Archive for April, 2012

By: B. K. Vijay Like the city, the clubs of Hyderabad have a long history. While few are from British period others are from Nizam’s rule. However, the amenities and facilities they provide have been updated to serve the present generations. They have many modern amenities like restaurants, beauty salons, super markets, lounge bars,... »

Recent statistics presented by the doctors have revealed that the liver diseases in the state as well as in the country are rising alarmingly. Liver diseases are among the top 10 causes of the death in India. It is found that one in every five persons are suffering from one or the other liver... »

An inspection carried out by fire prevention wing of GHMC has found that, of the 556 hospitals (buildings below 15m of height and having a minimum capacity of 50 beds), only 149 hospitals have installed fire safety equipment and have obtained ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the GHMC. Whereas, the remaining 400 hospitals were found... »

40,000 petrol outlets across the country and 400 petrol bunks in the city are to be remained open as usual on April 23. Federation of All India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT) earlier called for a nationwide one day strike on April 23, so as to pressurize government for accepting their demands and to implement Apoorva... »

20 Apr 12: The results of IPE 1st year exams conducted in March 2012 are released today. The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), A.P, has released the Inter 1st year results of both, regular and vocational courses today, at their office at Nampally at 10.00 am. The results can be downloaded (along with the... »

While WHO considers road accidents to be a public health issue, India has hardly taken any measures to control the road deaths. And alarmingly, India stands top in the global list of number of fatal road accidents recording 1.4 lakh deaths annually. Further, Andhra Pradesh is one of the states that has highest mortality... »

In view of the rapidly increasing illegal drug peddling in the city, the city police decided to work with other agencies such as Narcotics Control Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Enforcement Directorate and police departments of other states so as to control the drug menace. The Anti-Narcotics cell is also expected to work on... »

GHMC has directed the government hospitals as well as around 800 private nursing homes and hospitals in the city to send the data of the births and deaths registered in their hospitals to the GHMC website directly. As GHMC is going to have a section on births and deaths registration in its website, hospitals... »

GHMC and the traffic department are taking various measures to ease the present traffic congestion on the city roads. In this attempt, GHMC has proposed a concept of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), which will be funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This Japan company has also prepared a master plan for the project.... »

The Central Railway Ministry has declared the prestigious Govind Vallabh Pant Efficiently Shield for the year 2011-12 to the South Central Railways for its overall best performance in all the 17 zones of Indian Railways. This award is shared with the western Railways. Further, SCR has also bagged All India Performance Efficiency Shields for... »