A R Rahman to perform in HyderabadOctober 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - A.R. Rahman Foundation will hold a concert in Hyderabad on October 24 and the proceeds from the concert will go towards the recent flood victims as a relief fund.
Chopper with YSR's body flies to HyderabadSeptember 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter took off for Hyderabad from Kurnool Thursday with the body of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others killed in a chopper crash a day earlier.
Jordan to lodge protest with Israel over border firesAugust 2nd, 2009 AMMAN - Jordan would lodge a protest with Israel over fires that started in Israel last month and spread across the border, damaging a number of citrus farms in the Jordan Valley, the official Petra news agency reported Saturday. "Jordan will lodge a protest with the Israeli Foreign Ministry tomorrow," Petra quoted an official source as saying.
Tata Nano makes showroom debut in HyderabadJuly 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Tata Motors on Tuesday rolled out the first commercial consignment of Nano, regarded as the World's cheapest car to be showcased at Hyderabad on Tuesday. "The first consignment has come to Hyderabad.
Iranians in south India cast their votesJune 12th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Iranians settled in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mysore cities Friday cast their votes in the presidential elections at the Iranian consulate here. About 5,000 Iranians living in these three south Indian cities were eligible to vote at the Iranian consulate in Banjara Hills.
YSR leaves for pilgrimage to IsraelMay 27th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who took charge as Andhra Pradesh chief minister for the second consecutive term last week, Wednesday left for a pilgrimage to Israel along with his family members.
Three students run over by bus in AndhraApril 11th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Three women students were killed and five others injured Saturday when they were run over by a speeding bus near the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Police said the accident occurred near Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
Unique collection of Nizam's photographs in HyderabadMarch 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mohammed Safiullah, an enthusiastic collector of the rare Nizam photographs in Andhra Pradesh's Hyderabad, is the proud owner of the photographs of the seven Nizams who ruled the state for two centuries till Indian independence in 1947. If 42-year-old historian Safiullah is to be believed, Mir Mohammad Ali Khan was the first Indian ruler to be photographed.
US consulate in Hyderabad starts workMarch 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Five months after it was inaugurated, the US consulate here has started visa services, fulfilling a long-pending demand of visa seekers from Andhra Pradesh and boosting Hyderabad's image as an international business destination. The consulate started partial functioning Wednesday, taking over 20 percent of the work being handled by the US consulate in Chennai.
Israel expels Venezuelan diplomatsJanuary 27th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel has expelled all diplomatic staff from the Venezuelan embassy in response to a similar action by the South American state earlier this month, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The expulsion order was issued Tuesday, and the Venezuelan diplomats have to leave the Jewish state by Friday, the report quoted foreign ministry spokesman Yossi Levy as saying.
Anti-Israel protest targets British arms' companyJanuary 18th, 2009 LONDON - Anti-Israel protesters Monday staged a demonstration here outside an armament company that supplies military hardware to Israeli security forces, IRNA reported. The Lichfield-based company, a subsidiary of Israel's Elbit systems, supplies Wankel engines that are used in Hermes 450 surveillance aircraft (drone), the report said.
Israel hit by rockets from Lebanon: reportJanuary 13th, 2009 JERUSALEM - An air raid siren sounded Wednesday morning in northern Israel, indicating that rockets might have landed in the area, news service Ynet reported. Residents of the Upper Galilee region and in the city of Kiryat Shmona said that they heard blasts and saw smoke in the nearby area.
Protesters in Tehran burn pictures of Obama, MubarakJanuary 13th, 2009 TEHRAN - Islamist students in Tehran Tuesday staged a protest in front of the Swiss embassy, shouting slogans in solidarity with Palestine and burning pictures of US president-elect Barack Obama and Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak. According to the ISNA news agency, the students hoisted the Palestinian flag in front of the Swiss embassy which acts as a intermediary of the US with Iran, as Washington and Tehran have had no diplomatic ties for three decades.
Israeli tennis player faces protests over Gaza attacksJanuary 7th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer was subject to a small but noisy protest over her country's invasion of Gaza when she played a quarter-final match at the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland Thursday. About 20 protestors waving anti-Israel placards yelled slogans outside the stadium's main entrance opposed by a lone Israeli demonstrator with a sign saying, 'Hamas murders hope.'
Security was tight and the demonstrators moved on before the start of Peer's match, which she lost to number one seed Elena Dementieva of Russia in 63 minutes.
Suicide attack on anti-Israel protest in Iraq kills twoDecember 27th, 2008 BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up Sunday in the middle of an anti-Israel demonstration in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killing two people, the police said. At least 13 people were injured in the attack, they said.
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