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.

Hyderabad, Mar 9: A city court on Monday sent Satyam's founder B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju and three others to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for seven days from Tuesday.

The CBI would also be quizzing the company's former Chief financial officer (CFO) Vadlamani Srinivas and audit house Price Waterhouse's partners S. Gopalkrishnan and Talluri Srinivas in connection with Satyam-fraud case.

Pronouncing the orders the Fourteenth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S. Samuel Victor Emmanuel directed the CBI to question the accused between 10 a. m. and

Hyderabad, Mar 9 : The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate will today hear the petition of CBI seeking custody of Satyam''s former Chairman B Ramalinga Raju and others.

On Friday, a local court had reserved its order for today after hearing the arguments of CBI counsel and defence lawyers.

On March 3, the CBI had filed a petition seeking seven days custody of Raju brothers, former Satyam CFO V Srinivas and the two sacked auditors of PwC, which audited Sataym''s accounts.