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Refusal to accept 25ps and 50ps coins, and `5 notes is an offence but neither the people nor RBI make any effort to correct it, Postnoon finds out.
Hyderabad: The latest development for the RTI Act is the inclusion of six Central government departments into its online portal designed to receive RTI pleas. While activists call this a bold development, some feel that this move has been long overdue for RTI queries related to State governmental departments also. The facility for filing RTI [...]
Even as you come to terms with the death of a loved one, you will be fleeced by the corporation. The City’s electric crematoriums are dysfunctional and the ‘smashan vatikas’ charge up to `8,000 for body disposal. Officials remain tight lipped about the funds directed to the GHMC for this purpose.
Why were IPL fans surprised when Sreeshanth was caught in a match fixing scam? Well, here is the stinger. “Why would anybody pay him to play badly? He does it pretty well on his own for free,” says coach JC Reddy. Cricket fans on the internet too agree with this opinion.
Jubilee Bus Station, with a daily a footfall of over 45,000, has pitiable security set up.
The RTA gears up to monitor the ‘school bus’ transport services in the city Hyderabad: Before the schools open up for another academic year, the RTA is gearing up to ensure the lives of children are in safe hands. The RTA has decided to strictly monitor and check for irregularities in school buses, a continuation [...]
Hyderabad: The long awaited Kukatpally Railway Over Bridge (RoB) is finally ready. The HMDA proposes to open it for traffic on Wednesday after Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy declares it open. The 910m-bridge that would provide thousands of commuters, especially techies, relief from gridlock, had witnessed many hiccups and delays. The RoB works was taken [...]
The dropout rate of girls equals boys in the State which ought to be investigated. Heavy dropout rates despite state efforts remain a mystery though poverty is professed as the principal cause.
Govt’s claim of growing literacy rate in the State is not borne out by facts. Despite open schools and a large budget for education, dropout in schools is high. It’s because of the govt’s inability to reduce poverty and tame the private players whose commitment to commercial gain outweighs desire for mass literacy.
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One step forward, two steps back
There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
Rowhani offers softer tone, same policies
Newly elected president Hassan Rowhani struck a diplomatic chord in his first news conference but offered little real change in key policy areas, especially on the long-running dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. Concretely, he ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN, EU and US sanctions, repeating a long-standing Iranian position [...]
Andhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases [...]
Don’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, [...]
The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took [...]
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