Archive for December 1st, 2007
NRI land is new target
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Several NRIs who own land close to the new airport at Shamshabad are being harassed by local revenue officials. The NRIs have been asked to prove ownership by the officials though there are no disputes.
Japan bank loan for ORR
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The state cabinet on Saturday cleared a proposal to obtain a loan of Rs 2,422 crore from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for Outer Ring Road (ORR) phase II works from Patancheru to Pedda Amberpet via Medchal and Ghatkesar covering a distance of 71.3 kms.
State to get IT varsity
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The state cabinet approved the setting up of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Kno-wledge Technologies with headquarters in Hyderabad. Its constituent units will be set up at Basar in Adilabad (Telangana), Nuzividu in Krishna district (Andhra) and Idupulapaya in Kadapa district (Rayalaseema).
Illegal buildings can stay
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The government has decided to regularise certain types of illegal constructions on payment of heavy penalities. A meeting of the state cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, also approved rules for regularisation of illegal layouts.
Regularisation to fetch crores
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The government’s decision to regularise unauthorised constructions comes as a major relief to tens of hundreds of families in the city. Though no official survey has been conducted, the number of illegal constructions in Greater Hyderabad alone is expected to be over 50,000.
New-look Vijayawada railway station pleases all
Saturday, December 1st, 2007With passenger-friendliness as the latest buzzward, the new-look Vijayawada railway station, the busiest junction in the South Central Railway, has several new facilities on offer for the railway users.
Anil thanks Lord Balaji with a BPO
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Reliance scion Anil Ambani has become so deeply attached to the temple town of Tirupati that he is setting up a Rs 150-crore business process outsourcing unit there. The Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group had already launched its Big 92.7 FM Radio in Tirupati in August.