CITY

HYDERABAD

THE HINDU

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015

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H Y D E R A B A D

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AROUND THE CITY

Course in yoga
Kapila Maharshi Research
for Resources (KMRR) is
conducting P.G. Diploma
courses in yoga from
Saturday, a statement said.
The topics that will be
covered in the course
include anatomy, yoga, and
Praanayama. The trust will
also offer free training to
underprivileged persons.
For details, contact
9010888809, or
contact@kapilayoga.org

HYDERABAD
TODAY
RELIGION

Sri Desika Sabha: Annual Thiruppavai festival, Keyes High School,

Secunderabad, 6.30 p.m.

GENERAL

CMR College of Engineering &

Technology: The Automobile Expo 2015, Kandlakoya, Medchal
Road, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CULTURE

Janaranjani: Annamayya Swararchana musical programme, PS Telugu University, Public Gardens, 6

p.m.
Shankar Jaikishan Musical
Foundation Hyderabad: The
Fourth Shankar Jaikishan Musical
Concert, Hari Hara Kala Bhavan, 6
p.m.
Consulate General of Islamic
Republic of Iran Hyderabad: Exhibition of Women in The Iranian
and Islamic Model, Salar Jung Museum, 3 p.m.
Haasam Club: Special programme,
Thyagaraya Gana Sabha, Chikkadpally, 6 p.m.

Festival mood pervades city

Celebrations marked by carol singing, candlelight service and midnight mass

HYDERABAD: The month-end be-

ing the last date for submission of applications under

Building Regularisation and
Layout Regularisation and
given a series of holidays this
week, the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal
Corporation
(GHMC) has extended the facility of minimum document
submission for the applicants.
In a press release issued
here, the civic body said the
applicants can in the first in-

PG programmes
at IPE

RAHUL DEVULAPALLI

STAFF REPORTER

t wasnt white Christmas,

but it sure was a chilly one.
As mercury plummeted on
Thursday, thousands of
people congregated at
churches for the midnight
mass on Christmas eve.
With churches brightly lit,
the festive mood was all set,
and continued late into the
night and through Friday in
the city.
One of the places where
the devout turned up in
huge numbers
was the St. Marys church in
Secunderabad,
which
MEGA
was awarded
OCCASION the Minor
Basilica deX-mas
cree by the
Vatican a few
years ago. The
large gathering
was
marked by carol singing,
candlelight services and
midnight mass which ushered in Christmas.
Turning up in their
Christmas finery, the late
night congregation is one
of those things which
church-goers use to spread
the message of Christmas.
We go for the late night
mass so that we are free in

For the faithful, turning up in their Christmas finery, the late night congregation is one of those things which
church-goers use to spread the message of day. PHOTO: KVS GIRI

the morning, to meet our

friends and relatives, who
gather at our place. Apart
from that, we also distribute gifts among the needy
as well, said B. Samuel,
who was attending the midnight mass at the St. Marys
church. Nancy, a resident of

East Marredpally, who was

attending the same with
her friends, said that she
would attend service again
at a different church on Friday along with her family.
My family goes to another
church, but I like the midnight mass because it is

Minimum submission of documents

for building, layout regularisation
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Hyderabadis take off for

weekend getaway

stance submit a copy of ownership document/title deed

attested by gazetted officer,
constructed building plan
(site plan, location plan, detailed plan, floor plan, section
pan, elevation plan) drawn
and signed by licensed technical person, a photograph
showing the elevation and
one photograph showing the
roof slab for building regularisation.
Under Layout Regularisation, the documents that can
be submitted initially include

a copy of ownership document/title deed duly attested

by a gazetted officer, site location plan and detailed layout
plan showing the plot applied
for regularization drawn and
signed by licensed technical
person and signed by
applicant.
After submission of these
along with initial payment,
the applicants are being given
the facility of uploading the
remaining documents subsequently. The submission of
Encumbrance
Certificate,

Market Value Certificate and

Indemnity Bond is not mandatory while submitting the
applications under BR/LR,
the release said.
The GHMC has so far has
received 26,628 applications
under Building Regularisation and 11,843 applications
under Layout Regularisation
and the processing of applications will be taken up only after the disposal of pending
PIL No.316/2015 and as per the
orders of the High Court, the
press release added.

lively and beautiful, she

added. And for others like
Lisa Thomas Samuel, a private company employee,
the idea of helping others
was her way of celebrating
Christmas. Lisa, along with
donations from others, provided a Christmas break-

fast for nearly 340 needy

people. On Thursday night,
gatherings at other churches, including the Baptist
Church at Narayanguda,
the St. Andrews Church in
Marredpally and the St.
Gregarious Church, were
also impressive.

since this is the New Year season, all the 30 rooms were
HYDERABAD: Waiting for an op- booked long back, said Ravi
portunity to escape the hus- Kumar, Assistant Manager,
tle-bustle of the city and the Marketing, AP Tourism Dework pressure inside the of- velopment Corporation.
Suryalanka and Dindi are
fice confines were a number
of Hyderabadis who made the the two destinations in Andmost of the long weekend. As hra Pradesh which are popMilad-un-Nabi and Christ- ular with people from Hydemas was celebrated on Thurs- rabad. All our rooms in Dindi
day and Friday respectively, a too are booked till January
four-day holiday gave ample first week next year, he said.
The very thought of spendopportunity for adventure
lovers, travellers and wildlife ing a night with bonfire on an
enthusiasts to head for geta- island after taking an exciting
ways. Some made do with the boat journey is enough for
resorts dotting the outskirts one to rush to Paapikondalu.
of the city in the areas of Sha- Even this tourist spot is witmirpet, Medchal, Shamsha- nessing huge visitor rush.
We have been telling callbad and Ghandipet.
I was surprised to find that ers that we cannot accommosome of the resorts, which are date any more visitors for the
not well-known, were fully next two days, informed K.
occupied, said G. Vijay Rao, a Sai, central booking agent opbusinessman from Begumpet, erator for Paapikondalu touwho planned a get-together rism packages. We have 25
along with his friends over boats transporting people for
day and overnight tours and
the weekend.
Those with swimming they are overbooked. One
pools and cricket ground night and two night packages
are being preferred more by
were the most sought-after.
Who would not mind a few the tourists since it is a long
hours of drive to enjoy spend- weekend.
The demand has also led to
ing time in the lap of nature
amidst pristine environment? private hotels and resorts hikAbout six hours drive from ing their tariffs.
At Nagarjunasagar and VikHyderabad is popular beach
named Suryalanka which is a arabad, which are close to the
hit with IT employees from city, rates have been increased
by 50 per cent to 100 per cent.
the city.
Usually, rooms are reserved much in advance. But

MUSIC DANCE DRAMA

BHARATHA BHARATHI MUSIC

TRUST, HYDERABAD
PRESENTS TRINITY
SANGEETA UTSAV:

WHISTLE WIZARD Komaravolu Sivaprasad 's Unique

WHISTLE Music Program on
Trinity Of Music ( compositions of Saint Tyagaraja,
Deekshitar and Syama Sastry) on Friday,1st January,2016 at 6.p.m.
at
Ravindra Bharathi. Hyderabad. All are invited. For more
details ,contact Ph. 98491
75351.

Back to work

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD: The Institute of
Public Enterprise (IPE) has
invited applications for its
post graduate diploma courses for 2016-2018 batch. The aspiring candidates must register in Common Admission
Test, Management Aptitude
Test, Xaviers Aptitude Test,
Common Management Aptitude test, Agriculture Technology Management Agency
Test and Graduate Management Admission Test and simultaneously apply for IPE
PGDM courses. The last date
for submission of applications is Dec. 31. Candidates
without the prescribed scores
in the above tests can contact
IPE on toll free number 1800
30004473 or 9391932129 or
visit
www.ipeindia.org.
Meanwhile, the institute is
conducting a national competition for students of business
schools and undergraduate
courses to pitch their ideas on
business start ups on Feb. 12.
The last date for registration
in the competition, called
Startupedia, is January 17.

Hyderabad Metro Rail began works on constructing pillars on a war footing in

front of Telangana Legislative Assembly building after a long gap in Hyderabad
on Friday. The project was stopped after the government objected to the passing
of Metro Rail in front of the Assembly building. - PHOTO: MOHAMMED YOUSUF

BJP leaders hit back at MIM

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD: The city unit of the

BJP on Friday evening swore

to save the twin cities from
communal elements with
senior leaders, including
Union Ministers Dharmendra
Pradhan (Petroleum) and
Bandaru Dattatreya (Labour),
giving a clarion call to party
cadres to leave nothing to
chance in the upcoming elections to the GHMC polls.
In an obvious tit-for-tat to
the slogan of shahar hamara
Mayor hamara raised by Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen
(MIM) president Asaduddin
Owaisi, the BJP coined its
counter: Majlis hatao, Hyde-

rabad ko bachao. People, they

said, were sick and tired of
the actions of the Telangana
Rashtra Samithi and its obvious friendship with the MIM.
In unison, several speakers

denounced the arrogance

displayed by the ruling partys
leaders. They also recalled
that the first seeds of development were sown during the
time of TDP president and AP
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, during the National
Democratic Alliance coalition in which the TDP was an
active participant.
Mr. Pradhan explained to
the party cadres at the extended general body how Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was
striving to put India firmly on
the path to development and
also achieving more than
what his predecessors did, by
way of foreign relations. He
said notwithstanding the Op-

positions criticism, Mr. Modi

had succeeded in thawing relations between India and Pakistan with a diplomatic masterstroke. Mr. Modi had first
wished Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on his birthday today and followed it up
by landing in Lahore and
greeting him in person too.
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