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Khadi garments being sold in Visakhapatnam. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
A comfortable fashion statement
Khadi in the past was preferred by most of the politicians and elderly lot. Now it's a fashion statement for a good number of youngsters too, particularly college-goers. It's ethnic and yet dignifi...
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Sri Lankan repatriates in Araku left to fend for themselves
The Sri Lankan repatriates of Indian origin rehabilitated in the coffee plantations in the Araku Valley and Chintapalle agency areas are nobody's children. They are living like second class citize...
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Heat wave-like conditions prevail in city
People forced to work outdoors like marketing executives, daily wage earners and vendors had a tough time as heat-wave like conditions prevailed in the city on Thursday.
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Childless couples' quest ends here
Sishu Greh is the orphanage where they can get a child in the 0-6 age group through legal adoption
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SSC exam: district puts up a better show
Students of various schools in the city secured top grades in the SSC examination, the results of which were released on Thursday.
The district achieved 87.04 per cent passes, six per cen...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 24, 2012
Launch of NH expansion work may take time
Beginning of the work on six-laning of the National Highway Five between Anandapuram and Anakapalle via Visakhapatnam and NAD Kotta Road may take up to another five to six months.The tender...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 24, 2012
First police canteen to come up in city
Police personnel in Andhra Pradesh can soon avail themselves of subsidised canteen facilities on the lines of their counterparts in the Defence, according to Director-General of Police V. Dinesh R...
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ANAKAPALLE,
May 23, 2012
Law will take its course: Kondru
Minister for Medical Education Kondru Muralimohan has said that the law will take its own course and it is natural that some Ministers, who were in the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cabinet, are pained du...
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PEDA RAMABHADRAPURAM (VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT),
May 23, 2012
Naidu confident of TDP victory in Payakaraopeta
The entry of a film actor had ruined the Telugu Desam Party's chances of retaining the Payakaraopeta Assembly seat, which was the bastion of the Telugu Desam Party, former Chief Minister and TDP pr...
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May 22, 2012
Reporter's diary -Towards settling a score
Former contestant in Payakaraopeta Assembly constituency Ambati Vijaya Rao resigned from the Congress party and joined YSR Congress party resenting the candidature of Gantela Sumana. It was expect...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 22, 2012
Techie sues husband, in-laws for Rs. 4 crore
A software engineer filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court here on Monday against her husband and his parents and sought compensation of Rs. 4 cror...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 22, 2012
GVMC moots cut in flyover length
To avoid further delay in the completion of the Asilmetta flyover, GVMC is mooting reducing its length by a span. The contractor concerned had earlier stated that he would complete it by...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 21, 2012
BRTS: officials directed to invoke LA Act
Expressing unhappiness over the sluggish progress of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and the Asilmetta flyover, Municipal Commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu has asked officials to send proposals to un-...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 21, 2012
‘The Great Robbery' enthrals all
‘The Great Robbery', a skit with its theme based on child labour, performed by 26 students of an orphanage —Manchikalalu — at the Port Kalavani auditorium here on Sunday enthralled the audience.»
ELURU,
May 20, 2012
Caste divide widens in Kolleru villages
Fishermen are engaged in a race for farmlands outside the plus-five contour of the Kolleru Lake after the Operation Kolleru undertaken by the government six years ago. In the process, peopl...
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Drought relief eludes farmers in upland areas
Monitor civic amenities, SHG federations told
By-poll: voter slips to be distributed soon
Schools continue to fleece parents
Poor response to Maoist bandh
GVMC asks owners to clean up vacant sites
Brazil offers housing technology
Unwelcome parking shrinks road
VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 24, 2012
BMS decries hike in petrol price
The Andhra Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh has strongly opposed the steepest-ever hike in petrol price and announced its plans to stage protest demonstrations across the State.“The...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 24, 2012
‘Police geared up for bypolls'
Director-General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy has said there is no truth in the reported comments of YSR Congress Party President Jaganmohan Reddy that the government was hatching a conspiracy to arr...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 23, 2012
5 building plans okayed during‘Meet-the-VC' programme
Five building plan approvals and a layout approval were issued at the ‘Meet- the-VC,' an initiative taken by the VUDA Vice-Chairman Kona Sasidhar, on Tuesday. With the planning wing officials ready...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 23, 2012
A nightmarish stretch for motorists
If drainage slabs do not cover drains fully, it turns out to be both a traffic and health hazard. The drainage slab that forms part of the road at Saibaba Temple Street in Ward 12 of Santipuram has...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 22, 2012
Rich tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi
State minister for Ports and Infrastructure Ganta Sreenivasa Rao spoke on the manifold contribution of the former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi on the observance of his death anniversary here o...
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VISAKHAPTANAM,
May 22, 2012
Ward-wise contract for lights' maintenance
In an effort to improve maintenance of streetlights in the corporation limits, ward-wise tenders will be called. The earlier system of awarding three, four wards to a contractor had led to s...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 21, 2012
GVMC to elicit views on Sivaji Park development
The GVMC will organise a meeting to elicit views and take suggestions from all concerned on the design and development of Sivaji Park.Those operating various entertainment and amusement uni...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 21, 2012
Subject study crucial: lensman
Frames Photo Academy organised an exhibition and a talk by freelance photographer K. Bhaskar Rao on the academy premises here on Sunday. Reflecting on his rich and varied experience spanning more...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 20, 2012
GITAM students develop new concrete mixture
Using rice husk ash as an economical and eco-friendly technology, a couple of GITAM University's civil engineering students have developed a new concrete mixture which is less expensive, reduces em...
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NAKKAPALLI (VISAKHAPATNAM DT.),
May 20, 2012
All work and no pay!
Scores of workers, mostly women, were seen braving the sweltering summer heat as they dug up the ‘Ganugu Cheruvu' at Upmaka mandal in the district on Saturday morning.
The sun was out in...
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RINL approves 10 p.c. shares to staff
City students do well in IIT JEE
Girijan recounts his ‘tale of horror'
UGD work to take one more year
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