Hyderabad

Hyderabad: As a part of Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu, around 2,000 children assembled at NBT Nagar in Banjara Hills and waved the tricolour. Students from eight schools assembled at the place and cheered for the country along with Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi. Meanwhile, a plantation drive commenced at 75 locations identified in different parts of the […]

Hyderabad: Mittapally Venkatesh of Hyderabad has been appointed as a Member of the Local Advisory Committee, Hyderabad by TTD. Venkatesh thanked AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Y.V.Subba Reddy, MLA and Government Whip Guvala Balaraju and Chevella MP, G Ranjith Reddy for their support and wishes. Prior to this, […]

Hyderabad: Two brothers were sentenced to two years of imprisonment for trespassing into their elder brother’s house and assaulting him in Bommalaramaram in 2016. A local court on Wednesday also imposed a fine of Rs.6,000 each on them. In May 2016, the convicted persons P.Jyaneshwar (58) and P.Venkataiah (42), bearing a grudge against their elder […]

Hyderabad: A local court on Wednesday sentenced a youngster to two years of imprisonment for stalking and harassing a minor girl from Vanasthalipuram in 2016. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 on him. K.Umakar Reddy (19) and the 17-year-old girl were working at the same function hall, when he harassed her in the […]

Hyderabad: The tenth annual conference of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSICON 2022) will be held in Hyderabad between August 12 and 14, Chairman, Organising Committee, ABSICON-2022 and Director, KIMS-Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases, Dr P Raghu Ram, said. To be inaugurated by Health Minister, T Harish Rao, the conference will feature deliberations […]

Hyderabad: An interstate thief, who posed as a police constable and stole jewellery from a woman by diverting her attention, was caught by the LB Nagar police on Wednesday. The man, M Sai Kumar (25), an engineering graduate from Guntur of Andhra Pradesh, earlier worked as a driver at a police station for a brief […]

Hyderabad: A woman died, allegedly by suicide, after an argument with her husband in their house at Aramghar. The woman, Swapna Singh (30), a native of Uttar Pradesh was married to Siddhu Singh. They had no children. According to the police, they had frequent fights and on Monday, they had an argument over travel plans […]

Hyderabad: As part of Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu, the Hyderabad City Police made arrangements for screening of ‘Gandhi’ movie at GVK Mall on Wednesday. Around 1200 students from various schools watched the movie. City Police Commissioner CV Anand watched the cinema along with the children and officials including DCP (West) Joel Davis, Additional DCP (West) Iqbal […]

Hyderabad: A Freedom Run will be organized from Falaknuma Palace to Charminar on Thursday at 5.45 am by the Falaknuma Division police. Falaknuma ACP Shaik Jahangeer will flag off the run which will cover around four kilometres, DCP (South) P Sai Chaitanya said.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Traffic Police have announced diversions on Road No.12 in Banjara Hills to NTR Bhavan road stretch on Thursday from 7 am to 8 am in view of the Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu Freedom Run.  The run will commence from the Integrated Command and Control Centre. Accordingly traffic from NTR Bhavan towards Apollo Hospital […]

Hyderabad: Four persons who conned the ICICI bank to the tune of Rs.1.33 crore were arrested by the Rachakonda police on Wednesday. The police seized 93 debit cards, three credit cards, a car, 28 PAN cards, 54 Aadhar cards, 24 identity cards of a company and 17 mobile phones. The arrested persons were Boda Srikanth […]

Hyderabad: After several days of intermittent rains, Hyderabad could breathe easy on Wednesday. Though clouds kept hovering in the sky, not allowing denizens an opportunity to bask in the sun, the day remained free of rains that otherwise had kept intermittently lashing the city through day and night over the last couple of weeks. The […]

Hyderabad: Mahatma Gandhi was just not an Indian freedom fighter, but also an inspiration and motivation to the entire world, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat said here on Wednesday. He was speaking at a free screening for school children of Oscar winning film ‘Gandhi’ was held at BVK Multiplex in LB Nagar, in view of […]

Hyderabad: A man died, allegedly of a cardiac arrest, while playing cricket at Bandlaguda Jagir in Gandipet here on Tuesday. The MAN, Thushar Aamra Bedwa (32), a software employee working for a firm in Hitec City, was staying with his parents and wife Pooja Bedwa in Royal Enclave at Bandlaguda Jagir in Gandipet. He was […]

World Biofuel Day is an annual event that is held every year on August 10 to spread awareness about the usage of unconventional sources of fuels over fossil fuels. The Government of India has been celebrating the event since 2015. History It is celebrated to honor the inventor of the diesel engine – Sir Rudolf […]

Hyderabad: Furniture and other articles were damaged when a fire broke out following a LPG cylinder explosion in a hotel at Mehdipatnam on Wednesday afternoon. According to fire officials, the LPG cylinder exploded in Kings Hotel in the afternoon resulting in a fire. All the workers and customers ran away from the premises. Fire officials […]

Hyderabad: A homemaker died, allegedly after falling from a multistoried residential building at Kompally on Wednesday. The woman, Rinitha Reddy, 34, lived at Bobbili Empire apartments in Kompally under Petbasheerabad police station limits along with her family. Police suspect she could have jumped from the fifth floor of the building. Family members told the police […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda police raided a drug manufacturing unit at Uppal and nabbed two persons who were preparing and supplying narcotic substances. The police seized 53 grams of synthetic drug, 3.6 kg of narcotic substance liquids, one LSD blot and a cocaine capsule along with other articles. The arrested persons were Pulicherla Srinivas Reddy (52), […]

Hyderabad: A BTech dropout who intended to go to the United States using fake certificates was arrested by the Rachakonda police on Wednesday. The police seized five educational certificates and other documents from him. Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said Janga Dayakar Reddy, 25, of Nacharam had dropped out of B.Tech from an engineering […]

Hyderabad: First Master, Ohara Ikebana, Rekha Reddy, has been honoured with the prestigious Foreign Minister’s Commendation Award announced by the Government of Japan, for her dedication to Ikebana and for contributing to the cultural exchange and friendship between India and Japan. Gavva Rekha Reddy has been practicing and teaching Ikebana for the last two and […]

Hyderabad: Fire broke out at a mattress manufacturing unit at Kishanbagh on Wednesday morning. According to the fire officials, the fire started at the unit where mattresses were manufactured in large scale and a huge quantity of cotton bags stored. Local residents noticed smoke coming out of the premises and alerted the fire department. Initially […]

Hyderabad: Amid a nation-wide debate on freebies, MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday declared that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was categorically opposed to the Centre’s move to stall the welfare schemes, terming them as freebies. She accused the Centre of putting pressure on the State governments to stop the welfare schemes. “The welfare of […]

Hyderabad: Following an attack on a Sub-inspector last week at Marredpally, City Police Commissioner CV Anand has asked all police officials to carry their service weapons with them. The SI, A Vinay Kumar of Marredpally police station, was stabbed with a sharp weapon by two persons while on patrol duty last Tuesday. After the incident, […]

Hyderabad: Mourning and solemnity marked ‘Youm-e-Ashoora’, the 10th day of Moharram on Tuesday. Several religious programmes were organized across the city to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of Karbala centuries ago. Feeding camps were organized while many distributed milk sherbet and soft drinks to the public. […]