.Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

 

 

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future… His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.”

U.S. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.

The stunning choice made Mr. Obama the third sitting U.S. President to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Mr. Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Mr. Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

The committee said it attached special importance to Obama’s vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons.

“Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play,” the committee said.

Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002, while former Vice President Al Gore shared the 2007 prize with the U.N. panel on climate change.

The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year’s prize.

In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses.”

Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel’s death.

The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel’s guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.

.PM arrives into AP for aerial survey

 

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived at Gannavaram Airport here from New Delhi by an Indian Air Force aircraft around 2.30 p.m. and began an aerial survey of the Krishna and Guntur districts ravaged by the massive flood in the Krishna River.

Accompanied by Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, Union Ministers Veerappa Moily, S. Jaipal Reddy and the National Disaster Management Authority member Marri Sashidhar Reddy, the Prime Minister began the aerial survey by military helicopters. In all, four helicopters were being used for the survey.

Dr. Singh will reach Hyderabad by the IAF aircraft for a detailed discussion at the Raj Bhavan with the Chief Minister and the officials on the damage caused by the floods.

After a night’s halt at the Raj Bhavan, Dr. Singh will leave for an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas of Karnataka on Saturday morning.

Talking to reporters before the arrival of the Prime Minister, Mr. Rosaiah said he would impress upon Dr. Singh on the need to declare the floods in Andhra Pradesh as a ‘national calamity’. He thanked UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister for announcing liberal financial assistance for Andhra Pradesh.

.Suicide car bomb kills 49, wounds 100 in Peshawar

 

 

People rush to the spot of a bombing in Peshawar on Friday. A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle along a road near a market in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar, underscoring militants’ ability to strike in major cities despite U.S.-backed military offensives pressuring their networks

 

 

 

A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 49 people and pushing the country closer to an offensive against militants in their main stronghold along the Afghan border.

 

The attack, which wounded more than 100 people in Peshawar, was Pakistan’s deadliest in six months and was a reminder of the ability of insurgents to strike in major cities despite operations against them and the death of their leader in a U.S. missile strike.

 

The blast left a charred skeleton of a bus flipped on its side in the middle of the road, with the twisted remains of a motorbike nearby. Passers-by rushed to cover the bodies of victims whose clothes were burned off, while a man carried an injured woman. One man staggered from the scene, his face covered with blood.

 

“I saw a blood-soaked leg landing close to me,” said Noor Alam, who suffered wounds to his legs and face and was at a hospital overrun with casualties. “I understood for the first time in my life what doomsday would look like.”

 

Peshawar Police Chief Liaqat Ali Khan said the attacker was in a car packed with a “huge” amount explosives and artillery rounds. There was no claim of responsibility for the bombing, the target of which was not immediately apparent. Militants typically attack government, military or Western targets, but blasts have taken place in public places before.

 

Zafar Iqbal, a doctor at the main Peshawar hospital, said 49 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. Seven children were among the dead.

 

“Death has to come one day, but we will keep chasing these terrorists, and this attack cannot deter our resolve,” Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said as he visited the scene.

 

The United States is pushing Pakistan to take action against insurgents using its soil to fuel the insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan. The army has carried out some offensives in the northwest this year, killing many militants and earning it measured praise in the West, but the insurgents have responded with scores of suicide attacks.

 

The army has confirmed it is prepared to launch a major offensive in South Waziristan, a region along the Afghan border consider the fountainhead of suicide attacks and other militant activity in Pakistan. It has not given a date for the launch.

 

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the attack meant the country now “had no other option but to carry out an operation in South Waziristan,”

 

“We will have to proceed,” he told a local television station. “All roads are leading to South Waziristan.

 

The bombing came just days after a Taliban suicide attacker evaded tight security to kill five people at the office of the U.N.’s World Food Program in the capital, Islamabad and two weeks after another explosion killed 11 in another part of Peshawar.

 

Mr. Malik said authorities had arrested a man alleged to have been the “handler” of the U.N. bomber. He gave no more details.

 

Also on Friday, militants ambushed a tanker carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan at a gas station near Peshawar, torching it, said Fazal Rabi, a police official. No deaths or injuries were reported in the attack, which highlighted the vulnerability of the American-led mission in landlocked Afghanistan as Washington debates sending more troops.

 

Pakistani Taliban have often targeted U.S. and NATO supply convoys passing through northwest Pakistan for Afghanistan, though there have been less attacks reported recently. Most of the nonmilitary supplies for foreign troops in Afghanistan are unloaded at Karachi sea port and are then trucked in through the northwest.

 

Pakistan’s army has launched three operations in South Wazirstan since 2001 but each time has been forced to abandon the push amid fierce resistance. U.S. missile strikes and Pakistani mortar and jet bombings have hit targets there over the last year, but no ground operations have been launched.

 

One such U.S. attack in the region in August killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. The group has since named a new leader, Hakimullah Mehsud. He has threatened suicide attacks and said his men were preparing to repel any push into South Waziristan.

Top militant killed in J&K encounter

AP Armymen carry a colleague injured during a gunbattle against militants at Ladhoo, 25 km south of Srinagar on Tuesday. Photo: AP

A self-styled battalion commander of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was on Friday killed in an operation jointly carried out by army and police at Goos on the border of Pulwama-Budgam district.

The slain militant was identified as Abu Maya, a Pakistani national, army said, adding that he was the battalion commander and an IED expert.

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YSR’s project sorrow of Andhra town

The Hindu People walking on the marooned railway track on the outskirts of Nandyal town in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

The controversial Pothireddypadu head regulator project which regulates flow of water from a dam and whose capacity was enhanced to 40,000 cusecs by late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy despite strong opposition from all parties, has proved to be the sorrow of Nandyal town and many villages around in Kurnool district.

Nandyal, a town with a population of about two lakh, is not new to floods. River Kundu that flows along this town causes a deluge every other monsoon but never in the past has that been such a devastating flood as this year.

Kundu originates in the Orvakallu mandal of Kurnool district and traverses through constituencies like Nandyal, Aallagadda, Jammalamadugu, Mydukuru and Prodduturu and joins river Penna in neighbouring Kadapa district.

Kundu witnessed at least eight floods since 1994 but none of them caused any major destruction to properties except crops.

The Nandyal town never remains water-logged for more than 24 hours even during worst floods earlier. This time, however, it remained under a thick sheet of water for over six days, former minister N Md Farook, who hails from Nandyal, said.

Local Congress MP S P Y Reddy said the heavy discharge from the Pothireddypadu head regulator, where flood water from the Srisailam reservoir overflowed, has left Kundu flooded.

For many years, locals have been demanding that the government should take steps to check flooding of Kundu river.

In fact, a project to widen and deepen the river at Nandyal to prevent flooding of the town was sanctioned long ago and even the tenders for work worth Rs 75 crore were finalised.

There has been a problem because of some encroachments and litigation. We will soon sort out the problem and take up the work, the MP said.

Meanwhile, more than 2,500 families have taken shelter in relief camps put up by the district administration in various schools in the town, while more than 5,000 families went back to their houses.

As one steps into the town, one cannot avoid a thick layer of slush which built up because of the heavy flood.

Like in Kurnool town, the district headquarters, Nandyal too is stinking due to the mounds of filth that have piled up.

People have started rushing back home from relief camps to take stock of their belongings and begin the clean-up act as the flood water is receding in many colonies.

“I stayed in my relative’s house at Dhone (Dronachalam) for three days after the flood and returned only this afternoon with family. It will take at least a week or more for us to put the house back in order,” Venkata Reddy of Nadigadda area in the town said.

Some areas like Harijanawada, RTC bus station, Rani-Maharani Theatres junction and Saleem Nagar remain inundated.

The national highway connecting Nandyal and Guntur has been re-opened for traffic after remaining closed for more than five days.

YSR’s Jalayagnam to blame for flood fury, says TRS chief

PTI TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhara Rao on Wednesday alleged that the “illegal and politically ill-motivated irrigation projects” promoted by the former Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, under the garb of ‘Jalayagnam’ were responsible for the flood fury in Andhra Pradesh.

“It is a case of human failure rather than the nature’s fury,” he told journalists here and urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to order a CBI probe into all Jalayagnam projects meant to store as much as 345 tmcft of water.

The “engineering procurement and construction” (EPC) contract system, introduced by Reddy in ‘Jalayagnam’ works, was “another fraud to favour contractors and allow them to loot the exchequer,” he said.

Mr. Rao said the YSR government went against the Bachawat Tribunal recommendation and the interest of power generation, and increased the Minimum Draw Down Level (MDDL) of the Srisailam project from 834 to 854 feet without consulting experts. It was done with the mala fide intention of keeping the MDDL much above the sill level of the Pothireddypadu Head Regulator (PHR) which was 841 feet. The PHR was an outlet for diverting Krishna waters to the illegal projects being constructed outside the basin, he said.

To make Krishna waters available to the PHR, the government deliberately kept the level in the Srisailam reservoir almost up to the brim — the full reservoir level of 884 feet) — ignoring the interests of power generation and the irrigation needs of Nagarjuna Sagar farmers, the TRS leader said.

By September-end, the level in Srisailam touched 885 feet. Yet the government did not release water to the Nagarjuna Sagar project, and so agriculture on 22 lakh acres under its right and left bank canals was affected. “The intention obviously was to release the available water to all the illegal projects, starving the legally entitled ayacuts under Nagarjuna Sagar.”

When a sudden inflow from the Krishna floods reached the Srisailam reservoir, it was already full to the brim, whereas the Nagarjuna Sagar was almost empty. Water gushing into Srisailam could not, therefore, be stored, nor could it be released downstream at the same speed. Consequently, the spread of backwaters of Srisailam inundated Kurnool and Mahbubnagar districts. Moreover, the swollen Tungabhadra (from Karnataka) made the situation worse. The tragedy could have been avoided had the government released water from Srisailam to Nagarjuna Sagar at the right time, Mr. Rao said.

S.S.P. Yadav shifted, Girish Kumar new DGP

The Hindu New DGP R.R.Girish Kumar who took over as the new Director-General and Inspector General of Police,Andhra Pradesh, in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

In a reshuffle of the top brass of the State police, R.R. Girish Kumar, Director-General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has been appointed as the new Director-General of Police, Andhra Pradesh in place of S.S.P. Yadav. Mr. Kumar belongs to the 1976 batch of IPS officers.

Mr. Yadav, who courted controversies during his tenure, was appointed as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) replacing V. Dinesh Reddy, who has been posted as the new Director-General, Vigilance and Enforcement (GAD).

In the other postings, P. Gautam Kumar, DGP, AP Special Police Battalions, has been posted as Principal Secretary to the government, Home Department, while K. Aravinda Rao, Additional Director General of Police,(Intelligence) will be the new DG of ACB.

Meanwhile, Mr. Tuljanand Singh, who retired as Secretary to Legislature, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to Chief Minister.

Floods hit crucial crops

THE HINDU Sugarcane crop inundated by floods in Thotlavalluru in Krishna district. Photo: CH VIJAYA BHASKAR.

Crucial paddy, onion, sugarcane, and horticulture crops have been lost in the floods in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, though the quantum of loss is being assessed. Paddy and edible oil crops have already been affected by the drought in the northern States, and the shortfall in kharif production has been estimated to be 16 million tonnes.

With the retail prices of onion, sugarcane and groundnut already ruling high , the damage to these crops will have far-reaching implications on their availability and prices.

Indicating that the country might have to import rice to meet its requirements, Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas said here on Tuesday that the government might cut the import duty on rice. Paddy cultivation was lower this kharif than 5.92 million hectares last year.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a conference of the State Food Processing Ministers, he said: “Paddy and sugarcane production may be lower owing to the floods.”

Union Agriculture Secretary T. Nanda Kumar told The Hindu that the Agriculture Commissioners of the three affected States were assessing the situation. “We are assessing the situation. If the water recedes in 72 hours, there may not be as much damage as is being perceived.”

However, officials from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, who are here to take part in the conference, said the crop damage could be intensive. G.K. Vasanthkumar, Karnataka Horticulture Director and Additional Secretary (Food Processing and Harvest Technology), said there would be large-scale damage to the early onion crop, chillies, grapes and pomegranate.

Karnataka is the third largest producer of onions. With the commodity already selling at Rs.28 a kg , consumers are in for a hard time.

“The pomegranate crop has been totally washed away,” Mr. Kumar said. The State will also lose its groundnut crop; already the area under groundnut is lower by 8.14 lakh hectares this kharif than the last season.

A.V. Ranga Rao of Andhra Pradesh, who is a member of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Task Force, said the crop damage in the was heavy in Kurnool. “Cotton, Sapota, Banana and paddy have been hit.”

An official said Maharashtra would lose the early sown coarse cereals. “It is a difficult situation we are looking at. The floods in these crucial States could not have come at a worse time when the kharif crop has already been affected by the drought in the north-western parts of the country,” a senior official said. The Centre has asked the States to expedite provision of new seeds to farmers, who have suffered losses, as soon as they are in a position to re-plant.

Paddy and sugarcane production may be lower owing to the floods

Agriculture Commissioners of affected States assessing the situation

Events Today In HYDERABAD

Art
Artists’ Collection Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  4 p.m. Mystic Inspirations, Plot No.33, Banjara Hills. An exhibition of paintings by various artists like Suman Roy, Arif, Jaya Baheti, Deeraj Chodhary and Kishan will be on display.
Unfloding The Raga Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  7 p.m. ICONART Gallery, 1672, SBI Building, Road No.12, Banjara Hills. An exhibition of paintings by Sanju jain will be on display.
Recent Paintings Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  6 p.m. Shrishti Art Gallery, 267, Jubilee Hills. An exhibition of recent paintings by artist K Ravi will be on display.
Nano Art – Gulbarga Series Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  6 p.m. Diara Art Gallery, 100A, Banjara Petals, Road No.5, Banjara Hills. An exhibition of paintings by various artists like Bhavna, Chandrashekar, Menakshi, Radhika, Somesh, Jitendra and others will be on display.
Couple Show Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  6 p.m. Chitramayee Gallery of Fine Arts, Kavuri Hills, Road No.1, Madhapur. An exhibition of drawings and paintings on Lord Buddha by Kennedy and Padma will be on display.
Special Events
Diwali Dhamaka Friday, October 9th, 2009. The Square, La Cantina, The Bar, The Deli, Sunset Lounge and Boulder Hills, Novotel Hyderabad, Hitech City, Madhapur. This Diwali, patrons who dine for Rs 1000, get a chance to win a Hyundai i20.
Eating Out
Lunch Buffet Friday, October 9th, 2009. noon to  3 p.m. Sweet Nirvana, Plot No.105, Phase II, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur Sweet Nirvana is offering a variety of delicious continental cuisine which includes soups, salads along with the main course and desserts.
Steam and Roast Festival Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7 p.m. to  11:15 p.m. Mainland China, City Center Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. The restaurant is offering authentic Chinese cuisine. All the dishes are cooked on steam and are roasted, keeping in mind people who are health conscious.
Evening Snacks Friday, October 9th, 2009. 4 p.m. to  6 p.m. Promenade, Aditya Park, Ameerpet. An array of South and North Indian snacks and light meals at the Promenade.
Happy Hours Friday, October 9th, 2009. 4 p.m. to  8 p.m. The Bar, Novotel Hyderabad Airport, Shamshabad. The Bar at Novotel is having happy hours, during when, they offer a complimentary drink on purchase of every drink.
Midnight Biryani Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11:30 p.m. to  3 a.m. Tulips, Hotel Greenpark, Greenlands, Begumpet. Tulips is serving an array of vegetarian and non-vegetarian biryanis. Other delicacies like Haleem, Sheermal, Paneer Burjee and desserts are also available.
Southern Delicacies Friday, October 9th, 2009. noon to  3 p.m. Deccan Pavilion, Hotel ITC The Kakatiya, Begumpet. The coffee shop is offering authentic Hyderabadi biryanis and delicious kebabs along with other Chinese and continental cuisines. Also on the menu are soups, salads, cold cuts, pastas and desserts.
Snacks and Desserts Buffet Friday, October 9th, 2009. 4 p.m. to  7 p.m. Sweet Nirvana, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur. A variety of savory snacks such as chicken barbeque and desserts will be served along with lemonade.
Dim-Sum Festival Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7:30 p.m. to  11:30 p.m. Strings, Taj Banjara, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. The menu consists of a wide-range of Dim Sums in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options like Baby Spinach and spring vegetables dim sum, Five spiced mushroom dim sum, Garlic and cabbage dim sum, Burnt garlic fish dim sum, Chicken dim sum, Crispy shrimps dim sum and delicious desserts from Executive Chef Hrudananda Behera.
Vegetarian Buffet Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7 p.m. to  11 p.m. Venue, Quality Inn Residency, Nampally. The restaurant offers delicious south Indian vegetarian buffet, along with snacks and desserts for lunch and dinner.
Lunch Buffet Friday, October 9th, 2009. 12:30 p.m. to  3 p.m. Tandoor, White House Building, Begumpet. An authentic North Indian buffet featuring peas pulao, paneer tikka, biryanis, desserts and more for lunch.
The Curry Bar Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7:30 p.m. to  11:30 p.m. Spice Junxion, Taj Deccan, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Executive Chef Sachin Joshi has prepared a menu for this unique food festival, which contains an array of most popular, authentic, spicy south Indian curries. They include a variety of chicken, fish, lamb and vegetable curries that are made using home-made spices and served with portions of Appams, Malabar Parathas, Dosas, and steamed rice. To name a few – the non-veg curries on offer will be Kozhi Chettinad, Kori Gassi, Meen da Kajippu, Kundapur Chicken, and Meen Moily, and among the veg curries Cauliflower, Alambo Arepu, Kaikari Chettinad and Gutthi Vankaya Kura will be served.
Oktoberfest Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7 p.m. to  11 p.m. Fusion 9, 6-3-249/A, I Avenue, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. The traditional cuisine from Munich for the festival.
Oktoberfest BBQ Friday, October 9th, 2009. 6 p.m. to  10 p.m. Ista Hyderabad, Nanakramguda, Gachibowli. Ista Hyderabad presents Oktoberfest BBQ. A specially designed menu using Custom Culinary rubs and marinade like Hot and spicy Glaze, Cajun BBQ seasoning, Caribbean jerk seasoning paired with meats like German Bratwurst, Frankfurters, pork Wieners, Smoked Kessler loin and famous Bavarian Meat Loaf cooked on specially sourced charcoal fired Weber Grills. The a la carte food menu will include the Specialties like Spaetzeles, Bavarian Loaf, lamb Rack, bratwurst, German potato salad, red cabbage braised pork with a horseradish sauce, dark beer marinated chicken and strudel to finish of the meal.
Nightlife
House Music Night Friday, October 9th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  1 a.m. Dublin, Hotel ITC The Kakatiya, Opp. to Walden, Begumpet Rocking party tracks by in-house DJ Daman.
Lounge Nights Friday, October 9th, 2009. noon to  4 p.m. Leo Splash, Leonia Holistic Resorts, Shameerpet. DJs Gopi and Harsh will be here tonight playing the best of lounge and hip-hop at the mini water park.
From Goa With Love Friday, October 9th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  11:45 p.m. Seasons Bar, Taj Krishna, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Singer Wahida belts out hit songs from 70s, 80s to latest chart busters.
Russian Melodies Friday, October 9th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  11:45 p.m. Atrium Bar, Taj Deccan, Road No.1, Banjara Hills. Russian singer Polina will perform at the bar. She is versatile and covers a wide variety of world styles, from contemporary popular repertoire to retro and hip-hop.
Karaoke Nights Friday, October 9th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  11:45 p.m. Xtreme Sports Bar, Plot No.76, III and IV Floor, Bear Image Gardens, Madhapur. Karaoke music on the house with DJ Kranthi spinning some famous songs for the ladies. Watch the second Airtel Championship T-20 match between Delhi Dare Devils and Victoria Bushrangers live on large screen.
Music
Steve : Solo Show Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7:30 p.m. to  11 p.m. Sun and Moon, Leonia Holistic Destination, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District A solo vocal performance by renowned singer Steve. He will sing to the requests of the guests.
Jugalbandi Friday, October 9th, 2009. 8 p.m. to  11 p.m. Leo Bistro, Leonia Holistic Destination, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District Two guest artists will perform a jugalbandi with sitar and santoor.
Exhibitions
Chocolate Exhibition Friday, October 9th, 2009. 10 a.m. to  7 p.m. Chocokraft, Jayabheri Silicon County, Kondapur. Chocokraft is having an exhibition cum sale of home made chocolates in exquisite gift packs.
Shopping
Season Sale Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. Planet Sports, Shop No.1-2, Afzia Towers, Opp. Lifestyle, Begumpet. The showroom is offering a 20% discount on apparel, footwear and other sports accessories for women and men.
Diwali Delight Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. Westside, Khan Lateef Khan Estates, fateh Maidan Road Westside is displaying gift vouchers on purchase of Apparel and accessories. Get a Cygnus diamond pendant free on shopping of worth Rs.10,000/-.
I Anniversary Celebrations Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  8 p.m. Sri Krishna Silks, 3-2-102, General Bazar Avail up to 100% cash back, gold and silver coins and assured gifts on every purchase, on the eve of the anniversary celebrations.
Kurta Festival – Eid Special Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. New Meena Bazar, Abids. The store is has an exclusive range of reviting kurtas, pyjamas and sherwanis, featuring Lucknowi, Chikandari, Kashmiri works, Brocades and thread embroidery in exotic range of colors and designs. The fabrics used to create these masterpieces include plain cotton, crushed cotton, cotton silk, linen tissue silk and ploy silk.
Feel Gifted! Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  9 p.m. Lifestyle, Near White House, Kundanbagh. Lifestyle celebrates its tenth anniversary. Get offers on apparel, children’s wear, cosmetics, footwear and home furnishings during this festive season.
Diwali Utsav Friday, October 9th, 2009. 11 a.m. to  8 p.m. Home Centre, Begumpet. Get up to 25% off on purchase of furniture, furnishings and decorative items during this festive season.
Workshops
Music Notation Reading Friday, October 9th, 2009. 6:45 p.m. to  9 p.m. Alliance Francaise, Desk Edufrance, West Marredpally. Hyderabad Western Music Forum presents the second Music Notation Reading training course. The workshop is conducted by Joe Koster and Laure Menegoz. It is the second in the series by the Hyderabad Western Music Forum. The participants will learn the art of reading Western music notation.