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Andhra Pradesh High Court directs 2 Telugu actors to return Padma Shri
The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed to Telugu actors Mohan Babu and Brahmanandam Kanneganti to surrender Padam Shri to the President of India, as they allegedly misused it. The HC gave its decision on the petition filed by the BJP senior ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Telugu film industry suffered 300 crores losses in 2013
Year 2013 proved ominous for Telugu film industry as among 170-odd films released till December 7, 2013, only 12 to 14 films were either blockbusters, hits and average grossers, while more than 140-odd films were disasters and left more than ..
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Bill for creation of Telangana gets assent of Union Cabinet
The Union Cabinet has approved for the creation of Telangana with 10 districts and sketched the draft for carving out the India’s 29th state from the current Andhra Pradesh. The Cabinet chaired by PM Manmohan Singh gave its nod to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Cyclone Lehar moving towards Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is on high alert as very severe cyclone Lehar is gusting towards it. Currently, it is centered 650 km east-southeast on Machilipatttam in the State where it is likely to hit. It would be the second storm to hit Andhra in ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Article 371(D) of the Constitution needs to be amended for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh: Law Ministry
The Union Law Ministry informed the Group of Ministers (GoM) that the Article 371 (D) of the Constitution of India needed to be amended for facilitating bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. The Article 371D of Constitution of India grants Special provisions ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
HRD Ministry gives nod to set up IIT, IIM, 3 central varsities in Seemandhra
The HRD ministry has given its nod to establish an IIT, an IIM and 3 central universities among other institutes for the region. The decision would be placed before the GoM for consideration. The ministry has also cleared an IISER ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Mars nerve centre moves to ISTRAC
After putting the India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the nerve centre of the ongoing Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has been shifted to the Bangalore-based tracking centre,ISTRAC (ISRO ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
President order to set up separate development board for Hyderabad-Karnataka Region
President of India Pranab Mukherjee issued “State of Karnataka (Special Responsibility of Governor for Karnataka-Hyderabad Region) Order, 2013”, allowing the Karnataka Governor to set up a separate development board for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region under Article 371 J of the Constitution. The region ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs