BHUBANESWAR SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2012 | 9 National PRANAB’S LUNCHEON SNIPPETS Congress demands UTTARAKHAND CM'S UP orders probe into Assam flood toll 121 SON BOOKED Guwahati, July 7: The situ- fresh polls in K’taka Dehradun, July 7: A case has Altogether 105 EIGHT WASHED AWAY presence of jailed MLAs ation in flood-hit Assam re- been registered against the son mains grim with the toll rising people have died due IN FLASH FLOOD New Delhi, July 7: Congress ing from severe drought and the of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Lucknow, July 7: Faced with Misra Tuesday attended the to 121 even as water level of to floods and 16 in Shimla: At least eight people Saturday hit out at BJP for its de- State Government has not taken Vijay Bahuguna and one of his were feared dead after associates in Sitarganj area for severe criticism at the presence grand reception hosted at the Brahmaputra and its tributar- landslides caused by cision to replace the Karnataka any action to ameliorate the lot allegedly robbing and threaten- of two jailed legislators at the official residence of the Chief ies flowing above the danger being washed away in a Chief Minister, saying there is "gov- of the common people. incessant rains flash flood in Paonta Sahib ing a BJP legislator. "BJP MLA lunch hosted by the Uttar Minister at 5, Kalidas Marg in mark is showing a receding ernance paralysis" in the State Prasad said the Government Prem Singh Rana has lodged a area of Sirmaur district Pradesh Chief Minister for UPA Lucknow. In doing so, they vi- trend in the affected districts. which can be resolved only has also failed on the law and order complaint against Saurabh Presidential candidate Pranab olated court orders, which The water level of the large-scale devastation in 2, 809 Saturday. Four vehicles, car- through fresh polls and not by front as many law and order Bahuguna, son of Uttarakhand Mukherjee earlier this week, allowed them only to attend Brahmaputra and its tributar- villages in 27 of the 28 districts rying members of a mar- change of guard. problems were there even in the Chief Minister, and one of his the Government has ordered a the State Assembly's budget ies were showing receding trend of the State. The current wave riage party, were trapped in "New Chief Minister is no so- State capital Bangalore. The associates for threatening him probe into the "circumstances" session. following cessation of rainfall of floods has devastated the the flash flood due to heavy lution for Karnataka. The only AICC leader said Gowda did last evening at gun point in in which the duo was allowed The duo was supposed to re- in most of the 27 affected dis- world famous Kaziranga National rains at Haripur Khol village solution for the State is to dissolve not work during his 11-month Sitarganj area," said Nilesh Anand, Superintendent of Police to attend the reception. port back to their respective tricts but it is still above the dan- Park where more than 540 an- in Paonta Sahib, said Deputy the Assembly and go for fresh elec- tenure as Chief Minister and is Commissioner Sirmaur, PS of Udham Singh Nagar district. Acting under instructions jails after the Assembly session ger mark, officials said here imals, including 13 rhinos, have tions, as there is a continuous gov- now trying to show that he is After the campaigning in of Chief Minister Akhilesh concluded, however, they drove Saturday. Altogether 105 peo- perished, officials said. Chauhan. Eight persons are ernance paralysis in the BJP- working by clearing a large num- missing, said Chauhan. The Sitarganj constituency came to Yadav, Principal Secretary in their private vehicles to the ple have died due to the floods The situation in the world's ruled State," said AICC General ber of pending files at a time an end last evening, Saurabh (Home) R.K. Srivastava or- Chief Minister's residence in a and 16 in landslides caused by largest river island Majuli was vehicles got trapped inside Secretary B K Hariprasad. The when he has to go. and his friend Navtejpal Singh dered the probe late Friday and high-security zone. incessant rainfall, while 16 peo- also grim. Almost the entire is- a khud, created by heavy senior Congress leader, who hails Buckling under B S stopped the car of Rana and set a deadline of a week for it Presence of Ansaari and ple are still missing, they said. land is submerged and over rains in the region. from Karnataka, said nothing Yeddyurappa's pressure, BJP allegedly robbed him off his to be completed, sources said Mishra at the Mukherjee's re- An estimated 22 lakh people 75 families have been rendered Chauhan along with SP has moved in the State since the Saturday decided to replace mobile phone and threatened Saturday. Jailed legislators ception came in for widespread have been affected in the worst homeless due to heavy floods Rameshwar Singh Thakur Gowda Government took over. Sadananda Gowda with Jagdish him with dire consequences, rushed to the spot. PTI according to the complaint Mukhtaar Ansaari and Vijay criticism. IANS floods in recent years, causing and unabated erosion. PTI He said 129 talukas are suffer- Shettar as Chief Minister. PTI lodged by the BJP legislator. BJP leaders met State chief elec- toral officer Radha Raturi after SC notices: AP JAGAN CASE the incident and asked him to to bear mins’ take action in this regard. PTI expenses CVC seeks report from DA CASE AGAINST JAYA ADJOURNED Hyderabad, July 7: Andhra CBI on info leaks Pradesh Government will bear Bangalore, July 7: The Special the legal expenses of four Hyderabad, July 7: The Saturday to complain against Court, trying the disproportion- ate asset case against Tamil Ministers who are respondents Central Vigilance Commission CBI Joint Director V.V. Nadu Chief Minister J in a petition filed by a lawyer has sought a report from the Lakshminarayana who is Jayalalithaa, Saturday P Sudhakar Reddy in con- Central Bureau of Investigation heading the probe into ille- adjourned it to July 10. After nection with Kadapa MP YS (CBI) on alleged leakage of gal assets case. counsels for the petitioners Jaganmohan Reddy's dispro- information related to the on- Vijayalakshmi accused the concluded their arguments, portionate assets case. going investigations in the cor- CBI official of being vindictive Assistant Special Public The SC had issued notices in ruption case against YSR towards her son. She alleged that Prosecutor Sandesh Chowta March to the four ministers, Congress Party leader Y.S. the official was leaking infor- sought time till July 9 as along with two other ministers Jaganmohan Reddy. mation related to the investi- Special Public Prosecutor BV Acharya was unwell. in the case wherein it was alleged Chief Vigilance gation to a section of the Objecting to this, counsel for that 26 Government Orders Commissioner Pradeep Kumar media.The widow of late Chief Sasikala, one of the accused in (during the YS Rajasekhara told reporters here Saturday Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy the case, C Manishankhar and Reddy rule) were issued against that he sought the report had also shot off a letter to senior counsel B Kumar submit- public interest and which helped after receiving complaint from the CVC last month, com- ted that they had work in Jagan amass wealth. The Supreme some people. plaining against Chennai court on those days Court issued notices to minis- "We have called for a re- Lakshminarayana. and the matter be therefore ters Dharmana Prasada Rao port from the CBI. We want YSR Congress Party last taken up either July 11 or July (former Revenue), J Geeta to get a feedback from them month also made public call data 12, to which Chowta pointed out Reddy (Major Industries), P before taking a final view on record of the CBI joint direc- that proceedings were not pos- sible on those days in the wake Sabita Reddy (former Mines), it," he said on the sidelines of tor, claiming that he is leaking of the state Bar Council strike Kanna Lakshminarayana (pre- the ninth anniversary of information to some media and July 13 and Acharya had to viously Major Industries), Ponnala Vigilance Study Circle. groups, which are running be present in Delhi as he is also Lakshmaiah (former Irrigation) Jaganmohan Reddy's slander campaign against a member of the Central Law and Mopidevi Venkata Ramana mother and YSR Congress Jaganmohan Reddy. Commission. Later, on mutual (previously Infrastructure and Party honorary president The MP from Kadapa is cur- understanding they agreed on a Investment) based on Sudhakar Y.S. Vijayalakshmi had called rently lodged in Chanchalguda common date of July 10 for fur- Reddy's petition. PTI on the CVC in New Delhi Central Jail here. IANS A man carries live chickens at a poultry market in Mumbai, Saturday UNI PHOTO ther hearing of the submissions on petitions filed by Jayalalithaa and others. PTI BSY quizzed in Laila case: mining case No NDMA policy on TMC chief fires salvo at MAOISTS STOP CB allowed GOODS TRAIN Bangalore, July 7: The CBI safety drills, finds RTI Saturday questioned former Latehar , July 7: Maoists Karnataka Chief Minister B Chennai, July 7: India's apex Referring to NDMA's pub- to bring Tak ‘spineless’ leaders stopped a goods train at S Yeddyurappa in connec- disaster management authority lication Management of Mumbai, July7: The Crime Kolkata, July 7: West Bengal tions and the latest being Union Hehegara in Latehar district, tion with alleged irregulari- has not framed any policy on Nuclear and Radiological Branch of Mumbai police Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Home Minister P Chidambaram's disrupting train services in ties in land denotification training people in safety drills Emergencies, 2009, Saturday got permission from Saturday fired a salvo at 'so- open criticism of the law and the wee hours, police said and illegal mining case. or other such exercises in an Udayakumar, in his letter to Kishtwar court of Jammu to called political leaders having order in West Bengal under the Saturday. Some trains, including CBI sources said the for- area, before commissioning a the authority, said the guide- bring forest contractor Pervez no spines' and suggested 're- new dispensation. She said "age- Ranchi-Banaras Inter-city mer Chief Minister was grilled nuclear power plant, an anti- line does not discuss the pre Tak to Mumbai in connection search' on the phenomenon. old cherished ideals, courage Express, were held up at vari- at the agency office here in nuclear project activist said commissioning safety drills with the Bollywood starlet "Now-a-days, I am not sur- and closest links with the roots ous stations following the connection with the case in- Saturday citing an RTI reply. and evacuation drills that must Laila Khan abduction case. prised, when I see growing of common people of the coun- incident, Superintendent of volving alleged transaction of Replying to a query raised be administered to local peo- "We have got four days of number of so-called political try are not found. That is why, Police Kranti Kumar said Rs 40 crore between by the coordinator of ple within 30 km radius of transit remand," Joint leaders having no spines. they have become weak and here. Yeddyurappa's family mem- People's Movement Against the project. Commissioner of Police (Crime) In my opinion, it has become afraid to fight for the cause Mamata Banerjee After getting information, the bers and the JSW affiliates. Nuclear Energy (PMANE) If fire drills were conducted Himanshu Roy said Saturday. a potential area of doing re- of the common people and security forces rushed to the The CBI had alleged that the S.P. Udayakumar last month in all the schools and movie Now, Tak will be brought to search on this aspect," Banerjee unveil the truth. ities, devoid of ideals and values." spot, but the Maoists had left the place, he said. The train transactions were intended as under the Right to theatres all over the country, Mumbai and will be produced said in her latest Facebook post. "I believe in the responsibil- Appealing to the younger services were restored later. kickback for favours related Information (RTI) Act, should not they be conducted in Mumbai local court in four Mamata's criticism was be- ity of the leadership to put de- generation to 'awake, fight, The Maoists had blasted to iron ore mining granted by the National Disaster in every village and town in days. The Crime Branch is lieved to have stemmed from sev- mands of the people foremost stand up and instill a spirit of the tracks and destroyed the Yeddyurappa to the firm when Management Authority the 30 km radius of a nuclear probing the kidnapping case of eral issues such as her party and to grow as human beings. mind without fear', the building at the Hehegara he was the Chief Minister. (NDMA) in its July 3 reply plantbefore commissioning Laila and her family. Trinamool Congress' strained I do hope and expect young Trinamool Congress supremo Railway Station during their The Supreme Court had said: "...there is no policy the project, Udayakumar asked Forest contractor Pervez ties with ally Congress, partic- generation to realise the present said "let us dedicate ourselves 24-hour Jharkhand bandh in May ordered CBI to carry made by NDMA about in his RTI application.His Tak, arrested by Jammu and ularly over the Presidential elec- State of present leadership qual- for the common people." PTI last week. PTI out a probe against the BJP preparing the local proj- application sought information Kashmir police, had re- leader said there was a scope ect affected people before on NDMA's policy on prepar- portedly told the inter- for expanding the CBI probe commissioning a nuclear ing the local people before rogators that Laila and oth- against him in the alleged il- power plant anywhere in commissioning a nuclear ers were shot dead in Students with zero in legal mining case. PTI the country." power plant. IANS Maharashtra last year. PTI exams get admission Hyderabad, July 7:They may zero in the medical stream in have handed over blank pa- EAMCET can get admissions pers but they have still quali- into agriculture, veterinary and fied for admission into pro- horticulture courses. fessional degree courses in The Jawaharlal Nehru Andhra Pradesh. Unbelievable Technological University but true, say officials. (JNTU), Hyderabad, conducts Twenty-two of 78 students EAMCET every year for ad- who scored zero in the entrance mission into engineering, med- test this year will get admis- ical, dental and agriculture sion in engineering and agri- courses both in Government and * Observations recorded between culture courses as they belong private colleges in the State. 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, July 7 to Scheduled Caste (SC) or The results of EAMCET 2012 Scheduled Tribe (ST) com- were announced last week. munities. According to officials Of 90,917 students who WEATHER in the education department, de- wrote EAMCET in the medi- spite scoring zero in EAMCET cine stream, 83,686 qualified. (Engineering, Agriculture and For the general category stu- Medical Common Entrance dents, the competition will be Test), these students have qual- tough with only 4,950 seats 30 23 ified as they got the minimum available in 37 medical colleges 40 percent marks in the quali- and 1,870 seats in 21 dental col- 32 27 fying XII exam. leges. Andhra Pradesh has the While nine students will get highest number of engineering 32 28 admission into engineering col- colleges (671) in the country. leges, 13 can pursue other Of 283,477 students who 38 28 courses except MBBS. Even wrote engineering entrance, this was possible till 2008 when 223,886 have qualified. This 38 the Medical Council of India number has come down to 23 (MCI) tightened the norms. about 200,000 as many stu- The Dalit/tribal students dents did not pass the XII 32 20 Police personnel flouting traffic rules in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Saturday. PTI PHOTO who qualified despite scoring exam. IANS