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Friday, April 11th, 2008The South Central Railway (SCR) will not get the old Gandhi Hospital site for extending and developing a world class railway station in Secunderabad.
Wakf Board Chief Shown The Door
Monday, January 14th, 2008No officer who follows the rule book can remain in the state wakf board (SWB) for long. This fact was brought to light once again with the government taking away the additional charge of the SWB from IAS officer Ariz Ahmed in a surprise decision on Tuesday night and restricting him to his main job […]
Grab The Opportunity, It’s Now or Never
Saturday, January 5th, 2008Officials are assuring that the Compulsory Disclosure Scheme (CDS) to regularise unauthorised buildings, constructions has been simplified to enable citizens pay the penalties without much ado, says V. Geetanath.
SemIndia Focuses On Broadband Gear As Fab City Project Is Delayed
Monday, December 31st, 2007Hyderabad-based SemIndia Systems Pvt. Ltd, a unit of a company with plans to make semiconductor chips, intends to start making next generation wireless routers and other home computer networking equipment by the first quarter of 2008 and follow it up with high volume production of low-cost direct-to-home and other television set top boxes two months […]
Andhra Pradesh Zooms Ahead In Investment Lane
Sunday, December 30th, 2007WHEN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the pearl city in July 2007 and took stock of the status of over a dozen projects in Andhra Pradesh, his finance minister P Chidambaram was categorical that Andhra Pradesh was heading for an investment boom.
No Free Insurance Cover On Credit Cards
Saturday, December 29th, 2007If you’ve been banking on the insurance cover that came free with your credit card, it’s time to evaluate that. Most credit cards offered by banks no longer have a free insurance (life or non-life) cover and many customers may not have read the fine print to realise that they no longer have insurance protection. […]
RESIDEX, A Benchmark For All Stakeholders
Saturday, December 29th, 2007This is India’s first housing price index. It will guide home buyers and other stakeholders in the industry, says Padma Ramakrishnan.
You could see it as a Sensex for residential house prices. Residex, India’s first housing residential price index compiled by the National Housing Bank (NHB), will give an indicative trend of the prices of properties […]
Owners May Pay Heavy Price For ‘Illegal’ Flats
Monday, December 24th, 2007Thousands of people purchasing flats in unauthorized multistoreyed buildings coming up in various gram panchayats in and around the city may end up paying heavy penalty as regularizing fee.
Religious Hurdle: Grave Problems For ORR-II
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007The Outer Ring Road (ORR) project seems to be caught in rigmaroles. And this time the hurdle is in the form of religious structures and graveyards. The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) is finding it difficult to relocate the more than 20 religious structures and graveyards that fall along the ORR path.
Hotel Green Park Wins ‘AP Tourism Award For Excellence’
Friday, December 7th, 2007Green Park, Visakhapatnam was recently awarded the ‘AP Tourism award for Excellence’ in the four star category hotel in the AP region, for the third time running, while Green Park, Hyderabad was awarded the same award at the state level.
HUDA To Strike Land-For-Land Deal
Friday, December 7th, 2007Mankhal farmers seem to have showed the way in solving the knotty issue of compensation to be paid to the owners losing their land to Huda projects. With cash compensation not finding favour with land owners, the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority has reportedly decided to offer land for land instead of cash compensation.
Don’t look now: Here comes the recession
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Even with a boost from holiday spending, the U.S. economy looks shaky, thanks to slumping housing prices, Wall Street woes and debt-laden consumers. How bad could it get?
The cash registers were ringing on Black Friday, but make no mistake: American consumers are jittery, and seem all but certain to push the U.S. economy into recession.
Dollar plunge = No salary rise
Friday, November 23rd, 2007IT companies, faced with a free-falling dollar and receding bottomlines, are cutting wages of their staff, reducing increments and freezing recruitment. They are also forcing techies to work for more hours so that every dollar they earn is worth it.
Will city’s Fab dreams come true?
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007First the good news: about 50 per cent of the land in the much hyped Fab City - that is to establish a chip manufacturing base in Hyderabad has already been taken by various companies. And now for the bad news: there are - save one - no chip making ventures who have been allocated […]
Bodhtree ranked fastest growing technology company
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007City-based Bodhtree Consulting Ltd, a software engineering, data management and document digitisation company, Thursday announced that it has been ranked first on an international list for its exceptional growth.
Chowmahalla Palace to play host to celebrity banquets
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Photo courtesy: The HinduÂ
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In all splendour: The historic Chowmohalla Palace .
Want your party to be remembered long after the guests have left. Then entertain them at a location simply out of the world.
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.
Realty pay hits the roof on manpower shortage
Friday, November 9th, 2007The realty bubble may not have burst, but manpower shortage and increasing wage bills are set to belt projects’ schedules across the country.
The story of Hyderabad’s globalisation
Friday, November 9th, 2007I had the good fortune of knowing Professor Waheeduddin Khan both personally and professionally. Professor Khan was a true son of Hyderabad — gentle, genial, graceful and always affectionate. He epitomised the best values that this city, my home, had come to symbolise.
One Lakh New Jobs Likely In AP In Current Fiscal
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Over one lakh jobs would be provided to rural youth in Andhra Pradesh under Employment Guarantee and Marketing Mission (EGMM) in the current fiscal year, according to Mr Chinna Reddy, State Minister for Rural Development.
Reliance Retail Kicks Off “Footprint” In Hyd, B’lore
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Reliance Retail of Reliance Industries (RIL) today launched simultaneously in Hyderabad and Bangalore yet another of its series of specialty stores - “Reliance Footprint”, which is dedicated to footwear, handbags and accessories.
Millionaires by the dozen in city
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007The spiralling growth in real estate and industry is showing up in the Income-Tax returns in the Hyderabad-I region.
Lakhpatis’ on the rise in AP
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007The number of lakhpatis is on the rise in Andhra Pradesh, as per the figures available with Income Tax Department.
Mobile patrols on NH 7 soon
Monday, November 5th, 2007Home Minister K. Jana Reddy said that as many as 38,000 police personnel would be recruited in the State shortly and they would be appointed in all the police station spread over the state.
DLF looks to bring home 20,000 migrant workers
Sunday, November 4th, 2007India’s growth story has thrown up immense job opportunities for expat and NRI managers, pilots and other high-salaried professionals, so far. Now it’s the turn of cheap and skilled labour from outside India to participate in the growth story. Companies have already started hiring or plan to hire such labour in thousands.
Mukesh Ambani Gets His ‘Palace’ In The Sky
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Business magnate Mukesh Ambani’s new “flying office” worth nearly Rs 245 crore quietly arrived at Mumbai Airport early Friday.
NRI investments: Some FAQs
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007If you have just joined the NRI club, congratulations! With the Indian economy booming and the country attracting huge foreign investments, surely you would like to be a part of the India growth story?
India’s 1st stem cell centre in city
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Union minister for science, technology and earth sciences Kapil Sibal on Saturday described viruses causing mysterious diseases as the “real terrorists” against whom scientists should fight with all force.
New Unani hospital in private sector in city
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007For the first time, a multi-speciality Unani hospital with state-of-the-art equipment is coming up in private sector in the city. The Awami Dawakhana promises holistic healing of both common and chronic ailments.
Diwali Shopping Fever In Twin Cities
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007With hardly a week left for Diwali, the festival shopping has reached frenzied heights in the twin cities. And the shopping crowd seems to have swelled this year, if the rush at almost all the shopping areas across the city is any indication. As usual, the shops are competing with one another in coming up […]
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