Sex Trade In The Guise of Parlors December 30, 2013 16:30
Beauty parlors and massage centers are becoming centers for sex rackets at Visakhapatnam. The activities the boards outside show are entirely different from what is going on inside. New Look Massage Center at Ushodaya Center Visakhapatnam is one of those centers engaged in the unlawful trafficking Task Force unearthed. And many such centers were raided at Visakapatnam as task force reveals. There are separate massage points for men and women as the advertisements promise. But in reality they are joint messages. The youth are allured with massages for a charge of Rs.2000 to 6000 depending on the person performs it! If the girl is beautiful and educated and talkative talking in English and Hindi the rate will be higher! The locals of the areas expressed their astonishment for the secret activities going on in their locality. They were thinking that the girls were going to the beauty centers for enhancing their beauty but surprised to know that they were going to increase their income source. The girls migrating to the city for better opportunities, house wives looking for an extra buck are lured to enter the sex trade by the management of the massage centers at Visakhapatnam. The news broke about beauty parlors is making the women and their family members afraid of going to the parlors. Even a woman unknowingly goes to a parlor may get caught along with others and we all know how the police behave in those circumstances. The cries and protests of the innocents will also be unheard by the police in that situation. They all will be treated at par. They all spend in the jail and pay penalties equally. This is what is making the women scared of beauty parlors in Visakhapatnam. -SriJa
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Donkey's Milk @ Rs.2000 per liter December 28, 2013 10:02
Donkey's Milk believed to have medicinal value is sold at a rate of Rs.2000/- per liter where as buffalo's milk is available for Rs.40 to 50 per liter. 20 families with milking donkeys hailing from Mancherial in Adilabad district have gone to Visakhapatnam district to sell donkey’s milk. A donkey milk vendor at Shivajipalem in Visakhapatnam is selling at Rs.200 per cup (25 ml) and people who believe that it works as a therapy for the respiratory problems are buying it. Some believe that donkey’s milk is good for the new born babies as their respiratory system needs to be strengthened. Infants usually get respiratory, liver related health problems. Many believe that donkey’s milk cures and also prevents those health disorders. Doctors also confirm that the donkey’s milk is relatively poor in protein but rich in lactose. It is also believed that the donkey’s milk makes skin smooth and glowing. That way, it will not be a surprise if the milk finds its way to the people of beauty conscious genre too. -SriJa
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Political Leaders Attended Marriage of Ganta's Daughter December 26, 2013 09:32
Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao's daughter's marriage performed at Viaskhapatnam was attended by the high profiled political leaders and film personalities. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and TDP President Chandrababu Naidu and many other prominent political leaders from Congress party and Telugu Desam Party blessed the newlywed couple. The venue of the wedding was totally crowded by the well-wishers of Ganta Srinivasa Rao. -SriJa
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Minimum Temparature in Vizag District December 14, 2013 13:09
Visakhapatnam district recorded the lowest minimum temperature in the state. Lambasingi and Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam agency area recorded minimum temperatures in the small hours of Saturday. Lambasingi recorded 4 degrees and Chintapalli recorded 7 degrees Celsius. It is reported by the Agricultural Research Center at Chintapalli. Because of the heavy ice fall and fog the residents in Manyam area are shivering in the cold. -SriJa
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The Great Poet Gurajada Appa Rao's Birth Anniversary November 30, 2013 11:51
150th birth anniversary of the great poet and social reformer Gurajada Appa Rao is celebrated at Visakhapatnam today in a grand way. The statue of Gurajada Apparao at RTC Complex was garlanded by MLC Sharma where many people gathered paid tributes to Gurajada. Sharma said on the occasion that the promise of the Government to construct a national cultural center named after Gurajada has not been fulfilled. He also said that the residence of Gurajada Apparao at Vizianagaram should be protected by the State Government. Among many works of Gurajada, the stage play “Kanyasulkam” attracted many and still remembered. His messages to the society as a fiction in which good characterization and language with regional tinge to it made his works very popular and effective. -SriJa
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Tussle Between Police and Lawyers November 27, 2013 15:18
Tension prevailed at Maddilapalem Visakhapatnam today when lawyers were stopped by the police when they were going to Maddilapalem in a rally to unveil the newly installed Telugu Thalli statue at Maddilapalem Center. There was physical struggle between the police and lawyers. The lawyers later formed a human chain at Maddilapalem to protest against the behavior of the police. The area was tense for some time. They shouted slogans supporting united Andhra Pradesh. -SriJa
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ODI between India and West Indies on 24th November 21, 2013 14:44
Cricket Match is going to take place at Visakhapatnam on 24th between India and West Indies. The tickets for the match are being sold at 20 Meeseva (e seva) centers in Hyderabad. Cricket lovers are queuing up at the centers vending the tickets. A total of 12000 tickets are kept for sale. Police security is arranged at the centers where sale of tickets for the match are being sold. So far two IPL and four ODI matches are played at Andhra Cricket Association- Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Cricket Stadium with a capacity of 36000 viewers situated at Potulamallyyapalem situated in suburbs of Visakhapatnam which was inaugurated in 2003. This will be another one day international match at the stadium that will be played between India and West Indies. So far India won all the ODIs played at this stadium. The stadium is the most preferred one for BCCI to conduct ODI and other matches as it is a batsman’s paradise. -SriJa
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Bandh Call in Andhra Odisha Border November 20, 2013 10:44
Maoists gave bandh call for today at Sileru and Andhra Odisha Border in Visakhapatnam district. Maoists want to pay tributes on Wednesday to the martyrs in the revolutionary activities called for bandh in the bordering villages of Andhra and Odisha. Police forces are deployed at the bordering areas to avoid violence that may erupt on the occasion. They are taking all the precautions to handle the situation if Maoists get into violent activities. By seeing all this, the residents at tribal villages are shaking with fear of wrath of Maoists and also possibility of getting caught in the cross fire between Maoists and police. -SriJa
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Awareness Program on SC ST Subplan November 19, 2013 17:48
A Rally headed by Dalit Shree Shakti Convener Jhansi Geddam with 100 Dalit woman leaders on a mission to bring awareness on the Government's SC ST Subplan started Rath Yatra on Monday starting from the Ambedkar Statue at LIC Building. The Yatra will be done for 10 days covering 2400 villages in 47 mandals in the Districts of Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Rangareddy and Hyderabad. The main aim of the Yatra is to bring total awareness on the act and to help Dalit women to improve the quality of their life. Former Mayor D.V.Subba Rao who flagged off the mission said that mere passing an Act will not serve that purpose if it is not in the awareness of the beneficiaries. The mission took off after the statue of B.R.Ambedkar was garlanded. -SriJa
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Chiranjeevi Attends Marriage At Vizag November 14, 2013 11:52
Union Minister Chiranjeevi attended a marriage function at Visakhapatnam. Congress leader Kasi Viswanath married his son in Narsimhanagar Visakhapatnam. Chiranjeevi attended marriage and blessed the couple. The word passed in the city that Chiranjeevi was going to attend the marriage. It made Chiranjeevi’s fans to gather in large number to get a closer look at their favorite Mega Star. -SriJa
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Bar Association Demands High Court Bench at Vizag November 06, 2013 13:55
A letter was sent to the GoM by the Visakhapatnam Bar Association who demanded establishment of High Court at Visakhpatnam whether bifurcation happens or not. The contention of the Bar Association is that the Seemandhra lawyers practicing in the High Court are facing problems at Hyderabad due to the hostility of Telangana lawyers. It is also mentioned in their letter to GoM signed by the President of the Visakhapatnam Bar Association Badrinath that the demand for a High Court Bench is as old as 1955 as Hyderabad is far away for the East Godavari and Coastal Andhra. GoM was requested to recommend it to the Government and competent authority on establishing High Court Bench preferably at Visakhapatnam if the bifurcation is inevitable. They also mentioned in the letter that the High Court Bench can be established at Vijayawada or Guntur and Tirupati. -SriJa
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Kiran Kumar remembers Indira Gandhi at Vizag October 31, 2013 11:36
The Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy who is on tour in Coastal Andhra garlanded the statue of Indira Gandhi at Visakhapatnam in the morning on the occasion of her 29th death anniversary. He said on the occasion that the only one wanted the State of AP to be kept united was Indira Gandhi after the movements in 1969 and 1972. He also said that he only followed her thinking and words supporting united State. Kiran Kumar also said that Indira Gandhi worked for the Country till her last drop of blood and the credit of merging Hyderabad in the State of Andhra Pradesh goes to Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. -SriJa
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