‘Karuvu Seema Pai TDP MPla Deeksha’ saw the whole battery of TDP MPs , MLAs and other public representatives in attendance.As usual, it was an exercise in which the whole blame was thrown on the Centre and the TDP tried to project itself as ‘Sati Sakkubai’ although it was CBN who said he would put the Andhras in jail if they asked for SCS.

On the occasion, the comedian of the bunch JC Diwakar Reddy came up with a nonsensical story that Narendra Modi had called up the KIA Motors’ people thrice and asked them to set up their plant in Gujarat instead of Andhra Pradesh.However, Chandrababu managed to outwit Modi and got KIA Motors to AP. If Modi really spoke to KIA Motors, they would have gone to Gujarat.

Chandrababu is absolutely in no position to outwit Modi. Can he give better incentives to KIA Motors than the Prime Minister?JC also said that Modi was taking his revenge on the Telugu people. Wrong again! Modi is taking his revenge on Chandrababu, not the Telugus.

In this battle, the Telugus are the casualties. TDP MP Galla Jaydev said he had participated in a debate in Parliament on the injustice meted out to the State during which he spoke eloquently for the rights of Andhra Pradesh.If you spoke eloquently, Mr Jaydev, take a recording of your speech and preserve it for posterity. Someday, your grandchildren will listen to it and be proud of you but the current generation will say, “What result did it yield except for establishing him as a person with good English skills?”

Later, ‘weight loss’ expert CM Ramesh and others too indulged in Naidu Bhajana and BJP-bashing. It was one whole session of crap.

A couple of months ago there was huge hullabaloo going on in Jubilee Hills are people are called for interviews to join the upcoming JTV. It’s publicised that the channel actually belongs to Janasena party itself.

And then there came a news that Nimmagadda Prasad is buying a stake in 10TV upon the insistence of Chiranjeevi, such that Pawan Kalyan will get huge attention in the news and debate programs. At a time when these two news channels are in wide discussion, now the presence of Janasena leaders at the inauguration of a new channel has stunned many.

Reports have that the presence of Janasena party’s secretary Thota Chandrasekhar and other Janasena team at the 99TV office as the channel is now taken over by a new group, is clearly indicating that Janasena got a first of its supporter from the media. It’s a known fact that since Pawan Kalyan made a huge outburst on some TV channels through his Twitter page, there is no major coverage about him. Even his recent meetings where more than a lakh people turned up, is comfortably ignored by some media folks. Hence, Janasena might have rushed to get 99TV’s support, say observers.

In the coming days, Janasena might negotiate with a couple of others channels to win their support as general elections are approaching.

Hyderabad: To prevent any communal flare up, the state government has decided to monitor all media, both electronic and print, for provocative talk or writing.Chief minister KCR is learnt to have told the top police brass that no communal tensions ought to arise.

Police have now set up a special cell to monitor all television debates. They will scan print media too.According to sources, a television channel has already been given notice for holding, encouraging and provoking a debate on communal lines.

“Stringent action will be taken even to the extent of getting TV channels which hold provocative debates shut,” an official source told media.The special cell will take immediate action. The externment of two persons is an indication of how serious the government is about maintaining peace, an official said.

The mortal remains of 26-year-old Sharath Koppu, who was shot dead by a robber in United States’ Kansas City on Friday, were brought to Hyderabad on Wednesday.Koppu, a student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UKMC), was shot at 7pm on Friday at J’s Fish and Chicken Market near 54th and Prospect, where he worked as a part-time employee.

A software engineer, he had moved to the US in January to pursue his Master’s degree.Police have announced a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the robber who killed the Telangana student. They also released the CCTV footage of the incident, which shows the suspect’s face. A worker at the restaurant told The Kansas City Star that the suspect, wearing a brown shirt with white stripes, had demanded money and pulled out a gun.

As people hid or ran for cover around him, Koppu bolted directly away from the suspect, towards the back of the store. “(Koppu) ran, so he shot him in the back,” the worker said. Koppu died after being taken to a hospital.“We offer our sincere sympathies to Sharath’s family and friends in the wake of this senseless tragedy,” UMKC said in a statement on Saturday.

UMKC Chancellor C Mauli Agrawal offered his own condolences in a tweet on Saturday evening. “Sharath and I share an Indian heritage, but all of us at UMKC share in the grief such tragedies bring,” Agrawal wrote.