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The officials of the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) registered 583 cases, including 25 against the ganja smugglers in Andhra Pradesh, in the last week and arrested 746 people including those involved in arrack and ganja cases. The SEB personnel also seized 3,239 litres of illicitly distilled (ID) liquor, destroyed 23,760 litres of fermented jaggery wash and 2,172 litres of non-duty paid liquor (NDPL) during the period. During the drive, the police seized 2,796 kg ganja and arrested 79 people on charges of peddling. As many as 395 ID liquor manufacturers and ganja smugglers were bound over, said SEB Commissioner Ravi Shankar Ayyanar. The PD Act has been involved against four habitual offenders, including a woman in Palnadu and Bapatla districts, said SEB Director A. Ramesh Reddy. … [Read more...] about Andhra Pradesh: 3,239 litre ID liquor, 2,796 kg ganja seized in a week

Tension prevailed as the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) activists on June 24 staged a dharna in front of the II-Town police station in Chittoor, seeking action against a police officer for allegedly prompting his driver to hit former Mayor Katari Hemalatha with the office vehicle during a protest on June 23 midnight. Ms. Hemalatha, who sustained injuries on her leg, is undergoing treatment at the District Hospital. The demonstration saw the TDP activists and the police personnel exchanging heated arguments and jostling with each other. Additional forces were deployed to diffuse the tension. The protest on June 23 midnight came as a retort to the police search at the house of a TDP supporter on charges of storing ganja. Around 11 p.m. on June 23, a team led by II-Town police station Circle Inspector P. Yatheendra took a youth into custody, acting on a tip-off that he was making a deal with ganja smugglers. Later, the police reached Obanapalle locality to arrest another youth and … [Read more...] about Andhra Pradesh: TDP activists, police exchange heated arguments in Chittoor

Deputy Collector post for Jyothi Surekha HYDERABAD, JUNE.24. Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy which met on Friday decided to recommend the post of Deputy Collector to archer V. Jyothi Surekha. The 25-year-old Surekha is an Arjuna Awardee besides winning four silver, two bronze in World championships, one silver and five bronze in World Cups and four-times gold medallist in Asian Championship. Currently, the Vijayawada-based archer is ranked World No.3 in compound bow category. It may be mentioned here that champion shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were also given similar postings for their “oustanding achievements”. And, today, the Chief Minister also felicitated Srikanth alongwith 2022 Defalympics bronze medallist in tennis Sheikh Jafreen. The Chief Minister also directed the officials to give a suitable posting to Jafreen in the State Government. Andhra Pradesh Sports Minister R.K. Roja was also … [Read more...] about Deputy Collector post for archer Surekha

The story so far: Maharashtra is in the throes of a constitutional crisis . Many ruling Shiv Sena legislators who seem to have revolted against the leadership of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray are now holed up in a hotel in distant Guwahati to keep out of the reach of party leaders. Their travel to Guwahati, via Surat, seems to have been facilitated by the BJP, the ruling party in Gujarat and Assam. All indications are that there is a planned mass defection underway so that an alternative regime that includes the BJP is formed in the State. Isn’t there a law against such defection? The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution , commonly known as the anti-defection law, was introduced in 1985 with a view to curb the tendency among legislators to switch loyalties from one party to another and facilitate the toppling of regimes and formation of new ones. It provides for the Presiding Officer of the legislature to disqualify any defector on a petition by another member. The law … [Read more...] about Explained | Has the anti-defection law failed?

The State Cabinet on Thursday resolved to ratify the decision to rename the Konaseema district as Dr.B.R Ambedkar district. The Cabinet also took a slew of decisions, including the approval of the welfare calendar-2022, nod to Amma Vodi, the flagship scheme under Navaratnalu, and allotment of lands to several industries across the State. Sharing the details of the decisions with mediapersons, Minister for Information and Public Relations Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna said that the Cabinet meet chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had resolved to further strengthen the Education and the Medical and Health sectors. Break-up It approved the Amma Vodi scheme for the year 2022 under which 43.96 lakh mothers — 54% BCs, 21% SCs, 6% STs — would be provided ₹6,594.60 crore. This year, 5.48 lakh mothers were added to the list of beneficiaries under which they would get ₹15,000 to meet the educational expenses of their children. Giving a break-up of allotments made to the Amma … [Read more...] about Cabinet resolves to name Konaseema district after B.R. Ambedkar

The Dalit Bahujan Shramik Union which represents several scheduled castes and tribal organisations on Friday urged senior officials to probe the alleged ₹1 crore scam in clearing NREGA bills even before completion of works in several villages of Pusapti Rega mandal in the district. The union general secretary P. Chittibabu and other members urged Collector A. Suryakumari to order a probe since the Panchayatraj Department higher officials had already referred the issue to the district officials in May itself. “The NREGA scheme has been designed to provide livelihood to the downtrodden sections. The diversion of funds and their misuse had denied livelihood for them,” they said. “Many bills were cleared even before construction of Rythu Bharosa Kendras, panchayat buildings and wellness centres. Now incomplete structures are being shown to mislead the senior officials who are scheduled to come to inquire into the issue,” he added. Mr. Chittibabu and the fact-finding committee members … [Read more...] about Collector urged to probe ‘irregularities’ in NREGA works

Brakes India has developed and rolled out green castings for Volvo India that will be used for the Swedish automotive major’s engines globally. “Initially, we will develop green castings for Volvo that will go into engines for commercial vehicles and off-highway vehicles and later for others,” said Sriram Viji, MD, Brakes India. Volvo group President and Managing Director Kamal Bali, Head (Fossil-free materials purchasing - France) Marc Delobelle, Group head (Truck Purchasing) Girish D.M., Brakes India Managing Director Sriram Viji, Green Products and Services Council Founding Chairman Parasuraman Ramachandran at the launch of green castings in Naidupeta in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “We will churn out more than 1,80,000 tonnes of iron castings annually using environment-friendly manufacturing processes,,” he said The green castings from India will include bearing caps and bearing housing for Volvo engines, said Brakes India officials. … [Read more...] about Brakes India rolls out green castings for Volvo