Telangana Chief Minister KCR yet again belittled the people of Andhra Pradesh and their language, ascent. Claiming that Andhra people “insulted” Telangana language, culture earlier, KCR said, “Andhra people have insulted Telangana dialect, culture a lot of times. I’ve told several times that it’s not fair. Even few claimed that they taught us how to eat. 

This made me angry and I retaliated that Andhra people don’t know how to cook Biryani until we taught them. We know Biryani, Sherwani since 300 years.” Asking people of Telangana to continue to use native dialect and making fun on Andhra language ‘Andi’, KCR said, “Few are under impression that using native dialect might not be good. We should be proud of our dialect. Like how their (Andhra) mother is proud to themselves, our mother is our pride. 

We should rather use Aanapakaya instead of using Sorakaya which is Andhra language.” KCR stated that few children have requested him to not to change his language, dialect. “I was told, ‘Uncle, we like your speeches. Please kindly don’t change your language, dialect.’,” shared KCR. KCR went on to heap praises on Nizam. 

Calling him as glorious king of the region, KCR reiterated, “Nizam is responsible for the development of Telangana. He might have done few mistakes like many kings do in their kingdoms but that can’t nullify his greatness.” KCR’s speech yet again reflected that he is wooing Muslims and Telangana people as part of vote-bank politics.

A whopping Rs 150 Crore is spent on alcohol in the successor state of Andhra Pradesh on the eve of New Year. The figures indicate that the sales of alcohol on Dec 31, 2014 and Jan 1, 2015 in AP alone accounts for Rs 150 Crore. Excise department authorities confirmed the figures and stated that more than Rs 150 Crore would be spent. 

Whereas last year in the undivided state of AP (AP & Telangana) the total sales were pegged at Rs 200 Crore. Usually in the 13 districts of AP, Rs 700 Crore is earned per month towards the sale of alcohol. It means on a day, over Rs 23 Crore is spent on liquor in AP. But on Dec 31 and Jan 1, the sales of alcohol are eleven times more than the sales on regular days. 

Especially, the sale of alcohol was huge in Vizag, Vijayawada and Guntur districts. While Srikakulam, Vizianagaram recorded lowest in sales, the increase in sales is seen more in Prakasm, Nellore and districts of Rayalaseema. Only in these three districts over Rs 50 Crore sales were recorded. 

Meanwhile, liquor traders expected the demand in sales and stored the stock in advance keeping the demand for New Year and Sankranthi. On whole, AP government is expecting total revenue of Rs 15,000 Crore from alcohol in this year. Whereas liquor traders say that the revenue would be much more than the government figures.

If reports are to be believed, 62-year-old Imran Khan has secretly tied the knot last week. The star cricketer-turned-politician Imran married former BBC anchor Reham Khan. Apparently when Reham was in BBC, the cupid struck Imran and Reham. Reham was the anchor for BBC’s “South Today” programme. 

41-year-old Reham was already married. She married a Briton and have three kids. She was a divorcee. Earlier, Imran Khan married Jemima Khan who was also an English journalist. She was an associate editor with New Statesman and campaigner. 

Imran and Jemima have two sons and the couple parted ways in 2004. Imran Khan’s latest marriage seems not gone well with his family. Imran’s sisters, family members and relatives said to have upset with Imran’s late marriage.

Hyderabad has entered the record books for being the first in India to run Metro train without a driver. Hyderabad Metro has achieved the great feat after successfully completing the test run with the help of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) and Communication Based Train Control system (CBTS). 

This latest technology has been tested for the first time in India and Hyderabad became the proud owner of the record. Metro rail between Nagole and Mettuguda has successfully completed the test run without a driver. 

The speed and route are controlled and brakes are applied accordingly to control the speed and all these are done automatically in spite of the presence of the driver. The driver’s work is limited to only control the opening and closing of the doors in the bogis.