The State-level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has informed Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and the minister for Agriculture, Kanna Laxmi Narayana, that the overdraft from the farming sector is ballooning. Members of the committee pointed out, in particular, that the mounting dues were the main obstacle to the smooth flow of credit to the sector. The [...]
A recent survey by the Art Newspaper has found the Musee du Louvre, Paris, to be the most visited museum. We list the others
Though suffered a setback in the recent by-polls, the Opposition TDP is way ahead of the ruling Congress in preparing strategies for the ensuing by-elections in the 18 constituencies. It has already announced the names of candidates for some of the constituencies like Narsapur. The main objective behind announcing candidates is to avoid any confusion [...]
GENEVA: The world’s biggest watch company Swatch is looking at building a car that runs on hydrogen and oxygen, its chief executive and chairman Nick Hayek said in an interview published Sunday. “We already have a test-car with a fuel cell,” Hayek told newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. “Liquid hydrogen and oxygen are used as fuel, [...]
They are women with a mission — they cut vegetables, clean dishes, sweep the floor and wash your clothes. For most Indian households, life without a maid is unimaginable. They’re so much a part of the daily machinery of the house, that if they take a day off, life is thrown out of gear. But [...]
Action film The Hunger Games has taken $155m (£97m) at the US box office in its opening weekend. It is the biggest-ever tally for a film that is not a sequel, and the third best opening of all time. Above it come last year’s Harry Potter finale, which took $169.2m (£106.6m) in its first weekend, [...]
High-end stores, malls and a whole lot more. That is what comprises Banjara Hills road No 1. But a lot of prospective customers avoid coming here for one reason: Lack of parking. While it is true that some of commercial complexes have provisions for a limited number of parking spaces with valet service, many don’t. [...]
The tragic tale of Fighter the St Bernard puppy that suffered canine distemper owing to the negligence by his owners is a grim reminder of man’s cruelty to his pets once they develop an illness Nihar Parulekar feedback@postnoon.com He was named ‘Fighter’ and he was indeed a fighter all right, and he lay fighting in [...]
Campuses and music festivals across the country are swaying to the beat of this band. Their multi-city tour now brings them straight to the City and we couldn’t resist catching up with the man pulling all the strings Amidst a deluge of wannabe cover bands, Raghu Dixit Project has come to be known as face [...]
Padmini C and Sudeshna Koka After months of waiting, the Sky Lantern festival looked poised to happen on Sunday and so we went. From the moment we arrived, it was obvious that all was not in hand. Pockets of people were walking about aimlessly, looking up only at the sound of the occasional sound check [...]
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Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
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