Category: City

Dowry deaths rising despite ironclad laws

Dowry deaths rising despite ironclad laws

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Despite stringent laws against dowry harassment, there are several cases registered in City.

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Vandalised statues forgotten in beautification drive ?

Vandalised statues forgotten in beautification drive ?

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

While work is on in full swing to prep the City, statues that were vandalised last year are left ignored

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Assembly turmoil continues

Assembly turmoil continues

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Current session is set to go down in history as a complete wash out, with not a single issue being raised.

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Power saving? Not for MLAs

Power saving? Not for MLAs

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Lights, ACs and no action. This is the scene in the Assembly building, where the CM’s directives for saving power are flouted with impunity. Their rationale? The guidelines don’t apply to public representatives.

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Hyderabad gears up for a run through history

Hyderabad gears up for a run through history

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Hyderabad Heritage Marathon on September 23, 2012 is truly a run back through history. From Chowmahalla Palace it starts and ends at the Qutub Shahi Tombs and when you finish, it will have been a crash course in all that the great city stands for. This is the route map of the full marathon.

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Inching towards a smart city?

Inching towards a smart city?

| September 21, 2012 | 2 Comments

The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), which intends to trim the electricity bills with energy-efficient building designs will be introduced in the State soon. Hyderabad will see its implementation in full scale. In a high level meeting held on Tuesday, the road map developed by ASCI (Administrative Staff College of India) and NRDC (Natural Resources [...]

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Mayor takes stock of CoP works in the City

Mayor takes stock of CoP works in the City

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Minister for urban development, M Maheedhar Reddy and mayor Mohammed M Hussain, took stock of the works that were under way for the CoP-11 on Thursday. A team of officials accompanied them. Works of the bridge at Lakdikapul were found to be progressing well. The GHMC commis­sioner informed the minister about the ongoing road widening works [...]

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Robed minister of Kiran’s team

Robed minister of Kiran’s team

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

The youngest minister in the Cabinet, D Sridhar Babu’s strong public relations skills serve him well. He once dreamt of becoming a sensational lawyer. He planned to set up a corporate legal firm and employ scores of legal brains. But destiny had other plans for the 43-year-old civil supplies and legislative affairs minister, D Sridhar [...]

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Freedom fighter, Telangana leader Bapuji is dead

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Hyderabad: Eminent freedom fighter and a well-known figure in the Telangana movement, Konda Lakshman Bapuji died here Friday. He was 96. Bapuji, who was not keeping well for the last few months, breathed his last at his home in Ashok Nagar, family members said. He is survived by two sons and a daughter. Born on Sep [...]

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Bandh fizzles out in Hyderabad

Bandh fizzles out in Hyderabad

| September 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

The nation-wide shutdown called by the opposition to protest hike in diesel price, cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and FDI in retail, evoked near total response in Andhra Pradesh.

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