Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Hyderabad is home to 467 ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs, with net worth of $30 million (over Rs 225 crore) and above) in 2021, the second highest in India following Mumbai (1,596 UHNWIs), and much ahead of Bengaluru and Pune. According to Knight Frank’s Wealth Report 2022, the ultra-wealthy population in Hyderabad is expected […]

Hyderabad: Doctors at city-based Century Hospitals enabled a 70-year-old individual to recover from Covid-19, after fighting it for 40 days. CN Murthy, a resident from Bowenpally, tested positive for Omicron on January 22. In the ensuing weeks, despite medication, Murthy continued to test Covid positive and even lost 5 kg weight, as symptoms like fever […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has not only outperformed itself, but has also given other State a run for their money in economic development, yet again. The State registered Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Rs 11,54,860 crore in 2021-22, recording a whopping 19.1 per cent growth over the previous financial year at current prices as on February, […]

Hyderabad: On the occasion of International Women’s day, GiggleMug Events is organising a run for women in the city. The theme of the run is Promoting women’s leadership in climate action. “As primary energy managers in households, women play a powerful role in the successful transition to sustainable energy. Through this event we want to […]

Hyderabad: Hesa said it will onboard over 1.5 lakh microlevel entrepreneurs by the end of 2022. The rural-tech startup will empower entrepreneurs across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and plans to expand into five additional States. Expanding its network of microlevel entrepreneurs (Hesaathi), the startup focuses on offering a range of products and services to […]

Hyderabad: Amid the Russia-Ukraine war crisis, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) has announced that it will be offering free bus services to the returning students from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad to anywhere in the State. Ever since Ukraine shut its airspace after Russia’s aggression, scores of Indian students were stranded in […]

Hyderabad: Women visitors, both foreign and Indian, will be allowed free entry to all monuments maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in an order. “In an office exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 6 of the Ancient Monuments […]

Hyderabad: Amid the conflict rapidly unfolding in Ukraine, a Hyderabadi boy and a Ukrainian woman tied the knot in the war-hit country and held a reception in the city on February 27 with close friends and family. Prateek and Lyubov’s wedding was no less than the plot of a Bollywood flick. The couple fell in […]

Hyderabad: The Old Marredpally 2BHK Dignity Housing Colony in the Secunderabad Cantonment constituency is slated for inauguration on Thursday. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao, Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav, Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi, Secunderabad Cantonment MLA G Sayanna and others are expected to attend the inaugural ceremony. The colony, spread […]

Hyderabad: With law enforcement agencies continuing the crackdown against those involved in ganja trade, prices of the contraband are reportedly soaring. A kilogram of good variety of ganja cultivated in the Vizag agency and Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) is priced anywhere around Rs.40,000 to Rs.60,000 a kilogram. Around six months ago, officials say, a kilogram […]

Hyderabad: For the first time, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) Special Chief Secretary and Metropolitan Commissioner Arvind Kumar levied a penalty of Rs.10,000 each on four officials from Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) for negligence while performing duties. The penalty was imposed on three assistant planning officers and a Tahsildar after the Metropolitan Commissioner […]

Hyderabad: Muslims across the city observed Shab-e-Meraj (night of ascension) on Monday night. It falls on the 27th day of the seventh Islamic month of Rajjab. To mark the occasion, special religious programmes were held at various mosques in the city. At the Mecca Masjid, a few thousand people offered prayers and attended religious discourses. […]

Hyderabad: Two persons were killed in different road accidents in the city on Monday morning. A 20-year-old man died at Saroornagar after a ready mix concrete container hit the motorcycle on which he was going. The victim, V Narsimha, a resident of NTR Nagar was going along with his friend Karthik when the truck which […]

Hyderabad: The daytime temperatures in the city are rising gradually. On Monday, an average maximum temperature of 34 degrees Celsius was recorded in the city. Yousufguda witnessed the highest maximum temperature of 36.3 degrees Celsius, followed by Secunderabad at 35.3 degrees Celsius. According to the forecast by Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), the temperature […]

Hyderabad: Eleven more students from Telangana State, who were stuck in Ukraine, arrived in Hyderabad on Monday evening safely from Bucharest. Officials from the Protocol department and families of the students received them at the airport. On Sunday, 39 students returned home from the war-hit country. These students reached New Delhi early on Monday morning […]

Hyderabad: A woman was murdered, allegedly by her friend, at Jagadgirigutta on Sunday night. According to the police, the victim J Kavitha (35) was living with her mother Pushpa at Jagadgirigutta for the last three years and was working at a private hospital while in the evenings, she ran a food stall. She was recently […]

Hyderabad: Plantations and lake edge improvements are underway at the Langer Houz lake in Karwan constituency. The plan is to make the place a recreation facility by developing walking tracks and lush greenery around the water body. “We will deck the place by illuminating it apart from providing amenities which include seating arrangements,” a GHMC […]

Hyderabad: The Traffic Police will be offering a discount on traffic challans pending against motorists from Tuesday. The Traffic Police will be extending the benefit with a waiver of 75 per cent for two wheelers, 50 per cent for four-wheelers including cars and other heavy vehicles, 70 per cent for RTC buses and 80 per […]

Hyderabad: Instagram, in association with the Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC), on Monday announced a new edition of their flagship youth programme – the Counter Speech Fellowship – in Hyderabad. In its sixth year now, the programme will engage young people on topics that matter to them and encourage them to lead conversations about […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Superintendent of Police Suresh Kumar formally inaugurated solar street lamps in six remote hamlets of Govena village in Tiryani mandal on Monday. The lamps, worth Rs 4.50 lakh were sponsored by Arcserve, a software company of Hyderabad under corporate social responsibility. They were installed by Samaritans for the nation, a Hyderabad-based voluntary […]

Kyiv (Ukraine): Ukraine’s defense industry conglomerate says the world’s largest plane that was in regular operation was heavily damaged in fighting with Russian troops at the airport outside Kyiv where it was parked. The world’s biggest cargo aircraft Antonov An-225 made its first landing in India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad in […]

Hyderabad: A city court sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1,000 on him on charges of raping a minor girl. Mohammed Ali alias Iqbal Miya, an auto-rickshaw driver from Sharadanagar in Ramanthapur on May 2, 2017 kidnapped the victim from Karkhana and took her to Zaheerabad where […]

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police Special Operations Team (Malkajgiri) caught one person who allegedly cheated the public on the pretext of renting out properties and vehicles. The man M Subash (30), who worked at a software company and is a resident of KPHB colony, reportedly placed advertisements on an online portal claiming he wanted to rent […]

Hyderabad: No matter where one stayed or studied, there was always a home-cooked meal in the lunch-box. It’s not just about the dishes and flavors, it’s the love and preparation that goes into every meal. And it would always be enough for everyone who shares it, including friends. And Amma would always make sure the […]