Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A gang that robbed a man of Rs.50 lakh at Afzalgunj was nabbed by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force, who recovered Rs.28.2 lakh from them. Those caught were Vicky Rajpurohit (28), Manoj Panwar (33), Vishnu Gopal (23), Tikam Chand (25) and Mitesh Chowdhary (25). Another suspect, Khim Rajpurohit (35), was absconding. City Police Commissioner […]

Hyderabad: A private bank employee allegedly decamped with cash of Rs.22.5 lakh in Vanasthalipuram. The suspect, Praveen Kumar, who works as a cashier in the bank’s branch at Saheb Nagar, reportedly complained of ill health and took permission from the branch manager to go out and get some medicines on Tuesday. He is suspected to […]

Hyderabad: An interstate drug racket operating from Maredumilli agency area of Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra via Hyderabad was busted in a joint operation by the Rachakonda Police Special Operations Team and Hayathnagar police on Tuesday night. Two persons were arrested and 358 kg of marijuana, a car and gadgets worth Rs.87 lakh was seized. The arrested […]

Hyderabad: City-based Vaastu exponent, Dr Venugopal Rao Veeramaneni, became the world’s first Vaastu and Astrology consultant to receive the prestigious ISO 22301:2019 for Business Sustainability and Continuity. He also received the ISO 10002:2018 certification, also a first Vaastu consultant to receive it, a press release said. The ISO 22301:2019 and ISO 10002:2018 certificates were formally […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Customs intercepted a female passenger on Wednesday and seized 249.99 grams of gold, valued at Rs. 13.04 lakh from her. According to a tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Hyderabad Customs, the gold was seized from a female passenger who arrived by Flight 6E 025 from Dubai. The gold was […]

Hyderabad: An engineering dropout, who pretended to be a woman and duped another man of Rs.45 lakh after befriending him on Facebook was arrested by the Hyderabad Cybercrime Police on Wednesday. Mothe Ashok, 28, a native of Nuzvid in Krishna district, created an account on Facebook using the name Indhusha Tummala. After checking a few […]

Hyderabad: A youngster, who earlier won a $100 reward for exposing security vulnerabilities of an online payment firm, was arrested by the Hyderabad City Police for hacking into the account of another e-payment company and stealing cash. The police took help from an ethical hacker to nab the cunning fraudster. Vannam Sriram Dinesh Kumar, 34, […]

Hyderabad: On Wednesday, the city witnessed pleasant weather and cloudy skies, accompanied by light drizzles. Weather experts predict mild rain and drizzle across the city today. As of 12.30 pm, the city has recorded a maximum temperature at 29.6 degree Celsius. According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad, few districts of Telangana including Nalgonda, […]

Hyderabad: Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) conducted ‘Graduate Fashion Week 2022’ at Shilpakala Vedika. The main aim of the event is to showcase the designs produced by the students of FDDI. The Institute offers courses in Footwear Design and Production, Fashion Designing, Retail and Fashion Merchandise, Leather Goods and accessories design. The 2018 batch […]

Hyderabad: The GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), in partnership with Telangana Overseas Manpower Company Limited (TOMCOM) on Wednesday launched a 24×7 Migrant Help Desk at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The desk is dedicated to vulnerable migrants travelling abroad, especially to Kuwait and Qatar. The migrant help desk, to function on a trial basis […]

Hyderabad: Telangana government in the coming weeks will notify 13,000 jobs in the health department, Health Minister, T Harish Rao, during the launch of the T-Diagnostics mini-hub at Narsingi on Wednesday, said. After the inauguration of the mini hub and the T-Diagnostic mobile app, Harish Rao said that massive efforts are underway to augment medical […]

Hyderabad: The much awaited Foot over Bridge (FoB) near Hyderabad Central Mall at the Punjagutta junction, one of the busiest traffic junctions in the city, is now open for the public. Built at a cost of Rs.5 crore, the swanky FoB was inaugurated by Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi on Wednesday. Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender and […]

Hyderabad: Many dream of starting their own business. But few actually manage to make it come true. Srujana Kanumuri, a marketer-turned-entrepreneur with a background in culinary arts, did exactly that when she founded FoodHosts. FoodHosts is a new food tech startup in town that connects local Artisan Indie chefs to food lovers across the city. […]

Hyderabad: With major drug seizures becoming frequent across the country, the price of cocaine, one of the highly addictive drugs, has shot up, touching a staggering Rs 10 crore a kilogram in the international drug market. A couple of years ago, cocaine, originating mainly from South American provinces, was sold for Rs 7 crore a […]

Hyderabad: The year 2022 has started off with a big bang for Hyderabad’s real estate. Right from the value of properties sold to the number of properties registered, the city appears to be on a roll. The first four months saw properties worth Rs.12,000 crore being transacted. Out of this, over 5,000 properties were registered […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based MTAR Technologies said its Board has approved the acquisition of shares of Gee Pee Aerospace and Defence (GPAD) for Rs 8.82 crore. The management is currently in discussion with the shareholders of Hyderabad-based GPAD on terms and conditions. This acquisition is expected to provide benefits under MSME category including the increased potential of […]

Hyderabad: Ten more mini diagnostic hubs offering high-end expensive imaging tests free of cost to the urban poor in Hyderabad will be inaugurated on Wednesday. These will provide the three most frequent diagnostic tests prescribed by doctors – digital X-Ray, digital ECG and ultrasonography (USG). The ten diagnostic hubs will be connected to 151 smaller […]

Hyderabad: The Foot over Bridge (FoB) at Hyderabad Central Mall, Punjagutta built with an estimated cost of Rs 5 crore will be inaugurated on Wednesday. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao, Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi and others will be participating in the inaugural. This facility will help the pedestrians in crossing over […]

Hyderabad: Following allegations against an inspector rank official of Rachakonda Police over stealing cash from the ATM card of a theft suspect while the latter was in prison, Police Commissioner Mahesh M.Bhagwat has ordered an internal inquiry. The cop allegedly siphoned off nearly Rs.5 lakh fraudulently from the bank accounts of the suspect, who was […]

Hyderabad: A 44-year-old man jumped to his death from the eighth floor of a hospital at Banjara Hills on Tuesday evening. According to the police, D Narsimha of Sangareddy district, had reached the hospital for a checkup on Monday morning. Doctors reportedly told him he would have to undergo a surgery. On Tuesday evening, he […]

Hyderabad: Passengers of a Delhi-Visakhapatnam Air India flight on Monday had a harrowing experience, with many of them continuing to suffer even 24 hours later. The trauma for them began when the flight, AI451, which took off at 3 pm from Delhi, had to be diverted without landing at Visakhapatnam due to inclement weather. They […]

Hyderabad: For some, old habits die hard. So goes the popular adage. And living up to it, a tippler was caught by the traffic police for driving in inebriated condition and sent to jail for the third time. R Naveen (44), a tailor from Peerazadiguda was caught by the traffic police on February 2 this […]

Hyderabad: The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and Regional Training Institute (RTI), Indian Audit and Accounts Department, AG’s Office Complex, Hyderabad, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Bella Vista Campus of ASCI here on Tuesday. The MoU is to jointly undertake the activities of development and execution of joint projects that support […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police Special Operations Team along with the Nacharam police nabbed one person and seized 22 kilograms of marijuana that was being smuggled to Hyderabad from from Sileru on the Andhra Odisha Border. The arrested person, Shaik Fareed Iqbal (34), a car driver from Nacharam, was wanted in a drug case by the […]