Archive for January 8th, 2012

Housebreaking at Nagole

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

HYDERABAD: A housebreaking incident saw the light of the day at Nagole under the LB Nagar police station area  in the City. Shankar Reddy, who runs a school, stored valuables in the almirah in his house. By the time he returned home on Saturday evening, he found the house ransacked and the valuables stolen from [...]

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NRIs to vote in elections

NRIs to vote in elections

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JAIPUR: Fulfilling a long-standing demand of its diaspora, India on Sunday said it would allow NRIs to vote and participate in the election process. ‘Pursuant to the law that was enacted to enable Non-resident Indians to vote in our national elections, the government has issued notifications for registration of overseas electors under the Representation of [...]

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Electricity bills torment citizens

Electricity bills torment citizens

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

The 52-day general strike (sakala janula samme) created havoc in the lives of citizens. Along with disrupting normal routines, it also caused problems in the billing process of the electricity department. As a result of which, there has been much confusion over electricity bills issued which continue to haunt citizens even as the JAC called [...]

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Govt offices top default

Govt offices top default

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

State government offices are brazenly refusing to pay GHMC its dues on property tax. As a last resort, the Corporation has published the top defaulters on its website Hyderabad: The State government, which preaches to the public about basic responsibilities of citizens, turned out to be the major defaulter in paying property tax to Greater [...]

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Rural job scheme funds embezzled, says minister

Rural job scheme funds embezzled, says minister

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Minister for Rural Development , Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad agreed today that misappropriation of funds occurred in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). About Rs.17,000 crore has been spent in 6 years by the State under this programme. When Postnoon asked him whether was any political involvement in the misappropriation, Vara Prasad said [...]

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Cops get an earful from drunk driver

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Mohd Subhan mohd.s@postnoon.com The ‘Anand Brigade’ (traffic) had a busy time last night and they netted two big names but in the bargain they had to hear an earful of profanities from one of them when pulled up for driving drunk. While Siva Balaji (of the Arya fame) who was caught for driving drunk, made [...]

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Clarke inks $1m bat deal

Clarke inks $1m bat deal

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has reportedly agreed to sign a new contract worth more than $1 million with a bat sponsor, says a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax newspapers said the 30-year-old, who scored a record at the SCG of 329 not out against India last week, has made a handshake agreement [...]

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I am pained when I see moral degradation in the City – A K Khan

I am pained when I see moral degradation in the City – A K Khan

| January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Heading a constabulary of 15 officers of the Indian Police Service and 20,000 officers and policemen of multiple ranks, the Commissioner of City Police Abdul Khayum Khan wants the State capital to be a much better place to live in. He talks to A Saye Sekhar What is the size of the City police force? [...]

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Murray ready for Oz Open

Murray ready for Oz Open

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World No 4 Andy Murray laid down a marker for the Australian Open with a 65-minute demolition of Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday BRISBANE: Murray, runner-up at Melbourne Park for the past two years, showed no mercy against the world No.15 from Ukraine as he cruised to the title [...]

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Bollywood is my dream destination

Bollywood is my dream destination

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She is only a film old but her confidence is high. From modelling to romancing some of the hottest men in Bollywood, pretty girl Puja Gupta seems to have her plate full There will be Saif Ali Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Khemu, and one Puja Gupta! The one-film-old actress says she is not at [...]

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