Hyderabad, Dec 27 : President Pratibha Patil is arriving here on her 15-day southern sojourn.

She will stay in the Rastrapathi Nilayam at Bollaram near Secundrabad from where the president''s office functions till her departure to Delhi on January 11.

During her visit, Patil will attend various programmes organised by the State Government and the Ministry of Defence.

She is scheduled to take part in the golden jubilee celebrations of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) here on December 30.

Chaitanya Sravanthi-2008 will be organized by TANA (The Telugu Association of North America) in Hyderabad on December 27. This programme comprises of discussions and contests for disabled sportspersons.

Tana secretary Thotakura Prasad said that sports competition in 16 events will be conducted to the physically challenged sportspersons on December 27. He added that on this occasion, The Young Mens' Happy Club, Kakinada will organise `Allasani Peddana,'a mythological drama written by Akella and directed by YSR Murthy at the same venue.

Hyderabad, Dec. 23 : A tailor in Hyderabad is attracting everyone's attention by offering his personal services on demand at clients' houses. People can call him over his cellular phone and within no time he is at the client's doorstep.

With a sewing machine perched on a handcart, Satyanarayan, the tailor, reaches out to his customers, as he believes it saves them all the headache of waiting for days to get even little tailoring work done at tailor shops.

Unlike the stationed tailors of the city, he pulls handcart himself down the roads in search of customers.

Hyderabad, Dec 20 : Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) here today for its cadets who have successfully completed their basic and professional training.

A total of 97 cadets from all branches of the IAF were awarded the President''s commission by Chief of Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal F. H. Major, upon passing out after completion of their training in flying, navigation and ground duty.

The cadets underwent training at Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, AFAC, Coimbatore, Air Defence College, Lucknow and Air Force stations at Hakimpet, Yelhanka and Begumpet.

K. S. Raju and P. K. Mahadevan, original promoter and director respectively of Nagarjuna Finance Limited were arrested by the Hyderabad police for allegedly defaulting on the payments to depositors of Nagarjuna Finance (NFL), a non-banking financial institution (NBFI) promoted by the group. Along with Raju, another director, Pundi Krishna Swamy Mahadevan, was also arrested.