ICSA India Ltd announced on Wednesday that it has pocketed work orders worth Rs 4.64 billion for a range of electricity and infrastructure projects.

The company, which provides embedded technology solutions for the power sector, said that the fresh orders were received from the Bihar State Electricity Board, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co and M.P. Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co Ltd,

The first order for supply and installation of rural electricity infrastructure and household electrification in Katihar District of Bihar is valued at Rs 2.54 billion

Hyderabad, Mar 17 : The Congress Central Election Committee has finalised the names of candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, which include Chief Minister Reddy's son Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who will contest from the Kadapa constituency.

Jaganmohan's uncle and Y. S. R. Reddy's younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy currently represent the Kadapa constituency.

A formal announcement of the candidates is likely in two days.

Hyderabad, Mar 13 : The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in Hyderabad has developed a Tsunami Early Warning System to provide special kind of data for the safety of people living in the Indian coastal areas.

The Early Warning System will mitigate Oceanogenic disasters that cause severe threat to nearly 400 million people that live in the coastal belt leading to huge devastation of life and property.

Hyderabad, Mar 16: Mohammed Safiullah, an enthusiastic collector of the rare Nizam photographs in Andhra Pradesh''s Hyderabad, is the proud owner of the photographs of the seven Nizams who ruled the state for two centuries till Indian independence in 1947.

If 42-year-old historian Safiullah is to be believed, Mir Mohammad Ali Khan was the first Indian ruler to be photographed. According to him, before that, only miniature paintings existed.

He added that the first pictures of the Hyderabad city date back to 1850''s.

According to Safiullah''s research, the erstwhile royals used to invite photographers from bigger cities like Bombay and Calcutta.

Hyderabad, Mar. 10 : The Bhartiya Janata Party manifesto for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, which will be released on March 14, has specific schemes for newborn girl child, welfare of farmers and senior citizens.

Under BJP's the ''Adabidda Andalam'' scheme, Rs. 21,016 would be deposited for every girl born in the state. About two lakh rupees would be given to her when she attains the age of 18, the party''s manifesto committee chairman C Vidyasagar Rao told reporters.