Amaravati, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted interim anticipatory bail to retired IAS officer K. Lakshminarayana in a case relating to alleged irregularities that took place in the AP State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) during the previous TDP regime.

The former director of APSSDC had approached the high court for anticipatory bail. The court granted him the same for 15 days.

The CID, probing the alleged irregularities, had searched the house of Lakshminrayana in Hyderabad on Friday.

The former bureaucrat, who was a key official in the TDP government headed by Chandrababu Naidu, fainted during the CID searches and was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad.

The CID had also served a notice on Lakshminarayana directing him to appear before it at its headquarters in Mangalagiri for further inquiry on Monday.

The CID is probing misappropriation of Rs 242 crore in executing one of the projects. The agency filed an FIR against the retired IAS officer and 25 others including former Special Secretary, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, and the then ex-officio Secretary to Chief Minister and MD and CEO of APSSDC, Ghanta Subba Rao.

They were accused of alleged diversion of Rs 242 crore by Designtech and Siemens Projects through various shell companies.

The APSSDC claimed that it had procured software worth Rs 242 crore from Designtech Systems but the probe revealed that no such software was provided to it.

On a complaint by APSSDC's current Chairman K. Ajay Reddy, the CID started a probe in July and registered a case on December 9 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act.

Meanwhile, the CID on Monday registered a case against Vemuri Radhakrishna, managing director of Telugu newspaper 'Andhrajyothi' and news channel ABN-Andhrajyothi.

A zero FIR was registered at CID police station in Mangalagiri on a complaint by a CID official that Radhakrishna, along with some others, had reached Lakshminarayana's house in Hyderabad on December 10 when the searches were being conducted and they tried to obstruct them from discharging their official duties.

The FIR has named Radhakrishna, a lawyer, a reporter and a videographer.

Source: IANS

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Hyderabad, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Monday seized 316.40 grams of gold from a passenger who arrived from Dubai.

The man had concealed the gold valued at Rs 15.71 lakh in voltage up-down AC converter.

According to customs officials, the passenger arrived by Flight FZ-439 from Dubai. A case of gold smuggling has been booked against him.

The airport has seen a series of incidents of gold seizure during the last few days.

On December 10, the Customs officials recovered 7.3 kg gold from four Sudanese who had concealed it in their rectum.

The passengers, including two women, had arrived from Dubai by flight no AI 952.

According to the department, they had concealed 7.3 kg gold valued at about Rs 3.6 crore in their rectum. The same was recovered and seized.

Last week, Hyderabad Customs also handed over 25 kg of gold to Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL).

The Finance Ministry recently decided seized or confiscated gold will be sold to the RBI only. This does not include gold ornaments or jewellery.

A tripartite MOU between Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the SPMCIL was also signed.

Source: IANS

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Hyderabad, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) After Samantha Ruth Prabhu was rumoured to have developed a severe viral infection, her manager has clarified that it is nothing but a slight cough.

Earlier on Monday, the actress had visited a private hospital, which triggered gossip on her health condition.

The news created wide speculation among the public and her fans got worried about Samantha's health condition. To clear the air, an official statement from Samantha's manager has been released.

The statement denies any seriousness, brushing off rumours about her health. The 'Oh Baby' actress had a slight cough, for which she visited a private hospital. As a precautionary action, Samantha also underwent a Covid test which was only done to rule out any possible infection.

"Actress @Samanthaprabhu2 is healthy. She is taking rest at her home after undergoing a test at AIG Hospital due to a slight cough yesterday. Do not believe any rumours or social media gossips," Samantha's manager told the media.

This clarification from Samantha's team has come as a big relief for the fans who are now wishing her a speedy recovery.

Samantha, who recently participated in shooting for 'Pushpa's item song, had jived with Allu Arjun.

Source: IANS

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Chennai, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as he disclosed that one of the biggest hindrances that filmmakers faced while narrating a story were the song sequences that appeared in a film, actor Kamal Haasan on Monday lamented that nobody had made a full-fledged musical in Tamil.

Releasing the audio of director Vishal Venkat's 'Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal', the music of which has been scored by Radhan, the actor said, "The biggest hindrance we face while narrating a story are the songs. People might get angry with me for saying this.

"Very talented people have taught us how to mix them (songs with the story) and left. Director Balachander would have good songs without it affecting the film," the actor said.

"I think that it is a deal we struck for business and therefore it continues. I'll tell you how songs are. Please don't mistake me. First it was on tape and on records, then it came on disks and now it is available digitally. But yet, we take pictures with the replication of the disc at audio release events. Songs too are like that. It will be there. Why it is there, even we don't know," he said and pointed out that he had been saying this even when he was 19 years old.

"I was waiting for an opportunity for it (songs) to reduce. The numbers have reduced but the songs continue to be there. However, nobody has ever made a full-fledged musical in Tamil and that is the truth," the actor pointed out.

"This is not a challenge to all directors but a pricking reminder, that should prompt directors to make a musical. A good musical must be made in Tamil. It is not easy to make a musical. You need rehearsals. Everybody has to cooperate for rehearsals," Kamal Haasan said.

The event was graced by a number of eminent directors including Vetri Maran, K.S. Ravikumar, Prabhu Solomon and the entire cast and crew of the film.

Source: IANS

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Victory Venkatesh and Mega Prince Varun Tej together will be offering triple the fun in blockbuster maker Anil Ravipudi’s most awaited fun-filled entertainer F3 produced on grand scale by Tollywood’s leading production house Sri Venkateswara Creations. While Dil Raju presents, Shirish is producing the movie.

On the occasion of Venkatesh’s birthday, the makers today unveiled birthday glimpse and a brand-new poster. Venkatesh appears relaxing on a bed in front of Charminar with people in different costumes ready to offer him all the survives. Venkatesh appears like a Charminar Nawab in the glimpse, while Rockstar Devi Sri Prasad gives a pleasing background score for it. Coming to the poster, Venkatesh looks uber cool in trendy outfit.

The presence of Nata Kireeti Rajendra Prasad, Sunil and others promise additional entertainment. Tamannaah Bhatia and Mehreen Pirzada play fun and glamorous roles in the movie and Sonal Chauhan is the latest addition. Sonal is roped in as third female lead and she adds more glamor to the film.

With so much buzz surrounding the project which is sequel to the double blockbuster F2, movie buffs are waiting eagerly for the release of F3.

The makers hope to deliver much bigger hit, as the film is carrying extreme positive buzz in film and trade circles and there is huge anticipation from commoners as well.

A lengthy schedule of the film is happening in Hyderabad and almost entire cast is taking part in it. The film also boasts a stellar cast.

Rockstar Devi Sri Prasad who provided chartbuster album for F2 is readying a superhit album for F3. Sai Sriram cranks the camera, while Tammiraju is the editor. Harshith Reddy is the co-producer.

Cast: Venkatesh, Varun Tej, Tamannaah Bhatia, Mehreen Pirzada, Rajendra Prasad, Sunil, Sonal Chauhan etc.

Technical Crew:
Director: Anil Ravipudi
Presenter: Dil Raju
Producer: Shirish
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Co-Producer: Harshith Reddy
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
DOP: Sai Sriram
Art: AS Prakash
Editing: Tammiraju
Script Coordinator: S Krishna
Additional Screenplay: Adi Narayana, Nara Praveen

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Chennai, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Manikandan, who shot to fame for his role of Rajakannu in the critically acclaimed courtroom drama 'Jai Bhim', has penned the dialogues of an upcoming Tamil film titled 'Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal'.

Speaking at the audio launch function of the film, which was held at the Kamala theatre in Chennai, the actor, who has also played an important role in the film, said, "In college, we used to discuss that we'd someday do a film together. This is a film that has been made by friends. We all used to discuss the possibility of making this film in a tea shop."

The actor, who was visibly moved, said, " My friends will know the frame of mind that I am right now in."

He thanked director Vishal, who he said was his junior in college.

"I have found Vishal to be very inspiring. He would continuously work. I am very happy that all the friends have worked together in this film. This film is an honest attempt," the actor said.

Directed by Vishal Venkat, the film has music by Radhan and cinematography by Meyyendiran.

Source: IANS

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Amaravati, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Andhra Pradesh, which reported its first Omicron case on Sunday, has stepped up vigil with Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday directing the Health Department to take all necessary steps required to prevent spread of the new variant of Covid-19.

At a meeting with top officials, the Chief Minister reviewed the prevailing Covid situation and progress of vaccination.

The state on Sunday reported the first case of Omicron. A 34-year-old man, who returned to Vijayanagaram district from Ireland late last month, tested positive for the new variant.

A total of 15 foreign returnees tested positive for Covid-19. Of them, genome sequencing reports of 10 people have been received. While nine tested negative for the new variant, the result of remaining five is awaited.

The officials informed the Chief Minister that RT-PCR tests are being conducted at the airports in the wake of the Omicron variant. They said a gene sequencing lab will be set up in a week.

The officials also informed Jagan Mohan Reddy that the 32nd Fever Survey is being conducted across the state. The state currently has 1,912 active Covid-19 cases. The recovery rate stands at 99.21 percent while the positivity rate is 0.52 percent.

The officials said oxygen generation plants will be set up in 100- bed private hospitals across the state. They said 23,457 oxygen concentrators, 27,311 D type cylinders are available in the state and added that 144 PSA plants will be available in government hospitals by the end of December.

The Chief Minister instructed the officials to coordinate with the Central government and ensure two doses of vaccination are completed to all the prescribed age groups by January.

He also reviewed the progress of works related to construction of village and urban clinics and Nadu Nedu works in government hospitals. He said the change due to the Nadu Nedu programme should be clearly visible and instructed the officials to display 'before-after' photos after completion of the works.

He directed the officials to expedite the construction of new medical colleges and said to create awareness among the people on Aarogyasri on empanelled hospitals, a hoarding should be displayed in village secretariats in this regard. He said village clinics should be made referral points and ANMs in village secretariats should take up the responsibility till village clinics are made available.

He said there should be proper information and guidance on empanelled hospitals and Aarogyasri services and added that the same information should be available in 108 ambulances and these services should be extended to 104 call centres.

Source: IANS

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Chennai, Dec 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pointing out that everybody has to fight their own silent battles, actress Samyuktha Hegde on Monday urged people not to judge others on the basis of what they saw.

The actress, who will be seen opposite actor Prabhu Deva in the upcoming Tamil film 'Thael', took to social media to highlight that it was no cakewalk for people who were lean and were trying to gain weight as well.

She wrote on her Instagram page, "Dear friend with a different body type, Thank you for constantly acknowledging how lucky I am to be skinny. Thank you for not even considering my body concerns. Thank you for always ignoring my efforts at being fit and calling me blessed. Thank you for not appreciating my efforts for transforming my body from 45 to 50 kilos. Thank you for telling me 'You can eat anything and it won't even show'. Thank you for letting me know that a 'skinny to fit' journey doesn't matter, it's only the 'fat to fit' that counts. Regards, Your skinny friend."

"Everyone is fighting their silent battles, don't make judgements based on what you see, some people are trying to lose weight while some are trying to gain, some stay fit their whole lives by constantly putting efforts. No one is LUCKY.

"No one was born perfect and there is no journey to attain perfection cause it does not exist. Being healthy mentally and physically is important, training and nourishing your body is important, taking care of the one thing you were born with is the most important!" the actress said.

Source: IANS

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Suresh Productions, Guru Films and Kross Pictures have collaborated for the second time for the official remake of South Korean action-comedy film Midnight Runners, after delivering a superhit ‘Oh Baby!’. D. Suresh Babu, Sunitha Tati and Hyunwoo Thomas Kim are the producers. Helmed by the very talented director Sudheer Varma, the film stars Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas in lead roles.

The makers released title poster of the movie, on actress Nivetha Thomas’ birthday. Today, on the occasion of actress Regina's birthday, they have unveiled first look poster. Both, Regina and Nivetha appear in military uniform and they are seen getting punishment from what it seems to be higher officials. The poster looks quite interesting. Both the heroines performed some deadly stunts for the movie.

Like Oh! Baby’s original version Miss Granny which had universal appeal, the story of Midnight Runners also has global appeal and can similarly enthuse Telugu audiences.

The shoot of Saakini Daakini was completed and post-production works are currently underway.

Richard Prasad cranks the camera, while Mikey McCleary scores music.

Cast: Regina Cassandra, Nivetha Thomas

Technical Crew:
Director: Sudheer Varma
Screenplay & Dialogues.. Akshay Poolla
Producers: D. Suresh Babu, Sunitha Tati, Hyunwoo Thomas Kim
Production houses: Suresh Productions, Guru Films, Kross Pictures
Cinematography: Richard Prasad
Music Director: Mikey McCleary
Editor: Viplav Nyshadam
Line Producer: Vijay Shankar Donkada
Art Director: Gandhi Nadikudikar
PRO: Vamsi-Shekar
Publicity design Anilbhanu

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Creative director Prasanth Varma has been surprising every time with his first of its kind concepts and wonderful taking. The director is coming up with HANU-MAN which is the first Pan-Indian superhero film. Prasanth Varma teams up with young hero Teja Sajja and the film HANU-MAN will be a visual treat for cine goers.

Earlier, the director introduced Teja Sajja’s character as Hanumanthu in a most impressive way. Now, it’s time to introduce the heartbeat of Hanumanthu. Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi introduces the beautiful Amritha Aiyer as Meenakshi from the world of Anjanadri.

While Teja Sejja gets ‘Superhero’ kind of introduction, Amritha Aiyer too is introduced in style as the most beautiful girl in the world of Anjanadri. She is seen voyaging on a boat carrying different flowers, while fishes jump out of river to catch the glimpse of this stunning diva. Amritha appears to be an apt choice for the role and the film.

The film’s first look and glimpse to introduce Teja’s character got overwhelming response. Teja Sajja underwent tremendous makeover to play the superhero and his getup in the movie is also very different.

HANU-MAN will be high on VFX and this magnum opus, like every other superhero film, will have unbelievable stunt sequences. In fact, superhero films are not constrained for one particular section or age group. HANU-Man, with a universal concept, is for all sections and age groups. It is being made in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.

Hanu-Man’s shooting is currently happening in RFC, Hyderabad.

Popular production house Primeshow Entertainment is producing the movie on grand scale and big stars and top-grade technicians are associating for it.

K Niranjan Reddy is producing the movie, while Smt Chaitanya presenting it. Asrin Reddy is the executive producer, Venkat Kumar Jetty is the Line Producer while Kushal Reddy is the associate producer. Dasaradhi Shivendra takes care of cinematography.

Four young and talented composers- Anudeep Dev, Hari Gowra, Jay Krish and Krishna Saurabh are providing sound tracks for the film.

Other cast and crew of the project will be unveiled soon.

Cast: Teja Sajja, Amritha Aiyer

Technical Crew:
Writer & Director: Prasanth Varma
Producer: K Niranjan Reddy
Banner: Primeshow Entertainment
Presents: Smt Chaitanya
Screenplay: Scriptsville
DOP: Dasaradhi Shivendra
Music Directors: Anudeep Dev, Hari Gowra, Jay Krish and Krishna Saurabh
Executive Producer: Asrin Reddy
Line Producer: Venkat Kumar Jetty
Associate Producer: Kushal Reddy
Production Designer: Srinagendhra Tangala
PRO: Vamsi-Shekar
Costume Designer: Lanka Santhoshi

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Natural Star Nani’s highly anticipated film Shyam Singha Roy helmed by talented director Rahul Sankrityan and produced on a massive scale by Venkat Boyanapalli under Niharika Entertainments will have its Royal Event to be celebrated in a royal manner tomorrow at University College Ground, Kakatiya University, Hanamkonda in Warangal.

Nani and the entire team of the movie will be gracing the occasion to make it a massive hit. The film’s theatrical trailer will also be launched in Warangal. Shyam Singha Roy is already making huge noise and the trailer is sure to set the bar further high.

Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty and Madonna Sebastian are the heroines in the film that has original story by Satyadev Janga. Naveen Nooli is the editor, while National Award winner Kruti Mahesh and the very talented Yash master choreographed songs of the film.

Rahul Ravindran, Murali Sharma and Abhinav Gomatam will be seen in important roles in the film.

Shyam Singha Roy will release in all south languages- Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam on December 24th.

Cast: Nani, Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty, Madonna Sebastian, Rahul Ravindran, Murali Sharma, Abhinav Gomatam, Jishu Sen Gupta, Leela Samson, Manish Wadwa, Barun Chanda etc.

Technical Crew:
Director: Rahul Sankrityan
Producer: Venkat Boyanapalli
Banner: Niharika Entertainment
Original Story: Satyadev Janga
Music Director: Mickey J Meyer
Cinematography: Sanu John Varghese
Production Designer: Avinash Kolla
Executive Producer: S Venkata Rathnam (Venkat)
Editor: Naveen Nooli
Fights: Ravi Varma
Choreography: Kruti Mahesh, Yash
PRO: Vamsi-Shekar

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By: RAVI HARI, Senior Writer

Listening to ‘Saami Saami’ again and again in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages? In love with Pushpa’s huge hit romantic number? If yes, then you are addicted like millions of others.

The mind-blowing love song ‘Saami Saami’ picturised on Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, who also grooves along with a group of dancers, is the song which is making every one go crazy again four days before the release of the movie. Rashmika with her energetic steps, chilling facial expressions, swag and grace made everyone say they are in ‘awe’ of her charm. And, icon star Allu Arjun’s killer looks, super styles & walk with slanting shoulder are just brilliant.

This is the first time that the same song is sung by five different singers in five different languages - Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada and Hindi. Multilingual singers could have communicated to listeners regardless of their ability to understand the lyrics, but musician Devi Sri Prasad knowing fully how to evoke responses alike from followers of different languages, relied on tonal nuance.

While the 3.50 duration video song in the 4 South Indian languages came out on 28th October 2021, the Hindi version was released today.

Sung in Telugu by Mounika Yadav, in Tamil by Rajalakshmi Senthiganesh, in Kannada by Ananya Bhat, in Malayalam by Sithara Krishna Kumar, and in Hind by Sunidhi Chouhan, all the full video songs have come out beautifully fabulous, give a perfect bliss to listeners in different vocals and these are the kind of impressive lyrics one is expecting now. These different singers though similar in voice and tone, give a completely different pleasant feeling to the ears in respective languages.

The scenic locations, the magical voice of five different singers in five different languages, charming music of Devi Sri Prasad, excellent lyrics by Chandra Bose in Telugu (other lyricists in other languages), and sound design by Resul Pookutty just take the ‘Saami Saami’ song to another level.

Amazed at all of this, fans are now waiting to catch Allu Arjun aka Pushpa Raj’s grand entry on the big screens on December 17th.

Here is the Tamil version which has the highest number of views among all the versions (24 million), in the vocals of Rajalakshmi Senthiganesh:

In all 5 languages, Pushpa’s ‘Saami Saami’ song absolutely beautiful – What a song Saami!!!

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