"GRT BANGLE MELA" at somajiguda

Hyderabad,(Deccan Samachar Service,DSS)July,07,GRT is a well-known brand that is now sysnoymous with purity, having taken jewellery retailing to great heights. it began its journey in the shopping maker of Chennai, when G Rajendran promoted G R Thangamaligai (GRT) in 1964. since then, he has steered it to transform t into a well-diversified corporate group which has interests in hospitality, agriculture, education, training and non-conventional power. after laying the foundation and building a multi-crore empire, Mr Rajendran has taken the back seat, leaving the management to his two sons - G R A anathapadamanabhan and G R Radhakrishna. GRT Bangle Mela at Hyderabad, Vizag,Tirupati From june 25 to July 31,2010 Five weeks mela to choose from over 1500 Bangle designs and 40 Bangle Varieties,      (photo by RSJ Thomas )===============================================

Mr. Mohammed Azizullah inaugurated ConsSultaco International consultants office at Hyderabad.

Hydeabad,(Deccan Samachar Service,DSS) July,07,Mr. Mohammed Azizullah inaugurated ConsSultaco International consultants office at Hyderabad. It will be consultancy service provider for the Students seeking to get addmission in Higher studies, Diploma or Degree cources in any of the Institution in CANADA. (Photo - R.S.J. Thomas)==============================================

Poster released by LEARP India International for the Plantation program at Public Garden Hyderabad

Hyderabad,(Deccan Samachar Service, DSS)July,07, Poster released by LEARP India International for the Plantation program at Public Garden Hyderabad,ear  Bala Bhavan, on the occasion of Late Dr.Y.S. Raj Shekhar Reddy's Birth Anniversary on 08th July 2010.TGJ Srinivas Rao, Director LEARP, Mrs. Arundhatti and babu are seen in the picture.                      (Photo - R.S.J. Thomas)================================================

Mayor paid homage to Babu Jagjivan Ram

Hyderabad,(Deccan Samachar Service DSS) July-07, On the occassion of Babu Jagjivan Ram death anniversary Mayor Hyderabad Smt Banda Karthika Reddy garlanded his statue at tankband sec.bad .                   (photo by RSJ Thomas)============================================

Smt Smitha incharge collector hyderabad land inspecting

Hyderabad,(Deccan Samachar Service)july,07, HYDERABAD INCHARGE COLLECTOR, SMITHA SABHARWAL INSPECTING LANDS AT TRIMULGIRI MANDAL SEC.BAD ALONG WITH RDO SEC,BAD C.LAXMI,IN/CHARGE THASILDAR RAMADEVI AND DEFENCE ESTATE OFFICER K.K REDDY (Photo by i&pr no.CNR-1)
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American woman 'raped' in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, July 7 : An American woman was allegedly raped in Hyderabad on Wednesday, media reports said.The 25-year-old, who works with the Clinton Foundation, was allegedly raped at her Banjara Hills apartment in the morning. Rs 5 lakh in cash is also missing from the apartment.The woman has been working as a nutritionist in the city for the past one year.The victim reported the matter to the police.The police commissioner paid her a visit to assure that the police is serious about her case, reports added. ==============================================

SCR partially cancels trains due to Maoist Bandh

Hyderabad, Jul 7 : The South Central Railway (SCR) today announced that it has partially cancelled train services between Bhadrachalam Road and Manuguru due to the two-day Bharat Bandh called by the CPI (Maoist) from today.According to a press release here, Train No 325 Secunderabad-Manuguru passenger will be partially cancelled between Bhadrachalam Road and Manuguru today. Train No 339/340 Dornakal-Manuguru-Dornakal passenger would be partially cancelled between Bhadrachalam Road and Manuguru on July 7 and 8. While Train No 326 Manuguru-Secunderabad passenger, leaving Manuguru on July 7 and 8, would be partially cancelled between Manguru and Bhadrachalam Road, Train No 357/358 Kazipet-Manuguru-Kazipet passenger, leaving Kazipet and Manuguru on July 7 and 8, would be partially cancelled between Manuguru and Bhadrachalam Road, the release added.
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Maoist shutdown evokes partial response in parts of Andhra

Hyderabad,July 7: The 48-hour shutdown called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to protest the killing of their spokesperson Azad evoked partial response in parts of Andhra Pradesh Wednesday.The shutdown affected normal life in Maoist-infested tribal areas in the districts bordering Orissa and Chhattisgarh as authorities suspended bus services and cancelled few trains as a precautionary measure. The call also evoked partial response in remote areas of Adilabad district, where Chelukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was killed by police in an alleged gun battle last week. The response, however, was poor in other parts of Telangana, which was once a stronghold of Maoists. Police sounded a high alert in areas bordering Orissa and Chhattisgarh borders in view of the warning by intelligence agencies that Maoists could carry out attacks to avenge the killing of their top leader. Additional forces were deployed in Vijayanagaram, Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts bordering Orissa and Khammam district adjoining Chhattisgarh. According to Vijayanagaram Superintendent of Police Navin Gulati, patrolling has been intensified to prevent any Maoist activity. Police have also advised the politicians in the region not to move into interior areas without proper security. The railway authorities cancelled some trains in the areas bordering Orissa and Maharashtra in view of the reported threat by Maoists to target trains. East Coast Railways cancelled Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express and either effected changes in the timings of some other trains or diverted them. South Central Railway has also partially cancelled few trains passing through Maharashtra. The trains on Mudkhed-Adilabad section have been affected. SCR partially cancelled Tirupati-Adilabad Krishna Express between Kinwat (Mahrashtra) and Adilabad. Adilabad-Nanded special train has also been partially cancelled. Nagpur-Mumbai CST Nandigram Express will run only up to Adilabad and has been cancelled between Adilabad and Mumbai.
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Andhra Pradesh Govt to celebrate YSR's birth anniversay on Jul 8

Hyderabad,Jul 6: The Andhra Pradesh Government will celebrate the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in a befitting manner on July 8.Chief Minister K Rosaiah gave the final shape to the celebrations planned for the day at a meeting held today in this regard with Minister for Information and Public Relations, Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Geetha Reddy, Adviser to government and Rajya Sabha Member K V P Ramachandra Rao, Commissioner, I and PR Parthsarathi and others.The Chief Minister said he will make a reference in the Legislative Assembly with the permission of the Speaker and recall the services of YSR towards the allround development of the state.Later, there will be a state function at Ravindra Bharathi in which a short film would be screened and book will be released. The function will be attended by ministers, MPs, MLAs and leaders of all political parties, a release from the Chief Minister's office here said. The Chief Minister said the state government will rededicate to implement all the welfare programmes launched by Reddy.The state will be celebrating the birth anniversary of YSR for the first time after his sudden tragic death in a helicopter crash at Pavuralagutta in Kurnool district on September 2 last year. The Chief Minister and other leaders will pay tributes to Reddy at the function in Ravindra Bharathi, the release added.
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CM Seening off President at Airport,

Hyderabad,july,05,(Deccan Samachar Service DSS) DR.K ROSAIAH, HON’BLE CHIEF MINISTER IS SEEN SEENING OFF H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA SMT. PRATHIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL AT AIRPORT BEGUMPET, HYDERABAD ON 5-7-2010. - SRI E.S.L. NARASIMHAN, H E. GOVERNOR OF A.P, SRI MOHAMMED AHMEDULLAH Hon'ble Minister for Minurity Welfare, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES ARE ALSO SEEN. (Photo by I&PR No.CNR-9847)
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President-inaugurating the coronation celebration

Hyderabad,july,05, (Deccan Samachar Service DSS)H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA SMT. PRATHIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL IS SEEN INAUGURATING THE SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYA 500 YEARS CORONATION CELEBRATIONS AT RAVINDRA BHARATHI, HYDERABAD ON 5-7-2010. SRI E.S.L. NARASIMHAN, H.E. GOVERNOR OF A.P., DR.K ROSAIAH, HON’BLE CHIEF MINISTER, DR.J GEETA REDDY, HON’BLE MINISTER FOR I&PR, SRI S. JAIPAL REDDY, UNION MINISTER FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HON’BLE MINISTERS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES ARE ALSO SEEN. (Photo by I&PR No.CNR-469)
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Opposition strike hits hard Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, July 5: The nationwide shutdown called Monday to protest rising fuel prices hit hard Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh where many top leaders and hundreds of activists were arrested.The shutdown was partial in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and other major towns but total in some other places, affecting normal life. The strike was called by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Left parties separately was supported by Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Leaders and hundreds of activists of the parties were arrested for staging road and rail blockades and for forcing shops to down shutters in Hyderabad and 22 other districts. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in most parts of the state while bus services of the state-owned Road Transport Corp (RTC) came to a grinding halt. An official of RTC said it was operating only 20 percent of the bus services. The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station at Imlibun here, the biggest bus station in the state, wore a near deserted look as RTC suspended long-distance services. Buses going to the Tirupati temple were exempted from the shutdown. In Hyderabad, shops, petrol pumps and other business establishments were closed in some areas. The work in IT companies was not affected. All schools, colleges and universities remained closed while Osmania University postponed all examinations. Police kept Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president G. Kishan Reddy under house arrest here in view of President Pratibha Patil's visit to the city. He termed the police action as "undemocratic". Police had made tight security arrangements to prevent protests near Raj Bhavan and Ravindra Bharati where the president attended a programme. Senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu, Kishan Reddy and Bandaru Dattatreya were later arrested at the busy Khairtabad cross roads for staging road blockade. "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government has declared a war on poor people by increasing the fuel prices and we will fight against this on streets and in parliament by all democratic means," Venkaiah Naidu said. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu and leaders of Left parties were also arrested while holding protests here. Chandrababu Naidu was taken into custody along with several TDP leaders and activists when they staged a road block in the busy Ameerpet area. Tension prevailed as Chandrababu Naidu's supporters tried to resist his arrest for sometime. The protest caused a huge traffic jam in one of the main commercial areas in the city. Chandrababu Naidu later told reporters that the nationwide shutdown called by the opposition was a "grand success" as all sections of people were taking part in it voluntarily. "The government has to realise the seriousness of the price hike and roll back the hike. The opposition protests will continue until then," the former chief minister said. Police also arrested Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary K. Narayana and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader B.V. Raghavulu besides others.
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SCR to run spl trains from Narsapur to Nagarsol

Hyderabad, Jul 5: The South Central Railway will run special trains from Narsapur to Nagarsol from July 7 to 29, 2010, to clear extra rush of passengers.Accordingly, Special Train No 0727 Narsapur-Nagarsol will leave Narsapur at 1045 hrs on July 7, 14, 21 and 28 and arrive in Nagarsol at 0900 hrs the next day. In the return direction, Special Train No 0728 Nagarsol-Narsapur will leave Nagarsol at 1100 hrs on July 8, 15, 22 and 29 and arrive in Narsapur at 1045 hrs the next day, a press release here yesterday said.
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BHARATH BANDH: Chandrababu,Venkaiah among arrested in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, Jul 5 : Former BJP president M.Venkaiah Naidu, Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu, CPI(M) Politburo member B.V.Raghavulu and CPI National Council member K Narayana were among hundreds of BJP, TDP and Left Party workers were arrested today as they staged protests and 'rasta roko', demanding rollback of the fuel price increase, across Andhra Pradesh, which evoked mixed response.Mr Venkaiah Naidu and former Union Minister B Dattatreya were among the BJP workers arrested during a sit-in at Khairatabad Junction. State BJP president G Kishen Reddy was detained at his residence.TDP President N.Chandrababu Naidu was arrested as he squatted at Ameerpet Cross Roads for disrupting traffic and shifted to Banjara Hills Police Station where he continued to stage dharna, demanding not only rollback of fuel prices -- a part of Bharat Bandh agenda -- and also against the recent liquor policy of the State.
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Andhra minister promises probe into slain man's identity

Hyderabad,July 5: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P.Sabita Indra Reddy Monday said a probe would be ordered to find out if Hemchandra Pandey, killed along with Maoist leader Azad in a gunfight with police, was a leftwing rebel or a journalist as claimed by his family.Reddy gave the assurance when Pandey's wife Babita called on her here. Babita claims that Pandey was not a Maoist and that police killed him in a "fake encounter". The woman from Delhi told the home minister that police arrested Pandey in Nagpur and killed him along with Azad after bringing them to Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Claiming that her husband was a freelance journalist, Babita demanded a probe into his killing and punishment to the guilty. The minister pointed out that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) released a statement identifying Pandey as a Maoist. She claimed that Azad and Pandey were killed in a real gun battle with police. CPI-Maoist politburo member and spokesman Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and Pandey were killed in the forests of Adilabad district bordering Maharashtra Friday. Police said they were killed during a three-hour shootout but Maoists and civil liberties activists have alleged it was a stage-managed "encounter". Azad was cremated in Hyderabad Sunday while the body of Pandey has been kept at a mortuary in a government hospital in Bellampally in Adilabad district. Maoists had initially suspected him to be its cadre Sahadev. However, they later said he was a freelance journalist, who wanted to interview Azad. Hailing from Uttarakhand, Pandey was based in Delhi and was reportedly wrote for some Hindi dailies. The mystery over his identity deepened Sunday when a statement purportedly sent by CPI-Maoist said Pandey was a Maoist. However, the CPI -Maoist denied the party issued any such statement.
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Andhra Pradesh CM thanks Prez for her concern towards State

Hyderabad, Jul 5 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah today thanked President Pratibha Patil for the concern and consideration she was showing towards the state.Dr Rosaiah also thanked her for bringing a Special Cake on the occasion of his 78th birthday yesterday. ''It was very kind of Her Excellency, President Pratibha Patil, to bring me a cake for my birthday. I have no words to express my gratitude to her for this kind gesture.I regard it as a special honour for me and will remember it forever", he told newspersons.Birthdays will come and go. But such a kind gesture from the President is a special moment in my life", he said.Mr Rosaiah also thanked Ms Patil on behalf of the state government for accepting the invitation and inaugurating the fifth centennial celebrations of Sri Krishnadevaraya's coronation at short notice.He also thanked the President for showing keen interest in agricultural operations and different welfare schemes for farmers in the state. State Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy and Agriculture Technology Mission Deputy Chairman and Adviser to state government D A Somayajulu briefed the President about various measures initiated by the state government for boosting agricultural production and towards farmers' welfare since 2004.Dr Rosaiah said the President had always shown special care for Andhra Pradesh. ============================================

We will intensify agitation: Chandrababu Naidu

Hyderabad,July 5: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the protest movement against fuel price hike would only intensify if the prices are not rolled back."The government has to roll back the prices, else we will only intensify our agitation," he told reporters here leading his supporters in a protest march in the Congress-ruled state.Chandrababu Naidu also courted arrest in Hyderabad along with other party leaders and supporters. Andhra Pradesh was badly hit by the strike with the plying of about 1200 Road Transport Corporation buses disrupted.There are reports of vandalism too from across the state

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President brings birthday cake for Rosaiah

Hyderabad, Jul 4 : In a special gesture, President Prathibha Devisingh Patil, who is on a two-day visit to the city, brought a special cake from Mumbai for Chief Minister K Rosaiah on his 78th birthday today.The ''Presidential cake'' was cut at the dinner hosted by the Chief Minister in honour of the President at the Chandeliered Jubilee Hall here tonight.The President also presented a Shawl and a marble encrusted wooden artefact to the Chief Minister. The President will inaugurate the 500-year anniversary celebrations of the coronation of the legendary King Sri Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar empire on July 5.
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Prez, VP, PM, Sonia greet Rosaiah on B'day

Hyderabad, Jul 4 : President Pratibha Patil, Vice-President Hameed Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, were among the prominent personalities who greeted Chief Minister K Rosaiah on his 78th birthday today.While greeting the Chief Minister, the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and UPA Chairperson said his long experience of over six decades in public life and record stint as Finance Minister of Andhra Pradesh, would help the State to march forward on all fronts. Wishing Dr Rosaiah many more years of healthy and fruitful life, they hoped that with his simple living and high thinking he will set an example to others. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, P K Bansal and AICC in-charge of AP Affairs and Law Minister Veerappa Moily greeted the Chief Minister, a press release here said. A P Legislative Council Chairman N Chakrapani, Legislative Assembly Speaker N Kirankumar Reddy, cabinet minister and party colleagues, opposition Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao and CPI General Secretary K Narayana also greeted Dr Rosaiah. Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi, accompanied by his party leaders, greeted the Chief Minister at his residence. People from various walks of life thronged the Chief Minister's residence to greet him on his birthday.Accepting the greetings, Dr Rosaiah thanked the Almighty and everyone for giving him an opportunity to serve the State. He reiterated his commitment and dedication for the development and welfare of the people of Andhra Pradesh.
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Rosaiah turns 78

Hyderabad, July 4 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Sunday celebrated his 78th birthday with family members, Congress leaders and other well-wishers.The veteran leader performed special prayers at his residence along with his family members. Priests from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam blessed the chief minister and offered prayers for his good health and long life. Congress leaders, ministers and other well-wishers made a beeline to his house to greet him. Youth Congress leaders cut a 78-kg cake on the occasion. Congress workers held various programmes like feeding the poor and blood donation camps in different parts of the state to celebrate Rosaiah's birthday. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, opposition leader N.Chandrababu Naidu, Praja Rajyam Party chief K.Chiranjeevi and leaders of other parties greeted the chief minister. Rosaiah, who has 60 years of political experience, took over as chief minister in September last year after Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy died in a helicopter crash. In a message on the occasion of his birthday, Rosaiah said he considered chief ministership as an opportunity given by god to serve people. "My life's ambition is to attain salvation by serving the people," he said. Rosaiah said the state has a bright future and hoped that all parties will cooperate with him in making the state prosperous.
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