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  1. Yeddy revolts, once again

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    / March 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Here’s a politician truly in love with his former job. B S Yeddyurappa along with some 50-odd MLAs has raised the banner of revolt against Sadananda Gowda and set a 48-hour deadline for the BJP to change the CM of Karnataka. The MLAs were reportedly taken to a resort on...

  3. Hyderabad has the most affordable housing

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    / February 1, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Often when a few householders, usually men, meet the discussion veers to the price of housing in their city. Whether the prices will go up or down ? What impact any external event, be it a Global financial crisis or the local Telangana agitation will have on the housing market ? Mortgage...

  4. Desperately seeking FM

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    / January 22, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By G Mohan At every available forum, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is crying hoarse that the fiscal situation is ‘challenging’. Ahead of the budget, he is making it clear that most of the targets set during last year’s budget, be it GDP or inflation or fiscal deficit would not be...

  5. At the wheel, Kiran spends a fortune

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    / July 14, 2011 / 4 Comments
     By Andhra Watch   It is a case of the car moving in reverse even as the driver thinks he is driving in top gear. Kiran Kumar Reddy has pampered himself with some brand new toys even as people wonder if there is a government in place in Andhra Pradesh....

  6. Elections on a shoestring

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    / July 9, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By S V L Narayan   Nowadays most college and university elections are controlled by political parties. Enormous amount of money is spent in ‘buying’ votes and on producing campaign material. Violence is a common occurrence. There is no place for an average, middle-class student with aspirations of leadership to...

  7. The crisis in handloom

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    / April 16, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy   In Andhra Pradesh, handloom weavers are facing problems. Most are leaving their profession, shutting down their looms and work. However, they do not find alternate, suitable employment, and are in a difficult situation. Many of the families are debts ranging from Rs.10,000 to Rs.1,50,000. This crisis...

  8. All play and no work makes AP legislators 140 % richer

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    / March 29, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Andhra WatchIf you thought all play and no work would have resulted in our honourable legislators in Andhra Pradesh with zeroes in their report cards, you got it right. Several zeroes have indeed been added to their salaries ! This presumably is to reward them for holding placards, rushing...

  9. Why I made `Dongala Mutha’

    Posted by Ram Gopal Varma
    / March 16, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Ram Gopal Varma   My primary intention of doing the Telugu film `Dongala Mutha’ in just five days was to first learn for myself how it is actually practically possible to use present day technology with a crew of just 8 people including me and then through that, to...

  10. Hyderabad’s MMTS, nobody’s child

    Posted by Vijay Krishnamurthy
    / February 20, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Vijay Krishnamurthy   The Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) decided to go in for Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) as part of Mass Rapid Transportation System (MRTS) – one of the recommendations of the Hyderabad Area Transportation Study (HATS) in 1984, to ease the Traffic congestion and also to...

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