TRS chief Chandrasekhar Rao discharged from hospital

Dec.11.2009 state news (0)

HYDERABAD: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao was today discharged from a hospital here after being admitted for 13 days during his fast for a separate Telangana state.
A huge crowd of fans greeted him when he came out of the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences and got into his car. (read more …)

Telangana move splits AP parties on regional lines

Dec.11.2009 state news (0)

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh on Thursday plunged into a political crisis with the Congress high command setting the ball rolling to hive off a separate Telangana. The move split the ruling party, TDP and PRP legislators virtually on regional lines and 93 MLAs from the three parties and at least five MPs cutting across party lines submitted their resignations to the respective speakers in protest against the Telangana development. (read more …)

ECB disk storage market declines 7.3 percent

Dec.04.2009 Tech News (0)

Delhi: Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue totaled more than $3.9 billion in the third quarter of 2009, a 7.3 percent decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner. (read more …)

Indian IT firms open up to the differently abled

Dec.04.2009 Indian news, Tech News (0)

Bangalore: Despite enacting landmark legislation to promote the rights of people with disability in the past decade and an increasing awareness of their marginalization, India’s actions to promote the rights of eight percent of its citizens has been found wanting, a World Bank report says. However, some Indian corporations are taking steps in this direction. (read more …)

CAT cancelled at 2 centres in Hyderabad

Dec.04.2009 Education (0)

HYDERABAD: The IIMs have cancelled the Common Admission Test (CAT) in two of the test centres in city. The test at JNTU, Kukatpally, was cancelled for Friday (Dec. 4) and that at MVSR Engineering College, Nadergul, for two days on Dec. 4 and 6. MVSR had on Thursday reported a delay of 45 minutes to one hour for server
booting alone. (read more …)

Help! KCR wants Cong to bail him out fast

Dec.04.2009 state news (0)

HYDERABAD: TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is desperate for a fast bail-out. Hiding behind the plea that the Telangana stir has gathered a momentum of its own and was no longer in his control, KCR on Thursday sent feelers to Congress
chief Sonia Gandhi expressing willingness to end his ‘fast’ provided he is called to New Delhi for talks. (read more …)

Chiru escapes death

Nov.18.2009 City News (0)

Hyderabad, Nov. 17: The Praja Rajyam president, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, escaped from being electrocuted when he was campaigning for the GHMC elections at Gautham Nagar division on Tuesday.

When his vehicle was going through Mallikarjun Nagar, live wires fell in front of his open top vehicle. His security officials who saw the wires tried to clear them with the help of bamboo sticks. When doing so, they came into contact with each other due to which there were some sparks. Chiranjeevi ducked to save himself and then continued with the campaign. (read more …)

Rahul on one-day visit to state

Nov.18.2009 state news (0)

Hyderabad, Nov. 17: The AICC general secretary and MP, Mr Rahul Gandhi, will come on a one-day whirlwind tour of the state on Wednesday. Mr Gandhi will board a special flight at the Delhi airport at 8.15 am and reach Vijayawada. (read more …)

39 suicides a day in AP

Nov.18.2009 state news (0)

Hyderabad, Nov. 17: Andhra Pradesh now has the dubious distinction of ranking second in the country in the number of reported suicides. On an average, 39 people a day end up killing themselves in the state.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), out of 1.22 lakh suicides every year in the country, Andhra Pradesh records around 14,224. (read more …)

Jagan to CM: Fulfil YSR promises

Nov.18.2009 City News (0)

Hyderabad, Nov. 17: The Kadapa MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday gave some embarrassing moments to the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, by raising the issue of implementing promises made by his father, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, during the MPs’ meeting held here.

He reminded the Chief Minister of YSR’s promise to increase power supply to the farm sector to nine hours and the rice quota to 6 kg and said that the credibility of the government would be at stake if the promises were not implemented. (read more …)