A person who returned for Paris recently to Vijayawada was rushed to quarantine facility. The case was reported from Mekalavari street, 1 town. Medical officers with covering team arrived and carried him to the hospital.

The person reportedly returned from Paris. Due to heavy rush in Delhi airport, he seemed to have escaped the testing there.

Now medical officers and their teams are disinfecting the street and the surroundings.  The person will be kept under observation during the incubation period. He is said to be a businessperson operating out of Sivalayam street.

Officials and health workers are busy disinfecting the surroundings to prevent outbreak of Coronavirus in the city.

TDP National President and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu thanked Union External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for his efforts to bring back stranded Telugu students in particular and all Indians in general from Kuala Lumpur.

Mr Naidu appreciated the quick response measures taken by Union Minister to rescue nearly 300 Indians including Telugu people by bringing them back to Delhi and Visakhapatnam by Air Asia flight. Most of the Telugu students are stranded in Kuala Lumpur on their way back home from the Philippines. Mr Naidu thanked Mr Jaishankar on behalf of the people of Andhra Pradesh.

While thanking Jaishankar's team and AirAsia for their quick response, Naidu sought a special flight to Visakhapatnam in addition to Delhi which would enable the students to reach home safely.

Meanwhile, about 200 students studying MBBS in the Philippines, who were asked to leave the country after the shutdown, were stranded in Kaula Lumpur Airport in Malaysia, as flights to India were cancelled. But Minister Jaishankar responded to calls for help, and organised AirAsia flight to ferry the stranded students to Delhi.

It's in this backdrop that Chandrababu Naidu wrote the thank-you letter.

The Centre has provided Rs 1050 Crore till date for seven backward districts of Andhra Pradesh since 2014-15, Ministry of Home Affairs said in Parliament today. In a written reply to Y Satyanarayana Chowdary (Sujana Chowdary), the Centre said.

The following is the statement:

The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (APR) Act, 2014 provides that the Central Government shall, while considering the special development package for the successor State of Andhra Pradesh, provide adequate incentives, in particular for Rayalaseema and north coastal regions. Accordingly, seven districts namely, Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Srikakulam, Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram in Rayalaseema and north coastal region of Andhra Pradesh have been identified for grant of the special development package.

Following the recommendations of NITI Aayog in its report on “Developmental support to the successor State of Andhra Pradesh under Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014”, Government has released an amount of Rs. 1050 crore towards Special Development Package to the successor State of Andhra Pradesh in three instalments of Rs. 350 crore each @ Rs. 50 crore per district per year for the 7 backward districts of the State since 2014-15.

There is no specific allocation in Union Budget for special development package under APR Act, 2014. However, releases towards special development package under APR Act, 2014 are made by the Ministry of Finance from the Budget under Demand No. 38 Transfers to States- Special Assistance.  

The nomination of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who served in the apex court till November 2019, to the Upper House of Parliament has drawn huge flak from various circles, but he seems unfazed by the criticism.

Gogoi was nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on March 16.

Ranjan Gogoi said he will reveal why he accepted Rajya Sabha nomination after taking the oath. The former chief justice of India said his presence in Parliament will be ‘an opportunity to project the views of the judiciary before the legislative’. Former SC judges and Opposition parties condemned the nomination, and called it a ‘sad day for judiciary’.

The notification issued by the Home Ministry  appointing Gogoi said: “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of Article 80 of the Constitution of India, read with clause (3) of that article, President is pleased to nominate Shri Ranjan Gogoi to Council of States to fill the vacancy caused due to the retirement of one of the nominated members.”

Gogoi, whose term lasted for a little longer than 13 months, was responsible for several important judgements during his tenure. He had headed the five-judge bench that had delivered the verdict on the controversial Ram Janmabhoomi land title dispute on November 9, 2019. The SC bench which monitored the updation of the National Register of Citizens in Assam was also headed by him.

Former Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju has blasted Gogoi for accepting the nomination.

“I have been a lawyer for 20 yrs and a judge for another 20. I hv known many good judges & many bad judges. But I have never known any judge in the Indian judiciary as shameless & disgraceful as this sexual pervert Ranjan Gogoi. There was hardly any vice which was not in this man,” he tweeted.

CPM leader Sitaram Yechuri recalled that Ranjan Gogoi had himself said last year that "There’s a strong viewpoint that post-retirement appointments is a scar on the independence of Judiciary".

“What must one make of a govt that does this, after appointing another ex-Chief Justice as the governor of a state?” he questioned.

However, many others pointed out how Congress also elevated many former chief judges and judges into various positions. “Former CJI Mohammad Hidayatullah was unanimously elected as the 6th Vice President of India on 31 August 1979 & served till 30 August 1984. As Chairman Rajya Sabha his tenure is remembered for his dexterity & political maturity in running the Upper House,” said Pramod Kumar Singh.

“Congress can nominate Ex CJI, it can nominate Ex CEC as Minister in Government, it can nominate Justice Baharul Islam of SC as RS MP. But BJP should be a good boy and not cultivate ecosystem,” recalled Navroop Singh. 

The Left parties have demanded that the nomination of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha be rescinded to preserve the constitutional balance.

Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Madan Lokur reacted on ex-CJI’s Rajya Sabha nomination, saying the independence of the judiciary has been compromised

“Why the government did not follow ‘cool off period’ as mentioned earlier by Late Shri Arun Jaitely on appointing Shri Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha. Its a matter of concern for the future judiciary system,” former Law Minister Salman Khurshid commented.

A Twitter handle Srinivas Jaiprakash how pointed out, “Former Chief Justice of India Shri Ranjan Gogoi is appointed as Rajya Sabha member and there is so much noise. What were all of you doing when Congress appointed erstwhile CJI Shri Rangnath Mishra on a congress ticket to Rajya Sabha??”.

Moments after the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian's rape and murder case were shot dead, 'Nirbhaya's' mother Asha Singh speaking to the media said that she was extremely happy with the punishment and demanded that her daughter's culprits must also be hanged at the earliest.

“Police has done a great job and I demand that no action should be taken against the police personnel. I have been running from pillar to post for the last 7 years. I appeal to the justice system of this country and the government, that Nirbhaya's culprits must be hanged to death, at the earliest,” she added.  

"Now rapists would think twice before committing a crime, they would now fear getting killed in a police encounter," said activist Trupti Desai, who added that the killing of the accused will set a good example. 

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, "When a criminal tries to escape, police are left with no other option, it can be said that justice has been done."

The action of Telangana police has been lauded by politicians and public alike with many saying that swift justice will be a deterrent for further atrocities on women.

RJD’s Rabri Devi said, "What happened in Hyderabad would act as a deterrent against criminals surely, we welcome this. In Bihar as well, cases of crimes against women are increasing. The state Govt here is lax and doing nothing."

Baba Ramdev said that police had done was very courageous. "I must say that justice has been delivered. Legal questions over it are a different matter, but I am sure people of the country are at peace now," he added.

All four accused in Hyderabad veterinarian's rape and murder case were killed in an encounter at 3:30 am on Friday, the Cyberabad police said.

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at Narendra Modi led BJP government for its economic policies which were leading India into 'trouble'. Gandhi further accused the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of 'living in their own imagination' and having no contact with the outside world. 

Gandhi was speaking on during the day one of his three-day visit to his Parliamentary constituency Waynad where he stated that the imaginary world created by Modi was falling apart. 

The Congress leader was responding to a query on the government's claim that there was no financial crisis in the country.

"Mr Amit Shah and Mr Narendra Modi live in their own imagination. They have no contact with the outside world. They live in their own world and they fantasise about things. That is why the country is in such trouble," Gandhi told the media.

In fact, if Narendra Modi listens to the people of the country there wouldn't be any problem, he added.

He accused  Modi of distracting people from reality through his gimmicks and said that it has become a regular thing for the BJP government. 

"Because he lives in an imaginary world. He wants India to live in an imaginary world. Now that is breaking... he is in trouble," Gandhi said.

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has been granted bail by the Supreme Court in the INX Media money laundering case. Chidambaram was arrested on August 21st after Enforcement Directorate filed a case against him. 

The court, while granting bail to Chidambaram ordered him to not tamper with the evidence or influence the witness. The court has also barred him from giving any interviews or issuing public statements of any kind in relation to the case.

 Chidambaram has been released after he furnished a bail bond of Rs 2 lakhs along with 2 sureties of the same amount. The apex court also has ordered the senior Congress leader to not travel abroad without its permission.

The court directed P Chidambaram to furnish a bail bond of Rs 2 lakhs along with 2 sureties of the same amount and said he could not travel abroad without the Court's permission.

The case was heard by a bench of justices R Banumathi, AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy. Chidambaram has been in custody for 105 days since his dramatic arrest televised live by a team of Central Bureau of Investigation officers late on August 21.

First arrested by CBI in the money laundering case of August 21, the top court granted him bail on October 22. The CBI was investigating Chidambaram in a case relating to alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs. 305 crore in 2007, during his tenure as the finance minister.

Congress' leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were also migrants as their home was in Gujarat while they lived in Delhi. 

"I can say that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah Ji are themselves the migrants. Their homes are in Gujarat but they have come to Delhi," Chowdhury told ANI.

"India is for everyone -- for Hindus, for Muslims and for everyone else. They are creating the fear that they will throw out Muslims. They do not have the capability to do that. But what they want to show is Hindus will be allowed to stay, while Muslims will be sent away," he added while speaking against the Citizenship Amendment Bill.

The statement Chowdhury comes at a time when Home Minister Amit Shah is in discussions over the bill with members of political parties and civil society organisations from the North-Eastern states.

The Union Home Minister met them on Friday and Saturday while the third meeting is scheduled for December 3.

Stating the purpose of the bill, Amit Shah had earlier said that it was needed to ensure that the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Christian and Parsi refugees who were being discriminated on the basis of their religion in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan can obtain India citizenship.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8 this year, aimed at granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, who came to India before December 31, 2014.

Meanwhile Chowdhury also suggested Shah to learn a bit more about the Indian migrants across the world who were contributing to the national economy.

"It is because of the issue of Citizenship Bill that they have been swept away in West Bengal (assembly by-elections). If they continue with it, they will be swept away from the rest of India too," 

On the occasion of Narendra Modi government completing six months in power, the government has announced that it is planning to invest Rs 100 lakh crores (USD 1.39 trillion) in various infrastructure projects. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government was making the move in a bid to provide a push to the economy. 

"A set of officers are looking into the pipeline of projects that can be readied so that once the fund is ready, it could be front-loaded on these projects," Sitharaman said at a business summit in Mumbai.

"That task is nearly completed. Before December 15, we will be able to announce frontloading of at least ten projects," she added.

Narendra Modi's government has come under sharp criticism of late for the economic slowdown where the growth rate has seen a major slump. 

PM Modi won a second term in May and has taken various measures since 2014 to spur growth, including cutting the corporate tax and speeding up privatisation of state-run firms.

But several economic indicators show domestic consumption is weak, and many economists expect the current slowdown could persist for another two years.

Two days after being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackrey will be facing a trust vote in the Assembly on Saturday.

Thackrey, who us heading the Maha Vikas Aghadi- an alliance between Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress will have to prove that he has the required number of 145, which his camp claims will be done easily. 

Dilip Walse Patil has been named the pro term speaker and will be conducting the floor test and he will also have a tie-breaker vote in the unlikely case of both the groups having the same number of votes.

Ahead of the trust vote, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut expressed confidence of the alliance winning the floor test. Taking to Twitter, he claimed that the Maha Vikash Agadhi had the support of over 170 MLAs.

"Today is the day to prove majority... 170 +++++...," he tweeted.

As per the assembly results, the Shiv Sena has 56 MLAs, NCP has 54 and Congress has 44 in the 288-member state assembly.

Controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur has been dropped from the Parliamentary Panel on Defence after she claimed that Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse was a 'Deshbhakt'.

Apart from being dropped from the Consultative Committee on Defence in which she was appointed just 8 days back, Thakur has now also been barred from attending BJP Parliamentary meetings as well. 

The party has strongly condemned the remarks made by Pragya and after a huge uproar in the Parliament as well as the media, BJP President JP Nadda recommended her removal from the committee. According to the sources, Nadda is also mulling expelling her and cancelling her membership from BJP

It all started when on Wednesday, during a Lok Sabha discussion on the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, DMK member A Raja cited a statement by Godse on why he killed Mahatma Gandhi. Pragya Thakur interrupted him; she said he couldn't give the example "of a deshbhakt".

Opposition members protested her interruption, and BJP members asked her to sit down.

Speaker Om Birla, strongly objecting to Pragya's remarks said that said only Raja's statement would go on record.

This is not the first time that the MP from Bhopal has sung praises of Godse. Earlier this year, Pragya during a public meeting also made similar remarks which were heavily criticised. 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched its Earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other nano-satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

The agency had planned for the launch of CARTOSAT-3 satellite, ninth in the series, from the second launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 120 kms at 09.28am.

PSLV-C47 on its 49th mission would carry CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the United States. CARTOSAT-3 is a third generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability.

Taking to Twitter, ISRO announced the 16-hour countdown to the launch of the satellites and said, "PSLV-C47 standing tall at the launch pad in Sriharikota. Less than 16 hours for launch. Stay tuned ...

The space organisation continuously updated on the preparations for the launch of the CARTOSAT-3 and other satellites.