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edit Hyderabad or Hyderābād (హైదరాబాదు in Telugu, حیدر آباد in Urdu), the 5th largest metropolis of India, is the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is known for its rich history and culture with monuments, mosques, temples, and a rich and varied heritage in arts, crafts and dance. Along with Secunderabad, its twin city, they make up the New IT and Bio-Technology Hub in India.
edit The Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City (HITEC City) is a state-of-the-art technology township being built, marketed and maintained by L and T Infocity Ltd., a joint venture of Indian engineering giant Larsen & Toubro Limited (which owns 89 percent of the venture) and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) Limited (which owns the remaining 11 percent). Constructed on 151 acres (61 hectares) of land and at a cost of about $375 million USD. HITEC City is a self-reliant business park designed to leverage Hyderabad's advantages IT training and superior quality manpower. The Andhra Pradesh government has designated 5,000 acres (20 km²) around Hitec City as "Cyberabad" in order to give a boost to the development of IT infrastructure.
The Charminar (Urdu: "Four Minars") monument, built in the center of Hyderabad by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 as a commemoration of the eradication of a plague.
- Hyderabad’s green initiative
- 40 people afraid to be killedin bomb blast near lumbini park August 25 2007
- Rs 2.80 Billion BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Foundation Laid
- AP CM Readies BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
- Milestone for BITS Pilani Hyderabad
- Chief Minister AP Lays the BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Foundation
- BITS Pilani Makes the Right Move at the Right Time
- Hyderabad has been selected as the location for India's first Fab City, a silicon chip manufacturing facility, being setup with an investment of $3-bn by the AMD-SemIndia consortium.[1]
- Article on the development of Hitec City, Hyderabad [2]
- Interesting article on development of Gachibowli, Hyderabad, the IT Hub where Microsoft, CA, UBS, Infosys have their campuses [3]
- Interesting article on the upcoming Residential Zone of Nallagandla/Tellapur beside Guchibowli [4]
hydinfocus 17:37, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
edit you can create an article-of-the-day: Rains continue lashing the city this monsoon
