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Telangana rain alert: CM asks officials to be vigilant

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, on Thursday, asked the state officials to be alert in view of the possible heavy rains all over the State in the next couple of days."The Chief Minister has instructed that the Special Officers who have been already appointed to handle the situation, should monitor the flood situation in the Districts for which they are in charge, and take up where ever necessary the relief and rehabilitation work in close coordination with local officers," an official release issued from the Chief Minister's Office read.According to the release, the Chief Minister today reviewed the situation arising out of rains and effect of floods in Adilabad and other districts.He also instructed, "the Special Officers who have been already appointed to handle the situation, should monitor the flood situation in the Districts for which they are in charge, and take up where ever necessary the relief and rehabilitation work in close coordination with local officers."All the ministers, including MLAs, MLCs, and MPs have also been instructed to remain available to the people of their respective districts and constituencies and monitor the "relief works where ever required in coordination with Police and other Officers.""CM wanted that efforts have to be made and steps to be taken in such a way that no inconvenience to be caused to people as there is a possibility that the river lets, and streams here and there might over flow," the release added. (ANI)
Ready for debate with PM anytime, anywhere: Rahul

Ready for debate with PM anytime, anywhere: Rahul. Read full details
Pune ranked most liveable city in India, Delhi 65th

New Delhi: Pune is the most liveable city, followed closely by Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai in a ranking of 111 Indian cities with the national capital ranked at a lowly 65 on the Ease of Living Index released by the government here.Thane is the fourth Maharashtra city that made it to the top 10 in the list. Other cities ranked among the best 10 are Tirupati, Chandigarh, Raipur, Indore, Vijaywada and Bhopal.Notably, none of the cities in big states like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have made it to the top 10.Chennai has been ranked 14, Hyderabad at 27 and Bengaluru at 85. Kolkata had refused to participate in the survey.Gurugram is at the 88th spot. Rampur in Uttar Pradesh is at the bottom of the list that has Jammu and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir at 95 and 100.The Ease of Living Index was launched by Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday.The survey based on four parameters -- governance, social institutions, economic and physical infrastructure -- was conducted in 111 cities across the country.It is an initiative of the ministry to help cities assess their liveability on the bases of global and national benchmarks.The survey was started to encourage cities to move towards an outcome-based approach to urban planning and management.Its framework comprised four pillars -- institutional, social, economic and physical which are further broken down into 15 categories and 78 indicators.The minister said evaluation of cities was done on a 100-point scale with the institutional and social pillars carrying 25 points each, five points for the pillar on economic and 45 points for the physical pillar.A ministry official said the cities submitted data on more than 50,000 points. Secondary audit of 10,000 documents, physical audit of 14,000 units and survey of more than 60,000 citizens were completed which led to finalization of the index.The assessment standards, according to the government, are closely linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and will provide a strong impetus to India's effort for systematic tracking progress of the goals in the urban areas.Of the 17 SDG goals, eight are directly linked to India's ease of living assessment framework.
Hyderabad's Osmania University denies request for Rahul Gandhi's visit

[India] August 10 (ANI): The Osmania University has dismissed a request made by student organisations regarding Congress President Rahul Gandhi's visit to the university, citing security concerns.Rahul was proposed to deliver a talk on "Education & Employment" in India and Telangana in the university. However, the university declined permission for the same as the Congress president is under special security coverage.Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Saravan Dasoju claimed that Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao is scared of getting exposed of his "dubious development" model and under the pretext of security, he did not allow Rahul's visit to take place in Osmania University."KCR has failed to fulfill his electoral promises in terms of education and employment. 5000 schools were closed down, scuttling of the fee reimbursement scheme, universities are being dictatorially controlled by the government and no faculty recruitment is taking place and overall education is in shambles," Dasoju said.Dasoju further claimed that KCR has failed to fulfill his promise of giving one lakh jobs to the youth, pointing out that only 25 thousands of jobs have been refilled by the government.The Congress president will embark on a two-day visit to Hyderabad on August 13 and 14. (ANI)
Hyderabad: Massive crowd turn-up at IKEA opening

Hyderabad: Massive crowd turn-up at IKEA opening. Read full details
IKEA to open first India outlet at Hyderabad tomorrow

[India], Aug 08 (ANI): Sweden-based furniture retail company, IKEA, is all set to open doors for its first India store, in Hyderabad, on Thursday.Speaking to ANI, Peter Betzel, CEO of IKEA India said the company would have a positive impact on the people of India.He also said that India was a good market for IKEA to venture into and that they were "learning a lot" here.After the launch of the Hyderabad outlet, the company aims at expanding to other parts of India, such as New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai.The IKEA outlet in Hyderabad has been established on an area of over 4 lakh square feet and houses around 7,500 products for sale. The inauguration of the store is expected to create thousands of job opportunities for locals."Over 2500 jobs are being created here in Hyderabad, and if more than 20 IKEA stores open in India, there will be around 50,000 created. We have seen a dramatic improvement in businesses. The FDI has also increased in the last few years," said Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary, Ramesh Abhishek. (ANI)
Hyderabad youth, who went missing in US, traced

[India], August 7 (ANI): A Hyderabad student, who went missing from New York two weeks ago, has now been traced.Mirza Ahmed Ali Baig, 26 went to the United States of America in July 2015 to pursue higher education. However, he was missing from New York since July 20, 2018 before being eventually traced on Monday morning.Speaking to ANI, brother of Mirza Ahmed Ali Baig, Mizra Mukram Ali Baig said that the family is relieved to know that the former is safe."We are happy and it is a great feeling to know that my brother, Mirza Ahmed Ali Baig, is safe in the USA. We were worried that our brother might be in danger. However, we have now got a confirmation from him that he is safe and has moved to New Jersey willingly due to some personal reasons," said Baig's elder brother.Earlier, the family had sought help from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Indian Embassy in the United States.Mukram thanked Swaraj, Indian consulate, and other officials for tracing his brother."I would like to thank External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Indian consulate and all others officials who have helped us in the matter," he added.Ahmed had landed in Pennsylvania in July 2015 to pursue higher education in the field of aeronautical engineering. A year later, he switched to another educational institution in New Jersey, while simultaneously also working in New York in a mobile store. (ANI)
Hyderabad: NIA conducts searches in 2016 ISIS case

[India], Aug 06 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted searches at seven premises of suspects in Hyderabad in connection with an ISIS-related case from 2016.The NIA, who were conducting the searches under Cyberabad's Pahadi Shareef Police Station at Shaheen Nagar area, seized digital devices and incriminating material related to the 2016 case, where four suspected ISIS men were arrested from Hyderabad.According to sources, the NIA also investigated 54-year-old Abdul Quddus, his 18-year-old son Abdul Qadeer and his family members. They seized a laptop and cell phones of family members and summoned them to the NIA office in Hyderabad's Begumpet tomorrow for further investigation.Abdul Quddus has relatives in Pakistan's Karachi and used to speak with his relatives there regularly via his son's phone. Resultantly, the NIA monitored them and suspected terror links.Quddus assured his compliance with the NIA summon and said, "There are few people who hold a grudge against my son, I think they would have complained about the matter to NIA. They came to our residence and carried out searches; they were having few doubts and asked my son to come to the NIA office. We will surely go to their office."No arrests have been made so far. (ANI)
Will convert you to Islam: Owaisi to accused who cut Muslim man's beard

[India], Aug 6 (ANI): Few days after a Muslim man was forced to shave off his beard following an altercation in Gurugram, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi has threatened the accused that he would be "converted to Islam".Strongly reacting to the Haryana incident, Owaisi further said that he would make the accused grow a beard."Muslim man's beard was shaved off. Those who did it, I am telling them and their fathers, even if you slit our throat, we'll be Muslims. We will convert you to Islam and will make you keep a beard," he said.On August 2, Gurugram Police arrested three accused after an FIR was registered by the victim, Yunus in this regard.The incident took place in Gurugram's Sector 29 when three people allegedly dragged a Muslim man to a salon and forced him to shave off his beard.This has come at a time when many political parties are cornering the Centre over rampant incidents of mob lynching, alleging that atrocities against the Muslim community are on a rise across the country. (ANI)
Fatwa would've got issued against me if I hugged PM: Owaisi

[India], Aug 6 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi took a potshot at the Congress President Rahul Gandhi and said had he shaken hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a fatwa would have got issued against him.Hitting out at the Gandhi scion, Owaisi further said, "No-Confidence Motion was moved against Modi and they (Rahul Gandhi) hug the same person against whom they moved the motion. If I had gone and shook hands with Modi, a fatwa would have got issued against me. But when he (Rahul Gandhi) hugged Modi, Congressmen didn't utter a word."On July 20, Rahul had hogged headlines for his speech during the no-confidence motion debate moved by the unified Opposition in the Lok Sabha. During the debate, Rahul, to everyone's surprise, embraced Prime Minister Modi, walking over to the treasury benches.Gandhi was later seen winking at party MP Jyotiraditya Scindia.Though, Rahul's gesture was hailed by his party leaders as "Jaadu ki Jhappi (magical hug)", the BJP ridiculed him saying he has started "chipko movement" in the Lok Sabha. (ANI)