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Navy helicopter crashes near Vizag, 2 personnel missing

A naval helicopter, with four personnel on board, crashed off the Vishakhapatnam harbour on Tuesday. Two crew members were immediately rescued while two others were missing and a search was......

Vizag steel plant blast toll rises to 15

The death toll in Wednesday's explosion at a steel plant here rose to 15 on Saturday with three more employees succumbing to burn injuries. Assistant General Manager at the plant L Srinivas......

Probe ordered in Vizag Steel Plant blast

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday ordered an inquiry under the Factories Act into the blast that killed 11 people in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy......

Massive explosion at Vizag steel plant kills 16

At least 16 people were killed and 11 others were injured when a massive explosion rocked the Visakhapatanam Steel Plant on Wednesday night. The police said that a massive fire broke out in the......

Two test positive for swine flu in Vizag

Two persons, including a pregnant woman, were tested positive for swine flu in the city, a senior health official said on Sunday. District Nodal Officer (Swine Flu) LBSH Devi told PTI that so far......

Another IT hub emerges in Andhra

Madhurawada, located along the north-east of Vizag or Visakhapatnam, along National Highway-5, is an upcoming residential area, thanks to the major developments driven by the Information Technology......

RINL plans to raise capacity to 20 mtpa by 2022-23

State-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam plans to increase capacity at its Vizag plant to 20 million tonnes per annum by 2022-23, making it the largest plant at a single location."RINL has chalked out its......

RINL plans Rs 1,000-cr jetty near its Vizag plant

Steel-maker Rashtriya Ispat Nigam plans to set up a Rs 1,000-crore (Rs 10-billion) jetty for captive use along the Vizag coast to reduce cost and reliance on the nearby Gangavaram Port."RINL has......

HPCL in talks with BP, Total to revive Vizag plan

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd is in talks with BP and Total of France to revive the stalled $10 billion refinery-cum- petrochemicals project at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh."Total has renewed......

New nuke power equipment shop at Vizag

In a major boost to the state's industrialisation efforts, the US-based Brighton Group has proposed to set up a Rs 2,880 crore ($ 600 million) nuclear power equipment manufacturing facility near......

Photo: Riteish-Genelia prefer cricket to honeymoon!

After their grand wedding in Mumbai, Riteish Deshmukh and his bride Genelia skippedthe honeymoon and flew to Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, instead, to be a part of the Celebrity Cricket League tournament......

Review: Okkadine isn't appealing

Telugu film Okkadine has action, romance, twists and turns in the plot and even an item number. Yet, it fails to sustain interest due to its predictable story, says Radhika Rajamani.Director......

Review: Life Is Beautiful is a slice of life film

Radhika Rajamani says Life Is Beautiful is a film with roller-coaster ride of emotions and somegood performances.Sekhar Kammula's films are simple tales with strong characterisation, drawn from his......

Review: SMS is fun to watch

Radhika Rajamani feels SMS has all the ingredients to make it work at the box office.SMS (Shiva Manasulo Shruthi), yet another love story on celluloid, comes packed with energy and zest and a......

Meet the villian of Ajith's Billa 2

Every bit of information about the Ajith-starrer Billa 2, a sequel to his highly successful Billa, is making news.After selecting former Miss World runner-up Parvathi Omanakkuttan for the lead......

Vizag T20: Rain plays spoilsport in Yuvraj's comeback game

The much-hyped comeback of Yuvraj Singh turned into an anti-climax in the end as the first T20 International between India and New Zealandin Visakhapatnam on Saturday was abandoned due to heavy......

Curator promises a T20 run-feast in Vizag

Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his arrival on big stage at this particular venue with a magnificent 148 against Pakistan backin a One-Day Internationalin 2005 and the pitch again promises to be a......

Heavy rain hampers T20 practice in Vizag

Heavy overnight rain in Visakhapatnam hampered the practice sessions of the India and New Zealand teams ahead of their first Twenty20 International on Saturday. Both teams were scheduled to......

Umpiring mistake kicks up on-field drama in Vizag

Controversy erupted in the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indiansin Visakhapatnam on Monday with the latter team's captain Harbhajan Singh having a heated and prolonged arguement with......

2nd ODI: Yadav records his best bowling figures

Statistical highlights of the second One-dayer between India and the West Indies, in Vizag, on Friday. # Umesh Yadav (3-38) has recorded his best bowling performance in ODIs, eclipsing the 2 for 32......

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Q. What are Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities?Name a few of them in India?
Anuj: A. more

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Q. where to find a Pink buffalo to keep as a Pet???
Gaurav: A. Tier 2 cities like Coiambatore, Trivandrum, Cochin, Vizag, Mangalore, Pune the next largest so to speak and those that are now of interest to the...... more

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Q. anyone from vizag??Is it raining there???
Common Sense: A. Vizag.A buffalo became pink due to exposer to industril wast. more

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HPCL plans to restart work at Vizag refinery by the end of June

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is planning to restart a 60,000 barrels-per-day crude unit at its Visakhapatnam (Vizag) refinery by the end... ...

http://www.indian-commodity.com/corporate/hpcl-plans-to-restart-work-at-vizag-refinery-by-the-end-of-june.aspx

Hint of steel plant in state

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) is exploring possibilities to set up a steel processing unit in the state. The chairman and managing director of... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130522/jsp/bihar/story_16922098.jsp

Canara Bazar at Vizag

Canara Bazar, an exhibition-cum-sale of products manufactured by women entrepreneurs opened at Visakhapatnam on Monday. RK Dubey, chairman and... ...

http://www.sify.com/finance/canara-bazar-at-vizag-news-default-nfwdcHgjcgj.html

Employees protest against Vizag Port modernization plan

The Hindu reported that United Port and Dock Employees Union on Saturday May 18th staged a dharna in front of administrative building of... ...

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Employees_protest_against_Vizag_Port_modernization_plan/312713.html

Indian iron ore mining mess - TDP Telangana forum takes Bayyaram row to Governor

Express News Service reported that The Telangana Telugu Desam Forum on Friday demanded immediate cancellation of orders allotting iron ore mines in... ...

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Indian_iron_ore_mining_mess_TDP_Telangana_forum_takes_Bayyaram_row_to_Governor/312631.html