Not a ne
<script src="/admin/jscripts/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/langs/en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
w phenomena but veterans in the field like Tammareddy Bharadwaja and successful writer like Chinni Krishna have spit venom of criticism on Tollywood again praising &lsquo;Robot&rsquo;and Shankar on one side and insulting the existing technicians and artists in Tollywood on other side.
This was during a special show on &lsquo;Robot&rsquo; and Shankar in a regional news channel that Chinni Krishna has explained the reasons why our Telugu film industry is not coming up with concepts like &lsquo;Robot&rsquo;.
&lsquo;95% of our Producers doesn&rsquo;t know what a SCRIPT is while 90% of our so called Heroes don&rsquo;t what it requires to make a different movie. When everybody is thinking about least risk, how can &lsquo;Robot&rsquo; kind of movies come up in our industry?&nbsp;
It is a pity situation that, our Producers are doubtful on spending Rs.30 Crores for a direct Telugu movie while get ready for buying the dubbing rights of a Tamil movie for the same figure. They rely more on our neighbor&rsquo;s talent than our own.&rsquo;
Tammareddy stood by the words of Chinni Krishna but warned him not to speak facts in front of the media.&nbsp;

General News

Praising 'Robot' - Insulting Tollywood

Vigilance sleuths of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam on Friday arrested four persons for cheating devotees by selling them common laddus and claiming them to the famous Tirupati laddus.
According to Alipiri police, the Vigilance officials conducted a raid when the four-member gang were transporting laddus from Tirupati to hill shrine Tirumala at Alipiri and took them into custody. The vigilance officials also recovered 270 laddus from them.
On interrogation, the gang admitted to their crime.
According to sources, the four members selling the laddus at the rate of Rs 10 against the Devasthanam fixed price of Rs 25.
The accused have been identified as Radhamma, Manikyamma, Gouri and Nagaraju.
Vigilance officer Srinivas conducted the raid and registered a case under the Section 420 IPC.

Fake Sree Vari Laddus in Tirumala 

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams will organize a national conference in November first week seeking suggestions for providing better amenities to devotees and pilgrims at the hill shrine.
TTD Executive Officer I Y R Krishna Rao told media persons that the national conference would discuss modalities for streamlining the facilities for darshan for pilgrims and for providing better amenities in Tirumala hills.
He said the conference would focus on providing accommodation, amenities and hassle-free darshan of Lord Venkateshwara in view of mounting complaints by devotees of the lack of proper amenities, especially during festivals.
The conference will be aimed at finding effective and permanent methods of providing hassle-free darshan for devotees at the hill shrine, Mr Krishna Rao pointed out.
He said the Devasthanam has made it mandatory for devotees desirous of taking part in thomala, archana and kalyanotsavam rituals performed in the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala to observe the traditional dress code.
The EO asked the devotees to strictly follow the dress code. The TTD has had taken up an awareness campaign for four months before implementing the dress code.
Mr Krishna Rao said only male devotees wearing dhoti and kanduva (upper cloth) and female devotees wearing sari-blouse or churidars would be permitted to take part in the rituals.
In a significant development, he stated that the TTD would reconsider its decision on issuing of Sudarshan token darshan.
Earlier, the TTD management dispensed with the system of issuing &lsquo;Sudarshan' tokens at Tirupati, due to some constraints.

Conference to streamline Lord Balaji darshan next month

A station master and a point-man were on Friday suspended by the South Central Railway authorities on charges of gross negligence and irresponsibility after they allegedly gave clearance for two trains on the same track on Thursday night.
According to railway sources, station master Praveen Kumar and point-man Sai Kumar were suspended for giving clearance to the Hyderabad Wadi passenger and Yashwantpur Gorakhpur Express on the same track at Tandur in Rangareddy on Thursday night.
A major accident was averted when the drivers of the two trains acted swiftly and managed to apply the brakes in time. The two trains were stopped within metres of each other on the same track at Tandur.
The passenger train was bound for Wadi and the Yashwantpur-Gorakhpur Express was heading towards Gorakhpur and had to pass through Secunderabad, when the incident occurred, railways sources said.

Praising 'Robot' - Insulting Tollywood

Praising 'Robot' - Insulting Tollywood

Fake Sree Vari Laddus in Tirumala

Fake Sree Vari Laddus in Tirumala

Fake Sree Vari Laddus in Tirumala

Fake Sree Vari Laddus in Tirumala

Conference to streamline Lord Balaji darshan next month

Conference to streamline Lord Balaji darshan next month

Conference to streamline Lord Balaji darshan next month

Conference to streamline Lord Balaji darshan next month

Railway staff suspended for clearing two trains on same track

Railway staff suspended for clearing two trains on same track