Hyderabad
CM mum on Budget
By Our Correspondent
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, chose to remain silent after the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, ignored the state’s interests in her Budget. Unlike previous times, the Chief Minister did not even bother to lodge his protest.
2 new trains for AP, MMTS-II ignored
By Our Correspondent
As expected, the state got another raw deal in the Railway Budget 2009. Andhra Pradesh got only two new trains — the Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Mumbai Superfast and the Bilaspur-Hyderabad-Tiruvanantapuram Superfast.
Kids play with skulls, bones in graveyard
By Our Correspondent
Nellore July 3: Street cricket is a familiar sight with kids using planks for bats and tennis balls. But impoverished children living near Bodigadithota graveyard in Nellore
Two held for kidnap of boy
By Our Correspondent
Visakhapatnam, July 3: The police on Friday arrested two persons for kidnapping a 15-year-old school boy Pavan Kumar on Thursday evening.
Land tussle got AP raw deal
By Our Correspondent
The bruising ego clash between the state government and the railways over acquiring of land is being cited as a major reason for Andhra Pradesh getting a raw deal in Friday’s rail budget.
Anti-ragging squads must by July 15
By Our Correspondent
To keep ragging incidents at bay, the LB Nagar zone police convened a meeting of representatives from 40 different colleges on Friday.
One more swine flu case in city
By Our Correspondent
With one more swine flu case confirmed on Friday, the number of people who have tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) flu virus rose to 19 in the city.
Rs 30,000 cap on yearly fee
By Our Correspondent
Hyderabad, July 3: No private schools in the state should be allowed to collect more than Rs 24,000 per annum for students up to Class V and Rs 30,000 per annum for students from Class VI to X.
GHMC in trouble over certificates
By Our Correspondent
The Chief Justice Anil R. Dave of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday took serious note of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
TD to go solo in election
By Our Correspondent
Hyderabad, July 3: With the Telugu Desam deciding to contest the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation polls on its own in August, the stage is set for the formal disintegration of
Flats spared of water ‘charges’
By Our Correspondent
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, on Friday decided to keep in abeyance the collection of Rs 125 per flat per month in residential complexes towards water charges in the GHMC limits.
GHMC gets time for poll exercise
By Our Correspondent
A two-member special bench comprising Justice V. Eswaraiah and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar on Friday extended the time for completing the pre-election exercise to conduct elections for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation by a month.
Gays wed in Vizag
By Our Correspondent
Visakhapatnam, July 3: Buoyed by the Delhi High Court ruling in favour of homosexuals, two gays tied the knot on the outskirts of the city here on Friday. The identity of the duo and the place of marriage was not known.
Cell towers in city found to be unstable
By Our Correspondent
The structural engineers have reported to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) that they have found 21 cases of structural instability, either with the cellphone tower or the building and recommended that action be initiated to fortify them.
Coop MD has assets of Rs 7 cr
By Our Correspondent
The anti-corruption bureau has filed a case of disproportionate assets against Mr S. Amruthaiah, managing director of the AP Viklangula Co-operative Corporation, after recovering property worth Rs 7 crore from him on Friday.
- Why brand-insane Indian actors never get it right
Actor Prabhleen Sandhu, who is portraying the character of a stepmother of a four-year-old autistic girl in Aapki Antara, says that she has been lucky as an actor.
With her saas bahu formula becoming outdated for the neo Indians, soap queen Ektaa Kapoor is looking at new ways to woo the audiences and channels, even if that means copying or being ‘inspired’ by hit shows of other production houses.
People gushing over Salman Khan was the USP of Dus Ka Dum the last season. But this time round, five weeks into the show, audiences are still being treated to special episodes with celebrities with no sign of the regular contestants.
