<p style="text-align: justify;">The fight of Baba Ramdev against Central Government to bring back illegal black money stashed in Foreign Banks is turning into a comedy stunt by the entry of glamorous stars. Apparently there was wide support from a section of film industry but here is one heroine Sonam Kapoor says that Baba Ramdev is a &lsquo;Sexist Homophobe&rsquo; in here recent tweet. Earlier it was Salman Khan kindling Baba and now Sonam.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Initially Sonam tweeted, &lsquo;I prefer Baa Baa Black Sheep over Baba Ramdev.&rsquo; In angry one of the followers replied saying Sonam as being rude. In quick reply, Sonam Kapoor re-tweeted, &lsquo;as rude as you should be to a sexist homophobe!&rsquo; Surely followers of Yoga Guru are frustrated by Sonam. Let us see, how many more celebrities will use Ramdev to make fun of.</p>

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Baba Ramdev is 'Sexiest Homophobe'

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Describing his successor to the Pradesh Congress Committee president&rsquo;s post Botsa Satyanarayana like his &lsquo;brother,&rsquo; outgoing PCC chief D Srinivas sought a gracious exit by thanking the party High Command for entrusting him with the responsibility for three terms and relieving him from duty now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Mr Srinivas also thanked all the party leaders from Andhra Pradesh for extending their cooperation to him to help him discharge his duties during his three stints and stated that he expected these leaders to extend the same level of cooperation to Mr Satyanarayana too.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">He told media persons at his residence in Jubilee Hills that he was confident his successor Botsa Satyanarayana would be able to take the party forward, taking all the members along with him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Mr Srinivas added that he hoped the appointment of Mr Satyanarayana, a leader from Seemandhra leader who extended his support to the separate Telangana demand would mean that a solution to the contentious issue of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh would be found during his term.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>&nbsp;</span>&ldquo;It is reassuring that a non-Telangana leader who had extended supports and cooperation to separate state demand is now the PCC chief,&rdquo; he pointed out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Stating that he would extend full cooperation to Mr Satyanarayana on any issue, Mr Srinivas said &ldquo;he is like my brother.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">The former PCC chief further stated that he had any differences with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. &ldquo;No no. No differences at all. All those were media creation,&rdquo; he said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Responding to a question, he said that he was not aspiring for any posts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">When prodded, Mr Srinivas said that there was no such hard and fast rule that the post of the PCC chief should go to a leader from Telangana leader when the Chief Minister was from Seemandhra region.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">&ldquo;During the term of former chief minister Chenna Reddy, the High Command had given the PCC chief&rsquo;s post to a Telangana leader,&rdquo; he pointed out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Reacting on comments of Congress state in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad that Telangana was sensitive issue, he said there was no need to magnify his statements and Congress would find a solution to the issue early.</span></p>
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DS thanks all, exits graciously

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>Popular kuchipudi classical dancer, well known for introducing the dance form of Perini, Nataraj Ramakrishna died on Tuesday morning at in the neurology department of the Nizam&rsquo;s Institute of Medical Sciences while undergoing treatment for a stroke on his brain and other age-related ailments.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>He was admitted to a private hospital in the city on May 27 but was shifted to the NIMS as his condition deteriorated a week ago.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>Nataraj Ramakrishna was born on March 31, 1923 on the Island of Bali in Indonesia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>He introduced Perini form of dance, which highlighted the role of warriors under King Ganapathi Devudu of the Kakatiya dynasty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">He is also credited with the revival of the Andhra Natyam dance form, a devotional temple dance tradition performed in Andhra Pradesh for over 400 years until virtually extinct.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>The dance maestro devoted his life to keeping the classical and ancient dance forms alive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>During his sixty years of continuous study on Kuchipudi dance forms, Perini Nataraj Ramakrishna authored 40 books on the subject.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Over his long career he has trained many dancers and has written and choreographed highly acclaimed dance dramas.&nbsp;</span><span>His numerous disciples are expected to carry forward his legacy.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">A man of many hues, Perini was the former chairman of the state&rsquo;s Sangeeta Nataka Academy,&nbsp;a dance artist, guru, scholar, and a musicologist.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">He worked in the erstwhile USSR and France to propagate the Indian dance art while undertaking a comparative study of&nbsp;</span><span>Indian and western Classical and folk dances during his days as&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US">a research scholar sponsored by the Government of India.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>His body was shifted to his residence in Begumpet for public darshan. The last rites of Ramakrishna will be performed at Domalguda in the city on Wednesday.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday directed the departments concerned to complete the work on Aadhaar cards in all the 23 districts by the end of March, 2012 &lsquo;at any cost&rsquo;.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Chief Minister directed the officials to complete the work taken up in the seven districts in the first phase at the earliest.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pointing out that the Aadhaar cards will be made mandatory for delivery of Government benefits such as ration, pensions, Indiramma housing etc, Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the state government will provide all assistance and support for completion of issue of Aadhaar cards in the State on schedule.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He had earlier reviewed the progress of issue of Aadhaar cards and overview of UID Project and the current status with Minister and officials concerned.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Officials explained to the Chief Minister the key decisions taken at the UID meetings held on February 18 and May 15, 2010 and April 27, 2011.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The First Empowered Committee meeting held on August 5, 2010 approved 3 crore enrolments in seven districts, Food and Civil Supplies and Rural Development Departments were nominated as Registrars.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The seven districts are Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Chittoor, Anantapur, East Godavari, Adilabad and Srikakulam.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As far as Phase I is concerned, Food and Civil Supplies Department is the Registrar.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The State Government issued the relevant G.O.s in this regard. As far as UID Project is concerned, enrolments began first in Andhra Pradesh in Kothapalem village, Renigunta Mandal, Chittoor District and the State leads in number of enrolments (1.3 crore) and in number of Aadhaars generated (26 lakh).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Maheswaram Mandal was saturated and the distribution of smart cards was launched by the Chief Minister.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As per 13th Finance Commission recommendations, Rs 100 is being given for enrolment as compensation for losing the day's wages.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A total of Rs 10 crore is available for ICT upgradation and it covers 9 departments of Civil Supplies, Women &amp; Child Welfare, Rural Development, Social Welfare, Labour, Tribal Welfare, Housing, Minority Welfare and Agriculture for digitisation of data, hiring of consultants, software and hardware.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The UIDAI has adopted the strategy of Multi Registrar Model as approved by the Union Cabinet for achieving the mandate of issuing Aadhaar numbers to all the residents of the country.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Multi Registrar Model provides the residents with choice to enrol at points operated by different Registrars based on their convenience. The efforts of State Government/Union Territories will be supplemented and complemented by other Registrars like Banks, India Post etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Regional Office of UIDAI will facilitate coordination between registrars in general and the State Governments and other Registrars in particular.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Current and Potential Registrars for the UID Projects in AP are Food and Civil Supplies Department - 7 Districts, SBI - 12 Districts in FI Villages, SBH, India Post - to commence in 317 Centres, Central Bank of India, Corporate Bank, Canara Bank and NSDL - one Centre in Penderghast Road, Secunderabad.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Chief Minister told the officials that complete coordination is required among the Registrars to ensure quick coverage of the residents for the UID project, to avoid overlap, legal disputes, to facilitate data sharing and collection of KYR (Know Your Resident) required by the State Government and to facilitate proper verification of documents and a functional system of Introducers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Aadhaar Governance Award (AGA) instituted is to acknowledge, recognise and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by District Collectors annually in using the Aadhaar number to improve service delivery in their respective districts for more transparent, efficient and effective governance, the winning nominations will receive a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh, followed by Rs 2 lakh for the second place and Rs 1 lakh for the third place and this has been communicated by the Planning Department to all the District Collectors.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Officials explained to the Chief Minister the progress of the Phase I and as on June 4, 2011, total enrolments completed are 117 lakh, Aadhaar Numbers generated were 28 lakh and the Civil Supplies Department has taken up the matter to resolve the pending enrolment which have got the Aadhaar numbers.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As far as saturated Mandals are concerned, it is Maheswaram in Ranga Reddy, 25 out of 63 in Anantapur, 17 out of 58 Mandals in East Godavari, 7 out of 38 in Srikakulam, 9 out of 52 Mandals in Adilabad and 13 out of 66 Mandals in Chittoor.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Sreedhar Babu, Chief Secretary, S V Prasad, Special Chief Secretary to CM, J Satyanarayana, Special Chief Secretary, Planning, SP Tucker, Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, Raymond Peter, Principal Secretary, Infrastructure and Investments, Ajay Mishra, Commissioner, Civil Supplies, Harpreet Singh, Deputy Director General, UIDAI, V.S.Bhaskar, Secretary, Finance, T Satyanarayana, Registrar General, Y Anuradha, Secretary to Chief Minister, KS Jawahar Reddy, Special Secretary to Chief Minister SS Rawat, Additional Secretary to Chief Minister, Sreedhar and other officials attended the meeting.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Stating that it would truly be a &lsquo;people&rsquo;s newspaper&rsquo; to counter the &lsquo;pro-Andhra media&rsquo;, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday launched a new Telugu Daily, &lsquo;Namaste Telangana at the Ravindra Bharati in the presence of media luminaries.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">KCR told the gathering that the new daily is aimed to effectively counter the &lsquo;distorted&rsquo; image of Telangana being presented by the existing newspapers in the state.&nbsp;He also promised that a new Urdu Daily, Adaab Telangana would be launched on August 2 this year, the first day of the Holy Month of Ramzan. &ldquo;Telugu and Urdu are the only Telangana languages and that is why there is a need to bring out an Urdu Daily for the people who speak that language,&rdquo; KCR stated.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;Colonial Capitalists are misinterpreting the history of Telangana through their media. There is more to Telangana than the infamous Razakars. We aim to counter this distorted version through the newspaper,&rdquo; KCR said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;Namaste Telangana would give equal priority to the issues of Dalits and Minorities living in the Telangana region apart from the separate statehood agitation,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The TRS chief also &lsquo;advised&rsquo; the editorial board of the new daily to mould it to become a &lsquo;truly people&rsquo;s newspaper.&rsquo;&nbsp;The main edition of the new daily was released by Eshwaramma, the mother of Srikanth Chary who had immolated himself over the separate statehood demand at LB Nagar, while the features edition was launched by P Mallaiah who had cornered Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu to make his stand on Telangana clear at Warangal.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Sunday Magazine of the newspaper was launched by the widow of constable Krishnaiah who had committed suicide for Telangana.&nbsp;Speaking on the occasion, Telangana Political Join Action Committee convenor Kodandaram pointed out that there were different angles to the news story carried by the three main Telugu dailies on the No- Confidence Motion issue recently.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;These differences reveal the status of the media in the state today,&rdquo; Prof Kodandaram said and added that the new daily would take a balanced approach and highlight the sentiments of the Telangana people.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Telangana ideologue Jayashanker lashed out at the existing media by alleging that information was being misinterpreted and facts concealed during the past five decades.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;The newspapers have resorted to negative publicity on Telangana agitation and the media barons have poisoned the minds of the Seemandhra people against their Telangana counterparts,&rdquo; Mr Jayashankar charged.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;Distorted stories that the fertile deltas of Krishna and Godavari would turn into deserts if Telangana was separate is such example of the poisoning of the Seemandhra people&rsquo;s minds,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;The existing newspapers have failed to highlight the insults subjected to the Telanganaites,&rdquo; Mr Jayashankar alleged and added that the new daily would be able to do justice to the people of the region.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Namasthe Telangana Editor Allam Narayana said that the daily would counter the sustained neglect of the state&rsquo;s culture, traditions and festivals.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Negative stories like the destruction of statues on Tank Bund during Million March have shown that the entire Telangana as a criminal society, Mr Narayana claimed, while pointing out that &lsquo;cultural destruction of the region during the past 50 years was neglected.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Mr Narayana denied that the new daily would be relegated to being a mouthpiece of KCR and the TRS. &ldquo;This is propaganda by the &lsquo;anti-Telangana forces,&rsquo; he said, adding that this was an attempt to finish off the daily in its nascent stages itself.</p>
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Baba Ramdev is 'Sexiest Homophobe'

DS thanks all, exits graciously

DS thanks all, exits graciously

DS thanks all, exits graciously

Kuchipudi Nataraj Ramakrishna dead

Kuchipudi Nataraj Ramakrishna dead

Kuchipudi Nataraj Ramakrishna dead

Complete Aadhaar works by March next year: CM

Complete Aadhaar works by March next year: CM

Complete Aadhaar works by March next year: CM

Namaste Telangana launched

Namaste Telangana launched