News Updates - Jan 3, 2009

OU pro Telangana rally today
Students will step up the Telangana stir on Sunday at Osmania University. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has given the students permission to hold a meeting.

BJP women wing members perform a traditional Telangana dance seeking the formation of Telangana at Necklace Road in Hyderabad on Saturday.

IT minister to decide on resignation after Jan. 5
The minister for information technology, Mr Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, and minister for higher education, Mr D. Sreedhar Babu, on Saturday made it clear that they would take a final decision on their resignation after the all party meeting being organised by UPA government on January 5 in New Delhi.

Rosaiah hints at hike in taxes, bus fares
The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, has reportedly told his Cabinet colleagues that the government may be forced to hike taxes and the APSRTC bus fare to tide over the worsening financial situation.

SSC, Inter exams on schedule
The minister for secondary education, Mr D. Manikya Vara Prasada Rao, on Saturday said the Intermediate and SSC public exams will be held as per the is original schedule. The SSC exams will begin from March 3 and Inter exams from March 23.

Shah Rukh Khan on Twitter
After Karan Johar, Priyanka Chopra and Preity Zinta, now Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has joined social networking site Twitter.