Talking to the media today, Temple Endowment department minister Ramachandrayya said that the structures constructed in the temple lands which are smaller than 70,80 sq.yards in space would be regulated by the government soon. He has visited the Appanna Temple at Simhachalam on Thursday where he spoke to the reporters saying that with the lands of the Simhachalam temple being under the jurisdiction of the court, there is indefinite delay in enforcing the said developments immediately.

Recently the High Court has given a judgment in favor of the Gurukul trust which has made the government think in the direction of regulation of the lands and the properties of the temple. He also said that the same issue would be raised in the Assembly on 8th and that he would see to it that the process would start as early as possible. He also said that this would be their primary agenda in the next party meeting.

Talking about his darshan in the temple, he said it was a great blessing to him that he could be at the puja, where he had performed special pujas to Appanna swamy with utmost devotion along with his family members.

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An engineer from Vishakapatnam of Andhra Pradesh, who was abducted in Assam a couple of days ago, was set free by Bodo extremists in Assam. Mr Paidiraju, who was working at Power Grid Corporation allegedly went missing last Saturday after which the police plunged into action and searched for the missing engineer. Later, it was learned that this person was abducted by the rebels in that region.

The family members reportedly ran from pillar to post urging the officials for ensuring the safe release of Paidiraju. They all apparently heaved a sigh of relied. Paidiraju was released last night. He is reportedly yet to reach Vishakapatnam. He is most likely to speak to the media and narrate what all happened once he reaches his home.

Andhra Wishesh would provide more details of the same. So, stay tuned to our site.

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The steep increase in diesel price has left fishermen red-faced with a call by the Association of Indian Fisheries Industry (AIFI) to mechanized boat operators in the country to terminate their voyage and return to the shore immediately. It seems, there are 600 mechanized boats operating in the Visakhapatnam city.

Mechanized boats returned to the Fishing Harbour in protest against hike in the price of diesel in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Moreover, AIFI president Y.G.K. Murti with burning with anger on Saturday, rushed to Kolkata to hold meeting with the fishermen leaders in West Bengal and Odisha. He added that the exorbitant hike in diesel price will paralyze the industry at a time when we are trying to limp back to normalcy. He also said that they would finalize their strategy for all India protest after submitting representations to Minister for Union Agriculture Sharad Pawar and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily.

The diesel price hike would have cascading effect on fishing activity resulting in a big chaos.

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Andhra University had been threshold of scholars, but in the lime light for wrong reasons. The distance education department professor had proposed a barter deal of a different sort to an aspiring girl student. The 56-year-old professor  made an illegitimate proposal to the student that the degree will be issued to her without hassles, if she cooperates to his advances. She agreed and the affair was going on since sometime, but the student did not get her part of the deal inspite of her compiling with the professor's demands. She connived with a TV channel after realisin g that she has been cheated, and the sting operation revealed the whole methodology of Jagarapu Rama Naidu Proff of Economics.

To all those who had been awaiting to see world class apartments and houses with sophisticated amenities in port city Visakhapatnam, this piece would certainly bring smiles on faces.

Real estate major, Lansum Estates is apparently all set to construct sky touching apartment complex in Vishakapatnam shortly. This new apartments would be constructed at the posh Seethammadhara colony. So far, people especially in Andhra Pradesh used to look at structures like Burj Dubai and presumably discussed as to when such structures would be constructed in our country especially in Andhra. With the proposed giant project in Vizag, there would be no scope for such questions and discussions. Thanks to Lansum Estates for the new initiative.

Sitting on topmost floor and sipping tea while watching the panoramic view would be something unexplainable. To turn this dream into a reality, you need to knock the doors of Lansum Estates right away!

It has to be mentioned here that Lansum Estates is one of the most prestigious real estate companies in the state. In order to apparently make Vizag stand on par with cities such as Delhi and Hyderabad, Lansum Estates reportedly took up the initiative to build tall structures in India's most loveable city-Visakhapatnam.

With all these developments, one can easily say that Vishakapatnam would stand amongst India's top five cities in near future.  

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Port city Visakhapatnam is all set to become a hub of films. After noted producer Ramanaidu, its the turn of megastar and Congress MP Chiranjeevi to set up a studio in Visakhapatnam. This piece of news has been viral on Internet for quite some time just as a rumour and a buzz. But then, it happens to be true as the same was confirmed by sports and infrastructure minister Ghanta Srinivasa Rao.

The minister has even said as to why this sudden shift from Hyderabad to Vizag. He said since protesters were continuously attacking shootings in Hyderabad, film industry was looking for a new place. Vizag, fortunately provides great background for films, he added. Now that Chiru is also setting up new mega studio there, the observers felt that Vizag might soon become care of address for Telugu film industry.

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Four hundred students from East, West, North, North-East and South are meeting here to get exposed to diverse cultural backgrounds. The NSS mega summer camp being conducted at Andhra University for students from 29 States, gives them great scope to get acquainted with various lifestyles, languages and learn from each other. AU is hosting the camp for the first time. The students are excited about the entire programme with majority of them attending for the first time.

Arpita Bose from West Bengal claims that it's an opportunity to meet people at one stop with diverse cultural backgrounds. A place to learn new aspects and to explore South Indian cuisine, said Alok Mohanty from Odisha. "We get to meet many people, understand their lifestyle, learn how to accommodate with each other and improve our skill set. Adjustment is the keyword here and is rewarding too," explained Arunima Susan Oommen from Kerala. While many were enthusiastic about their stay, some were annoyed with water scarcity, humid climate, power failures and schedules not getting concluded on time. "There is no proper water supply here and I haven''t taken my bath for the day," cribbed Pranab Kumar Nath from Assam.

Naveen Sundi from Jharkhand finds it tough to follow English sessions as he belongs to Hindi medium but is positive about the constraint. "Without struggle there is no success," he added. Apart from yoga, meditation and physical exercise classes, the mega camp rolls out a list of sessions in developing interpersonal skill, communication skill, employable skill and entrepreneurship skill, time, stress and disaster management and cultural programmes. The programme also conducts a five-day educational excursion to Araku Valley, Borra caves, Rushikonda Beach, Submarine Museum, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and other places.

A professor of Department of Psychology of AU M.V.R. Raju conducted first aid and civil defence sessions for the day. The camp provides a good exposure to the youth in enhancing their skills that contributes to their overall personality development, said P. Ramachandra Rao, NSS Programme Coordinator of AU. The camp concludes on June 17.

Green Visakha, the mega project aimed at curbing pollution in Vizag will be launched by Chief Minister Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on March 25 at the airport. The project aims at planting 40 lakh saplings in the coming five years with a target of eight lakh saplin-gs each year; Vuda leads the project with its technical and supervisory support.

The Pollution Control Board and the district administration are coordinating the project with the support of public sector undertakings and industries in the city. On Monday, Vuda vice-chairman Mr Kona Sasidhar along with Coromandel vice-president Mr G.S.N. Reddy, inspected the area of plantation at the airport, where the CM is going to launch the project by planting saplings.

Since the airport area is identified as a sensitive location of pollution, it was decided to develop greenery here, said Mr Sasidhar. A total of 5,000 saplings will be planted on the day, marking the launch of the Green Visakha project by the Chief Minister, he said.

An area of 12 acres at the airport has been identified for plantation and Corom-andel has been assigned the responsibility of developing a green shield with support from Vuda. Mr Sasidhar directed DFO of Vuda B.V.A. Krishnam-urthy, to make arrangements for the plantation.

The Deputy General Manager of Coromandel KV Ramana Murthy, VUDA and Coromandel officials attended.

A team of businessmen and experts from Sri Lanka is expected to visit the city on April 6 to explore opportunities in and around Visakhapatnam. This promise was given to a team from the city, which recently returned after their visit during March 2-7 to Sri Lanka to explore business opportunities and exchange programmes. The Sri Lankan team comprising 30 members is expected to spend sometime in Hyderabad and Chennai before landing here.

They will have interaction with various organisations, visit some industries and attend power point presentation by the officials. “The response during our visit was quite encouraging and we want to strengthen our ties by exploring business of mutual interest,” Vizagpatam Chamber of Commerce and Industry honorary secretary M.V. Narayana Rao told The Hindu on Sunday. He said delegates deputed by the Chamber of Commerce had specialists in solar power, logistics, education, electrical, contracts, shipping, and advertising.

The team from Visakhapatnam met the members of Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Colombo. A meeting was arranged for the visiting team to give a presentation on opportunities in trade and commerce of the island country. Bankers, government officials, and educationalists were also invited to the meeting. The team discussed various opportunities available in different sectors and resolved to take initiatives to explore opportunities in education, electrical, and contracts. The team also invited entrepreneurs and experts from Sri Lanka to have a first-hand opportunity on the investment scenario in Visakhapatnam.

They immediately accepted the invitation. Mr. Narayana Rao said the idea of their visit to Sri Lanka was to improve the relationship through various business opportunities.

The bandh observed on Tuesday, as part of the nationwide general strike call given by the Left parties and various trade unions, was near-total and peaceful in the city. Barring stray incidents of damage of windscreens of RTC buses, no violence was reported from any part of the city.

Most of the schools declared a holiday but students of schools and colleges, which didn't declare the holiday, had a tough time in reaching their schools in the absence of autorickshaws and RTC buses also stopped by the bandh enforcers at some places.

The school children also had a tough time returning home as the school management declared a holiday at the eleventh hour.

Corporate colleges, which had internal examinations, closed for the day after holding the examination and the students had to trek home in the absence of autos.

Many of the shops downed their shutters voluntarily, while the others were forced to close by the bandh enforcers.

Railway passengers who arrived by various trains had to walk up to Dondaparthy junction, a kilometre away from the Railway Station, carrying their luggage and look for autos in the bylanes.