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Yoga prodigy's hopes

Yoga prodigy's hopes

Her flexibility saw her win gold in the 3rd national yoga competition that was held in November last year.

Lack of coordination to crackdown tinted glasses

Due to lack of coordination between officials of the police and transport departments, they are yet to take any step to crack down on the use of tinted glass in

No state aid for HIV-infected children

Though cases of children infected with HIV continue to register, there are seldom the focus of prevention, treatment and care programmes. Even programmes that a

No authority to tag organic food

Concerns for health has led to consumers preferring products of organic farming, particularly vegetables and fruits in Vizag district, especially in the Agency.

Harmful drug used to raise milk production

Rampant use of an artificial hormone, oxytocin by milkmen in the north coastal districts has posed a threat to milk consumers. Oxytocin is supposed to be clini

Local community chiefs call shots

Electioneering is gaining momentum in the Payakaraopet reserved constituency. The bypoll is turning out to be a war for votes amongst members of various dominat

building permit, layout approval made easy: Vuda

Vuda announced on Thur-sday, an innovative activity, “Meet the VC” to prov-ide easy and prompt serv-ices to those who have ap-plied for layout approvals and bui

No progress on PCPIR

With the HPCL backing out from setting up its oil refinery and the APIIC taking back lands allotted to it, the ambitious PCPIR project of both the Union and sta

Special buses to Odisha a dream

Even after access to better road connectivity of 400-km national highway and a huge rush of passengers including devotees, tourists and workers to Bhubaneswar r

Now, Vizag youth addicted to poppy seed pods drug

After ganja, poppy seed pods are slowly emerging as an alternative drugs among a section of Visakhapatnam’s youth and middle-aged, this newspaper has learnt. W

Cord blood banking slowly catching up

An alien concept until a few months ago, cord blood and tissue banking is fast catching up in Vizag. Though an expensive affair, expectant parents are not willi