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Hans India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hans India
‘The 100' director Raghav Omkar Sasidhar feels grateful for warm reception
Director Raghav Omkar Sasidhar, who made his debut with the Telugu action thriller The 100, is riding high on appreciation from both audiences and the media. Reflecting on the film's growing popularity, Sasidhar expressed heartfelt gratitude for the positive reception. 'This film was never just about action—it's about emotion, urgency, and responsibility,' he shared. The 100 stars RK Sagar, Misha Narang, and Dhanya Balakrishna, and delves into the emotional journey of a sincere cop navigating duty, trauma, and justice. Sasidhar highlighted the strong emotional response from female audiences, noting that many found the film relatable and moving. 'When women tell me the film made them feel seen, it means everything. That's why sincere storytelling matters.' He also thanked dignitaries such as former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy, AP Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, and IPS officer VC Sajjanar for their encouraging words. Expressing deep appreciation for his producers Ramesh Karutoori, Venki Pushadapu, and J Tharak Ram, Sasidhar praised RK Sagar for supporting his vision. 'This is just the beginning,' the director smiled, adding that he's excited to continue telling stories that leave an impact.
India Today
14-06-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Andhra launches Talliki Vandanam scheme with Rs 15,000 aid per school child
The TDP-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh has initiated the 'Talliki Vandanam' scheme, providing Rs 15,000 annually per school-going child to eligible households. The scheme applies from Class 1 to intermediate, regardless of the number of children in a initiative is part of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's 'Super Six' welfare promises made during the 2024 elections. As per government orders, the scheme is aimed at empowering mothers and guardians through direct financial FINANCIAL AID WITH AN EDUCATIONAL FOCUS'The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the 'Talliki Vandanam' scheme, a key initiative designed to empower mothers/guardians across the state, by extending financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per annum per child to every eligible mother/guardian,' said Secretary to Government Kona Sasidhar. From the Rs 15,000 aid, Rs 2,000 will be deducted at source for improving school infrastructure, hygiene, and REACH AND COVERAGEThe scheme is expected to benefit over 67 lakh students and 43 lakh mothers. It will apply to students enrolled in government, private aided, and private unaided schools and junior enrolments into Class I and junior intermediate will also be considered under the FOR IMPLEMENTATIONThe state government has set the disbursal and implementation period between June 12 and July 5, Sasidhar, secretary to government in an order, said, "The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the 'Talliki Vandanam' scheme, a key initiative designed to empower mothers/guardians across the state, by extending financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per annum per child to every eligible mother/guardian."Described by the government as the 'mother of all welfare schemes', Talliki Vandanam is also designed to encourage families to have more children as part of Andhra Pradesh's population and demographic strategy."The scheme empowers mothers to be actively involved in their children's schooling from Class 1 to Class 12, while recognising their pivotal role in shaping educational progress," Sasidhar added.(With PTI inputs)
Time of India
06-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
AP govt expands ‘Shining Star' awards to district & mandal levels
Vijayawada: After felicitating the state level rankers in both SSC and Intermediate, HRD minister Nara Lokesh has directed the education department to take up similar programmes at district and mandal level to encourage the meritorious students. He asked the officials to felicitate top rankers in SSC and intermediate examinations with shining star awards. Education secretary Kona Sasidhar asked the officials to ready the awardees lists based on the merit. He asked them to consider those students who secured 500 marks and above out of 600 marks in SSC for selection in a particular mandal. While two students from OC will be picked up, one each from SC, ST, BC and minority sections will be selected for awards. As many six students will be selected in each mandal and also three toppers in Children With Special Needs (CWsN) will also be felicitated. The awardees will cover students from all managements both in govt and private. In Intermediate, the students who secured 830 and above marks shall be considered for selection in a particular district in the preceding academic year covering all managements. Each awardee will be felicitated with a certificate, medal and a cash award of Rs.20,000. In addition, three students will be given Shining Star Award for their highest score in the entire District. Each awardee will be felicitated with a certificate, medal and a cash award of Rs. 20,000. Similarly, 36 awardees will be selected from 26 districts in Intermediate education covering all managements both in govt / private junior colleges in the state from MPC, BIPC, HEC, CEC/MEC and vocational streams and in each stream consisting of SC, ST, Minority, BC, OC and children with special needs (CWsN) categories for felicitation. School education secretary Kona Sasidhar directed the director of govt examinations and Board of Intermediate Examinations to prepare the list of the students based on the merit secured in annual public examinations. In case where multiple students have secured the same marks and percentage as specified above, all such candidates shall be considered for the awards in their respective categories, said Sasidhar. "The students shall be selected for Shining Stars Award irrespective of the income ceiling limit. The receipt of the award amount need not be linked to other welfare scholarship amounts received by the candidate by virtue of their other social/physical disadvantages, as the main objective of the scheme is to recognize the merit and to encourage continuity in their education. All the selected candidates shall be felicitated under Shining Stars Award," said Sasidhar. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Andhra Pradesh ends 15% quota in higher education institutions for non-locals
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday ended the decade-long practice to earmark 15% seats in the state's professional, degree, and post-graduate colleges for students from Telangana and other states. Monday's order, signed by secretary (higher education) Kona Sasidhar, implies that all seats in higher education and technical education colleges would be effectively reserved for students from Andhra Pradesh. HT has reviewed the order. The 15% reservation for non-locals was made under Section 95 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, that required government and private institutions of higher education in the state to admit local and non-local students in the ratio of 85:15 for a period of 10 years from June 2014. The change in policy was made after the AP State Council of Higher Education reported that the government should protect the interests of the state's students seeking admission to various undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD courses in engineering, technology, pharmacy, architecture, Pharm D, Business Administration, Computer Applications, Law, Education and Physical Education colleges. Accordingly, the government has decided to amend the admission rules of educational institutions in the state, between Andhra University (AU) and Sri Venkateshwara University (SVU). Students of Andhra University region will be treated as locals in that area and 85% of the seats would be reserved for them. The remaining 15% of the seats would be treated as non-local category and students from Sri Venkateshwara University region could compete for this 15% quota. The same formula would apply to students of Sri Venkateshwara University region, who would get 85% quota and the remaining 15% seats in this region would be thrown open from Andhra University region students. 'Earlier, Osmania University (OU) was also included for admissions, but it has now been removed from AP's purview. So, from now on, admissions will be made based only on AU and SVU regions, making the entire 100% quota available only to AP students,' Sasidhar said. For determining the local candidate status, the order said students who studied in institutions in the erstwhile combined districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, and Prakasam would be considered locals for AU region. Similarly, students who studied in the districts of Anantapur, Kurnool, Chittoor, Kadapa, and Nellore would be considered as locals in the SVU region. The order said a candidate for admission shall be regarded as a local candidate in relation to a local area, if he has studied in an educational Institution or educational Institutions in such local area for a period of not less than four consecutive academic years. Alternatively, the candidate should have resided in the local area for a period of not less than four years immediately preceding the date of commencement of the relevant qualifying examination. Besides the AU and the SVU regions, the state government has also announced a few state-wide universities and institutions, in which students from both the regions are eligible to apply. They are: Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV), Tirupati, Dravidian University (DU), Kuppam, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University (AHUU)-Kurnool, Dr YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Kadapa, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies and Silver Jubilee Government College of Cluster University. In these universities, admissions to 85% of available seats shall be reserved in favour of local candidates of Andhra University and Sri Ven. kateswara University regions in the ratio of 65.62% and 34.38% respectively. The remaining 15% seats shall be open to students from both regions on the basis of their score. Andhra Pradesh's move comes months after the Telangana government on February 27 issued similar orders, scrapping 15% non-local quota in the colleges. Accordingly, 85% of seats of Osmania University (OU) Area will be reserved for local candidates, 5% for Telangana natives who have lived outside the state for at least 10 years, and the remaining 10% for specific categories, including children and spouses of Telangana government employees, central government employees serving in Telangana and children of people working in state-recognised institutions.
