Hyderabad, July 7th: Taking the hike in petrol and diesel prices as advantage the autorickshaw drivers in the city are fleecing the passengers. Depending on the distance they have been charging Rs 10 and more above the minimum stipulated rate. The drivers are refusing to ply if the passengers don’t agree to pay extra charge. Though they did not bother to reduce the fares when the government slashed petroleum and diesel prices in February 2009, the drivers are now demanding extra charges from passengers.
Many people are alleging that it is a big burden on middle class sections in particular in these days of economical slowdown. The transport department has refused to revise auto fares though some auto unions have threatened to go on strike form Wednesday. Unions are demanding Rs 17 as minimum fare and Rs 9 for 1.6 km. The state has fixed Rs 12 as minimum fare and Rs 7 for 1.6 km in June 2008. Auto Drivers Joint Action Committee representative, Mr. Khudratuallah Khan said that the auto prices should not be fixed just on the basis of the fuel prices. He said that the increase in prices of essential commodities should be taken into consideration.
Warangal, July 7th: A software engineer, Buddhe Kiran, 28 who sustained bullet injuries when unidentified assailants opened fire at him on June 2 in South African town of Johannesburg succumbed on Tuesday morning. The news of his death shocked his parents, relatives and the villagers of Arepally, t...
Rajahmundry, July 7th: Agricultural works has picked up momentum in both East and West Godavari districts, following continuous drizzle for the last few days. Farmers are busy raising paddy nurseries to take up transplantation in a few days. Paddy nurseries were raised to the tune of 65 per cent o...
Kakinada, July 7th: The East Godavari district administration is planning to start a home exclusively for the HIV positive children. This was announced by the district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi at a review meeting held at collectorate on Tuesday. Officials belonging to AIDS (Acquired Im...
Hyderabad, July 8th: The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has issued notices to 392 B.Ed colleges in the state for violating norms related to infrastructure, faculty and fixed deposit. There are a total of 610 B.Ed colleges in the state and most of them are found to be lacking in basic...
Hyderabad, July 8th: Due to scanty rainfall and decrease in the production this year, the prices of the pulses in the state has raised drastically. While a kilogram of red gram costs as much as Rs 85 in the open market, green gram is sold for Rs 62 a kg and black gram for Rs 56 a kg. Even the humbl...
Kakinada, July 8th: The East Godavari welfare department has distributed post metric scholarship and fee reimbursement to the tune of Rs 47 crore in the district pertaining to academic year of 2008-09. Of this total, Rs 18.92 crore is for scholarship and Rs 27.17 crore is for fee reimbursement. Whi...
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