Category: City

Have a license for your dog? If not, you could be fined

Have a license for your dog? If not, you could be fined

| May 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Considering the difficulties, pet dog owners are not showing interests to obtain a licence. GHMC has now made it available in govt vet hospitals, Blue Cross and private vet clinics. Hefty fines await those ignoring it.

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IRCTC continues to derail travel plans

IRCTC continues to derail travel plans

| May 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

The IRCTC website continues to remain every rail passenger’s worst nightmare realised.

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Sex no bar when it comes to dropouts

Sex no bar when it comes to dropouts

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

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.

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Bang on trend

Bang on trend

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

As many as 200 Interior Design students of Hamstech Institute of Fashion and Interior Design took part in exhibition Tattva — The Essence of Design on Sunday.

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Setback rule may boost graft

Setback rule may boost graft

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

The rule, if implemented honestly, will augment civic revenue but many know builders and civic officials play hand-in-hand and deprive the civic body of its rightful dues. TDP floor leader accuses the Town Planning department of reeking with corruption. Hyderabad: With the GHMC aiming to raise its revenue by enforcing setback norms for even 100 [...]

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Heated war of words

Heated war of words

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

Telugu Desam Party senior leader Yerrabelli Dayakarrao and Kadiyam Sri Hari, a party renegade, trade charges and make accusations. Hyderabad: Kadiyam Sri Hari, a TDP renegade who joined YSR Congress, on Sunday traded charges with his former colleagues, leaving the TDP leaders livid with rage. Kadiyam said he was numb with shock when the TDP’s [...]

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Passenger beaten up at RGI airport

Passenger beaten up at RGI airport

| May 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Customs men allegedly thrashed him and snatched his gold chain because he refused to pay bribe. Hyderabad: A man who worked in Qatar and came on vacation was allegedly manhandled by a pesky posse of customs officials at the RGI airport on Saturday. The issue was that he was carrying 50 grams of gold biscuit [...]

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MLCs get relevant roles

MLCs get relevant roles

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

The constitution of Standing Committees by Speaker gives elders in the Upper House a chance to participate in administration and governance for the first time. Hyderabad: They were a neglected lot vis-a-vis their counterparts in the Lower House. But from now on, the Members of Legislative Council (MLC) of AP will have a say in [...]

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Criminal caught after long chase

Criminal caught after long chase

| May 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

It was the longest chase by the City police in recent times. Finally, they caught up with the criminal and recovered most of the stolen gold, cash and vehicles. Chikalguda police had to give a 5,000-km chase across four states to collar Nikhilesh Kumar, a native of Allahabad, UP. When the law finally caught up [...]

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Heavy dropout mars literacy drive in AP

Heavy dropout mars literacy drive in AP

| May 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

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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