rama explained that every party has who was trying for waiver of the Jagan was thinking that he could Mohan Rao and added that apart representatives of all the sections cases and bail, by colluding with come out of the jail if the ministers from his election expenditure, the of the society. the Congress. Alleging that the were also dragged into corruption party also bore the expenditure of Charging that “Sakshi” was just a resignations of ministers were cases. He also demanded that the his party flags. trash, Naidu said the newspaper be ing pol i t ic ized , Naidu houses of those where money was Stating that “Sakshi” newspaper of w a s w r i t i n g h a l f - a - d o z e n questioned why the Congress found during elections should be Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was misleading stories about him leaders were not questioning the auctioned.

'Sakshi' is useless newspaper: TDP

"The son rise" in the State is not a Hyderabad, May 22: The Lok Satta Party manifestation of internal democracy but a today charged the Congress, TDP and YSR relic of monarchies of yore.Congress of colluding with each other in Varma specifically referred to TDP rising star perpetuating corruption even as they trade Nara Lokesh's 'pancha ratnas' for fixing the charges against each other.ailments of the State and said they do not go Addressing a media conference, State Lok to the roots of problems. For instance, the Satta party President Katari Srinivasa Rao TDP's promise of debt waiver will not pointedly asked why the three parties which transform the lives of farmers as is evident accuse each other of being corrupt have not from two debt waivers in the past. The farmer sought institution of strong anti corruption should have the freedom to sell his produce mechanisms like Lokpal/Lokayukta and wherever he wants and at whatever price it autonomy for CBI/ACB.fetches. The TDP's promise to shut down belt Srinivasa Rao underlined that corruption shops will remain a non-starter so long as the will not go away with a few people resigning Government treats liquor as a source of from posts or being sent to jail. If the parties

gain political advantage, now that elections are revenue and leaves the trade in the hands of are sincere and serious, they should support

round the corner. It is evident from the way private individuals. Similarly, TDP promises in strong and independent anti corruption

politicians are jumping from one party to respect of youth and BCs do not address their mechanisms.

another. Their single point goal is winning basic problems of economic self-reliance, Srinivasa Rao recalled that the Lok Satta Party

elections. They have no inhibitions in education, skills and employment.had circulated a Bill to amend the Prevention of

embracing a party which they have criticized Varma said the UPA II rule has been Corruption Act even as the Congress and TDP

and lampooned till the other day.characterized by a series of scams and traded charges of corruption in the Assembly.

Lok Satta Party Vice President D V V S Varma economic downturn.But there has been no response from

demanded that all Ministers facing charges Mrs. N Saroja Devi and M Satyanarayana, mainstream parties on ushering in institutional

should resign forthwith to maintain values in party leaders, took part in the media changes to eradicate corruption.

politics. He said that dynastic politics are taking conference.The Lok Satta President said that all the three

root in Andhra Pradesh political parties too. traditional parties are indulging in theatrics to

Traditional parties colluding with each other in perpetuating corruption: Lok Satta