INDIAN 30 May, 2020 | Saturday | Volume No: 8| Issue No: 60 Pages: 8 CHRONICLE www.indianchronicle.com Published from : Ranga Reddy (Telangana State) 3 Gang selling spurious cotton seeds held in Hyderabad Body of Kanna Lakshminarayana's daughter-in-law handed . A four-member gang selling spurious cotton seeds was arrested by the Special Operations Team (SOT), LB Nagar zone on Thursday. Around 39 over to family after post-mortem bags totalling two tonnes of seeds worth Rs 50 lakh, seed processing ma- The body of Andhra Pradesh BJP chief Kanna Lakshminarayana's daugh- chine, two seed packing machines, a van and 76,700 empty seed packing ter-in-law was handed over to the family after post-mortem. The post-mortem has covers of various brands were seized from them. Acting on a tip-off, the SOT been held at Osmania General Hospital in the presence of forensic expert Dr sleuths along with the officials of agriculture department and Kandukur police Venugopal Reddy. As no injuries have been found on the body, the doctors conducted a raid on the outskirts of Kandukuru village of Rangareddy district affirmed that she was dead due to a heart attack. However, a forensic report is and arrested the gang while they were transporting the spurious cotton seeds awaited yet and according to the doctors, the arrival of the report would take 15 to sell to farmers. Also Read - Body of Kanna Laksh days. Her body was handed over to her husband Phanindra and other family members, doctors said Chief Minister KCR arrives at 13 cities including Hyderabad makes Kondapochamma, participates in Homam 70 per cent coronavirus cases in India Hyderabad: Chief Min- Hyderabad: As many ister K Chandrashekhar Rao as 13 cities including along with his wife arrived Hyderabad has made 70 at the Kondapochamma per cent of coronavirus temple at 7.45 am and took cases in the country. Cities part in the “Chandi Homam” like Mumbai, Chennai, performed on the occasion Kolkata, Delhi, Thane, Pune, of release of water into the Ahmedabad, Indore, Jaipur, reservoir. The Chief Minis- Jodhpur, Chengalpattu and ter offered “Poornahuti” in- Thiruvallur were included in dicating the successful the list. A meeting was held completion of the homam to by Union cabinet secretary appease the goddess , the with all the municipal com- presiding deity at missioners and district mag- Kondapochamma. The istrates of 13 cities including temple is 30 kilometers from Hyderabad to review the the project site. situation. Chief secretaries of all the states and Union The Chief Minister af- Territories attended the ter taking thirtha prasadams meeting. The union cabinet offered by the priests also secretary reviewed the took blessings from the for farmhouse in Erravelli. reaches pump house by 10 Canal to welcome the measures being taken up by Vedic scholars. Minister for The Chief Minister will inau- AM. Godavari waters. He will the municipal corporations Somesh Kumar said that the Finance T Harish Rao, En- gurate Rythu Vedika at perform Pooja to the graphically based on the fac- porations can also an- The CM will participate in the state to tackle government is prepared to dowments Minister A Erravelli and Markook after Godavari Gangamma. Chief tors like cases, contacts and nounce the wards, zones in the Poornahuthi coronavirus. tackle any kind of situation. Indrakaran Reddy were 9 AM. Later, he will reach the Minister is also expected to geographical dispersion as and towns as containment programme of the He said that the government among the others that ac- pump house, which lifts wa- offer prayers at the Markook The cabinet secretary that would help in enforcing zones. Meanwhile, the chief Sudarshan Yagam which is can deal with even if the companied the Chief Minis- ter to Kondapochamma Varadarajaswamy temple asked the cities to define the the lockdown strictly. It also secretary of the state going on at the pump house. state reports one lakh cases. ter at Kondapochamma Sagar . The Chief Minister Later he will switch on the before breaking for lunch. containment zones geo- said that the municipal cor- temple. will welcome Sri Tridandi pump house. He will then The Chief Minister will also From there, he has left Chinna Jeeyar Swamy who visit the Project Discharge address press at the Markook pump house by 1.30 pm. Fire breaks out at chemical Chief Minister KCR inaugurates godown in Dhulapally A major fire erupted from Krishna Industries Chemi- Kondapochamma Sagar cal godown at Dhulapally under Petbasheerabad police station limits here on Friday. According to recent reports coming in, it is believed that two persons sustained seri- Hyderabad: Chief Min- ous injuries. A total of eight workers were present in the ister K Chandrashekhar Rao godown when the mishap occurred. The fire led to chaos has inaugurated the 15 TMC among the local people who suffocated with the foul smell Kondapochamma Sagar emanating from the godown. reservoir by switching on pumps at the Markook pump The fire is learned to have occurred after the chemi- house under Gajwel Assem- cals preserved in the drums exploded. Locals alerted the bly segment on Friday at police and the fire brigade who rushed the spot. The around 10.50 am in a simple firefighters doused the fire and the police shifted the in- but solemn ceremony jured to a nearby hospital. The police registered a case graced by Sri Tridandi and launched an investigation. On Thursday, a fire broke Chinna Jeeyar Swami. The out from a chemical godown in Jeedimetla and is believed Chief Minister along with the to have occurred due to a short circuit. No casualties were Seer then reached to the reported in the incident. observation deck on the project outlets to watch the event of water being re- leased into the reservoir. Spurious cotton seeds seized The Chief Minister along Laxmi Narayana used Hyderabad: Four per- different areas and sell the The arrests on Thurs- with his wife then offered tra- to procure loose seed from same to the farmers. day were made under the ditional offerings and sons who were allegedly Nandyala town of Kurnool transporting spurious cotton Last year, criminal supervision of Mahesh M prayers to the river goddess. pump house, he proceeded The Chief Minister pro- district and after reprocess- and accompanied him to the seeds were nabbed by the cases were registered Bhagwat, Rachakonda Po- for the inaugural. The Chief ceeded from ing the same at his process- Earlier the Chief Minis- homam. Ministers T Harish Special Operations Team against Laxmi Narayana in lice Commissioner, Minister also participated at Kondapochamma temple to ing unit in Uppal, he would ter along with his wife par- Rao, Indrakaran Reddy, (SOT), LB Nagar Tekulapally police station, G.Sudheer Babu, Additional Chandi Homam performed Erravelli and Markook pack the spurious seed in ticipated at the Sudarshana Singireddy Niranjan Reddy, zone.Acting on specific in- Burgampadu police station Commissioner of Police, by Vedic pundits at where he laid foundation for different brands of covers Homam performed at the Principal Secretary Irrigation formation, the SOT sleuths and Ashwaraopuram police Rachakonda, Sunpreeth Kondapochamma temple construction of Rytu Vedikas viz., Lion, Raghu, Kavya, pump house. After complet- Rajat Kumar , Transco and along with officials of agri- station of erstwhile Singh, Deputy Commis- some 30 km away from the . After returning to the pump Billa, Arunodaya, Meghana- ing “Poornahuti” at the Genco CMD D Prabhakar cultural department and Khammam district, and he sioner of Police, LB Nagar pump house in the morning. house he received the Seer 45, and Pavani etc. With the Rao were also present. Kandukur police on Thurs- was arrested and remanded Zone and in the presence of assistance of others, he agriculture officers, the press day conducted a joint raid would transport the same to to judicial custody and those and nabbed four persons – cases are pending trial. release added. Trump says Modi in ‘bad Manyam Laxmi Narayana, Pinjari Yusif Basha, Mala Dasari Suresh and Vempati mood’. India says Whaaaat! Bachi on the outskirts of Andhra High Court reinstates sacked state Kandukuru village of RR fully resolve it," External Af- district while they were trans- India has strongly de- fairs Ministry Spokesperson nied any recent contact be- porting the spurious cotton Anurag Srivastava said, re- seed to sell to gullible farm- election commissioner N Ramesh Kumar tween US President Donald plying to a volley of ques- ers. Trump and Prime Minister tions at an online media Vijayawada: The A total of 39 bags con- Narendra Modi after the briefing. Andhra Pradesh High Court taining around two tons of former claimed on Thursday on Friday set aside the ap- "The two sides have spurious cotton seed along of having spoken to the lat- pointment of Justice (retd) established mechanisms with a van, seed processing ter over the ongoing border Kanagaraju as the State both at military and diplo- machine, two seed packing dispute between India and Election Commissioner and matic levels to resolve situ- machines and 76,700 empty China. ordered the restoration of his ations which may arise in seed packing covers of vari- Sources within the In- predecessor, N Ramesh border areas peacefully ous brands were seized dian government indicated through dialogue and con- Kumar, in the post. that there has been no con- "ready, willing and able to from their possession. The countries with 1.4 billion tinue to remain engaged This is a serious embar- versation between the two mediate" between the two total worth of seized property people (each). Two coun- through these channels," he rassment to the YSRC gov- leaders since April 4, when countries. was around Rs.50 lakhs, tries with very powerful mili- said.