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Ram Charan shoots Orange in Hyderabad

musiclover — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:20:52 +0000

Director Bhaskar of Bommarillu fame is now busy shooting his next Telugu project Orange, which stars actor Ram Charan Teja, Genelia D’Souza, and Shazahn Padamsee. The unit is now shooting in Hyderabad after completing the schedules in Malaysia, Australia, and Mumbai. The shooting in captial city started on 11th August. They will be shooting here More >

MIT Sloan collaborating with ISB Hyderabad

musiclover — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:47:27 +0000

To expand its global footprint without compromising its core values, MIT Sloan is heading up for a new collaboration with Business schools in India, by entering into a partnership with Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Although MIT’s Sloan School of Management was instrumental in starting Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta fifty years back, but never More >

‘Velayudham’ starts in Hyderabad

musiclover — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:19:38 +0000

Vijay’s latest film ‘Velayudham’ directed by ‘Jayam’ Raja started rolling yesterday. The film is currently progressing in and around locations in Hyderabad. A special set was erected at the world famous Golconda fort and the shoot started in that. ‘Jayam’ Raja is filming the climax fight. Earlier Vijay’s 2004 film ‘Thirumali’ was also shot in More >

GPL to convert Hyderabad SEZ to residential one

musiclover — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:15:08 +0000

Godrej Group’s realty arm Godrej Properties (GPL) plans to convert its Hyderabad IT SEZ project into a residential one. GPL had bought over 34 acres of land in Hyderabad in 2006 to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) keeping in view the boom in the IT sector then. “SEZs are no more lucrative following the slowdown in the IT sector and due to some government regulations. We are looking at converting our Hyderabad SEZ project into a residential one, most likely catering to the mid-market segment. We will not focus on SEZs as of now,” Godrej chairman Adi Godrej said.

Hyderabad Metro to be ready in 5 years

musiclover — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:43:04 +0000

The foundation stone for the prestigious Hyderabad Metro Rail Project will be laid in January 2011.

Union Minister for Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy said in Hyderabad on Wednesday that for the Rs 12,312 crore (Rs 123.12 billion) infrastructure project, the central government will give Rs 1,458 crore (Rs 14.58 billion) towards viability gap funding (VGF).

Reddy said that the project will be completed in five years and become operational to solve the traffic problems in Hyderabad city.

US consulate in Hyderabad silent on rape case

musiclover — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:14:41 +0000

The USA consulate in Hyderabad is tight-lipped on the incident in which a 30-year-old US national was allegedly raped by an unidentified person at her residence. The victim has been working with Clinton Foundation as a nutritionist. When contacted the USA consulate said they are aware of the incident and cannot comment.

“We are aware of the report. We cannot comment or provide any further details at this point of time,” a consulate official said in a message sent to PTI.

Hyderabad added in AirAsia’s destination list

musiclover — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:27:20 +0000

AirAsia, the low-cost airline company of Malaysia has said that it is going to start new flights for Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh. The flights will be connecting Kuala Lumpur to this place and the service will start from July 20.

This makes eight different destinations in India that are now in the list of AirAsia, which started its operations in December 2008.

Talking to media, Jasmine Lee Sze Inn, head (Commercial), AirAsia said that the promotional fare for this flight is going to be Rs 3,453 and will be available only for limited seats. These would be given to those who book their tickets in between July 5 and 8 and are going to travel in between July 20 and August 31. As of now, the fare for flights to Kuala Lumpur will be Rs. 4,000.

Hyderabad to host eINDIA 2010 in August

musiclover — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:27:17 +0000

The Andhra Pradesh capital will host eINDIA 2010, India’s biggest event on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), from Aug 4 with Sri Lanka as the partner country.

The three-day international conference and exhibition will be held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). Hyderabad is hosting the event for the second time in a row.

Two blast accused brought to Hyderabad

musiclover — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:37:26 +0000

Two activists of a Hindu terror group accused in the October 2007 blast in the Ajmer Sharif dargah were Thursday brought here by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the Mecca Masjid bombing in May the same year. Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma, both members of Hindu terror group Abhinav Bharat, were More >

A knockout musical night in Hyderabad

musiclover — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:50:09 +0000

It was a musical night yet again in the city when Shruti Haasan and her new band performed at a popular pub in the city.

Hyderabad’s hip and happening caught up with the performance which kept them on their toes. People were thrilled as they screamed and sang along with the actor-singer and were left asking for more. And lending Shruti off-stage support were her friends from Tollywood; Lakshmi Manchu and Manoj and rumoured boyfriend Siddharth.