May 20: The state has opened its investments score with Rs 750 crore in the new innings of Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy

May 19: Two persons who came from the US were admitted on Tuesday to the AP Chest Hospital for suspected swine flu symptoms. One of them is a two-year-old boy.
The baby landed at Shamshabad airport with his parents on May 16. The parents admitted the boy to the Chest Hospital after he developed swine flu symptoms.

May 19: The Water Board (HMWS&SB) swung into action on Tuesday following a Deccan Chronicle report about E. coli contamination in potable water in Marredpally and surrounding areas in the city.
The officials collected water samples and told residents in the affected areas to report immediately to the Water Board if they found contaminated water.

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JUST two days after returning to power, Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has started releasing funds to infrastructure companies implementing big-ticket irrigation projects in the state, valued at over Rs 1.2 trillion.

Hyderabad: The 23-year-old student, who was the first person to suffer from swine flu in India, is stable and recovering at the Government General and Chest Hospital at Erragadda. The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi, found evidence of the H1N1 strain in throat secretions and blood samples of the student of Indiana University, Bloomington.

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NEW DELHI: Two more persons have been quarantined

May 18: There was a five fold increase in the number of chicken pox cases reported in 2008 compared to the previous year. And this year, over 60 cases have been reported by the second week of May.

May 18: The Chief Minister, Dr Rajasekhar Reddy, on Monday said the severity of the Bholakpur incident could have been reduced if officials had acted promptly.
Peeved at the indifference of the officials, Dr Reddy asked them to get back to work.

May 18: Auction of sand reaches held on Monday has fetched unprecedented revenue to the government coffers. A sand reach which used to go for Rs 10 lakh in the past was auctioned for Rs 2 crore because of competition among the bidders.
Thanks to the lucrative opportunity to transport to Chennai without any hassles, though it is illegal.

May 18: E. coli contamination of drinking water has spread to new areas in the city because of the laxity of the Water Board and the GHMC.
Samples from Marredpally, Addagutta and Azad Chandrasekhar Nagar have shown sufficiently large presence of E. coli bacteria, indicating mixing of human excreta with piped drinking water.