By Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani - In the context of the omnipotence of the political parties and frequent surfing of loyalties by elected representatives from one party to the other, elections are becoming a big ‘ power mela ’ where Instead of urging voters to exercise their rational faculties, candidates whip up mob fury and frenzy, tribal instincts, self-interest, emotional and sentimental attachment to personalities, and narrow caste loyalties. Every election is becoming a sterile repetition. In this context, the Civil Society organisations are tr…
CoRWA FIVE YEAR ROAD MAP An appeal is launched by the Secretary General, Dr. K.S. R. Murthy calling RWA experts to take up a feedback/inputs survey from all the members of CoRWA on how this apex body should go ahead in its Mission. To this effect, he has prepared a five point agenda on which your inputs are needed to prepare a Road Map for CoRWA for the next 5 years. The fact that the Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development and the Chief Guest for the 5th NCRWA Conference, Mumbai (18th and 19th Nov., 2017) Sri Hardeep Singh Puri announced the …
[gallery link="none" size="large" ids="485,487" orderby="rand"] GHMC Commissioner stresses on citizens' duties along with entitlement More than 20 civil socity organisations and NGOs have come together to launch the Citizens Entitlement Campaign to enable citizens of the twin-cities to easily avail 56 services that are provided by GHMC, Water Works, and the Electricity departments, as per their Citizens’ Charters. Kick-starting the Campaign on 26th January, the GHMC Commissioner Mr. Janardhan Reddy s…
By Ram Awadh Yadav Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 has been passed by Parliament of India. It aims to replace the existing Indian juvenile delinquency law, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, so that juveniles in conflict with Law in the age group of 16–18, involved in Heinous Offences, can be tried as adults. It came into force from 15 January 2016 after being passed on 7 May 2015 by the Lok Sabha amid intense protest by several Members of Parliament. It was passed on 22 December 2015 b…
As a run up to the January 26 Celebrations the Gokulnagar Welfare Society kicked off competitions among resident children, women and senior citizens in the colony. The first of these competitions was the Rangoli competition which was held on January 11 at the Community Centre. N S Prasad General Secretary Gokulnagar Welfare Society Republic Day Flag Hoisting at Malkajgiri [caption id="attachment_550" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Shri Komitla Vijaya Prasad Reddy hoisted the flag at Komitla Commercial Complex…
By Professor B. R. Sant A nation-wide mission for Encroachment Free Footpaths (EFE) is apt to be part of the challenge set Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the country into a ‘New India’ by 2022 — the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Footpaths and Pedestrians Everybody is a pedestrian at one time or the other and have to walk, both by law and convention, only on footpaths (also called pavements or sidewalks). But definitely not on roads which are meant for motorized/vehicular traffic. The two are equally essential, import…
The annual General Body meeting of the Standing Committee of Tarnaka Residents' Welfare Associations (SCOTRWA) was held on 23rd December, 2017 at the Nagarjuna Nagar community Hall. The following office bearers have been elected for the period 2018-2020: Prof. T. Tirupati Rao - President, Sri N.S.Prasad - General Secretary Syed Khaled Shah Chishti Hussaini - Joint Secretary Sri. KSLVS Raju - Treasurer. Further, a core team of the following memebrs has been elected as a part of restructuring of the body for more effective func…
Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani Human beings as they evolved into living in societies have acquired certain natural expectations and claims against each other, on reciprocal basis, such as, respect for life, family and property, civil liberties, fair play and justice, fraternity and solidarity. When we formed political states, we expected the state to convert those values into legal rights and duties and to reconcile them with authority in the interests of all. In our modern state, we have the constitution, which articulates the same as mandate to t…
On 22-11-17 MRCA committee members Advisor Bhujanga Rao, Vice- President- M. Parthasaradhi, Gen. Secretary-Sudhir Mathewes, Ln. N. Raghurami Reddy and GRS Prasad Rao, convenor MRCA met the Hyderabad Metro Rail, M.D. Sri. N.V.S. Reddy to discuss about the role of MRCA. Further expanding the activities of the MRCA Station Level Committee of Habsiguda, NGRI has been formed with active members meeting at Habsiguda and Lion N. Raghurami Reddy was selected as Convenor of Station Level Committee (SLC) of the above two stations and a team of 8 memb…
That Hyderabad needs the Metro is a no-brainer. But whether the private management of the network will still be smiling when the time comes to pay back the debt is a moot question. Barely a week after its inauguration, honchos at the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR), exuded confidence the Rs 16000 crore plus project will break even in the fifth year and start making profits immediately thereafter. The unbridled optimism, if appearing somewhat premature, may be attributed to the hordes of curious Hyderabadis who have been thronging the spanking new M…
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani Primitive feelings of bewilderment and fear in man were expressed by declaring his submission to the unknown and known forces in nature, imploring for their protection. Such submission or surrender was, gradually, extended towards many invisible and visible things and to persons on earth or in heavens in order to seek their favourable disposition and kindness. We have good evidence to conclude that before the period of established religions, people all over the world, including in India, were practicing shamanist kind of c…
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