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Justice K.Veeraswamy: Fromer Chief Justice Madras High Court

Justice Kuppuswami Naidu Veeraswamy (Kuppuswami Naidu Veeraswami) was Chief Justice of Madras High Court from 01-05-1969 to 11-03-1976 Born at Srivilliputtur, on April 8, 1914 of respectable parents belonging to a middle class family, the Hon’ble Chief Justice K.Veeraswami had his early education at Sriviliputtur and Devakottai and graduated from the American College at Madurai, with high distinctions in 1937. He took his degree in Law in 1939 from the Law College, Madras. He was an apprentice to Mr.K.Rajah Ayyar, the then Advocate General and after enrolment as an Advocate of the Madras High Court in 1941, he served as his junior till 1950. He was appointed as the Government Pleader of Madras High Court and in February, 1960 he was elevated as a permanent Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras and ha been elevated to be the permanent Chief Justice of Madras High Court from May 1, 1969. The Then Chief Justice K.Veeraswami was a strict disciplinarian as a Lawyer, Law

Nirmala Naidoo nominated as federal Liberal candidate

Former television journalist Nirmala Naidoo will represent the Liberal Party of Canada in the next federal election. She was nominated on Tuesday by members of the Calgary Rocky Ridge Federal Liberal Association, according to a news release. “I am thrilled to represent the Liberal Party of Canada in Calgary Rocky Ridge,” Naidoo said in the release. “Having been in the living rooms of Calgarians for nearly a decade, I believe that Rocky Ridge residents need someone who can hear their concerns, and be their voice in Ottawa. I look forward to the hard work I have ahead of me in 2015 to earn their support.” Naidoo spent nearly 20 years as an anchor in Calgary with CBC and Global Calgary. She announced her plan to enter federal politics last month.

Venkatadri Bobba joins Cancer Genetics Inc., India’s Board of Directors

Venkatadri Bobba has over 36 years of corporate leadership experience in the pharma and life sciences industries Cancer Genetics, provider of DNA-based cancer diagnostics, has announced the addition of Venkatadri Bobba to Cancer Genetics India’s Board of Directors. “Bobba has a tremendous track record of leadership in the life sciences. His experiences and insights will bring significant value to CG India’s board of directors,” said Panna Sharma, CEO and President of Cancer Genetics. Bobba has over 36 years of corporate leadership experience in the pharma and life sciences industries, informs a company release. Bobba, who is currently a General Partner with Ventureast, has held executive leadership positions at a number of life sciences companies in the US, EU, and Asia. Prior to joining Ventureast, Bobba served as Senior VP of Operations at Aradigm Corporation and from 2001-2003 was Executive Vice President at Diosynth, a division of Akzo Nobel. From 1995 to 2000, Bobba serv

Tummala NageswaraRao inducted into Telangana Cabinet

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Tummala Nageswara Rao , on the lawns of Raj Bhavan appeared to be confined to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti and officials as leaders from none of the Opposition parties were present. He was given the portfolio of Roads and Buildings and also Women and Child Welfare. Thummala Nageswara Rao was born in Gandugula Palli village of Dammapeta Mandal Khammam District. He served as excise and road and buildings minister in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet has currently taken oath as a minister in KCR's cabinet. He was elected thrice to Assembly from Sathupalli Constituency and once from Khammam. In 2014, he lost to Ajay Kumar Puvvada from Khammam constituency. He had  had recently joined the TRS and he is not a member of either Assembly and legislative council. He was likely to be nominated to the legislative council.

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani clinched Tata Open Title

Mumbai: Unseeded junior shuttler Ruthvika Shivani Gadde clinched the women's singles title in the USD 25,000 Tata Open India International Challenge badminton tournament, here on Sunday. Earlier, rising 17-year-old Hyderabad shuttler Ruthvika, continued her impressive run by stunning fourth seed Arundhati Pantawane, on a comeback trail after a shoulder injury, 19-21 21-18 21-14 in the 50-minute long women's singles final. It was the second time that Ruthvika had beaten her more experienced rival, having come out trumps in their previous meeting in the senior ranking tournament at Gandhidam in October.

List of Kamma Cine Heroes (Updated)

List of Kamma Movie stars: 1) Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao 2) Akkineni Nageswara Rao 3) Gattamaneni Krishna 4) Sobhan Babu (Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao) 5) Gummadi Venkatwsara Rao 6) Maganti Murali Mohan 7) Manchu Mohan Babu 8) Kongara Jaggayya 9) Giri babu (Yerra Seshagiri Rao) 10) Sridhar Surapaneni (Mutyalamuggu fame) 11) Madala Ranga rao 12) Nandamuri Bala Krishna 13) SaiChand Tripuraneni 14) Akkineni Nagarjuna 15) Daggubati Venkatesh 16) Gadde Rajendra Prasad 17) Raja Sekhar (Kasukurthi) 18) Daggubati Raja 19) Bhagya Raj 20) Nandamuri Hari Krishna 21) Veeramachineni Jagapathi Babu 22) Meka Srikanth 23) Vadde Naveen 24) Tottempudi Venu 25) Gattamaneni Mahesh Babu 26) Junior. N.T.R 27) Sivaji Sontineni 28) Nandamuri Taraka Ratna 29) Nandamuri Kalyanaram 30) Yarlagadda Sumanth 31) Tottempudi Gopi Chand 32) Manchu Vishnu Vardhan 33) Manchu Manoj 34) Edara Naresh 35) Edara Aryan Rajesh 36) Ram Pothineni 37) Myneni Sarvanand  38) Daggubati Rana 39

Koneru VenkataRao won the National Bridge Championship Title

Rhode Island - USA: Capitalizing on a 70% game in the first final session of the Nail Life Master Pairs, Venkatrao Koneru and  Jim Krekorian claimed victory in the contest by a margin of less than half a board. Krekorian, of Pensacola FL, and Koneru, of San Antonio TX, held off a late charge by the Egyptian duo of Wael Mohsen and Reda Yaacoub, who were playing in their first North American championship. The winners’ four-session total was 2599.25, while the runners-up posted 2579.71 (77 top in the final). This is the seventh NABC title for Krekorian (his second in this contest), and the second national title for Koneru.

PRANITA BALUSU NAMED 2014 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR

Fourteeen Indian American including 2 Kamma Youths Named 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholars. The other Kamma guy is Sathvik R. Namburar . When she was a little girl, Pranita Balusu often dreamt of being a princess when she grew up -- not just for the tiaras and dresses, she said, but so she could improve peoples' lives. "I still feel the same way," said Pranita, a senior at Rochester High School in Michigan, "from teaching piano (at home) and donating the proceeds to St Jude's (Children's Hospital) to using my third degree black belt in taekwondo for self-defence seminars for at-risk females through my non-profit organisation Build Our Future, I strive to make a difference." For these and for her efforts through the People to People Student Ambassador Programme, varsity tennis, and the Sunrise Assisted Living Home, she received the Congressional Gold Medal last year. Her passions are music, baking, and travelling, Pranita said, adding that she lives b

SATYA NADELLA TO GET $84 MILLION PAY PACKAGE

Microsoft shareholders gave a lukewarm vote of approval Wednesday for CEO Satya Nadella ' s $84 million (roughly Rs. 520 crores) pay package, after an investor advisory group said the company was paying him too much. Nadella's pay package puts him among the highest paid CEOs in the country for last year, although his pay as a first-year CEO falls short of the $378 million (roughly Rs. 2,340 crores) that Apple awarded to Tim Cook when he became CEO in 2011. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was awarded stock options and other pay valued at $67.3 million (roughly Rs. 416 crores) last year. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was paid only $1.3 million (roughly Rs. 8 crores) in 2013, but he held shares worth nearly $16 billion (roughly Rs. 99,055 crores). An advisory vote on Microsoft's executive pay program won approval from more than 72 per cent of shareholder votes cast, the company said after its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. ISS, which reviews proxy measures for

తుమ్మలకు హ్యాండ్ ఇచ్చే యోచనలో కెసిఆర్!

కొద్ది నెలల క్రితమే సైకిల్ వదిలి కారెక్కిన తుమ్మల నాగేశ్వరరావు ప్రస్తుతం ఏమిచేస్తున్నారు?..... ఈ ప్రశ్నకు జవాబు దొరకటం కొంచెం కష్టమే! చిరకాల మిత్రుడైన తుమ్మలకు ఎన్నికలకు ముందే కెసిఆర్ బంపర్ ఆఫర్ ఇచ్చాడు... తెరాస ఉపాధ్యక్ష పదవి ఇచ్చి, శాసనసభ ఎన్నికలలో తనుకోరుకున్న చోట సీటు, తనవారు మరో నలుగురికి కూడా సీట్లు ఇస్తానని ఆఫర్ చేసాడు, కాని అప్పటికి తెరాస గెలుపు మీద,  కెసిఆర్ మాట మీద నమ్మకం లేని తుమ్మల ఆ ఆఫర్ని సున్నితంగా తిరస్కరించాడు. అంతకు ముందే జరిగిన జిల్లా సహకార బ్యాంకు ఎన్నికల్లో మెజారిటీ సీట్లు గెలుచుకున్న ఊపులో ఉండి, స్థానిక సంస్థల ఎన్నికల్లో కూడా విజయం తమదే అన్న ధీమాలో ఉన్న తుమ్మల ఖమ్మం జిల్లా తెలుగుదేశం పార్టీలో  తనదే పైచేయిగా భావించాడు... శాసనసభ ఎన్నికల్లో తన సీటుకు ఎసరు వస్తుందని కాని, తన వర్గం వాళ్లకు సీట్లు ఇప్పించుకోలేని పరిస్థితి వస్తుందని కాని ఉహించని తుమ్మల తదనంతర పరిణామాలతో ఖంగు తిన్నాడు. శాసనసభ ఎన్నికల సీట్ల పంపకంలో నామా నాగేశ్వరరావుదే పై చేయి అయింది, ఇద్దరూ ఆ ఎన్నికల్లో ఒకే పార్టీలో ఉన్నాకాని బద్ధ శత్రువుల్లా వ్యవహరించి ఒకరి నొకరు దెబ్బ తీసుకుని వారిరువురు, ఇరువు

ఓ ఉద్యమ యోధుడి వీర చరిత్ర: 'చండ్ర' ప్రచండుడు

దేశం మనకేమి ఇస్తుందని ఎదురు చూస్తోంది నేటితరం. దేశానికి మనం ఏమి ఇవ్వగలమని ఆలోచించింది వెనకటితరం. స్వాతంత్య్రం, సమసమాజ నిర్మాణం కోసం వ్యక్తిగత జీవితాలను త్యాగాలు చేసింది ఆనాటి తరం. ఏళ్ళతరబడి ఉద్యమాల్లో,అజ్ఞాత వాసంలో గడిపిన ఆనాటి నాయకుల్లో సుప్రసిద్ధులు చండ్ర రాజేశ్వరరావు . కమ్యూనిస్టు పార్టీకి ఆరున్నర దశాబ్దాల పాటు వివిధ హోదాల్లో సేవలందించిన రాజేశ్వరరావుగారి సంస్మరించుకునే ప్రయత్నమే ఇది.  భారత కమ్యూనిస్టు పార్టీ (సిపిఐ)కి 28 సంవత్సరాల  సుదీర్ఘ కాలం నేతృత్వం వహించిన రాజేశ్వరరావు   జీవితం వడ్డించిన విస్తరే. ఒడిదుడుకులు లేని బాల్యమే అయినా, 'చిన్ని నా పొట్ట శ్రీరామరక్ష' అని అనుకోకుండా, పేదల కోసం, అణగారిన వర్గాల కోసం పోరాటాలు సాగించిన యోధుడు. సైద్ధాంతిక నిబద్ధతకు, నిజాయితీకీ నిలువుటద్దం. తెలంగాణా సాయుధ పోరాట యోధులతో జతకట్టిన కమ్యూనిస్టు. దేశాధినేతలతోనైనా,సాటి కామ్రెడ్స్‌తోనైనా తన అభిప్రాయాలను నిక్కచ్చిగా వెల్లడించిన నిర్మొహమాటి. నెహ్రూ,ఇందిరాగాంధీలు తీసుకున్న నిర్ణయాల్లో ప్రజోపయోగమైనవాటిని సమర్ధించిన నోటితోనే,వారి నిరంకుశ చర్యలను తెగనాడిన నిష్పక్షపాతి. అపరకర్మలపై నమ్మకం లే

Anumolu Srinivas: Techcircle leading angel investors of 2014

Angel investors are those who invest high-risk capital in the early part of a startup’s life. They put in a few lakhs to a couple of crores of rupees, provide guidance and advice, and help the entrepreneur reach a stage where he/she can raise a larger amount of funding or attain profitability. Angel investments have been on the rise in India, primarily driven by successful tech entrepreneurs and top corporate professionals who want to put in their spare cash in startups which are likely to make it big or win large venture capital funds. The angel movement kicked off in mid-2000 with the formation of networks such as Indian Angel Network, Mumbai Angels and Chennai Angels; it has now spread across the country with several high-net-worth individuals showing the risk appetite for investing in startups and emergence of newer platforms like Lead Angels, LetsVenture, among others. Anumolu Srinivas , a finance and software professional, has been an entrepreneur besides working at senior