Andhra Pradesh unveils new medical oxygen policy
Staff Reporter
Aim is to increase capacity from 360 MTs to 700 MTs by setting up 50 PSA plants
Food
The real and much-loved heat around ‘pandu mirapakaya’
Prabalika M. Borah The many ways the Telugus’ favourite ‘pandu mirapakaya’ can be made to extend its short stay
Vijayawada
The Jawa-Yezdi bikers of Vijayawada
P Sujatha Varma For these bikers, their motorcycles are much more than mere vintage beauties
Food
Ironhill in Vijayawada completes one year
Sidharth Yadav As Ironhill completes a year in Vijayawada, the pen-tailed treeshrew’s unmistakable presence on the logo, walls and banners is all the more hard to miss
Santo Mohan Veeranki: ‘Comedy is our forte’
Sangeetha Devi DundooHow design engineer Santo Mohan Veeranki turned to filmmaking and helmed the Raj Tarun starrer Telugu project ‘Stand Up Rahul’
Vinod Anantoju’s cinematic journey from Guntur to Hyderabad
Sangeetha Devi DundooDirector Vinod Anantoju of ‘Middle Class Melodies’ on why he wanted to narrate stories inspired by everyday life
‘Mahanati’ gives this budding Telugu film-maker a big break
V. RaghavendraQuality of short films made by Vishnu Kumar caught the attention of industry bigwigs
Movies
Ram Gopal Varma announces web series on Mumbai mafia
Sumit Bhattacharjee It will be loosely based on the life of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim
Movies
‘Palasa 1978’ doesn’t advocate violence, says actor Rakshit Atluri
Y Sunita Chowdhary The Vijayawada-born actor sports four looks in the film, as his character moves from an 18-year-old to a man touching 60
Theatre
Keeping Burra Katha alive in the wave of impersonal storytelling art forms
Tejaswi Marthi Banned in British India and by the Nizam of Hyderabad for its sting, it has few takers today
Vijayawada
Vijayawada entrepreneur Tarun Kakani nominated as member of Khelo India initiative
Special Correspondent Tarun Kakani, CEO of Vijayawada-based Amaravati Boating Club, has been nominated as a member of “Talent Identification Zonal Committee” for South Zone (Rowing) of the Khelo India Identification Programme, by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). Khelo India is an initiative of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.The south zone covers the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. Mr. Tarun’s role would entail identification of grass-root talent by using appropriate methods and
Telangana
Former Ranji player held for duping corporates in the name of KTR
Abhinay Deshpande Former Ranji Trophy player of the Andhra Pradesh cricket team was arrested on Saturday for allegedly cheating corporate companies by impersonating as the personal secretary of IT and Industries Minister K.T. Rama Rao.Budumuru Nagaraju (25) from Andhra Pradesh’s Yavvaripet village in Srikakulam district, was apprehended by the sleuths of Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North Zone), after he reportedly extorted ₹ 39.22 lakh from nine corporates in the State capital.Impersonating the IT
Sport
Watch | Snake entry delays Vidarbha vs Andhra Ranji game
PTI The official Twitter handle of BCCI Domestic posted a video in which the snake can be seen gliding on the field while seven to eight groundsmen trying to ensure that it slithers away.
History & Culture
Vijayawada museum makes for an interactive space
P Sujatha Varma Can museums be fun? In Vijayawada, the Bapu Museum is redesigned into an interactive and participatory space
Society
Watch: This collector has rented a house for his antique radios
The Hindu Net Desk The 42-year- old Abuthahir M.A. has collected the radios from Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. “Earlier I used to ask the older people about the history of these radios. Now the information is easily available from the internet.” His most expensive acquisition is a Gerard’s Philips Radio (1956 model). “It weighs 70 kg and was for sale at a house in Namakkal in 1999. Just as I reached there, I found another man carrying it away in an auto! I was sad but my search