This is an exceptional celestial treat for many of enthusiastic sky grazers. Yes, &lsquo;Super Moon&rsquo; is the phenomenon of seeing biggest and brightest full moon in the sky which will be closest to Earth. After 18 years, &lsquo;Super Moon&rsquo; comes back today mid night. Today that is Saturday&rsquo;s full moon will be around 10 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter as compared to other full moons during the year.
Moon will be only 3, 56, 577 Km away from the Earth this day, the closest in 18 years. Earlier, there were &lsquo;Super Moon&rsquo;s in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 while the next will be on 2016, November 14. The full moon will be at its best at around 3:30 AM. Although few of the orthodox believers are trying to propagate the occurrence of natural disasters this midnight which can put end of earth are not to be believed. The kind of Super Excitement world wide for Super Moon is seen in media channels.

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Extending solidarity to Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary BV Raghavulu, whose indefinite hunger fast entered the second day on Friday, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu stated the people of the state would give a fitting lesson to the indifferent government in next elections for its failure to address their problems.
Talking to media persons after visiting the Indira Park to express solidarity to Mr Raghavulu who has launched his fast to press the government to act and solve people&rsquo;s problems, Mr Naidu lashed out that the state government has been ignoring burning issues facing the people. &ldquo;The government is more focused on solving the internal squabbles in the ruling party and protecting the Chief Minister&rsquo;s chair,&rdquo; the TDP chief stated.
Mr Naidu said the people of the state are eagerly waiting for some steps from the government to address their problems. &ldquo;However, the government is unconcerned about the people and more interested in tackling dissensions in the party,&rdquo; the former chief minister stated.
He rued that the attempts by his party to highlight the issues facing the people in the Assembly, the August body, were met with failure since the Members chose to boycott sessions on Telangana and some other issues.
Mr Naidu warned that &ldquo;if the government fails to respond to people&rsquo;s problems, the people of state would teach a lesson to it in the next elections.&rdquo;
Earlier, a team of doctors sent by the government had visited the Indira Park to conduct checks on the fasting Left leader and his supporters. However, the Left leaders refused to undergo medical checks.
The CPM leader has launched the hunger fast to press the government to appoint chairpersons and members to SC/ST and Women's Commission, identity cards for tenant farmers, enhancement of wages of over five lakh workers employed on contract and contingency basis and review of lands allotments to multinational companies.

Govt too busy tackling dissension to solve people's problems: Babu  

For the third day consecutive day, the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly witnessed noisy scenes and vociferous arguments over the alleged twisted land deals and was adjourned again on Friday without transacting any scheduled business.
The entire opposition unanimously demanded ordering of Joint Legislature Committee to probe the alleged land deals.
The Chair could not control the enraged opposition particularly Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu whose outburst reverberated in the House. Bowing to the escalated pressure mounted by the Members of the entire opposition, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy informed that he would make an announcement on the particulars related to the controversial land allocations. &nbsp;
He also categorically stated that&nbsp;he would certainly take the opposition leaders&rsquo; advices which would serve the public interests. The Chief Minister stated that he would review Brahmani Infrateck land allotments.
He however clarified that he would review only on the system of land allotment and not on the land allocations as alleged. This sparked off a furore in the House with Mr Chandrababu Naidu taking the Treasury Benches to task over its negligence to concede to their demand for ordering a Joint Legislature Committee to probe into the unlawful allocation of lands in Hyderabad to the business partners of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy&rsquo;s son and former MP from Kadapa YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The House was a witness to the heated arguments between the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Minister over the burning issue. Mr&nbsp;Naidu alleged that kick-backs were being received by the vested interests in the unlawful allocations of the prime land in the city and told the House that pressure would be mounted on the government until a Joint House Committee was ordered to check the said allotments. He pointed out that there was a big hand behind all the &lsquo;land allotments&rsquo; in which there were lot of irregularities resulting in the misuse of thousands of crores of public money. 'This is money laundering,' Mr Naidu charged. Insisting on tabling the particulars of the said land allocations, Mr Naidu pointed out that currently discussions on &lsquo;corruption&rsquo; and scams were a hot subject for debate in all Legislatures in the country and stressed the urgency to inform all these particulars to the people. Reacting to these allegations, Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar said that despite government&rsquo;s assurance to the effect that a review would be held in the said issue, it was not proper to stall the House. Finding that the opposition unrelenting in their protest, Mr Manohar adjourned the House for a short break.
As soon as the house reassembled after the short break, the issue occupied centre-stage again.
Major Industries Minister J Geetha Reddy informed that the Chief Minister would make an announcement on the contentious issue. Dissatisfied with her reply, CPM MLA Julakanti Rangareddy said that the government should testify its honesty by ordering the appointment of a JLC immediately. Lok Satta MLA Jayaprakash Narayan also demanded that JLC be ordered into the whole land issue. Stating that it was not proper to place the public resources into the hands of a few self-centred land sharks that too when the prime land was scarce, he deplored that the natural resources turned into corrupt centres. On the same lines, BJP MLA G Kishen Reddy too demanded a JLC probe into the land scam. He suggested that the lands given away for a throwaway price earlier should be taken back by the government.
Stating that mere &lsquo;review&rsquo; of the land deals was scant, Mr Kishen Reddy also demanded that there should be a change in the industrialization system itself which was affecting the agriculture as green and fertile lands were being taken away by industrialists. Earlier, the TDP Members trooped into the Well of the House and surrounded the Speaker&rsquo;s podium.
Holding placards, they raised their voice in favour of a JLC in the alleged land scam. Both the CPI and CPM members also supported the main opposition. Mr Manohar&rsquo;s plea for their cooperation fell on the deaf ears.
Minister for Legislative Affairs Duddilla Sridhar Babu also intervened and told them that the Chief Minister would make an announcement on the subject but opposition members did not give in, leading to the House being adjourned for the day, without transacting any business.

CM's assurance on land deals finds no takers, House stalled again

For the first time in recent history, the Legislative Council elections to ten seats on Thursday assumed importance with the Chief Minister himself taking it seriously and wooing his ranks to cast their votes in favour of the party candidates.
Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy personally wooed and instructed his party MLAs as well as the 24 known loyalists of former Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
The 24 Legislators had earlier in the day resented the way in which their leader was cornered on the Floor of the House.
The Council elections took a quite interesting turn in view of 'competition' set up between the rivals - Congress and the TDP. The Government Whip was issued for a second time to ensure voting as scheduled by the ruling party members.The elections, which took place in the Committee Hall, began with Minister&nbsp;Satrucharla Vijaya Rama&nbsp;Raju casting his vote first.
The Chief Minister himself was seen introducing the contestants to the MIM, PRP and ruling party Members and seeking first preferential vote for the candidates.
The TDP also followed the exercise of passing the Whip to its Members to ensure the polling as stipulated.
Twelve candidates, five of ruling Congress, three of Telugu Desam Party and one each of PRP, MIM, TRS and CPI are in the fray for the 10 seats. While Congress has supported the PRP and MIM candidates, TDP supported CPI nominee.

CM directs Legislators in person: MLC polls

The Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation on Thursday demanded early implementation of the Justice Gurubux Matijia Wage Board recommendations so that justice could be done to the Journalists and non-Journalists in the country.
This demand came in the form of a memorandum to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and a copy to Labour Minister Danam Nagender submitted today.
The APWJF pointed out that journalists from across the country were responding to the call given by the National Alliance of Journalists on March 17 to press the Union Government for early notification of Justice Gurubux Matijia Wage Board for working journalists and non-journalists.
The memorandum pointed out that Thursday is being observed as &lsquo;Demands Day&rsquo; by APWJF which premier federation of working and an affiliate of NAJ in the state. The APWJF represent print and electronic media apart from news agencies from across the state.
Apart from the early notification of the justice GR Matijia Wage Board recommendations with retrospective effect from 2008, the other main demands are the constitution of a Media Council by amending the Press Council Act and extending the working Journalists Act to the entire media industry to ensure fair wages to journalists and press workers.
The APWJF also demanded that the government constitute a media development Corporation to help small and medium newspapers and news agencies.
The memorandum, submitted by APWJF president SM Hashim, general-secretary G Anjaneyulu and secretary P Shankar, urged the Chief Minister to use his good offices with the Union Government and convey the feelings of thousands of journalists who are agitating for the notification of the new wage board recommendation.
The scribes said that the implementation was long overdue and sought the Chief Minister to ensure that the union government would act fast in processing the final report which will be presented to the Union Cabinet for a final decision.

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Govt too busy tackling dissension to solve people's problems: Babu

Govt too busy tackling dissension to solve people's problems: Babu

Govt too busy tackling dissension to solve people's problems: Babu

CM's assurance on land deals finds no takers, House stalled again

CM's assurance on land deals finds no takers, House stalled again

CM's assurance on land deals finds no takers, House stalled again

CM directs Legislators in person: MLC polls

CM directs Legislators in person: MLC polls

CM directs Legislators in person: MLC polls

Scribes Union observe Demands Day, plea CM on wages

Scribes Union observe Demands Day, plea CM on wages