Ignoring the warnings issued by the weathermen, fasting Shiva devotees took holy dips in rivers and seas to observe Somavaram Vratham.
The day began with thousands of Shiva devotees making a beeline to temples to mark the beginning of Karthika Somavaram.The month is considered auspicious for both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu devotees.
The devout believe that observing the Karthika Somavaram Vritham with devotion and seeking blessings of Lord Shiva and Vishnu will make their lives prosperous and healthy.
Both Shiva and Vishnu temples in the state have been illuminated. Various cultural programmes have been organized to mark the event. &nbsp;&nbsp;
According to mythology, Lord Vishnu goes to sleep on Ashadha Suddha Ekadashi and wakes-up on Karthika Suddha Ekadashi.
Lord Shiva slayed Tripurasuras on Karthika pournami to protect the world, as per Hindu mythology.
In this month Ganga (Goddess of river Ganges) enters all rivers, canals, ponds and wells and makes them as pious as the river Ganga. Bhavani and Ayyappa deeksha is also taken in Karthika masam and is continued up to Makara Sankranthi (January 15).

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Devotees ignore cyclone warnings, take holy dip

The state government has decided to book criminal cases against managements of bogus colleges, which had collected heavy amounts from the government towards reimbursement tuition fee.
Briefing media persons at the Secretariat on Saturday, Social Welfare Minister Mukesh Goud stated that Chief Minister K Rosaiah has ordered the booking of cases against those managements which were not registered and yet collected money for fee reimbursement of tuition fee.
Mr Mukesh Goud informed that 12,000 colleges had applied for registration earlier, and later a list of only 9,000 colleges had come for registration. This means that around 3,000 colleges are apparently bogus, he said.&nbsp;
The Minister made it clear that the government would identify these bogus colleges and recover the money released to them. Asked to spell out the extent of amount given to these bogus colleges, Mr Mukesh Goud replied that the government was yet to arrive at a figure.
Replying to another question on bogus colleges, the Minister stated, "when there were no colleges (existing), how do the students exist."
The Minister&rsquo;s rejoinder means that the state government had sanctioned huge amounts to these bogus colleges for reimbursements of tuition fee without checking the genuine nature of the colleges and whether there were students on their rolls.&nbsp;
For 2010, Rs 1,353 crore was disbursed to all the colleges and for 2011, an estimated budget of Rs 2,012 crore towards reimbursement of tuition fee has been arrived at. Mr Mukesh Goud said that the Chief Minister has agreed to the release of this amount.
Stating that there were no arrears to be paid to the BC Welfare hostels, the Minister said that Rs 20 crore has already been released to women's welfare hostels.
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Book cases against bogus colleges: CM

US president Barack Obama may be very famous for his good deeds in the USA but he is still a funny object for China who remodeled him as a blow up sex doll. A doll wearing a dark blue suit and red tie and with Obama&rsquo;s face carefully screen-printed onto its head was exhibited at the recent 8th Sex Culture Festival in the southern city of Guangzhou. USA Government sources tried to find the details of this doll manufacturer, but failed.

Barack Obama in Blow-Up Sex Doll

Pothula Suresh, the close aide to Late Paritala Ravi has been kidnapped today afternoon in Surat, Gujarat. This former Naxalite leader was hiding underground after the murder of Paritala Ravi and was known to be working on a sketch to erase Maddelacheruvu Suri, the prime accused in Paritala&rsquo;s murder.
As news channels have come breaking with kidnap news of Suresh, Paritala Sunita rightly suspected the hand of Congress Government. After numerous speculations, finally Anantapur SP confirmed that with the assistance of Gujarat Police, Suresh has been kidnapped with a pucca plan by their Special Team only to bring him before Anantapur Court tomorrow. By the way, Pothula Suresh is prime accused in TV Bomb Blast and few more brutal murder cases.
Well, Pothula Suresh is known to be a cold blooded murderer who has perfect backing from top brass in TDP and he is on a solid plan to kill all those who worked in murder of Paritala Ravi.

Devotees ignore cyclone warnings, take holy dip

Devotees ignore cyclone warnings, take holy dip

Book cases against bogus colleges: CM

Book cases against bogus colleges: CM

Book cases against bogus colleges: CM

Book cases against bogus colleges: CM

Barack Obama in Blow-Up Sex Doll

Barack Obama in Blow-Up Sex Doll

Barack Obama in Blow-Up Sex Doll

Barack Obama in Blow-Up Sex Doll

Pothula Suresh, Hi Drama comes to an end

Pothula Suresh, Hi Drama comes to an end