Pranab Mukherjee sends Telangana Bill to Andhra Pradesh Assembly

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday sent a bill for the creation of Telangana to the Union Home Ministry. Sources say the Home Ministry will today forward the bill to the Andhra Pradesh assembly for consideration. 

 

The President had earlier sought legal opinions as he wanted the bill, which provides for creation of Telangana by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, to be legally sound before sending it to the state assembly for approval.

The Bill has already seen a virtual revolt from the state Congress' own Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy who had said recently during a public rally that he would not allow Andhra Pradesh to be divided. "We will see how the Bill is passed in Parliament. United Andhra Pradesh is not just a slogan, it's our policy," Mr Reddy had said.

Experts said that whatever the assembly does, Parliament can go ahead with its legislative process for creation of the new state.

The Union Cabinet had on December 5 given the go-ahead for the creation of a 10-district Telangana and outlined the blueprint for carving out the country's 29th state.

Telangana will comprise 10 districts and the rest of Andhra Pradesh consists of 13 districts and Hyderabad will remain the common capital for both the states for a period not exceeding 10 years.

The Governor of Telangana will have a special responsibility for security of life, liberty and property of all those who reside in the common capital area. The Governor may be assisted by two advisors to be appointed by the Centre.

Pune bus driver who went on rampage sentenced to death

Pune: A local court today again awarded death sentence to Santosh Mane, who had gone on a rampage while driving a State Transport bus, leaving nine people dead and 37 injured.

Mane had been awarded death sentence by Additional Sessions Judge V K Shewale in April also, but Bombay High Court had referred the case back as his lawyers had pleaded that he was not given proper hearing.

The court again awarded him death sentence. "Mane got full opportunity to defend himself (during re-hearing)," Subhash Kalbhor, additional public prosecutor, said, adding that "all the reports of medical examinations were normal."

During the re-hearing, Mane was examined by doctors from Government Mental Hospital on his request, and they said he was not suffering from insanity (which was his defence). The sentence would now again be referred to Bombay High Court for confirmation.

On the morning of January 25, 2012, Mane hijacked a parked, empty ST bus from Swargate depot in the heart of the city and went on a rampage, mowing down whoever came in the away. Police and some citizens chased him and managed to catch up with him after 45 minutes

Mobile apps for election data collecting in AP

Hyderabad: A mobile application, which allows SMS based search facility of voters’ list will help voters to get their as well as polling station details on their phones.

Irrespective of the operating system in the phone, a person can send an SMS to the mobile number, 9246280027, with his or her EPIC Card number or voter identification card in the Voter ID Card Number in the format: Vote < Voter ID Card Number > For example: Vote AP412120780445.

Another Android application for searching a person’s name in voters’ lists has been developed to help people check if their names have already been enrolled in  voters’ lists.

This new mobile application can be downloaded from www.ceoandhra.nic.in

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