Vizag, Jan 22nd: Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) will hold a three-day flower show at the VUDA park in the port city here. The show would be inaugurated by state Tribal Welfare Minister P Bala Raju, VUDA vice-chairman B Sreedhar. Rare species of flowers, plants and other amazing displays from New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore apart from local seasonal ones would form part of the show. Besides, fruits and vegetables would also be on display.
Special flower decorations and replicas of Brora caves, temples such as Annavaram, Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi, Simhachalam, Buddhist places and Rythu Bazar would be the added attractions of the show. Other eye-catching features include seminars on Ikebana and urban landscaping, cultural programmes, sand sculptures and food stalls, Mr Sreedhar said. ''Apart from this, a grand pet show is being organised by the side of the venue. Special exercises by the dog squads of RPF and Visakha City Police are highlights in the show,'' he said. Union Minister D Purandeswari, MPs, MLAs and district officials would attend the inaugural function of the flower show, he added.
Special flower decorations and replicas of Brora caves, temples such as Annavaram, Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi, Simhachalam, Buddhist places and Rythu Bazar would be the added attractions of the show. Other eye-catching features include seminars on Ikebana and urban landscaping, cultural programmes, sand sculptures and food stalls, Mr Sreedhar said. ''Apart from this, a grand pet show is being organised by the side of the venue. Special exercises by the dog squads of RPF and Visakha City Police are highlights in the show,'' he said. Union Minister D Purandeswari, MPs, MLAs and district officials would attend the inaugural function of the flower show, he added.
CM asks Collectors to promote IT Posted on 23-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 22nd: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah asked District Collectors to facilitate setting up of Information Technology (IT) and IT-Enabled Services companies in all the headquarters. Holding a conference with them, the Chief Minister impressed upon them that IT/ITES units should no...
AU PG center to start new courses Posted on 25-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 24th: The Andhra University MSN Postgraduate Center in Atchampeta in Kakinada rural mandal in East Godavari will start two new PG courses in social work and psychology from the 2010-11 academic year. The center which was started more than a decade ago was catering to the needs of studen...
Reimbursement for Finance courses Posted on 25-Jan-2010
Hyderabad, Jan 25th: The Andhra Pradesh Government today announced enhancement of tuition fee reimbursement limit to students pursuing Self Finance Courses such as MBA, MCA, M.Tech, M.Pharmacy. This would cost the state exchequer Rs 167 crore every year and benefit two lakh students.Announcing the de...
Forest official in ACB net Posted on 25-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 24th: The sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a forest checking officer, while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a timber depot owner at the office of Forest department here on Sunday. The ACB DSP, Mr. Sriramachandra Rao, told reporters here that K. Venugopala Rao, native ...
Panel to review water supply Posted on 25-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 24th: The East Godavari district collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwevedi said that a special committee with the joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar as head would be constituted for studying the progress of supplying water from Yeluru reservoir to the selected farm lands for paddy crop in R...
TD blames Congress for hiked prices Posted on 27-Jan-2010
Kakinada, Jan 25th: The opposition Telugu Desam Party on Monday blamed the congress-led UPA at the Centre and the Congress Government in the state responsible for the abnormal hike in prices of all essential commodities. Led by the TDP floor leader in AP Legislative council Dadi Veerabhadrarao, TDP l...
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