Cloudy and rainy days in Hyderabad City

From three days, the Hyderabad city along with Tamilnadu and southern parts of Andhra is facing the calamity due to rain. In city from three days we have a cloudy atmosphere with continuous dew drops of rain causing an immense inconvenience to the people. It is estimated that even on Sunday we have a rain as per the weather reports. And also said that for two more days the fog and cloudy days can be seen that reduce the temperature during the day time.

It is found that we had a rain of 7 millimeters on Saturday and the temperature got reduced to Max of 25 degree centigrade and Min of 20 degree centigrade as informed by the weather reports.

Coconut Chutney

Coconut Chutney or Nariyal Chutney is a South Indian delicacy that goes will with idli and dosa. The chief ingredients are coconut and curd which are good for health providing fibre and digestion rich enzymes. Coconut chutney keeps good for a few days when refridgerated.

Ingredients

½ cup coconut, dessicated

½ cup curd

2 tblsp chana dal

1 tblsp urad dal

1 tblsp rai

1 tblsp oil

1 green chilli

Salt to taste

Roast chana dal till light pink and grind it with coconut, curd and green chilli. Add water to obtain consistancy of your choice. Heat oil in a pan and add rai. When it starts to splutter, add urad dal to make tadka. Add this tadka to the coconut chutney along with salt to provide extra taste. Refridgerate the chutney till further use.



Tip: If the chutney solidifies on cooling, add water or even better, curd water, to obtain the consistancy of your choice.

New AC buses in City

In couple of days, 4 new AC buses will be ran between the areas Dilsukhnagar to Patancheru. Already 2 AC buses are running as a trail between Secunderabad to Hitec city, and the response to these Buses is encouraging to introduce 4 more buses between DilsukhNagar and Patancheru. The minimum fare for these buses is of Rs.10. Few of the Bus drivers are given a special training on How to drive these AC buses that are heavily crowded in the routes of Patancheru - Dilsukhnagar.

APSRTC is expecting good response to these buses based on the crowd that travel in these routes, which will be launched in a couple days.

Things about our bank account–must know

I got this as fwd mail from my friend, thought of sharing it………………..

SALARY accounts usually offer zero balance, free demand drafts, free international debit cards and a lot more and these are not applicable on regular savings accounts. But when you leave (the company) you leave its perks behind. A lot of people don't know this and this results in some unpleasant surprises.

One such troubled salary account holder, Geeta Rao, reveals, "I had a salary account in a leading private bank. When I left the company, I stopped using the account but did not close it either. Two whole years later, when I deposited a cheque in that account, a hefty fine was deducted for not maintaining the Rs 5,000 minimum balance. So my cheque amount of Rs 6,500 was reduced to a mere Rs 500. Apparently, my salary account had been converted into a savings without my knowledge."

So if you have a salary account, then this is what you should look out for:

- The fine print
I personally don't know anyone who reads the fine print on application forms. Yet, this small and common negligence is a big mistake. The account opening form (for salary account) of ICICI Bank clearly states that if no salary gets credited into your account for six months, the bank will convert your account into a savings account. The bank is not obliged to inform you about this.

HDFC Bank also maintains that since the agreement of salary account is between the employer and the bank they needn't inform the employee.

Not all banks have this approach. Says Sanjay Silas, VP – retail banking, UTI Bank, "The bank informs the client and the corporate in case the payroll special scheme is discontinued due to non credit of salaries."

- The charges
The biggest repercussion of your salary account getting converted to a regular savings account is the maintenance of minimum balance. If you fail to do so, the bank will levy charges.

Here is a look at some of the charges:

Charges Amount (approximate)

Non maintenance of minimum balance Rs 500 to Rs 750 per quarter

Debit card fees Rs 99 per annum

Cash transactions at branch if minimum balance is not maintained Rs 60 per transaction after first 9 months

Non IVR calls to customer care if minimum balance is not maintained Rs 50 per call

Cheque books if minimum balance is not maintained Rs 5 per cheque leaf



A warning: a low balance account that is continuously hit with charges may run to a negative. That's what happened to Geeta. When she deposited the cheque, the negative balance ate into her cheque amount.

Why does the flow of ink increased when pens are about to run out of ink?

When the pen is full of ink, there is very little space for air inside the pen, so while writing the ink gradually oozes out through the cut in the nib. This leads to a very weak vacuum inside the pen. So the outside air tries to enter the pen and holds the ink from flowing out freely. This ensures a smooth flow of ink.

As the ink runs out and when there are only a few drops of ink the air column inside the pen is no longer isolated from outside the air. Hence the outside air can enter the pen freely and there is no difference in air pressure. Thus the force acting on the ink will be only the gravitational pull and so the ink begins to drain out.

Humour in English Language

• Principal to student…" I saw u yesterday rotating near girls hostel pulling cigerette… ? "
• Class teacher once said : " pick up the paper and fall in the dustbin!!!"
• Once Hindi teacher said…."i'm going out of the world to America.."
• "..DON'T TRY TO TALK IN FRONT OF MY BACK.."
• Dont..laugh at the back benches…otherwise teeth and all will be fallen down…..
• It was very hot in the afternoon when the teacher entered. She tried to switch the fan on, but there was some problem. and then she said " why is fan not oning" (ing form of on)
• Teacher in a furious mood… write down ur name and father of ur name!!
• "shhh… quiet… the principal is revolving around college"
• My manager started like this "Hi, I am Pinky, Married with two kids"
• "I'll illustrate what i have in my mind" said the professor and erased the board
• "will u hang that calender or else i'll HANG MYSELF"
• LIBRARIAN SCOLDS - "IF U WILL TALK AGAIN , I WILL KNEEL DOWN OUTSIDE"
• Chemistry HOD comes and tells us…. "My aim is to study my son and marry my daughter"
• Tomorrow call ur parents especially mother and father
• "why are you looking at the monkeys outside when i am in the class?!"
• Lab assistant said this when my friend wrote wrong code.. "I understand. You understand. Computer how understand?? "
• Seing the principal passing by, the teacher told the noisy class.. "Keep quiet, the principal has passed away"

Route map to International Airport

Nandi Film awards at LB Stadium

On Novemeber 16th 2008, at LalBahadoor Stadium, the ceremony of Nandi Film awards will be presented to the Film personalities in the evening from 5:30 pm onwards. All the neccessary arrangements were taken by the Government along with Cultural Tourism Departments and Film Industry.

Travel on Outer Ring road

Travel on the new Outer Ring Road is very exciting to the riders on the way between Gachibowli and Shamshabad. With the opening of the 4 Lane Outer Ring Road on Friday evening, the vehicle owners have started their ride on this road and feel very Happy for the journey between Gachibowli and Shamshabad which took just half an hour to travel. The vehicle owners expressed their joy by the speed they travelled and the time taken to travel between Gachibowli and Shamshabad. Though there are some ambiguity with the sign boards on the junctions at Nanakram Guda and Khajaguda, rest of the things made them feel much Happy especially by the Cab drivers.

Outer ring road from Gachibowli to Shamshabad

The first phase of Outer ring road from Gachibowli to Shamshabad will be opened on the Friday Nov 14,2008. The opening of the Outer Ring road between Gachibowli and Shamshabad will enhance the glory of the Hyderabad city.This first phase of outer Ring road will facilitate the people at areas like Jubilee Hills, Madhapur and Gachibowli to connect with the International Airport located at Shamshabad. In this phase, the road consists of a four lane connectivity to the international Airport. The present phase of Outer ring road will be opened by the Honourable Chief Minister Y.S.Rajshekar Reddy on Friday which connects through the areas Gachibowli, Kishan Guda, Nanakram Guda, RakthaMaisamma Temple, Naarsing, Police Academy, HimayathSagar,and KothvalGuda.In this occassion, the officials also announced that there are some restrictions on this Outer Ring Road as of now.
The restriction details are given below.

1) The Heavy vehicles and Medium Range Transport Vehicles like Lorries, Trippers, Concrete Mixers, Tractots, Milk Vans, Water Tankers, Eicher Vehicles and DCM Vans are Not allowed to move on this first phase of Outer Ring Road as it contains only Four Lane Road at present.
2)The Speed Limit should of 60 Kmph on Straight Roads and at Turnings it should not exceed 40 KMph.
3)No one should OVERTAKE any other vehicle moving on the same road, as every road leads to same route.
4)Parking or Halts on the outer Ring Road is Strictly restricted.

SANKALPA YATRA BY BJP

In connection with the public meeting and “Sankalpa Yatra” by BJP Party on 13th November 2008 at Parade Grounds, Secunderabad. The following Traffic diversions and regulations has been imposed in Twin Cities by Police Commissioner between 1300 hrs and 2300 hrs.

• Traffic coming from Balanagar ‘X’ Roads to Hyderabad must take the Balanagar to Sanath Nagar route to go to Ameerpet and Punjagutta.
• Vehicles approaching from Hyderabad from Medchal have to go via Bowenpally – Balanagar – Fathenagar and S.R. Nagar.
• Traffic coming from Greenlands to Tarnaka has to go via Rasoolpura and the Minister Road. Vehicles coming from Tarnaka and Secunderabad, bound for Punjagutta, have to take the route via Alugadda Bavi, Chilkalguda, Musheerabad X Roads, Kavadiguda and Tank Bund.
• Vehicles coming from the R.P.Road, intending to go to Rajiv Rahadari (Karimnagar) have to take a diversion through Patny and to towards their destination via Sangeet, St. John’s Rotary, Shenoy Nursing Home, AOC and Bollarum.
• Vehicles bound for Bowenpally from Karbala Maidan should take diversion and approach Ranigunj via Minister Road, Rasoolpura, Green Lands, Fathenagar and Balanagar.
• RTC buses coming from Begumpet towards Secunderabad Railway station will be diverted at CTO Junction and Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation buses coming from Secunderabad Railway Station towards Begumpet will be diverted at Clock Tower.
• Buses coming from Medchal and Bowenpally towards Secunderabad will be diverted at CTO Junction and those coming from Hyderabad towards Rajiv Rahadari, Karimnagar or Medchal will be diverted at Patny.

Old pics of Hyderabad -4

A fascinating glimpse of Hyderabad, India - famous for its embroideries, enamels and lacquers.

How to Calculate Sensex

Day by day now, the sensex is going down.
Please see below to know how this sensex is calculated.

Sensex is an indicator value of BSE(Bombay Stock Exchange). This value indicates whether the stocks value of major of the companies trading in BSE has gone up or down.

Sensex is calculated by taking into account of the free capitalization of the 30 companies trading in BSE. This 30 companies selection can vary from time to time, depending on the capitalization, trade history of the company etc.

The amount required to buy all the shares of the company (Multiply the share cost with the total number of shares) is called the Market Capitalization of the company.The company shares can be hold by founder, govt, controller, directorer, etc. Some companies allow the shares to be hold by public. These shares are called free float shares and the market in which free float shares are traded is called open market. Free float capitalization (Multiply the share cost with the total number of the free float shares)of the company is the amount to buy all the free float shares of the company.

The free float shares of the 30 companies will be taken and added together. This added value will be compared with the sensex base and the sensex value will be calculated. If this sensex value is high, most of the company's share cost has gone high or else gone low.

For example if the sensex value for free float capitalization(For 30 companies) 30000000 is 5000, then the sensex value for free float capitalization(For 30 companies)40000000 is calculated by the following way.

Sensex Value = (5000/30000000)*40000000

So the new sensex value = 6666.66

Old pics of Hyderabad -3

Continuation of Old pics of Hyderabad.
A distance view of Falaknuma Palace.
Langar procession of Mohurram at Hyderabad.
Old mosque at Khairtabad.
A street view of Charminar.
A view of Maula Ali Hill.

Old pics of Hyderabad-2

Here are the few more Old pics of lakes in Hyderabad.
Bridge over the River Musi - a portrait.

A view of Mir Alum lake.

A view of Hussain Sagar tank from Saifabad.

The entrance bridge to city over Musi river.

Daily Water Supply from Nov 1st, 2008

A long awaited decision to supply Drinking water daily has started from Nov 1st onwards. All the necessary arrangements are taken to supply the 3.50 Lakhs connections with duration of one hour. The pipeline works as a part of RingMain-2 to supply the Krishna River water to twin cities is estimated to complete in an 8 days. With these Krishna River water, the scarcity in the city will lessen to much more extent.

It was initially decided to supply Drinking water daily to only 1.7 Lakhs connections as a on a Pilot run on an eve of Andhra Pradesh Formation day. And if very thing goes in a feasible way then rest of the connections of about 3.5 Lakhs will be supply regularly on a day to day basis instead of alternate days from November 14th onwards. Presently, the water is been supplied for more than 2 hours in a alternate days. If this regular supply of water daily begins then the water is supplied for only an hour.

If anyone has any issues and concerns regarding the daily supply of Drinking water, they can raise their queries at the numbers 040- 6687 2200, 6687 2201 and 6687 2202. These queries will be answered by The Managing Director of Water Supply Board, Mr. Ashok Kumar. You can dial these numbers on every Third Saturday to give your valuable feedbacks and Suggestions in a “Phone to MD” programme conducted by The Managing Director.