Narasimha Rao was elected for PM’s post by Congress MPs, not nominated: Baru

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
Sanjaya Baru, who has worked as media adviser to the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was speaking at a panel discussion to mark the 25th anniversary of P V Narasimha Rao ... Contrary to the popular perception, P V Narasimha Rao was elected as the Prime Minister by Congress MPs in 1991 and not nominated to the post, senior journalist Sanjaya Baru said on Tuesday ... So, Narasimha Rao was an elected Prime Minister....

Sanjaya Baru in favor of honouring P V Narasimha for Rao Bharat Ratna

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
It would be a “fantastic gesture” by the NDA government if it announces Bharat Ratna to P V Narasimha Rao, said Sanjaya Baru, who has been media advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “I think next week is the 95th birth anniversary of P V Narasimha Rao ... Narasimha Rao was elected for PM's post by Congress MPs, not nominated....

Appa Rao can’t be removed: MHRD to HC

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
In the wake of massive protests by students and section of teachers to remove University of Hyderabad vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile for abetting the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, the central government clarified its stand, saying he could not be removed ... Appa Rao went on leave for some days following Rohith's death, but returned on March 22....

UK keen to work with Telangana govt on ‘Smart City’ projects

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India today called on Telangana IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao here and appreciated the state’s industrial policy ‘TS iPass’, an official release said....

153-year-old well as useful as ever

Edit Deccan Chronicle 23 Jun 2016
Farmer Bathineni Narasmiha Rao said that there was severe shortage for drinking water in 1863 ... Mr Narasimha Rao said that this well has been supplying water since 1863 and sometimes the water would rise to the brim of the well ... Venkateswara Rao and others said that this ancient basement well has been ......

New CSI office bearers appointed

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
Dasari Nageswara Rao, director (operations) of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) took over as the chairman of ......

Traffic mayhem looks inevitable during Krishna Pushkarams

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
Unless the incoming vehicles are stopped outside the city, there will be no way out of the mess," said S Venugopala Rao, a professor in Urban Studies at a private engineering college ... So the roads leading to ghats and temples from these places will be totally blocked," Rao observed ... is likely to witness high incidence of traffic jams," Rao predicted....

Apollo Hospital kidney racket: Recipients dodge cops, likely to face arrest

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
(Express Photo. Tashi Tobgyal) ... Related Article ... On June 18, police had registered a fresh case in the racket on the basis of information from the alleged kingpin, T Rajkumar Rao. During questioning, Rao gave information of another racket being run in the hospital with a different set of intermediaries ... Among the arrested are several personal assistants of senior doctors in Apollo Hospital, intermediaries, donors and Rao and his mentor. ....

City police solve 13-yr-old murder case

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
V\IJAYAWADA ... Presenting all five of them at a press meet here on Wednesday, joint commissioner P Hari Kumar said that 1.4 kg gold worth Rs 50 lakh and two motorcycles have been recovered from the possession of Siva Nagaraju (lawyer), K Srinivas, P Naresh Babu, S Ramachandran and Ramachandra Rao ... While the gold was invariably stored with the receiver Ramachandra Rao, the accused also splurged on purchases of bikes, liquor and drugs....

Congress goes the Amma way to woo homeless migrants in Bengaluru

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
BENGALURU ... We estimate that we will have to feed about 10,000 to 20,000 people a day," said Congress state unit working president Dinesh Gundu Rao, who has just stepped down as the state's food and civil supplies minister ... Rao, who has successfully implemented the Congress' Anna Bhagya scheme to provide rice at Rs 1/kg across the state, felt this project would generate a lot of goodwill for the party and the government ... RELATED....

Want to guard your home? Adopt a retired police dog

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
BEBGALURU. Police dogs that were instrumental in detecting crimes could guard homes. The Karnataka police has issued a notification allowing citizens to adopt canines that have retired from active police duty ... The state's dog squad is rated the second best after Tamil Nadu's ... There are about 280 police dogs in Karnataka ... Similarly every year, about 25 police dogs die, said Bhaskar Rao, ADGP (Crime and Technical). Rao further added ... RELATED....

Swamy ‘undeclared spokesman’ of PM Modi: Congress

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy ... READ. Jaitley hits back at Swamy. ‘Arvind Subramanian is valuable to Modi govt’ ... “Swamy acts like an undeclared spokesman of the Prime Minister ... Watch Video ... READ. BJP distances itself from Swamy’s remarks against CEA Subramanian. “The government wants sycophants like Gajendra Chauhan, Chetan Chauhan, Pahlaj Nihalani, Appa Rao, Sudarshan Rao and Ram Bahadur Rai (in high positions),” he claimed....

Vacate mother’s house, court tells ‘selfish’ son

Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
New Delhi ... "One of the saddest things in the world is to see a child grow up wearing his mother down, being ungrateful and selfish, having no accountability of his actions and continuing through life thinking nothing is his fault," said additional district judge Savita Rao ... Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App ... RELATED....
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