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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

India stands among world’s most corrupt nations

Nov.18.2009 Indian news (0)

Bangalore: India is not only perceived to be one of the most corrupt countries by the transparency international in its annual corruption perceptions, ranking 84th in the list of 180 countries in terms of public-sector corruption, which is perceived to be highly corrupt.

While releasing the list of naming and shaming the world’s most corrupt countries, the international watchdog has for the first time recommended that tax havens like Switzerland and Liechtenstein should do away with the secrecy in banking laws. (read more…)

Rosaiah to open P.V. Expressway today

Oct.19.2009 City News, Indian news, state news (0)

HYDERABAD: The much awaited P.V. Elevated Expressway would finally be thrown open to airport-bound traffic from Monday after inauguration by Chief Minister K. Rosaiah.

The project, which faced long delays that resulted from shifting of utilities to the financial crunch faced by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), would formally be declared open with a function at the Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Mehdipatnam point, by the Chief Minister at 4.30 p.m. (read more…)