ACB: Liquor racket an ‘organised crime’
The Anti-Corruption Bureau’s case against the liquor syndicate at Vizianagaram, indirectly aimed at transport minister Botsa Satyanarayana, took a new turn on Saturday with ACB DG Boobathi Babu calli
AP moves to end child marriages
Five years after the Central Government Act was passed, the state government has finally framed rules for the prohibition of child marriages in Andhra Pradesh, where its incidence is second only to Gu
Gupta’s Rs 42L cheque to GHMC bounces
G. S. Gupta, of GSG Constructions (P) Limited, has not only duped DLF, the tourism department and HMDA but has also taken the GHMC officials for a ride. A cheque for Rs 42 lakh issued by Gupta to the
Man found dead inside burning car near zoo
A man was found dead inside a burning car near the Zoo Park in the early hours of Saturday. Police suspects it to be a case of murder. The cops on patrol found the charred remains of the man inside th
APTransco: Better supply to take sting off power hike
While the new power tariff order will ensure that over one crore consumers (43 per cent of the total consumers in the state) across various categories cough up additional charges on power consumption,
More gas for industry
With an additional one mmscmd of RLNG being made available to the state, the one-day power holiday to the small industries will be lifted from Monday onwards.
While this comes as some respite for t
UID pilot plan in 3 districts
Three districts in Andhra Pradesh — Ranga Reddy, East Godavari and Anantapur — have been selected for the implementation of ‘Aadhaar card-based payments’ for various government schemes within six mon
‘Beef in hostel menu’ demand gets support
Various student unions, intellectuals and professors came together to dem-and that beef be included in the menu of hostels in all the state universities, at a seminar on Democracy and Food Culture hel
Net visa forms confuse
The newly introduced system of filling in visa application forms online — Immigration, Visa and Foreigners’ Registration and Tracking system — has found few takers from Pakistan. The process is more c
Owning a house still a distant dream
Owning a house is still a distant dream for most Hyderabadis thanks to high property prices. Of the total 8.81 lakh households in the city, only 49.6 per cent live in their own houses. It is significa