Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, May 06: A child born with his heart outside his body in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district died at a hospital here Thursday, less than 24 hours after birth.

The baby boy whose heart was atop his chest died a few hours after he was shifted to Care Hospital here for corrective surgery.

Doctors said the child born with Ectopia Cordis, a condition where the heart develops outside the body. A team of doctors was preparing for the corrective surgery when he succumbed to his rare condition.

Hyderabad, May 05: The fifth World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10) will be held here from May 24 to June 4.

The objective of holding the WTDC-10 in Hyderabad International Convention Centre(HICC) was to identify priorities for the development of telecommunications and information and communication technologies (ICTs), taking into account contributions made by Member States and Sector Members, according to a press release here.

Visakhapatnam, May 04: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah inaugurated the Brandix India Apparel City and urged the company to provide the jobs they promised to the people.

Promoted by Sri Lankan textile major Brandix, the Apparel City is at Achyutapuram, 50 kms from here. It is spread over 1000 acres in a Special Economic Zone and is expected to attract an investment of Rs 4,500 crore in the next few years.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister told the company management to provide employment in the textile units to locals whose lands were acquired for the Apparel City.

Chennai, May 03: The Andhra Pradesh Government could not take any unilateral decision on the Telangana issue, Chief Minister K Rosaiah said today.

In a brief chat with reporters at the airport here on his arrival from Nellore en route to Visakhapatnam, he said the Centre had constituted a committee.

”The committee is seized of the issue and it will submit its report to the Central Government,” he said.

Hyderabad, May 02: In August, 2009, when 27-year-old V Manisha, collapsed at work due to giddiness, her employer was prompt to hospitalize her, but soon after regaining consciousness, she had to report to work.

Banglore, May 02: Union Minister for Human Resources Development, Kapil Sibal, said four bills related to education would be tabled in the parliament on Monday.

He was speaking after opening the new campus of National Assessment and Accreditation Council on Saturday.

The four bills are: Foreign Education Providers Bill; Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill; Educational Tribunals Bill; National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for Higher Educational Institutions Bill.

Hyderabad, May 02: Tainted Director of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) YV Rao is at it again. The man, who had been sent on a long leave after students virtually necked him out for his alleged corrupt practices, was back in office.

Sources in NIT told Express that to the surprise of everyone on the campus, including senior faculty members, YV Rao walked into the Director’s chamber and occupied the chair around 12 noon on Saturday, a holiday.

Hyderabad, May 02: Almost 15 years after the death of NT Rama Rao, “Telugu Vijayam’’ at Gandipet in the city will again see yellow fever.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politburo, which met here today, decided to convene its three-day annual conclave, the Mahanadu, at the Telugu Vijayam to send out message that the party was abiding by the ideals of the late NTR. This is also in line with party chief Chandrababu Naidu’s recently initiated process of firming up family ties.

Hyderabad, May 02: A doctor is made available to a prisoner lodged in a sub-jail once every 15 days. In case the prisoner is sick and wants medical attention, he has no option but to wait for 15 days.

Hyderabad, May 01: In the wake of the Supreme Court direction, the state government has decided to constitute a statelevel anti-ragging monitoring cell.

Hyderabad, May 01: The South Central Railway will provide a one-minute halt for the Secunderabad-Manamd-Sec’bad Express at Bolarum from May 1.Train No. 7064 Secunderabad- Manmad Express will leave Secunderabad at 18:10 hours and arrive/depart Bolarum at 18:33/18:34 hours and arrive/depart Medchal at 18:44/18:45 hours.

The 7063 Manmad-Secunderabad Express will arrive/depart Medchal at 07:30/07:31 hours, Bolarum at 08:09/08:10 hours and arrive Secunderabad at 09:10 hours.

Andhra Pradesh, May 01: As The mercury rises, most dogs tend to lose their appetite.

Finding a menu that tantalises their taste buds becomes quite a challenge.
Time to put aside the dry nibbles and soup and rice. Instead, here are a few recipes, especially created for your pooch, sure to put the wag back in his tail.

Hyderabad, April 30: Justice Tamada Gopalakrishna of the AP High Court on Thursday quashed a complaint against Chamundeshwarinath, a former functionary of the Andhra Cricket Association. The petitioner questioned the lodging of a criminal complaint against him charging him of forgery and manipulating the bylaws of the Andhra Cricket Association.

Hyderabad, April 30: In view of the acute shortage of power faced by industries, the State Government was keen on seeing a couple of nuclear plants coming up, Chief Minister K Rosaiah said here today, and added that he was sure the response from the Department of Atomic Energy would be positive.

Elaborating, he said the Atomic Minerals Directorate had prospected for uranium in the Kadapa Basin and there were indications of a 160-km-long uranium mineralisation belt.

Hyderabad, April 30: The State Government has decided to suspend four types of laparoscopic procedures from the Arogyasri scheme since they were much vulnerable for malpractices.

This decision was taken at a meeting of the Arogyasri Trust Board Meeting.

Chief Minister K Rosaiah, who happens to be the chairman of the Board, chaired the meeting here today.

Hyderabad, April 30: The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) today appealed to Congress and the TDP not to contest the ensuing bypolls in Telangana region to pave way for re-election of those who resigned for the Telangana cause.

The MLAs had quit for the sake of Telangana.

If a contest is forced, it amounts to dividing the people of Telangana. So we appeal to the parties not to contest the bypolls, JAC chairman Kodandaram told reporters.

Machlipatnam, April 30: A group of students from DMS SVH College of Engineering, Machilipatnam designed a foolproof electronic voting machine with provision for biometric and photo identity system to prevent bogus voting.

The new machine will also help transmitting the data immediately to the State and Central Election Commissions through GSM transmission system.

Demonstrating its functioning here today, the students said that they had thought of designing the new electronic voting machine, which is useful for public in place of the existing electronic voting machines.

Tirupati, April 30: Tollywood hero and PRP leader Pawan Kalyan today trekked to Tirumala from Alipiri and had a darshan of Lord Venkateswara.

He was accompanied by local PRP leaders and film producer Ganesh.

His fans were disappointed as he left without meeting them after darshan.

–Agencies

Hyderabad, April 30: The number of complaints against the reality dance show, Aata, refuses to cease as another petitioner turned up at the Human Rights Commission office today and for a change he was not affiliated to any social organisation.

Sriram Reddy, a choreographer who has worked in Aata 4 filed a petition against the producer cum director of `Aata’ and `Challenge’, Omkar and his brother and executive producer, Ashwyn.

London, April 28: Suntanned women and girls who are like ‘walking mannequins’ will be arrested in Iran, Tehran’s police chief has warned.

The warning comes close on the heels of a hardline Iranian cleric claiming that immodestly dressed women disturbed young men and caused earthquakes.

‘The public expects us to act firmly and swiftly if we see any social misbehaviour by women, and men, who defy our Islamic values. In some areas of north Tehran we can see many suntanned women and young girls who look like walking mannequins.

Hyderabad, April 27: Claiming that the Election Commission of India had miserably failed in curbing money power in elections, the Lok Satta Party today suggested that direct election of heads of Government at the State and local levels and a switch over to proportional representation for election of all MLAs and MPs would help prevent misuse of money power.

Hyderabad, April 26: CPI state secretary K Narayana has demanded that the central government honour Telugu revolutionary writer Sri Sri by conferring `Maha Kavi’ title on him and releasing a commemorative postage stamp before April 30, the poet’s birth anniversary and concluding day of the birth centenary celebrations.

Hyderabad, April 26: Police raided a function hall on the outskirts of the city where a birthday bash was organised by a businessman late last night and arrested 10 bar dancers from Mumbai who were indulging in obscene dances. To top it, the birthday boy suffered fractures as he jumped over the compound wall in a bid to escape from the police.

The businessman from Koti, Ajay Agarwal, who entered into the 40s, threw a party at Raghavendra Function Hall at Shamshabad. He hired bar dancers from Mumbai through some DJs to entertain the guests.

Hyderabad, April 26: Nano materials may soon play a key role in medical science to cure some of the deadly diseases, speakers at a symposium here today said.

Speaking at the inaugural of a twoday symposium on `Trends in Molecules and Cellular Applications of Nano-Sciences’, held at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in collaboration with Deakin University of Australia.

The event had the participation by various research professors from Deakin University, CCMB, India Institute of Chemical Technology as well as other scientists.

Eluru, April 26: Five members of a family were killed and four others injured in a ghastly mishap on the bypass road near Duggirala village this morning.

The accident occurred when the cement-laden lorry in which they were travelling overturned after ramming into a divider. Belonging to Kothapalli village of Sankhavaram mandal in East Godavari district, the deceased have been identified as P Chinna Appa Rao, P Gogulamma, P Jyothi, P Chinnari and P Rajesh.