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Thippareddy and Munirathna Naidu wins Karnataka Assembly elections

Gundarapu H Thippareddy of BJP wins the Chitradurga Constituency in Assembly Elections, Chitradurga District of Karnataka. G H Thippareddy wins by a margin of 26718 compared to his/her immediate rival Basavarajan of JD(S) Munirathna Naidu of INC wins the Rajarajeshwari Nagar Constituency in Assembly Elections, BBMP (central) District of Karnataka. Munirathna wins by a margin of 18813 compared to his/her immediate rival K L R Thimmananjaiah of JD(S).

Saketh Myneni wins fifth ITF title

Saketh Myneni quelled the challenge from local lad Vijayant Malik 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Raheja $15,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament on Saturday. It was the fifth title in the Futures circuit for Myneni, and he said that he was looking forward to improving his game and play the Challengers soon. Malik, a product of the rural scheme and looking for his second title at this level, tried hard to stay in the rallies with the support of the vociferous local youngsters. However, he could not keep pace as Myneni was clearly two notches above him with his energetic all-round game. With a strong build and a matching game, the 25-year-old Myneni dictated the flow of the contest throughout. “He was returning very well and I was a bit rusty”, said Myneni who got broken in the second and fourth games of the first set, after he had broken Malik’s serve in the first game. “I took time to get into the rhythm as I had played my earlier matches on the outside courts. The pa...

Srikar Gullapalli Named Watson Fellow

Three Indian American student s— Shilpa Darivemula of Union College in Schenectady, New York; Srikar Gullapalli of Colgate University, Hamilton, New York ; and Nitya Rao of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina — were named last month as Watson Fellow s, each of whom will receive a stipend of $25,000 for the fellowship year.  Through “Government for the People: Local Accountability Structures and Political Dialogue,” Gullapalli wishes to understand local political accountability structures and local citizen-government relationships at the city and community level in drastically different governance contexts since the local level is most important for public welfare and where most corruption and inefficiency occurs.   

Legend NTR statue Installed in parliament Premises

After a long wait of 15 years, finally legend Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao 's statue got installed in the premises of parliament today. Finally 'Anna' garu stood tall in the gallery of parliament highlighting the pride of all Telugus. It is the dream of all Telugu people in the state to witness this scene and guess who the Chief Guest for the inauguration of statue is. None other than Loksabha speaker Meera Kumar unveiled the statue of NTR at 10.30am today, while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the chief guest. Big political heads of the country including Chandrababu Naidu, LK Advani, Mulayam Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Murali Manohar Joshi, Arun Jaitley and Seetharam Echuri are present. Congress cabinet ministers including Megastar Chiru, Sushil  Shinde, Ghulam Azad, Kapil Sibal and others graced the event. Many TeluguDesam MPs and Congress MPs too made it to the event, showcasing their 'Telugu' side irrespective of the political party they belong too. And coming to Nan...

Upper Saddle River's Suhita Kodali honored at surprise ceremony

When  Upper Saddle River  eighth-grader Sri Sai Suhita Kodali walked into Cavallini Middle School on March 8, she didn’t imagine school officials and her parents would surprise her a few hours later with a trophy and certificate naming her the New Jersey first place winner and sixth place national winner in an essay writing contest that encourages financial literacy. The annual writing contest, InvestWrite, is through the SIFMA Foundation, a non-profit working with students nationwide to learn about finances, business and the economy. Kodali and other students in teacher Linda Vandenbree’s class have been involved with the foundation’s Stock Market Game, which is an online simulation of the global capital markets, and encourages students to look at personal finance and investing. "InvestWrite and the Stock Market Game program require students like SriSaiSuhita to monitor daily global market activity, business trends, and economic factors that drive investments to dete...