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Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has made a big fan of him feel very special, with his kind gesture on Thursday. He fulfilled the wish of a 11 year old boy, who is struggling with a rare heart disease in the Apollo Hospital, by visiting him at Apollo Hospitals, where he is undergoing treatment. Eleven-years old Konda Sharat of Narmetta mandal of Warangal district has been suffering from heart disease since his birth. He was operated upon in 2005 but never quire recovered as the problems resurfaced. His parents admitted him into Apollo Hospital for treatment. On learning about the boy’s struggle for life, representatives of Make-A-Wish foundation called on the boy in the hospital and asked about his desires. The boy told ...

Telangana tourism department, in association with the departments of IT, ITES and industries, launched ‘Happening Hyderabad’ campaign with an aim to promote Hyderabad as a truly global and cosmopolitan city.  Telangana government today launched the annual campaign that will focus on year-round events in the city. The campaign kickstarts State Govt’s calendar of yearly events and Hyderabad henceforth will host 52 events in 52 weeks all round the year. “For a city to thrive, it just cannot flourish on industry and IT or any specific industry as that matter.. we need a city that is vibrant and have something to offer (events) every week.” said IT Minister KTR. “For a city like Hyderabad to emerge and to actually become a truly international ...

Kamalnathan committee met yesterday for finalising the guidelines for the distribution of State-level employees between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in its meeting. The Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana — I.Y.R. Krishna Rao and Rajiv Sharma — respectively gave their dissent notes with regard to certain provisions in draft guidelines 18(f) and 18 (n) and other issues. Telangana officials have raised serious concerns with regard to 18(f) which said in the event of more posts than the ‘local candidátes’ in a cadre in one State, those from other States would be allotted to those posts on the basis of reverse order of seniority. Telangana officials also objected to 18(n) which said that local status would be decided by the ...

The IT Minister KT Rama Rao participated at the curtain raiser of AugustFest, the largest start-up fest with over 1,500 start-ups from across India. The fest is being organised at ISB between August 30 and 31. “Ultimately, the idea is to promote and incubate start-ups from early stage to production stage. Around 60 engineering students from 10 colleges will also get an opportunity to pitch their ideas in the fest. Almost all the top IT organisations are with us for August Fest,” the IT Minister said. Giving a few more details on the upcoming T-Hub, Mr. Rama Rao said that incubation centre will house close to 400 start-ups. “A bigger stand alone T-Hub is also being planned. We are working ...

E-commerce giant Amazon is building its biggest facility outside of its corporate headquarters in Seattle. Only two weeks ago, its Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos announced an investment of $2 billion in India. Hyderabad will get a chunk of that in form of  a 1.6-million square feet centre in Hyderabad. It may come up on 10 acres at Gachibowli and may house 12,500 employees. “We are waiting for statutory permissions. The moment we receive them we will begin work. We hope to complete the project by 2018. It will be taken up in phases,” John Schoettler, Director (Global – Real Estate and Facilities) of Amazon, who led a delegation which met Telangana IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao, is quoted to have told the daily Business ...