May 26: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has done nothing to remodel storm water drains to prevent flooding of low lying areas during heavy rains this monsoon.
Kirloskar Consultants and Voyants Solutions, the two agencies that studied the storm water drain network in the core city and surrounding municipal areas, had urged the GHMC to remodel them.

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May 25: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to encourage cluster housing to liberate congested areas such as Abids, Sultan Bazaar and parts of old city for development.

May 25: What is the tiger population in the state? Nobody is sure as different agencies are coming up with different numbers.

With the DNA fingerprinting technology by collecting scat and hair samples failing to take off, officials have conducted the latest survey based on the pug mark technology.

JAIPUR: In the wake of the general feeling that the pro-poor decisions by the United Progressive Alliance government, including the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), helped the Congress to do well in the current Lok Sabha elections, the pioneers of the cause, Magsaysay award winner Aruna Roy and her associates in the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), met Rajasthan Chief Mini

May 24: The Maoist movement across the borders of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra has increased as the river Godavari dried up. The Warangal superintendent of police, Mr V.C. Sajjanar, said,

May 24: Scientists have urged people not to eat the popular vegetable alligator weed, known locally as Seema thotakura or Seema ponneganti, as it can cause serious health hazards.

May 24: The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a cyclone warning with gales off the West Bengal coast reaching speeds between 65 and 75 kmph. They added that winds will attain speeds between 45 and 55 kmph in north Orissa coasts.

May 21: With the UPA and the Congress retaining power at the Centre and the state respectively, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority hopes to complete many infrastructure projects

May 21: Representatives of resident welfare associations in the city on Thursday told the Water Board that it is high time that citizens are involved in solving problems related with water supply and pollution.