Inside sources in Jana Sena reveal off the record that Pawan Kalyan may contest from any of the three constituencies- Anantapur, Tirupathi and Palakol. But which one among the three is most suitable and promising for Power Star? Let us see.

Palakol is the constituency which has been the fort of TDP since 1988. It was only in 2009 elections, the power has gone into the hands of Congress candidate Usha Rani. She defeated Chiranjeevi of PRP in the same election and was hailed as giant killer. Palakol, though the home town of mega family, failed to support Chiranjeevi in 2009. The present wave of Jana Sena cannot withstand the power of Nimmala Ramanaidu, the TDP candidate of the constituency. So, contesting from Palakol will be risky for Pawan Kalyan.

Anantapur is the second option that they are looking at. But Prabhakar Chowdary of TDP is very strong here, and the constituency is another strong fort of TDP. The second in the battle who may stand as strong opponent for TDP will be YSRCP candidate but not Janasena. So, Anantapur cannot be the right choice for Power Star.

Tirupathi is the third in line. It looks a bit favorable and safe bet. Chiranjeevi won from this place in 2009 elections. There may not be any notable obstacle for PK to contest from this constituency until and unless, TDP and YSRCP field strong and popular candidates.

It is needless to say that Pawan Kalyan needs to contest in this election to boost up the morale of Jana Sainiks. He cannot step back from contesting. Victory or defeat, he should take a bold step at least to print positive impression among the voters. Let us see what Power Star does.

Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada Friday said she considered Amar Singh her “godfather” but added that people would continue to talk about them even if she tied him a rakhi.

She also made serious allegations against senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Rampur MLA Azam Khan, including a claim that he “attempted an acid attack” on her.

The former Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur had started the Rashtriya Lok Manch along with Singh after being expelled from the SP.

On dealing with the “negativity” regarding her relationship with Singh, she said, “So many people have helped me in my life and Amar Singh ji is my godfather.”

She was in conversation with author Ram Kamal at an event in Mumbai.

“Because the state I was in, contesting elections with Azam Khan, as a woman, with acid attack threats, threat to my life… I couldn’t even tell my mother if I would come back alive whenever I left from home,” Jaya Prada claimed.

The 56-year-old said when she was being called names, “not one politician came out in support of me”.

“Mulayam Singh ji didn’t even call me once,” she added.

The actor-politician said she even contemplated suicide when her morphed pictures went viral on social media.

“Amar Singh was on dialysis and my morphed pictures were being circulated in the region. I was crying and saying I don’t want to live anymore, I want to commit suicide. I was going through that trauma and no one supported me,” she said.

“Only Amar Singh ji, who came out of his dialysis, stood next to me, supported me. What will you think of him? Godfather or someone else? Even if I tie rakhi to him, will people stop talking? I don’t care what people say,” she asserted.

Jaya said it is a “real war” for a woman to be a politician in “this male-dominated set-up.”

“Even as a sitting MP from a party, I wasn’t spared. Azam Khan harassed me. He attempted an acid attack on me. I had no certainty if I would be alive the next day. I would tell mother while leaving the house that I wasn’t sure if I would ever return home. I emerged out of it,” she claimed.

“Whatever they are showing in the film Manikarnika, I feel I was like that. A woman can also take the avatar of goddess Durga,” she added.

Within hours after BJP-led NDA government at the Centre announced its own version of Rythu Bandhu scheme in the Union Budget presented in Parliament on Friday, TRS chief and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao asked party leaders and cadre to take up negative campaign against PM Kisan Samman Nidhi as it may hurt the prospects of TRS in upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

With Lok Sabha polls just three months away, KCR does not want BJP to benefit out of this scheme in Telangana.This is because TRS government transfers higher amount to bank accounts of farmers than what BJP government had promised to do under its scheme.

KCR reportedly asked party leaders and cadre to project PM Modi’s Rythu Bandhu in bad light during election campaigning saying that TRS gives Rs 10,000 per acre per year to all farmers irrespective of how much land they own while Modi’s Rythu Bandhu gives just Rs 6,000 for all farmers who owns less than five acres.

Since TRS and BJP will be seeking votes on direct cash transfer to farmers in upcoming Lok Sabha polls, KCR wants his Rythu Bandhu to get political mileage than Modi’s scheme in Telangana.

KCR is planning to release national wide advertisements in all top national newspapers and TV channels explaining how TRS Rythu Bandhu is superior to Modi’s Rythu Bandhu and wants himself to project as better leader at national level than Modi during Lok Sabha polls.

TRS president and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao is learnt to be deeply worried over the ‘obesity’ problem in his family.KCR is a lean man. He has been maintaining the same physique since his childhood. He neither gained weight or lost weight at any point of time in his life.

But his family is now facing obesity problem, which is said to have become a cause of concern for KCR.
KCR’s wife Shobha, son KTR and daughter Kavitha also did not face obesity problem. But KCR’s grandchildren are facing obesity problem for long.First it was only KTR’s son Himanshu who faced obesity problem. Now, KTR’s daughter Alekhya is also suffering with obesity.

Kavitha’s two sons are also hit with obesity.

During KCR’s recent yagam at his farmhouse, the photographs of KCR’s grand children sent to media for publication has become a subject of debate in political, media and social circles.The photographs showed to outside world how KCR’s grandchildren are suffering from obesity.

It is learnt that KCR has decided to engage the services of top doctors to cure obesity of his grandchildren.

The processing time for H-1B applications has seen an increase of 169 percent in last four years, which eventually makes the applicants wait longer, according to a research by one American Immigration Lawyers Association.

The work visas, work permits (like H4 EADs) and other immigration benefits processing takes long time as they have reached crisis levels. It has reached to almost an 8 month wait for a non-premium H-1B application filings, s per the new statistics.

In 2014, the H-1B applications used to take up to 2.9 months to process and it gradually changed with the increase in processing time reaching to a 7.8 months time to process the same. This shows a shocking increase percentage in processing time (169%) through these four years.

Among all the H-1B applicants, Indians are the major share in getting approved for initial employment. Indians obtained 63 percent of total 1.08 lakh visas that were issued, as per the end of fiscal year 2017.

Apart from long wait issues due to processing delays, there are many other practical difficulties for the immigrant workers and families. It is getting more difficult to get the driver licenses renewed while waiting for approval of visa. Though the H-1Bs can continue working up to 240 days while the application is pending, the the drivers license issuing state level agencies do not know these federal level regulations, and they don’t honor them even if they understand.

While it is the aim of Trump administration to restrict immigration by allowing only high skilled few workers to enter the country, it could not achieve it due to divided Congress. So the only way they seem to follow now is to slow down the process, which ultimately works towards their aim.