VISAKHAPATNAM: A 45-year-old woman was stripped and beaten to death while hundreds of villagers watched at Kintaluru tribal hamlet in Madugula mandal in Visakhapatnam district on Sunday by branding her a sorcerer.

The incident came to light on Monday after the police rushed to the spot.

Some villagers dragged Mamidi Atchayamma out of her home on Sunday afternoon and tied her to a tree. Later, they undressed her before thrashing her severely. Despite her pleas to save her life and honour, the angry mob kept on beating her black and blue. She fainted and assuming that she had died, the accused went off.

Soon, word reached the cops who rushed to the village and shifted her to the government hospital where she succumbed.

Sources said following the death of two youngsters at nearby Kintaluru hamlet, the tribals suspected that they had died because of Atchayamma's witchcraft. They hatched a plan to eliminate her. Meanwhile, police registered cases against 12 villagers for killing the woman.

Top al-Qaida strategist Abu Yahya al-Libi likely killed in Pakistan

Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al-Qaida's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan.

PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al-Qaida's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Tuesday.

If his death is confirmed it would be the biggest blow to al-Qaida since US special forces killedOsama bin Laden in a secret raid in Pakistan in May 2011.

US sources said Libi, a Libyan cleric with a degree in chemistry who has survived previous drone attacks, was a target of a strike early on Monday in the North Waziristan tribal region, home to some of the world's most notorious militant groups.

Some US officials describe Libi, whose real name is Mohamed Hassan Qaid, as number two to alZawahri, the former Egyptian doctor who took over al-Qaida after bin Laden's death.

Pakistani intelligence officials told Reuters they believe Libi (which means Libyan in Arabic) may have been among seven foreign militants killed in Monday's strike.

One of the officials said Pakistani authorities had intercepted telephone chatter about Libi, an al-Qaida theologian and expert on new media whose escape from a US-run prison in Afghanistanin 2005 made him famous in al-Qaida circles.

"We intercepted some conversations between militants. They were talking about the death of a 'sheikh'," one of the Pakistani intelligence officials said, referring to the title given to senior religious leaders.

"They did not name this person but we have checked with our sources in the area and believe they are referring to al-Libi."

A militant commander in North Waziristan closely associated with foreign fighters however said: "He has not been killed. This is not the first time claims have been made about his death. The Americans are suffering heavy losses in Afghanistan so they have resorted to making false claims."

It can take months to confirm whether drone strikes have killed an Islamist militant leader because the area of the attack is often sealed off by the Taliban in the lawless northwest of Pakistan. Burials are quick in order to hide casualties and identities.

If a drone strike did kill Libi, it would bolster the American argument that drones are a highly effective weapon against militants.

The Pakistan government says that, while the CIA-run pilotless drone campaign has some advantages, it fuels anti-American sentiment in the country and is counterproductive because of collateral damage.

Drones are a sticking point in current talks between the United States and Pakistan aimed at repairing ties damaged by a series of events, including the recent imprisonment of the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA hunt down bin Laden.

According to reports from North Waziristan, which American government sources did not contest, US-operated drones launched three attacks along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan between Saturday and Monday.

Reports from Pakistan said nearly 30 people were killed during the sequence of strikes, including four suspected militants on Saturday, another 10 on Sunday, and 15 people in the strike in which Libi was targeted.

Libi, reportedly born in 1963, made repeated appearances on al-Qaida videos and wrote prolifically, becoming one of the group's most prominent media warriors.

A biographer, Jarret Brachman, says Libi was seen as having made al-Qaida "cool" for a younger generation.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Top-al-Qaida-strategist-Abu-Yahya-al-Libi-likely-killed-in-Pakistan/articleshow/13839397.cms

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More than 150 on plane that crashed in Nigeria

LAGOS : A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, government officials said. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash and searched for survivors as several charred corpses could be seen in the rubble.Casualty figures were not yet known, said Lagos state emergency manager Femi Oke-Osanyinpolu.The Lagos state government said in a statement that 153 people were on the Dana Air flight Sunday.

Yushau Shuaib, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, said they were still trying to get an official manifest on the flight. Sometimes flights in Nigeria issue paper tickets and don't record all passengers via computer."I don't think there will be any survivors," said witness Praise Richard. "It would take a miracle."Richard said he was watching a film when he heard a loud explosion that sounded like a bomb. He rushed outside and saw massive smoke and flames rising from the crash site around 3:45 p.m.

The Dana Air flight was flying from Abuja to Lagos, according to the head of Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority, Harold Denuren.The plane did not to appear to have nose-dived into a building, but seemed to have landed on its belly. It first crashed through a furniture shop and then into residential buildings next to the workshop in this densely packed neighborhood.The nose of the plane was embedded into the three-story apartment building, damaging only one part of the structure. Fire still smoldered everywhere as a group of men stood atop the landing gear that was smoking and took pictures with their mobile phones.

At the crash site, an Associated Press reporter saw parts of the plane's seat signs scattered around. Firefighters tried to put out the smoldering flames of a jet engine and carried at least one corpse from the building that continued to crumble. Several thousand people looked on.Two fire trucks and about 50 rescue personnel were at the site after the plane went down. Some of those gathered around the site helped firefighters bring in the water hoses from their trucks.

The Nigerian Red Cross arrived, as well as Nigeria's air crash safety investigators.A military helicopter flew overhead. The sound of the crowd was also occasionally punctuated by the noise of aircraft still landing at the airport.Lagos' international airport is a major hub for West Africa and saw 2.3 million passengers pass through it in 2009, according to the most recent statistics provided by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.

In August 2010, the U.S. announced it had given Nigeria the FAA's Category 1 status, its top safety rating that allows the nation's domestic carriers to fly directly to the U.S.The Nigerian government said it also now has full radar coverage of the entire nation. However, in a nation where the state-run electricity company is in tatters, state power and diesel generators sometimes both fail at airports, making radar screens go blank.








Source: http://www.andhrayouth.com/viewnews.php?x=f&var1=&id=27909

Hazare, Ramdev to seek BJP support

NEW DELHI : At a time when the government is battling an economic and political crisis, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gandkari will meet yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday. Ramdev is expected to present a letter to the BJP President, asking him to support the movement demanding the government to bring back the black money allegedly stashed abroad.He is also likely to request Gadkari to help enact a strong Lokpal legislation. Ramdev had at his fast with Anna Hazare on Sunday said that he would be apporaching all political parties asking them to lend support to his anti-corruption movement.

This comes even as his alliance with Team Anna seems to be on a shaky ground. Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal stormed out of the venue on Sunday after Ramdev objected to Kejriwal naming MPs in his speech, which the yoga guru said was against the fast protocol.Ramdev said the fight against graft was not against individuals. "Arvind Kejriwal should not have taken names. It could create controversy. Please don't see it as a personal attack. This fight is not against any individual," Ramdev said. Kejriwal in his speech had said that Parliament would never pass the Lokpal bill as long as MPs like Lalu Prasad, A Raja and Suresh Kalmadi were present.Soon after Kejriwal, who was on fast along with Anna Hazare and the yoga guru, finished his speech, Ramdev took the microphone and said "today, we thought that we will not name anybody. But Arvind took the names".

"We don't want any controversies. Arvind does not have any enmity with anyone. The names have been taken in some context. We are against personal criticism", he said. During his speech, Kejriwal had attacked Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet colleagues whom Team Anna had accused of indulging in corruption.However, clearing his stand Kejriwal later, while speaking to reporters, said that he had to leave as he was unwell and he has the greatest respect for Ramdev.

Kejriwal had said that no political party wanted a strong Lokpal Bill. "There are serious allegation against 15 ministers out of 34. That is why they are not passing Lokpal Bill. Manmohan Singh is the leader of those 34 ministers. There is allegation against Manmohan Singh in coal allocation scam. 155 mines were given to the private companies without bidding and Manmohan Singh was coal minister that time," he said."None of the investigating agency is neutral, all comes under the government. All cases should be handed over to special investigation team. We have written to the Prime Minister that all the cases should be handed over to fast track court," he added.








Source:http://www.andhrayouth.com/viewnews.php?x=f&var1=&id=27917

64 Andhra tourists stranded in Cairo

The 11-day religious tour to Egypt and Jerusalem, subsidised by the state government, has turned out to be a nightmare for 64 tourists who have been stranded in Cairo, Egypt as the travel agent failed to provide visas.Even as the tourists from different parts from state-- Krishna, Nellore districts and Hyderabad-- have been stuck in Cairo since May 30, the news came to light on Monday when the victims' relatives lodged a complaint with Gopalpuram police against the travel agency owner, who is absconding.

According to police, Asset Holy Land Tours and Travels, a private travel agency functioning from Amruthavani building in Secunderabad, organised an 11-day religious tour to Egypt and Jerusalem. It collected `60,000 each from 64 people. The tour was scheduled from May 28 to June 7. Each tourist was provided a subsidy of `20,000 by the state government on the tour package.Of the 64 tourists, 34 belong to Krishna district and the remaining are natives of Nellore district and Hyderabad.

"As per the tour package, the travel agency is supposed to ensure flight tickets (to and fro), visa, food and accommodation for the tourists. But, as they reached Cairo on May 30, Prashant Choudhary, their guide, abandoned them,"said deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Ch Srikanth.  Gera Hanock, president of the Association of Integrated Christian Council said, Ch David Brihmum, among the tourists, who left Hyderabad on May 28, is the general secretary of the council."The management of the hotel in Cairo in which the tourists were staying evicted all of them from the rooms and the victims had to pay `5 lakh as the room rent and other charges to the hotel management from their own pockets. It is said that the victims were not even facilitated to meet the officials of the Indian Embassy at Cairo," he said.

A few relatives of the victims lodged a complaint with the Gopalpuram police station saying that the travel agent, Francis, had duped the tourists. They also met Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma.Police visited the travel agency office in Secunderabad and found it closed. Francis's house in Mettuguda was also locked, police said.  However, DCP Ch Srikanth said that the travel agency promised to bring back all the tourists to the city by Tuesday. Based on the complaint, police booked cases under the Sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) against the agent.




Source: http://www.andhrayouth.com/viewnews.php?id=27944

Sonia to take final call on President nominee

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday authorised Congress president Sonia Gandhi to decide the party’s nominee for the upcoming Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections.The CWC, the party’s highest decision-making body, unanimously passed a resolution in this regard. The resolution was moved by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Though the Congress leadership is engaged in consultations with its allies, it is yet to come out with any names. Sonia is likely to announce the candidates this week.After the meeting, Mukherjee said that Sonia would take the final call based on consensus.The Finance Minister said that the Congress was the single largest party in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and Sonia Gandhi would consider all aspects before taking a decision.

Mukherjee, whose name is also being mentioned for the post of the President, described himself as a small player in the entire episode. “As far as my knowledge, I have been somehow rather involved since 1974... after the retirement of V V Giri. Most of the times in the presidential elections, except for a small break in the NDA regime, I was a minor player, small actor in this process. We always left it to the Congress president,” Mukherjee said.Major political formations like the Congress-led UPA and NDA are yet to announce their strategy for the next month’s Presidential election, while the AIADMK and the BJD have declared former Speaker P A Sangma as their candidate.

Source: http://www.andhrayouth.com/viewnews.php?id=27946

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Nagarjuna’s 'Shirdi Sai' release in September

Updated on : Jun 05, 2012

King Nagarjuna’s latest devotional movieShirdi Sai has completed its shooting and is likely to release in the month of September. Currently post production work of the movie is going on at brisk pace and it will take some time as there are some graphical episodes involved.

Nagarjuna is acting as lord Sai in this movie. The latest we hear is Shiridi Sai release is fixed on September 5th. Audio of the movie is set to release on June 25th in Shiridi with the blessings of Lord Sai. MM Keeravaani composing music and Veda Vyas and Chandra Bose are the lyric writers.

Director K Raghavendra Rao is taking utmost care to make this film a milestone in Telugu cinema history. Shirdi Sai is produced under Sai Krupa Entertainments banner by A.Mahesh Reddy. Paruchuri Brothers are the dialogue writers while Bhaktha Suresh Kumar has provided the story for this film. S Gopal Reddy handled the lens.   

Source:http://www.supergoodmovies.com/45404/tollywood/nagarjuna-s-shirdi-sai-release-in-september-news-details

Charan-Upsi's sangeet special: Dance Dhamaka

June 4th, 2012, 08:00 PM IST

The wedding celebrations of Ram Charn and Upasana will kick off with the star studded sangeet ceremony on June 11. Preparations were in full swing for hosting the grand event at the Annapurna studios. The idea behind choosing this venue is to accommodate as many film personalities as possible. Apart from entire Tollywood fraternity, several big wigs from other Industries will be gracing it.

The speciality of Charan-Upsi's sangeet is said to be the dance dhamaka of Allu Arjun, Tamanna and Shriya. These stars will be taking part in the rehearsals along with the dancers for the next couple of days.

According to the reliable sources, Allu Arjun came up with this idea of special dance numbers in Sangeet. Both Tamanna and Shriya, who are having very friendly relations with the Mega family, has immediately given their nod to take part in the celebrations. Let's see, if Bunny's idea could make the sangeet a memorable experience for everyone, including the Mega-Kamineni families, guests and the fans!

Source:http://www.gulte.com/movienews/7566/Charan-Upsis-sangeet-special--Dance-Dhamaka

Gabbar Singh collections bonanza continues

Updated on : Jun 02, 2012

Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh which has completed three weeks run has registered stunning collections in 21 days. The film has collected over Rs. 54 crore share in just three weeks run. Gabbar Singh is poised to beat Dookudu’s full run collections this week.

Which means Gabbar Singh will take the top 2 position in Tollywood all time hits list.Magadheera is currently sitting pretty on top. With the new releases getting poor talk,Gabbar Singh is continuing its dream run in the fourth week too.

Pawan Kalyan who was due for a big hit for over a decade has finally delivered the goods and boy hasn’t he delivered? Producer Ganesh Babu is planning a success bash as per Pawan Kalyan’s free time.


Aource:http://www.supergoodmovies.com/45326/tollywood/gabbar-singh-collections-bonanza-continues-news-details 

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Tara Chowdary Blasts TV9

Published Date : 30-May-2012 22:00:00 GMT

Tara Chowdary alleged that TV9 has been telecasting wrong stories on her. It is known that she was released from jail today. After her release, she talked to media at Chanchalguda Jail saying, "I'm going to call for a Press Meet to reveal all the secrets. I'm happy for the release after 2 months".

She also made controversial statements that TV9 Reporter Muralidhar used to misbehave with illicit speech with her. She pointed that TV9 has shown many false stories on her only to cover TV9 Muralidhar's issue.

We have to see what happens further.

Source: http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=38220&cat=1&scat=4

Akshay Kumar Saluted Ravi Teja

Published Date : 03-Jun-2012 22:00:00 GMT

History of cinema knows that Dilip Kumar once saluted ANR after watching ‘Devadas’ saying, “I wouldn’t have portrayed the role of Devdas in Hindi had I watched the Telugu version before. ANR was unmatchable”.

Now similar thing happened but in a different tone. ‘Rowdy Rathod’ (Hindi remake of Vikramarkudu) got released and the critics thumbed down the film. Though the collections are impressive, many are not happy with the film. Akshay Kumar is so down to earth that he attributed failure, if any, for himself.

Sources say that he told his close associates that he couldn’t deliver the energy and conviction that Ravi Teja delivered in Telugu. At the same time he lauded Prabhudeva saying that he is successful in meeting the standards of Rajamouli.

So, this is something that Telugu audience should be proud about.

Source:http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=38302&cat=1&scat=4

Is Vijayamma An Anti-Social Element?

Published Date : 03-Jun-2012 22:00:00 GMT

Former minister and senior Congress leader P Shankar Rao, who does not let go any opportunity to criticize Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana, has once again got a chance to attack them.

Shankar Rao found fault with male police personnel frisking and checking the luggage of YSR Congress party honorary president Y S Vijayalakshmi and her daughter Sharmila, while they were on tour from place to place as part of election campaign.

“It is totally uncalled for. Are Vijayamma and Sharmila anti-social elements? Why should the male police check their suitcases? The Chief Minister should take stern action against the police for their over-action,” he demanded.

The former minister also criticised the chief minister for saying that Jagan would have to serve 14-year imprisonment in his alleged illegal assets case.

“Jagan is still an accused and the case is still in the court. How can he serve the 14-year imprisonment? It is not proper on the part of the Chief Minister to make such a statement when the issue is still sub judice. Such comments would harm the prospects of the Congress party,” he said.

Source:http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=38301&cat=15&scat=16

Big Hero Aiming At Bharat Rathna?

Published Date : 03-Jun-2012 22:00:00 GMT

The country’s highest civilian award is Bharat Rathna and this is given to that individual who has brought a significant difference to the society through his/her contribution. And right now, one name is being discussed among the public for being the right contender of this honourable title.

He is none other than Aamir Khan and the key reason for that is his TV show ‘Satyamev Jayate’. They say Aamir is doing such a noble thing and no other actor has done that. Some are commenting that he should be given Bharat Ratna for his works.

Others say he should be honoured ina big way than just conferring Bharat Ratna and even government should be involved. But it has to be bigger than the regular awards and titles. The key reason for this is Aamir has been responsible for bringing so much awareness among the citizens and society. Moreover, he is doing all this through a TV show what a government is unable to do despite its full powers.

Source: http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=38286&cat=1&scat=4

Devisri's Special Services For Allu Arjun!!!

Published Date : 02-Jun-2012 22:00:00 GMT

The new age music director Devi Sri Prasad is known for his foot tapping tunes and the beats which strike a chord with the masses and youth alike. Recently, his compositions for ‘Gabbar Singh’ rocked the charts. But then it is heard that he tends to come up with something special when it is a film with Allu Arjun.

Sources say Devisri is currently busy with the numbers for ‘Julaayi’ starring Bunny along with Ileana and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. This would be a mix of melody and racy tracks. The combo of Allu Arjun- Devisri has given many noted hit numbers from films like ‘Arya ‘ ‘Arya 2’ ‘Parugu’.

However, Devisri reportedly maintained that it is sheer coincidence that he tends to give something extraordinary for Bunny’s movies. He added that even director Trivikram has got a good taste of music so let us wait to see how these ‘special’ tunes will shake the charts once they arrive.

Source:http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=38281&cat=1&scat=4