Surya

·  Maoists activity on the rise in AP as security forces busy themselves in bye poll preparations.

· Bye polls  to  18 assembly  and  one  MP seat  a  referendum ?

· Chidambaram denies  any truck  for  family in Aircel-Maxis  deal

· RBI measures  lift  Rupee  valuation against Dollar

· High drama at CLP office

Andhra Jyothy

. Charge Sheet -2  exposes YSR-  Jagan- Sai Reddy  modus  operandi  in AP – Jaya minerals- Ishwar cements- Dalmia  cements -  Bharati cements

. Maoist  Sagar  slams  Sakshi claim of  press freedom -  no  it is not press freedom issue  he   says in a statement.

. Govt  stops  advts to  Sakshi media – after  CBI sanctions  on Sakshi group

. Nellore by poll emerging as costliest – Rs.300 crore – big shot s in congress and YSRC congress in fray.

. TDP president Chandrababu Naidu slams Jagan  as a – Ganja seedling – poisonous  ivy

. TDP complains to  EC on YSRC and Congress   cash  transportations

. Jagan giri -  rowdyism

. CBI  to freeze  other  accounts  as  well

Sakshi

. Black  GO -  AP Govt ‘s  sadistic  order to ban  advts  of all departments  in  Sakshi paper

. CBI aims to shut down Sakshi and stifle  voice

. Sakshi  blank  editorial  column

. CM  insults and indifferent to  farmers  leaders  - arrested  on Thursday

. EAMCET today –

. CM Kiran  ridicules  Sakshi claim of    20,000 employees -  you are only 1000 – 799 in newspaper and 300 in channel, he retorts

. A planned  conspiracy says  Ambati  Rambabu

. TDP president  Chandrababu Naidu advises  media  to not  promote  Jagan

Eenadu

. CBI  saga  against  Jagan   to continue unabated – threats and deception were the rules of  Jagan ball game

How Dalmia  became  Jagan  company

. Mines  department  indifferent to Govt  sanctions against   Penna  cement mine and land grants

. Nagarjunasagar and  Srisailam have  lost   capabilities of  190  TMC storage in their   drive  to  address  drinking water,  irrigation and  power  needs of state for  decades

. CPM demands cancellation of illegal mutations  of land  by YSR  Govt

. TDP president assures to redistribute lands of VANPIC project to farmers at election meet.

. CBI   exposed only  Rs.74 crore  graft money so far in    Jagan case

. CEO  warns   either buying or  selling of  votes  in bye polls – (elec)

. Press freedom  bogey not raised  when Surya  editor was arrested for a  check bounce  issue

. Jagan assets must be frozen –TDP spokesman Revanth Reddy

. Botsa charges Jagan for  washing fathers  dirty linen in public

. Election code violation case filed on Chandrababu Naidu and ten others  in Allagadda for April 29th  election   meeting ( elec)

. One kilo gold seized in car checking in Guntur./Nalgonda  border ( elc)

. CPI  secretary  Narayana  says  lifeless Kiran Govt

Times of India

. Minister’s son booked in land grabbing case ; |School education minister K Parthasaradhi is embroiled in a  land grabbing controversy after police slapped a criminal case against his 22-year-old son and three others  on Thursday on several charges.

. Erra Matti Dibbalu to get facelift ; |The much-neglected Erra Matti Dibbalu (red mud hills) would soon get a   facelift with the Visakhapatnam Urban   Development Authority (Vuda) planning to develop facilities at the   tourist spot on the outskirts of the port city.

. Congress leader shot at by Maoists ; Notwithstanding police claims that Maoists are not regrouping in north  Telangana, armed cadres struck terror in   Mahadevpur forests in Karimnagar district. They opened fire at a   Congress leader, critically injuring him.

. Catholic mission congress concludes  : |Taking a new line, the Catholic Mission Congress has decided to   make use of all the government welfare   programmes to uplift the poor.

. 60 entities pumped Rs 1,172 cr into Sakshi: CBI : Although the CBI had alluded to the existence of a quid   pro quo arrangement in the Jagan assets case , it is for the first time that it has quantified the amount and   identified the investors

. 8 held for pocketing Rs 2.6 crore ATM cash in Hyderabad ; Eight employees of CMS Security agency were  arrested on Thursday for siphoning off a whopping sum of Rs 2.6 crore that was to be loaded in automated  teller machines (ATMs) of various banks.

. Haj Qurrah decides fate of thousands of pilgrims ; |The Qurrah (drawing of lots) held on Thursday at Haj  House finally decided the fate of the 15,328 applicants from the state who wished to perform their Haj duties.

. Bidding adieu to pollution, zoo to get battery cars ; Pollution has always been a major concern at the Nehru  Zoological Park which is all set to launch 25 battery operated vehicles in its 360 acre premises. Zoo officials  said that the Zoo Authority of AP has given its nod on Wednesday and soon they would start the process by floating tenders.

. After CBI squeeze, govt stops ads to Sakshi : Jagan's media empire received another jolt on Thursday with  the Kiran Kumar Reddy government stopping release of all government advertisements and notifications to  Sakshi newspaper and TV with immediate effect

. CM’s office dragged into Polavaram mess : Telangana Jagruthi president Kavitha has urged the Central   Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) to investigate the alleged collusion between the chief minister's office and a  consortium of private contractors in the awarding, cancellation and recall of tenders with tailor-made  conditions to benefit the latter for executing the Indirasagar Polavaram Project.

Indian express

. Centre puts  the big freeze  on NGOs, 166 voluntary  organizations under watch and bank accounts of  30  frozen fro acting against national interests

AI stops  bookings to US  and Europe

My way , AMWAY -  every  cong worker should influence three voters   every day – says CM in by poll  campaign

. SKS  to lay off  1200 field staff

. CBI  to free more  Jagan accounts

EC asks  IT department to check cash flow through  airports  too -  Rs 7 crore cash and   89,000 liters of  .  liquor  seized so far -  all  above  Rs, one lakh transactions under    scrutiny – highest  cash in Chittoor district (elec)

.Recall   YSR  comments in assembly  on  Press Freedom -  Revanth

CLP slams  door on Shankar Rao

.Naidu  wants  a south Indian to become president of India

.CPI  in Andhra Pradesh  plans  a Telugu  TV channel

Deccan chronicle

. State bans ads to Sakshi paper, TV  ;

Order on defreeze petition reserved

.State to call off all  mining  leases  and  plans review and re- auction :

The state government has decided to cancel all the existing sand mining leases and go in for a fresh auction.

. TD: Jagan in trouble due to Tirumala row

. APPSC awards 29 grace marks for test errors ; APPSC has decided to award 29 grace marks to all the  candidates who appeared for the junior lecturers’ recruitment exam.

State rushes to appoint info commissioners

. HC stays VAT demand on RIL

. Fish prasadam at Katedan this year

Hindu

. Gujarat SIT   says that  EhsanJafri  ‘ provoked’ murderous mob- After Modi, it is Raghavan turn to see riots   as  ‘ action –reaction ‘.

. Government stops  advertisements to Sakshi

Case booked  against   hospital  for  disclosing sex of fetus , DMHO  officials conduct  decoy operation at a  Kavya  Nursing Home in  Kukkatpally

.TDP invokes   YSR s stand on press freedom =- YSRCP reminded that  YSR justified  inquiry  if  an  organization resorts to alleged un lawful activities

Journalists s eek  Governors  intervention

. Plan to rope in  PMC  for Polavaram – engineers  concerned could not ensure completion of even one   project in  10 years

. Maoists  conduct  praja court, thrash two congress leaders after branding them as police informers,

. CM appeals in election campaign to political parties to not politicize Polavaram issue.

. CBI turns down Sakshi offer of  security  in immovable properties  for release of bank accounts

. Sand mafia engaged  bullock carts to defy   ban on mining

. IT officials told   to keep  watch  at  airports -Bhanwarlal

. Input subsidy to ryots  by month –end : Rs. 253 crore  released to banks for payment to  7,66,869 farmers : official

. Devineni brother  to join  YSRC Party  in Krishna district

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