Karnataka’s Sakala scheme, aimed at ensuring that timely service is provided by government bodies, is an excellent model that would alleviate many of the problems that citizens of Andhra Pradesh face.
And who will draw the joker? Congress camp is in a state of flux with the news that a confident Kiran is soon off to Delhi to consult his bosses for a cabinet reshuffle.
And this one is an educationist! The man against whom a case of fraud is booked runs a school, but his hobby includes going around masquerading as an influential official, say police. The Begumpet police have, on their hands, the case of a clever man who allegedly posed as a bigwig in the bureaucracy and [...]
A large number of people from around Choudapur Tanda in Mahbubnagar today gathered to bid a tearful farewell to three children who were thrown into a well by their allegedly alcoholic mother yesterday. The mother and the children died. According to police, Devi, alias Sunita, who is said to have been a habitual drinker, had consumed [...]
Hospital staff who provided emergency services to the bomb blast victims were felicitated and victims were counselled about various loan options available to them. Yashoda, Omni, Care and Osmania General Hospital staff were felicitated on Sunday by the Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA), in association with Roda Mistry College of Social Work, Youth TRAC and CKGPC [...]
It was carnival night recently in the City when members of the Young Girls Club celebrated their launch at a popular club. Spotted at the event was celebrity socialite Kim Kardashian. This story was published on April 1
The verdict of the Supreme Court denying a patent request by Swiss drug giant Novartis for its cancer drug Glivec is significant in these times when pharma firms are driven by the lure of profits. The court ruled rightly that the compound did not satisfy “the test of novelty or inventiveness” required by Indian law. [...]
To defuse the wrath he earned of the opposition political parties for effecting an unprecedented hike in power tariff, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy shifted his focus on his pet programme Indiramma Baata in Nellore district today. As part of the programme, the CM is scheduled to lay a foundation stone for Somasila high-level [...]
A group of six women have been making life difficult for men in Banjara Hills. Driving around in a Delhi-registered SUV, these girls have been passing lewd comments on young men there. Butt pinching, being ogled at and being harassed by nasty comments is something that women are familiar with. However, a group of six [...]
It is a harrowing time for all parties, particularly those out of power, as 2013 is going to be the decisive year which will prepare the ground for building the next Delhi Durbar. Every party that once ruled either the State or the Centre looks longingly back to the time they did well. The political [...]
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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 [...]
No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg
There is a ridiculous debate going on after the reports on spot-fixing emerged: should IPL be scrapped? Even if IPL were the first sporting event to be tainted by spot-fixing, it would be senseless to even suggest that it be scrapped. Since that is not the case, talking of scrapping is, pardon the coarse expression, [...]
This must be the greatest moment of crisis that Barack Obama has faced till now in his entire time at the White House. There’s the tax agency scandal, 100 emails regarding the Benghazi attacks have been released and also the scandal of the justice department hacking the phones of reports of the nation’s biggest news [...]
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