Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan donned the role of a physician to attend to a co-passenger who took ill aboard New Delhi-Hyderabad flight on Saturday. There was a panic call from the air hostess while the IndiGo flight was mid-air. Is there any doctor on this flight, the air hostess asked. Dr Soundararajan tweeted that […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in many parts of Hyderabad on Saturday. An orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall was issued for the city. The IMD uses four-colour codes for weather warnings — green (no action needed), yellow (watch and stay updated), orange (be prepared) and […]

Hyderabad: Following copious inflows from the heavy rains on Friday, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has opened four more gates of Osman Sagar on Saturday. Presently, six gates of the reservoir are open up to 3 feet. The water level at the reservoir on Saturday stood at 1,787.20 feet against a […]

Hyderabad: An former Indian Air Force sergeant, currently a practising advocate died, allegedly after he shot himself at his residence in Baghlingampally on Friday. The man, T.Shiva Reddy (44), a native of Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, had retired as sergeant, a non-commissioned officer from the Air Force and was an advocate. A divorcee, he […]

Hyderabad: Ever since the clamour around real estate started to grow loud two decades ago, most of the focus has been on built spaces. If it was initially driven by those with no home to call their own, their aspirations were joined by investors when the reality of realty dawned upon them that money in […]

Hyderabad: Vermilion and turmeric smeared all over the body, brandishing whips in both hands, the Pothuraju is a key attraction in every Bonalu procession. At the Lal Darwaza Simhavahini Mahankali Temple, it is from the Posani family that Pothurajus have been serving the goddess Mahankali for the last 114 years. With the temple celebrating the […]

Sangareddy: In a rare achievement, a Hyderabad-based wildlife photographer documented 1,000 bird species out of 1,350 birds identified in India thus becoming the first ever Telugu man to cross the milestone. The seasoned birder Sriram Reddy is only the 25th man in India to record so many bird species on Indian soil. During a birding […]

Hyderabad: As the rains returned to lash the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB ) and other departments deployed their personnel and machinery. The GHMC monsoon teams and Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams were out in the field to attend rain related complaints. Simultaneously, the HMWS&SB […]

Hyderabad: A 61-year-old man was found dead in Sriram Kunta at Nizampet on Friday. He is suspected to have died by suicide, police said. S.Koteshwar Rao, a resident of Bachupally had left home to a nearby shop and went missing on Thursday. As he did not return in the night, family members began searching for […]

Hyderabad: The Chairman and principal of a private junior college was booked on charges of sexually harassing a teenage girl student from the college in Hayathnagar. Sources said the suspect Satyanarayana was allegedly making sexual advances towards the victim, a second year intermediate student and made phone calls to the victim after college hours, pressurizing […]

Hyderabad: The Foot over Bridge (FoB) at Ferozguda, Balanagar, built with an amount of Rs. 3.25 crore by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was inaugurated on Friday by Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi and Kukatpally MLA Madhavaram Krishna Rao. The FoB is useful to people going to Ferozguda, Fatehnagar, Central Training Establishment (CTE) – Air […]

Hyderabad: The GHMC’s Directorate of Enforcement, Vigilance & Disaster Management (EV&DM) wing issued a rain alert on Friday evening, asking people to stay indoors unless it is unavoidable. In a tweet from the official handle of the EV&DM Director, it was mentioned that over 8 cm of rainfall was recorded in some parts of the […]

Hyderabad: Prof. Dayananda Siddavattam has been appointed as the new vice chancellor of GITAM (Deemed to be University). Dr. Siddavattam, a senior academician and researcher, has worked as an academic administrator, having previously served as HoD of Animal Biology department as well as the Dean of the School of Life Sciences at the University of […]

Hyderabad: The White Collar Offences team of the Central Crime Station arrested a Gujarati businessman from Mumbai on charges of cheating a Hyderabad-based businessman of Rs.8.7 crore in the guise of selling solar modules. The arrested person was Ilesh Sha (32), proprietor of Sri Siddi Vinayaka Solar Company based in Surat, involved in solar module […]

Hyderabad: Three freedom fighters flagged off Train No. 12723 Hyderabad to New Delhi Telangana Express as part of ‘Azadi Ki Rail Gadi Aur Station’ celebrations on South Central Railway, here on Friday. Part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of Indian Independence, the flagging off the train was done by Telugu freedom […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has been chosen for the inaugural national award of Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) in recognition of its well-established eye bank network and work done through eye banking towards addressing corneal blindness in the country. The award, which is dedicated to celebrating the achievements of the […]

Hyderabad: A local court on Friday sentenced a teenager to one year of imprisonment in a fatal road crash case resulting in the death of an elderly man in 2018 at Yacharam. The convicted person, N.Vinod (19), is a resident of Enekindi Thanda of Ayyavariguda in Yacharam mandal. In September 2018, Vinod who drove his […]

Hyderabad: A minor boy, who was fascinated with bike riding and stole them to fulfill his desire, was arrested by the Task Force along with the Golconda Police on Friday. Three others, who received the stolen bikes, too were held. Officials seized 8 bikes, all together worth Rs.5 lakh. Apart from the boy juvenile, the […]

Hyderabad: In view of the Lal Darwaza Mahankali Bonalu processions on Sunday and Monday, traffic restrictions will be placed in the surroundings of Charminar, Mirchowk, Falaknuma and Bahadurpura areas. Traffic diversions from 12 noon to 11pm on Monday: · New Shamsheergunj T junction towards – Goshala, Tadban or Goshala Misri Gunj, Khilwath. · Pathar-ki-Dargah lane […]

Hyderabad: As a tribute to those who succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 virus in the city, about a dozen volunteers along with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and the Forest department will unveil a homage park on Sunday. The plantation drive, which will take place under the State government’s Haritha Haaram initiative, is expected […]

Hyderabad: Customs officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here seized gold worth over Rs.2 crore from three passengers in two separate cases, police said on Friday. In the first case, the Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Customs, apprehended two male passengers who arrived by Flight EK-526 from Dubai and tried to smuggle 3,591 grams […]

Hyderabad: A team of scientists from Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), have designed a unique effluent treatment plant for industrial aroma chemicals based on a high rejection hyperfiltration membrane technology, according to a statement from IICT here on Friday. Chief Scientist Dr. S. Sridhar and principal investigator and senior scientist Sugali Chandra Sekhar […]

Hyderabad: In view of the heavy rains lashing the city since Friday morning, the Hyderabad Traffic Police have warned citizens that there was a likelihood of heavy traffic congestion at various places due to water logging. They urged citizens, particularly motorists, to defer their travel by at least one hour from the stopping of the […]

Hyderabad: With rains lashing the city on Friday, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) deployed its monsoon teams and Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams to attend to rain-related complaints. The GHMC’s Directorate Of Enforcement Vigilance & Disaster Management (EV&DM) asked people to dial 040-29555500 for DRF assistance. People can also report grievances by dialling 040 […]