Archive for November 13th, 2007
Lok Ayukta calls for report on Aminpur lands
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Lok Ayukta Justice Anand Reddy in an order on Monday directed Medak Collector B.Venkatesam to file a report within four weeks, on the action taken on officers involved in the illegal alienation of lands in survey number 343 of Aminpur in Patancheru mandal.
Indians are living beyond means: Survey
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Indians seem to be living way beyond their means. An extensive survey has found that more and more households seem to be borrowing not for creating assets like building a house or buying a car, but to meet consumption needs ranging from food, transport and medical bills to even repaying loans.
IIIT - Unique Tech School with Focus on Research
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Located in 62 acres of landmass near the most happening place of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, the IIIT-H has come a long way since its inception in 1998. Funded by the Government of Andhra Pradesh initially, it has now grown into a self-sustaining institute. It holds the distinction of being the first IIIT to be set up […]
‘NH-9 in need of widening’
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
Dangerous ride: Rough patches and dangerous curves mark the NH-9, which needs widening at many places.
Plagued with potholes, rough patches and dangerous curves, the Hyderabad-Vijayawada section of the National Highway-9 has become unsafe for lakhs of people travelling on it.
Old city flyover awaits opening
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Though Chandrayangutta flyover is ready to open Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials are not formally inaugurating Chandrayangutta flyover for motorists.
Minister takes ORR backwards
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007YS Rajasekhara Reddy may be keen to expedite work relating to the Outer Ring Road (ORR) but one of his cabinet ministers will have none of this. Reason: the minister will have to give up eight acres of land for the ORR project.
Assigned land occupied by poor to be regularised
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007The Cabinet has decided to amend the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands Transfer (Prohibition) Act of 1977 to regularise occupation of assigned lands by those fitting into the official definition of “poorest of the poor.”
Hyderabad to host India Aviation 2008
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Hyderabad will have another feather in its cap next year when it will host the first international exhibition on civil aviation sector, ‘India Aviation 2008’ in October next.
Cloud of dust, not wintry mist, envelops city
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Though winter has set in over the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) a couple of days early, it was a cloud of dust, not the wintry mist, that covered the skyline of twin cities on day of Deepavali.
Lanco Infratech bags two orders
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Lanco Infratech Ltd has bagged two orders from the AP Health and Medical Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation for the construction of buildings for new medical college ,hospital complex and ancillary structures at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences at Srikakulam at a cost of Rs. 73.17 crore.
Shilparamam to come up in Kadapa
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007A shilparamam will be built on 72 acres near RIMS hospital in Kadapa at a cost of Rs. 12 crores by December 2008, on the lines of the one at Hyderabad, to project arts, culture and traditions, District Collector M.T. Krishna Babu said on Tuesday.
Rs. 70 crore to Kadapa city for better roads
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Road-widening will be undertaken in Kadapa city with an outlay of Rs. 70 crore to ease traffic movement, Collector M.T. Krishna Babu said on Tuesday.